Suddenly, there was a roar like a thunderstorm, and the dock suddenly became quiet.
Among the sergeants who got off the ship, I saw a general wearing iron armor and wearing animal head shoulder pads striding towards me. He cursed with a ferocious face, "Damn you, take your claws away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the general had already arrived in front of the man in his fifties and raised his leg to give him a kick.
With a bang, the plainclothes guard who was pulling the man in his fifties was kicked to the ground.
"If you dare to pull my commander, I will chop you up!" The general yelled and was about to draw his knife.
"stop!"
In an instant, the man in his fifties seemed to have changed his identity. Although he was still wearing coarse clothes when he stood there, between his eyebrows, he had an aura as if he were the commander-in-chief of a hundred battles, which made people dare not look directly at him.
"Do you recognize a certain house?" the man asked.
The general bent down and clasped his fists, "Commander of Feixiong Camp, General Zhang Tianbao, see the general! In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, a certain general followed the general out of the fortress, and his military merit was promoted to the battalion commander. In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the last general followed the general far away
Go to the northwest and return to the capital to be promoted to a registered general!"
"Oh, it's you kid!"
This man in his fifties was no one else. He was demoted to civilian status and was guarded by the local government in his hometown in Huaiyuan. He could only farm the land. He was the former prince's Taibao, the chief military officer of the Beijing Camp, and Duke Lan Yu of Liang Kingdom.
He was at home, almost isolated from the outside world. He didn't know any official reports from the imperial court or any major events in the world. Today, his son bribed an official official so that he could go for a walk by the river. Unexpectedly, he saw the imperial fleet heading north.
"X is no longer a general!" Lan Yu said with a bitter smile.
"In the heart of the general, you are the great general!" Zhang Tianbao said loudly.
"How many troops should we send?" Lan Yu asked, "How many cavalry and infantry? How many artillery pieces do you bring?"
"11,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry, 15,000 gunners, crossbows and firearms, and..." At that moment, Zhang Tianbao did not shy away and said, "We found the traitor in the front army.
There are forty-five thousand enemies, and one of the thieves is Ugeqi and the other is Mahamu!"
"Huh, my general is defeated!" Lan Yu said disdainfully, "Then Ugeqi didn't chop off his head that day, how dare he come here!"
At this moment, many officers and soldiers rushed over from a distance, and the leading man shouted, "Brother, what's wrong?"
Zhang Tianbao said angrily, "What are you shouting for? Commander Lan is here, hurry up and kowtow!"
"Shuai Lan?" The person over there hesitated, and then asked tremblingly, "But Shuai Lan!"
"Fuck your mother-in-law, we have so many handsome men in Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Tianbao scolded.
Afterwards, dozens of people swarmed in and surrounded Lan Yu to say hello loudly.
The people in front of her were all former subordinates. Although she couldn't name them, Lan Yu was moved to tears by their true feelings.
On the river, Li Jinglong, who was looking at the dock, frowned and cursed, "I just said that the military appearance must be neat and solemn, but why is it so messy as soon as we get to the shore? Go and see if the move is finished, and then sneak back those killers!"
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"Commander! Why are you here, old man?"
"Commander! Little Ergouzi, do you still recognize me?"
"Commander! I was hit by an arrow last time, and you rewarded me with a big silver coin?"
The soldiers surrounding Lan Yu were all chattering, and Lan Yu kept lowering her head and rubbing the corners of her eyes.
"Okay!" Suddenly, Lan Yu turned from joy to anger and said with a straight face, "You are all soldiers of the imperial court and have important responsibilities. Why are you surrounding this old man? Move the baggage quickly and get back to the ship. Don't delay the march!
"As he spoke, his eyes swept across the faces of all the sergeants, and he clasped his fists with his hands. His voice was like a blade, "Young men, Yu, I wish I could fight side by side with you."
"God bless the Ming Dynasty, and our army will be prosperous!"
All the sergeants clasped their fists in salute and shouted, "God bless the Ming Dynasty, our army will be victorious!"
Then, these sergeants saluted Lan Yu one by one and turned around to return it.
There was silence on the pier, and everyone was stunned. Lan Yu smiled proudly, turned around and walked back.
When he passed by the soldier who was scolding him, he squinted and said with a smile, "You are so brave, you dare to scold me, you are so brave! Hmph!"
The soldier took a few steps back in fear and almost fell down.
