Xiaguan Town, Dali, Yunnan, on the 23rd day of the first month of the year of Dingsi. At this time, it is still the deep winter season, and the northern country is a bitter cold time, while Dali, which is located at the southern tip of China, is a warm early spring atmosphere.

There is a general cave in the territory of Xiaguan Town, which is located at the foot of the Xieyang Peak of Cangshan Mountain, the south is a mountain stream, the north is a gentle slope, the west is the Xieyang Peak, and the east is Shangcun. General Cave is also known as General Temple, was built in the Ming Dynasty, Ming Jiajing 29 years, Li surname ethnic group petitioned to build a temple, is "Tang Li Gong's Temple", Li Mi was respected as General Liji, enshrined as the master of the village. Tang Tianbao ten years and Tianbao thirteen years, Tang Xuanzong sent Xian Yu Zhongtong and Li Mi twice led 180,000 troops to conquer Nanzhao, all of them were annihilated, Li Mi died in battle, this temple is the descendants to worship Li Mi and stand.

This ancient temple built in the Ming Dynasty has been flourishing with incense, and a big banyan tree in front of the temple has stood in front of the ancient green lantern temple for more than 100 years, which is to witness the vicissitudes of this temple. Different from the past, today a large number of soldiers wrapped in red turbans came to the temple, and the first group of cavalry carried a large banner and wrote "Du, the generalissimo of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Dali Righteous Army".

Under the banner of hunting in the wind, a big man wrapped in a yellow scarf, wearing a scarlet robe, a white horse on his crotch, and his iron hooves were filled with dust and smoke, and he arrived under the big banyan tree outside the temple in a moment.

After the red turban soldiers arrived outside the temple, they guarded all the dangers and intersections, and the yellow turban man turned over and dismounted when he got under the tree, and several men in strong suits in front of the temple greeted him, and the yellow turban man couldn't wait to ask: "Why don't you go back to the Shuai Mansion directly when Mr. Lu is back?" ”

A man in a strong suit at the head hugged his fists and said: "Lord Lu is hanging in the temple." ”

The yellow turban man was slightly stunned and said, "Isn't Mr. Lu from heaven believing in God?" How can you go to the General's Temple to pay your respects? ”

The man in the strong suit replied: "Lord Lu came to pay his respects in the name of the King of the West, Lord Lu said." When Marshal Du came, he could go directly to the temple to see him. ”

The yellow turban marshal Du had a majestic national character on his face, and his eyebrows frowned slightly: "I am the ...... of the Allah of faith."

The man in the strong suit said: "Lord Lu, he can enter the temple if he believes in God, but Marshal Du can't?" ”

Marshal Nadu smiled and said, "That's good." So I went to him. ”

At that moment, the man in the strong suit led Marshal Du to the temple, only to see a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar standing there, and several monks standing there, reciting the Jizo Sutra in his mouth: "Therefore, I am now to the Buddha Shizun, and the eight people of the Heavenly Dragon Babu are not human, etc." Advise Yan Futi sentient beings not to kill them on their deathbed. and create evil karma, worship ghosts and gods, and ask for ghosts. Why. Killed. and even worship, without the slightest power, to benefit the dead. But the relationship between sins and sins becomes more serious. If in the afterlife. Or born now. Attain holy points and be born in heaven. The fate is dying, being loved by all dependents, and creating is the cause of evil. It is also a person who dies, suffers from arguments, and is good in his later life. What's more, when people are dying, they have never had a few good roots in their lives, and they are based on their own karma. Self-inflicted evil. How to endure the dependents, and increase the industry. For example, there are people. Coming from afar, he was starved of food for three days, and his burden was stronger than 100 catties. Suddenly meet a neighbor, and attach less things. Because of this, it is difficult to recover. ”

Although Marshal Nadu did not believe in gods and Buddhas, he still stood at the door and quietly listened to the monks' chanting, and then saw that the scholar did not bow to the gods and Buddhas enshrined in the temple, but turned to several monks, bowed slightly, and said: "There are several masters who continue to surpass the soul." ”

One of the old monks pronounced a Buddha horn and said: "Pray that General Li Mi and his dependents, subordinates, and sentient beings killed will popularize all sentient beings in the six realms to be able to eat and drink purely, be full of all, be free from suffering, believe in the Dharma, be reborn in the Pure Land, and attain Bodhi together!" ”

The scholar said, "May the Lord forgive the sins of the ignorant, Amen." With that, he made a cross on his chest and turned and retreated to the door of the main hall.

Marshal Nadu stepped forward and hugged his fist to the scholar and said happily: "Mr. Lu came back all the way, why didn't he go back to the Marshal's Mansion, but came here first?" ”

The scholar, Mr. Lu, smiled slightly, pulled Marshal Du and said as he walked: "The King of the West asked me to worship General Li of the Tang Dynasty on his behalf." ”

Marshal Du said curiously: "Doesn't Mr. believe in God?" I remember that both religions were not idolatrous. ”

Mr. Na Lu nodded and said, "We believe in Confucianism and Christianity, and we can sacrifice to our ancestors. ”

Marshal Du sighed, and Mr. Lu continued: "The reason why the King of the West asked the Shi family to come to overtake General Li and others is that General Li believes in gods and Buddhas more, if he uses God's confession to pray, I am afraid that this god of the Tang Dynasty will not understand." ”

Du Shuaiyuan suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is what King Xi meant." Following Marshal Du, he bowed to the east with a fist, and then said: "The king of the west is generous, and even the faith of the generals who have passed away for thousands of years can be respected, and the faith of the living can be even more respected." ”

