Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu and Qin Lingge sat high in the sky, looking at the emperor's energy, and the conclusion they came to was naturally very accurate.

Sure enough, three months later, Emperor Yongli died, and the prince succeeded him, changing his name to Longwu, and the world called him Emperor Longwu.

Shortly after Emperor Longwu ascended the throne, the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan revolted.

In just three months, it swept across Jiangnan. Except for Jinling Prefecture, all of Jiangzhou was lost; except for Jiangling Prefecture, all of Huzhou was lost; except for Shangqing Prefecture, all of Wuzhou was lost.

The world has been suffering for a long time. Not only Qi Xuansu and Qin Lingge are waiting for the death of the old emperor, but others are also taking a fancy to the unstable opportunity of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Let’s not talk about the capabilities of the young emperor for now. After all, he is young and energetic. Not only is he not afraid, he wants to conquer the White Lotus Sect personally and put down the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect. Naturally, the courtiers could not agree, but Emperor Longwu had made up his mind, and in the end it was the Queen Mother who persuaded the young emperor to come back.

Qi Xuansu saw clearly that the young emperor still had some thoughts. He also knew that the situation in the court was unstable. If the imperial commander personally conquered and won a great victory, it would be a way to break the situation. It would not only establish his authority, but also discover a group of people in the process. Be loyal to your inner circle.

Of course, if you lose, nothing will happen.

At this time, the party dispute between Yin Zhengxin and Li Zhixing started again.

When the old emperor was still alive, he favored Yin Zhengxin, and Li Zhixing was helpless. Now that the new emperor ascends the throne, he may not continue the policies of the old emperor. This is also reasonable. Father and son belong to father and son. The son's behavior of looking down on his father is very common among the emperors of the past. Otherwise, how can we say that the emperor A courtier.

Li Zhixing reported on Yin Zhengxin's evil plans and secretly raised three thousand dead men. Yin Zhengxin reported that Li Zhixing had colluded with the Qin family in Liaodong, secretly hoarding grain, grass and soldiers, and bribed officials in order to rebel.

Li Zhixing also instigated people to report Yin Zhengxin's collusion with the White Lotus Sect, and even uncovered the past events of the eight major sects.

This has touched Emperor Longwu's displeasure. The court is having a headache over the White Lotus Sect, but there are officials in the court who are colluding with the White Lotus Sect? Precisely because he would rather believe his presence than his absence, Emperor Longwu immediately sent Qingluan Guards to capture Yin Zhengxin.

In this court struggle, Li Zhixing obviously won.

If it were other ministers, they would have no choice but to take it easy. But Yin Zhengxin is not an ordinary minister. He is a minister who has worked hard in Yanzhou for twenty years. He is a minister who has become a great teacher of the Taiping Sect.

The Qingluan guards came to the governor's office, showed the imperial edict, and asked Yin Zhengxin to kneel down to receive it.

Qingluan Guard thought that this time was no different from the past. Once these majestic high-ranking officials and generals were stripped of their skin, they lost all their energy and spirit, and even became ugly, as if they were stupid. There are some who take desperate measures, some who are incontinent, and some who make a lot of noise.

But they found that Yin Zhengxin was different. Not to mention kneeling to receive the imperial edict, he didn't get up at all. He was still sitting in the courtroom, and just casually asked his followers to take the imperial edict.

Before Qingluan Guard could react, the attendant had already snatched the imperial decree and sent it to Yin Zhengxin.

Yin Zhengxin didn't even look at it, but casually tore the imperial edict in half.

All the Qingluan guards were dumbfounded. They had never seen such a bold person.

The leader was already a little panicked, but he still loudly asked Yin Zhengxin if he wanted to rebel.

Yin Zhengxin smiled and said: When others say that you intend to rebel, you'd better have the ability to rebel.

As soon as the words fell, the ghost commanders of the Taiping Sect rushed out and captured all the Qingluan Guards who were so majestic just now.

Over the years, Yanzhou's officialdom has been riddled with holes, and many people have long since converted to the Taiping Sect.

As for those who refused to surrender, they were naturally captured.

This year is another year of Jiazi.

Yin Zhengxin took off his official robe, put on the clothes of a great virtuous teacher, wrapped a yellow scarf around his head, held a "nine-section staff", looked up to the sky and went out laughing.

It was getting late at this time, and there were already people standing outside, all holding torches, illuminating the entire governor's office brightly.

Everyone looked towards the great wise master.

Yin Zhengxin raised the "nine-section staff" and said loudly: "The sky is dead."

"The sky is dead!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Huang Tian is standing."

"Huang Tian is standing!"

"A year old."

"You are as old as Jiazi!"

"Good luck to the world."

"Good luck to the world!"

The Taiping Sect rebelled.

In just three days, Qizhou, Yanzhou, Jinzhou, Qinzhou, Zhongzhou, and Luzhou responded one after another.

Killing officials, occupying cities, and connecting counties across states. Within ten days, the whole country responded and the capital was shaken.

For a time, the White Lotus Sect was in the south and the Taiping Sect was in the north. The two families were in close contact with each other, and the world was in chaos.

Yin Zhengxin was not afraid of hurting his father-in-law, because the White Lotus Sect had conquered Wuzhou, and only the Shangqing government relied on Yunjin Mountain for support. It was half of his own territory, and even if the imperial court wanted to kill his nine tribes, it didn't have the ability.

The young Emperor Longwu never imagined that following his imperial edict, he would actually create a huge scandal. Even if the Taiping Sect wants to be suppressed, it will have to wait until the situation in Jiangnan is stabilized. Now it has suddenly become chaos in both the north and the south. There are even Taiping Sect believers in the capital, which is a way to die.