"Beat your sex!" Lan Yu laughed and scolded again, "You're so brave? Haha, from now on, don't scare the people with those iron pieces! If you have the ability, go to the border!"
After finishing speaking, he strutted with his head held high and sang a cappella, "That year, one hundred thousand soldiers and horses came out of Yumen and marched north, and the whole army was in high spirits..."
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On the warship, Li Jinglong looked at Zhang Tianbao and others with a cold face.
"Just now, what did I say? When you get to the shore, what's the fuss about?"
Zhang Tianbao cupped his fists and said loudly, "Master!"
"Call General!" Li Jinglong yelled angrily.
"General, the general is on the shore. We saw the general on the shore!"
"Who? That general!"
"Dong Liang, Commander Lan!" Zhang Tianbao said loudly, and shouted to the soldiers on the boat, "Brothers from Feixiong Camp, I just saw Commander Lan on the shore!"
With a crash, countless soldiers rushed out of the cabin and lay on the side of the ship.
"Commander!"
The space between the sky and the water is full of heroes calling.
On the shore, Lan Yu, who was walking forward with hands behind her back, was shaken, and she shed two lines of heroic tears unconsciously.
Immediately afterwards, the world between heaven and earth was filled with the heroic and tragic singing of men.
"That year, one hundred thousand soldiers and horses came out of Yumen and marched north, and the soldiers of the three armies were so proud together!"
"Wolf smoke billows across the sky and earth, and heavy snow falls on bows and swords."
"The Qiang flute does not complain about the willows, but the war drums still urge the men and horses to howl. Under the moon, the fighting is like running water, and the sunset dyes the battle robes red."
On the shore, Lan Yu was already crying.
He sang silently in his mouth, "Who's to say, the general's hair turns gray when he looks into the mirror. How many times have he heard the flute from the border in his dreams?"
Famous generals in the world are like beautiful women, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world.
But among the famous generals in the world, how many people in the past and present have been able to live a long life safely?
But compared with dying generously and heroically, and fulfilling his life and death, who would care less about dying peacefully?
The mountains and rivers, the flags are getting farther and farther away, and the voices are so small that they cannot be heard.
Lan Yu's gaze has been chasing the disappearing fleet, still refusing to take it back. He, Lan Yu, would rather die in battle than live like this. But now, he can only live like this.
"Dad, go back!" Lan Chun said from behind.
"Well!" Lan Yu still looked into the distance, "Go back, go back!"
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In the capital, after the army left the capital, the eyes of the people in the capital were suddenly attracted by another storm.
Monk Daoran, the abbot of Qixia Temple, wrote to the Emperor. Now that the world is at peace, some Buddhist monks are morally corrupt and do not practice Buddhist virtues. They are monks in public, but secretly engage in male thieves and female prostitutes.
Many temples are illegal, occupying people's fertile land for their own use, hiding their population, and evading taxes.
Unexpectedly, this book contains more than a dozen large temples around the capital, dozens of named abbots and abbots, etc.
After a thorough investigation by the imperial court, the deeds of countless Huahua monks were revealed to the world.
Everyone in the capital was furious. Not to mention the emperor and the crown prince, the people in the capital were extremely angry when they saw the monk.
The incense money that I paid to pay filial piety to the Buddha has been stolen by you bald donkeys!
It doesn’t matter if you are cheating, but with the incense money we give you, you are living better than us! You can’t even compare to the gods!
There are also official notices about illegal temples issuing usury, occupying fields, forcing farmers to work as tenants, etc.
As a result, under public indignation, the imperial court began to inventory the property of various temples. Not only the capital, but also monks and officials from Suzhou and Hangzhou submitted letters.
He said that the privileges of monks and officials were not conducive to monks practicing Buddhism and the world, so he wrote to ask for exemption. He also asked the court to verify the number of monks, grant them self-sufficient land as appropriate, and pay taxes together.
It seemed that the monks in the south of the Yangtze River might have been frightened by the actions of the capital. But behind the scenes, it was Zhang Shan, the prefect of Hangzhou, who directly chopped off the heads of dozens of flower monks.
The amount of temple properties in Suzhou and Hangzhou is even more shocking. Not only do they have temple properties, but the monks also set up commercial facades and collect rent from the land.
The memorial from Hangzhou Prefecture was sent to the capital, causing an uproar in both the government and the public.
According to the imperial edict, Zhang Shan from Hangzhou Prefecture came to Beijing to have an audience.