Destiny Only Han

Mengzhou Protectorate.

Shixin County.

The lead clouds hang low, and the air is stuffy and hot, like a big steamer that has just been removed from the pot.

Zhou Yafu was sitting behind the desk, with several telegrams he had just received placed in front of him. The creaking mechanical fan only blew away the sweat beads on his forehead, but did not extinguish the fire in his heart.

On his left hand side was an order telling him to stand still and wait for the opportunity.

On his right hand was a letter from Zhou Bo's family, instructing him to send people to assassinate several valuable targets and start a war so that the Zhou family and other distinguished officials could gain some credit from it.

Therefore, Zhou Yafu had a bold idea.

Success depends on people, not on God!
But as a loyal minister, he instinctively felt that this kind of provocation was not good.

After all, Liu Ying's order was very clear, telling him to stand still.

However, his father asked him to take the initiative...

Loyalty and filial piety have always been difficult to have both ways... Zhou Yafu closed the letter and sighed.

At this moment, a strong voice came from outside the door.

"Why do young people sigh so much? They are so angry, so angry!"

Zhou Yafu looked up and saw Liu Zhao holding a box in his hand.

He quickly stood up and saluted.

Although his current salary is equal to that of Liu Zhao, he was once a general under Liu Zhao. This is the rule among warriors, just like in history, Fan Kuai knelt down to Han Xin but was ridiculed by Han Xin...

Liu Zhao waved his hand: "Don't do that nonsense on a hot day! Look what is this?"

Zhou Yafu opened the box and was stunned.

"ice?"

"How can there be ice in this weather?"

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and touched it in disbelief. It was as expected.

"That's not ice, that's ice cream! It's made from frozen milk and eggs!" Liu Zhao first corrected him, and then asked pretending to be mysterious: "Do you know why our navy is called the Royal Family?"

Zhou Yafu shook his head with a dull expression.

Liu Zhao smiled and said: "Of course the navy's funds are provided by the emperor! If not, how could you and I enjoy such top-notch things on this scorching hot day?"

"Try it quickly and remember to pour some lemon juice on it..."

Zhou Yafu tried it and immediately shuddered, as if his teeth were sore.

Liu Zhao laughed loudly: "Although this product is sour, it is a must-have for the navy when going to sea! I was not used to it in the past, but now that I smell it, I am actually a little greedy..."

After Zhou Yafu finished eating a bamboo tube of ice cream in two or three mouthfuls, he felt cold all over his body, and the intense heat around him also dissipated a lot.

Only then did he remember and ask, "Where does this ice cream come from?"

Liu Zhao smiled broadly: "Of course I did it myself!"

"After the naval fleet sailed into Nanyang, we found out that the heat here is far worse than the home port of Liaodong, so I ordered the home port to send a fast ship to transport several ice machines. Now they come in handy!"

Zhou Yafu was stunned, and only one word came to his mind.

Howe!
How inhumane!
Liu Zhao put the box aside, shook his head and said, "If you want to use ice in the future, just send someone to the navy station to get it!"

"The ice machine won't stop once it's started. There's too much ice to use up. If you take more, you'll save the Marine Corps boys from using it to trick those native women and make the camp a mess!"

Zhou Yafu laughed silently.

He is full of blood, so he naturally knows what the so-called evil spirit refers to.

But this is actually a very good thing. Just as Shen Tujia, the Protector-General of the Anhai Protectorate, welcomed the Royal Navy to dock in the old port, the arrival of the Marine Corps can also effectively change the population structure of Shixin County.

After all, there is no Durex or James Bond these days.

If you work hard, you will be rewarded!

Zhou Yafu looked sideways, with a somewhat wretched look on his face: "General, there is little food in Shixin County. Over time, it may be difficult to provide food and drink for thousands of marines..."

"The date of the war has not yet been determined. We might as well station the Marines in various counties in Mengzhou first..."

Liu Zhao did not doubt his presence and nodded. He was about to agree, but suddenly thought of something and asked quickly:

"and many more!"

"You just said that the date of the war has not yet been determined..."

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Yafu didn't say much, and just handed the telegram from the Taiwei Mansion to Liu Zhao.

He hesitated for a moment and finally handed over the telegram sent to him by Zhou Bo.

Liu Zhao took it and read it hastily, frowning.

Zhou Yafu said softly: "Before the general came, I was worried about this matter..."

Liu Zhao read it carefully and suddenly said with a smile: "Do you know why I will not accept my life?"

Zhou Yafu said seriously: "But His Majesty's majesty cannot be provoked!"

Liu Zhao shook his head and lamented that this guy is a fool. If the people in power here are the guys who taught Wu She in the past, I am afraid that the Han army has already invaded Huashi City and cut off the head of King Xunjia and kicked it as a ball. ...but there were some things he couldn't say clearly, so he made an insinuation: "The telegram from Taiwei's Mansion only said that Your Majesty forbids us to act rashly and not to engage in war without authorization, but it did not say that some small tricks are prohibited!"

Zhou Yafu glanced sideways: "For example?"

Liu Zhao threw Zhou Bo's telegram on Zhou Yafu's face and said angrily: "For example! You don't know what your father asked you to do? You kept asking me, and the one who asked you was very irritated!"

Zhou Yafu was not angry either.

He shook his head and asked, "Who should I attack?"

Liu Zhao stared: "You are the landlord here, you ask me?"

"To be honest, I don't know who is the one who affects the whole body..." Zhou Yafu scratched his head.