Yin Zhengxin also hated Li Zhixing very much. The first thing he did was naturally expand the army. Based on the eight hundred ghost commanders, it was expanded to 80,000 troops. The second thing was to attack Qizhou.

So Qizhou fell. Li Zhixing fled to Liaodong by boat.

Faced with this situation, the imperial court had no choice but to invite Liaodong to enter the pass to quell the rebellion.

Liaodong, however, stood still and acted as if the oriole was behind them.

With no other choice, Emperor Longwu had no choice but to offer a bigger price: he would invite the King of Liao to come to Beijing to be the prime minister and preside over the government. Not only would he be allowed to open a government office to manage affairs, but he would also be allowed to bring a guard of more than a thousand people. This is almost equivalent to going to the palace with swords and shoes in the past.

After careful consideration, the King of Liao decided to go to the capital. He brought a full guard of three thousand people, two thousand of whom were stationed outside the city, and the remaining thousand who followed him to the capital.

In fact, it is easy to kill a Liao king. The key is what to do after killing. There are still so many Liaodong cavalry, can they be killed? Who will put down the Taiping Sect and the White Lotus Sect?

Although the prince was already a superior, the emperor still named King Liao as Taibao, Shangzhuguo, and Special Administrative Officer Guanglu.

Li Zhixing stayed behind outside the Liaodong Pass. Previously, Wuniang asked Li Zhixing how he could use the Qin family to conquer the world, but now he had a general idea.

At this moment, someone else came to watch the battle, and they were of extremely high status. Even the Grand Master and the Emperor also gave their signal.

The visitors were Master Qingwei from the Taoist sect and Cheng Taiyuan, the great priest from the Confucian sect.

However, the two of them did not go to the Grand Master and the Emperor, but watched the chess game from a distance.

Cheng Taiyuan saw that Yin Zhengxin conquered Qizhou, which happened to correspond to the real situation in the world, and he couldn't help but said: "It's strange, where did this little head master learn these Taiping Sect methods?"

Qingwei Zhenren pointed out: "It's probably what Master taught me."

"Grand Master?" Cheng Taiyuan was doubtful.

Master Qingwei said: "Of course it's not the great master, but the former master."

Cheng Taiyuan did not ask further, but instead said: "From our Confucian perspective, it goes against the principles of loyalty and filial piety."

Master Qingwei said: "Our Taoist sect does not talk about loyalty and filial piety."

Cheng Taiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Unfaithful and unfilial?"

Master Qingwei said: "Loyalty is loyalty, filial piety is filial piety. There is loyalty and filial piety, but there is no loyalty and filial piety."

"In the past, loyalty meant fulfilling one's duties, and the loyalty of a minister to the king was actually two-way. The king regarded his ministers as his brothers and feet, and his ministers regarded him as his heart. of."

"But since the unification of the world, the meaning of 'loyalty' has changed. It has changed from a two-way responsibility between the king and his ministers to a single obligation of the ministers to the king, and has become a king who tells the minister to die. In fact, if you think about it carefully, this truth It’s untenable. Anyone has to ask, why? If you ask me to die, I will die.

"So Confucianism invented the saying that the family and the country are integrated. A filial son is a filial son at home, and a loyal minister is a loyal minister outside. When filial piety is transferred to loyalty, it is Confucianism on the outside and law on the inside. Hence the term 'loyalty and filial piety'."

"In the past, loyalty was loyalty, and filial piety was filial piety. Gradually, loyalty is filial piety, and filial piety is loyalty. The king is no longer a king, but a king and father, and the ministers are no longer ministers, but ministers. The king and his ministers have become father and son. The king becomes the father of everyone, and being loyal to the king means being filial to the father. This is where the concept of king, king and father comes from. Therefore, the Fuwei Holy Dynasty, which governs the world with filial piety, essentially advocates absolute loyalty to the king. But the king does not bear any responsibility.”

"My father gave birth to me, and I should be filial to my father. The king did not give birth to the people of the world, but asked the people of the world to support him. How could there be such a father? And why? Don't say that the king brings peace to the world. Without the support of the people of the world, , Is it safe for the king to live alone?”

"Taoism is opposed to this irresponsible monarchy system, so it does not advocate 'loyalty and filial piety'. Loyalty is loyalty, filial piety is filial piety, there is no such thing as 'loyalty means filial piety'."

"To this day, there are still many remnants of this kind of thinking within the Taoist sect. They regard the Grand Master as their father and Golden Que as their mother. They call themselves 'Golden Mother' in private and try their best to add another one to their heads. Parents, to put it bluntly, it is the idea of ​​​​the king and the father that is causing trouble, which is against equality. This is something we must be vigilant about. "

After Master Qingwei finished speaking, Cheng Taiyuan's face no longer looked good, and he said: "Distorting the principles of the saint, no wonder people say that Master Qingwei is the traitor of the Li family. He will not deceive me."

The emperor also glanced at Master Qingwei, his face expressionless.

At this moment, Wu Niang whispered a few words to Xiao Yin, and Xiao Yin said loudly: "It's wrong to say a big sacrifice of wine."

Cheng Taiyuan looked at Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin was not afraid at all and even made a face.

The Grand Master said, "Xiao Yin, what's wrong with the Grand Priest's words?"

Xiao Yin said loudly: "Xuan Sheng was also called the Li family's rebel. Could it be that Xuansheng also distorted the principles of sainthood?"

This was so ridiculous that even the emperor did not dare to openly deny Xuansheng.

The Grand Master smiled and said, "Xiao Yin, what you said makes sense. Then how do you evaluate Master Qingwei's words?"

Xiao Yin rolled his eyes and said, "There is a legacy of Xuansheng."

The Grand Master said one word: "Okay."