A knife in love

Chapter 151

Although the Songshan School can be regarded as a well-known and decent school in the martial arts, its ranking is not very high.In addition to the fact that the Songshan School's own martial arts are not top-notch in the Jianghu, there is also a famous Shaolin Temple in the Songshan Mountain.Therefore, people in the world, as long as the word "Songshan" is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind must be Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin Temple is the authentic school of martial arts in the world. It has been the leader of martial arts for thousands of years, and it is the source of martial arts recognized by the world.The Songshan School has no objection to this, but for hundreds of years, the Songshan School has not been well-known, and the masters and veterans in the school are not convinced.Moreover, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Shaoshi Mountain has become the temple property of Shaolin Temple, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.Although the Songshan School is named "Songshan", they have no property on the Songshan Mountain, and they just live under the Junji Peak.As the saying goes, "the name is not right and the words are not right", for hundreds of years, the heads of the Songshan School have always been worried about this.

Liu Kang's promise has great benefits for the Songshan School.First, the imperial court rewarded Junji Peak to the Songshan School. Since then, the Songshan School has gained a foothold in Songshan and has become the real "Songshan School".Secondly, if the imperial court sends a plaque of "Songshan Orthodox School" and hangs it on the main hall of the Songshan School on the Junji Peak, it means that the imperial court has recognized the status of the famous Songshan School as a decent school. No matter how dare people despise the Songshan School.Although Lin Yilang and other masters of the Songshan School had never thought of standing on equal footing with the Shaolin Temple, if the imperial court really rewarded them in this way, the status of the Songshan School in the Jianghu could be said to be almost equal to that of the Shaolin Temple.

Seeing that the Songshan faction has benefited so much, the leaders of the various factions blushed immediately.Ding Yu, the eldest of the Taishan Five Elders, also stood among these heads.A few days ago in Yong'an City, the Taishan faction had already received Liu Kang's promise, so they were very satisfied. At this time, they said in a deep voice, "Mr. Liu Ge is fair, and our Taishan faction is willing to be driven by him." The rest of Kunlun, Qingcheng, Hengshan, etc. The heads of the various factions were also extremely excited, and each of them planned in their hearts what benefits they would get after the event was completed.

Seeing Liu Kang repeating his old tricks, Li Qiufeng convinced Lin Yilang with a few words, and the heads of the other sects obviously planned to obey Liu Kang's orders.I thought to myself: "These people are only looking for profit, but they don't think about whether they have their lives to get these benefits!"

Seeing that everyone was eager to try, Liu Kang couldn't help smiling, and said: "Since all the heads have no objections, please go outside the hall and negotiate with everyone under the door. If everyone agrees to help the court, come back and tell me."

All the heads left one after another, and in the end only Liu Yong and Li Qiufeng were left.Liu Yong said: "Master Ge, Mr. Liu has something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Liu Kang said: "But it's okay to say."

Seeing that there was no one else in the hall except the great lama and Li Qiufeng, Liu Yong stepped forward and said, "Master Ge, if we fighters from the rivers and lakes were to fight alone, the six or seven hundred friends gathered here would be worth as much Thousands of officers and soldiers. It’s just that this time it’s the front of the field, and the emphasis is on orderly advances and retreats, and mutual cooperation. These are exactly things that people in the martial arts are not good at. If friends from various gangs are driven to fight the rebels, I am afraid that they will die in a single battle. collapse, but damaged the court's prestige..."

Liu Kang stood up, took a few steps in the hall, turned to Liu Yong and said, "The old man has received a secret report. You can escape from the underground imperial mausoleum in the past few days, all because of Mr. Liu's calmness in the face of danger and his command. Sir is a man who can be entrusted with great things."

Liu Yong hastily cupped his hands and said: "Don't dare, Liu is just doing things with conscience, and can't bear to see a group of heroes fall into Xiaoxiao's hands. 'Stay calm in times of crisis, and command well' is absolutely not worthy of the name."

Liu Kang said: "Mr. Liu, you don't have to be too modest. In fact, I don't know what you are worried about. Sigh."

Since Liu Kang's appearance, he has always talked and laughed freely, without being surprised, but now he is deeply worried. Liu Yong and Li Qiufeng were both startled, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

I only heard Liu Kang say: "Since ascending the throne today, the former emperor's bad government of relying on Dongchang and Jinyiwei has been changed, Dongchang has been abolished, Jinyiwei has been abolished, civil servants have been reused, and the administration of officials has become one of the new ones. Only in this way, some old officials of the former emperor who lost their power So they colluded with officials in Dongchang and Jinyiwei who were unwilling to be suppressed, and attempted to rebel in order to restore the situation where Dongchang and Jinyiwei suppressed the courtiers. Over the past ten years, although the plots of these traitors have been continuously thwarted, only the few big figures behind It has never been exposed, so the still waters are running deep, and the activities of these people have not subsided for a day.