Mr. Lu bowed slightly: "Yes, this time I will go back to Tianjing to report on my work, and His Royal Highness the King of the West has repeatedly emphasized that we must handle the relationship between insiders." After the uprising of our Dali Righteous Army last year, there are Han, Hui, Yi, and Bai warriors in the army, and the people under the rule are also of all ethnic groups and beliefs. ”

Marshal Du nodded heavily and said: "It is this truth, in fact, the people of all ethnic groups originally lived and worked in peace and contentment, but it was the Qing Demon who stirred up right and wrong and provoked killing. Now that we have raised troops, we must stop the killing, unite the Hui, Han, Bai, and Yi ethnic groups, erect the banner of righteousness, expel the Tartars, restore China, cut off corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and save the people from fire and water. ”

Mr. Lu gave a thumbs up appreciatively and said: "The marshal is really broad-minded, and he is also the first strange man in southern Yunnan." ”

Marshal Du smiled and waved his hand: "Mr. Lu is the first intelligent person in the Heavenly Kingdom, let's sit down and talk." Mr. Lu smiled and said, "Heaven is full of talents, and I am just a drop in the ocean." As they walked, they said that they had come to the big banyan tree outside the temple, and the two sat down on the stone benches under them.

Mr. Lu continued: "This time I went back to meet the King of the West, who read our statutes and appreciated them very much, so he asked us to start implementing them in Dali and other places as soon as possible. ”

Marshal Du was overjoyed and said: "That's fine, at first I was worried that the King of the West would not agree with our charter and want us to implement the Holy Treasury." ”

Mr. Lu smiled dumbly and said, "How come? In fact, many of our statutes are similar to the civil affairs implemented by the Western King. Building water conservancy, recruiting people to reclaim waste, encouraging production, giving cattle to farming, and sending seeds to help agriculture prosper. Then there is the reduction of taxes and the reduction of food, which is called rent reduction and interest reduction in heaven. The Qing Dynasty's Ding Fu, Gong Gong Yinta, Rice Fold, Li Gu and other harsh taxes were abolished, and only relatively light taxes in kind were collected, and other taxes were exempted, which was called the protection of industrial and commercial development in the mouth of the King of the West. The construction of the road, the abolition of production, and the hundred works of the industry are the establishment of industries implemented by the Kingdom of Heaven. Xiwang also said that we can develop more textiles here, we can hire Han technicians to teach the people to weave, and exchange cotton from Myanmar as raw materials. ”

Marshal Du was very pleased and said: "I don't want King Xi to think about it so thoroughly, I have written it down, Mr. Lu, you continue." ”

Mr. Na Lu continued: "The king of the West also said, southern Yunnan is mountainous and mineral, you can set up more factories and mines, there are silver, lead, copper mines and other mines in Lanping, Tengyue has iron, tin, lead, Zhaozhou has stone sulfur mines, Qiaohou and Laji have large salt wells, these factories and mines can be run on a large scale, and the income from factories, mines and salt wells can support our military needs." ”

Marshal Du slapped his thigh and said, "That's right, these places are all good places to mine." ”

Mr. Lu continued: "There are also a lot of heavenly people who came back with me this time, they are all good at prospecting and mining, and then Xiwang will provide a lot of machinery and equipment to this side, and here will also build a large arms factory." ”

Marshal Du was overjoyed, but then his face was a little bitter and said: "It's just that we can't capture Kunming now, and we can't get through the connection with the heavenly kingdom. ”

Mr. Lu said with a smile: "The marshal can rest assured, the king of the west has prepared to use troops against the two provinces after the beginning of spring this year, as long as Guangdong and Guangxi are at once, the army of the heavenly kingdom can enter Yunnan from Guangxi, and when the time comes, Kunming will be attacked from both sides, and the contact will be opened." ”

Marshal Du stood up excitedly, walked back and forth a few steps, and followed: "Sir, you go on." ”

Mr. Lu said: "There is also to encourage merchants to do business, and King Xi appreciates our charter very much, but King Xi suggested that we should consider taking the tea horse road from Tengyue to Myanmar, which can sell goods to Myanmar, Vietnam and even India, so he asked us to manage this ancient tea horse road well." At the same time, we can take measures to encourage the development of commerce, such as reducing the commercial tax, exempting the retail tax of traders and hawkers, and refraining from military and military service by merchants. ”

Marshal Du said with a smile: "King Xi is really omniscient, this tea horse road has existed for hundreds of years, and we people in southern Yunnan will naturally not forget it." ”

Mr. Lu continued: "Then there is the hope that the king of the West will renovate more roads and bridges, our Yunnan is mountainous, the transportation is inconvenient, and improving the local transportation is also the key to ensure the prosperity of commerce." At the same time, the king of the West also said that he could first hold a few scientific expeditions in Dali to attract learned people of all ethnic groups to participate in our righteous army. With the participation of talented people of all races, the granting of official positions, and the joint leadership of the rebel army, we can be invincible. ”

Marshal Du nodded and smiled: "We have Du Wanrong, Sha Guoan, Zhang Zijing and other Hui people in Dali, and in the past few months since Mr. went back, we have Yin Jianzhong, Li Hua, Zhang Yingmin and others among the famous people of the Bai and Han ethnic groups to join, and now they are all the prime minister's military aircraft who are joining the army, joining the army, and joining the army. ”

Mr. Na Lu stroked his palm and said: "This is very good, what the King of the West has told us is to ease the relationship between various ethnic groups." Thinking about the southern Yunnan province, the Hui, Han, Yi, and Bai sects have been mixed for thousands of years, and they have been friends and help each other. ”

Marshal Du said loudly: "Yes, just as Lord Lin Zexu said when he was in Yunnan, there is no distinction between various ethnic groups in his eyes, only good and bad, and govern the people according to the law, regardless of others!" (To be continued......)