Chapter 28: The Origin of the Rivers and Lakes Pattern
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Listening to Wang Li's words, Chong Hu suddenly felt something was wrong. He thought to himself how did he say the words just now? At the same time, he thought to himself that Wang Li is powerful. At this point today, whether in martial arts or conversations, this leader actually beat him completely.
This feeling only made him feel like he was back decades ago when Tai Chi Sword came out of the mountain, but when he encountered the wind of Huashan was clear, it made him feel a sense of fear for a moment.
"The head of the sect just asked, but it was only limited to answering the two doubts that agreed to the sect, and it must be what the old Taoist knew." Chong Xu was secretly alert in his heart. He was about to say he was about to die, and only answered two questions, but he still had to know.
"The Taoist priest is a believer. Wang Li was the first to be confused. Our Taizu of the dynasty started from the world. We should know that the world is actually a corner of the country. If a court cannot handle things in the world well, then the country will definitely be unstable."
"According to my understanding of Taizu, he killed many people in order to ensure that his descendants can hold a firm foothold and to clear up future troubles. With the nature of Taizu and the ability of Taizu, he would never let the world of the world where he was born and gained the country, and he would definitely be strictly managed."
"But more than 160 years later, why did the imperial court and the world have such a pattern? Most of the heads of other sects cannot answer this question."
"But I think it was not unreasonable for the 300,000 people to be prosecuted for seven years during the reign of Wudang. Just by looking at it, the relationship between Wudang and the court is extraordinary."
"So, Taoist Master will definitely be able to answer this question with me." After Wang Li finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Chongxu, and he looked at Chongxu with a look of embarrassment on his face, and then he smiled bitterly.
Chongxu smiled bitterly, as if he didn't know how to answer, Wang Li said again: "My other question is, even if the relationship between the court and the world is now, it is absolutely necessary to pay attention to it. Since he will not ignore it, there must be other management channels."
"So, I once had an assumption that there must be a force in the martial arts world that acts as the court to restrict the martial arts world. This force will not be the Sun and Moon God Sect. The Sun and Moon God Sect only hears the name of the Sun and Moon God Sect does not avoid the taboo of the Sun and Moon being bright, so it can be seen that it has nothing to do with the court."
"And the former head Ren Woxing has nothing to do with the court. He personally acts like I am the only one who is respectful, and those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. I am not convinced, but I just don't have the strength. If I have the strength, I am afraid that the court will dare to overthrow it and sit down. Such people will definitely not be the hands of the court that fell into the world."
"It is impossible for the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance. Zuo Lengchan has been crazy for nearly twenty years and has slaughtered the village and destroyed the town. Although this is not as good as killing officials and rebelling, it is too much. The court will never tolerate it."
"In this way, Wudang and Shaolin are the only ones in the world. Wudang and Shaolin are the only first-class sects in the world, and many things are closely related to the court. The overhaul of Wudang during the Chengzu period was just one of them."
"Based on this inference, I discovered another thing, that is, from the Chengzu period nearly 120 years ago to the present, the general pattern of the entire world has basically not changed much."
"The two forces of the Demon Sect and the Orthodox Sect are actually the main forces in the rivers and lakes, the Sun and Moon Sect, the Five Mountains Sword Sect, and the Shaolin Wudang. These three forces, among which the Sun and Moon Sect are the strongest, the Shaolin Wudang is the second, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect is the second."
"The confrontation between the Demon Sect and the Orthodox Church is more of a confrontation between the Sun and Moon Sect and the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Shaolin Wudang is not enthusiastic about strangling the Sun and Moon Sect. It is only when the Five Mountains Sect is not strong enough to support one or two, so that the Five Mountains Sect will not fall."
"Otherwise, Shaolin Wudang and Wuyue Sword Sect will join forces with other sects to replay the situation where the six major sects besieged the Ming Cult's Guangming Top before the founding of the Ming Dynasty. With the strength of the Sun and Moon God Sect, they will be eliminated with one blow."
"I thought about it carefully. This pattern is actually very wonderful. That is, the world has maintained a balance in struggle for a long time. In this balance, no force will be absolutely powerful. In other words, there will be no giant like the Ming Cult that the Ming Cult relies on when the Ming Dynasty was founded."
"Secondly, although there are constant struggles in the world, the Five Mountains Sword Sect is on the front line of fighting against the Sun and Moon God Sect. Wudang and Shaolin are behind the scenes. Fights in the world rarely affect Wudang and Shaolin."
"As long as the Sun and Moon God Sect is slightly stronger, Wudang and Shaolin add a little bit of strength after the Five Yue Sword Sect, and almost only use very little power within the sect to support it, they can fight back the Sun and Moon God Sect."
"The Sun and Moon God Sect has indeed been so powerful for a while. It is said that it dared to attack Wudang Mountain at night and seize the "Tai Chi Sutra" and Zhenwu Sword written by the ancestor Sanfeng of Wudang while taking advantage of the chaos. Shaolin also suffered such losses."
"But soon, a big battle broke out between the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Sun and Moon God Sect. At that time, the battle between the sword energy of our Huashan Mountain had not yet broken out. There were many experts in Huashan Mountain, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect was also led by our Huashan Mountain."
