A knife in love

Chapter 3737
Only then did Mao Shusheng come back to his senses, with a slightly gloomy expression on his face, he said: "After Zi Yuangong was exiled to Jiangzhou, those evil monks refused to give up, and invited killers to Jiangzhou to assassinate Zi Yuangong. Good! Some talented believers under the Bailian sect also went to Jiangzhou and stayed with Zi Yuangong to serve. The killer assassinated Zi Yuangong several times, but was thwarted by these believers. It’s just that Zi Yuangong was framed, his innocence was damaged, and he was depressed. Extremely. Shortly after arriving in Jiangzhou, he became seriously ill and passed away in Jiangzhou.

"Duke Ziyuan founded the White Lotus Sect with one heart dedicated to Buddha, and he had no ambition to use the White Lotus Sect to compete with the imperial court. Therefore, when the old man was alive, although some disciples of the White Lotus Sect joined the Mingjiao uprising army and fought against the imperial court, but in Ziyuan Under the enlightenment of Duke Yuan, most of the disciples of the White Lotus Sect kept the precepts of the Pure Land Sect and chanted scriptures and worshiped the Buddha every day. The small sect of the sect obeyed the precepts left by the monk Huiyuan and Zi Yuangong, ignored worldly affairs, and wholeheartedly served the Buddha and Bodhisattvas in order to obtain righteous results. Some ambitious people lost the restraint of Zi Yuangong, solicited and bought A disciple of the White Lotus Sect, imitating Mingjiao's appearance, rose up in rebellion, in a vain attempt to overthrow the Song Dynasty court and seize the world.

"In addition to the two factions, there is also a group of Bailianzong disciples who are sad that Ziyuangong was persecuted by the government. In order to avenge Ziyuangong, these Bailianzong disciples assassinated those evil monks and corrupt officials. Take him to a safe place to hide, so as not to be found and killed by the government and evil monks. Among the three major sects formed after the split of the White Lotus Sect, those disciples of the White Lotus Sect who devoted themselves to worshiping the Buddha had to avoid being persecuted by the government and the evil monks. Leaving the White Lotus Sect Temple, he devoted himself to practicing in other Pure Land Sect temples. The group of White Lotus Sect disciples who fought against the Song court suffered repeated defeats and suffered heavy casualties. The court listed the White Lotus Sect as an accomplice of the Ming Sect, and the killings were extremely tragic. Most of them died in battle, but their descendants and disciples hated the court more and more, and hibernated in the rivers and lakes, waiting for the opportunity. The disciples of the Bailian Sect, determined to avenge Zi Yuangong, kept assassinating those evil monks and corrupt officials, and protected Zi Yuangong's family It is very thoughtful.

"Afterwards the Tartars went south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. Although Mingjiao, Bailianzong and other major sects were on the same level as the Southern Song court, they hated the Tartars even more. Therefore, after the Southern Song Dynasty fell, these sects refused to submit to the Tartars and turned to the Southern Song Dynasty. In the second year after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, in Jiujiang City, not far from Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province, where the White Lotus Sect originated, a hero named Du Ke rose up and rebelled. Du Ke was actually A disciple of the Bailian Sect, most of the rebel soldiers who rebelled with him also came from the Bailian Sect. Du Ke claimed to be the king of heaven, and his soldiers were called the heavenly soldiers and generals. He threatened to drive the Tartars back to Mobei and restore the Central Plains. This is the first time that the Bailian Sect alone The large-scale flag-raising rebellion was very powerful, but the Tartar soldiers were fighting vigorously. Most of the disciples of the White Lotus Sect were ordinary people who had never fought in battle. Naturally, they were not opponents of the Tartar soldiers. Within a month, the whole army was wiped out by the Tazi soldiers."

