golden scales

On February 18, 25th year of Chongzhen, it has been seven days since Taiyuan City changed hands.Except for remote places such as Yunnan and Guizhou, it is known to almost the whole country.If it is said that winning a battle can brag about the results, then regaining lost ground is the real evidence.Anyone who suspects that the East Palace is fake can go to Taiyuan in person to admire the red flag on the city wall of Taiyuan and the newly erected monument of loyalty outside the city.

The names, birthplaces and number plates of the officers and soldiers who died in the Battle of Taiyuan are engraved on the stele.

According to the tradition of setting up temples in China, someone here will soon donate money to build a martyr's shrine to support the loyal souls of heroes.And these benevolent people who donated money may also have the opportunity to be included in the local chronicles, and even carried into the Xiangxian Temple.

The education Zhu Cihong received in her previous life always said that Chinese people have religion but do not believe in it.When he really returned to the Ming Dynasty, he discovered that there were shadows of faith everywhere in Ming Dynasty. As long as a small town with a population of more than [-] people, there must be space for beliefs such as land, city gods, village sages, and loyalty.As for the larger cities, there are Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples.

Not only have these hardware facilities, but most of the people also follow their own beliefs, abide by moral norms, and spend their lives in peace and harmony.

Zhu Cihong respectfully burned three sticks of incense in front of the monument of loyalty, and then turned to leave, letting the civil and military officials behind him burn incense one by one.

"Guo Zhenren, do you think the morality and righteousness that the common people believe in will be cut off?" Zhu Cihong said to Guo Jing, who was standing beside him.

Guo Jingzhong smiled, and said: "Your Highness's question has a lot of wisdom, but it is the foundation of religion."

"Appreciate further details."

"What is religion? It is the root of the sect and its teaching. The teaching methods of the three religions are different, but the root is the only one." Guo Jingzhong said: "The only root is the way. The way of heaven is permanent, day and night intersect, and the sun and the moon sneak , even for thousands of generations, it will not change. Since the fundamentals remain the same and the morality always exists, how can it be cut off?"

"If there is another burning of books and Confucianism, and the use of power to wear away the people's awe of the nature of the world, won't it be cut off?"

Guo Jingzhong was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Even if the first emperor is resurrected, it may not be able to do this."

"Hehehe, the first emperor just deceived more than [-] Confucianists. In the future, maybe my Chinese civilization will be cast aside by my descendants... Sigh, it's hard to say about future generations, it's hard to say." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "Guo Daoist, what I said a few days ago is to confer a title of 'Quanzhen Daren', or 'Quanzhen Grand Master', to govern Quanzhen Dao, have you considered it clearly?"

Guo Jingzhong bowed slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness loves him wrongly, and he was given the title of Daoist. The impoverished Taoist is already deceiving the world and stealing his name, how can he take over his vocation again? Your Highness, please be safe and calm, wait for the time, and there will be a Taoist who will come out of the mountain to explain the mystery The wind of teaching."

"Well, how long will it take?" Zhu Cihong didn't really convert to Quanzhen Sect, and he didn't have much enthusiasm for Xuanjiao.What he wants is an ideological weapon, which must be used as soon as possible like a cannon!

"Soon, very soon." Guo Jingzhong smiled and said, "It's only about ten years."

Zhu Cihong finally understood the difference between the old god's concept of time and his own.For him, the time is accurate to the "minute".But for those old practitioners, the vicissitudes of life, a dream of a hundred years, ten years is just a snap of the fingers.

"During the past ten years, I have to work hard for Daoist people to overcome ignorance..." Zhu Cihong said.

Guo Jingzhong nodded and smiled.

Guo Jingzhong understood what the crown prince meant, and also knew that there were often Taoist priests in the army who would enlighten and pray for the soldiers, and occasionally threatened them.In his view, that set of witchcraft-like things can't help people realize wisdom and achieve ultimate achievement.Of course, with his wisdom, he can also see clearly that everything in the world is located in the right place, and the idea of ​​hoping everyone to become a saint is just a delusion.

Between becoming true and deceiving the world, there is a wider middle ground: psychological comfort.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so eagerly hopes that the Quanzhen Sect can enter the world with a more positive attitude, precisely because he hopes to use the wisdom of Quanzhen to comfort the anxious mind of the soldiers and civilians.

Especially after troubled times, this kind of spiritual comfort is even more indispensable.

Guo Jingzhong was not in a hurry, but just started to get in touch with the Taoist priests who haunted the army.He also never said that there was a difference between Zhengyi and Quanzhen, and no one would know which patriarch he was referring to if he only used the name "Patriarch".However, Taoism respects Lao Tzu, so as long as it closely adheres to Lao Tzu's teachings, there will be no debate.

