But that night, Jia Cong was sleeping in his dream. There was a sudden "bang" in the courtyard, which frightened him up immediately. After a moment of recovery, he rubbed his eyes and got up, put on his shoes and pushed the door out. He couldn't help but whistle.
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There is a full moon in the sky, as crystal clear as a painting. The courtyard is bright, and under the big camphor tree stands a white-bearded monk with fluttering monk robes. It is his great-uncle who went to other countries to find disciples. The one on the right
At the door of the wing, a woman in black stood pretty and relaxed, holding a black gun in her right hand, the muzzle of which was aimed at the old monk. Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "It would be great if we had a camera!
Photograph it!" Chen Ruijin ignored him.
Jia Cong took a few steps forward and bowed deeply to the old monk: "Uncle Master is back so soon? Why don't you come during the day? Is it because you can't find an inn?"
The monk sighed: "It seems that it is not easy to kill you."
Jia Cong said: "Not only is it not easy, it is really not easy. But everything has to have a reason, and no one will be wronged if you tell me. I am your senior brother's grandson! I also think I am quite good, and my great uncle likes me very much.
mine."
The monk said: "Your grandfather's reputation will be ruined sooner or later by your hands."
Jia Cong blinked: "Why?"
"Sooner or later you will rebel," the monk said, "as early as twenty years, and as late as forty years."
"Huh?" Jia Cong asked curiously, "Where did these two numbers come from?"
The monk looked at him and sighed: "The poor monk is optimistic that King Yan can conquer the world, just because you have the intention to surrender to him. You are a person with a good background. Except for King Yan, I am afraid that those other people will not be able to convince you."
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "Thank you!"
"That day, I reminded King Yan that you have an unbridled temper and cannot be restrained. If you don't protect yourself, you will rebel. He said, others can just pay it back. You, Jia Cong, will never rebel. He knows very well that you are casual, affectionate, and sensible. You are better than others.
Others know even more that they cannot be emperor." The monk recited the Buddha's name, "He forgot that you don't have to be an emperor to rebel, you can also be a bandit, and being a bandit in the green forest is just like a rebel. King Yan forgot that you can't suffer any loss."
Jia Cong pursed his lips and said, "Why does he want to suffer for me?"
The monk said: "As a minister, there will always be times when you suffer losses. Even if the King of Yan does not fail you, his son will sooner or later fail you. Even if his son does not fail you, he will inevitably fail your relatives and friends. If his son fails,
Jia Meng, how are you doing?"
Jia Cong said casually: "Take revenge on him."
The monk recited the Buddha's name again: "That's it. Last time, the poor monk asked you to ask for three people. You knew clearly that the disciples taught by the poor monk would be generals who could lead the country's troops, so you refused to give them to the poor monk.
, all because you are useful. Jia Cong, you are too selfish and don't take the country and the king seriously. The emperor has so many things to do, how can he care about every minister? If there is any dissatisfaction with you, you will treat the king as usual.
If people take revenge, the country will be in chaos."
Jia Cong was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "You are really very brainwashed." Then he scratched his head and said, "If I ask my uncle, whether the king is more important or the people are more important, you will probably say the king is more important; now I
If you ask my uncle, who is more important, the king or the country?"
The monk said: "Without a king, how can there be a country?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Old man, you're telling the truth! Where can a king come from without a country? Although you and I are different in Buddhism and Taoism, Buddha and the Jade Emperor have a close friendship, so why bother to cause trouble for me? I am here to do this.
For the disaster that would destroy the country a hundred years later, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces captured the capital, and didn't they kill the emperor and the queen mother to pieces? The palace was completely robbed. Do you know how the enemy soldiers found the palace? Ordinary people showed them the way.
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The monk shouted: "How dare you be unfaithful to the people!"
Jia Cong said leisurely: "A cowardly and incompetent emperor and a queen mother who does not treat the people as human beings. How much do you think the people will support them?"
The monk's expression changed.
