Chapter 9: The Tragedy of Shaolin (9)
Outside the Shaolin Temple, the Song army put on an offensive posture, which scared the monks to the point that their legs were weak. If you believe that your individual combat effectiveness is above the enemy, the Shaolin monk can still give birth to the desperate courage to kill one and earn two. After the gambling fight with the Great Song Dynasty ended, the Shaolin monks finally understood the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides. And the number of Song troops is more than ten times that of Shaolin monks, and even the slightest victory may no longer exist.
At the meeting of the great monks, the old abbot, who had not spoken much, finally spoke, "If you are willing to leave, go to the imperial village to hide." If you don't want to leave, stay here with me. ”
"Abbot, no."
"Abbot, no...... OK. ”
The Great Monk Zhishen and the Great Monk Zhikong said one after the other.
The old monk shook his head, "I promised you to block the official army before, which is why the Shaolin Temple suffered such a catastrophe, this is my sin." I stayed here to give an explanation to the court. If you are captured by the official army, our Shaolin Temple will cut off the incense. You must go. ”
"It's going anywhere." The Great Monk of Zhikong was a little discouraged.
"The world is so big, where can't you go." The great monk of Zhishen responded. After speaking, he stood up and saluted to the abbot and the old monk, "Abbot, I'll take people away." ”
The abbot looked at the great monk Zhishen with satisfied eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh: "If you can escape, you can go as far as you can." The imperial court mobilized so many masters this time in order to ruin our Shaolin. If you can escape, go to the Western Regions, even to Baghdad, where the Great Khan of the Mongols is located. ”
As soon as the great monk Zhikong heard the abbot's arrangement, he became anxious, "Abbot, how can the imperial court not be so ruthless." ”
Without waiting for the abbot to speak, the great monk Zhishen said: "Abbot, if we can escape, we will wait in Luoyang for a while." If the imperial court is willing to let Shaolin go, please ask the abbot to send us a message. ”
The abbot stood up, stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of the great monk Zhishen, and Wen Yan said, "Don't wait for news, you can go." ”
The great monk Zhishen saluted again, turned around and left. Seeing the Great Monk Zhishen and the great monks who followed him leave one after another, the Great Monk Zhikong hesitated in his heart. Of course, he refused to be restrained like the abbot, but he never thought of running so far. offended the government, at most he ran home and hid. I can't take my turn to escape to the Western Regions.
When I said something to the abbot, I saw that the abbot had already sat down cross-legged on the futon in front of the Buddha statue, holding a rosary and began to chant the scriptures. The recitation is the Diamond Sutra, "If a bodhisattva has the appearance of self, the appearance of people, the appearance of sentient beings, and the appearance of a long-lived person, he is not a bodhisattva." If you don't stop sounding, fragrant, tasteful, touching, and giving to the Dharma, the Bodhisattva can't stop giving to each other, and its merits are inconceivable. You can't see your physiognomy as you are, and all your physiognomy is false. If you see things that are not like each other, you will see them as they are......"
The words and sentences of the "Diamond Sutra" are all about detachment, no self, no other, and no sentient beings. The abbot read calmly, as if he had been completely detached. Although the great monk Zhikong wanted to interrupt the abbot's chanting, he didn't know what to ask or say after the interruption. Now it is not the old monk who can decide the fate of Shaolin Temple, but the young Qiu Ba outside.
The old abbot monk decided to accept his fate, but the great monk Zhikong did not want to give his life to the imperial court. After thinking about it, the great monk Zhikong sighed, turned around and left. He had no choice but to go.
Knowing that some monks had fled from the Shaolin Temple, Yang Tiexin did not feel pressured. From a purely military point of view, after the enemy divides his forces, the forces defending the Shaolin Temple will only be weaker. Then the news of the surrender of Shaolin Temple came, Yang Tiexin rushed to the front of the battle, and saw that the gate of Shaolin Temple was wide open, and the outpost of the Song army had already driven straight in. In the eyes of Zhao Guanjia, more important than the lives of the monks of Shaolin Temple is the classics in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. As the army of the Zhao official family, the Song army must first control the Zangjing Pavilion in its hands.
