Chapter 32 Hidden Merits and Names Thirty-two
Master Jianyue and the others originally wanted to quibble or directly accuse Qin Tai, but after seeing the few people who walked in, they were like defeated roosters one by one. The people who came in included the eldest young master of the Xu family and the old housekeeper of the British duke, who could prove Zhang Yue'e's identity. The housekeepers and cronies of Princess Izumo's family can prove that Princess Izumo not only let them secretly contact the imperial relatives, but also let them privately spread unfavorable remarks against the little emperor's family. A few people dressed as monks, Master Mizuki understood at a glance that they were all the closest subordinates of Master Mizuki, and they were all Japanese in the past, just like Master Mizuki. They couldn't be caught, and they were escorted to the palace, which means that everything about Master Mizuki has been exposed.
Along with these people came in a middle-aged monk who was over half a hundred years old, he was the first of the Discipline Institute of the North Shaolin General Academy, that is, the commander-in-chief of the encirclement and suppression of Yong'an Temple this time. The first master of the Precept Academy first saluted the little emperor respectfully, and then told the whole process of encircling and suppressing the Yong'an Temple. About seventeen days ago, Northern Shaolin came to a hundred households of the imperial court Jinyi Guard, and he sent a handwritten letter from Qin Tai. At that time, it was the North Shaolin monk who received this brocade cloth and a hundred households, and after reading this unsealed letter, the monk's face changed greatly. Soon after, all the great masters of Northern Shaolin secretly gathered, and everyone read the letter with their own eyes, and the content of the letter shocked everyone. Qin Tai used extremely simple words and sentences to explain the three things to say. First, there is a problem with the Yong'an Temple in South Shaolin, and there may be a lot of weapons and equipment that should not be there. Second, there may be a large number of Japanese warrior monks in Yong'an Temple. Third, the abbot of Yong'an Temple, Master Mizuki, and others may have participated in or planned acts that were unfavorable to the imperial court and the imperial family.
Although the high-level officials of Northern Shaolin did not want to believe Qin Tai's words, they also knew that Qin Tai was not a liar. Several people led by the first master of the Discipline Academy suggested that it would rather be believed than not, for the sake of the reputation of the Shaolin Temple and the safety of many monks, this possibility must not be allowed to exist. The top management of Northern Shaolin decided to send an investigation team led by the first master of the Discipline Academy to Yong'an Temple to investigate. For the sake of secrecy, for the sake of safety, and in order to be able to find out the facts, the first master of the Discipline Academy not only decided to go secretly, but also found an excuse, saying that it was to survey the economic accounts of the lower courtyard of the Shaolin Temple.
When Jinyi Wei Baihu was leaving, he reminded the first master of the Discipline Academy and others that Yong'an Temple not only had Japanese robbers, but also a large number of standard weapons, and if they were not fully prepared, it might backfire. After thinking about it again, the first master of the Discipline Academy decided to let all the warrior monks of the North Shaolin Discipline Academy dispatch except for the people left behind. Some dressed up as entourage, some dressed up as warrior monks escorting the inspection team, some directly disguised themselves as members of the inspection team, and some warrior monks disguised themselves as ordinary people in batches to approach Yong'an Temple.
The first one of the precepts came to Yong'an Temple with people, and the people of Yong'an Temple received everyone politely, but deliberately delayed everyone on the grounds that the abbot master was no longer in Yong'an Temple. The first master of the Vinaya Institute divided the people into three batches, and the first group checked the economic accounts of Yong'an Temple according to the original plan. The second group checked the number and origin of the monks on the grounds of investigating the number and origin of the monks in Yong'an Temple. The third group visited the vicinity of Yong'an Temple on the grounds of inventory of Yong'an temple property. The warrior monks who came secretly rushed directly to the mountain valley behind Yong'an Temple.
Qin Tai's uncle Qiu Min, who was waiting for everyone in Yong'an Temple, led the secret warrior monk to the valley. When everyone saw so many standard weapons, gold and silver, everyone was dumbfounded and stunned. The first big disciple of the Discipline Academy, who was also the leader of this group of secret warrior monks, looked at the gold and silver jewelry with black blood, and saw a few still sharp swords, and the whole person burst out with a murderous aura that should not be. Afterwards, I learned that the first big disciple of this precept academy was Fu Jianren, and the whole family died in the hands of the widows, he was dug out of the pile of dead by the Qi family's army, and now he still has two scars left by the widows. Yong'an Temple not only became a refuge for the Japanese robbers, but also left the looted property in the valley in a grand manner, which made the first disciple of the Discipline Academy very angry.
