In Wandiexianshan, there is no fate to see fate.
Red-hearted bananas circle the house, and the white-fronted tiger is in meditation.
The ancient wood moss seals the fungus, and the deep cliff milk miscellaneous spring.
The end is still here, the world is just as it is.
—I am the dividing line —
The southern division from Chengdayao in Jiangxi had lost contact for many days after the defeat. It was only yesterday that the messenger, who was covered with scars, passed through one of the four Jiangdong roads, Shezhou and Hangzhou in Xuanshe, and finally appeared in Yuezhou.
It also brought the latest news that Cheng Dajiao and his remnants had retreated to Longyou County, a small city west of Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang), and waited for the latest news about support.
This also made Zhou Huaian sigh. Although Cheng Dajiao was the first old man to follow him, he was limited by his original background and horizons. This kind of scale and level of responsibility seemed to be a bit reluctant and difficult for him.
After all, a few years ago, he was still a veteran soldier who had no place to settle and was a mobile fighter. Perhaps in the resistance and riots in Zhenping, there is a natural understanding and good at an advantage bonus. However, the veteran of the imperial court who had been encircling and suppressing the rebel army for many years and was extremely experienced by Shang Zhang Zimiao was unavoidable.
Wang Xianzhi, the great general patching the sky, was not the kind of existence that was destroyed casually. Therefore, Zhou Huai'an doesn't have much hope for him at the moment. As long as he can stabilize his position on the spot and maintain such an entry point, it will be enough to wait for the support from Jiangxi.
On the other hand, it was the news from Qian Gumei's office in Wenzhou that was delivered by sea. Compared with Cheng Dayao's losing streak, Qian Jumei's performance is somewhat impressive, or it is beyond expectations.
It should be known that his subordinates, except for the prisoners who were only briefly transformed and retained at the beginning, were all Fujian soldiers under Chen Yan's command after Fujian Observation. They were both a newly defeated division and insufficient clothing, food and equipment. It can also launch a limited counterattack and containment.
Although he was quickly beaten back head-on, but relying on the transportation support of sea and land shipping, he still regained his footing. Especially after Dao came from the Cantonese side with a new wave of soldiers and material support, he even took the initiative to attack and fought a small rout.
He pursued it all the way to the bank of the Ou River, and under the nose of the defenders of Yongjia City on the opposite bank, he seized a large amount of heavy objects and then returned them slowly. It also showed some potential and signs of him as the son of the times and luck.
After all, as the founder of the Wuyue regime in history, he was known for his military ability to judge the situation, tolerate the situation, and to be good at defensive counterattacks at disadvantages. Therefore, in the process of establishing Wuyue State, which straddled Jiangdong and Zhejiang, although there were many powerful opponents.
But whether it was Dong Chang, the former boss of the "Da Yue Emperor" from the ground snake, or the notorious foreign dragon Liu Hanhong, or the internal strong challenger Gu Quanwu; and even the more powerful Yang Xingmi, he was guided by him. Gou alive until the teacher is tired, defeated or collapsed in one fell swoop.
Of course, no matter how capable and hard he is today, it is undoubtedly a good thing for the Taiping Army to outweigh the disadvantages; therefore, the rewards should be rewarded in time, and the support and assistance should be given.
Zhou Huaian is not the hostile protagonist in the traditional YY novels, and he can't wait to see a sign that may be outstanding, and he will be relieved by strangling one by any means.
In a sense, being a prophet is foresight. Those who have a great vision and can successfully control and drive those destined kings in the future are the real grand pattern and aura.
In other words, I have the general trend that I have created uprightly, as well as the system and system that makes people irresistible, and these heroes bow their heads to ears, and there is no chance of stabbing and disobeying.
On the other hand, Kong Liluo, who led the supporters from outside the region to the north, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Don't look at him, who was obese and harmless at the beginning, he was tied to a shelf like a bare pig, and he was almost eaten by the bureaucrats.
In recent years, he has led the exploration and development of the armed trading fleet of Cantonese overseas. In the coastal areas outside Tianzhu, Persia, and Dashi, many trading posts and settlements have been opened up.
It's just that in terms of means of action and wind evaluation, although it is not yet full of wickedness or notoriety, it can also be regarded as a somewhat frightened or childish existence between peers and competitors.
Especially in order to fight for the corresponding benefits and eliminate obstacles, the various righteous subordinates he recruited and gathered, and they did not rarely engage in murder and arson, or sinking ships and destroying doors. Therefore, even within the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, it is not without criticism and criticism.
It's not that no one has suggested that he should be kicked back, so as not to corrupt the official reputation and reputation of the Taiping Army regime; but Zhou Huai'an was pressed down, and the corresponding counterparts and supporting personnel were replaced.
Because, Zhou Huai’an, who has traveled through the African continent, is no better able to understand the reality of these extra-legal places that are beyond the reach of foreign powers, those fearless barbarians or foreign countries with different customs. problem.