"In the past five years, these few masterminds have already known that it is difficult to realize their plan with Dongchang and Jinyiwei alone, so they started to think about the army and bought the generals in the army, thinking that they had used them. In just three short days During the years, mutinies occurred successively in important towns such as Datong and Xuanfu. Although they were all suppressed, some generals who were loyal to the court were killed by the rebels during the mutiny, or were framed by treacherous officials in the court after the rebellion was put down. They were reprimanded by the court for their poor governance of the army, and some were even beheaded in front of the army. At present, the three major battalions in the capital have loose discipline, and the generals leading the troops are all mediocre, and many of them are accomplices of the treacherous party. Once the rebels are killed, these Soldiers and horses are afraid that they will collapse at the first touch."

Speaking of this, Liu Kang sighed again: "Over the years, the old man has given the emperor many times to remind the court to pay attention to the activities of these treacherous parties. It's just that the old man has always been regarded as the late emperor's minister, and now he is enthroned Afterwards, when the political situation stabilized, the old man was expelled from the capital and returned to his hometown to retire. It is because of the old man’s memorial that the emperor probably would not have read it carefully. Besides, although Dongchang’s power cannot be compared with that of the late emperor when he was there, his ceremonies, ceremonies The eunuch still has great power, and the memorials of the old man may not be able to be sent to the emperor at all.

"Half a year ago, the old man received a secret report that the frontier troops stationed in the Xuanfu and Datong who were transferred to the imperial mausoleum were dissatisfied with the imperial court and were planning to mutiny. The old man sent people to investigate carefully, but found that someone was instigating the troops stationed in the imperial mausoleum to rebel. And this The plan has been going on for several years, and the weapons, food, and horses are all ready, and they have colluded with Duoyan Sanwei and the Tartar soldiers outside the pass. If this is done for these people, it will be a series of disasters. There is no more peace. The old man is in contact with everyone, trying to put an end to this catastrophe. It's just that the other party has been planning for a long time and will never fail. In order to attract people from the rivers and lakes to the hook, they will act as an internal response for them in the capital. They also need to take out the treasures of the imperial mausoleum for military expenses. Seeing that the rebel army has assembled, they will attack the capital as soon as the soldiers and horses of the three guards of Duoyan arrive. It's just that most of the weapons, military pay, food, etc. that the rebels have accumulated over the years are hidden in Yong'an City, so the first goal of the rebels is to take down Yong'an City as the foundation for marching to the capital. This old man is a retired civil servant, Apart from a few servants, I don't have a single soldier in my hands, so I can only rely on these Jianghu figures to hold off for a few days until the imperial army arrives."

Li Qiufeng and Liu Yong's expressions changed when they heard about these important military affairs.Li Qiufeng said: "How could the emperor ignore such an important event as the army's rebellion?"

Liu Kangdao: "Although you have been working in Jinyiwei, you don't know the rules of the court. The memorial will be handed over to the cabinet, and after being selected by the senior scholars, the eunuch will deliver it to the imperial court. If the senior scholars keep the memorial, the emperor will never want to see it." .At present, several cabinet scholars are wise and safe, and they are not willing to take the risk of reporting the truth. It is not surprising that the emperor does not know the truth outside the palace."

Liu Yong said: "Master Ge, if we can stop the rebels in Yong'an City, how can we ensure that the imperial court will know that there is a rebellion in the army and send troops to support us in time?"

Liu Kangdao: "If someone is secretly operating in the army and plotting a rebellion, as long as the army has not moved, those high officials in the imperial court will not report to the emperor. But if the army has already mutinied and the soldiers are pointing at the capital, no matter how courageous the courtiers are, they will not dare To lie about such a major event, and to be the first to shirk responsibility, will naturally report to the emperor immediately. At this time, the imperial court will mobilize soldiers and horses from around the capital to counter the rebellion. Although the three major battalions in the capital have loose military discipline and weak combat effectiveness, they still However, Dazhu Town is a frontier army that has been fighting for a long time. After obtaining the imperial court's order to transfer troops, it can reach the city of Yong'an in three days. Right now, the rebel army is full of no more than [-] people, and most of the weapons, food, etc. are hidden in the city of Yong'an. If we hold them back in Yong'an City, the rebels will be defeated."

At this moment, someone outside the hall said loudly: "The leaders of Kunlun, Qingcheng, Songshan and other sects are asking to see Master Ge."

Liu Kang sat back in the chair, his face regained the previous relaxed expression, and said slowly: "All the heads, please come into the hall to talk."

(End of this chapter)