Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 556 The Futu Clan Really Has Someone (Please Subscribe!)
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What secret weapon did Yue Fei and Bai Varhan bring to make Li Yan determined to continue attacking Japan?
The secret weapon they brought is... Shen Luozhou.

The sinking snail boat is shaped like a clam shell. All the gaps are sealed with asphalt. Water cannot enter. It can walk on the bottom of the water. It can accommodate hundreds of people. It can cross oceans and seas. It can travel hundreds of miles a day without fear of wind and waves. .

To put it bluntly, what Yue Fei and Bai Varhan brought was actually a simple submarine.

Yue Fei was going to build three to five hundred snail boats, and then Mingxiu plank road secretly sent [-] to [-] elite soldiers to Chencang to find a place on the north side of Shikoku Island to land quietly, and then flanked back and forth, and captured Shikoku Island in one battle.

And as long as Shikoku Island can be captured, the right army can use Shikoku Island as a pedal to land on Honshu Island, and then attack Shufang and Nagato back and forth, and then conquer the Japanese defense line to the south, opening the gate of Honshu Island.

Li Yan is very optimistic about Shenluozhou, and then he is very optimistic about Yue Fei's Mingxiu plank road and secret Chencang plan, so he secretly ordered Bai Varhan to mobilize all craftsmen and boatmen to build Shenluozhou.

In order to paralyze the Japanese, Li Yan first ordered the left and right armies to temporarily stand still and clean up the resistance forces in the acquired land, and then sent the son of Sakabe and Wang Jieru to negotiate with the envoys sent by Japan, while Li Yan himself practiced Taoism with Luo Zhenren The art of health preservation, while paying attention to the development and construction of Shuibo Liangshan, has the meaning of Zongma Nanshan wholeheartedly improving national strength.

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Song, Jin, Xixia, and even Emperor Tianzuo and the Mongolian tribes were paying attention to the several battles between Shuibo Liangshan and Japan.

Knowing that Shuibo Liangshan conquered one-third of Japan's territory in just over three months, and forced Japan to voluntarily propose to cede territory, claim vassal status, pay tribute, and send protons to form an eternal alliance with Shuibo Liangshan, all parties involved The fear and vigilance of the forces towards Shuibo Liangshan has increased by three points.

Various forces sent envoys to Seoul to express their goodwill to Li Yan. Among them, the State of Song was the most gracious. All-round commerce and common prosperity.

Having learned the experience and lessons of being besieged by six-party forces due to the failure of diplomacy at the beginning, Li Yan vigorously developed diplomacy this time, sending out all diplomatic talents such as Xiao Rong, Han Fang, Zhang Yan, Zhang Zhi, and Jin Fubi, and asked them to lead Enough with the special products of Shuibo Liangshan, establish diplomatic relations with various forces, discuss joint economic development to improve national strength, and make full preparations to take root in Liaodong and will not compete with other forces.

Among these forces, Shuibo Liangshan is the closest to the Song State. Knowing that the Song Army lacks soldiers, Li Yan sold a batch of high-quality refined iron from the Song State at the market price, and promised how much the Song State wanted to buy. , are sold.

Originally, the state of Song had no shortage of iron.

However, the two defeats in Yandi caused Song to lose a large number of soldiers.

Moreover, those two wars also emptied Song State's reserves for many years.

In addition, the State of Song still consumes tens of millions of catties of iron every year, and tens of millions of catties of refined iron are needed just for iron money.

More importantly, this is a good opportunity to repair the relationship with Shuibo Liangshan.

Therefore, Song Guo bought 5000 million catties of refined iron from Shuibo Liangshan at one time.

(The kingdoms of Jin, Xixia, and Mongolia have actually bought a lot of refined iron from Shuibo Liangshan. After all, iron is a hard currency in this era, and these forces are not as capable of producing iron on a large scale as Song .)
Li Yan knew that Song State had no money now, so instead of asking Song State to pay with gold and silver, he asked people to use this money to purchase some supplies that Song State lacked in the water park and Liangshan.

The active trade between the two parties has gradually eased the relationship between the two parties.

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On the sixth day of the first month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Ma Kuo accompanied the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to Tokyo.

The Jin envoy presented the obituary, and Zhao Ji issued an edict to express his condolences for Wanyan Aguda's death for five days.

In order to express his deep condolences to Wanyan Aguda, Zhao Ji also specially put on mourning clothes in Becili, the east gate of the imperial city, to express his mourning.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the Shangyuan Festival.

Lantern viewing at the Shangyuan Festival every year is a major event in Tokyo—in June of the first year of Chunhua, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi ordered the suspension of the Zhongyuan and Xiayuan lantern exhibitions, and concentrated efforts to hold the Shangyuan lantern exhibition.The Shangyuan Lantern Festival has to be held for five consecutive days, which has become a regulation of the Song Dynasty.How to run the Shangyuan Lantern Festival has become a major event in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.In fact, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival has become one of the iconic grand festivals in Tokyo.

In the Huizong period, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival was even more splendid and spectacular, with an unprecedented grand occasion.

In order to hold the Shangyuan Lantern Festival well, from the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year, it will be previewed in Jinglongmen area, which is called "pre-preview", and the content of the lantern show will be more abundant.

Facing the grand scene at this time every year, Zhao Ji is beaming and exuberant.

However, this year is a little different.

This year, Zhao Ji is a little depressed.

Zhao Ji was like this, naturally not because of Wanyan Aguda's death, but because of the Zhang Jue incident in Pingzhou.

The Zhang Jue incident in Pingzhou left a heavy shadow in Zhao Ji's heart.

