"Whatever there is a appearance, it is all false. If you see things that are not like each other, you will see them as they are. Everything has a way of doing things, like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such. Knowing the illusion is leaving, not fake convenience; There is no illusion or progression. The world is impermanent, and the land is fragile..."

In the Daxiong Treasure Hall of the Dacien Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the south of Xi'an, the incense smoke is swirling, the Dharma utensils are tapped, and the annual Buddha Bathing Festival Festival is gradually getting better.

The old abbot Shi Yong Xuanbao is solemn, with a lotus flower in his mouth, and is reciting the wonderful sound of the Three Treasures. The dignitaries and believers in Xi'an City religiously meditated cross-legged on dozens of futons, listening to him with sincere fear, and did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere, for fear of abruptly abrupt the Buddha and causing unwarranted disasters.

At the entrance of the main hall behind everyone, there was a person standing tall, looking around disapplaudedly, obviously not listening to a word.

The old man beside him couldn't help frowning slightly, and reminded softly: "Childe, the abbot of this Great Mercy and Grace Temple is profound, and it is easy not to preach Buddhist scriptures to the public. Today's event is quite rare, Childe..."

Before he could finish speaking, the young man known as "Childe" smiled and said, "Actually, I heard everything he said. Actually, I also want to eat fasting and chant the Buddha to get rid of the anger in my body. It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, if someone puts a knife on my neck, even if it is a Buddha who recites a thousand or ten thousand sentences, what is the use? And according to what he said, since the world is impermanent, and the land is fragile, then don't we have to do anything and wait for the captives to come to the door? ”

The old man hurriedly explained: "This 'land is fragile' does not mean that my future is unstable, but that there is no permanent thing in the world, and sooner or later it will perish. ”

The young man did not speculate, but did not argue anymore, but smiled lightly, and withdrew from the main hall.

Outside the main hall, it is even more lively, and countless good men and women flock to the temple like rushing to the temple fair, crowding the huge Great Ci'en Temple.

However, they could not afford to donate thousands of taels of incense money, so they were not qualified to participate in the puja, so they had to find a statue of Buddha in the temple at random, bow their heads and bow down, and chant the words in their mouths: "May the Bodhisattva of great mercy bless me so-and-so, family harmony, increase the number of men, and this year will be better than in previous years..."

Princess Rui'er of Qin is also a member of this army of son-seekers. She was dressed in casual clothes, and at this time she was clasping her hands together, bowing to Guanyin sincerely, and she couldn't help praying in her heart: May the Buddha bless her and be able to conceive the flesh and blood of the prince as soon as possible!

The one who was impatient to listen to the Buddhist scriptures and came out of the main hall was Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin. Seeing that there were several plainclothes special service members scattered around to protect Rui'er, he relieved himself and smiled at Yang He, the governor of the three sides beside him: "There are too many people here, let's go to Tongtianlou to talk about business." ”

Yang He couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly accompanied Zhu You out of the Great Ci'en Temple and walked into a delicate and luxurious restaurant. Because this building is close to the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, it is named "Tongtian Tower" by virtue of the meaning of "Tongtian Pagoda" in the Buddhist scriptures. All the dignitaries and nobles who came to the incense stopped here. It's just that there are not only fine wines, big fish and big meat in the restaurant, but there are singers playing and singing to help the fun, but it is far from the realm of the Buddha's "four emptiness".

When the two came to the private room on the top floor, they saw that there was a long and huge dining table in the room, and the dining table was already full of civil and military officials, waiting for the arrival of the guest of honor. As soon as Zhu Youzhen entered the house, everyone avoided the table and said: "The lower officials, the last generals, etc., see His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" ”

"No courtesy, this king is tired of everyone waiting for a long time, come to the table!" Zhu Youzhen didn't know how to put up a fight, but this time he came to talk to the officials and wrongs, so he was even more polite, and persuaded everyone to return to their seats with a smile on his face.

After a while, the crowd sat still. The banquet in this officialdom is the most disciplined, especially the arrangement of seats, which is strictly in accordance with the size of the official rank. If the official rank is the same, it is distinguished according to the size of the oil and water of the yamen, and no one can be wrong.

Zhu Youzhen, as the vassal king, sat on the throne. Hanging his head above him was Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and under his head was Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi.

In this era, the emphasis on literature and light on military force is that the civil servants all sit under Yang He in turn, like what political envoys, according to the inspection envoys, participating in politics, prefects, Tongzhi, promotion, county governors, etc.; And the generals are all sitting under Gan Xuekuo, such as the general army, the generals, the guerrillas, the thousand households and so on. In short, all the officials above the seventh grade in Xi'an have arrived, and there are thirty or forty numbers, and Zhu Youzhen can't see it for a while.

Yang He started from his side and introduced the officials to Zhu Youzhen in turn.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen didn't have much interest in these officials, thinking that whoever you love is a bunch of mediocre people anyway.

But the first person introduced by Yang He immediately aroused Zhu Youzhen's interest. He pointed to a middle-aged man with a thin figure and a dark face sitting beside him: "Your Highness, this is the new governor of Yansui Hong Chengchou, whose name is Yan Yan and his name is Hengjiu. He is a forty-four year jinshi of Wanli, and he has made outstanding political achievements since he joined the office, and he is a rising star in the officialdom! ”

"Hong Chengchou?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but blurt out, "You are the one..."

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, hurriedly bowed and left his seat, bowed down and said: "I don't know how to disturb His Highness's hearing!" ”

Zhu Youzhen had mixed feelings in his heart, and secretly said that he didn't want to run into a big traitor again!

Speaking of Hong Chengchou, he is very famous in that period of history. Even a person like Zhu Youzhen, who is uneducated and unskilled, can learn about his "glorious achievements" from the TV series.

He was originally an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, an official to the secretary of the military department, and a governor of the three sides, and made great contributions in the battle of encircling and suppressing Li Zicheng.

His most brilliant achievements are, first, the capture of "King Chuang" Gao Yingxiang and the sacrifice of His Majesty; The second is to defeat Li Zicheng to the annihilation of the whole army, and only 18 cavalry were left to defeat Shangluo Mountain, almost extinguishing the Shaanxi thieves.

It's just that such a commander with all-round civil and military talents, in the end, when he served as the governor of Jiliao and led more than 100,000 officers and soldiers to aid Jinzhou, he was surrounded by Huang Taiji in Songshan, and finally ended up annihilated and captured.

If his story ends here, then Hong Chengchou will still be an outstanding official. It's a pity that he didn't protect his late season, and finally cleared up under the repeated persuasion of Huang Taiji!

From then on, he fought back, was willing to be a pawn of the Qing army, and made great contributions to the Jurchens to seize the world. Especially in pacifying the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens did not make much effort, and Hong Chengchou was ordered to appease Jiangnan, but he was actually a real military commander. Under his Huo Huo butcher's knife, half of the south of the Yangtze River was finally lost, and the Chinese clothes no longer existed, and the history of three hundred years of darkness and backwardness began.

is such a loyal servant who made great contributions to the Manchu master, but after his death, he was included in the "Biography of the Second Minister" by the Qing court, and finally achieved infamy through the ages!

At this time, Zhu You looked at Hong Chengchou in front of him, and really wanted to grab him by the neck and slap him dozens of times. But when I think about it, in this time and space, too many people and things have quietly changed, who knows if this Hong Chengchou will be a traitor!