Chapter 144 [The Most Important Man]

After chatting with the monks for a while, Ao Bai said: "Masters, Miss Su and I will enjoy the mountain quietly for a while, and go to the inn at the foot of the mountain to live later, so as not to disturb your Qingxiu, let's see you at the post station tomorrow." ~~ . (UC e-book)~~"

Hai Kuan said: "Amitabha, please take care of the donor, you also know the rules of Shaolin, don't bring the female donor to the retreat place." ”

Ao Bai took Su Meng'er out of the temple, and after leaving the sight of the monks, he said with a smile: "You are honored this time, Shaolin is a pure place for Buddhism to practice, and women have never been forbidden to enter, if a woman wants to enter the Shaolin Temple to visit, she must first enter the Bronze Man Alley, and then pass the eighteen Arhat Formation, I brought you in to enjoy the mountain so easily, how can you thank me?" ”

Su Meng'er sneered. "Phew,. Do you think I'm willing to stay here? ”

"You have to give them time to prepare, how can you call someone and leave. When we're waiting for them, we'll stop by and travel. Ao Bai took Su Meng'er to walk on the mountain path, introducing the scenery everywhere, occasionally monks passing by, seeing Su Meng'er, I couldn't help but glance at a few times.

Su Meng'er felt this and was a little embarrassed.

Ao Bai smiled: "Don't be surprised, although the monk Qingxiu wants to ban women's sex, this is simply suppressing nature, and few people can do it." I think the Shaolin Temple should let women in to test the disciples. Those who are not strong in concentration should go down the mountain directly, marry a wife and have children, and the Buddha will forgive them, Amen. ”

Su Meng'er rolled her eyes and said, "I really don't know why they let people like you stay in the temple, you are so close to them, do you still want them to help you win the world?" ”

Ao Bai said lightly: "I really count on them." I have done so many things in Shanxi, even if Jinyiwei is controlled by me, it is impossible for no news to come out, and there are many people who impeach me, why don't you say the emperor suspects me? ”

Su Meng'er was puzzled: "Just because the monk is very close to you?" ”

Ao Bai said: "I think it has something to do with this. Since I first met Zhu Youzhen, I have deliberately instilled in him the idea that my martial arts are all related to Buddhism, and I also believe in Buddhism, and I have no quarrel with the world. I stayed at the Shaolin Temple for a few months, and I had a very good relationship with the monks, and in the eyes of many people, I was like a lay disciple, leading the practice. Catholicism, although its teachings are very different from Buddhism, also calls for peace. As long as I get along well with these pacifists, the emperor may suspect me of what others say, but he will never think that I have the intention of rebellion. Those ministers who look at me unpleasantly can't call me a great crime, and the monks like me, so could it be that Buddhism is also rebellious? After I succeeded, I still needed Shaolin Temple to promote me, it's as simple as that. ”

Su Meng'er sighed: "You are really far-sighted, you are doing so many things in Shanxi, I am worried about what will happen for you, your family is still in the capital, you will be arrested, aren't you worried?" ”

Ao Bai was also a little worried, but if you want to do big things, you have to take risks. The most dangerous place is the safest place. He dared to stay in the capital, He Rupet was also an official of the Ministry of Rites, and both of them were in a posture of being upright and not afraid of shadows, which just proved that they had no rebellious heart, and they could let Chongzhen relax their vigilance. **UC e-book provides this book for free txt e-book download**He smiled: "If I suddenly leave the capital with my family, I am afraid that I will be suspected." Isn't that a thief's heart? I don't have military power except for Jinyiwei now, and I just let them show up in Shanxi to appease the displaced people, and also to think for the people. I never said that I would let these people rebel with me, what are you afraid of? When the time is not right, I will not move, with Chongzhen's character, even if he doubts me and I don't move, he will not move. We don't know what the imperial court is like? If you can't afford military salaries at the border gates, how can you provoke a civil war again? ”

Su Meng'er saw that he was full of confidence, and his confidence increased a little more, and said with a smile: "Then when are you going to rebel?" With such a weapon as a chain crossbow, the average army is definitely no match for us. ”

Ao Bai said with a smile: "The chain crossbow is used for field warfare, it can't be used to siege the city, as long as it is someone who is loyal to me, I will treat them as a family, and I will never let them die in vain, at least I have to wait for the secret weapon of the siege to be made, and I have to find a suitable time, I won't wait too long." I have already asked my disciples to prepare. ”

Su Meng'er asked, "You mean your thirteen eagles?" ”

After Hari Chagai got the nickname "Black Eagle", he rarely used his previous name. The Jurchens who came to the Central Plains with Aobai have never known what Han names to name. One day, Ao Bai remembered a Shaw Brothers martial arts movie he had watched, so he chose his most proud thirteen apprentices, using "Eagle" as a nickname, Golden Eagle, Silver Eagle, Bronze Eagle, Iron Eagle, etc...... Collectively known as the "Thirteen Cold-Blooded Eagles".