While trying his best to persuade the first senior disciple of the Discipline Academy to restrain his emotions, the enemy came up with a way to avoid the Japanese warrior monks and ordinary warrior monks. Use the gold and silver found in the valley and take out some unmarked ones as activity funds. Qiu Min and others disguised themselves as pilgrims and went up the mountain to worship the Buddha, and at the same time prepared a large number of special clothes and socks for monks, saying that they would wash the feet of each master and put on new socks with their own hands. Although this was a bit excessive at the time, it was not unprecedented, and Yong'an Temple always met one or two very devout believers every year. When washing the monk's feet, he made observations to determine whether the other party was a widow. Any suspicious monk will be given new marked socks, and the warrior monks brought by the first seat of the precept will be secretly arrested and interrogated.
In less than three days, no less than 60 Japanese were arrested and interrogated. The first of the precept institutes officially issued an order to block the Yong'an Temple, and a large number of Shaolin Temple precept monks took control of the Yong'an Temple. Ordinary monks and unrelated monks were put under centralized supervision, and arrest warrants were issued for the monks in question, and all the warrior monks who resisted were subdued on the spot. In this process, the first master of the Precept Institute also discovered that many monks violated the rules and precepts, and the first master of the Precept Institute felt the need to carry out a large-scale rectification of Yong'an Temple.
During the inventory, the first master of the Discipline Institute found that seven or eight out of ten of the core warrior monks of Yong'an Temple were former Japanese monks. These warrior monks, who look to be forty or fifty years old, are the backbone of the warrior monks of Yong'an Temple, but they are former enemies and enemies. Many of these Japanese had the blood of Han Chinese and common people in their hands, and some of them had fought against the imperial army. In order to escape the pursuit of the imperial court, they hid in Yong'an Temple, which became their refuge. Yong'an Temple used to be an indispensable force in the fight against the Japanese Invaders, and now it has become a refuge for the Japanese Invaders, which is a kind of humiliation to Yong'an Temple, but also a kind of desecration against Buddhism. These widows not only stayed in Yong'an Temple with peace of mind, but also arranged their descendants to Yong'an Temple. In Yong'an Temple, there are not only these old and genuine Japanese robbers, but also the second generation of twenty or thirty-year-old Japanese robbers, and the children of these Japanese robbers have also been arranged into Yong'an Temple, and they want to occupy and control Yong'an Temple for a long time.
A second-generation Japanese monk confessed that the Japanese monks of Yong'an Temple were not only these, some of them were arranged to go out to complete the task, and some of them went to the secret base. The so-called secret base is another important base of the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty, where there are more Japanese and their descendants. Almost all the children born to the monks and women in private were secretly sent to this base. When the children grew up, some were arranged to come to Yong'an Temple as fake monks, some were arranged to go to some military camps as soldiers, and some arranged to go to other places to secretly lurk.
The first master of the Discipline Academy cleaned up the remnants of Yong'an Temple and reported the results of the interrogation to Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei passed to the little emperor and Qin Tai as quickly as possible, and Qin Tai decided to deal with the secret base and several military camps thoroughly. The British prince has just reached the age of leading the army, and the British prince family is a generation of military generals, and every descendant of the British prince who has reached the age needs to go to the military camp for a period of exercise. Qin Tai suggested that the little emperor let the British prince take the suspicious army out, nominally to exercise, but in fact to divert the tiger from the mountain. After obtaining conclusive evidence, mobilize other forces to surround or control these armies, and eliminate the remnants of the Japanese in it.
As for the secret base, Qin Tai felt that there could not be too much force in it, and it was estimated that they were all old and weak, women and children. All it takes is to clear the outer cover and defenses to completely control the secret base, thus confirming whether this town is really a place left by the Japanese to raise their offspring. The little emperor agreed to Qin Tai's suggestion and sent Jinyi Wei to disguise himself as a man transporting goods to determine whether there was really a problem with the town's outer defense arrangement and the people inside. The spies really found something strange about the town, first, there are really many light and dark sentries on the periphery of the town, and ordinary people will not do this. Second, these people not only have sophisticated weapons in their hands, but they also speak in a somewhat strange voice, not like Han Chinese. Third, after entering the town through inspection, I found that although the people inside were dressed as Han Chinese, they wore clogs, and when they saw others doing Japanese bowing etiquette, they said a few words of Japanese language from time to time. Fourth, adult men are rarely seen in the town, usually the elderly and women, and even children are rare.
The little emperor decided to make a move on the town, and the brocade guard scouts led some elites to infiltrate and deal with the guards on the periphery. The large army then stormed the town to verify and identify the people inside. What everyone didn't expect happened, the guards on the periphery were not only lazy and not strong in combat, but after the large army entered the town, they encountered an irresistible blocking force. Old men who looked to be in their fifties and sixties actually took up all the tools they could use to fight the army. On the contrary, some young women, not only did not make a move, but hid, and some women wanted to lead the way for the army. Only later did I know that these old people who dared to fight against the army were the first generation of Japanese Kou or their families, and they were the real people of the Japanese nation, and the women in their thirties and forties were the women they robbed when they were the Japanese Invaders, and the women in their twenties and thirties were basically ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty. Only those real Japanese would hate the Ming army so much, and they would desperately protect this base.