Volume 1 The Sonorous Journey Chapter 15 Catch Fast
"Beginners should not be negligent and uninterrupted, especially not greedy for more things, those who are negligent will not have a long time, and those who are greedy often do not understand the end, and gradually explore the subtleties, but do not get the beginning, and chase the end of the ambition, is to the end. If you are diligent and willing, you will be in a hurry to study calmly and self-contained, and you will be able to figure out the ingenuity of repeated speculation, and you will not be able to explore the essence of the wonderful reason. Deep and negligent interrupted only how there is, to the body of the sage of the meaning, extraordinary this and so on, now according to its coarse and shallow how can this to if the subtle, can not be described in words, to be concise to figure out, then from shallow to deep, from coarse to fine, its subtle use may not be so far and also, Fu said: For example, the line will be self-sufficient, such as ascending must be inferior!
The basic skills of this back fist are said to practice wrists, usually the main thing is to practice these two, one shakes the wrist, one shakes the wrist, and shakes the wrist through these two to shake the wrist and shake it out. For example, it is to train one's originally weak wrist into a tough rigid shaft through wrist training. Shake the wrist well, in the event of an incident is very combat-oriented, it is very easy to raise the hand and shake the opponent's nose bone, this is a case of war, this style of play is much less than playing with Wang Baquan to slam the opponent. Swinging the wrist is to use the wrist as an axle, clockwise and counterclockwise repeatedly shake, from slow to fast to choose by yourself, to comfort the degree, but don't shake off the break. Regarding shaking the wrist, we should pay special attention to it, and we can't practice loosely, and if we can't shake it all the time, it won't work. Shaking your wrists should be practiced vigorously. For example, chopping hands and shaking wrists, the palms are relaxed and shaken twice, and the third time you want to suddenly shake your fists, and experience the feeling of going from loose to tight, from soft to rigid. For example, the nature of the duster shaking the wrist is similar to the previous one, but the back of the hand is downward, and the back of the hand, and the back of the hand, the way of strength is the same as the way of shaking the wrist, two loose and one tight. When using the back of the hand is the duster, the back of the fist is the back of the fist, as for whether you can use it flexibly, the key is to see if your strength can be practiced. Another example is clapping and shaking the wrist, which is the downward shaking of the palms of the two hands, the shaking of the two hands even turning down towards the ball, and the sudden force after a few times of relaxed shaking and slapping, and a few snaps, there is a feeling like slapping the skin airbag, which feels wonderful.
The most peculiar thing is that after many years of diligent practice in internal and external skills, one's own arms can be stretched one arm when firing at the enemy, which makes people have unexpected and unexpected abilities and characteristics. This is also its magic, so it is called Tongjian fist, which is roughly the meaning of the spirit like an ape and a double whip.
Boxing is easy to teach, but boxing is difficult to learn. Ma Sanye took advantage of Xiao Liuzi's free time in patrolling the city defense, and taught Xiao Liuzi the style of arm boxing day and night, everything started from the very basics, as the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning. Xiao Liuzi is bent on avenging his father and being able to kill more rogues and mountain bandits, so he learns very hard and seriously, which makes Ma Sanye extremely diligent in teaching. Xiao Liuzi has a foundation in his own right, so he learns very smoothly and quickly.
If there is leisure time to learn boxing every day, Ma Sanye will definitely take Xiao Liuzi to ride around. Because Xiao Liuzi is loyal and brave, he has long been famous, and with the help of the third master of Ma Ma who patrols the city, he quickly gained prestige in the four counties and eight states. If you have a day or two to spare, Ma Sanye will take Xiao Liuzi to walk around the surrounding green forests and big cottages, and introduce him to all the green forest scoop handles and helmsmen. In this way, Zhang Bingzhong's reputation is getting higher and higher in the rivers and lakes, Ma Sanye really likes this little sixth son in his heart, and treats him as if he is an apprentice. Fortunately, Xiao Liuzi did not insult the reputation of the third master, he was not only brave, but also loyal and righteous. Because Zhang Bingzhong found a lot of changes and uneasy factors during his many visits to the city, they were smoothed out one by one under the advice of Ma Sanye. This made the county magistrate Fan Erjiang also have a blue eye for Bingzhong, and under the advice of his grandfather and uncle, he directly promoted Xiao Liuzi to the little catcher of Yan'an Mansion. Because of the care of the third master of Ma, not only is there a wide range of people, but there are many roads, and the little sixth son handled the case in the yamen unusually smooth.