"The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies. If the king does not take the country seriously, he is not far away from the country's destruction." Jia Cong said sternly, "What my uncle said is that the emperor is responsible for everything, but he is still a human being after all. Even though
A person as smart as King Yan will inevitably have things he doesn't care about. And King Yan is so rare! The late emperor gave birth to nine sons, and finally he got such a smart egg. He is smart, but there is no guarantee that all his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will be smart. If he ascends to the throne
It's not him - for example, the Supreme Emperor. How can he handle so many things in such a huge country by himself? That's why we have ministers. Ministers serve as assistants to the king. When the king is incapable of doing anything, he has a group of ministers to help him in order to rule the world. Master
When my great-uncle said 'give me a hard time', it was obviously not because of his ability, but because of his thoughts. And it was probably not for himself, but for his relatives and friends."
The monk frowned and asked, "What does this mean?"
Jia Cong said: "Although my uncle is a monk, he also walked through the green forest in his early years. He saw that men and women in the world can't help but love each other. People will have feelings, and people will be partial. For example, his brother-in-law fell in love with my cute daughter-in-law.
He wants to take her away. If he is a concubine, he will inevitably help his brother-in-law for the sake of others. Outsiders often say, 'You are just a woman, you should go to the heavenly home.' Good. Even if you go to the heavenly home as a minister,
Originally, the emperor was a relative of the Tian family, right? The emperor is good, the beloved concubine is good, but the younger brother may not be good. The beloved concubine only has one younger brother. She has been treated as a sweetheart since she was a child and has never been wronged. She will give whatever she wants.
This kind of thing is common. In the early years when the Supreme Emperor was on the throne, it was probably all over the capital. This is a wife-robbing. What if the person who is robbed is not the daughter-in-law, but the daughter? The daughter who is praised as the apple of the family's eyes is snatched by the uncle of the country.
After that, my uncle only lived for three to five years, and when new people came in, he was discarded like a piece of grass. So what do you think as a father?"
The monk sighed: "All these poor monks know that since ancient times, wise kings are ruthless. But where can we get so many ruthless wise kings? That's why the poor monk said that the emperor will inevitably fail to take care of him. Those who achieve great things will not stick to trivial matters. Be a minister.
For the people, if you encounter these things occasionally, you can only endure it. For the sake of the people, even if you know that the emperor has done something wrong, you can't care about right and wrong. If everyone suffers a little loss from the emperor,
And if you rebel, what will happen to the world? The world will be in chaos, wars will spread, and the people will be displaced. I would rather be a dog in the prosperous times than a man in the troubled times."
Jia Cong said coldly: "If you don't have the ability to be the emperor, don't do it. Change it to someone who has the ability. A minister is also a citizen. Even a wise and capable minister like me has to suffer. How can we expect him to treat the people well?"
The monk said: "Even if you occasionally mistreat one or two people, it will not be bad in general."
Jia Cong looked at him and smiled: "Uncle Master, are you kidding me? You said it yourself, if a little saint accepts the money from selling a prince, he will inevitably be unable to hold back. He will treat one, two, and three badly.
Four families, then seven or eight families, more than a dozen families. A hundred years later, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces still entered the city, and the people led the way for the enemy soldiers. Because the people deeply hated the Tian family, they expected the foreigners to avenge themselves, and did not want these foreigners to turn around and attack us.
Such a huge country was almost wiped out!"
The monk took a deep breath and stopped talking.
Jia Cong waited for a long time and saw no movement from him, so he said: "My uncle is a military student, so he must have read too many history books. I have said it countless times, today is different from the past, times have changed, and you have always just
Don't listen to this! You always look in the history books and always feel that everything reincarnates is just like that. In the past, when our dynasties changed, the foreigners did not have a century-old national destiny from the beginning of the Five Husties to the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. You always think this is the truth,
Eternal and unchanged. I have said it countless times, but now it has changed, changed, changed! In the past, we were the largest and most powerful civilization in Asia. When we were taking a nap, those Asian foreigners would occasionally attack us for decades.
For more than a hundred years, they have either been assimilated by us or have no control over us, because they are not as advanced as us! Today, Westerners are no longer what they were hundreds of years ago! They have big ships to transport troops and immigrants; they have guns and cannons, and they can easily
Easily massacre our city and destroy our country! We can learn from the past mistakes of North and South America! Why is it not in the history books? Because the ancients did not have such good ships, and the foreigners in ancient times did not know how to make guns!"
The monk sternly said: "You know how!" Jia Cong was stunned. The monk pointed at him and said, "Red Bones is opened by your Jia family, what about Western fire. The guns and artillery are not bought from the West at all, they are all made by you."
