The bandit leader of the White Lotus Sect is not the same as the White Lotus Sect.
The common people didn't understand this truth, but Zhu Yunwen did.
The death of the Buddha Mother does not mean that the White Lotus Sect in Shandong has been destroyed. The death of Han Tianfu does not mean that the White Lotus Sect has completely disappeared in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Although the imperial court captured a group of bandit leaders and core members of the White Lotus Sect and gave the White Lotus Sect a fatal blow, it failed and fell, but that does not mean that it will die or disappear.
The White Lotus Sect has been able to toil for more than a thousand years and has a long life span, dragging down two and a half dynasties. This is not because the White Lotus Sect's bandit leaders are so powerful, but because the people have no way to survive and are oppressed to the point where they can only take risks, "Maitreya to save the world" and "pursue bliss". The doctrinal propaganda and brainwashing have become their spiritual pursuit, turning them into an "army" with "faith".
Digging into the root cause, the White Lotus Sect is still alive and resurrected from time to time. The root cause is the hardship of the lives of the people at the bottom. When people face the desperate and dark reality, they will choose to escape and choose spiritual sustenance.
Their understanding of the difference between Sakyamuni and Avalokitesvara is probably that one is a man and one is a woman. Their understanding of the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun is probably that one is an official and the other is someone who burns coal and pours ashes.
But no matter who they are, as long as these people can give themselves spiritual comfort, that is enough. Sakyamuni said that there is a paradise world, so believe it. The Jade Emperor said that there are six reincarnations, and heaven will not spare anyone, so believe it.
It's just that Sakyamuni may have been on a business trip to India and has not returned. The Jade Emperor is on the thirty-third heaven and will not be able to fall down for a while. Faced with the hardship and helplessness of life, the people have no hope.
At this time, the White Lotus Sect suddenly appeared and said that I am a disciple of Maitreya and will lead you to the light, to a world of bliss without pain. Even if you die, your next life will be bathed in divine light...
A flag was pulled up just like that.
Not clever, but very practical.
Zhu Yunwen believes that all religions and beliefs are a focus of spiritual comfort, not a destination. What creates this focus is the difficulties of reality, the loss of hope, and the torture of the world. It is not truth, goodness, beauty, or intrinsic goodness.
It is tragedy and disaster that create religion and belief.
If you want to completely solve the White Lotus Sect, you must solve the foundation of its existence: hardship, torture, and tragedy, and these three points contain a common vocabulary:
alive.
The root of everything is to live.
Only by solving the problem of people's survival can the problem of the resurgence of the White Lotus Sect be fundamentally solved. To live without going astray, without being deceived by others, without breaking the law or rebelling, you need education.
In ancient times, were we afraid of democratizing education?
Is the imperial examination meant to trap smart people and prevent them from rebelling?
I wonder if the people who put forward this view and understanding have read the history of the Ming Dynasty's rise and fall, and whether they have read the history of the Ming Dynasty's demise. When a group of savages rise, they don't need much knowledge.
On the contrary, the more civilian-oriented education is, supplemented by Confucian ideas such as loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, the lower the possibility of rebellion within the region. The real troubles, rebellions, and troubles are in places with underdeveloped education, such as remote mountainous areas and poor areas.
Thinking from this perspective, education can not only solve people's cognitive problems, but also resolve unnecessary conflicts and reduce the occurrence of knife-point incidents.
After clarifying these issues, Zhu Yunwen wrote eight words on the desk:
People's livelihood is the foundation and education is the soul.
These eight words will solve the White Lotus Sect and solve the unresolved rebellion problem in the prosperous Tang and Fu Song Dynasties. They will also be Zhu Yunwen's three-year policy program.
Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao State, brought Li Zengzhi to seek an audience.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Li Zengzhi who was kneeling on the ground and shivering, and raised his head: "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Li Jinglong stood up, and then gently touched the kneeling Li Zengzhi with his foot. Li Zengzhi quickly shouted: "I am guilty."
