A knife in love

Chapter 376

Situ Qiao didn't wait for Liu Yong to finish speaking, then shook his head and said, "The civil servants and military generals mentioned by Mr. Liu were indeed remarkable figures in the early days of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that these people are not as good as the one I mentioned. Even worse."

Deng Yao, Lin Yilang and others cursed in their hearts: "Look at your ghostly appearance, you are just bragging!"

Murong Danyan clapped his hands suddenly, and said happily, "I know! That person must be Master Liu Bowen!"

As soon as she said this, Liu Yong and others suddenly realized, and thought to themselves: "Damn it! How did I forget this person?!"

When Li Qiufeng saw Murong Danyan's voice fell, Situ Qiao nodded and thought, "It really is him!"

But I heard Situ Qiao say: "You guessed it right this time. Yes, the person who advised Emperor Taizu to rebuild the monastery was Lord Liu Bowen. I don't need to say more about the name of Lord Liu, as long as it is Daming The common people in the dynasty knew him well. Although the rumors in the market were absurd, it was just that this man was full of schemes, comparable to Zhuge Kongming. That was certain. At that time, Wei Qianhu hadn't finished talking. , Master Shi tremblingly said: "Could it be Liu Ji, Master Liu?""

Situ Qiao sneered when he said this, and said: "Although you are heroes of the martial arts, you just read too little. That surnamed Shi's martial arts may not be as good as everyone present, but his knowledge is many times higher. Therefore, read more. There is nothing wrong with reading useful books."

When everyone heard him say the three-character scripture "read more", they ridiculed them for being illiterate, and immediately became furious.Deng Yao let out a "bah" and cursed loudly: "You fart! That man surnamed Shi is an official in the officialdom, so he naturally knows some old affairs of the court. I have been a beggar all my life, but I can sing Lotus Falling. Can you, a scholar, sing? !"

Lin Yilang and others booed at the side, and shouted at Situ Qiao: "Sing, you are singing!" There were noisy sounds in the cave, and there was a sudden chaos.

Liu Yong hurriedly stood up and motioned for everyone to quiet down.He said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, we people really haven't read any books. It's just that the dozens of gang leaders and heads standing in front of you are all passionate men. Today we are in a desperate situation, but It's also because they don't want to work for tigers, and they don't want to be coerced by wicked people to do bad things that harm the country and the people. If they want to be prosperous and rich, they just need to be the eagles and dogs of the court, high-ranking officials and rich salary, and they are just around the corner. It's just that we are in the rivers and lakes, but we also know that we can do something , Do not do something'. Mr. Liu advises Mr. Situ that it is better not to underestimate all friends in the world."

Although what he said was peaceful, every sentence made sense. After hearing this, the gang leaders and heads of the sects secretly admired them, thinking: "I can't say this. Wu, well-deserved reputation! If I had his knowledge, I wouldn't be humiliated by that bastard Situ Qiao."

Deng Yao said loudly: "Mr. Liu is right. Others can laugh at us reckless gangsters. What kind of onion are you? You think you have read a few books, but you will see the heroes of the world as worthless. When the time comes, you will be a bastard." suffer from it!"

Liu Yong saw that Situ Qiao's face was flushed, but he couldn't speak out to refute him, for fear that he would become angry and hurt everyone.After hastily reassuring everyone, he said to Situ Qiao: "Everyone give in, and stop entangled in these details. Mr. Situ, what happened next?"

