A letter came from the inn, a private message. This was specially explained by Xiao Feng.
He now has an official status as a member of Zhongshushe, so he can be sent to the cabinet for free through the inn, and the cabinet will be responsible for running errands and handing it over to him. But the letter sent through the cabinet will definitely not escape Yan Song's eyes. There is no such thing as personal privacy in the cabinet, Yan Song will definitely tear it open and take a sneak peek.
So he would rather let Hu Zongxian spend some money and use the post to send private messages than take advantage of this. The Ming Dynasty's inns could send private messages, but they had to pay a fee, which was also considered a part of the court's income.
The letter was very simple, only two pages, with a one hundred taels of silver note sandwiched in the middle. The first page contains some kind words, expressing that I have admired Xiao Feng for a long time, but it is a pity that I have only one side. I heard Yu Dayou talk about the style of Xiao Feng's Taoism Conference, and I yearned for it.
Then the pen changed: "Brother Xiao's instructions are already known. I have been appointed as the censor of Xuanfu and Datong. Naturally, I am also concerned about the defense of the two places. I have now invited General Qiu Luan to explain his intention. Qiu Luan The general once had an acquaintance with Brother Xiao, and he had no doubts about Brother Xiao's Taoism, so he wrote down the text and the request on the spot, asking Brother Xiao to review it. If you find anything, please inform him in time. In addition, , General Qiu Luan is convinced of the reinforcement of the city defense mentioned by Brother Xiao, and is ready to start the work."
This letter can be said to be written in an extremely polite manner. Hu Zongxian is an extremely smart man. He can judge Xiao Feng's status and role, and he obviously intends to have a close friendship with him.
The second piece of paper belongs to Qiu Luan. There is nothing nonsense. There is a big word on it, which takes up more than half of the paper - "attack"!
Below is a line of small print: "Please give me some advice from Master Xiao. Enemies outside the pass may attack. How should we prepare?"
This is what Xiao Feng requested in the letter to Hu Zongxian. Xiao Feng couldn't test his own calligraphy. Besides, the Datong War had nothing to do with him. He had to find the person with the closest relationship to ask about it. Hu Zongxian, as the censor of Xuanfu and Datong, could certainly be tested, but after all, Qiu Luan was the commander-in-chief of Datong, so it was most appropriate for him to ask this question.
The word "attack" was probably written by Qiu Luan subconsciously. He was so afraid of death that he must have kept one eye open when he arrived in Datong, for fear that An Dahan would make a surprise attack. Datong is a good place to make a fortune, but it is also a good place to make money from a frying pan, so you must be vigilant.
Qiu Luan had heard about Xiao Feng's power when he left Beijing, and wanted to ask Xiao Feng to test his calligraphy. But firstly, he had no friendship, and secondly, when he heard that Xiao Feng was against Yan Dang, he still wanted to be with Yan Dang and did not dare to mess with him easily.
Now Hu Zongxian came to the door and said that Xiao Feng was his friend and for his own sake, he could help him test his words. He was very happy at that time. After writing the letter, he ignored Hu Zongxian's dissuasion and insisted on putting a banknote inside.
Xiao Feng secretly laughed and handed the banknote to Qiao Niang. He sat down and looked at the word "attack" carefully. In his impression, in the past two years of the Ming Dynasty, Anda Khan would attack Datong and carry out the "Gengxu Revolution". But he didn't know the details of how it happened, so he came up with this idea just to be on the safe side.
Although there was no one in front of him, Xiao Feng still said it out loud out of habit: "Wearing the dragon's clothes, there is the image of a dragon robe. Where is the real dragon outside the pass? Even I Dahan does not dare to call himself a dragon. And the dragon The robe itself has the meaning of rebellion. Whether Anda Khan sent troops to harass or rob, it was just a temporary behavior of the nomadic people. They did not want to change the dynasty, and there was no rebellion. The Manchus who really wanted to rebel against the Ming Dynasty were still women at this time. As for real people, they don’t have the ability to rebel at all now, so who could they be?”
"Cangjie's Divine Book uses words to communicate with gods. Whether or not I am a time traveler should not be affected. In other words, even if I don't know the subsequent history, I should be able to guess who the rebel is. So before the Ming Dynasty Who has rebelled during this time?"
Rebellion, rebellion, Xiao Feng's eyes suddenly lit up. In the current Ming Dynasty, the only one that can truly be said to have been rebelling is that organization - the White Lotus Sect!
The White Lotus Sect is a very strange organization in history. They emerged in the Song Dynasty and were considered a branch of local Buddhism. However, the Song Dynasty did not like the White Lotus Sect, and classified it as a cult and suppressed it. The White Lotus Sect then rebelled against the Song Dynasty.
On the contrary, after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the enemy of the enemy was probably a friend, and they were very tolerant of the White Lotus Sect, and even somewhat respected it. Therefore, the White Lotus Sect was most prosperous and powerful during the Yuan Dynasty.
But in the late Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols and the White Lotus sect had all their friends and began to suppress the White Lotus sect. The White Lotus sect once again rose up against the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, many rebel leaders at the same level as Zhu Chongba were members of the White Lotus Sect.