Li Zengzhi was really scared. People who were related to the White Lotus Sect and the Yin Soldiers were basically pulled out and had their heads chopped off. Three hundred heads were killed. Such a method of massacre was enough to scare people to the core.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Li Zengzhi and said: "Cao Guogong made atonement for you and took out the iron ticket to avoid death. Zhongdu Guards made atonement for you, and even fought against the Security Bureau to get rid of the White Lotus Sect personally. You atone for yourself and explain the matter. Everything is clear. You three brothers are of the same mind. If I don't allow you to come out, I'm afraid it will chill people's hearts. Get up."
Li Zengzhi thanked him and stood up.
Li Jinglong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Li Fangying is guilty of violating the security bureau without knowing the truth. Please remove him from his post and transfer him back to the capital to convict him."
Zhu Yunwen laughed and walked out from behind the desk: "Well, although Li Fangying did something inappropriate, after all, he killed the White Lotus Buddha Mother and eliminated a major hidden danger for the court. It was a meritorious service to the court, so let's let him Let him stay in Zhongdu."
Li Jinglong felt relieved when he heard this.
Zhu Yunwen waved back and asked Li Zengzhi: "I have read the report. You said that Xu Zengshou in the Duke of Wei's Palace and Zhu Gaoxu in the Prince of Yan's Palace were also involved in ancient and modern cases."
Li Zengzhi stretched out his hand and wanted to swear, but felt something was wrong, and said quickly: "I guarantee with my life that I am absolutely true. Although it was Jin Zhong's idea to build the Piaomiao Tower, and I was in front, Zhu Gaoxu and Xu Zengshou also had something to do with Jin Zhong. I got in touch and they also offered me some money.”
Zhu Yunwen fell into deep thought.
Zhu Gaoxu is an ambitious rebellion expert, but he will not be honest whenever he has the slightest chance. But now he has no chance. Zhu Di has been suppressed, let alone Zhu Gaoxu?
Xu Zengshou, on the other hand, although this guy is Xu Huizu's younger brother, he is also a shameless guy. He is obviously a descendant of the Xu family, but his heart goes to the Zhu Di family. I don't know if it is because of the eldest sister Xu Yihua, or because Zhu Di also likes this brother-in-law. .
There hasn't been much movement between these two people recently. Even when the young master Li Qi was arrested and Jin Zhong took refuge, they didn't make any movement at all. They stayed in the palace, as if they didn't know what was going on.
Is it okay if you just hide at home?
Zhu Yunwen didn't think so. After Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi left, Liu Changge entered the palace.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army.
As usual, Zhu Di walked into the hall to discuss military strategy with Xu Huizu.
The newly elected Wu Jinshi and Wu Juren of the imperial court have all left the capital. Of course, they are not going straight to Guangxi or Yunnan, but going home first. They should get the rewards they deserve, the honors they deserve, the wives they deserve, and the babies they deserve. These still need to be done.
As for the time to travel to Guangxi and Yunnan, it was set in February of the third year of Jianwen, which gave them a holiday. However, some people do not need a holiday, and there are also those who strongly request to go straight to Guangxi and Yunnan, such as Ji Gang.
Both the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were very fond of this man. His spirit of asking for orders in blood and sacrificing his family for the country was widely spread in the capital. Since he wants to go first, let's go. The court can't refuse his pure heart.
So, facing the cold wind of November, Ji Gang left, accompanied by Yuan Yue, Xue Lu, Geng Wei, Lin Zhaoxue and others.
When Zhu Di saw Xu Huizu studying the map of Annan, he took over a stack of documents on the desk and said, "Things have their own order. If the documents are not approved, why are we studying military strategy?"
When Xu Huizu saw Zhu Di coming, he said with some worry: "There are many people in Annan Mountain. It's difficult to attack from the top. And I heard that their fire cannons are very powerful, a bit stronger than our old-fashioned fire cannons."
