Chapter 212: The Fall of the Kingdom and the Lamp of the Heart
Luoyang Daming Palace.
A beautiful melody like crying sounded from the depths of Daming Palace, everyone who heard this melody will involuntarily think of the saddest past in their lives, tears dripping uncontrollably, at first it was a person and two people couldn't help crying, but soon the crying sounded into a piece, and the entire Daming Palace was choked.
As the crying became louder and louder, the melody that spread throughout the Daming Palace suddenly became cheerful, and the mood changed so quickly that everyone's body couldn't react. They were in tears, but their hearts were filled with joy. Slowly, everyone's crying faces turned into smiling faces, and the cries up and down the Daming Palace turned into laughter.
When the melody slowly disappeared, the people up and down the Daming Palace did not have any abnormality, quickly cleaned up their mood, wiped away the tears on their faces, restrained the smile on their faces, and went to do their past work in a low-key and quiet manner. This is the palace, everyone has their own responsibilities, if you do something wrong, you will worry about your life, it is obviously the darkest and most free place, but many people still break their heads and squeeze in, I have to say that contradictions are human nature. Everyone knows that they can't afford to mess with the maker of this melody, so they can't get angry when they cry or laugh, and many times they can't even express their emotions at will.
It is not easy to master it thoroughly, and for these ordinary people, it can only arouse their inner emotions, and it is difficult to attract those with slightly stronger willpower. It's easy to resonate, but everyone's mind is ever-changing, and it's easier said than done. Chu Yun put down the Yu Xiao in his hand, Chu Yun has studied for so long, and every musical instrument is familiar to him, and it is no worse than any contemporary everyone. It can also superficially integrate mental power into music and arouse other people's emotions, but it has never been able to form a method of using mental power that can also be useful for martial artists.
In the autumn of the twenty-seventh year of Shengwu, Emperor Chu Yun of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict ordering the Xia State Tiefuren, Rouran and Daiguo Tuoba Xianbei to enter Luoyang to meet the Ming Emperor. Under the anger of the Ming Emperor, he sent the general Ran Min to lead 100,000 troops, together with the 50,000 Tiefu army and the 50,000 Yuwen Xianbei army of Liao, a total of 200,000 people to attack Daiguo.
In October of the same year, the main forces of the two sides met in the grassland, and the acting lord Tuoba Shiyiqian personally led 230,000 troops to meet the battle, and the two sides fought in January, and the country was defeated. The army of the Dai Guo was killed by the Three Kingdoms Alliance more than 100,000 people, and nearly 80,000 people were captured. Except for the crown prince Tuoba Baojun, who fled with 30,000 people, the rest were almost wiped out.
Dayan's reinforcements received the news of Daiguo's defeat halfway through, and if they wanted to support Daiguo, they had to pass through Liaoxi County, which was occupied by Yuwen Xianbei, but Yuwen and Da Ming wore a pair of pants, and they could only take a detour. Therefore, when they just bypassed Liaoxi County and received the news, Dayan immediately gave up the plan to aid Daiguo and led the army back, losing the support of Dayan, and the main force and defeated Daiguo fled north in a hurry, and met the rushing Rouran army, Rouran was full of hatred for Daiguo, a group of guys who went back on their word, so they desperately stopped the last army of Daiguo. When the Ming coalition army arrived, the people of the country had no way to go to heaven and no door to the earth, and the Tuoba Dynasty that dominated the world was completely destroyed.
Ran Min beheaded the captured 200,000 Xianbei men regardless of age or age, the blood-stained grassland, the landscape of 200,000 people shocked every ethnic group on the grassland, and Ran Min also became the most feared Ming general of all ethnic groups on the grassland, and his prestige can make children stop crying.
With the destruction of the Dai country, the Ming canonized the lord of the Xia State and Liu Dog's grandson Liu must be the Duke of Eastern Xia, and canonized Liu Tienan, the son of Liu Dog's nephew, as the Duke of Western Xia.
