Chapter 496: The Charm of Martial Arts
It's no wonder that Yang Su secretly got a 'Yang Gong Treasure' out, and the monarchs and ministers were suspicious to the point of using knives, and there was basically no room for mitigation.
It can only be said that Yang Su is still too careless, of course, Yang Guang's decisiveness and ruthlessness are also very surprising, once he does it, he will not show mercy, and Yang Su will die unjustly.
Don't doubt why Yang Guang would take such extreme measures, the courtiers of this era don't have much reverence for the king, anyway, there are many emperors who died miserably during the two Jin and Northern Dynasties, and the powerful bigwigs have long not taken the imperial power too seriously.
Otherwise, a very taboo name like Shi Wansui would not have appeared.
Once there is really an irreconcilable contradiction between the monarch and the minister, especially an important minister like Yang Su who holds real power, the power of a brazen blow is not something that no one can receive.
It seems that Yang Su and He Ruobi have reached a first-class level of strength, and only a thunderous blow can be considered insurance, if they play some conviction trick in the court, maybe the two of them will directly counterattack.
Yang Su, Gao Ying, and He Ruobi, etc., all of them were important ministers who followed Yang Jian to establish the Sui Dynasty and made great contributions, but they either had a conflict of interest with Yang Guang, or because of their style of doing things, Yang Guang didn't like it, and as a result, Yang Guang was cleaned up in the past two years.
If it is replaced by Yang Jian, even if the means are similar, the impact is definitely not as bad as Yang Guang's.
It can only be said that Yang Guang's temperament is too arrogant, and he is a bit of a son of a family, acting according to his own preferences, and he doesn't care much about the possible effects and consequences.
The reason why he mentioned so much was that Lei Hu wanted to tell Song Que that Yang Guang's temperament was very poor, and since he had a conflict with the Beidi family, he would definitely not be able to endure it with his temperament, and this expedition to Goguryeo was a good opportunity.
Song Que didn't believe it, even if Yang Guang was willful, he would not joke about the national fortunes of the Sui Dynasty.
Once Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo succeeds and he has the merit of destroying the country, his previous series of problems will be completely covered up, and there will be no chance at that time.
"Uncle Yue might as well be like this!"
Seeing that Song Que seemed to be determined to move, Lei Hu also said kindly: "Even if we want to move, we have to prepare first!" ”
Song Que's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "How are you going to prepare?" ”
"Recruit a large number of people first!"
Lei Hu said without hesitation: "What is worse in the south than in the north is the number of people!" ”
"Because of Yang Guanghao's happy temperament, the people of the north have been tossed enough, not only have they suffered heavy casualties from labor, but even the wealth of the people has been looted very much!"
"The situation from the Yellow River to Huaibei is not much better, and the situation from Huainan to Jiangbei is better, how about we secretly recruit the displaced people from Huaibei first?"
Song Que disagreed, but still asked, "How much do you plan to recruit?" ”
"Naturally, the more the merrier!"
Lei Hu said with a smile: "If the population of the territory can exceed 10 million, even if we directly raise the flag to occupy the south, we will also have the strength to fight with the Sui Dynasty!" ”
Song Que pondered for a moment, and finally reluctantly agreed.
If you don't agree, it's useless, just the soldiers and horses in Lingnan will be useless.
The total population of Lingnan is less than one million, and the forces that can be mobilized are very limited, and it is necessary to have the territory of Wu to have a chance to occupy the south.
Although he is also a child of the family, he looks down on ordinary people and does not take ordinary people seriously, but Lei Hu has made his words so clear, and he is not too urgent.
However, Song Que still said that it would take half a year at most, and no matter what the situation was, the two would have to say something, either take advantage of the situation to launch it, or simply continue to lurk.
And he also wanted to see if it was true or false that Lei Hu thought that Yang Guang's expedition to Goguryeo was unreliable.
If this is the case, Song Que is not afraid to wait a few more years, and it is not too late to move when Yang Guang has almost consumed the foundation of the Sui Dynasty, otherwise Song Que will have to give it a try even if he takes a risk.
Lei Hu promised that no matter how he used the strength of the Duke of Wu, it would not be a problem to unify the south in a short period of time.
As long as the south is in hand and the defense lines of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River are well arranged, not to mention taking the initiative to march north, at least it will be no problem to firmly hold the south as it was during the confrontation between the north and the south.
Not kidding, in the four hundred years of the two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, the strength of the Southern Dynasties has never been as strong as the Thunder Tiger Territory.
Especially in terms of population, when did the South have a population of more than 6 million?
At this time, the civil turmoil in Huaibei was just enough to attract a large number of people, and there was still hope that the population under his rule would exceed 7 million in a short period of time.
In addition, the territory implements a policy of training martial arts for the whole people, and it is also a compulsory military system, if you really want to mobilize with all your strength, you can casually pull out an army of 30 to 500,000, which is enough to sweep through the south and even threaten the security of Huaibei and the Yellow River.
The Lingnan people under the cheap Yuezhang are not vegetarians, although the population is sparse and the number of soldiers who can be recruited is limited, even if the maximum mobilization can only barely gather 200,000 horses, but there is a commander like Song Que, the cheap Yuezhang, and the combat effectiveness is still quite good.
