The peaks and mountains are like clusters,
The waves are like anger,
Mountains and rivers outside and inside Tongguan Road.
Looking to the West Capital,
Hesitant.
Sad about where the Qin and Han Dynasties traveled,
All the palaces and palaces were made of earth.
When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer.
——Zhang Yanghao's "Sheep on the Hillside. Tong Cares About the Ancients".
This song is Zhang Yanghao's masterpiece in his later years. Although it is short, it fully explains the position of poor people in the long history. No matter ups and downs, the people will always be weak and will encounter all kinds of human sufferings. There are natural disasters and man-made disasters. In prosperous times, there are often many natural disasters, and in troubled times, there are always man-made disasters. In short, the law of the jungle is an eternal truth.
The people have always been weak, so they are oppressed everywhere. There are corrupt officials and sycophants above, and there are robbers and bandits below. In front of them, the people were just helpless chiggers waiting to be slaughtered, with no power to resist. Many times, corrupt officials and bandits are like a den of snakes and rats, so the people have to suffer double oppression from them.
Although natural disasters are terrible and make people helpless, what is more terrible and helpless is often the man-made disasters among natural disasters. The so-called man-made disasters among natural disasters are disasters that originate from natural disasters but become man-made disasters. There are some lawless people who, in order to make huge profits during natural disasters, end up putting people in dire straits. Although this kind of man-made disaster originated from natural disasters, the final serious consequences were caused by man-made disasters. If those in high places can sympathize with the sufferings of the people, the harm caused by this kind of man-made disaster can be minimized or even completely avoided. However, how many Holy Lords and Mingjuns in the world have truly seen the suffering of the people? Many times, they can't see it; so many times, the people are in pain all the time.
The most terrible natural disaster is famine.
In the long history, famine has been everywhere. In the Ming Dynasty alone, there were clearly recorded famines more than a hundred times.
In the midst of a famine, if the Holy Lord Mingjun is able to mobilize money and food for disaster relief in a timely manner, the people may still see a glimmer of hope. If the Lord is ignorant and ignorant, then refugees will naturally appear everywhere and the land will be starved to death. It is not impossible that the chaos is so extreme that the living can eat each other.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Huguang suffered from severe drought for many years, and the grain harvest was not harvested. The people were starved of food, hungry people swarmed, and thieves were everywhere. Fortunately, the Lord was wise and promptly mobilized money and food from surrounding areas to provide relief to the victims. Among them, Sichuan collected 1.5 million taels of disaster silver, all of which were collected in Chengdu. Sichuan Governor Liang Biao ordered the garrison general Song Jin to escort the official silver out of Sichuan to Huguang for disaster relief on a certain day. Unexpectedly, he has already been targeted by heroes from all walks of life before his official banknotes are used.
At this time, the status of Shaolin and Wudang was greatly reduced, and the world was controlled by four major families. Tangmen in Sichuan, Temple in Beijing, Dushouxia in Guangxi and Xiaoyaomen in Hangzhou are incompatible with each other and each dominates his own side.
The Tang Sect has always upheld integrity and has great prestige in the martial arts world. Although the Temple is not as powerful as the Tang Clan on the surface, it secretly has a lot of contacts with Dongchang. In fact, it takes its orders and does many ulterior things for it, but no one dares to underestimate its strength. Poisonous Beast Gorge is far away in the mountains of southern Guangxi, bordering foreign countries, and its customs are the same as those of ordinary people. Logically speaking, it is no longer a Central Plains sect, but the owner of the Gorge, Ghost Daozi, is mostly accustomed to Chinese culture, and he People from the Central Plains regard themselves as the Central Plains sect, and the influence of Dushouxia has also extended into the surrounding provinces of Guangxi, so people in the martial arts world have to regard it as a Central Plains sect. The Xiaoyao Sect was once the largest and most powerful gang in the world, but now it is declining. It is not as good as before. The director of the Xiaoyao Sect, Xiaoyao's four sons and four disciples, have lost seven of them. Only one Tian Shilie is left, so it is difficult for the Xiaoyao Sect to succeed. unmanned. It's just that Ren Xiaoyao's martial arts is so high that even the leaders of the other three sects feel inferior to him. Therefore, as long as Ren Xiaoyao is still there, no one in the world will dare to disturb Xiaoyao's family.