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Jia Cong let out an "ouch" and said, "You haven't been going anywhere these days. You've been wandering around Taiwan. It's so shady." He immediately said before the monk, "Did I do something wrong? Did I run away?"
Go tell your princes that I can make fire, guns, and artillery? Then they will definitely stop attacking foreigners and attack me first. Not to mention that they can't beat me. I didn't make these things for their civil war.
I have said it before, and I mentioned it just now, Uncle Master, you cannot grasp the key point. Do you know the key point of what I just said? How about we write down what we said today and show it to King Yan, King Wu and King Shu, and ask
Ask them, what is the most important thing?”
The monk was silent for a moment and said: "There will be a disaster that will destroy the country in a hundred years."
"It's not the annihilation of the country, it's the annihilation of the clan." Jia Cong said solemnly, "Destroying the country doesn't matter, a new dynasty will always be established. The annihilation of the clan is the end of the world." Nai smiled sarcastically, "You always prefer that my government annihilate the clan.
I don’t want there to be one more bandit named Jia in the world.”
The monk was silent for a long time and said: "You are a bandit, which is different from others. King Yan said that you will not rebel because you know that a king must be ruthless, and you value love most. Your son and nephew may not know this.
If you don't want to be the emperor, they will inevitably think that you are too capable. If Jia Meng wants to be the emperor in twenty years, you will definitely help him. With the guns and cannons in the Red Bones, the world may change hands.
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Jia Cong covered his face with one hand, shook his head after a while, and said, "I know there are people who are stubborn and stubborn, but I didn't expect that an old monk like you, an expert outside the country, could be so stupid and stubborn. Your surname is not Situ, so why?
Are you thinking about this?"
The monk smiled bitterly and said, "The poor monk's surname is Situ."
"ha?"
"The duty of a poor monk is to guard the Situ family's empire."
Jia Cong curled his lips: "Don't you have the opportunity to ascend the throne? Like the King of Yan used to assist the Supreme Emperor?" The monk did not speak, and seeing the obvious expression on his face made Jia Cong right. Jia Cong murmured,
"No wonder you are optimistic about King Yan. In fact, you have always thought about becoming the emperor. Since you can't be the emperor, it would be good to let King Yan, who is similar to you when you were young, be the emperor."
The monk recited the Buddha's name: "The poor monk has become a monk long ago."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "However, comparing yourself to King Yan is just wishful thinking on your part. You are not as good as him. You are far from it. If King Yan ascends the throne, he will become a wise king, but you will be a foolish king." He glanced at him and said, "Master.
Uncle, you haven't thought about what the word 'genocide' means until now. There were no eggs left intact after the nest was overturned, including the dragon eggs, which were smashed to pieces."
The monk put his hands together and said: "You went down to the lower world to remind the world of the dangers of the West, and you have done so. Now all the kings know about the dangers of the West and have those guns. You have done it, go back."
Jia Cong sneered: "I have reminded you, and I have reminded you many times, but what next? Someone is really thinking about whether to go to the West at this moment. Have you done it? What if you only do it a little bit and get a lot of money?
?If I didn’t hold these firearms tightly and only sell them to princes who sent troops overseas, how could they resist fighting a civil war? Since ancient times, civil war has been the most time-consuming and population-consuming. The Three Kingdoms fought for decades, and the population was reduced.
Most of them were the later Five Husbands. How capable were the Hu people back then, and how capable are the foreigners today? Will they be able to stop the Eight-Nation Allied Forces by then?"
The monk glanced at him: "Eight-Nation Alliance Army?"
"England, France, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan, and the United States." Jia Cong said, "Japan has been destroyed by King Yan, Wu and Liu Tong. Russia, my sister is not afraid of retribution.
I tricked the first heroic leader of that country to death, and now the foolish king has succeeded to the throne forever. There are still six other countries."
"Hiss..." The monk took a breath.
Jia Cong looked at the monk Huizi pitifully and said: "No wonder Grandpa Taipei wants to trick you into going to the temple and lock you up. I mean, why hide a very capable person in the temple? What a waste of talent!"
