376 Longshan Mountain High in Sadness and Looking West (10)
On February 25, 18th year of Chongzhen, it had been seven days since Taiyuan City changed hands. Except for remote places such as Yunnan and Guizhou, almost all the country knows. If you can boast about the results of the victory, then the recovery of lost land is real evidence. Anyone who suspects the fraud of the East Palace can go to Taiyuan in person to pay attention to the red flag on the Taiyuan walls and the newly erected monument of loyalty and martyrs outside the city.
The monument carries the names and license plates of officers and soldiers who dedicated themselves in the Battle of Taiyuan.
According to the tradition of building temples in China, people here will soon donate to build a martyrs' temple to support the loyal souls of heroes. These good people who pay money will also have the opportunity to be included in local chronicles and even be carried into the sacred temple of the local wise men.
Zhu Cilang's education in his previous life always said that Chinese people have religion but not faith. When he really returned to the Ming Dynasty, he discovered that there were shadows of faith everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. As long as small cities with a population of over 100, there would inevitably be faith spaces such as land, city gods, local sages, loyal and wise men. As for the larger cities, Confucius Temples, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples, they were all prepared.
Not only do we have these hardware facilities, most people also follow their beliefs, abide by moral norms, and spend their lives peacefully and peacefully.
Zhu Cixuan respectfully lit three incense sticks in front of the Zhenli Monument, and then turned around and left, asking the civil and military officials behind to burn incense in turn.
"Zhengren Guo, will you say that the morality that the people believe in will be cut off?" Zhu Cixuan said to Guo Jingzhong, who was standing beside him.
Guo Jingzhong smiled and said, "Your Highness has great wisdom in this question, but he asked about the foundation of religion."
"I hope to hear the details."
"What is religion? It is the foundation of pursuing it and following its teaching. The methods of pursuing the three religions are different, but the fundamental is the only one." Guo Jingzhong said: "The only fundamental is Tao. The way of heaven is permanent, day and night intersect, and the sun and moon sneak. Even if it is endless, it will not change. Since it is not changed at all and morality always exists, how can it be cut off?"
"If we do another burning of books and burying scholars, and use our power to wipe out the people's awe of heaven and earth and nature, will it not be cut off?"
Guo Jingzhong was stunned and said, "Even if the First Emperor is resurrected, he may not be able to do this."
"Hahaha. The First Emperor just cheated more than 400 Confucian scholars. In the future, maybe my Chinese civilization will be despised by my descendants... Alas, it is hard to say what happens in the future, but it is hard to say." Zhu Cilang shook his head and said, "Minister Guo, what I said the day before yesterday was to be a 'Quanzhen Dazhen' or 'Quanzhen Dazhu' to control Quanzhen Dao. Have you considered it clearly?"
Guo Jingzhong bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness is wrongly loved and named the real person. I am already deceiving the world and stealing the reputation. How can you pass away from heaven again? Your Highness is a little at ease and wait for the time, and you will be able to order the Taoist to come out of the mountain to expound the style of the Xuan Sect."
"Well, how long will it take?" Zhu Cixuan did not really convert to Quanzhen Sect, and he was not very enthusiastic about the Xuan Sect. What he wanted was ideological weapons, just like cannons, and they should be used as soon as possible!
"Soon soon, very soon." Guo Jingzhong smiled and said, "It's only about ten years."
Zhu Cilang finally understood the difference between the old immortal's concept of time and himself. For him, time must be accurate to "minutes". But for those old practices, the world changes, a hundred years of dreams, and ten years are just a flash of fingers.
"In these ten years, I have to work hard to overcome the stupidity of real people..." Zhu Cilang said.
Guo Jingzhong nodded and smiled.
Guo Jingzhong understood the meaning of the crown prince, and also knew that Taoist priests in the army often enlightened the soldiers, prayed for blessings, and occasionally threatened them. In his opinion, that kind of witchcraft was impossible to help people understand wisdom and achieve final achievements. Of course, with his wisdom, he could see clearly that everything in the world is positioned, and the idea of hoping that everyone will become saints is just delusions.
Between the truth and the deception of the world, there is a wider middle ground: psychological comfort.
His Highness the Crown Prince is so eager to enter the world with a more positive attitude, and hopes to use Quanzhen wisdom to comfort the anxious mentality of the military and civilians.
Especially after chaotic times, this kind of spiritual comfort seems even more inclusive.
Guo Jingzhong was not anxious or impatient, but began to further contact with the Taoist priests who were in the army. He never said that Zhengyi and Quanzhen were different. Anyone who only took the title of "Zhengshi" would not know which ancestor he mentioned. However, Taoism regards Lao Tzu as the most respected, and as long as he closely follows Lao Tzu's teachings, there will be no debate.
