Up and down 5,000 years of change,

Spanning 30,000 miles, the rivers and mountains are delicate.

The sun and moon rotate, and the stars move. Zhu Yuanzhang returned to heaven, and his grandson Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne. Just when the people of the world thought that the general trend had been decided, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched a coup d'état in the name of "Qingjun's side"!

In the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army gradually approached the Beijing division, and Zhu Yunwen sought to negotiate peace with Zhu Di, so he sent the important ministers Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai to the field, and still secretly ordered the two to recruit troops. Later, Huang Zicheng was summoned back to Beijing before he arrived, and the Beijing division was lost. Huang Zicheng conspired to continue to resist Zhu Di, his whereabouts were reported, and Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were arrested one after another. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, personally interrogated, Huang Zicheng resisted and was dismembered to death, and Qi Tai was also executed. Zhu Yunwen's adviser Fang Xiaoru refused to prepare an edict for Zhu Di and was sentenced to the nine clans.

The important ministers of the former dynasty were cleaned by Zhu Di, which is in response to the sentence: once a son of heaven and a courtier! The only person who was reused in the previous dynasty was Xu Ruochong who was reused by Zhu Di. Zhu Di learned the lesson of Zhu Yuanzhang's assassination, reactivated the Jinyi Guard, and Xu Ruochong was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and summoned a large number of masters to be responsible for the guard!

In the first year of Yongle, Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said that Yanjing Beiping was the emperor's "land of dragon prosperity", and he should follow the example of Ming Taizu to Fengyang and establish it as the accompanying capital. So Zhu Di vigorously promoted the status of Yanjing Beiping Mansion, taking Beiping as Beijing and changing Beiping Mansion to Shuntian Mansion.

In the fourth year of Yongle, he issued an edict to build the Beijing Imperial Palace and city walls.

In the seventh year of Yongle, Zhu Di used Beijing as a base for his northern expedition, and at the same time began to build the Changling Tomb in Changping, near Beijing. Determined to move the capital.

In the fourteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di convened his ministers to formally discuss the matter of moving the capital to Beijing. The following year, construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing officially began.

At this time, after four years of Jianwen and eighteen years of Yongle. It has been a full twenty-two years since the flowers splashed tears to destroy the Nine Great Sects and make trouble in the palace.

Over the years, the whole blame for the Tatar Department and the Turpan State interfered with the Ming border from time to time, and the imperial court was overwhelmed.

Dongshenhua splashed tears and there was no news, Zhang Yuchu was seriously injured, and he was assigned by the imperial court to edit "Orthodox Daozang". Working day and night, he became ill and died of illness in the eighth year of Yongle. It's been 10 years.

The West Monster has been invincible since then, and it has been rampant and domineering on the border of the Ming Dynasty for decades!

Fortunately, in recent years, there has been another young man in the rivers and lakes, and he is Guan Shanyue.

There is a folk saying that "the south respects the Ming and the north mountains". Nan Jingming refers to the head of the Ming Sect, Yutai Jingming. Mt. Kitayama refers to Mt. Sekiyama. These two people are divided into north and south, and they are both famous in the world.

Mingjiao was exterminated by the Nine Great Sects more than 20 years ago, and I don't want to resurrect it, so the imperial court is tired of it! But in recent years, Mingjiao has not disturbed the people, and the people have become self-reliant and have started legitimate trading to make a living. Moreover, the imperial court has been busy with the relocation of the capital, so it has turned a blind eye to its development.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being. It is said that in order to contain the Mingjiao and win over the people in the Mingjiao, Zhu Di formed his own faction, called the Tianlong Gang. Guan Shanyue, the second gang leader of the Tianlong Gang, was favored by the previous gang leader and was accepted as a closed disciple. And teach the Mingjiao stunt "Shenlong Thirteen Styles".