Situ Qiao was secretly ashamed of Liu Yong's words. Hearing him ask such a question gave him a step down, so he went on to say: "Wei Qianhu heard that Master Shi mentioned Liu Ji's name. He smiled and said, "Master Shi is right. When Taizu established Nanjing as his capital, the city was not called Nanjing, but Yingtian. The place where Emperor Taizu wanted to make his capital at first was not Yingtianfu, but The hometown of Taizu is Fengyang. Among the civil servants and military generals who founded the Ming Dynasty, there are not a few who were born in Fengyang. The ministers followed the birth and death of Emperor Taizu, and conquered thousands of miles. It is time to return home. But Master Liu thought that Fengyang Yangyang is surrounded by enemies and there is no danger to defend. As a capital, it is an extremely dangerous place. After listening to Master Liu's words, Emperor Taizu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​moving the capital. However, the dynasties that established their capitals here were all small courts that settled in a corner, and the final outcome was not very good. Mr. Liu thought that although Yingtian had water everywhere, it could be used for city defense, but although the water could stop the enemy, it could not be reversed. It can be used by the enemy army. If the enemy commander launches a water attack, Yingtian will be in danger. Once the enemy army approaches the city, Yingtian will be dead. Now that the world has been set, we should find a place with mountains and rivers inside and outside as the capital of Ming Dynasty. It's just that Mr. Liu has made a lot of miraculous achievements, which aroused suspicion, and he soon became an official. But before he left Yingtian, he had several secret talks with Emperor Taizu. One of them was to remind Taizu that the capital should be early In order to avoid accidents. Yingtian City's four battles, if Xiaoqiang is destroyed, there is a danger of overturning, so preparations must be made early. He suggested to Emperor Taizu that the place where Zhongjiao Temple is located is not far from the imperial palace, and the terrain is open. It extends in all directions. If a secret room is set up in the Zhongjiao Temple, even if someone intends to harm the emperor and makes a sudden attack, the emperor can temporarily hide in the secret room of the Zhongjiao Temple and send troops to wait for backup. Emperor Taizu followed Lord Liu’s suggestion , so people rebuilt the main hall of Zhongjiao Temple, and opened up a secret room in the main hall, which is the room we are in.'

"Master Shi let out a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said to Wei Qianhu: "So that's the case. Emperor Taizu and Lord Liu have a long-term plan, and the monarch and his ministers are indeed a match between dragons and tigers. The gold, silver and jewels in this secret room , I think it was hidden by Emperor Taizu at that time. Once things change, the gold and silver will be used as military expenses, and troops will be called to restore...'

"Master Shi hadn't finished speaking, Wei Qianhu shook his head and said: 'Master Shi, you guessed wrong this time. These rare treasures are not hidden by Emperor Taizu. Although Emperor Taizu listened to Master Liu He suggested that the main hall of the Zhongjiao Temple be rebuilt, and a tunnel was dug from the imperial palace, leading directly to the secret room of the main hall of the Zhongjiao Temple. However, after Mr. Liu became an official, there were constant turmoil in the court. Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu, the civil and military factions, were wiped out. In his heart, he already had the intention of moving the capital. The death of the prince Zhu Biao was also related to this matter. Under the turmoil, how could Emperor Taizu Time to collect gold, silver and jewels, to fill the chambers?'”

When Situ Qiao said this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Everyone, the move of the capital of the Ming Dynasty is indeed a big event. Although the surname Wei is a mother-in-law, it's just that the prince Zhu Biao died because of the move. It's not wrong either."

Everyone thought in their hearts: "This person is too long-winded. Originally, he was only talking about Zhu Di's background, but after going around a lot, he actually talked about the death of the prince Zhu Biao. If we continue like this, I'm afraid it will be three days and three days." I can't finish talking at night!" It's just that everyone knew that Situ Qiao was weird, but they didn't want to speak out to argue with this person, so they had to forcefully suppress the anger in their hearts and listen to what he said.