Zhu Di walked to the new stove, picked up the boiled hot water, and made a pot of tea: "Your Central Military Governor's Mansion is too miserable. There is no one to serve you. Let me say, the mountains are so difficult. Attack, I am afraid that it will not be difficult for me, Sergeant Daming. The Second Artillery Bureau has added another 300 craftsmen. You don’t know, right? I heard that new guns and magical cannons are rushing to Houhu day and night to inspect a batch and send them out. One batch. According to this posture, the emperor has no intention of confronting Annan head-on, but intends to use firearms to deal with Annan."
Xu Huizu smiled. Why did the Chinese Army's Governor's Office and the Ministry of War support a large-scale military campaign against Annan? What about the Hu clan disrupting the country, attacking Guangxi, and intending to attack the Champa Kingdom? These are all false. The real reason is that Ming Dynasty needs that piece of land. land, and have the confidence to win.
And this confidence comes from the Ming Dynasty sergeants armed with the new army's strategy and the advanced firearms from the Second Artillery Bureau.
"Although firearms are powerful, if there are no sergeants to charge into the battle and kill the enemy bravely, it is still impossible to attack the city and defeat the Annan army." Xu Huizu was very calm and handed the map to Zhu Di, and then prepared to deal with the paperwork and continued: "Firearms are no longer needed Being strong cannot replace the sergeant. When all means are exhausted, the real winner or loser will probably be the saber and spear."
Zhu Di clapped his hands and was extremely pleased: "It is said that if you have not been on the battlefield, you cannot lead troops to fight. But I can conclude that based on this judgment alone, you have surpassed countless soldiers and you are a qualified battlefield general. .”
Xu Huizu shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly: "It's just talk on paper."
Xu Huizu was most disappointed because he had never led troops to fight.
Unlike Li Wenzhong's son Li Jinglong and Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao, Xu Da's son Xu Huizu has super abilities. He was appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang as the governor of the Chinese Army and continued to be used by Zhu Yunwen. He did not completely rely on Xu The aura of Da.
Some people commented that Xu Huizu was "loyal, upright, wise and courageous", and some people commented that he "can be appointed as a Yuan Rong and the leader of the Northern Expedition", but he was buried in history.
Zhu Di believed in his own judgment that Xu Huizu was by no means an ordinary person.
The documents for the Chinese Army Governor's Office all come from various health stations. Since it is already winter, the materials that should be available in various places have long been in place. Most of these documents are small things, such as how much cotton issued by the Ministry of War is missing, and some weapons are rusty. I wonder if it can be replaced? How about repairing some city walls while there is nothing to do in the winter? Can you go out hunting?
Throwing away the useless document, Xu Huizu picked up the next one, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly became serious. The content of the document was:
"Shi Yangwen, the commander of the Liaodong capital, reported that on October 20th, there was a sudden movement on the North Korean-North Korean Ping'an Road, and there seemed to be signs of army mobilization. On the 21st, the defenders of Yizhou on the North Korean-North Korean Ping'an Road left the city, appeared in the Yalu River, and retreated Let's go. On the 22nd, more than 30 corpses were found on the banks of the Yalu River. More than 100 people died of drowning and freezing in the river..."
"There seems to be turmoil within North Korea. I have ordered all the guards to provide vigilance. However, if someone crosses the river forcibly, they will kill, persuade them to retreat, or block them. They need an explicit order from the court. I dare not start a dispute without permission. Please Report quickly."
Xu Huizu held the document, stood up and said: "There is a suspected mutiny in North Korea, and the Liaodong capital has come to report urgently."
Zhu Di was not surprised when he heard this. He just said calmly: "What is supposed to come will always come, but based on my understanding of Li Fangyuan, he still does not have the courage to take action against Ming Dynasty. However, this matter should be reported to the emperor as soon as possible and should not be delayed." "
Xu Huizu knew that the matter was urgent and left with the documents.
Zhu Di was the only one left in the main hall. When he was bored, he got up and walked to the desk. He picked up a document and looked at it. He shook his head slightly and put it down. He picked up another document and only glanced at it. The hairs all over his body almost stood up.
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