Guo Jingzhong is obviously an expert in "Laozi". In just a few days, he attracted the hearts of many Zhengyi Taoist priests. Unlike Quanzhen who has a master, many Zhengyi Taoist priests may not have guidance from the master after becoming a monk, so these people naturally joined Guo Zhenren.
As the saying goes, feathers of feathers flocked to Guo Jingzhong, and these Taoist priests brought more believers to Guo Jingzhong. Even many instructors converted to the sect of Huanyang Zhenren, using the wisdom of Taoism combined with loyalty and courage to do ideological work for soldiers.
People often say "thoughts" because thoughts are like tides that cannot be resisted. When the Taoist thoughts emerge, a new trend rippled in the entire military camp. These soldiers who have not yet completely escaped from the illiterate stage will naturally not understand the true meaning of Taoism. However, Guo Zhenren's successive and kind guidance seems to have a brilliant attitude of understanding all the mysteries, which makes them more convinced of a truth: be loyal to the crown prince, and the heroic spirits will never be destroyed after death, and they can become heaven and heavenly soldiers and generals.
"Your Highness, now that the military has become popular, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be unfavorable." You Shiwei finally couldn't sit still and found Zhu Cilang to express his hidden worries.
Zhu Cixuan did not get entangled with the issue of Chongdao, but just asked: "Have the training indicators decreased?"
"That's not." You Shiwei paused: "But the sharpness of the army's center is obviously not as good as before."
"I think they are still very sharp when playing date pit balls. Don't two or three of them be carried down in each game?" Zhu Cixuan said with a smile.
"Your Highness," You Shiwei couldn't laugh, "If you lose your sharp and murderous aura, this army will be ruined!"
After hearing this, Zhu Cixuan suddenly figured it out and said, "So in order to maintain this murderous aura, whether it is the officers and soldiers, the rebels or the Tartars, can they accept the massacre of the city?"
"Our army naturally cannot do such an immoral thing...but some officers and soldiers did..." You Shiwei stammered.
"This is not a question of right or wrong, but a question of whether there is morality or not." Zhu Cilang sighed: "In my opinion, there are three types of strong soldiers. The first type is a brave army. It is like the Li family army led by Li Chengliang and Li Rusong and his son. It is also like the Donglu, the so-called "Journal of the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible." This army wins due to the brave combat power of individual soldiers, which can indeed cause considerable damage to the opponent."
You Shiwei is a veteran who has been to Liaodong. He has a deep understanding of this and nods slightly.
"Adding up the floor is the army of discipline. It is like the Qi family army, the Yu family army of our dynasty, and the current Eastern Palace army. Just picking someone out of the army may not be stronger than the Manchu armored soldiers... Oh, Liu Si is probably comparable to the white armored Bayala.
"But even if we can't compare to the Donglu Armored Soldiers one-on-one, we may not be at a disadvantage when we are ten to ten. If there are more people, our advantage will surpass Jiannu and eventually defeat it. This is the power of military discipline. With iron military discipline, so there is iron army."
You Shiwei was a witness of the East Palace Army from weak to strong, and he was convinced of this.
"But these are not the strongest strong army." Zhu Cilang paused and said, "If I want to fight, I will fight! A real strong army is an army with faith, an army that knows why to fight for whom, an army that sacrifices its lives for justice! They have iron discipline and iron will. Just like the five hundred soldiers in Tian Heng and the hundred and eighty I-speakers who died in Yangcheng are all like this."
Qin lost his deer and the whole world chased him. Tian Heng was originally a royal family of Qi. He fought with Liu Bang and retreated to a small island outside Qingdao Port. Five hundred righteous men retreated to this island with him. Later, he heard that Tian Heng committed suicide on the way to meet Liu Bang. These five hundred people died without exception, thus creating the name of Tian Heng Island.
The 182 Mo people who died in Yangcheng were originally disciples of Meng Sheng, a master of Mo Society. Meng Sheng received kindness from the King of Yangcheng of Chu and defended Yangcheng for him. When facing 100,000 Chu troops, Meng Sheng chose to die for death. However, none of his disciples were willing to escape and fought with him. Two of the Mo people were ordered by Meng Sheng to go to Song State to pass on the position of Juzi to Tian Xiangzi, and after completing the task, they also committed suicide in the direction of Chu State.
This is the belief passed down from ancient times in China!
Every Chinese people have a sentence engraved in their blood and bone marrow: I am also good at what I am, even if I die nine times, I will never regret it! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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