And the Ming Dynasty was even more ruthless to Rouran, the previous generation of King Rouran was killed by Daiguo, and Mu Wuchi, the prince of Rouran, held the most power, and under the banner of avenging King Rouran, they united under Mu Wuchi's men to fight with Daiguo. After so many years, with the help of the Ming Dynasty, they finally destroyed the Dai Kingdom. It is said that the Ming should make Mu Wuchi the Khan of Rouran, but the Ming is not biased. Ran Min invited Mu Wuchi to Luoyang in the name of Emperor Ming, Mu Wuchi didn't dare not go, but he knew that he probably wouldn't be able to come back, so he gave his favorite youngest son the 30,000 troops of his closest lineage, which gave Ming a chance to operate.
Ran Min canonized Mu Wuchi as the righteous prince by Chu Yun's order, canonized Mu Wuchi's eldest son as Zuo Dan Yu, and the second son as Right Shan Yu, Mu Wu Chi's real successor, the third son was only named Zuo Prime Minister, and Mu Wu Chi's three brothers, Da Ming were named Right Prime Minister, Upper Prime Minister and Lower Prime Minister. Each of them has an army under his command, and a unified Rouran was divided into six by the Ming Dynasty.
This is the Yang conspiracy of the Ming Dynasty, even if they know that this is the plan of the Ming Dynasty to split Rouran, but like the two princes of Tiefu, no one is willing to give up the power in their hands. Therefore, as Daming left the grassland, a new round of infighting broke out on the grassland.
In the twenty-eighth year of Shengwu, the Ming Dynasty built a large-scale naval army, and as soon as it was launched, it was a naval army of 300,000 people, which were formed in Dongting Lake, Panyang Lake and the Jiaodong Peninsula in Qingzhou, and built warships on a large scale. The Great Jin Dynasty was shocked three times a day, you must know that the Yangtze River is a natural danger that they rely on, and now the Ming Dynasty has occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult to defend against the condescending people.
In order to deal with the threat of the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family rarely united with the powerful minister Huan Wen and most of the gate valves, and got the support of the vast majority of gate valves in the Jin Dynasty, so everything was easy to do. The Ming Dynasty is full of malice towards them, now north of the Yangtze River, where are there any prominent big families? They are all cleaned up by Chu Yun, they don't want to follow in the footsteps, so the whole Jin Dynasty is building warships on a large scale, innovating water warfare technology, you Da Ming builds one ship, I Da Jin will build two, the two sides began to carry out an arms race on the Yangtze River, and for a time both sides of Chang'an were very lively.
The Ming Dynasty occupies two-thirds of the world, and the soldiers are rich in food and materials, and it is not difficult to play the arms race with the Great Jin. Chu Yun also completely let go of the operation of his ministers, the door of sound has not been able to be completely mastered, Chu Yun is very bored, so he is ready to go out of the palace for a walk, he often retreats anyway, a lot of the time is a few months without a figure, there is the crown prince Chu Cheng, the cabinet and the Privy Council, there will be no problems in the court, Chu Yun quietly went out of Luoyang, and then changed his appearance and rode a good horse that had been prepared long ago.
The Ming Dynasty was still very good under Chu Yun's rule, Chu Yun vigorously promoted high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, and stipulated that the landlord could not charge more than 30% of the land rent at most, and the Ming Dynasty would not starve to death even if it was the lowest tenant farmer. The Ming Dynasty is still very high for the imperial court, Chu Yun is in a very good mood, and he has not encountered any plots of pretending to slap his face, everything is so bland.
On this day, Chu Yun came to the edge of a river in Jingzhou, this is not a big river, just an unknown small river, in ancient times, there was abundant rain, and there were many such small rivers. He was attracted by the sound of the huqin.
The sound of the huqin floated far away in the wilderness, and Chu Yun's ears could be faintly heard dozens of miles away, and Chu Yun drove his horse towards the side while listening and rushing towards the source. The level of the huqin player is limited, and the sound is not very beautiful. But Chu Yun heard a strong sense of homesickness from the sound of the piano, this kind of music full of affection, let his thoughts fluctuate, this is not what those so-called people can play.
When Chu Yun finally came to the player's side, he saw a ragged old man holding a worn-out huqin playing unwillingly, and beside him was a broken bowl, this kind of begging bowl with the imprint of the government showed his identity.
