Ping An Biography

In the Tianzi Palace by the river in Beicheng, Yangzhou, Zhu Zhanji returned to Concubine Sun Guifei's residence after finishing his day's work.Before dinner, he was used to taking a walk with his beauty, and when he strolled outside a room, he happened to hear two servants talking inside.

The two maids probably didn't know that the emperor was outside, so they still said this to themselves.One of them said: "Be careful, if you touch the peach and break it, I might kill you!" The other muttered: "These peaches are all over the mountains when they are ripe in the countryside, and they are worth a penny." It’s not worth it, as soon as you arrive in the palace, it’s called something, right, it’s called ‘Yu Ke’, and suddenly it becomes expensive, oops…”

Concubine Sun Gui, who was next to Zhu Zhanji, heard the words inside, and smiled slightly at the corners of her lips, and then she thought about it. She said to Zhu Zhanji, "Your Majesty, who do you think is the most beautiful girl in our Yongcheng County?"

Zhu Zhanji obviously didn't have much thought, and said casually with an absent-minded look: "Of course it's you, otherwise why would the emperor's grandmother alone choose you to enter the palace?"

He also knew that Mrs. Sun was telling him to relax from his official duties.However, it is difficult for people to get rid of the influence of business. Zhu Zhanji used to like cricket fighting, but now he has not played for a long time, and because he likes Sun very much, he wants to divorce his queen Hu, so he put it aside for the time being. Yes, because of his mood, the war situation made him lose his attention to those things. [

Just a few days ago, Zhu Zhanji had just received the news that Xuanda's elite soldiers had arrived in the Huaihe River Basin. He only used this nine-sided army because the Beijing camp in the east was empty after being transferred. The situation has already made people feel very stretched.

At this time, Concubine Sun said: "The emperor guessed wrong. In Yongcheng County, it is generally recognized that the most beautiful is a young daughter-in-law who sells tofu. People call her 'Tofu Xishi'. If the emperor really sees it, say You might think you look better than me."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "How can a tofu beauty be compared with a noble concubine?"

"Can't we compare it? Maybe it's because the concubine is in the palace." Concubine Sun Guifei looked thoughtful, "...Then Yang Shiqi made the emperor unhappy, but if he wasn't the first assistant of the court and the prince was less protected, he still Someone important?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji pondered for a moment, then laughed: "What the imperial concubine said is very, very true."

Seeing this, Concubine Sun said softly, "As long as the emperor is happy, everything will be good."

At this moment, a eunuch suddenly rushed over to report, first pleaded guilty, and then said it was an urgent report.Zhu Zhanji saw that it was indeed a military situation: the official government of the Xuandaxin General Army seized Caishiji.

The commander-in-chief of that party was ordered to lead the army from Xuzhou to Huaixi. After inspecting Caishiji, he felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he dispatched a small number of elite pioneers to cross the river to fight. Attack, the vanguard jumped from the boat to the south bank, people can stop, quickly defeated the Jiangfang army, surrounded by heavy troops of the King of Han, but no one took the initiative to attack and recover Caishiji.

After Zhu Zhanji watched the rush, he immediately ordered the eunuch to call Yang Shiqi and others to the palace overnight to discuss matters, and then turned around and said to Concubine Sun: "My concubine is right, if bad things happen, good things will happen!"

It seemed like a complete accident.Not only did the imperial court not expect such a sudden capture of a crucial place, but no one gave an order to attack this place. It was just that the tentative attack of General Xuan Da's military officer in order to establish a prestige in the local area had an unexpected effect. outside effects.

But this seems to be expected.When Yang Rong rushed into the palace to face the saint, he suddenly remembered what Yang Shiqi had said before when the court changed its strategy to focus on the west. Bao and Shang can rely on the Yangtze River natural moat to make every effort to govern; once the Jianghuai region withdraws its troops and advances westward, the threat to Nanjing will drop sharply, and its internal corruption will be faster than guessed.

Today seems to be in line with Yang Shiqi's vision.Obviously, the battle of Caishiji cannot be said to be because Fang Zongbing used his troops like gods. Since ancient times, this place has been an important place related to Jiang's defense. The failure of Fu to lead elite troops from the Beijing camp to attack Caishiji many times is a clear proof.

After Yang Shiqi visited the emperor, he said without hesitation in front of other ministers: "The Battle of Caishiji not only found a breakthrough in Nanzhili, but also showed us the strength of the King of Han's army in just one year. The interior has fallen sharply. The minister believes that changing the strategy at the right time and taking advantage of the situation to calm Nanjing should be the top priority at this time."

Things seemed a bit hasty, but in Yang Rong's view, seizing Caishiji was equivalent to stepping into Nanjing.

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Zhang Ning of Wuchang City is busy these few days accompanying Yao Ji to the temple to offer incense.It was a Buddhist festival that day, and the Wanshou Shan Monastery in Chongning was also a well-known temple. The people said that the Bodhisattvas here were very spiritual, so it was even more crowded.However, the king of Xiang accompanied Mrs. Yao to worship Buddha in public, not to mention the status and ostentation, just for safety reasons, the government also cleared the temple guards in advance, and no one else was allowed to enter... So the people who came to offer incense could only Being blocked outside, fortunately, I heard that the dignitaries will leave as soon as they come, and the temple will open in the afternoon at the latest.

Zhang Ning brought a large amount of money and silver to the Wanshou Shan Temple in Chongning, as "accumulating virtue and doing good deeds", and recorded merits for Yao Ji in the temple.Just like what I said when talking with the monks, the monks said that the Buddha does not need money, but the monk is still a mortal body, so money is needed to pay for food, clothing, housing, transportation and building temples. Only when there are temples and enough food can we spread our Dharma for the Buddha .

Of course, there is a more direct way of communication between man and God than this is trading.This is how Zhou Zhou Niang communicated with God.

After worshiping Manjushri, she went to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, and completed a transaction according to the reminders of the monks.Zhang Ning accompanied her to burn incense, and a monk came up and made a salute, saying: "Everything is empty, and money is also floating clouds." Then he pointed out a clear way for them. [

The monk took out a piece of red paper, placed the paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and said that the donor could write down any wishes and put them here with the Bodhisattva, and promised a reward in return; if the Bodhisattva blesses him and his wish comes true, he can return to the temple to "fulfill the wish" …that is, paying what was promised in advance.

Tongsou deceived you into my wish, of course you don’t have to come to pay your wish, as long as you are not afraid of retribution; since you are not afraid of gods, why come to the Buddha to ask for your wish?

On Tuesday, Niang Shangxiang paid homage to the statue devoutly, read a few words silently, and then wrote down a number on the paper. She first wrote "one", and after a little hesitation, wrote "thousand".

Zhang Ning glanced at it casually, only to think that Tuesday's mother spent a lot of money.But fortunately, fortunately, I did not write 1 taels.

She made a promise in front of Guanyin, apparently seeking a child.I'm afraid not only the couple present knew it in their hearts, even the monks next to them could guess that there should be more than one person asking for this kind of thing.

... But the Buddha cannot make everything go well for people. After they returned from the temple, the Ministry of Internal Affairs received a secret report from Nanzhili.

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