Outside the mountain gate, the great monk who chose to stay stood outside the Shaolin Temple under the leadership of the abbot and was at the disposal of the officials and soldiers. The officers and soldiers did not receive an order to clean the Shaolin Temple, but only inspected the gang. Make sure they are not armed, and let them line up and wait for them to fall. After Yang Tiexin got the news that the scriptures in the Scripture Pavilion were under control and that the scriptures in the Scripture Pavilion were safe and sound, he came to see these monks.
Originally, the monks were already sitting cross-legged on the ground, and when they saw Yang Tiexin in front of them surrounded by a crowd, the abbot immediately stood up. Heste saluted Yang Tiexin, and the abbot said: "This benefactor, the monks we stayed in the temple are willing to be assigned by the imperial court. The monks who had previously disobeyed the court fled. If the donor wishes, we can send someone to take you after them. ”
Yang Tiexin smiled: "It's not important, may I ask the abbot, at this time, you should always tell us where the rare scriptures are hidden." ”
The abbot originally had the expression of a high-ranking monk, but when he heard this, his expression suddenly froze. Without waiting for him to argue, Yang Tiexin continued: "What I'm talking about is not the treasure you hidden, of course we have to confiscate it." However, today's official family is a Jinshi, and they have their own treasures for books. We have learned that you have hidden some rare books, and if you hand them over, you will suffer less. ”
The abbot wanted to resist with silence. But looking back, the big monks around him were all silent, and some of them had blue noses and swollen faces, which were the souvenirs left by the previous gambling conference. In the end, the abbot had to say, "This benefactor, you have obtained those scriptures, do you really know how to read them?" ”
"Then you don't have to worry about it." Yang Tiexin couldn't help but give the abbot a mockery.
When the news of the seizure of all the scriptures of the Shaolin Temple reached Ningbo, the discussion of deciding to move the capital in the future was also coming to an end. As Wen Tianxiang said, the ministers didn't really want to move the capital to Kaifeng, thousands of miles away, and many didn't even want to move the capital.
In fact, Zhao Jiaren may not want to go to Kaifeng, more than ten years ago in the Battle of the Yellow River, Zhao Jiaren went to Kaifeng. It must be said that compared with Hangzhou, Kaifeng is really a bit insignificant. When the Mongols besieged Kaifeng, it is said that millions of corpses died of the plague in the city alone. After the city was broken, the Mongols slaughtered it again, as is customary. Kaifeng, which has been tossed like this, has nothing left.
When others encounter such feelings, most of them choose to retreat. But Zhao Jiaren is different, his instinctive feeling must be to face the difficulties forward. Because the new China that Zhao Jiaren has seen is to keep advancing in the face of difficulties, so that he can move from one victory to another. With such a mood, Zhao Jiaren finally made a decision to move the capital to Kaifeng.
After the meeting, seeing the news that the Shaolin Temple had surrendered and all the scriptures had been seized, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile a little. Even if it is as unrealistic to know the so-called good omen as Wang Bachengjing, this is the structure of the human brain circuit.
After deciding here, Zhao Jiaren first brought in Wen Tianxiang, Luo Yiren and other guys whose performance satisfied him. After everyone sat down, Zhao Jiaren said: "In addition to moving the capital, I am still considering whether to restore the prime minister. What do you think? ”
It can be seen that everyone was frightened by this. Luo Yiren had the courage to confront the Minister of Civil Affairs in public, and dared to speak out about the advantages and disadvantages of population migration. At this point, he covered the lower half of his face with his hand and rubbed his index finger against his beard. It looks very uneasy.
When Wen Tianxiang was serving Dong Songchen in power, he wrote to Song Lizong to drive Dong Songchen away, and he dared to face the power of the prime minister. According to his resume qualifications, Wen Tianxiang may be the most likely to become the prime minister of this group. However, Wen Tianxiang did not have the slightest happy expression, he lowered his head and lit a cigarette, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.
Seeing that these elves didn't say a word, Zhao Jiaren felt a little embarrassed. He could understand the thoughts of these people, and in 1274, that is, in the 314th year of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren became the powerful minister of the Great Song Dynasty. For almost 20 years, Zhao Jiaren has always been in the exclusive position. After being in power for so long, the only way to challenge this phase is for the official family to order a change of prime minister. The problem is that Zhao Jiaren himself is the prime minister, and no one dares to try to get involved in the phase except for fools.
