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Chapter 27 Two or three past events (3)
"When Mr. Siqin saw this, he joined Emperor Hongwu's tent to help him rule the army and build weapons, and defeated the disciples of the East Island one after another. The heroes of the East Island felt bad, and they united for the second time to encircle and wipe out Emperor Hongwu. For a while, The two sides each built huge and terrifying weapons, conscripted hundreds of thousands of troops, and fought inextricably. But Mr. Siqin was superior in the end. No matter what kind of tricks Dongdao used, they were easily cracked. He is a man of great talent and great strategy. After several battles, he finally pushed the heroes of the East Island to a desperate situation. Only at this time did the people in the East Island know that it was Mr. Siqin who was behind it, and guessed his origin. Xin Hen, according to the rules of martial arts at present, send the knife to leave the slip, about August [-]th, on Ling'ao Island, there will be a martial arts competition to discuss life and death."

Monk Yu sighed unconsciously when he said this: "Speaking of Dongdao's lineage, they originally had profound wisdom and martial arts. If they are used in the righteous way, it will be a blessing to the common people. But they are too deep in the world, and once involved in power Wealth can't restrain selfish desires, and gradually corrupts without knowing it. All the talents and martial arts have become sharp weapons that harm the world. Even to this point, if you want to maintain the power of the island by force, it can be said that you are insane, and you will not realize it until you die. Yes." Lu Jianshen took it for granted, saying yes again and again.

"The battle of Ling'ao Island is not only related to the rise and fall of the world, but also related to the fate of the martial arts. My master Yuan Toutuo was also fortunate to watch the battle. It is said that at that time, the top masters of the East Island came out in full force, and they set up their battles first, preparing for Mr. Siqin to come. No return. Until the night was fading and the full moon was falling to the west, Mr. Siqin did not show up. All the masters in the East Island thought that Mr. Dare not come, and they were talking about it. A flute, floating in a flat boat with a leaf."

Lu Jian was surprised and said: "He came alone?" Monk Yu said with a smile: "He has no relatives or friends in Central Earth, and even if he has distant relatives, he is also in East Island. Something happened." Lu Jian asked, "What?"

"That's 'Zhouliu Liuxu Gong'!" Monk Yu sighed softly, "This martial art was born for the first time on Ling'ao Island, and it caught everyone on the East Island by surprise. Ordinary martial arts, but relying on Weapons, fists and feet, but this "circular flow and six vain skills" can control all kinds of power in the world. Heaven, earth, mountains, wind, thunder, water and fire are all powerful weapons. It can be said that it is no longer a martial art in the world. In this battle, Dongdao There was nothing he could do to "Zhouliu Liuxu Gong", and he was defeated by Mr. Siqin against nine masters in a row. In the end, he joined forces to attack, but he was still defeated. After this battle, Mr. Siqin cracked the stone on the cliff by the island and wrote Next, I will strike those who are discordant. From then on, these seven characters have shocked the martial arts world, but Dongdao has been devastated, unable to compete for the world anymore."

"Afterwards, Emperor Hongwu was invincible, successively pacified the south, and launched the Northern Expedition with a force of destruction, destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, and restored the clothes of the Han Dynasty. However, at this time, there was a huge difference between Emperor Hongwu and Mr. Siqin. "

Lu Jian was surprised and said: "Mr. Siqin has helped Emperor Hongwu so much, the friendship must be very good, how could there be differences?" Monk Yu sighed: "For the emperor, no matter how deep the friendship is, it is not as important as the power. I think at that time , Mr. Siqin said two words, and he violated Emperor Hongwu's taboo." Lu Jian asked: "Which two words?"

Monk Yu said: "The first sentence is called 'restraining Confucianism', and the second sentence is 'restricting imperial power'." After hearing this, Lu Jian didn't feel anything strange. Friends turned against each other.

Monk Yu saw his thoughts and said, "Although these two sentences are only six characters long, they involve two major disadvantages in China since ancient times. They all use Confucianism as the criterion. Mr. Siqin believes that Confucianism praises the past and derogates the present, and fools the minds of the people. In addition, there are nine subjects such as arithmetic, physics, astronomy, medicine, music, painting, business, Qimin, and Baigong, and they are divided into categories to select talents."