Guan Shanyue has the essence of the "Thirteen Styles of the Divine Dragon", and he is born with a horizontal muscle, and his understanding is extremely high. By chance, I was fortunate to worship Zhang Yuchu as a teacher and was taught the "Taiyi Heart Method". Although Guan Shanyue does not have the foundation of "Punishment of the Heart", with the blessing of the "Taiyi Heart Method", Guan Shanyue's skills have improved greatly since then, and his martial arts have advanced thousands of miles day by day. He has his own unique views on the "Divine Dragon Thirteen Style". After some tempering, he absorbed the essence, removed the chaff, kept improving, and played the "Thirteen Styles of the Divine Dragon" to its gods. The moves are simpler, but the power is undiminished.

The Tianlong Gang was originally an inconspicuous small gang in the rivers and lakes, but under the leadership of Guan Shanyue, it gradually grew.

Guan Shanyue has repeatedly performed miraculous feats and has been valued by the current saint Zhu Di. Zhu Di often summoned Guan Shanyue to the palace to meet and inquire about the situation of the various sects and non-governmental organizations in the martial arts. Later, someone assassinated Zhu Di, and Guan Shanyue was meritorious in escorting, and he was even more favored by Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took a fancy to Guan Shanyue's strategy and asked Guan Shanyue to make suggestions to solve the hidden dangers at the border pass. Guan Shanyue made a contribution, and led his gang to repel the invasion of Turpan and the Mongol Tatars several times.

Later, the Tatars declined, and Quan Qitian suggested that the Warat Khan take the opportunity to go south. Attack and kill Benjamin of the Tatars and annex the Tatars.

Tuhuan was ambitious and wanted to follow Genghis Khan's example to integrate the steppe. In order to prevent trouble, Zhu Di led his troops to the north to conquer western Mongolia, and fought with Wara in Hulan and lost temperature. Guan Shanyue led the Tianlong Gang to sweep away the Warat army! Wara was forced to submit to the Ming Dynasty, and the invincible Quanqitian was defeated by Guan Shanyue and his people. Guan Shanyue made another miraculous achievement, Zhu Di was overjoyed, and named him the king of peace, and took the meaning of peace under the great tomorrow. And the Tianlong Gang was changed to the Dragon Protector Gang, and became a gang that protected the true dragon emperor. Since then, the Dragon Guardian Gang has become the only gang organization recognized by the imperial court.

As a result, there are countless people who come to take refuge. In just a few years, the Dragon Guardian Gang has grown from eight rudders to seventy-two rudders. Guan Shanyue has set up three divisions and one department, namely the Law Enforcement Division, the Finance Division, the General Orders Division and the Military Aircraft Division. The general rudder has four branches of "loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness". That is, the hall of loyalty, the hall of filial piety, the hall of solar terms, and the hall of righteousness. Seventy-two rudders are distributed in the north and south of the river, and the disciples in the gang are all over the world!

Guan Shanyue, who had been in charge of the Dragon Protector Gang for ten years, was only thirty-two years old at this time.

On top of the copywriting, the old man worked hard to write, and after writing the letter in a moment, he blew his breath, put the letter into the envelope, and then said to the young man beside him: "Liuyun, you quickly send this letter to the chief helm and hand it over to the Guan gang master." ”

The old man's eyes were blazing and energetic, but his expression was a little flustered. This person is Zhao Tianyou, the helmsman of the Dragon Guardian Gang, who is a shrewd and capable person.

The young man beside him was handsome and dashing, and he was suave. There was a sword hanging from his waist, this person's name was Chu Liuyun, and he was Zhao Tianyou's only disciple who closed the door.

Chu Liuyun took the envelope and said, "Yes, Master." ”

Zhao Tianyou instructed: "This matter is urgent, it must not be delayed, you can go quickly." ”

Chu Liuyun saw that the master had a straight face, and immediately said, "The apprentice knows." ”

Zhao Tianyou waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Chu Liuyun took the letter into his arms, picked a horse from the stable, and ran towards the helm.

In less than a stick of incense, after passing a small road, he was stopped by six big men, all of whom were carrying swords, and the leader was wearing a gray robe. The gray-clothed man in the lead stepped forward and said, "Friend, my master is invited, come with us." ”

Chu Liuyun initially thought that he was just a thief who robbed the road, but when he said this, he knew that things were not so simple. He touched the letter in his bosom and thought: Master has repeatedly told him that it must be very important information, and it seems that these people are here for information.