In the whole Ming beggars, they can not be beggars if they want to, only those who are the people of the Ming Dynasty and those who have committed treason can become beggars, this is the punishment of the Ming Dynasty, so that their children and grandchildren can not raise their heads for generations.
"You give birth to a son and be a beggar" This is one of the most serious curses of the Ming Dynasty, because the beggar can not turn over for almost all his life.
The old man finally found Chu Yun in a bright body, he hurriedly threw Huqin on the ground and knelt down for Chu Yun, they begged without the slightest dignity, they had to kneel when they saw people, and they were worse than dogs. But who let their ancestors make mistakes, Chu Yun didn't have any pity for them.
"What's your name?"
The old beggar replied with some trembling all over his body, "The old beggar's name is Tahar. "Don't blame him for not being afraid, you must know that the people of Daming don't have to pay for their lives when they kill beggars, they only need to pay a sum of money.
"Takhar, are you a Huns?" Chu Yun asked, the old beggar was even more afraid, although Chu Yun married the Hun princess as a concubine, and Liu Dongyong and other Hun generals were also in high positions, but the current situation of most of the Huns was very bad, the Xiongnu Han State was the first executioner to invade the Central Plains, and there were more Han people killed back then, how could Chu Yun let them go. Therefore, the remaining Huns were either captured and sent to the mines to work as mine slaves, or became beggars. And most of the women have become the main force of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion.
"My lord, it's not an old beggar, I don't want to change my Chinese name, I really can't. My surname should be Chu, they say that I defile the royal family name, I change my surname to Liu, they say that I am not worthy of the same surname as the Han royal family, I change other surnames, I will be beaten and scolded by the Ming people with all surnames, and I can only call my parents the name given to me by my parents. When I was three years old, I followed my grandfather to the Central Plains, my teacher was a Han Chinese, and my companions were also Han Chinese. But they didn't accept me, they didn't accept me, the Ming Dynasty Holy Martial Master took my family away, my grandfather and father and uncle never killed a Han at all, but they all had to pay for the Han people, they all died in the mine, my sister was arrested and taken to the Qinglou, the old beggar I worked in the mine for 20 years in exchange for freedom, but I can only become a beggar? What did our family do wrong? The lives of dozens of members of our family can be regarded as compensating the Han people? But why don't I even have the qualifications to take a Chinese name? I want to go home, I want my family's pasture, I want that prairie, I am willing to herd horses and sheep for the Han people, and I am not willing to take this bowl and beg. What the hell can we do so that the Han people can forgive us, woo. The old beggar originally explained to Chu Yun why he didn't change his name to Han, after all, this was a request of the government, but as he spoke, he said the grievances in his heart, and seeing the old beggar crying bitterly, Chu Yun was silent.
It's not that Chu Yun regrets that he is so ruthless to these aliens, Chu Yun originally wanted to exterminate these ethnic groups that had invaded the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yun is also a ruthless person, and he will not change the national policy of the Ming Dynasty when he hears the cry of the old beggar. But Chu Yun was reminded by the old beggar of the deepest nostalgia for home in his heart.
Is Daming Palace your home? Yes in a sense. Their own women and their own children are there. But I didn't feel a little bit of family affection in that cold palace. Do those women really love themselves? Chu Yun didn't believe that if she killed Liu Mei's family and seized her body, she would really fall in love with herself. It's just the habit of their Hun women to be attached to the strong. Does the Wang family really love herself? Isn't his family giving herself just to consolidate the relationship between the Wang family and herself, and later because of herself, she lost the ability to have children as a woman, and her heart probably died with the death of the unborn child. As for the other women, they come to them for various reasons, and many of them are forced to love themselves, do they really regard themselves as their relatives? Not necessarily.