Lu Jianxi said: "This is very good. For example, there are many ways to go fishing in the sea. It stands to reason that there should be a 'Fishing Section'." Monk Yu shook his head and said, "That's too fine a division. Only nine Ke, has already shocked the government and the public. Not only Hongwu Emperor was sullen, but the Confucian scholars in the court even mobilized to attack him, and even the founding officials, such as Xu Da, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, etc., also joined the opposition. The two sides debated several times in court. There were no results. Mr. Siqin had a bad temper, and under his anger, he opened a museum privately to teach students, and set up nine subjects in the library. In this way, Confucian scholars resented him even more. That’s all, but it was the latter sentence that really angered Emperor Hongwu 'Limit imperial power'."

"You know, since ancient times, the power of kings has been granted by heaven, and this world is a family with one surname. Lao Tzu is the emperor, and his son must also be the emperor. If he becomes the emperor, he can do whatever he wants. The founder of the country may be called wise, but The descendants of future generations tend to be less intelligent and capable, and more tyrannical and innocent. For example, Emperor Qin II and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty were all tyrants who acted arbitrarily and disregarded the power of the people. In view of this, Mr. Siqin believes that if the imperial power is unlimited, it will inevitably cause disaster The country then proposed that "the law comes from the people, and the power of the monarchy is granted by law", that is to say, the highly respected people from the four people of "scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants" are selected to make laws. Be faithful and practice, and if you violate it, you can be deposed according to law."

Lu Jian was stunned, and murmured: "This is terrible." Yu Monk said in surprise, "Then tell me, what's wrong?" Lu Jian said: "If so, Hong Wudi accidentally violated the law. Don't you want to be deposed too?"

Monk Yu sighed: "This sentence is to the point. Lu Jian, did you come up with it yourself?" Lu Jian shook his head and said, "This is what Ning Bukong said. He often told Nobunaga that being an emperor is the last thing you want to do." What is loose is power, and if power is lost, life is bound to be lost."

Monk Yu sighed: "What Ning Bukong said is not completely unreasonable. What's more, this Hongwu Emperor, although he is a great man, is the first emperor in all ages to regard power as his destiny. Seeing Mr. Siqin's memorial, Longyan was furious , rejected it on the spot. If it were someone else, he would have retreated despite the difficulty, but this Mr. Siqin was a little uncommonly dull, so he copied the memorial again, sent it again, and asked the court officials to discuss it. At first, Emperor Hongwu became very suspicious, suspecting that Mr. Siqin intended to use the law to seize his power. But he was afraid of Mr. Master's supernatural powers, and he kept his face on the surface. Instead, he set up a banquet in the palace for Mr. Siqin. Mr. Siqin had no doubts With it, I went to the banquet happily, but unexpectedly, Emperor Hongwu had already ambushed three thousand armored soldiers in the palace, and at the same time poured the poison of seeing blood and sealing the throat into the sir's wine."

Lu Jian lost his voice and said, "What's the point? Such a hateful emperor!"

Monk Yu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's not a big deal? Emperor Hongwu became more suspicious in his later years, and almost killed all the former heroes. Only the two counter-cases of Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu implicated the killing of 4 people. A lot. Well, let’s not talk about gossip. Let’s say that Mr. Siqin should be called into the palace. He comes to drink, and he doesn’t refuse when the glass is dry. After a long time, three pots in a row..."

"No." Lu Jian said anxiously, "Didn't Master say that wine is poisonous? How could he drink three pots in a row?" Monk Yu smiled slightly and said, "Your question was precisely Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts at the time. He was afraid The eunuch under him was confused and made a mistake, took the wrong wine, and ordered to add more poisoned wine. Just like that, everyone never drank until the time of Hai, all the poisoned wine in the secret store in the palace was exhausted, and the empty jug on Mr. Siqin's table There are more than a dozen more, but they are always chatting and laughing, but except for him, everyone else's face has changed, Hong Wudi is even more on pins and needles."

"Mr. Siqin, however, took his time. After drinking the last pot, he asked with a smile: "Zhu Guorui, do you have any more wine? If you still have wine, you might as well drink it." You can see that there is no respect at all. Emperor Hongwu is so smart, he knew the plot was exposed as soon as he heard it, so he couldn't make a sound. At this time, Mr. Siqin slowly got up and said: "Zhu Guorui, it is easy for me to kill you, but even though you are selfish and vicious, In the end, you will be an unrivaled hero. And today, if you die, the world may fall into war again, but if you have one day, the people in the world will enjoy peace for one more day. If you are not willing to authorize the people, please Follow the example of the ancient sage king, self-examination and self-discipline, so that you can do it yourself." After saying that, he tossed the cup and floated out."