"This battle took place in Huashan. In that battle, the Five Mountains Sword Sect suffered heavy losses, and many elders of the heads and elders were lost in that battle. This also caused many exquisite sword techniques of each sect to be lost, and the Sun and Moon God Sect suffered even greater losses. Let's not talk about the disciples, the ten elders of the Sun and Moon God Sect of all were destroyed in Huashan."
"Master Chongxu, the main forces fighting in this battle were the Sun and Moon God Sect and the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Wudang and Shaolin, who are both Orthodox and are the leader of the Orthodox Church, have not lost any strength. How could there be no reason for this?"
Wang Li said that, only looking at Chongxu, and saw that Chongxu's eyes were wide open, looking at him like a monster.
Wang Li continued: "Two doubts, the second doubt, the relationship between Wudang and Shaolin and the court. These two doubts are actually a doubt. Taoist priest, please resolve the doubts for Wang Li."
As soon as Wang Li stopped, the carriage suddenly became silent. Wang Li's eyes fell on Chongxu's junior brother and nephew. It seemed that the first time these two people heard these things, and they were quite confused. Wang Li thought that the mystery of this was probably not clear to Wudang and Shaolin's disciples, and they were only in the hands of the head.
After a while, Chongxu sighed: "I have already had a clear understanding of the leader, but I didn't expect that the leader's knowledge and wisdom are so great. I'm afraid it's not as good as Yao Guangxiao who was more than a hundred years ago."
"Yao Guangxiao? Monk Daoyan?" Wang Li said in confusion. Many people don't know about Yao Guangxiao, but monk Daoyan knows more people. This person is the chief adviser next to Ming Chengzu. He assisted Ming Chengzu successfully in Jingnan and won the world.
"Yes, it's Monk Daoyan. Yao Guangxiao's name in the world is Monk Daoyan."
"Since the leader Wang had almost guessed most of the situation in the entire world, Chong Xu also agreed to solve the problem for the leader. Then I will tell the leader everything, but the matter will start from the time of the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty."
"The head of the sect said it right. The Ming Taizu was born in a turbulent place and won the world through the world. How could he let the world go like the past? He was not afraid when he was in power, but what about the future? He could not say that the world would threaten the court."
"So, after Taizu won the world, he thought about completely putting the world in control at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the world was indeed strictly controlled. The organization that Taizu controlled the world was the Jinyiwei, which gathered many masters in the world at that time. However, decades later, Taizu passed away, and the next thing changed."
"After Taizu's death, Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, but the throne of Emperor Jianwen was not stable, and Emperor Jianwen was incomparable to Taizu. At that time, some civil officials in the court thought that the Jinyiwei was too harsh and omnipresent, so they proposed to weaken the Jinyiwei. All civil officials in the court said this."
"Emperor Jianwen listened to it and really believed the civil servant's proposal. This proposal led to the great reduction of the power of the Jinyiwei, both in the court and in the martial arts world."
"This reduction has led to several serious consequences. One thing is the dissatisfaction of the imperial imperial guard system. The most dissatisfied is the Jinyiwei who is responsible for managing the world."
"They are the most special group of people in the Jinyiwei. The greater the ability, the greater the power. The Jinyiwei is cut, and the biggest loss is them."
"Their power reduction directly led to the court's inability to control the world like Taizu, which was much more relaxed than before, and there was also a surging undercurrent in the world."
"Just like the tyrant Qin suppressed the six countries with severe punishments, it had been a lot of hardships in the world at that time."
"At this time, Chengzu, who was determined to be the emperor, returned to Peiping. Chengzu had a great strategist around him. He was well-versed in Buddhism and Taoism, and his martial arts were unfathomable. This person was monk Taoist Yan Yao Guangxiao."
"Yao Guangxiao told Chengzu that Taizu had risen in the world in the past, so if you want to seize the throne, you must value the world. The world has been suffering from strict control for a long time, and you can obtain support from the world's power to this point."
"At that time, the entire Central Plains, Huashan, Emei and Kongtong sects gradually declined after the battle to siege Guangmingding. Wudang and Shaolin were the most prosperous in the world. He held the Niu Er of the world. Chengzu invited Yao Guangxiao to be a lobbyist and persuaded me Wudang and Shaolin. Then Wudang and Shaolin went to persuade other sects."
"On the other hand, Chengzu might have made great promises to the Jinyiwei who managed the world at that time because Emperor Jianwen reduced the Jinyiwei's losses. In this way, the Jinyiwei, and most of the Jinyiwei's world were turned to Chengzu, Chengzu officially launched an army to calm down."
"With the support of the Jinyiwei, Emperor Jianwen's mobilization could not be concealed from the Jingnan Army. With the support of the martial arts world, Chengzu's Jingnan army was full of experts. In this way, he cooperated with the army to attack Emperor Jianwen, and the army was invincible. In just four years, Chengzu succeeded in Jingnan, invaded Nanjing, officially ascended the throne and became emperor, and his reign was named Yongle."
"In the Yongle year, Chengzu learned from Emperor Jianwen's lessons that he had lost his country and did not want to strictly control the martial arts world as before, so as not to avoid other vassal kings from all over the country following the example of the martial arts world."
"But the world cannot be ignored. Otherwise, once the big forces such as the Ming Cult appeared in the world, wouldn't they threaten the Ming Dynasty?"
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