Situ Qiao said: "After the Taizu decided to move the capital, he sent the prince Zhu Biao to survey several cities that could be used as the capital. When Zhu Biao arrived in Xi'an, he was very satisfied with this place. He specially asked an artist to draw a map of Xi'an, and then returned to Ying Tianfu wanted to suggest to Emperor Taizu to move the capital to Xi'an. But he got sick on the road and died shortly after returning to Yingtian. If he didn't die, the Ming Dynasty would be a different scene. Wei Qianhu told Master Shi The general idea is the same. At the end, Wei Qianhu said: "After the battle of Jingnan broke out, the Yan army invaded Yingtian. Naturally, the main force went straight to the palace, but another group of surprise soldiers attacked Zhongjiao. It was Zheng He who commanded this strange army. At that time, he had not been given the surname Zheng by the emperor, but he was still called Ma Sanbao. The reason why King Yan sent this strange army was his internal response to Emperor Jianwen. After revealing the news that there is a secret road leading directly to the Zhongjiao Temple in the imperial palace, he sent his confidant Ma Sanbao to lead troops to the Zhongjiao Temple to prevent Emperor Jianwen from escaping from here. Lord Shi might as well think about it, in the midst of chaos, if this secret room There are rare treasures everywhere, no matter how strict Ma Sanbao's military discipline is, I am afraid that these things will be snatched up by the rebel army, how can they be kept until today?'”

When everyone heard what Situ Qiao said, they nodded secretly.Among the people present, apart from Li Qiufeng, Murong Danyan and Situ Qiao, they are all the gang leaders and leaders of various gangs, and each of them has participated in many battles and fights in the rivers and lakes.Therefore, everyone knows in their hearts that when facing the enemy, they must be moved to benefit, and only those who help the disciples will work hard.This "profit" can be divided into "power" and "money".People in high positions naturally work for the gang leader and head of the clan in order to win more "power".As for the ordinary gang members and disciples, they only work hard for "money".Therefore, during the battle, the leaders of various gangs mostly turned a blind eye to the plundering of property by their subordinates.

In the vendetta battles in the rivers and lakes, at most a few hundred people participated.But on the battlefield, there are often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides.In order to boost morale, the commander-in-chief often promises to loot for several days after defeating the enemy.Before the Warring States period, when countries were at war, they still followed the etiquette and formed a dignified formation. When the enemy fled, they did not send troops to burn, kill and loot.It's just that when the Qixiong was fighting for hegemony, after the reform of Qin State and Shang Yang, the soldiers acted deceitfully and aggressively attacked the six kingdoms of Shandong.Due to the difficulty of supply, they advocated "receiving food from the enemy", which is actually to rob the enemy's granary and the food of the people for military use.Later, "giving food to the enemy" became "giving money to the enemy", and soldiers often took advantage of the chaos to plunder gold and silver property.In the past dynasties, when the army was in a hurry, the generals in command often did not restrict the looting behavior of the soldiers within a few days after defeating the enemy, just to boost morale.Even famous ministers and generals turned a blind eye to this matter.

Looking at the 2000 years from the Warring States period to the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were only two generals who could openly restrain soldiers from looting.One is Zhao Yun, a general under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period.After Liu Bei captured Chengdu, Jingzhou soldiers plundered Chengdu, only Zhao Yun's troops did not commit any crimes.When Liu Bei was about to distribute the land and houses in Chengdu to the generals, it was Zhao Yun who urged Liu Bei to return the land and houses to the people by citing the story of Huo Qubing.The other is Cao Bin, a general in the early Song Dynasty.During the battle of the Song army attacking Shu, Cao Bin’s troops had the strictest military discipline. After the Song army’s attacking generals occupied Chengdu, they plundered the people and their belongings.Therefore, when the rebel army rose up in central Shu due to the corruption of the Song army's military discipline, except for a few generals such as Cao Bin, all the generals who attacked Shu were punished.When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin ordered the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he took Cao Bin as the coach and finally destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty.Li Yu's ministers and the people in the south of the Yangtze River did not suffer too many casualties, which is also related to Cao Bin's strict restraint of his subordinates.

Except for these two, looking at the famous generals of all dynasties, there are very few people who can restrain their subordinates from killing and looting wantonly.Most of the generals who lead troops have no good end. Although they have high meritorious service, most of them are because the killing is too heavy, causing harm to themselves and their descendants.For example, Bai Qi and Meng Tian, ​​generals of the Qin State, lamented that they were too heavy on the battlefield when they were dying, but it was too late, and it was just a laughingstock for future generations.

(End of this chapter)