Chu Liuyun was determined, and immediately said, "Who is your master?" Do you know who I am? ”

The gray-clothed man said: "It's inconvenient for my master to reveal, you, you are under the Dragon Guardian Gang, and you should be talented and rudder Chu Liuyun." ”

Chu Liuyun was shocked, it seemed that the person who came had already found out his bottom clearly. Chu Liuyun had an important task in his body, and he didn't want to make any extraneous branches, so he immediately hugged his fists and said: "There are important things in the next place, if there is something offended before, I will make amends to you when I come back!" ”

The man in gray smiled and said, "The young man didn't offend us, our master told us a thousand times, just to see the young man." ”

Chu Liuyun didn't want to delay any longer, so he pulled out his long sword with a "Zheng" sound, swung a sword left and right, forced a few people away, shouted "drive", and rushed over. Ying Tianfen rudder is more than 60 miles away from the main rudder. Chu Liuyun hurried up, and in less than two hours, he had already arrived at the helm.

As far as the eye can see, the high wall is red brick, and the vermilion lacquer gate. A row of dragon flags above the high wall fluttered in the wind. On the door plaque are written the four big characters of "Dragon Protector Helm".

Couplets are engraved on both sides of the door frame.

Shanglian wrote: Chase fame and seek altruism

The next link wrote: Don't come in if you are greedy for life and afraid of death

Two burly men stood in front of the door with swords, majestic.

Chu Liuyun led the horse, stepped forward, and arched his hand and said: "Chu Liuyun should be the rudder of the next talent, and there is a letter to be submitted to the Guan Gang Master, please report to the two eldest brothers." ”

The big man on the left looked at Chu Liuyun and said, "The secret report is in charge of the General Order Division. The helm of other tokens will not be accepted. ”

Chu Liuyun hurriedly said: "It is a letter from Lord Zhao Helm, who should be the helm of the talent. ”

The big man said: "Every state and county has secret agents from the General Order Division, you hand over the things to them, and then the General Order Division will present them to the gang leader." ”

Chu Liuyun frowned and said, "It's urgent, I want to see the Guan Gang Master." ”

The big man said: "The helper has every opportunity, and the number of people who want to see the helper every day is thousands, how can you see it if you want to." ”

Chu Liuyun's hand holding the sword tightened, and said, "Don't force me!" ”

The big man said, "What? Do you dare to trespass on the helm? ”

At this moment, I saw a big man leading a white horse out. The man was burly, with a heroic face, and he was not angry and arrogant between his eyebrows! The hair is not tied up, but it does not look sloppy at all, but gives people a feeling of bohemianism and chic.

When the two big men saw this person, they immediately clasped their fists and saluted, and shouted in unison: "Helper!" ”

Chu Liuyun was overjoyed, it turned out that the person in front of him was Guan Shanyue, the helper he had admired for a long time.

Guan Shanyue let out a "hmm", saw Chu Liuyun standing in front of the door with a horse, and immediately asked, "Who are you?" ”

Chu Liuyun said: "His subordinate Chu Liuyun was entrusted by his family teacher to present the letter to the helper. ”

"Okay," Guan Shanyue said, "You give the letter to the General Order Division, and I'll read it when I come back." ”

Chu Liuyun said: "The family teacher specially ordered, the matter is very important, and I also ask the helper to take a look at it immediately." ”

Guan Shanyue laughed and said, "Little brother, what can be bigger than the emperor?" I will go to the Great Inner to meet the Holy One, and I will not be delayed. ”

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Who is the Lingshi?" ”

"Ying Tianyou, the helmsman of the talent." Chu Liuyun Dao.