Kong is capable, paranoid, pedantic, and unsparing in his methods, but he is still a descendant of the Tian family. If I am reluctant to kill you, I can only lock you up. Otherwise, Jiangshan Sheji may not let you cause any trouble."
The monk couldn't help but move his eyes and chanted "Buddha".
Jia Cong thought to himself that it was obvious that he had doubts. He curled his lips and said: "No matter how genius you are, if you have been in claustrophobia for decades without going out, it would be strange not to lag behind the world! Your old ideas have been solidified. Even if there is a sticker on the wall
Looking at the Western map, the inertia in my mind still thinks that the world can only be as big as one country, and I have never thought about other countries. Have you never thought about it, if my cute child wants to be the emperor, why should he become the emperor of my dynasty? How laborious is that?
The world is so big, including South America, North America, Australia, Africa, and many other countries in Asia.”
"If you go to other countries, where is Taiwan?"
"Don't you think that the current situation of the Taiwan government is better than that of the Tian family? As the eldest son of the late emperor, Prince Yi Zhong only left one granddaughter. If it hadn't been for the enfeoffment by the kings, none of the emperor's children and grandchildren would be left.
As it is now, it is hard to say whether he will be alive in thirty years. With the Taiwan government here, at least he can keep a root."
The monk thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Xiao Qi."
Jia Cong nodded: "He will not re-enter the court, nor will he get his identity back. But he can live well and have a biological son one day. The surname Situ will not be restored until his grandson's generation. After all, the Supreme Emperor will ascend the throne with justifiable authority.
An emperor must have a queen, right? Besides, there are also dynasties changing."
This guy spoke so smoothly. The monk looked at him steadily for a long time, took a deep breath, clasped his hands together and recited "Amitabha." Then asked: "According to you, is the world so divided?"
Jia Cong shrugged and said: "I don't care if they are divided or united. Anyway, there will be no civil war until the West is destroyed. As for which family will dominate the world in a hundred years, it is not my responsibility. Someone else will help the emperor by then. Who am I happy to help now?
"I'm not happy to watch the fun. My errands are only Westerners. To be clear, they are the Eight-Nation Allied Forces. Uncle Shi," Jia Cong pointed to the moon in the sky and said, "most of the people who serve are Wenquxing, Wuqutianjixing and other decent guys. I have seen them."
Is Nezha Sun Xingzhe assisting the emperor? We are all dealing with foreigners, okay?"
The monk's eyes widened immediately. He was so focused on Jia Cong that he didn't see Chen Ruijin, who was holding the fire and gun, smiling.
"Huo Qubing is Sun Houhou, and Qi Jiguang is my second brother Li Muzha. That guy Yue Fei has not yet opened his spiritual orifice, otherwise he would not die. Whoever becomes the emperor is none of his business! In the end, the job was not completed." Jia Cong faked a smile.
After a moment, he said, "That's Lei Zhenzi from the Ji family."
The monk really shocked him, and he was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Do you still choose disciples?"
The monk asked: "Who can I teach to help?"
"Whoever fights foreigners will help them."
The monk thought for a long time: "Where is Xiaoqi?"
"He can't do it." Jia Cong said, "It's too risky and I can't bear it."
The monk nodded: "If you can't bear to let him go, then you won't be willing to risk your children and grandchildren." Jia Cong rolled his eyes.
The monk stared at him for another half day, jumped up, turned his hand and chopped off a thick branch of the old camphor tree, then turned back and looked at Jia Cong coldly. Jia Cong was so distressed that he jumped: "This camphor tree is more than seventy years old.
! I also want to list it as a protected tree! Why don’t you go chop down the roof?”
The monk couldn't help but said: "If you split the roof, wouldn't the house be damaged?"
"It's better to repair it!" Jia Cong said, "The house is a dead thing after all, and it will have to be renovated sooner or later; the trees are alive, okay?"
The monk didn't know what to say. After a long time, he sighed: "I travel to various countries, and I can always find a worthy successor."
"Well." Jia Cong waved lazily, "I wish you good luck and may you have many peaches and plums all over the world!"
Seeing that the monk disappeared, Chen Ruijin put down his gun and said with a faint smile: "Yue Fei is Lei Zhenzi?"
"Of course not," Jia Cong said, "I'm just lying."
"I know." Chen Ruijin turned around and went back to the house.(..)