Under the care of many elders, after Xiao Liuzi became the catcher of Yan'an Mansion in Dingyuan County, he worked harder to study hard, practiced martial arts, and was determined to be a real fast catcher to solve the suffering of the people. Soon established an excellent reputation in the local area, he often went in and out of the mountains and forests, and was not afraid of mountain bandits to solve some difficult cases, Zhang Bingzhong soon won a nickname of Xiao Mengwei. Of course, after being caught quickly, there will definitely be some friction with the surrounding green forest heroes and cottage men in daily business. If he is really a traitor and oppresses the people, or if he robs and robs the people, whether he meets or hears about it, he will definitely be arrested and dealt with impartially. Therefore, people gave him the name of Sai Shubao again. Of course, most of the tricks and many emotions in it were also completed under the instructions of Ma Sanye.
One day, Bingzhong was on duty, and the officials below came to report: A group of people were smuggling salt on the mountain road. As soon as he heard that someone was smuggling salt, Bingzhong immediately stood up, thinking that this was worth it, and smuggling in broad daylight was a big deal. If there is a fight because of this salt smuggling, it is really a big deal. At the smallest, the salt works are poorly managed, and the larger ones are the unstable law and order in the county.
In the Yuan and Ming dynasties at that time, not only the problem of private salt in the southeastern provinces was still the same, but also in the Huguang area and the Sichuan salt production and marketing area, where the problem of private salt was not serious in the Song Dynasty, private salt was also prevalent in the world.
For example, during the reign of Zong Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, "local tyrants were entangled in the situation, holding soldiers and holding blades, like strong thieves, trading at night, and moving tens of thousands". At the time of Xianzong's Chenghua, "the fugitives from prison everywhere did not want to do anything, privately built large ships to cover the ocean, sold smuggled salt, gathered more than 100 people per boat, held weapons with banners, started from Suyang, and went up to Jiujiang and Huguang to sell, but along the way, they encountered ships such as officials, people, merchants, and merchants, and looted wantonly, although there were patrols and arrests, the officers and soldiers were outnumbered, and they were weak and invincible." In the Qing Dynasty, the provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were still one of the most flooded areas of illicit salt, and the north and south of the Yangtze River were "full of illicit salt, and salt criminals gathered to sell smuggled goods", or dozens of people, or two or three hundred, or even five or six hundred people in a gang "sold in groups. Deadly". The salt barons along the coast of Guangdong "each brought big ships, carried equipment, loaded with illegal salt, and sold them back and forth" and so on. Many of these organized armed gatherings and smuggling often later became an important force in the struggle against feudal autocracy. The main reasons for the serious flood of illegal salt in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were: First, the harsh feudal exploitation made the livelihood of salt farmers increasingly difficult, and they had to take risks and smuggle smuggled under the legal system. Second, the serious disconnect between salt supply and demand caused by the government's salt monopoly policy has provided an effective demand market for smuggling activities, thus stimulating some people to pursue salt profits. The third is the progress of salt production, which greatly reduces the production cost of private salt.
In ancient times, selling illicit salt was a capital offense, just like selling drugs today. Why did the imperial court crack down on salt dealers in this way? Because salt was very important in ancient times. Before the Qing Dynasty, it was the era of cold weapons, and the most important thing was iron. Salt and iron are on equal footing, and they were always monopolized by the ancient Chinese government. From a financial point of view: the government's main revenue is taxes, in order to increase government revenue, curb private financial resources and ensure the people's livelihood of the salt and iron channel, the use of salt and iron monopoly. It was the monopoly management policy of salt and iron implemented by the feudal government in order to crack down on the wealthy merchants and increase fiscal revenue. From the perspective of life: people have to eat salt as long as they live, which is huge for salt consumption. However, private salt can also be done by the people, and it can be sold cheaper than that of the imperial court. This would threaten the imperial court's revenues. The imperial court will never allow such a thing to happen, so the sale of illicit salt is prohibited, and the imperial court monopoly can solve this problem very well.