"The re-establishment of the prime minister is not the reconstruction of the previous prime minister system. The new prime minister could not determine the major policies, but was responsible for implementing the major policies of the imperial court set by the officials and the society. Zhao Jiaren explained his thoughts.
Still no one said anything. But the guys gave each other cigarettes, and there was deep concern in their eyes. Zhao Jiaren continued: "When the Zhao family moved south, it meant the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Now the Great Song Dynasty has relocated its capital back to Kaifeng, which is equivalent to the end of the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has opened a new era. In the past, the Northern Song Dynasty was ruled by scholars from among the officials and landlords. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the government and the powerful ruled the world together. In the future of the Great Song Dynasty, the government and the laborers ruled the world together. These laborers are soldiers, peasants, and workers. Many of you have graduated from a school of manufacture, and what you learn in school is how to work and how to produce. Learned how to manage yourself, how to manage production, how to manage capital. In the future, the prime minister who is selected from among the workers will be responsible for implementing the major policies for the future. This is the New Great Song that I described in my book "The Social Contract". So, can you understand the new prime minister system? ”
Or silence. The crowd still didn't speak. Zhao Jiaren did not continue, he knew that for officials, giving up the power in their hands is incomprehensible, even inconceivable. The new prime minister system built by Zhao Jiaren is not to give up the power in his hands, but to allow the imperial court to operate more effectively.
After being silent for a while, Wen Tianxiang spoke, "Official, if it is such a system, it seems that there is still something fundamentally missing in it." ”
Hearing this, Luo Yiren had already nodded again and again. Although the others did not express it so obviously, they all agreed with Wen Tianxiang's opinion. These guys stand at the center of power, and of course they know how powerful power is, and they also know how fragile power is. Wen Tianxiang continued: "I know that the official family likes Han Fei's "Five Worms", and Han Fei understands it in the Five Worms, long sleeves are good at dancing, and they are good at money. This is a lot of money, easy to work. Therefore, it is easy to plan for the strong, but it is difficult to plan for the weak and chaotic. Therefore, it is used for Qin, ten changes and seek loss; For swallows, a change and a plan to de. Those who are not used for Qin must be wise, those who are used for Yan must be foolish, and the resources for governing chaos are also ......"
After Qin Shi Huang read "Five Worms" and "Lonely Anger", he tried every means to get Han Fei to Qin State, hoping that Han Fei could help Qin State formulate a more perfect system. The feudal literati hated Han Fei for many reasons, but in the education of the Great Song Dynasty, Han Fei was hated because he told the truth. Just like the passage quoted by Wen Tianxiang, Han Fei said so.
As the country proverb goes, "Long sleeves are good at dancing, and more money is good." That is to say, the better the material conditions, the easier it is to achieve efficacy. Therefore, if the country is stable and strong, it is easy to succeed in seeking things; When the country is weak and chaotic, it is difficult to realize the strategy. Therefore, the strategies used in the Qin State rarely fail even if they are changed ten times; The strategy used in the Yan Kingdom is difficult to succeed even if it is changed once. This is not because the people appointed by the Qin State must have high wisdom, and the people appointed by the Yan State must be stupid, but because the conditions for governing chaos in these two countries are very different.
Therefore, the Western Zhou Dynasty turned its back on the Qin State to participate in the merger, and it was annexed in only one year; Wei Guo turned his back on Wei to participate in Lian Heng, and was wiped out in only half a year. This means that the combination destroyed the Western Zhou Dynasty and the defense of the country. If the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Weiguo were not in a hurry to listen to the conspiracy of the conspiracy, but strictly rectified the domestic politics, clearly stipulated the laws and prohibitions, adhered to the system of rewards and punishments, and worked hard to develop the land to increase the accumulation, so that the people would desperately defend the city; So. It is not much good for other countries to take their land, but to attack this country, the casualties are very large, and the great powers with ten thousand military chariots do not dare to drag themselves under the fortified city, so as to prompt the strong enemy to weigh the harm themselves, this is the way to ensure that their own country will not perish. It is the fault of those who govern the country to throw away such a method that will inevitably lead to the destruction of the country, but to engage in things that will inevitably lead to the destruction of the country. If diplomatic efforts are in trouble and domestic affairs are in chaos, then the country's demise cannot be saved.
