Volume 5 Jiangnan 480 Temple Chapter 414 White Arowana Enters Jiangnan (I)
It is the seventh day of the first month of the year again, Jiangnan, Hangzhou.
The light snow is sunny at the beginning, the weather is still a little cold, but there are a few tourists on the edge of the West Lake.
On the broken bridge, there is a slight amount of snow, which looks particularly soft under the afternoon sun, and it is combined with the reflection below, and the scenery is even more attractive.
The remnants of the snow on the broken bridge, even if it was hundreds of years ago, are also one of the important scenery of the West Lake, and compared with the people of the bridge in later generations, the elegance and style are even more impressive and unforgettable.
At this time, on the head of the bridge, three young people in Chinese costumes were looking into the distance by the railing, and then listened to the man in the middle in a white brocade jacket tell a legend related to this broken bridge and the West Lake-
“…… After the fall of Leifeng Tower, the white lady Bai Suzhen chased Fahai with Xiaoqing, and chased it to the Qiantang River.
"But don't prevent this water is where the white and green snakes are most familiar, when even if they cast a spell to attack, they will eventually trap Nafa Hai alive and die in the crab shell, and they can't get out again.
"By the way, if you eat crabs in the future, you can take a closer look after opening the shell, there is a small bald head hidden there, and that is Fahai who is trapped in it."
After this legend and story, Mo said that the two young people who were traveling with him left and right, that is, the dozen or so attendants who followed the guards all the way behind him, were also fascinated, and at the end some people were amazed.
The blue-clothed young man on the left side of the young man who looked handsome, but showed a bit of tenderness in his heroic spirit, pursed his lips at this time and smiled: "I didn't expect you to even dabble in these legends...... It's just that we haven't heard of such a folk legend before, don't you make it up casually, right? ”
"Yes, the Emperor...... Well, Brother Sun, I was born and raised in Hangzhou, and I have never heard any stories about the White Lady Xu Xian Fahai. But the crab you said has a bald head inside, but it's really like that, but I didn't feel at ease in the past. The green-robed young man on the other side also said casually, a little surprised.
"Hehe, the story is legendary, of course it can't really happen locally, I just heard some people mention it, and I thought it was interesting and remembered it. Now I happen to come to this broken bridge again, and I unconsciously remember to say it. The young man in white was casually perfunctory, but he had a judgment in his heart, it turned out that the legend of the white lady at this time really didn't even have a shadow.
This person who can tell the legend and story that is a household name in later generations is naturally Sun Ning, the emperor of Dayue.
That's why he went all the way to appear in Jiangnan from the southwest, but he had to start a few months ago, a person from the Xie family from Jiangnan-
At that time, it was August, and under the use of troops from both sides of Sichuan, Shu and southern Yunnan, the main roads of communication between Qianzhou and the outside world had been completely cut off and blocked.
And under the attack as defense, the imperial court is completely invincible, and even Sun Ning and they don't need to spend too much energy on this, just wait for Qianzhou to run out of food and internal chaos, and then they can take advantage of the situation to take it down.
In this way, Sun Ning will naturally be idle, and he will be truly idle.
With soldiers or something, there are generals such as Yanhu on the front line, and there is no need for him, the emperor, to come and command in person.
There is Shen Zhou in logistics support, and he didn't even make the slightest mistake in sending grain to Kuizhou and Yizhou thousands of miles before, and now he just sends the grain to his own territory at the turn of Yunnan and Guizhou, which is naturally even easier.
As for the issue of people's livelihood, Xiao Changyong and other officials have done it wholeheartedly.
This was their duty, and although their territory expanded, after taking the richest areas of Sichuan and Shu, such as Kuizhou, Huayang and Yizhou, the imperial court also obtained a large amount of money and grain income from them. In addition to providing the Han barbarian officials and soldiers as rewards and salaries, more than half of this money was put into the treasury for daily expenses.
As a result, even local governance has become easier, and the burden of taxation on the people has become lighter than before.
In addition, this year, the wind and rain in the Sichuan and Shu regions were smooth, and the grains were abundant, so the court was naturally more relaxed and united.
Because of this, Sun Ning, the emperor, was finally able to really relax, and he no longer had to rack his brains about how to fight and capture the city, or stabilize the local people, and he had to sleep at night.
It was also during this rare free time that Sun Ning finally fulfilled his previous promise to Xiao Qian, officially married her, married her into the family, and quickly made her the new queen......
At that time, the grand scene of the emperor's wedding was that several months had passed, and the people of Yuzhou still remembered it and talked about it with relish.
However, after that, Sun Ning became idle all day long, except for calling a few main courtiers to learn about the current situation in the southwest every day, only to live with Xiao Qian and his wife, or to be tender and sweet, or to compete in martial arts outside.
Such a leisurely day is naturally undesirable for others, but Sun Ning feels extremely uncomfortable, and always feels that such leisure is too boring.
However, it is far from the time to send troops to the Central Plains, and it seems that the matter in Qianzhou may not be able to bear fruit in a year and a half, which makes him feel even more uncomfortable. 、
And at this moment, someone actually entered Sichuan from Jiangnan and officially declared himself a minister to the imperial court, which naturally made Sun Ning and his courtiers very important.
Although everyone is saying that their family is the authentic emperor of the imperial court, and now all the forces in the Central Plains are chaotic ministers and thieves, in fact, everyone is uneasy after all.
Because there has never been a rule in this world that it must be from a certain family with a certain surname, it is completely just a matter of who is stronger and stronger, who can clear all obstacles, or subdue the hearts of the people in the world.
And they are now trapped in the southwest corner, far away from the Central Plains, although it is peaceful, but it is impossible for others to really submit, and even what the attitude of the Central Plains towards the court and the emperor is, they do not have a clear answer.
When they really go east, a few more will express their obedience, which has become the biggest problem.
And now there is a force in Jiangnan that suddenly comes to the court to pay tribute, which is naturally enough to make people feel excited. For this reason, Sun Ning directly called people to him and asked carefully.
Only then did I know that it was Hangzhou Xie, one of the nine surnames in Jiangnan, who came, and they actually had a little selfishness in expressing their submission to the imperial court, that is, they hoped that the imperial court would issue an edict to the world to ban the Buddhism that is now blooming all over the south of the Yangtze River, and it is in full swing, leading to the spread of Buddhism that hundreds of people worship and worship, and help it completely crack down on this force......
"Your Majesty, you may not know how much influence Buddhism has caused in my Jiangnan, only two provinces in Jiangnan, thirteen state capitals, and more than 100 county seats, but there are already four or five hundred temples, and the power of those temples has completely overshadowed the government and local clans such as me......"
Xie Ao, who came to see the minister, said with worry.
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