The peaks and mountains are like gathering,

The waves are like fury,

Mountains and rivers surface Tongguan Road.

Wangxidu,

Hesitation.

Sad Qin and Han meridians,

The palace and all the rooms were made of soil.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.

——Zhang Yanghao, "Hillside Sheep. Tong Care Ancient.

This song is Zhang Yanghao's masterpiece in his later years, although it is very short, but it fully interprets the status of the poor people in the long river of history. Regardless of prosperity or decline, the people will always be weak, and they will encounter all kinds of human suffering. There are natural disasters and man-made disasters. There are often many natural disasters in prosperous times, and man-made disasters are everywhere in troubled times. In short, the law of the jungle is an eternal truth.

The people have always been weak, so they are oppressed everywhere. There are corrupt officials and ministers, and there are robbers and bandits. In front of them, the people were just sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and they had no power to resist. In many cases, corrupt officials and bandits are a nest of snakes and rats, so the people have to suffer from their double oppression.

Natural disasters are terrible and helpless, but what is more terrible and helpless is often the man-made disasters in natural disasters. The so-called man-made disasters in natural disasters are man-made disasters that start from natural disasters but become man-made disasters. There are some lawless people who, in order to make huge profits in the midst of natural disasters, end up putting the people in dire straits. Although this kind of man-made disaster originated from natural disasters, the final serious consequences were man-made. If the people living in the temples can sympathize with the suffering of the people, the harm caused by such man-made disasters can be minimized or even avoided altogether. However, how many holy lords in the world really see the suffering of the people? Many times, they don't see it; So a lot of the time, the people are in pain all the time.

There is no greater natural disaster than famine.

In the long history, famine was everywhere, and only in the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 100 famines that were clearly recorded.

In the midst of famine, if the Holy Lord Mingjun is in the midst of a famine, he will transfer money and food in time for disaster relief, and the people may still see a glimmer of hope. If the Lord is mediocre, then naturally there will be wandering people everywhere, and the land will be full of hunger. It is not impossible for the living to kill each other for food.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Huguang suffered a severe drought for many years, the grain grains were not harvested, the people were hungry, the hungry people were surging, and thieves were everywhere. Fortunately, the Lord was enlightened and promptly requisitioned money and food from all over the surrounding areas to provide relief to the victims. Among them, Sichuan collected 1.5 million taels of disaster silver, all of which were collected in Chengdu, and Sichuan governor Liang Biao ordered Song Jin, a general of soldiers and horses, to escort Guanyin out of Sichuan to Huguang for disaster relief on a certain day. I don't want the official bank to move, but I have already been targeted by the heroes of the rivers and lakes.

At this time, the status of Shaolin and Wudang was greatly reduced, and the rivers and lakes were controlled by the four major families. The Tang Gate in Sichuan, the Temple in the capital, the Poisonous Beast Gorge in Guangxi and the Xiaoyao Gate in Hangzhou, they are incompatible with each other, and each dominates one side.

The Tang Sect has always been upright and upright, and it has a great prestige in the martial arts. Although the temple is not as powerful as the Tang Gate on the surface, it secretly has a lot of dealings with Dongchang, but in fact, it obeys its orders and does some ulterior things for it, but no one dares to underestimate its strength. The Poisonous Beast Gorge is far away in the mountains and mountains of southern Guangxi, bordering foreign countries and other states, and the customs are also the same as those of the human race, it is reasonable to say that it is no longer a Central Plains sect, but its gorge master Ghost Daozi has learned more about the culture of the Middle Earth, and he considers himself a Central Plains person, and the power of the Poisonous Beast Gorge has also extended into the surrounding provinces of Guangxi, so the people in the martial arts have to regard it as the Central Plains sect. Xiaoyaomen used to be the largest and strongest gang on the rivers and lakes, but now it is declining, not as good as before, Xiaoyaomen's director Xiaoyao's four sons and four disciples went to seven people, and only one Tianshi Lie is left, so Xiaoyaomen has no successor. It's just that Ren Yao's martial arts are extremely high, and even the heads of the other three factions are not as good as themselves. Therefore, as long as Ren Xiaoyao is still there, no one in the rivers and lakes dares to break ground on the head of Xiaoyao.

