In the next year, when the Great Jin Dynasty was struggling under internal and external troubles, there was actually a little good - Liu Yuan, the pioneer of a generation of heroes and Huns and Hans, died of illness after six years of trouble and only two years after ascending the throne. Liu Yuan's death is a big deal. It has not been created for a long time, everything is not stable, and there is a big hole in the heir problem. The crown prince Liu He had already planned to ascend the throne, but Liu He's ascension to the throne only relied on his authentic lineage, and he had no prestige at all. The fourth son, Liu Cong, is brave and resolute, and has made great contributions to the southern and northern wars over the years, and is the most prestigious among the heirs, and as the great Sima, he has the highest military command. The less prestige Liu He himself has, the less confident he is; The more unconfident he is, the more jealous he is of this fourth brother. So he decided to preemptively get rid of Liu Cong. And Liu Cong had already seen through Liu He's tricks, waited for work, annihilated Liu He and his henchmen in one fell swoop, and became the emperor himself. Although Liu Cong has high prestige, as a concubine, his name as the emperor is not right, and his usurpation of the throne is rebellious, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of some Liu clan relatives and Xiongnu nobles, and has since been suspicious. This coup d'état of the imperial family for the crown prince not only caused bloodshed, but also reflected the disunity within the Xiongnu, even more so than the Sima clan.

The changes in the Xiongnu Liu clan brought a respite to the Jin family, which was a happy event for the country.

And on Biyu, there are two other personal happy events. First, the armed team formed by Shu Yan has been officially recognized by the imperial court, and has been transformed from an amateur militia or a righteous army into a formal army that does not pay military salaries from the imperial court. Of course, Shi Hui liked to hear about it, and he operated actively, helping Biyu to ask for the title of General Jing'an.

Second, after taking the prescription provided by Shu Yan, the eldest princess of Yong'an really re-conceived her body, which is an extremely important event for the family. Shi Fu blew up and down, and even Biyu, who had always had nothing to do with joy and anger, put a smile on his face.

In Shi Hui's mind, the fact that the son is pregnant is much more important than the son's title of general. I was overjoyed. He even thought it was compensation for the loss of the eighteen boxes of jewelry. However, in today's national crisis, His Majesty must personally inquire about the government, and he must not be idle, and he cannot go back to Ruyin to visit. Although people can't go back, love can be delivered. Emaciated camels are bigger than horses. Although most of the family assets have been lost, the Shi family has a good business foundation, and each can have a large amount of income in the account, which does not affect life. Shi Hui was worried that his son and son-in-law had no experience in pregnancy, so he specially selected two experienced nurses, and invited two stable midwives to be sent to Ruyin. Send it to Ruyin with people and things.

The two happy events of his implementation family were all started by Shu Yan, but Shu Yan himself had a sad thing - Father-in-law Xia was terminally ill, and I am afraid that he would not be able to last a few days. He didn't wait for a break, he had to go back to visit every two days. But now that the army has just been officially established, it is even busier than usual, and Grandpa Xia can't stay there for a long time, so he has to go back and forth.

Although Biyu is a new general, he still doesn't ask about military training, and everyone only talks with the two sons of Gamodu, Zuo, and Feng. So after the image title of "Powdery Taishou", the people gave him another nickname - General Qingtan.

Because of these two happy events soon after the arrival of Gamatu, Biyu felt that Gamatu was his nobleman, and treated Gamatu as a guest, and even occasionally invited him to the county office as a guest. And Gamo Du took advantage of this opportunity to play on the topic and actively indoctrinate the Dharma to the three sons, striving to let himself and his own teachings take root in Ruyin.

On this day, Biyu made an appointment with Gamo Du and Zuo and Feng to discuss in the back hall of the county office. In the next room, Shu Yan and the officials were discussing the purchase of armor.

It turned out that after waiting for more than half a year, it went through another tax cycle. In addition to those handed over to the imperial court, a certain proportion of taxes were also paid in the county, and with the addition of various sporadic city taxes, the treasury was replenished. Some time ago, I was struggling to solve the armor problem, but now I can start researching it. But being full for being full does not mean being absolutely sufficient. Armor is more expensive than weapons. And in addition to armor, there are many other places that need money, so this little money must be weighed to spend on the school

If you want a soldier to get all-round protection, of course, the whole body armor is appropriate, but there is no doubt that the cost of this armor will be very high; If you want to save money, you have to choose a half-body armor, but this armor only protects the key parts of the torso, not the legs.

The team of the headquarters is dominated by infantry, with infantry against cavalry, the cavalry is condescending, and will definitely directly attack the upper body of the infantry, the possibility of attacking the lower body is relatively low, and the infantry does not have horses to ride, and relies on their own legs to act on the battlefield. However, in the long run, the cavalry has obvious combat advantages, and it must be the ultimate development direction, in which case the whole body armor should be purchased in one step. Everyone argued endlessly about purchasing full-body armor or half-body armor, and even Biyu and the others next door heard it. In the end, according to the current situation, combined with its own strength, it was decided to purchase 1,000 pairs of heavy armor and 9,000 pairs of light armor.

As soon as the agreement was completed, I suddenly saw Shujin running in. Shu Jin was first recruited as a member of the 10,000 elite soldiers to the county office camp for intensive training, and because of his well-trained and outstanding performance, he was selected to return to Shujiazhuang to train the reserve team of his hometown.

Shu Yan saw that he looked flustered, and asked in wonder, "Didn't you go back to Shujiazhuang?" Why did you run again? ”

Shu Jin took a long breath: "Grandpa Xia is dying, he wants to see you again!" ”

Although he knew that Gonggong Xia would definitely not be able to survive and that the time for going was not far away, as soon as he heard the news, Shu Yan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly paused the discussion, instructed Sun Yi, Du Jian and others, and informed Biyu again, and immediately rushed back to Shujiazhuang.

