Chapter 525: A Generation of Heroes

Tuoba Tao regarded saving expenses and reducing waste as important measures to ensure the praise of the military state.

Tuoba Tao is frugal by nature, and his chariots, horses, clothes, and diet are just enough. He never ate the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and never rewarded his favored concubines with gorgeous clothes.

Tuoba Tao is thrifty and frugal, serving the imperial drink, taking it only, not good to cherish, eating is not different, and Tuoba Tao's Zhaoyi and nobles are not colorful. But all rewards are the home of death and merit, and relatives and pets have never been reached.

Even the palace where Tuoba Tao lived was very simple.

Helian Bo has a luxurious temperament, and when he built the capital of the Xia Kingdom - Tongwan City, the city was ten feet high, its thickness was thirty steps, ten steps were wide, and the palace wall was five miles. The palace is even more tall and tall, the flying pavilion is connected, carved pictures, Qi embroidery, Danqing.

Tuoba Tao said to his retinue on the left and right: "A small broken country as big as the palm of a hand, how can it abuse the power of the people in such a way! If it does not perish, is there still heavenly reason?"

The ministers once asked Tuoba Tao to increase the walls of the capital and build the imperial palace, saying: "It is said in the Book of Changes: 'The prince has set up danger to defend his country. Xiao Heyou once said: "The Son of Heaven takes the four seas as his home, and the palace is not magnificent enough to show the majesty of the emperor." ’”

But Tuoba Tao retorted: "The ancients once said: The emperor is not in danger in Germany. Is it because the city walls are not high enough? The world has not yet been pacified, and the people are needed to build the palace, and I will not do it. Xiao He's words are not right. ”

Tuoba Tao opposed the completion of the capital, the decoration of the palace, the opposition to Buddhism, and the severe punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, often from the perspective of cherishing the people's resources and material resources. Emperor Taiwu's series of cost-saving practices undoubtedly played a positive role in ensuring military spending and reducing the burden on the people.

As the emperor of the Xianbei people, Tuoba Tao paid special attention to army building.

The nomadic hunting life in the Mongolian steppes has exercised the Xianbei people's strong physique, fierce character and superb riding and archery skills. The army, especially the cavalry, was an important tool for the Northern Wei to defeat the enemy.

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, Emperor Taiwu repeatedly issued edicts affirming discipline.

He was "loyal to the soldiers" in the war, and "went to the front" to perform the battle, or promoted to the rank of knight, or rewarded with people, livestock, gold, silver, antiques, silk and other materials.

Those who violate military discipline will be severely punished, and even if they are close to noble ministers, they will not be lenient. Such as Xianbei aristocratic mound pile, Emperor Ming Yuan was crowned marquis with military merits, and Emperor Taiwu was crowned duke.

In the first year of Shenlu, he and Sikong Xi Jin were ordered to lead an army to pursue Helian Ding, the younger brother of the Xia Emperor Helian Chang, when he heard the news that Xi Jin was defeated and captured, he abandoned the army and left, Tuoba Tao ordered the beheading of the mound that escaped in danger.

In the fifth year of Taiping Zhenjun, the king of Zhongshan, Tuoba Chen, the chief official of the inner capital Xue Bian, Shangshu Xi and other eight generals, sat on the soft and then period, Jin Yu in the south. Shangshu ordered Liu Jie, because of the change of the edict to crusade against the generals of Rouran, causing Rouran to flee far away, unable to catch up, and committing crimes such as taking bribes, Emperor Taiwu ordered the three clans to be razed.

In the eighth year of Taiping Zhenjun, eight generals such as Fufeng Gongyuan were really in the war to suppress the Wu Gai uprising, and they were taken captive

plundered, tens of millions of stolen goods, and cut them down. Emperor Taiwu made good use of his power to control rewards and punishments, and rectified military discipline.

Emperor Taiwu himself, who took the lead in the war and charged into battle, also played a positive role in inspiring the soldiers to fight bravely and ensure victory in the battle.