Guo Jingzhong is obviously an expert in the treatment of "Laozi", and in just a few days, he has won the hearts of many righteous Taoists.Unlike Quanzhen who has a teacher before he can start, many orthodox priests may not have a master to guide them after they become monks, so these people naturally fell into Guo Zhenren's sect.

As the saying goes, people flock together, and these Taoist priests brought more believers to Guo Jingzhong.Even many training officers have converted to the sect of Huanyang Zhenren, using Taoist wisdom combined with loyalty and bravery to do ideological work for the soldiers.

People often say "thinking tide" precisely because thinking is like a tide, which cannot be resisted.When the trend of Taoism emerged, there was a new wind in the entire barracks.These warriors who have not yet completely escaped the stage of illiteracy naturally do not understand the true meaning of Taoism, but Guo Zhenren's persuasive and persuasive posture, as if he has insight into all the mysteries, made them more convinced of the truth: to be loyal to the crown prince, the heroic spirit will not die after death, and even more so. Be able to go to heaven and become a heavenly soldier and general.

"Your Highness, it's a common practice in the army to uphold Taoism, which may be detrimental to the morale of the army." You Shiwei finally couldn't sit still, and found Zhu Cihong to express his hidden worries.

Zhu Cihong did not dwell on the issue of advocating the Tao, but only asked: "Has the training index dropped?"

"That's not true." You Shiwei paused: "But the sharpness of the army is obviously not as good as before."

"I think they are still very sharp in jujube ball. Aren't there two or three players who get kicked out every game?" Zhu Cihong laughed.

"Your Highness," You Shiwei couldn't laugh, "If you lose your sharp killing spirit, this army will be ruined!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong suddenly figured it out, and said, "So in order to maintain this murderous spirit, no matter whether it is officers and soldiers, Chuangjun or Tartars, they can all accept massacres and looting?"

"Of course our army can't do such unethical things... But some officers and soldiers did do it..." You Shiwei stammered.

"This is not a question of right or wrong, but a question of morality." Zhu Cihong sighed: "In my opinion, there are three kinds of strong soldiers. The first is the brave army. It is like the one I led under the leadership of Li Chengliang and Li Rusong. Another example is the Donglu, the so-called "Jurchen is not enough to be ten thousand, and ten thousand is invincible". This army is better than the bravery of a single soldier, and it can indeed cause a lot of damage to the opponent."

You Shiwei is a veteran who has been to Liaodong, he has a deep understanding of this, and nodded slightly.

"The first floor is the disciplined army. It's like the Qi family army and Yu family army in our dynasty, and the current Donggong army. Just pick anyone from the army, and it may not be better than the Manchurian armor... Oh, Liu Si can probably stand up to it." Than Baijiaba Yala.

"However, even if we are no match for the Donglu armored soldiers one-on-one, we may not be at a disadvantage when we are ten-on-ten. If there are more people, our advantage will surpass Jiannu and eventually defeat them. This is The power of military discipline. There is iron-like military discipline, so there is an iron-like army."

You Shiwei is a witness to the Donggong Army's growth from weak to strong, and he is also convinced of this.

"However, these are not the strongest army." Zhu Cilang paused, and said: "If I want to fight, I will fight! A real strong army is an army with faith, an army that knows why and for whom to fight. It is an army that sacrifices their lives for righteousness! They have iron-like discipline and iron-like will at the same time. Just like the five hundred soldiers in Tian Heng and the one hundred and eighty Mohists who died in Yangcheng in the history books, they are all like this."

Qin lost its deer, and the whole world pursued it.Tian Heng was originally a member of the royal family of Qi. He fought against Liu Bang and was defeated and retreated to a small island outside Qingdao Port.There were 500 righteous men who retreated to the island with him. Later, it was heard that Tian Heng committed suicide on the way to meet Liu Bang.

The 180 and two Mohists who died in Yangcheng were originally disciples of Meng Sheng, the Mohist giant.Meng Sheng received favor from Yangcheng Lord of Chu State and defended Yangcheng for him.When facing the [-] Chu army, Meng Sheng chose to die.However, none of his disciples spared their lives to escape, and they killed themselves together.Among them, two Mo disciples were ordered by Meng Sheng to go to Song State to pass on the position of Juzi to Tian Xiangzi. After completing the task, they also committed suicide in the direction of Chu State.

This is the belief that China has passed down since ancient times!

Every Chinese citizen has a sentence engraved in their blood and bone marrow: I also have good intentions, even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets! (To be continued.)