One of the compulsory courses among the members of the society is that they must memorize Xunzi's "Persuasion" and Han Fei's "Five Worms", and Zhao Jiaren does not want to see that the important ministers of the court are all feudal literati who are full of Cheng Zhu Lixue. After listening to Wen Tianxiang's question, Zhao Jiaren was very satisfied.
"Before President Lin'an surrendered, I won some battles, but there was no way to prevent President Lin'an from surrendering. As soon as the Battle of Xiangyang was defeated, the Great Song Dynasty was effectively destroyed. The current Great Song Dynasty is invincible, everyone just has a very low tolerance for defeat, but if they really suffer several defeats, they will not be able to shake the national foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, let alone make the future war a complete failure. This is because the system of the Great Song Dynasty has been established, and as long as this system can operate well, even if we fail, we can still learn lessons. Just like since the establishment of our steel industry, the number of casualties due to accidents is only more than the number of casualties on the battlefield. ”
Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on the Minister of Industry who was present. The Minister of Industry could only smile wryly, but said nothing. There have been a lot of fryers in the steel mills, or the ladle cracked, or the boiling molten iron splattered everywhere. In such accidents, it is very common for dozens of people to be killed or injured. Add to that many other factories, as well as various transportation industries, and there are always 10,000 casualties in a year. With the overwhelming superiority of the Song army, it is impossible to have so many casualties in a year anyway. With such a large number of casualties, it is appalling.
Therefore, how to deal with this kind of casualties is naturally not because of choking, nor is it a requirement that workers cannot make any mistakes, but how to let everyone have a clearer understanding of science and laws on the basis of mistakes, and choose a plan with a small chance of making mistakes. And educate everyone to learn to manage themselves. Such a system is what is described in the "Social Contract Theory", and the future Great Song Dynasty is a cooperative system with matching rights and responsibilities. It is not a system of separation, protection, and allegiance. In the future, the people of the Great Song Dynasty will be a member of society, and they will be assembled because of labor and organized because of labor. It is the productive forces that promote social progress, and future officials, prime ministers, ministers, officials and cadres at all levels, and laborers are all members of this system, and all of them must have a common concept. That is, it is the productive forces that promote social progress, and we must develop the productive forces so that our children and grandchildren can achieve the final self-emancipation. Whoever violates this philosophy will be purged out. Whoever has the ability to lead everyone on the path of this idea will be empowered accordingly. The restoration of the prime minister system is not to divide up what is already in place, and then divide one side like a feudal landlord and warlord and a feudal town, and use the power in his hands to make a fortune. Instead, we must continue to develop and move forward on the basis of what we have now. ”
After Zhao Jiaren finished speaking, he was silent for the time being. The others didn't speak, and the room fell silent for a while. In Zhao Jiaren's experience, every time he finished speaking these big truths, most of the people who listened to the reasoning, no matter what level of officials, would be silent. After so many years in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren felt that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were not better than the people of the 21st century in terms of IQ, and the smart people of the Great Song Dynasty were no worse than the smart people of the 21st century. This gap lies in the times, and in the insight and cognition brought about by the productive forces.
Just when Zhao Jiaren felt that this meeting was probably a briefing, Luo Yiren spoke, "If it is as the official said, this prime minister is really not good." If you want to stand above everyone, you have to be more powerful than the officials. ”
This kind of young man's speech made Wen Tianxiang look at the young Luo Yiren with unhappy eyes, but Wen Tianxiang did not reprimand. Because of Wen Tianxiang's fierce personality back then, he used to be more intense than Luo Yiren.
Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but laugh, "Haha." You can say that again! You can say that again! The reason why our China is strong is because we believe that people are not born to know, and all wisdom and ability are acquired through learning after birth. And I am willing to let everyone progress in learning, and I ask everyone to improve in learning. If everyone is surrounded by incompetent people, then how terrible is that kind of world. ”
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