Guan Shanyue's eyes glowed strangely and asked, "What about the letter?" ”

Chu Liuyun handed the letter to Guan Shanyue. Guan Shanyue opened the envelope, read the letter, said "um", and said: "Lord Zhao Duo has a heart, I already know about this matter, and I have already informed the court early this morning. Therefore, the emperor asked me to meet and discuss the matter. ”

Chu Liuyun was suspicious, but he didn't dare to ask more. I only heard Guan Shanyue say: "Little brother Gui Geng? ”

"Three out of twenty this year." Chu Liuyun Dao.

Guan Shanyue let out an "um" and asked, "Did you encounter any trouble on the way?" ”

Chu Liuyun said: "Xie Gang Master cares, and when he encounters a little thing, he doesn't care. ”

Guan Shanyue asked again: "Do you want to stay at the helm?" ”

"Naturally, it's just, it's just ......" Chu Liuyun said halfway, but didn't continue.

Guan Shanyue said: "Lord Zhao Duo is there for me, and he often mentions you to me." You don't have to go back, come with me to the palace and see for a long time. ”

Chu Liuyun was overjoyed and said, "The subordinates obey the order." ”

The disciples in the gang all know that Guan Shanyue values talents and likes to promote young talents. Chu Liuyun didn't expect that the helper would take a fancy to him at a glance, and he was overjoyed.

The two of them rode twice, quickly rode a whip, and arrived at the palace after touching a stick of incense. When the guards saw that it was the King of Taiping, they did not stop him. just accepted Chu Liuyun's sword and let it go.

In the Jinluan Palace, on the dragon chair, there is a sixty-year-old man. He was dressed in a dragon robe and wore a black felt. He has a square face, thick and dark eyebrows, a long beard, and large and energetic eyes, revealing majesty and calmness. At the bottom stood a eunuch with thick eyebrows and a round nose and a wide mouth. Holding the dust in his hand, I only heard him say loudly: "Go to court!" ”

Ordinary eunuchs are soft-spoken, but this person's voice is thick and powerful, not like a eunuch!

Long live the civil and military officials, the ceremony is over! I only heard Zhu Di say: "The Dragon Guardian Gang is in an urgent situation, and the Wara army is gathering at the border, and it is very likely that they will use troops against Xuanfu Town." ”

Zhu Di paused and said, "No one in the early court mentioned this matter to me today, so what's the use of me raising you civil and military officials?" And you Jinyi Wei, what are you doing to eat! ”

His last sentence was said by Xu Ruochong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard. Xu Ruochong was sincerely frightened, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Jinyiwei's intelligence is not effective, and the crime deserves death!" ”

The ministers were wondering to themselves, just after the early dynasty, someone summoned everyone to return to the palace, and it was expected that something big would happen, but they didn't know what happened.

I only heard Zhu Di continue: "There is also Tang Sai'er, who claims to be the mother of the Buddha, you don't have to worry, now she uses the White Lotus Sect to organize the masses and incite rebellion, and her generals Bin Hong and Dong Yangao have already broken through Juzhou and Jimo, burned down the official warehouse, and marched to besiege Anqiu. What are the best plans for you? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Warat is small and does not dare to offend the great tomorrow. Gathering troops is just a bluff, and at this time, the focus is on quelling the rebellion against the White Lotus Sect. "The person who spoke was in his fifties, gray-haired, and was the head of the household, Xia Yuanji.

As soon as his voice fell, another person said: "Hanlin Scholar Yang Rong, start Your Majesty." Weichen thought that the ambition of the wolf son of Wara must be guarded against. As for the White Lotus Sect, it is just a rogue, so why worry about it. Just let the local officials send troops to surrender! ”

Zhu Di listened, and immediately asked: "Then I ask you, how to prevent Warat?" How did the White Lotus Sect descend? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one will speak.

Zhu Di sighed and said, "Could it be that Yao Guangxiao, as soon as Hu Guang dies, there will be no one available in the imperial court?" These two are Zhu Di's henchmen, who can fight well, are wise and brave, and died of illness two years ago.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal, I don't know if I should talk about it?" The person who spoke was Jin Youzi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University.

"Quasi-play!" Zhu Di said.

