Chapter 283: Heavenly Conclusion (Part 1)

"This" Zhang Yi and Song Ke were speechless.

Both of them are well-educated and have Confucian classics in their stomachs. They both believe that the reason why the Mongols were unable to sit firmly is that they did not fully implement benevolent policies and govern the country completely according to Confucianism from top to bottom. Although Zhu Chongjiu is thriving now, in addition to cherishing the people, he cannot find the second one that conforms to the essence of Confucianism. After careful consideration, how can it not make people sigh?

Song Ke is fine, young and handsome, and although he feels discomfortable with all the strange situations in front of him, he thinks that these may be to expel the Tartars, so he doesn't care. Zhang Yi is an authentic Neo-Confucian master. He is the master of Yiluo's studies. How could he accept it? Liu Bowen's words hit the pain point. He sighed for a long time, his face turned pale, and his eyes were full of vitality.

He has already promised to come out to assist Zhu Chongjiu and brought his nephew with him. With his principles of being a human being, he cannot easily regret it. If Zhu Chongjiu is really ruined in the future, wouldn’t he also have to be infamous for thousands of years? Not only will he harm himself, but he also has his own nephew and his brother’s only flesh and blood. In the future, what will he explain to his brother and sister-in-law who died prematurely?

Just as he was thinking blankly, Song Ke slapped the table hard and shouted loudly, "Haha, you Liu Bowen, I almost fell for you. You guys, Brother Zhang and I still treat you as friends, and they actually came to take the order of abstention from Zhu Chongba."

"What are the benefits for me to do a plan of separation? Zhu Chongba is weak at present, and Zhu Chongjiu is strong. If Zhu Chongjiu finds out, if Zhu Chongjiu finds out, he will personally ask the soldiers to come to ask for the crime, what will Zhu Chongba do to resist?"

"This" Song Ke was stopped again, and he was so anxious that he gritted his teeth. Zhu Chongba was just a military general under Guo Zixing. He had just obtained a certain territory he could tell. He won several battles, but his soldiers were only tens of thousands and his reputation was far below Zhu Chongjiu. If he dared to think about any tricks now, he would probably not be able to use Zhu Chongjiu to do it himself. Any of the five commanders under his command could easily tear him apart.

It was not a plan of disagreement, so who did Liu Bowen take? How could he have any intention? He stared at this person with his eyes widened. Song Ke saw his feet from the head and from the feet, but he could not see any flaws. He stomped his feet with hatred, spitting hard on the ground, and said loudly: "Bah, I won't listen to you anyway. No matter what I learn or learn, I am unwilling to bully the Mongolians, so I have to get up and make a fucking rebellion. As for whom the art of governing the country, it is a trivial matter. As long as it can beat the Mongolians away and cleanse the smell of thousands of miles, any useful method can be used."

"Zheng said, if three people walk, there must be my teacher." Liu Bowen smiled and responded very peacefully, "Inclusiveness is originally one of my Confucian principles, but the most basic etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, the rule of the rule of the king and his subjects cannot be damaged. Otherwise, the world will be in chaos and will never have peace."

"I didn't see where the chaos came from. In the Song Dynasty, half of the Analects of Confucius ruled the world. As a result, he was bullied by the Liao Kingdom and then lost his temper. Then he died in the Jurchens, and later died in Mongolia. He was suffering from the lives of life. For hundreds of years, Confucianism did not play any nonsense. However, Zhu Xi, who had no external skills, was very arrogant when bullying women in the closed doors, and it was not embarrassing."

Because he disagreed with Liu Bowen's point of view, he simply denied Neo-Confucianism, and even revealed some of the privacy of Zhu Xi, a master of Neo-Confucianism.

"But the Song Dynasty had a prosperous culture and education for three hundred years." Liu Bowen did not want to argue with him. He shook his head and emphasized with a smile, "Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, there were martial arts and the emperors who had stolen the country before, and there were vassal states later. The real peace life was less than a hundred years. Although the foreign wars were weaker, our Song Dynasty had no relatives who had stolen the country for four hundred years, and no military generals had self-respected their own troops. The people lived leisurely and did not suffer much from swords and weapons."

"That's bragging." Song Ke rolled his eyelids and retorted disdainfully, "Not to mention Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun, Zhong Xiang, Yang, Tian Hu and Fang La, did the Jurchens go south when they went south, and did the Mongolians swept across the south, but did the people not kill them? 'Our army's millions of battle flags are all red, all of which are the blood of the children of Jiangnan.' Who wrote it? Why did Huainan and Huainan turn into white land then?"

Before Liu Futong could answer, he continued to sneer loudly, "I'm wondering, since you are so optimistic about Zhu Chongba, why don't you stay there? I think it's because of Mr. Feng Lin's mind, you might not be able to let you go. Why did you come to Yangzhou again and pour a basin of cold water on me?"