The capital, the temple.

The Venerable Lord of the Temple, Sheng Lingren, sat high on the top of the hall, like the Son of Heaven who reigned over the world, holding two beauties in his arms, regardless of whether there were people below or not, the three of them continued to make intimate movements.

Sure enough, there was someone below, a young man, who looked a little similar to Sheng Lingren.

"Zhiqiang, have you inquired about the whereabouts of the official bank?" Sheng Lingren was happy with the beauty, and he didn't forget to ask.

"Back to my father, the official bank is still in Chengdu Mansion, what should we do?" Sheng Lingren has a son and a righteous son, and it is his son Sheng Zhiqiang who responds. Sheng Zhiqiang didn't seem to see his father's behavior at all, and spoke very calmly.

"Robbed it?" Sheng Lingren said very generously.

"That's the territory of the Tang Sect, let's rob it, I'm afraid it's not so easy!" Sheng Zhiqiang was obviously frightened by his father's words and asked tentatively.

"I've already figured it out. You immediately go to Kunlun Mountain to find Xue Qianhe, the head of Kunlun, this person is greedy for money, and he has been thinking about the official silver for a long time. It's just that he is timid and does not dare to start. Go and give him courage, and when the deed is done, all the official money will belong to him. With us to help him, he will get it alone, and in this case, he will definitely make a move. Remember, you can't come forward directly, and don't set yourself on fire. "Sheng Lingren came one by one.

"How can he take advantage of the cheapness alone?" Sheng Zhiqiang said unpleasantly.

"Nothing to do, the brain doesn't spin half as fast as your brother. After the matter is completed, the official silver is a hot potato, and whoever gets one more point will be one more dangerous. Our purpose is just to frame the Tang Sect, and the danger naturally can't be taken home, so it's all left to Xue Qianhe. Even if he is found out by the government afterwards, as long as you don't come forward directly, we can push it all away, and the government can't help us. Do you understand? Sheng Lingren said half-exhortation, half-explained.

Sheng Zhiqiang still had doubts, and asked again: "Oh! I understand. But if we take such a big risk to rob the official bank, the government may not think that the Tang Sect did it. If they suspect someone else, aren't we all in vain? ”

Sheng Lingren replied: "You don't have to worry about this, when the time comes, the Shi Gong Guild will fan the wind in front of the emperor and instigate the emperor to send someone to investigate the Tang Gate thoroughly." As long as the emperor orders, we can take advantage of the fishermen. Even if the emperor doesn't thoroughly investigate the Tang Gate, he will be suspicious of the Tang Gate, and it will be easier for us to deal with it in the future. ”

Sheng Zhiqiang praised after listening: "It seems that everything is under Daddy's control, then I will rest assured." ”

Sheng Lingren said: "Don't pat me on the back, learn more from your brother, and use your brain to do things." ”

Sheng Zhiqiang was unconvinced: "Dad is always so partial, I am your biological son, is it better for him to pick it up?" ”

Sheng Lingren shouted: "Bastard! Parent-child and righteous son are all my sons, so I naturally treat them equally. Your brain is just not as good as inexplicable, and it's really not good if you're not convinced. Let's go down! I'm going to rest. Although Sheng Zhiqiang was unconvinced, he had to endure it, turned around and went out.

Sheng Lingren was just about to hug the two beauties into the house, but another young man came in again, and looked very anxious: "Daddy, do you want to rob the disaster relief officer?" ”

Sheng Lingren stopped when he saw the young man and replied, "Yes, I have already asked your eldest brother to handle this." ”

The man objected, "Dad, you can't do that." If the official bank is robbed and cannot be used for disaster relief in time, I am afraid that many hungry people will starve to death. ”

Sheng Lingren replied very indifferently: "Many homeless people will starve to death every year in the world, what does this matter to us?" Besides, it doesn't make much difference if you die one more or one less. Inexplicable! You don't care about it, I don't want to. After speaking, without waiting for Sheng to answer inexplicably, he had already hugged the beauty and went in.

Sheng inexplicably knew that he couldn't dissuade his father, so he had to shake his head helplessly and go out.