"Yes, their kung fu is not bad."

"I have never understood why you accepted those Jurchens as apprentices, so you are not afraid of being betrayed by them one day? You trust them so much? ”

Of course, I trusted, and they all came out with him. Ao Bai smiled: "They won't betray me, they are all very important to me." And you are the most important person, without your support, I would definitely not be able to do anything, I am lucky to have met you. ”

Su Meng'er smiled silently.

In fact, Ao Bai can show so smoothly, the main reason is because of Chongzhen, he has already figured out Chongzhen's character.

Many people like to use this ancient precept to say things and do things, in fact, this sentence that says thousands of words is wrong.

The suspicion is not used, which leads to the style of the king of the mountain who "would rather kill a thousand by mistake than miss a single one", the sorrow of missing talents by looking at people with a partial and comprehensive vision, the regret that many sincere people are harmed by villains and cannot use their talents, and it is the evil result that many people who could have become subordinates but had to become enemies. Ao Bai believes that even if you are suspicious, you should not help but give them some trust, they may see your magnanimity, they will repent of their doubts, they will appreciate your trust, and they will redouble their efforts to do things for you.

There is no doubt in employing people, which has led to many so-called self-assertions because of favor, misconduct because of favor, bend the law for personal gain because of favor, fake public welfare because of favor, and damage the reputation of the superior because of favor

Chongzhen didn't understand this truth. Whether it is the current one, or the one who trusted Yuan Chonghuan in his previous life.

Historically, Chongzhen trusted Yuan Chonghuan very much and gave him the greatest power, the best equipment, and the highest military salary.

The selection of senior officers in the Guanning Army can be decided by Yuan Chonghuan. Because almost all the upper echelons of the army have become Yuan Chonghuan's henchmen. Even the removal and killing of high-ranking generals does not require central approval. In this way, the generals knew that their fate was decided in the hands of the generals, not the emperor. Over time, they naturally only have generals in their hearts, but they don't know what the emperor is. As soon as the army reached this point, it became militarized. For this kind of army, the emperor wants to remove, arrest, and kill his commander. Then you may lead to a situation that you cannot control.

Before Chongzhen, there had never been a general in the Ming Dynasty who had any kind of power. The reason why Yuan Chonghuan has this power is because Chongzhen has absolute trust and expectations for him, and let him be alone and responsible for everything in the local area.

The result?

Governor Yuan, known as the "Five Years of Pingliao", weakened the defense of Jimen, and stubbornly repaired Jinzhou City, which ignored the other party's reasoning; He opened the horse market for the Karaqin Department and gave grain to the Mongolian tribes, and indirectly prepared grain and grass for the Jin State expedition; He obtained the right to supply Dongjiang Town, maliciously deducted Jiangdong Town's food and salary, and starved to death many refugees in Jiangdong Town; He killed Mao Wenlong, who was not convinced by himself, and Mao Wenlong died for seven days, and Huang Taiji ordered the westward expedition; He transferred Zhao Shujiao and Liu Ce out of Jimen, and let Huang Taiji lead tens of thousands of Eight Banner troops to cross Jizhou without a fight, and besiege Beijing to explode the "change of Jisi". Poor Liu Ce was still shouting when he died: There is a warrant from the superintendent to give up Jimen...... During this period, Inspector Yuan did not do a good thing, shot and wounded Man Gui, who was fighting with the Eight Banners Army, and secretly took the lama and asked to enter Beijing. What do these two lamas do? Could it be that when they have mana to the sky, they stand on the city wall and chant a spell, and the Eight Banners Army is defeated? This is a mystery in history, people only know that Chongzhen didn't give him another chance and sent someone to arrest Yuan Chonghuan.

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Guan Ningjun immediately openly disobeyed the emperor's command. It can be seen that in a sense, Chongzhen has long lost the power to control this army. As a result of Chongzhen's trust in Yuan Chonghuan, he handed over Yuan Chonghuan full power to take charge of an army, and in the end, the army was only loyal to the generals, and completely ignored his own orders. The capital is in extreme danger, and the emperor is in extreme danger. Guan Ningjun left collectively regardless of it. What kind of army is this?