Bingzhong, who has always understood things, heard the report, and hurried forward. After a while, I came to the mountain road at the foot of the West Mountain. Take a closer look, it turned out to be the green forest around Jinji Ridge Wang Daliang, this Wang Daliang is the hardcore brother of the three masters of the city patrol horses. If you talk about relationships, you have to call him Uncle Sheng. This is good, because he came in a hurry, he didn't inform Ma Sanye in time, and besides, this smuggling of salt is not a big matter. Bingzhong settled down, sat on the horse and looked around, and saw the current crowd at a glance. I don't know who said that the official was coming, and everyone looked back. looked at Bingzhong, who was dressed in a fast suit, and ran with his legs pulled out in all directions, just like a bird seeing a yellow eagle.
Bingzhong sat on the horse, and the number of people he saw was not very large, including about a dozen people watching the excitement. So he made up his mind, sat on his horseback, drew his knife, and shouted loudly, "Stop, don't run!" How did he know, if he didn't scream, the man who smuggled salt heard this, and ran faster and faster. Bingzhong hurriedly pulled out his horse and urged, chased a few steps to the east, turned back and chased a few steps to the west, but in the end no one was chased. Seeing that Wang Daliang, who was far away, was on the top of the mountain, he arched his hand to Bingzhong, turned his head and disappeared into the forest. Bingzhong saw that Wang Daliang had become his love, and he didn't chase after him. He pulled out the horse and returned in a daze, but he thought in his heart that this was the thunder and rain tricks taught by Ma Sanye.
As the days went by, there were more and more bandits in various places, and the consumption between soldiers and bandits became greater and greater. Dingyuan County is a military county, and it is necessary not only to stock up on grain, but also to stock up on soldiers. Due to the news from the previous battle report that new recruits need to be replenished this year, the county government posted a notice to recruit soldiers.
Li Dacheng, Luo Youcai, Luo Youneng and other classmates and friends saw such news and notified the sixth brother, and came to ask his opinion together. Xiao Liuzi himself has official duties like them, and he is not very interested in joining the army. It's just that Li Dingfang, a classmate, and a few others tried their best to give it a try, so they tightly pulled Xiao Liuzi, Li Dacheng, Luo Youcai, Luo Youneng and others to sign up for the army. In private, Xiao Liuzi said to the three of them: A few of us will participate, not necessarily to really join the army, because the county has our official duties, if we are really selected, we will go, if we are not selected, we will not have a friendship with classmates. They are all about the same age, but they are uneven in size. Li Dacheng is a little taller and more powerful, and the little sixth son is of medium stature, talented and capable, and the two brothers are all very thin and slender like the original. When the day of recruitment came, more than a dozen of his classmates gathered outside the door of the fast hunting class room and waited for the sixth brother to come up with an idea. After a while, Xiao Liuzi came out of the class room and said, Let's go and register first, and wait until there is news in the afternoon.
It didn't take long for the list of conscripts to come out. More than ten classmates are on the list, and there is a great shortage of soldiers, but some people are happy and some are worried. When Xiao Liuzi saw his name, he turned around and walked to the fast catching squad room to report to the head of the fast catching team.
"Hey" sighed, the head of the fast catching squad had long known about Xiao Liuzi's family, and sighed helplessly and said: Joining the army is also a big deal now, if you want a future, I won't stop you, it's best for you to think about it carefully. So Xiao Liuzi came to the yamen again to ask the teacher, Uncle Ren, who thought that with my first-class secret guards to support you, it should be smooth sailing on the road to the army. But you can't tell him about it, so as not to cultivate his arrogance and arrogance, which will outweigh the losses. So he said: The eldest husband should sacrifice his life for the country, but the road to the military is also bumpy, and after settling down at home, you can consider it. Hearing what Gong Shuren said, Bingzhong returned home to discuss with his mother. Unexpectedly, my mother was well aware of the righteousness and knew that her child was determined to serve the country, so when she was studying in a private school, she studied both civil and military. Therefore, he did not stop it at the moment, but encouraged Zhang Bingzhong to join the army. He also told him that with your aunt and sister Yuzhi at home, there would be no difference, don't worry! With the strong support of his mother, Zhang Bingzhong made up his mind to join the army with Li Dacheng, Luo Youneng, and Luo Youcai, and serve the country.
This recruitment, the main purpose of this recruitment is to supply nearby. Dingyuan County was originally a military county, and the recruited soldiers were naturally directly given to the camp of General Chen Hongfan, the Fire Banner Battalion under the command of Wang Weiwang, who garrisoned Guanzhong. To say that this Chen Hongfan was the most fierce general in the world, and he was the most fierce in the fight, and he was most likely responsible for the charge during the battle, so the team suffered heavy casualties. Chen Hongfan has a strong and upright personality and likes to go straight; although he is a straight person, his mind is very meticulous. In the words of Wang Wei, the chief soldier of the garrison in Guanzhong, this person has some talent for soldiers.