When Mao Shusheng said this, he sighed, paused for a moment, and then continued: "After Du Ke was defeated, the Tazi court knew that besides the Mingjiao and Maitreya Religious Army, there was also the Bailianzong Rebel Army, so The Emperor Tarzi issued an imperial decree to ban the White Lotus Sect from all local governments. Anyone who believes in the White Lotus Sect will be punished with death. The local government officials heard the news and killed the disciples of the White Lotus Sect. In fact, many of the White Lotus Sect disciples only believed in Huiyuan monk and Ziyuan The profound meaning of Pure Land Buddhism taught by the public did not join the rebel army to fight against the Tartars, but the Tartar government did not distinguish between indiscriminate and indiscriminate. All disciples of the White Lotus Sect were killed immediately, and no mercy was given. Some evil monks in monasteries and rogues in the market place There are treacherous villains who covet the property of the Bailian Sect and the property of the disciples of the Bailian Sect. They take the opportunity to inform the government and seize the property of the Bailian Sect and the property of the disciples of the Bailian Sect. As a result, the number of believers in the Bailian Sect is decreasing day by day. The disciples of the sect switched to other Buddhist sects. Those disciples of the Bailian sect who rebelled but were defeated either joined the Mingjiao and Maitreya teaching troops and continued to fight against the Tartar soldiers, or secretly recruited troops to make a comeback. The disciples of the White Lotus Sect hide in the remote mountains and dense forests, in case someone tries to kill Zi Yuangong's descendants.

"Although the Tartars occupied the Central Plains, the Han people never stopped resisting. The uprising army was raging like a storm, and wars continued throughout the Central Plains. During the decades of bloody battles with the Tartars, some people integrated the teachings of the White Lotus School, Maitreya, Mingjiao and other Buddhist sects. , created a new school of Buddhism called White Lotus Sect. Although the White Lotus Sect is named after the White Lotus, its teachings are completely different from those of the Lotus Society, the White Lotus Society, and the White Lotus Sect. Although it also advocates the karma of Buddhism, it also advocates voluntary retribution. The devil defends the Tao, rather than accepting it. The devil mentioned by the White Lotus Sect refers to the Tartar court, and the Tao is the ethical code of the Han people. The White Lotus Sect preaches this kind of Buddhist profound meaning, clearly to fight against the Tartar court and compete for the world.

"After the White Lotus Sect was born, the rebel armies fighting against the Tartars all over the world played the banner of the White Lotus Sect and fought fiercely with the Tartar soldiers. At that time, the Tartar soldiers had been in charge of the Central Plains for decades. The soldiers are greedy for pleasure, and gradually lose their enterprising spirit to move across the world. Their combat power is no longer the same as when they went south. However, the Han rebel army led by the White Lotus Sect has experienced many years of bloody battles with the Tartar soldiers. Farmers with hoes and bamboo poles who don't know how to fight at all. The two sides are changing, and the rebel army has been able to fight the Tazi soldiers on an equal footing. It's just that although these rebels have disciples of the White Lotus Sect as their main force, their leaders are often not Bailian believers, so it cannot be called the White Lotus Rebellion.

"It was also the death of the Hegai Tartars. In addition to man-made disasters, natural disasters came again. In May of the fourth year, heavy rain fell from the sky and lasted for dozens of days. The Yellow River overflowed violently and burst in the area of ​​Baimao Dike and Jindi, drowning countless people. , a large area of ​​fertile land was reduced to Zeguo. As the saying goes, after a catastrophe, there must be a catastrophe. The prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yellow River were flooded first, and then suffered drought and plague. More than half of the people on both sides of the Yellow River died. , the floods submerged the Shandong salt field, which reduced the annual income of the Tartar court a lot. Although the Tartar emperors and high-ranking officials did not care about the life and death of the Han people, it was absolutely impossible to have less money. In the 11th year, the Tartar emperor An edict was issued to appoint Jia Lu as Minister of the Ministry of Industry and General River Defense Envoy, and forced to recruit 15 Han people on both sides of the Yellow River as civilian husbands. They went to dredge the river to make the Yellow River go east and join the Huaihe River into the sea. The emperor originally wanted to force the civilian husbands to repair The Yellow River dams, the restoration of the saltworks, and the increase in annual income and silver, but in the end pushed the Tartar court into a desperate situation, and finally had to flee the Central Plains in a hurry, never to return to the former glory."

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