Zhao Ji knew that the wish to take back the three prefectures of Ping, Luan and Ying had been completely dashed, and he would never be able to block the last passage for the Hu people to go south.

That night, Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng were watching the lanterns upstairs in Xuande Tower. An unexpected incident made Zhao Ji's heavy mood worse.

The incident is like this.

According to regulations, when the emperor watched the lanterns in the imperial building, the prefect of Kaifeng must arrange guards under the west building to ensure the safety of the emperor.

But for some reason, the Governor of Kaifeng didn't seem to have any guards under the West Building this time.

At that time, Zhao Ji stood alone under the window of the west building, and there was no eunuch by his side.

suddenly!

A person jumped out of the crowd!

That man, black cloth clothes, is like a monk and temple boy.

The man pointed at Zhao Ji with his finger and said loudly: "You are God, what god is there? You dare to destroy my religion. I speak to you now, and the retribution will come soon! I still don't fear you. How can you destroy the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas? "

At that time, many people heard these words.

Soon, the man was captured by the guards.

When Zhao Ji was furious, he personally interrogated the man.

The man said: "Will I run away from you? I showed you this, so that you know what to do. Why should I teach you? Listen to your suffering, I will not say anything now."

Zhao Ji was furious and ordered someone to torture the man.

But the man didn't say a word, as if there was no pain at all.

The person who performed it was shocked!

Zhao Ji was also shocked and hurriedly ordered Taoist priest Song Chongmiao to come over.

Song Chong is very famous for his wonderful practice of heavenly law, and he is known as Master Song in the world.

Master Song came to the scene in a hurry, looked at it, and then said to Zhao Ji: "The evil spirits that I control, this person, I can't know."

The interrogators had no choice but to continue to punish the man, amputate his tendons, and use a knife to slash his flesh and blood.

At night, the man had been tortured until he died.

This unexpected incident made Zhao Ji, who was already unhappy, even more unhappy.

Everyone in the world said: "Woohoo! There are indeed people in the Futu clan."

Regarding Buddhism and Taoism, Zhao Ji's attitude is very clear, that is, he denounces Buddhism and respects Taoism.

There have been four Buddhist extermination campaigns in Chinese history, namely, the seventh year of Emperor Taiwu Zhenjun of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the third year of Jiande of Emperor Wudi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the fifth year of Huichang Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty, and the second year of Xiande Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. "The law is difficult.

Although Zhao Ji did not carry out the act of exterminating Buddhism, he did cause harm to Buddhism.

Zhao Ji believed in Taoism, especially during the Zhenghe and Xuanhe years, he began to worship Taoism on a large scale across the country.

In the sixth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji listened to the illusory myth fabricated by the Taoist Lin Lingsu, and believed that he was the eldest son of God, King Shenxiao Yuqing, who descended to earth with the title of "Longevity Emperor".

In the second year, Zhao Ji issued an edict to inform the whole country that Tianning Wanshou Palace was changed to Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palace, and a statue of the emperor of longevity was set up in the palace.

In April, Zhao Ji said to Daolu Academy: "I am the son of Haotian God, the emperor of Daxiao. I saw that Zhonghua was burned by Jin Di's teachings, and he sacrificed himself for enlightenment. I felt very sorry for it, so I pleaded God, I wish to be the master of the people, so that the world will return to the right way. Pleased by the emperor, let the younger brother Qinghua Emperor rule over my big night mansion. I am frightened all the time, and I am worried that the order of my teaching is not yet a week, and you can put the seal on the book. I am the leader, the Taoist emperor."

Therefore, the ministers and the Daolu Academy made a list.

In the first month of the spring of the first year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji issued an edict: "The name of the Buddha was changed to Dajue Zhenxian, and the rest were called immortals and great scholars. Monks are German scholars, who change clothes and call them surnames. Temples are palaces, courtyards are temples, that is, the abbots. People watch things for Zhigong."

Soon, Zhao Ji changed his name to Nvde again.

The abolition of the Buddha caused an uproar in the Buddhist circle. Not only did monks from all over the country continue to resist, but many ministers in the imperial court also opposed the abolition of the Buddha.

The farce of abolishing Buddha did not come to an end until June of the second year of Xuanhe—Zhao Ji had to issue a special edict to restore the titles of monasteries and monks and nuns due to internal and external pressure.

However, Zhao Ji's damage to the Buddhist world due to the abolition of Buddhism may not be repaired by a single edict.

This incident is a good proof.

After the incident got to Li Yan's ears, Li Yan, who practiced the art of exhalation and the method of gathering yin and nourishing yang every day, thought about it and asked Lu Zhishen to send someone to Mount Wutai to invite his master, Elder Zhizhen, to Seoul for an open ceremony. A water and land ceremony.

Lu Zhishen missed his master Elder Zhizhen very much, so he went back to Mount Wutai himself.

More than ten days later, Elder Zhizhen came to Seoul and held a large-scale water and land ceremony.

After the Water and Land Ceremony was over, Li Yan personally chatted with Elder Zhizhen for half a day and benefited a lot.

Soon, Li Yan promulgated the Religious Law:
All people in Shuibo Liangshan have freedom of belief.

No organization or individual may force people to believe in religion or not to believe in religion.

People who believe in religion or people who don't believe in religion should not be discriminated against. People who believe in religion and people who don't believe in religion, and people who believe in different religions should respect each other and live in harmony.

The state protects normal religious activities.

No one may use religion to engage in activities that disrupt social order, damage the health of citizens, or interfere with the national education system.

Religious groups and religious affairs are not subject to foreign domination.

(There are so many tentatively, and more will be added later according to the actual situation. In short, the final interpretation right belongs to Li Yan and Shuibo Liangshan.)
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(End of this chapter)