Chapter 52: The Four Masters of the Song Dynasty
Although the people in the court did not know about Li He's "Zongmen Plan", there were still people who understood the fanfare of the Xianwu Alliance, and they saw the threat to the Great Song Dynasty.
A warrior is not a farmer, and one or two may not be nothing, but when there are many of them to a certain extent, they are more difficult than a single soldier or horse.
Why has the Great Song Dynasty always suppressed martial arts and promoted literature?
Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiaobing have become the world, on the one hand, but more importantly, once people learn martial arts, their strength will become stronger, and they will lose their awe of the court, so as to "break the ban with martial arts", and kill a corrupt official or something at every turn, making it difficult for the court to rule.
This is just a few people, when a group of powerful martial artists get together, "using force to forbidden" is light.
In the early years, the heroes of Liangshan even played the banner of "walking for the sky" and rebelled directly!
If it weren't for the fact that Song Jiang, as the leader, was still loyal to the imperial court and accepted Zhao'an, I am afraid that even if the Great Song Dynasty was not overthrown, it would fall apart, and the consequences would not necessarily be lighter than that of Jin Bing's southward movement.
However, even if it was Liangshan back then, it was only one hundred and eight generals, not much stronger than the beggar gangs, Shaolin and other big factions in the rivers and lakes.
Even in terms of top masters, it is inferior.
But what about the current Xianwu Alliance?
There are only five peerless masters, each of whom is a grandmaster-level figure, the kind that can treat the imperial city guards as nothing, and easily enter and leave the palace to steal food and eat. In addition, there are two more unfathomable "divine monks", as well as a godlike "sword saint", and an "immortal" with boundless power.
These nine people alone, if they go against the imperial court, it will be enough to make everyone in the court, including the emperor, sleep.
This is not all, the Xianwu Alliance has gathered the entire rivers and lakes with lightning speed, and there are many martial arts sects such as the Beggar Gang, the Quanzhen Sect, and the Iron Palm Gang, united together, even if they don't open the mountain to collect disciples, it is enough to threaten the imperial court.
You must know that this is not the Song Dynasty in history, but the world of "Condor Shooting".
Hundreds of thousands of beggar gang disciples have been fighting against Liao and Jin, and in the later Condor era, Guo Jing was able to organize a large number of people to compete with the fierce Mongolian iron cavalry by relying on his reputation in the rivers and lakes alone.
A martial arts master is definitely not an existence that can be ignored by the imperial court.
And in this case, it is necessary to open the mountain gate widely, and each sect will recruit at least a thousand, or more than tens of thousands of young disciples, what is this for? If they really let them do it, in the future, will the world belong to the Great Song Dynasty or to them?
"Old Leng you, have you been paying attention to Huashan recently?" When the emperor heard the words of the old guard with a knife, he asked respectfully.
Yes, respectfully.
This old guard with a knife surnamed Leng was a master of the six doors who saved the life of the emperor at that time when the traitorous minister Cai Jing rebelled decades ago. Not only is his martial arts peerless, ranking first among the four masters of the Song Dynasty, but he is also in a high position and controls the security of the entire imperial city.
The emperor had to offer him, because it was he who suppressed the Great Song Dynasty for decades, so that no martial arts master had the opportunity to assassinate the emperor.
"The people who go there are all masters, and you can't pay attention to it." Leng Lao said: "If it's just Wang Chongyang and Hong Qi's juniors competing in martial arts, it's nothing, but this time even in the Tianshan Vulture Palace, the head of the 'Xuzhu' who was invincible in the world a hundred years ago has gone, and the former Dali Emperor Duan Yu, whose martial arts are not much worse than him, and the Sword Saint Dugu seeks defeat - if these three join forces, even if they are old husbands, they must bring their wife and Cui San to fight together!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the emperor's face immediately changed.
Why is he not interested in martial arts masters such as Wang Chongyang and Huang Yaoshi, and he is not even interested in soliciting?
It's not that I don't know that those people have high martial arts, but the Great Song Dynasty has never lacked masters, and he has stronger Leng Lao, Mrs. Sheng, Cui Laosan, and Tieshen, and there is no need to recruit Wang Chongyang and others at all.
As for why they think these four people are stronger, it is because they were invincible when the older generation died decades ago.
It is far from being comparable to Wang Chongyang's juniors.
But now, Leng Lao told him that there were still peerless masters from a hundred years ago on the side of Tianshan, so how could the emperor be calm?
"The old man doesn't know what they are going to do, but with such fanfare, once the future becomes the climate, it is impossible to control them with the manpower of six doors." Leng Lao said: "So Holy Lord, please also order the six gates to go to Huashan to deal with the affairs of the Immortal Martial Alliance!" ”
Hearing this, the emperor thought for a moment and said, "Accurate." ”
Then, he suddenly thought of Li He, and said: "By the way, Aiqing, after you go to Huashan, pass on my will to let Li He come to the capital." Last time he said goodbye, I still have a lot to say, I haven't had time to tell him! ”
"Yes." Leng Lao nodded and didn't say much.
It's just in my heart, but I said: That kind of character like a real immortal, is it Your Majesty that you can call and go? The real person missed it in person because of poor hospitality, it's just confused!
It's a pity that he is just a courtier, and even if he is in a high position, he can't influence the emperor's thoughts.
I can only change the way, and I didn't give a direct order, but sent a message to Li He as a "six doors to worship".
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On the other hand, when he received the post, Li He's expression was a little certain.
Because of the name of "Leng Lao", he is so familiar with it, it is actually called "Leng Lingqi", and together with Mrs. Sheng, Cui Laosan, and Tieshen, he is preparing for the "four masters" to go out of the mountain gate.
"It's not good!" Wang Chongyang said: "When I was an official in the imperial court, I heard a lot about the names of the 'Four Great Masters of the Song Dynasty', and their prestige was piled up with the lives of many masters of the rivers and lakes!" ”
"Have you been in contact with them?" Li He said curiously.
"No, there are strict hierarchies in the court, and with my official position back then, I can't get in touch with them at all." Wang Chongyang said: "But I know that when Sunflower Gonggong rebelled thirty years ago, the reason why he wanted to lead the emperor to Huashan was because he was afraid of them. The little shoemaker has never been an official, so he doesn't know them, otherwise, he wouldn't have been lonely for many years because he couldn't find an opponent! ”
Hearing this, Li He was silent and did not speak.
The four masters are obviously the four famous catchers in his later years, he doesn't know how many people's martial arts are, but he knows that they are four people with outstanding abilities, and they can't be determined by martial arts at all.
If they have the intention to stop the sect's plan, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.
"In addition, it is rumored that some of them also have innate strange abilities, and their abilities will become more and more powerful as they improve their martial arts, and no one knows what level they have reached now." Wang Chongyang said again.