Those who are unintentional, but those who listen are intentional. Just now, the discussion of Shu Yan and others about the purchase of armor reached the ears of Gamo Du, which made him happy, and he thought about it for a while, and compared Yu Dao: "People outside the threshold of poor monks should not talk about political affairs, but since they are in the world, it is impossible to completely turn a deaf ear. Dare to ask, did a few of Childe's subordinates just now discuss military affairs? ”

Biyu nodded: "Yes." It was to prevent the Huns from attacking the thieves. ”

Gamodhu sighed as if he was careless, and said, "All living beings are already suffering endlessly, but they are killing each other. What's the pain! These are all absurd acts of ordinary people who claim to be loyal and righteous people. If it weren't for the fact that my Buddhism Shamen is like this, there is also a cloud in the Tao Te Ching of your nephew: "The soldier is also an ominous weapon, a thing or an evil, so there is no place for those who have Taoism." 'Shu Cheng is conscientious and conscientious, if it is used for people's livelihood, it is understandable, but it is used for military affairs...... The Tao thinks it is not appropriate to do it. ”

Biyu doesn't even care about ordinary civilians, and of course he doesn't like to fight and kill soldiers. Seeing the words of the sage who moved out of the Xuanmen, he also quoted the Tao Te Ching and agreed: "'If you do nothing, you will not be cured.'" ''If you don't want to be quiet, you will be self-determined.'' 'Shu Yan is a vulgar Confucian, who only knows loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, where does he understand this truth? ”

"Lan Ja! The color is not different from the empty, and the empty is not different from the color. Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color. Seeing, receiving, thinking, filial piety, seeing, hearing, thinking, everything is empty. Why bother? ”

When Biyu saw him quoting the Dharma, he immediately became interested and said, "I used to hear what kind of terms Brother Gamo had, such as lust, acceptance, thought, filial piety, emptiness, and dharma, but I didn't have time to ask deeply. Today's convenience, here is the question: What is the luster? What about the phase of emptiness? ”

Gamathu was thinking differently, and he didn't want to preach the Dharma in detail at the moment, but Biyu had a question and had to explain: "The one who is lustful, everything that can be seen. ”

"If it can be seen, why is it emptiness?"

"The phase of emptiness is not nothing, but a ...... It can be understood as an illusory appearance or a state of temporary borrowing. ”

"Illusory appearances? What is the status of temporary borrowing? "Zuo and Feng Er Gongzi had not been exposed to Buddhism before, so they couldn't understand this at all.

Although Biyu has a higher understanding, he has not been able to understand it for a while.

Seeing this, Gamo Du pretended to smile deeply and said: "My Buddhism is profound, how can a person who is not a great clarity understand it for a while!" ”

Zuo Gongzi's face was embarrassed, and he said: "Although I can't compare with the saints, I don't boast that I am not reckless, and my understanding is far stronger than that of the Chinese people." If even we can't understand the Dharma, hum, how can your teachings be popularized? ”

Hearing Zuo Gongzi like this, Biyu said with a little disdain: "Brother Zuo's words are wrong. The reason why we find it difficult to participate in Buddhism is because it is a foreign religion. If you talk about profundity, this Buddhism is not as good as my metaphysical scholars. Just imagine that at the beginning, you and I were first involved in metaphysics, weren't we also ignorant and at a loss? ”

Kamatu is for the popularization of the Dharma, not for the mystical Dharma. The mystery of the Dharma just now seems to be not conducive to one's own preaching. So he hurriedly changed his words and said: "That's right, the two ways of Buddha and Xuan are both the truth of the Ming Dynasty, of course, it is not easy to understand." There are high and low talents, such as the three sons of course can quickly comprehend, if they are medium-class, it will take time. ”

Feng Gongzi had been immersed in the color and emptiness of what Gamo Du said, and suddenly questioned: "According to Brother Gamo, color is emptiness. Beauty is also empty, and ugliness is also empty. That is, it doesn't matter whether it's beautiful or ugly. So the jade skin like Brother Biyu is no different from the old decay of the scar? ”

"The emptiness of all laws is indeed true in nature. It's just that there is a difference between looking at emptiness and emptiness. ”

Biyu was a little uncomfortable with Feng Gongzi's comparison with an old man with scars. Suddenly remembering the difference between the present and past images of Gamatu, he was inspired to further realize: "This is a horizontal comparison. What if it's vertical? For example, Brother Gamor, when you first saw you, you were a beggar, and then you became a glamorous appearance; At that time, there was a body odor that made people nauseated, but when we meet today, it is a strange fragrance. Is the difference between the past and the present also an empty phase in the case of the same dharma? ”

Gamo Du was taken aback when he heard this, and laughed and said, "Shi Gongzi is really transparent. This is a problem that comes to the root. It is precisely because everything is in constant flux that it is clearly empty. Not only color is empty, but sound, fragrance, and taste are also empty. Gamotu deliberately fanned his shirt while doing so, and the fragrant fragrance emanated more and more.

Compared to the Dharma, Biyu seemed to be more interested in the fragrance on Kamathu's body, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Brother Kama, don't tell me about the Dharma first, I just want to know what you are carrying now, how can it emit such a fragrance?" ”

"Is it fragrant?" Gamodu took out an object from his bosom, which was wrapped in silk cloth, "Shi Gongzi has seen the world, but he may not know this fragrance!" ”

Biyu took it in his hand and lifted the silk cloth, but found that there were still several layers inside, and continued to open it until a delicate wooden box was revealed.