The capital, the temple.
The Lord of the Temple, Sheng Lingren, sat high in the hall, like an emperor dominating the world, holding two beauties in his arms. Regardless of whether there was anyone below, the three of them kept making intimate gestures.
Sure enough, there was someone down there, a young man who looked somewhat similar to Sheng Ling.
"Zhiqiang, do you know Guan Yin's whereabouts clearly?" Sheng Lingren asked while having fun with the beauty.
"Go back to father, Guan Yin is still in Chengdu Mansion, what should we do?" Sheng Lingren has a son and an adopted son, and it was his son Sheng Zhiqiang who answered. However, Sheng Zhiqiang seemed not to notice his father's behavior at all and spoke very calmly.
"Robbed it?" Sheng Lingren said very grandly.
"That's the Tang Sect's territory. If we want to rob it, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!" Sheng Zhiqiang was obviously frightened by his father's words and asked tentatively.
"I have already thought of a way. You go to Kunlun Mountain immediately to find Xue Qianhe, the leader of Kunlun. This man is as greedy for money as his life. He has been thinking about that official silver for a long time. But he is timid and does not dare to do it. Go and give him courage. , after the matter is completed, all the official silver will belong to him. With us helping him, he will get the advantage alone. In this case, he will definitely take action. Remember, you cannot directly come forward, or you will get burned." Sheng Lingren Yiyi Come together.
"How can this be possible when he has taken advantage of it all by himself?" Sheng Zhiqiang said unhappily.
"You're a worthless guy. He can't think half as fast as your brother. After it's done, the official silver will be a hot potato. Whoever gets more points will be in more danger. Our purpose is just to frame the Tang Clan. It's dangerous." Naturally, we can't take it home, so we'll leave it all to Xue Qianhe. Even if he is found out by the government afterwards, as long as you don't come forward directly, we can blame him completely, and the government can do nothing to us. Do you understand?" Sheng Lingren said half scolding and half explaining.
Sheng Zhiqiang was still confused and asked again: "Oh! I understand. But if we take such a big risk to rob the official silver, the government may not think that it is the Tang clan. Once they suspect someone else, what about us? Isn’t all your efforts in vain?”
Sheng Lingren replied: "You don't need to worry about this. When the time comes, Eunuch Shi will fan the flames in front of the emperor and encourage the emperor to send people to thoroughly investigate the Tang Sect. As long as the emperor gives the order, we can take advantage of the fishermen. Even if the emperor does not thoroughly investigate. The Tang Sect will also be suspicious of the Tang Sect, and it will be easier for us to deal with it in the future."
After hearing this, Sheng Zhiqiang praised: "It seems that everything is under my control, so I feel relieved."
But Sheng Lingren scolded: "Stop flattering me, learn more from your brother, and use your brain when doing things."
Sheng Zhiqiang was dissatisfied and said: "Dad is always so partial. I am your biological son. Am I not as good as the one he picked up?"
Sheng Lingren scolded: "You bastard! Both my biological son and my adopted son are my sons, so of course I will treat them equally. Your brain is just not as good as inexplicable. It's really hard for you not to be convinced by this. Get off! I want to rest." Sheng Zhiqiang Although I felt dissatisfied, I had no choice but to endure it, turned around and went out.
Just as Sheng Lingren was about to enter the house with the two beauties, another young man came in again and looked very anxious: "Dad, do you want to rob the disaster relief official?"
When Sheng Lingren saw the young man, he stopped and replied, "Yes, I have asked your elder brother to handle this matter."
But the man objected: "Dad, you can't do this. If the official banknotes are robbed and cannot be used for disaster relief in time, I'm afraid many hungry people will starve to death."
However, Sheng Lingren replied very calmly: "Many refugees starve to death every year in the world. What does it have to do with us? Besides, if one more person dies or one less person dies, it doesn't make much difference. It's inexplicable! Just leave this matter alone. , I have given up." After saying this, without waiting for Sheng's inexplicable reply, he had already gone in with the beautiful woman in his arms.
Sheng inexplicably knew that he could not dissuade his father, so he had no choice but to shake his head and go out.