The main commander of this recruit training is the captain Ma Qi under Chen Hongfan, this person is also a straight intestine, and he has no strategy or great success, that is, he fights, dares to fight, and dares to fight hard to get a captain. There are countless scars on his body, and this is one of the things he often shows off. After Captain Ma reorganized the recruits, he directly pulled the recruits to his own battalion for training dozens of miles. At the moment, the rules were set, and the three-month training of recruits consisted of four subjects a day: bows, horses, knives, stones, etc., and the last half of the year was the time for teaching the basic art of war. There are two assessments, one is the basic assessment of the individual, and the other is the cooperative assessment of the small group, and the content of the test is announced on the same day.
After the content of the recruits' military training was announced, everyone was talking. Xiao Liuzi is also thinking in his heart, I can do all these subjects, if it weren't for Ma Sanye's martial arts to lay a solid foundation, I'm afraid that this level of power stone will not be easy. So, the big guys started the military training exercise together, the bow horse training in the morning, and the sword and stone in the afternoon.
This stone lock in ancient China is definitely the first choice for practicing strength, and the stone lock is also the best equipment for practicing strength. (Note: There may be some Taoist friends who have not been exposed to traditional martial arts, and they may not know what rectification is.) In fact, the whole strength is to rely on the strength of the whole body to walk, a stone lock, you can practice the strength of the whole body, which is compared with those advanced equipment in modern times, it has its irreplaceable advantages, but now not many people are practicing this stone lock. This stone lock skill is also one of the top ten hard skills in Chinese martial arts, generally starting from 20 catties, practicing 30 catties, 40 catties, 50 catties, and 60 catties...... Incrementally. A person who can play with a sixty-pound stone lock has a very considerable strength. If Shi Suo is the king of training, then Shi Dan must be the master of training. The stone pole is a pole with a stone cake or stone lock worn at each end, and the shape is the same as today's barbell, except that today's barbell wears a discus at both ends. The ancient Chinese practiced stone bearers as honestly as modern people practiced barbells, and modern people holding barbells were nothing more than lifting a move, squatting, pushing, and bending, and the ancients did not play like this. In addition to lifting, the ancients also held this thing and danced like a windmill like a gun and a stick, which is also the best way to practice strength. After all, the ancients didn't talk about good-looking muscles, they talked about being able to go into battle and kill the enemy if they practiced well!
This arrangement made the recruits feel extra fulfilling, and some of them were physically weak, and they couldn't stand it after a few days. I heard that in this phase of the recruit camp, there are still a few children of official eunuchs who also want to accumulate military merits and hereditary family history. When I eat on weekdays and see those arrogant and domineering people, I don't need to think about them to know that they are the children of some eunuchs. Xiao Liuzi is not bad, so he naturally becomes a leader in the cold family. When asked in their spare time which powerful the children of those eunuchs were, the two brothers said: Among them, there are several powerful characters, one is Yan Zihe, the son of the governor of Yan, the other is Zhu Yiwei, the son of the governor of Linjiang, Wang Dabao, the son of Wang Huairen, the general soldier of Chongqing, and so on. Among them, Wang Huairen's son Wang Dabao has some real materials, and the rest is not good. As soon as Xiao Liuzi heard this, he immediately said to his brother, remember not to be arrogant, and don't overestimate others. Train yourself so that you can protect yourself on the battlefield. Everyone worked together to be divided into a team after the assessment. Classmate Li Dingfang was the first to sing Nuo loudly, and the young men all gathered their strength, comparing each other like a bull with full strength, showing their strength to everyone.
After more than two months of solid training in basic subjects, the rest is the basic art of war. These things are naturally Xiao Liuzi's strength, at a very young age, Xiao Liuzi can use the stone kernel to line up the formation, use the sand table to deduce the art of war, the art of war can be said to be the head of the way for Bingzhong. Because it is a pre-military service, there is no room for mistakes, so in front of the old military gate, Xiao Liuzi learned to be extraordinarily serious and modest, kind and inquisitive, which is quite liked and appreciated by the military men who have a reputation for military law.