In the fourth year of Shiguang, Tuoba Tao personally led 30,000 light cavalry to assault the capital of Xia and Tongwan. Together with the soldiers, he withstood the wind and sand, endured hunger and thirst, and fought viciously with the Xia army outside the city of Tongwan. He once fell to the ground due to a horse stumble, but after getting on the horse, he continued to fight, killing more than ten Xia generals quickly. Later, he was wounded by an arrow, but he still fought hard. Because the army led by Tuoba Tao was highly disciplined, and was able to take the lead in battle, he was able to serve his life with human thoughts and move forward.

In the practice of governance, Tuoba Tao gradually realized that in order to maintain and consolidate his rule, he needed not only martial arts, but also culture and education, that is, to transform the people by preaching rituals, music, and laws.

After Tuoba Tao was in Shenlu for four years, after achieving the military victory of defeating Rouran, lowering the high chariot and destroying the Xia Kingdom, he proposed Yanwu Xiuwen. Yanwu, he can't do it; Xiuwen is indeed taken seriously. He respected Confucius, advocated Confucianism, and recruited a large number of intellectuals of the Han landlord class to participate in politics, with the aim of using Confucianism to rule the minds of the common people and to use the knowledge and experience of Han intellectuals to govern the country and secure the country.

Tuoba Tao follows the advice like a stream.

Tuoba Tao used to be a keen chess player. Once, Gu Bi entered the palace and played something, and met Emperor Taiwu and Liu Shu playing chess in the matter. Gu Bi sat for a long time and couldn't get a chance to report.

So Gu Bi got up, grabbed Liu Shu's head in front of Tuobatao, pulled him off the bed, hit his ears with his hands, hit him on the back with his fists, and said: "The court is not a council, it is really your sin!"

Tuoba Tao changed his face and put down his chess and said, "It's my fault for not listening to the performance, what is Liu Shu's crime?

Gu Bi reported the matter in detail, and Emperor Taiwu was amazed at Gu Bi's fairness and uprightness, and did not pursue his following crimes, and agreed to his performance, giving the land to the people.

Afterwards, Gu Bi came to his senses and said: "It is sinful for a courtier to act in front of the monarch. ”

So, Gu Bi went to the bus door, took off his hat and went barefoot, impeached himself and asked for punishment.

Tuoba Tao sent messengers to summon him. When he arrived, he said, "Put on your hat and put on your shoes, I have heard that when you built a sacrificial place, you built it with a limp, and you straightened your hat and worshiped God, and God blessed him." What sin do you have in this way? From now on, if it is good for the community, good for the country and for the people, even if the difficulties are hasty, you should act without any worries. "

Although Tuoba Tao was the emperor, he was highly skilled and courageous, and often drove his own expeditions and went deep behind enemy lines.

Once, Tuoba Tao led the cavalry to arrive outside the city of Tongwan, the wind was fierce, the sand was flying all over the sky, and Helian Chang took advantage of the wind to storm the Wei army.

Tuoba Tao led the army to resist in the headwind, personally killed the Xia army general Hu Liwen, and sent elite cavalry to the rear of the Xia army from the left and right sides, attacking with the wind and defeating the Xia army.

After the defeat of the Xia army, Tuoba Tao decided to put on the military uniform of the Xia State and enter Tongwan City to find out the reality.

Tuoba Qi discouraged none

As a result, Tuoba Tao, Tuoba Qi and several Wei soldiers changed into the clothes of Xia soldiers, followed the rout of the Xia army, and entered Tongwan City.

However, some of the defeated soldiers had seen them change their clothes, and after learning of the news, the defenders of Tongwancheng closed all the gates to prevent the mixed Wei army from leaving the city.

Tuoba Tao, Tuoba Qi and several others pretended to be indifferent, blended into the palace of the Xia Kingdom, and got some skirts worn by women. At night, they tied these skirts to each other, and tied one end to the lance, and stuck the lance on the battlements. Taking advantage of the night, they slid down the towering walls of Tongwan City along these skirts.

