At this moment, the canal is sparkling, like a golden ribbon, closely connecting the villages on the blue sky and the ground, forming a magnificent natural picture. Mr. Shen walked northwest along the Li Canal embankment and went straight to Wensi Zen Temple on the west side of Huzui Avenue.
Mr. Shen understands history. He knows that during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the tribe rose to prominence. Its tribe was nomadic in the Hohhot area of present-day Inner Mongolia at the beginning. Later, it gradually became stronger and expelled the Chahar tribe, the original grassland overlord, to Liaodong and became the leader of the right-wing Mongolia. The control area extends from Xuanhua and the north of Datong in the east, to Hetao in the west, to the Gobi Desert in the north, and to the Great Wall in the south. Later, in order to open up pastures, he conquered Qinghai and even once sent troops to Tibet.
But when you were in the Ming Dynasty, you had to talk about the troubles of Japanese pirates at that time. "Japanese troubles" were a major concern of the Ming Dynasty.
As early as the Hongwu period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Japanese pirates began to frequently operate along the southeastern coast of China. According to incomplete statistics, there were as many as forty Japanese invasions recorded in historical records during the Hongwu period. Moreover, as the coastal defenses of the Ming Dynasty became increasingly relaxed, the Japanese invasion became increasingly severe, reaching its peak during the Jiajing period.
No one would have thought that Shen Kun, who won the first prize many years later, would become an anti-Japanese hero who will go down in history. What he was praised by later generations was not his literary skills, but his military strategy. And his close friend Wu Chengen may have been destined to miss the imperial examination, but in the end it was the immortal masterpiece "Journey to the West" that made him successful. While sighing, future generations can't help but think of Li Bai's saying, "I am born with talents that will be useful."
Unexpectedly, in the first month of the second year of Zhengde (i.e. 1507), Liu Jin and others wanted to take over all power after squeezing out Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Han Wen, etc., so they created miscellaneous arts for Wu Zong to play with, and took the opportunity to obtain memorials from each department for ruling.
Wu Zong said: "What do I use you for? Just bother me one by one." So Liu Jin stopped playing again. He made decisions at will, no matter how big or small, and carried out the decree. Wu Zong didn't know many things. In one month, the Zhongguan issued the decree, and there was almost no day left.
According to the old system, the Six Ministries in Nanjing only had one right servant. On March 16, the second year of Zhengde (AD 1507), Yang Tinghe, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and Liu Zhong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, gave a lecture on the classics at a banquet. After the lecture, they satirized and admonished Wuzong for being a traitor and denounced Liu Jin.
Liu Jin's misbehavior aroused the anger of Chinese and foreign ministers and officials, and there were endless reports of impeachment against Liu Jin. The memorial written by Jiang Qin, the censor of Nanjing, in March of the second year of Zhengde (1507) was particularly fierce, but he eventually died in prison unjustly with hatred.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty was already suffering from internal and external troubles, and the eunuchs' chaos in government became more and more serious...
Wensi Temple is located next to Huzui Street, Wuli Hexia Ancient Town, northwest of Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture. It was originally called Tongyuan Temple and Dabei Temple.
Wensi Temple was built in the late Tang Dynasty. It faces the lake (Guanjia Lake in the west of the city, also known as West Lake). It has vast mist, birds singing and flowers fragrant, poetic and picturesque, and beautiful environment. Through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it experienced several rises and declines due to floods, wars and disasters.
In the Song Dynasty, the monk Lan Yu rebuilt the temple and named it Dabei Temple. The rules and precepts were very strict. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Dabei Temple was flooded several times due to repeated flooding of the Yellow River.
Wensi Temple is one of the famous temples in Huai'an. Most of the abbots and abbots in the past generations have profound knowledge, and literati are also happy to interact with them.
When Yan Wen was the abbot, he often interacted with scholar-bureaucrats, and the master received him with sincerity. Every time he sat down to preach, recited inner canons, and ancient public cases, he became a Taoist spirit everywhere.
Abbot Yuanchang adheres to the precepts carefully and is good at writing paintings regardless of the cold or heat. He loves to paint cold plum blossoms in the snow, and there is a sense of Zen silence in his writing.
The abbot of Xihua is ancient in appearance and simple in nature. He is good at cursive calligraphy and poetry, and has exchanged gifts with Huai'an literati.
In the middle of the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Yijiao, a native of Shanyang, composed an impromptu poem with his friends while looking northward at Taohuawu in Huai'an Fucheng.
Arctic nunnery
Feng Yijiao
As far as the eye can see in Taohuawu, there are no more names left.
Time passes by, and generations pass by.
The place where music and singing flourished, Ludizhou was in depression.
But the birds on the remaining sand generally don't know their sorrow.
"Book of Gao Tao Mo": "There are no common officials, heaven's workmanship, people can take their place." General: drifting appearance.
Mr. Shen looked at Taohuawu in the north of Fucheng. Now only the name is left. As time flies, everyone is a passer-by in this world. Personnel turnover from generation to generation rises and bursts like bubbles on the water.
This is a transit place for water transportation, with many people and merchants. There is singing and dancing day and night, and it is very lively.
On the reed-covered sandbanks on both sides of the river, only some unknown wild birds were left flying around leisurely, seemingly without any worries.
People are in high spirits during happy events. At this time, Mr. Shen walked into the temple and heard the sound of chanting Buddha in the distance. The devout pilgrims came in and out in twos and threes, and their solemn expressions made Mr. Shen quickly dress up.
The fragrance was lingering in front of the majestic Mahavira. The people worshiping the Buddha put their hands together. They took out the incense from the incense tripod and lit it. Mr. Shen worshiped the Buddha sincerely for the first time. However, his wife’s perseverance was rewarded with God’s gift. The lively and lovely grandson Shen Kun gave Mr. Shen his first time. Come so sincerely to thank the Buddha for His blessings.
"Amitabha, there is no Amitabha. In gratitude for the Buddha's love, I gave the Shen family incense. I came here today to thank the Buddha and ask the Buddha to continue to bless me." Mr. Shen fell to the ground, burned incense and prayed.
Mrs. Shen would worship Guanyin every day at home and thank Guanyin Bodhisattva for her grace. The future number one scholar, Shen Kun, was born into such a warm and loving family. The reason why he became the number one scholar was inevitable by accident.
The young master went out after taking a nap. Mr. Shen and his son have not returned to the Shen Mansion at this moment. Naturally, the young master has a big plan to wean the baby, and the young mistress is eagerly waiting for them to come home and make decisions.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