The so-called benevolence and limited tolerance are also aimed at foreign Tang people of the same language and the same species; as for those indigenous and foreign forces who make friends with only interests, they continue to treat them differently according to the actual situation.
Therefore, in maritime trade activities, an emerging force that has shown that it must report and has a bottom line is always easier to open up the situation and gain a competitive advantage than a stupid and generous regime that does not stick to its interests.
Only now that the sea trade routes and major projects from Guangzhou to Annan have been relatively stable and have formed a long-term self-sustaining and operating mechanism, this "foreign blade" that specializes in slanting forwards should be taken back for another purpose. Up.
The Jiangdong strategy this time can be regarded as an opportunity for "Fat Kong" and the righteous slaves he recruited to come to the shore and wash away. At least now that the Taiping Army has relatively sufficient territory and resources, there is no need to unload the chills of killing donkeys.
It was Zhang Zimian, the former general of Wuwei, who was not on the original historical line, and Zhou Huaian was a little surprised and caught off guard. Because there is too little information and information about him.
It is only known that he was following the former Pinglu Jiedu Envoy Zeng Yuanyu, and as a deputy to the east, he was sacked in the power struggle of the court after Huang Mei defeated and annihilated the tens of thousands of horses in Wang Xianzhi's headquarters. Killing donkey-style inquiries and seizures.
Relying on the guarantee of Zheng Tian, the prime minister of the dynasty, he was able to retreat and return to his hometown in Zhushan. Then just a few years ago, because the Huangchao Rebels swept Jiangdong in a large scale, they easily attacked his hometown Zhushan; they also put this hidden figure who should have been lost in history to the stage of history again.
Because his qualifications are deep enough and prestige is big enough, he has now become a banner for the integration of the states and local powers south of eastern Zhejiang. Therefore, Zhou Huaian suddenly felt that he should not shout "Buddha, this is an enemy worth fighting."
Now that after taking the entire territory of Yuezhou, Zhou Huaian finally reluctantly, openly accepting the effect of some local people, as a kind of declaration and symbolic expression of the ruling power.
Of course, with the exception of the brothers Huang Pu and Huang Tao, who were specially approved for persuading the surrender, they were all candidates from Weihan or Xialiao or Diluozhijia.
For example, the consultant Seng Guanxiu introduced a well-known person in Fujian, a monk with the name Zaoguang and an old acquaintance.
This person was formerly known as Weng Gandu. He became a monk at the age of thirteen. Later, he studied at Da De Yi Cun (the same door of the old monk Yixin) of Xuefeng Mountain Chongsheng Temple of the Southern School of Zen. He only practiced in Wuyi Mountain a few years ago.
However, he has another legend. The old acquaintance likes to bathe in the ice during the winter season, and he is known as the monk of the ice. It is said that there are rumors and deeds of surrendering tigers and leopards, which can be regarded as a famous local stranger.
Therefore, Guan Xiu visited him when he was traveling a few years ago, and he also left a verse of "Red-hearted bananas circle the house, and white-fronted tigers are in Zen." The reason for recommending him is also very simple. This is a model of asceticism in Buddhism.
In his daily life, not only is he almost free from worship and charity from believers, he also leads them to open up wasteland and farm fields, grow vegetables and collect medicine for self-reliance, and advocate self-sufficiency in labor and practice as a means of practice.
However, if Zhou Huai'an remembers correctly, after his death in the future, this person will be regarded as the incarnation of Buddhism Pichi Bodhisattva, and he is called Pichi Lao Buddha. The influence has been spread from generation to generation in the southeast Fujian and Zhejiang.
Now he actually ran to his own hands. In this way, later generations once had a relationship with Tiantai Mountain, Caoxi School, and known as one of the three Nanchan Avenues for a while, and Ruiyan Temple in Wuyi Mountain was so confused.
In addition, Xuzhong from the Lianzong (Pure Land School) also recommended a monk from Yuelin Temple in Fenghua (now Fenghua District, Ningbo City), Mingzhou. Tingzi.
It's just that he has never been willing to sit in the temple to sit in meditation, but like to carry a bag and walk in and out of the city to alms, so he is called the Budai monk. Therefore, the people's livelihood and the world's conditions at the bottom must be more thorough than ordinary Buddhists.
Wait a minute, "Budai Monk", isn't this one of the incarnations of Maitreya Buddha, the master of the Western world of bliss in later generations of film and television themes. Moreover, he is also the prototype of the popular Bailian religion in the following dynasties and the preaching of "Milei's Birth" and "Ming King's Birth".
Zhou Huaian couldn't help feeling a little sweaty after he came over, what kind of strange characters have gathered under his men. If you add in Lu Yan and others who are still working under them, wouldn't it be necessary to unlock the stamp collecting card achievements of the masters of Buddhism and Taoism? (End of this chapter)