Among them, some of the more outstanding people were Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, and Zou Pusheng. They called the Amitabha they believed in King Ming. When raising the banner, they all shouted that after the victory of the uprising, the country would be named "Ming". Of course, Lao Zhu does not recognize this statement. He has his own version of the Ming Dynasty, which has nothing to do with King Ming anyway.
Now the White Lotus Sect has given up. Everyone contributed to the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Chongba still took the fruits of victory from Han Shantong. You used "Ming" as the name of your country, but you don't admit that you have anything to do with the White Lotus Sect? Isn't this just beating the monk after reciting sutras and scolding the cook when he's full?
Considering that the White Lotus Sect originated from Buddhism, beating the monk after reciting the sutra is extremely appropriate!
So the White Lotus Sect tried to negotiate with Zhu Chongba. You can't do this kind of thing as soon as you become the emperor. This is not good. At least give the White Lotus Sect a state religion status or something, and then give our key members a few princes. Everyone and How nice it would be to share the fruits of victory peacefully.
It is a pity that the White Lotus Sect misjudged Comrade Zhu Chongba's character. When Zhu Chongba did not allow others to call him Zhu Chongba, but had to be Zhu Yuanzhang, he had already made up his mind that he would never bargain with anyone again in this life.
Therefore, the sale failed, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not counter-offer at all. He flipped the table over without being particular and once again declared the White Lotus Sect to be a cult. The White Lotus Sect also became popular and rose up again to oppose the Zhu family world.
The White Lotus Rebellion became the most important rebellion in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. What's funny is that these rebellious branches of the White Lotus Sect have proclaimed themselves emperors one after another, and they are all called "Da Ming" to show that they are the orthodox ones.
This approach was not very harmful, but was extremely insulting. It made it impossible for the generals who led the troops to annihilate the White Lotus Sect to write a memorial. In the past, according to the rules of suppressing rebels, the name of the country established by the rebels was usually written on the memorial, and the word "pseudo" was added.
For example, if a rebel rebel becomes emperor and the name of the country is "Feng", then the general who leads the troops to annihilate him will write in his memorial: "I led the army to annihilate the false Feng, killed five thousand enemies, and captured the bandit leader alive."
But when suppressing the White Lotus Sect uprising, this sentence structure became useless. Which general dared to write: "I will lead the army to destroy the false Ming Dynasty..." I guess Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to look down and just killed this general first.
Relying on Zhu Yuanzhang's absolute strength, the highly insulting rebellion of the White Lotus Sect was finally extinguished. But the White Lotus Sect did not become extinct. Instead, it went underground, growing everywhere like weeds, ready to make a comeback at any time.
Although Xiao Feng's history is not very good, he roughly knows that as the most rebellious organization, the White Lotus Sect's rebel activities ranged from the Song Dynasty, to the Yuan Dynasty, to the Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty, to the Republic of China, and even in 1949 , it is said that sporadic small-scale rebellions by the White Lotus Sect have occurred! It's a pity that they provoked the wrong opponent this time, and the organization that lasted for thousands of years was finally destroyed!
If you want to choose an organization to be the leader of the rebellion, it must be the White Lotus Sect with the highest number of votes. Because this organization was simply created for rebellion. From birth to death, from beginning to end, you are either rebelling or preparing to rebel!
So when Xiao Feng thinks of the White Lotus Sect at this time, it is definitely not a random guess, but something that even a blind person can guess.
After thinking about this section, Xiao Feng looked at the word "attack" again. He must dig out more information on this word.
"The dragon follows the cloud and the tiger follows the wind. The attack on Datong must be related to a person with "yun" in his name. The dragon is a prostitute. Could it be that she is a pervert? Or a whore? But in this era, men's favorites can be Quite a few, but you can’t tell whether it’s a boy or a girl from this. I heard that Yan Shifan is a guy who likes to do both.”
Xiao Feng was so focused on the calligraphy test that while muttering to himself, he forgot that Qiao Niang was still standing beside him holding the banknote, waiting for him to put down the empty cup in his hand so that he could refill his tea.
Xiao Feng complained that he was thirsty. He raised his cup to drink tea, only to find that it was empty. Then he found Qiao Niang standing next to him, and he was immediately startled.
Seeing that Xiao Feng had come to his senses and was still frightened by herself, Qiao Niang couldn't help but smile apologetically and raised the pot to refill Xiao Feng's tea.
"The master is really knowledgeable. His words are different from those of us. He speaks in a coherent manner, talking about 'dragon follows cloud, tiger follows wind' and 'two-pronged approach'. I have heard the previous sentence said by others, but I have never heard of the latter sentence. "
PS: Traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters are different in character testing. It doesn’t matter which one is used when testing characters, but it must be written down at that time. This is the background of the Ming Dynasty. It must have been traditional Chinese characters at that time, so the characters were measured according to traditional Chinese characters. But for the sake of the smoothness of the novel, it is too laborious to switch back and forth between simplified and traditional Chinese when typing, so unless it is extremely necessary, I will not translate it into traditional Chinese characters one by one for everyone to read.