"I know someone, maybe he knows!" Liu Zhao said, raising his eyebrows and hinting.

Zhou Yafu suddenly realized.

But before he could speak, the person who was hinted by Liu Zhao staggered in from outside.

The person coming was none other than Jia Yi.

After all, he was ordered to collect and compile the customs and customs of various countries in Southeast Asia, and the country of Sunga was no exception.

Zhou Yafu smiled and said to Liu Zhao: "This really means Fei Lian Fei Lian will be here..."

Liu Zhao frowned. He couldn't understand what Zhou Yafu said at all, so he asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Maybe this is the generation gap that His Majesty was talking about... Zhou Yafu shook his head and explained: "Fei Lian is a minister next to King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. He runs fast and likes to speak ill of others in front of King Zhou..."

"Therefore, there is a saying in Chang'an, which is 'Say Fei Lian, Fei Lian will arrive', which means that when you talk about someone, that person just happens to appear..."

Liu Zhao suddenly realized this and was immediately overjoyed, looking like he was laughing very hard.

Zhou Yafu was silent.

Jia Yi walked in from the outside and asked curiously: "Why is Dongmao Hou laughing?"

Liu Zhao couldn't help but repeated Zhou Yafu's words.

Jia Yi scratched his head and looked at Zhou Yafu, seeing the same confusion in the other's eyes.

Zhou Yafu changed the subject, handed the telegram in his hand to Jia Yi again, and said politely: "What's the plan?"

Jia Yi chuckled, took the message and read it carefully.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at Zhou Yafu and Liu Zhao, and said with a smile: "If the Protector General and Marquis Dongmao are in trouble for this matter, then there is no need!"

Liu Zhao leaned forward and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Jia Yi smiled and said: "When I came, there was already a rumor in the city that the Brahman monk Boruoliuzhi will debate the scriptures with the Protestant monk Jipo in Shixin County in fifteen days!" (Note [-])

"This time they are not betting on their tongues, but on their own lives. The loser will have his head cut off by the winner..."

"So, you don't need to bother looking for the 'yifa'."

Zhou Yafu was surprised.

He really didn't expect that those monks who claimed that "sweeping the floor would hurt the lives of ants" also had such a violent side...

Jia Yi seemed to have seen through his thoughts and said with a smile: "Both sides accuse the other of being a demon. Debating scriptures is to eliminate demons and demons. It is normal for the loser to have his head cut off..."

Liu Zhao nodded, but asked a little worriedly: "Can the two of them afford the 'one shot'?"

Jia Yi smiled and replied:
"Affordable."

"Well, I'm talking about Prajna Liuzhi."

"Prajna Liuzhi is a highly respected person in Brahmanism. Even when the Maurya King was a strong believer in Buddhism in the past, he still needed to be given three cents. Let alone the current King Sunga who firmly believes in Brahmanism!"

"If Prajna Liuzhi died in Shixin County, it would be a big deal..."

"As for Jiuma Jipo, this person was originally the prince of a small country at the foot of the Snowy Mountains. His country was destroyed. He became a monk and later joined the Protestant religion. He has always been known for his eloquence and has many followers!"

Zhou Yafu frowned and said, "Followers are useless. If he loses, will his followers kill people for him?"

A cruel smile appeared on Liu Zhao's face: "How can we lose? The debate is in Shixin County, so whoever we want to win can win?"

Jia Yi was silent.

The debate at this time is not a debate. Failure in the debate can range from being disabled to death, so the outcome cannot be determined by blowing a black whistle...

Therefore, the methods will be even dirtier!

But Zhou Yafu smiled and nodded: "That's the case, then I'll make arrangements in advance! What kind of discipline is there?"

Jia Yi pulled him and said seriously: "Your Majesty must be informed of this matter!"

Zhou Yafu frowned: "Didn't you say that I will not accept your fate?"

I can finally understand why Liu Zhao said that he looks a bit like the Marquis of Huaiyin... Jia Yi sighed softly: "Forget it, I will protect you and go to work. I will send a report to His Majesty..."

Note 85: Boruo Liuzhi.The prototype of this name is from the city of Polo [Munai] in South India. His surname is Qu Tan. He is a Brahmin and a member of the Prajna stream. Wei Yanzhixi.In the first year of Xiping, Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty, together with Tan Yao and Bodhi Liu Zhi, they translated a total of [-] volumes of [-] volumes including Zhengfa Mindfulness Sutra and Shunzhong Lun.

Kumarajiva, namely Kumarajiva.His father Jiumoyan was an ancient Indian, and his mother was Qipo, the sister of the king of Qiuci (now Kuqa, Xinjiang) in the Western Regions.In the third year of Hongshi's reign in the Later Qin Dynasty (401), he lectured at the "Xiaoyaoyuan" in the palace in the north of Chang'an City. In the 13th year of his stay in Chang'an, he translated 425 volumes of scriptures, including "Dapin Jing", "Buddha Tibetan Sutra", "Siyi" "Sutra", "Vimalakirti Sutra", "Hsian Kalpa Sutra", "Diamond Sutra", "Vimalakirti Sutra", etc., Japan's Nichiren founded the Nichiren Sect based on Kumarajiva's translation of "Myoho Renge Sutra" at Caotang Temple , and its believers therefore called Caotang Temple the ancestral temple.

ps: Regarding Kumarajiva, there used to be a drama called "Live Up to the Tathagata, Live Up to Your Majesty". It tells the story of the heroine meeting Kumarajiva after traveling through time. It's a pity that he was a eunuch...