As for Su Jin and Cui Ning, do they really love themselves? maybe, but they both betrayed themselves. Does Lu Sanniang, who died for herself, love herself? It is false to say that she doesn't like it at all, otherwise how could she be willing to die for herself. But Chu Yun is just Lu Sanniang's confidant, and Chu Yun also regards her as his confidant. How big the world is, how few people control the Divine Stone, Lu Sanniang has obtained the Divine Stone Inheritance and gained strong strength, but in the bottom of her heart, she is actually very lonely, the vast world, even her own family is afraid of her, treating her as a freak, she is lonely and dazed. At this time, Chu Yun appeared, Chu Yun appeared, Lu Sanniang felt that she had found a companion, the two of them practiced martial arts together, discussed martial arts together, and only spent a few months getting along.
As for their sons, do they really regard themselves as fathers? First of all, Chu Repentance, in his heart, Chu Yun was not dissatisfied with himself, but the strength he mastered crushed Chu Repentance, and he had no power to resist at all, so the respect he showed was largely pretended. Could it be that he really couldn't see that his mother was forced to death by his father Chu Yun? Although he could see that his mother was voluntary, how could he not have hatred for Chu Yun, after all, it was the mother who had raised him for many years. As for the other two sons, why did Chu Yun force them to leave? He raised them to be wastes for eating, drinking, and having fun, did they really treat themselves as wastes? They were all acting for themselves, trying to find opportunities to inherit the throne. Even the words of two people cursing themselves in private were detected several times by the Supervision Department.
Father's kindness and filial piety do not exist in the royal family at all. How could such a family give Chu Yun a sense of belonging?
"Ling'er, I miss you so much. Zi'er, Duo'er, and Little Gray, you all treat me as a relative, right? Chu Yun silently comforted himself in his heart that he was not alone.
"Old man, we won't talk about the affairs of the court anymore, how about you play the song you just played for me again, and I will pay you to get out of the beggar's household registration?" After Chu Yun finished speaking, the old beggar was pleasantly surprised, and he hurriedly took the huqin under his feet and played it. It's a pity that his mood has changed, and he no longer has the feeling that makes Chu Yundu's heart move. But the old beggar didn't know that he used his best efforts to play the huqin.
At the end of the song, he lost Chu Yun's trace, thinking that Chu Yun had deceived his old beggar burst into tears, this feeling of despair to surprise and then despair made this old beggar completely dead.
His despair was vented on Hu Qin, who was slammed to the ground by him, and the old Hu Qin was completely shattered with a scream. Chu Yun, who had already walked away, felt the sorrow of the huqin, and as soon as his mind moved, he closed his eyes.
Just as the old beggar staggered away, he found that he had five hundred taels of silver tickets quietly in his begging bowl. The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the beggar's household registration could be converted into a civilian household registration if he paid 500 taels, which was almost impossible for beggars to earn. The old beggar hugged the five hundred taels of silver tickets tightly, and tears welled up in his eyes. Only then did he think of the great hero Huqin, but the Huqin had already been torn apart, and the old beggar stretched out his hand to hold the remains of the Huqin and left tremblingly.
Sometimes people are like this, they don't cherish when they get it, they regret it when they lose it, and they don't necessarily cherish it when they get it again. The old beggar walked towards the nearest city, and after a few miles of walking, he abandoned the wreckage of the huqin that had bought him freedom, because it was too much of a hindrance. The wreckage of the broken huqin just lay quietly on the side of the road, slowly decaying, who can remember its past exploits?
"Heart lamp?" Chu Yun woke up from his epiphany, there was a sword-like essence core in his sea of consciousness, this was the sword heart clear, and there were dozens of telekinetic crystals like swimming dragons, and there were even more divine senses that were as vast as rivers and seas. Now there is another heart lamp, and it is really a mess.
Chu Yun didn't know how he cultivated the "Heart Lamp" in the Sea of Knowledge, and Chu Yun didn't know how to use the Heart Lamp, but when the Heart Lantern appeared, Chu Yun naturally knew the name in his mind.
Chu Yun ended the idea of traveling the world and returned to Luoyang quickly, this time it came out for a few months, and the Ming Dynasty was still operating normally, Chu Yun was still very relieved about Chu Cheng's son's ability. After he briefly met with a few important ministers, he had to retreat again, and he would never go out of the customs without thoroughly understanding the role of the heart lamp.