"Oh." Hearing this, Liu Bowen couldn't help but sigh again, pondered for a long time, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Although Liu is not optimistic about the way Yangzhou governs the country, at present, he cannot deny the fact that Huai'an's military forces are at its best."

"Hmph." Song Ke sneered. In his opinion, the Huai'an army was of course very powerful. Since its troops were out of Xuzhou, they had never suffered any defeat. All of this did not happen to prove that what Zhu Chongjiu did now has its own truth? Scholars can't understand it, so they humbly figure it out. Why bother holding on to Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism to pull others' backs?

"I encountered a Jiang bandit on my way to Chuzhou." Liu Bowen shook his head and recalled like a dream.

"Ah." Zhang Yi and Song Ke didn't bother to be angry with him anymore, so they turned their heads together and asked with concern, "Then are you injured? How did you escape? The bandits on the Yangtze River are never reasonable."

Because the river is wide and the water flows smoothly, there are many ships coming and going on the Yangtze River. The Mongolian governments have never paid attention to naval commanders, so there are some vicious and arrogant people who often drive a large ship and travel around the river. When they encounter targets that seem to be rich, they immediately lean over and kill people and rob goods. Even if other passing ships see it, they dare not care and can only speed up to avoid being affected by fish in the pond.

Therefore, people who cross the river often change their face when they hear the word "bandit". They all know that once they fall into the hands of these people, they will definitely be a life-and-death death and it will be difficult to escape safely.

"At that time, Liu saw the bandit ship chasing closer and closer, and he had decided to jump into the river. He would rather bury himself in the belly of a fish than let the bandit catch him. He insulted him first, and then cut him a few more times, and he would not die." Liu Ji was obviously scared, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and continued to whisper.

"What about the end? Who saved you? Don't tell me it was Zhu Chongba." Song Ke felt strange when he heard it, and smiled and curled his lips as if he looked at Liu Bowen.

"Yes, Bowen, don't keep it a secret. Tell me quickly, who saved you from the Jiang bandit?" Zhang Yi pulled Liu Bowen again and continued to ask loudly.

If Zhu Chongba's men saved Liu Bowen, then the current behavior of this person can be explained. He is grateful to Zhu Chongba's kindness, but he is not optimistic about Zhu Chongba's future. Therefore, even when he comes to Zhu Chongjiu, he still can't weigh the pros and cons. It is a matter of course to do something unreasonable.

"No." Unexpectedly, Liu Bowen shook his head vigorously and directly denied the two of them's speculation. "At the critical moment, a large food boat suddenly rushed over downstream, and flew to the vicinity of the giant water bandit ship. Several balls of fireballs were suddenly blasted out from within twenty or thirty steps away. The giant water bandit ship was immediately disbanded, and the entire ship fell into the river to feed fish and turtles."

"Okay, good fight, good, good, good." Song Ke was satisfied and stroking his palms hard, "It's a pity that Song was not on the boat at that time, otherwise, he would definitely hold them back and drink until he gets drunk."

"Since it's a big food ship and it's also equipped with artillery, I guess it's the navy under General Zhu's account. Brother Liu, you owe him a favor this time." Zhang Yi's personality was originally calm, and Song Ke thought about it for a while, and asked with a wry smile.

He was determined to find a powerful prince to assist him, so in the past six months, he has been trying to collect information from various rebels. He had long known that many warships in the navy of the Huaiyang Army had given up their original sticks, trenchers, etc., and installed cannons that could fire Tiedanwan. With the smooth flow of the Yangtze River in winter, firing a gun twenty or thirty steps away from the target was almost equivalent to pushing the muzzle to the other side of the ship, and there was absolutely no reason why it was not hit.

"That's right." Liu Bowen nodded and continued to smile bitterly, "After the ship saved everyone, he immediately pulled up the sail and floated away, not even a chance to thank and save his life. After that, Liu continued to rush on his way, thinking that when he arrived at Zhu Chongba, the firearms must be as sharp as the ones. As a result, he stayed with Mr. Fenglin for three or five days before he realized that all the artillery of the Red Turban Army are from Yangzhou, and the armored weapons in the Huaiyang area are the best in the world. Even the two most elite teams under Zhu Chongba's command rely on purchasing weapons from Huaiyang to ensure that they are invincible. Although he is also trying to imitate, the quality is not a little bit worse."

"Then what are you talking nonsense? The army is not as good as this side, the money is not as good as this side, and the hearts of people are not as good as this side. Zhu Chongba cannot beat Zhu Chongjiu. Isn't this a foregone conclusion? Even if Zhu Sheng gives him advice and you, Liu Ji, will the gap be bigger and bigger in the future, and he will be exhausted and unable to catch up with him." Song Ke slapped the table hard, laughing and shook his head, "I said Brother Liu, Brother Liu, aren't you making a fuss for yourself? You can't assist the people you are optimistic about, and you can assist, but you don't like it. Could you want to learn from Zhuge Kongming and end up dying from Wuzhangyuan."