Jin Youzi said: "Your Majesty, the thieves are by no means a whim, causing today's disaster. All because of the construction of Beijing, the repair of the river will be passed, and the cost is huge. The people feed on the grass roots, and they have no way to make a living, so that the disaster of the White Lotus Sect arises......"

"That's enough, Master Kim has something to say! You don't have to go around in circles. Zhu Di said.

Jin Youzi said: "Your Majesty, moving the capital is a big matter, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "It has become a foregone conclusion to move the capital to Beijing, and if you dare to slander again, you will not be pardoned!" ”

Yang Rong saw that the saint was angry, and immediately said: "Your Majesty is angry, at this time, the suppression of the rebellion is the most important. The minister dared to speak up, and asked His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

At this moment, another person said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that only the Taiping King is the most suitable to suppress the White Lotus Sect." "The man who spoke was in his sixties, seven feet tall, and had the courage of a hundred people. It is Anyuan Marquis Liusheng.

Guan Shanyue looked at Liu Sheng and thought: It turns out that you are waiting for me here.

I only heard Zhu Di say "oh" and said, "General Liu continued." ”

Liu Sheng said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in the rivers and lakes that has been circulating for a long time, the so-called south Jingming, north mountains. The Taiping King is eloquent and has a unique vision. Under his leadership, the Dragonguards grew rapidly. Today, the Dragon Guardian Gang has three divisions, four branches, and seventy-two rudders. Gangs are all over the world, reaching hundreds of thousands. It is easy to repel Warat and exterminate the White Lotus Sect. ”

Guan Shanyue listened to Liu Sheng's words, and then said: "Your Majesty, the rumors in the rivers and lakes cannot be trusted, although the Dragon Protector Gang is large, there are no 100,000 people. Besides, many of them are businessmen, and there are no generals who can use them......"

"How?" Liu Sheng interrupted him: "The Taiping King is unwilling to serve the country, is he trying to preserve his strength and intend to rebel?" ”

Guan Shanyue clasped his hands into fists and said, "The emperor is Mingjian, it is the duty of the Dragon Protector to solve problems for the saints. The Dragon Protector Gang is also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they have no heart to be subordinate, so why should General Liu spew blood. His last sentence was said to Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng smiled slightly and said, "The old man is joking with the King of Taiping, why should the King of Taiping take it seriously." ”

Guan Shanyue snorted, with an angry face: "The general's joke is inevitably too big!" ”

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "That's it, put down the rebellion and exterminate the White Lotus Sect, and leave it to the Dragon Protector Gang!" ”

Guan Shanyue knew in his heart that this was a chore, and there was no benefit after the matter was completed, and once the bandits were suppressed, the traitors would definitely slander. At the moment, he said: "The saint is wrong to love, and the great credit will be attributed to his subordinates." I was afraid that Weichen would not have the talent of a general, General Liu had a good command of the troops, and asked the saint to let General Liu lead the army and command the Dragon Guardian Gang to help destroy the traitors. ”

Zhu Di listened, "um", and said, "Okay, then let General Liu go with you to suppress the bandits." ”

Guan Shanyue said: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

He pulled Liu Sheng into the water, even if it was unfavorable to suppress the bandits, Liu Sheng would not be able to escape the involvement.

Liu Sheng looked at Guan Shanyue and couldn't help cursing in his heart! But you can only receive thanksgiving!

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Also, I have asked people to start handling the matter of moving the capital. The brocade guard is located outside the palace, and it is inconvenient to do things. I am going to set up the East Factory to picket the corrupt and pervert the law, and the matter will be handled by Gu Changfeng. ”

The eunuch said: "Thank you for your grace, the servants will do their best to serve the court." ”

Zhu Di said "um" and said: "After the capital is moved, the East Factory will be located in Donghuamen. You are the Admiral of Dongchang. ”

Gu Changfeng said: "Slave thank you Lord Longen!" ”

Xu Ruochong's face was covered in cold sweat, and he knew in his heart that from this moment on, Jinyiwei's status in the heart of the saint had plummeted, and it was no longer what it used to be.