What is ridiculous is that Yuan Chonghuan, who was unanimously scolded as a traitor in the books and letters left over from the Ming Dynasty, became a national hero of the Han people in the written materials of the Qing Dynasty, and died of a counter-plot because of the faint monarch Chongzhen. Hundreds of years later, this overseer who was executed by Ling Chi and the people competed for meat, sat on the title of hero, and the warlord-like Guanning army also became an invincible elite force "Guanning Iron Cavalry". This is where the art of recording history comes in, you can say whatever you want, you can change it as much as you want, it just depends on whose world it is.

Yuan Chonghuan did so many bad things and was imprisoned for eight months before he was convicted, Huang Taiji's "anti-intermittent scheme" is the longest anti-intermittent scheme in history. If Cao Cao had one percent of Chongzhen's patience back then, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun would have a way to live, and it would not be certain that the deer would die in the Battle of Chibi.

Ao Bai wants to try to prove that he has no quarrel with the world, and it is actually a bit redundant to go to the early dynasty to seek innocence. With the efficiency of the imperial court at the end of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he didn't let the Eight Banners Army besiege Beijing, he didn't invite Huang Taiji home as a guest, and he didn't worry about Chongzhen's beauty and tried to make a foundation...... It is not a big problem to live until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

The next day, Aobai, Su Meng'er and the six monks of Shaolin Temple went to the first destination - Ningxia Town.

The most serious problem of long-term arrears of military salaries is in the three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Guyuan. In addition, generals at all levels used empty names to pay military salaries, and all kinds of deductions and cruel enslavement of subordinates and soldiers made it unbearable for the soldiers guarding the border. In addition, Ningxia was located in the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars continued to attack and harass in the south, which not only brought disasters to the local people, but also increased the defense burden of the official army.

Ningxia has always been an important town in the northwest border, and it is the junction of the Central Plains culture and the grassland nomadic culture. Due to the natural environment suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry and the political environment of frequent ethnic wars, its political and military position in the whole process of Chinese history is particularly important.

Of course, importance does not mean attention, and those who serve as soldiers here can be said to be extremely sad, and there is no military salary, and they still have to fight. However, the ministers of the DPRK and China generally thought that the method of sending people to "pacify" was very good, as if as long as Ao Bai went to appease and appease, those soldiers could fight happily without military pay.

When he was about to arrive in Ningxia, Ao Bai strongly demanded: "Meng'er, it's almost time to get to the place, I suggest you change into a set of simple clothes, such as gray like mine." ”

Su Meng'er said unhappily: "Don't change, I only like red, why do I need to change my clothes when I come here?" ”

Ao Bai Zhengse said: "The people here have not been paid for so long, they are only afraid of a lot of anger in their hearts, and the big red is very easy to arouse people's emotions, what if someone pounces on you like a bull at that time?" ”

Su Meng'er frowned and said, "What bull, do you think everyone is like you?" ”

I'm rubbing, I don't want to pounce on you yet, I'm very strong, okay? Ao Bai said: "Red is really not good, people are poor and can't eat, you are prosperous and go there to stop, what do people think." Please, listen to me once. We won't be able to stay long when we leave. ”

Su Meng'er saw that his words were sincere, and finally agreed.

Su Meng'er, who was dressed in gray, was still very beautiful, but she didn't look so imposing, and she looked at it again and again, and felt a bit like a couple's outfit.

Su Meng'er said coldly: "Have you seen enough, you also feel very awkward, don't you?" I switched back. ”

"No, I think you're fine with whatever you wear. It's just that I've never seen you like this, so I want to take a few more looks. ”

As long as Ao Bai said this kind of thing, Su Meng'er was silent, at most she sent him a "shut up" or "phew" The two occasionally quarreled a few words, but in the eyes of others, they were very intimate.

When he arrived in Ningxia Town, Ao Bai realized that he was very wrong, and this place was completely different from what he thought. He thought that he would be as barren as the loess slope after a few years of arrears, right? However, in the city, there is a huge group of royal palaces of the clan, and all the princes and county kings have built gardens, especially the palace of Zhu Zhuohong, the king of Qing, is the largest.

Qingwangfu is located on the west side of the north section of the snack street to the south of the mouth of the mutton street. Zhu Zhuohong had already received the news that Aobai was coming to appease the army and civilians, and sent someone to greet him and bring everyone into the palace. Ao Bai wanted to come to suffer, but he didn't expect this to be the case, and he was suddenly embarrassed.

Looking at Su Meng'er's puffed up, she didn't even look at him, Ao Bai knew something bad...

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