"No, no, Zhongwen, you misunderstood." Liu Bowen continued to shake his head, his voice getting deeper and lower. "According to the current momentum, unless a miracle occurs, the strength of the Huaiyang Army will always be above other princes, and will fall further and further, including Zhu Chongba's Chuzhou Army."

"But, huh,." He let out a long sigh, his eyes were filled with sadness, "There is no order, no distinction between high and low, morality is not good, and the upper and lower things must be profitable. From south to north, the country is full of money. But his strength is so strong that the people are willing to be driven by it. Alas, I really can't see where Zhu Chongjiu wants to take the world in. I'm not to hide it from you. Liu has been observing the sky statue every night and repeatedly deducing it, but the more he pushes it, the more panicked he feels in his heart."

"What do you mean? What did you calculate?" Zhang Yi pushed Song Ke away and asked with red eyes. As the most profound group of people in this era, they also studied a lot of miscellaneous studies such as the Eight Trigrams of the Book of Changes, Qimen Dunjia, and the like. They always felt that the stars in the sky can indeed influence the fortune of the world. The rise and fall of all dynasties are also closely related to the changes in the way of heaven. It is just that people cannot calculate their specific laws because of their own knowledge.

"Ziwei is dark, the heavenly secret is shifting, Pojun, and the two stars of Qisha are even more undecided. There is still a demon star in the east that is about to rush straight to the sky mansion. Liu can only do it, but he can't figure out whether it is good or bad. Alas." Liu Bowen sighed again and continued to add in a low voice, (Note 1)

"Ah." Hearing this, Zhang Yi's face became even more ugly.

If the way of heaven has really changed, then wouldn’t the teachings of the ancient sages fall into nothing? Isn’t the Yiluo learning that he has studied for many years become a pile of waste paper? Then Zhu Chongjiu is using unprecedented firearms, driving the people with interests, or making a promise to integrate the heroes. Isn’t that the source of disaster? He is actually crazy about gaining and losing his mind and actually traveling thousands of miles to assist him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi felt that even the sky above his head had lost its color. He walked forward a few more steps, grabbed the corner of Liu Bowen's clothes, and asked in a trembling voice, "Bowen, you, don't make any nonsense. You know, you know what the consequences will be."

"I know, but what I'm not saying is false." Liu Bowen also seemed to be exhausted, and slowly sat on the stone bench and panted, responding, "Faiji boasted that in terms of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams and Qimen Dunjia, Liu is not inferior to anyone in the world, but Liu cannot push it out, where will this world change?"

"No matter who he is, as long as he can expel the Mongols." Song Ke couldn't stand the two of them as if they were betrayed, shrugged and looked disdainful.

"But if the Han emperor acted against the enemy, it would be even more excessive than the Mongolians." Liu Bowen asked gasped as if he had a magical disease, "If our Han court was cruel and tyrannical, the people in the world were living in poverty and the people changed their children to eat, in history, are you and I the heroes who expelled the Tartars or the sinners who started the last days."

"This." Song Ke was stunned immediately. He was determined to expel the Tartars with passion, but he really never thought about what to do if the Han court was worse than the Mongols after expelling the Mongols. For a moment, he felt as if he was standing on a ridge with abyss on both sides. Every step could be smashed to pieces.

"How is it possible, how is it possible?" Zhang Yi's face was ten times worse than Song Ke. He pressed the stone table in front of him with his hands and shivered. "Then General Manager Zhu has always been kind. He refused to even kill the Mongols. He was very generous to the old brothers who started his business. He, he would rather lure them to profit from the use of wastes like Guo Zixing and Sun Deya, but he would not let him get angry. How could he be a tyrant?"

"He is indeed not a tyrant, but what he does now breaks the order of high and low, high and low, and breaks the order of controlling the superiors and low, noble and low, and good governance since ancient times. If he can live a long life forever, it would be fine. With his ability, he can suppress the civil and military under his command, so that no one can do anything wrong. But if one day he becomes tall and goes high, he will not even have the most basic high and low, can the ministers not fight together? If several countries fight in a melee and corpses are everywhere, wouldn't it be like in the late Han Dynasty that foreign races can get a chance to make a comeback? In that case, what is the meaning of what we are doing now except for hundreds of thousands of people?"

Note 1: Ziwei Doushu, which is said to be created by Chen Xiyi in the Song Dynasty. It specializes in studying royal fortune. This book was first released from 17K Novel Network. You can read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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