At least, compared with the same number of elites of the Sui army, the combat effectiveness is not bad at all.
Lei Hu is not worried that it has really reached that point, the cheap father-in-law will compete with him for the identity of the king of the south, the population of Lingnan is there, and the economic strength is also obvious, there is no possibility of comparing with Lei Hu at all.
In this way, the two sides decided on the course of action for the next six months, first secretly making preparations for launching at any time, and at the same time taking advantage of the situation to recruit a large number of displaced people to enrich their foundations.
When Yang Guang went on an expedition to Goguryeo, he would suddenly launch it depending on the situation.
After talking about the joint dispatch of the two families, Song Que took the initiative to talk to Lei Hu about martial arts, as well as his own comprehension of the way of the sword.
He is not only the owner of the Lingnan Song valve, but also a world-famous knife idiot.
Otherwise, he would not be too old to reach the current sword realm, and he could almost be regarded as the strongest person under the grandmaster, even if the famous evil king Shi Zhixuan was half a chip in terms of combat power alone.
Before Lei Hu casually mentioned the knife drawing technique to Song Yuhua, it opened Song Que's eyes, and at this time, Lei Hu naturally would not be polite in person, and directly asked this cheap son-in-law about his understanding of the way of the knife.
No matter how you say it, he is the number one master in the world, even if Song Que feels depressed in his heart, he has to admit that Lei Hu's strength is really not blown.
Seeing that the cheap father-in-law was interested, he could pull his face down and take the initiative to ask, Lei Hu would not sell Qiao in person, and casually explained his understanding of the way of the knife and even the way of martial arts.
Judging from the performance of the masters in the yellow world, Lei Hu felt that there were three ways to practice knives.
One is the most orthodox way, focusing on cultivating one's own essence and spirit, and regarding the knife as an extension of one's body and arm, with the improvement of strength and one's own state, the cultivation of the sword technique will also be improved.
This kind of cultivation method is the safest, and there is no possibility of breaking out or leapfrogging challenges in sword cultivation, but it is the most orthodox way to improve, and you can progress with your own cultivation.
Then there is the sentient method of being extremely affectionate and capable of being extremely emotional, which is considered a relatively extreme cultivation method, with the advantage of starting quickly and making rapid progress, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to lose one's temperament and damage the spirit unconsciously.
As for Song Que's sacrificing knife, there is nothing else, it is the most extreme way to practice the knife, which not only requires a very high talent for knife training, but also has super high requirements for his own temperament.
If you really want to follow Lei Hu's thoughts, Song Que's sword practice method is naturally the most inferior, and if it is not good, it may hurt himself and cause irreparable damage.
What is the essence of cultivation?
The initial pursuit is to strengthen the body, and the ultimate pursuit is to transcend evolution!
To be more precise, it is the pursuit of immortality and eternal life.
Lei Hu believes that cultivation is a pleasant thing for the body and mind, especially when cultivation reaches a certain level, and can clearly sense the mysterious connection between man and nature, man and heaven and earth, and naturally arouse interest in inquiry.
In the process of exploration, one's own life level has been sublimated, and the improvement of strength is a secondary matter.
Obviously, Song Que is different from his philosophy, he attaches more importance to strong lethality, as for the other meanings that have not been studied deeply for the time being, or he has not yet entered that subtle realm.
So Lei Hu didn't say too deeply, he just talked about his understanding of the Dao of the Dao, focusing on the unity of heaven and man and the shattered void.
Don't look at the Lingnan Song valve as one of the four major valves in the world, but if you want to talk about the background, it is not comparable with the inconspicuous Dao ancestor true lineage in the Holy Gate.
He mentioned a group of fierce people in the legends of the border wilderness, especially Yan Fei, who opened the immortal gate and shattered away, and Heavenly Master Dao Sun En, focusing on the evil emperor Xiang Yutian.
"What, do you think the evil emperor Xiang Yutian still exists?"
Song Que was shocked by the strength of a fierce man in the legend of the border wilderness, and at the same time, he learned a news that shocked him from the mouth of his cheap son-in-law Lei Hu, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Yang Gong's treasure, and the Evil Emperor's relics!"
Lei Hu said indifferently: "Uncle Yue should have heard of it, the evil emperor relics are the evil emperor Xiang Yutian, personally handed over to Lu Miaozi, the designer of Yang Gong's treasure mechanism!" ”
Song Que's heart was shocked and silent, if this was the case, wouldn't the evil emperor Xiang Yutian live for more than two hundred years?
Can people really live that long?
What is the difference between this and being an immortal?
Song Que yearned, and the words of the cheap son-in-law made him see the infinite charm of martial arts and the boundless scenery.
Lei Hu is not a strong mouthpiece, he said that the foundation of the Central Plains martial arts is in the holy gate evolved by the Daoists in the hundred schools of Zhuzi, and after Song Que enters the realm of the grandmaster, he can provide a large number of precious classics of the Dao Sect for reference, as for whether he can reach a higher level, it depends on Song Que's own talent and hard work.