Tuoba Tao has established so many great achievements, which are very beneficial to the country and the people, but his policy of exterminating Buddhism has always been criticized by future generations.

Tuoba Tao believed in Taoism and "exterminated the Buddha" on a large scale, which was the first major catastrophe of Buddhism in Chinese history.

The murderer of the Buddha is Tuoba Tao on the surface, but there is a faint figure behind him, Kou Qianzhi.

Kou Qian's ancestors were all officials, but he had no interest in official careers, he devoted himself to learning Taoism, liked to chant and meditate at home every day, and also taught himself to refine pills, and his ideal since childhood was to become a god in the sky.

Once, when he went to his aunt's house, he saw a servant, burly and peculiar-looking, who did not speak, and worked hard with his head down, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

Kou Qianzhi said to his aunt: "This labor force is really good, can you give it to me?"

My aunt said, "His name is Cheng Gongxing, and he is very capable of hardship, so if you want to take it away." ”

Cheng Gongxing followed Kou Qianzhi back home, and since then he has worked in the Kou family, not afraid of being dirty or tired, and the Kou family is very satisfied.

One day, Kou Qianzhi used the "Zhou Spleen Sutra" to calculate the operation laws of the sun, moon and the five planets, but the calculation was not correct, and he was annoyed.

Cheng Gongxing came over to take a look, and Kou Qianzhi pushed him away irritably. Continue to calculate, or fail. Cheng Gongxing ran over again and asked, "Can you try it according to my calculation method?"

Kou Qianzhi looked at this five big and three rough people, felt very strange, stared at him for a long time, and agreed.

The result was quickly calculated, Kou Qianzhi was shocked, and finally understood: the master is in the people.

Kou Qianzhi knelt on the ground at the moment and worshiped Cheng Gongxing as a teacher. Cheng Gongxing refused, but wanted to worship Kou Qianzhi as a teacher.

The two of them pushed back and forth, and in the end, Kou Qianzhi couldn't resist him, and inexplicably accepted this disciple.

A few days later, Cheng Gongxing said to Kou Qianzhi: "If you really want to learn the Tao, let's go to the mountains together."

Later, the two of them came to Huashan, picked and ate herbs, and did not feel hungry, and soon went to Songshan to devote themselves to cultivation. Cheng Gongxing passed on all the secrets of cultivation to Kou Qianzhi.

Unconsciously, 7 years have passed, and one day, Cheng Gongxing said goodbye to Kou Qianzhi, Kou Qianzhi was very surprised and asked, "Why is this?"

Cheng Gongxing said: "Let me tell you the truth, I am actually a disciple of a heavenly immortal, because of carelessness, I overturned the stove and burned down the fairy palace, so the master punished me to the people and did 7 years of labor." I redeemed myself by teaching the word

Sin, now that the deadline has expired, he will return to Asgard. ”

Kou Qianzhi listened like a dream.

Cheng Gongxing said: "You are very diligent in cultivating the Tao, but the seven emotions and six desires have not been broken, so it is impossible to become an immortal." But you can be the emperor's teacher, and you can also become a great weapon. ”

With that, he vanished into the air. After that, Kou Qianzhi began to recruit disciples and promote Taoism.

Thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the 60-year-old Kou Qianzhi walked down Songshan and came to Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Kou Qianzhi recounted his legendary experience, and at the same time said: "Taishang Laojun once soared into the clouds and drove the dragon, descended from the sky, and gave me twenty books, asking me to rectify Taoism in the world. ”

Tuoba Tao seemed to believe it or not, and the ministers thought he was talking nonsense and making up stories.

But there is one person who strongly supports it, and he is Batuotao's first adviser - Cui Hao.

Cui Hao is a Han and does not like "imported" Buddhism, he wants to use Kou Qianzhi to let Taoism take root and blossom in the north, so that the Xianbei people can be fully sinicized.

(End of chapter)