"Emperor Hongwu was so ashamed and angry at what he said. Seeing him go far away, he threw a cup as a sign, and all three thousand armored soldiers came out at once, but Mr. Siqin's 'Zhouliu Liuxu Gong' was superb, and he went to heaven and earth. Turning into a dragon when it encounters water, even though there are many armored soldiers, there is no sign of him."

"Mr. Siqin escaped from Miyagi, and summoned the nine subjects who were willing to follow him to fight out of Nanjing. Emperor Hongwu sent troops to pursue him. Mr. Siqin fought and walked all the way west. Although there were thousands of troops chasing and intercepting him, he still escaped." Emperor Hongwu was furious when he heard the news. He was extremely afraid of Mr. Siqin's mathematics institution. He knew that Mr. Siqin's intelligence came from nine subjects. If everyone in the world was like Mr., how could his Zhu family be secure? Immediately called , hunt and kill those who have not escaped from the nine disciplines, and those who have fled will destroy all their sects. At the same time, the nine disciplines will be banned. Indulging in the Four Books and Five Classics, without any new knowledge and sharp insights, most of them become rotten Confucians who don't know how to adapt." After finishing speaking, Monk Yu sighed leisurely, revealing infinite regret.

"What happened later?" Lu Jian couldn't help asking, "How is Mr. Siqin?" Monk Yu said, "Mr. Siqin went through a series of bloody battles and fled to the Western Regions. Apart from seven disciples, only A personal maidservant, Mr. Siqin was sad when he saw this, and wept unknowingly, so he divided "Zhouliu Liuxugong" into eight, and changed it into "Heaven", "Earth", "Wind", "Thunder" and "Mountain" The eight supernatural powers of 'Ze', 'water' and 'fire' were awarded to eight people respectively, and eight departments were established, and eight people were ordered to receive one each. With the eight supernatural powers, a magnificent city was built on Kunlun Mountain. The city was completed On that day, Mister named it 'The Capital of the Emperor', which means the capital of the Emperor of Heaven in the lower realm, but people in the martial arts compare it to the East Island and call it the West City."

"From then on, Mr. Siqin lived in seclusion in the city and never entered the world. He spent 30 years leisurely studying Taoism and the nature of things all day long. On this day, he called people from the Eight Departments to the hall and said: 'I At the beginning, I was young, and returned to China from overseas, hoping to benefit all people with my talents and knowledge. It coincided with the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the common people were suffering. Therefore, I violated the ancestral precepts, abused my wisdom, and caused endless slaughter. Although the world was unified, I only filled in the only husband Desires, the avenue of 'suppressing Confucianism and limiting imperial power' is ultimately unfeasible.'”

"After he finished speaking, he took out the notes and manuscripts made by Jingyan's research on the nature of mathematics, and said: 'Nowadays, the stereotyped selection of scholars is fooling the people. Once the wisdom of the people is closed, how difficult it is to open it! The ancestors said well that wisdom can only be used for The right time and the right place, if not, it is like blooming autumn chrysanthemums in spring and blooming peaches and plums in winter, becoming a demon red that is out of season. People are not wise enough to use my wisdom. If it falls into the hands of evil people Those who violate the sky are ominous. I know it today. The secret of the heavens will never exist today.' After finishing speaking, he burned his life's hard work such as notes, manuscripts, etc. Looking at the blazing fire, Mr. Siqin suddenly clapped his hands and laughed. Said: "Yaohong has thanked, the world is peaceful; Yaohong has thanked, the world is peaceful...""

"After burning the notes and manuscripts, he took out eight portraits and distributed them to eight disciples, saying: 'These eight pictures of the patriarch must be carefully preserved in each department, and must not be lost. Unless it is absolutely necessary, never combine the eight pictures into one to cover Because of the combination of the eight pictures, the world is invincible. Remember, remember!' At this point, Mr. Siqin suddenly patted the bed and shouted, "It's a pity that people in future generations will no longer know me; it's a pity that people in future generations will no longer know me Also...' He yelled three times in a row, grabbed the soft pillow by his side and threw it on the ground, only to see the fire burst out, and the loud noise was like thunder. After the thunder and fire, this generation of strange people sat cross-legged and passed away."

Monk Yu was speechless for a long time when he said this, and Lu Jian was also immersed in the story, forgetting words for a moment.

(End of this chapter)