golden scales

If classified according to the different target audiences, Taoism can be divided into court Taoism and folk Taoism.The former emphasizes majesty, while the latter is similar to witches.Zhengyi has dabbled in both sides, and it can be regarded as monopolizing the high-end and low-end markets.However, the result is that there are good and bad teaching staff. Many people become Taoist priests just to make a living, and the temple accepts apprentices and disciples for the sake of showing off.

Therefore, after the Ming Dynasty, Zhengyi had almost never achieved a high level of Taoism. Even Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with alchemy, but he did not praise a truly cultivated and virtuous master.

On the other hand, Quanzhen pays attention to personal cultivation and internal training, adopts the elite inheritance model, is very cautious in selecting disciples, and at the same time devotes all its efforts to cultivating them. Therefore, the number of students is small, but they are high-spirited and have a great influence.

Especially after five or six generations, with a solid foundation, Quanzhen Sect completely surpassed Zhengyi and became the mainstream of Taoism.After Kunyang son Wang Changyue came out to give precepts and rectify the teaching style, only Longmen has precepts among the seven schools of Quanzhen, so the disciples who received the precepts must convert to Longmen, and from a certain point of view, Quanzhen was unified, creating Longmen and Linji half the world. grand occasion.

Zhu Cihong didn't know much about the history of Taoism, or even Wang Changyue, but after communicating with Guo Jingzhong, he felt that Quanzhen was more suitable than Zhengyi for a ruler to adjust social conflicts and comfort people's hearts.

Now that Ming's natural science is gradually forming a system, the wind of doubt will soon spread to every corner with the development of science.At that time, the effectiveness of the spell and the rationality of the pill will be affected.

Everyone tends to deny everything because of one suspicious point, so the future of Zhengyi is not clear.The focus of Quanzhen lies in philosophical speculation and religious experience. Even if human science develops rapidly for 500 years, it is impossible to make an impact on this aspect.In fact, after the birth of quantum mechanics, the Taoist view of the universe was supported instead.

From this point of view, the real universal surname is stronger.

After Zhu Cihong carefully analyzed the future development trend of Quanzhen and Zhengyi, he thought of Zhang Yingjing's bureaucratic appearance. Zhang Hongren's young and childish, how could he compare with Guo Jingzhong?I think Guo Jingzhong didn't feel humbled or ashamed when facing the prince of a country; he didn't look down with arrogance when talking to the old man of the tea shop.This is the real practitioner who is neither humble nor overbearing, and whose mind is as calm as a mountain!

However, Zhengyi Sect is not useless, at least there are superstitious people in every era. Instead of being bewitched by the cult, it is better to let Zhengyi incorporate them to meet the psychological needs of those people.

Judging from the current situation in the army, the soldiers do not reject the propaganda that "fighting to the death for Taiwei Xingjun can be a heavenly soldier and general".Although I haven't seen the appearance of fanatics, it is still a psychological support for me to cheer up.

Therefore, the best way is to encourage Zhengyi to improve on the one hand, and cultivate Quanzhen to expand its influence on the other hand, and finally form a virtuous circle, which will play a role in soothing the hearts of the people internally, and is also the main force for cultural expansion externally.

After Zhu Cihong broke up with Guo Jingzhong, he happened to write down his religious construction as a memorandum and put it together with his diary, and did not intend to let outsiders see it.It just so happened that Yuan Zongdi's surrender saved a lot of time for recovering Taiyuan, allowing Zhu Cihong to have time to consider these superstructure issues.

On the third day of February in the 18th year of Chongzhen, Min Zhanlian and Niu Chenghu led their troops west out of Taihang Mountain, entered Pingyang Mansion, and began to incorporate Yuan Zongdi's troops.Accompanied by Guo Jingzhong, Zhu Cihong met Yuan Zongdi in person, and he didn't let him come to see him. He also used "general" in address, which made this square-faced man in his forties deeply moved.

"If Your Highness trusts the late general, the latter is willing to take Taiyuan first and then incorporate it!" Yuan Zongdi expressed his position.

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "Ordering those untrained soldiers into battle is no different from killing people. Although they used to be your subordinates, they have always been the people of Ming Dynasty, so they shouldn't use soldiers like this. First select the backbone soldiers, Incorporated into Niu Chenghu's department, I thought it was enough to support. Others can be incorporated into the supply camp first, helping to transport food and grass, and when the war is peaceful, I will definitely fulfill my promise."

"Yes, the last general takes orders." Yuan Zongdi said loudly.

In the end, Niu Chenghu selected more than 5 veterans from the 8000 people, four times more than his regular soldiers.The combat effectiveness of these people is not very strong, but after being equipped with breastplates and spears, forming a square formation is enough to bluff people.Niu Chenghu put them in front of his own soldiers to build momentum, and at the same time prevent them from defecting and stabbing them in the back.

Zhu Cihong was extremely insecure about this ratio, but Niu Chenghu took it for granted.According to Niu Chenghu's logic, most of these people had been paid by the Ming army before they became thieves, and they didn't care who they fought for, and they cared more about whether they could survive.So as long as there is a supervising team behind them, they will also desperately kill the enemy.

However, Yuan Zongdi's key generals have been completely dispersed, and some of them were landowners in Henan, or they went to the engineering battalion to supervise the project, and some still wanted to stay in the army, so they followed Yuan Zongyi's actions together. , At the same time, he received officer education at the General Staff Headquarters, and had one-on-one training officers to carry out ideological reform.

Without these backbones, the work of soldiers will be much more convenient.Although they still lack discipline and courage, they are much stronger than when they are fighting with wooden sticks without enough food and clothing.

Furthermore, the main attacking force in the Battle of Taiyuan was not Niu Chenghu's department, but Zuo Guangxian's department.

Zuo Guangxian quickly occupied Xiyan Town after the year, and made it his grain platform. At the same time, he also appeased the people in Xiyan and helped the spring plowing.After being supplemented by recruits from the two divisions, Zuo Guang boldly blasted open Yu'erkou with artillery, and approached Li Huping.Now he only needs to wait for the crown prince to give an order, and he dares to rush to the city of Taiyuan thirty miles away.

Zhu Cihong had just arrived in Yuxian County with Xingyuan, and before he had time to reach Zuo Guangxian's camp, Tongguan guard Liu Fangliang brought 5000 troops to the pass, hoping to get treatment for the uprising.Naturally, Zhu Cihong would not push him away.Liu Fangliang had the experience of being captured, and his psychological burden was much lighter than that of Yuan Zongdi. He quickly surrendered to Luo Yukun's tribe outside Tongguan, and the whole army was converted into a supply battalion to transport food and artillery to resist Wu Sangui's tribe going south.

On February 18th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong visited Yu'erkou camp in person and issued an attack order.

Zuo Guang first opened the way with ten [-] modified artillery pieces, followed by two thousand soldiers. It took only one day to defeat the Qing army camp that Meng Qiaofang had arranged on the Fanzhuang-Daobazui line.

Duo Duo had already arrived in Datong at that time, and because of the changing situation in Shanxi, he was stationed in Malaysia to summon, waiting for Duo Ergun to decide whether to continue westward or go south to support Meng Qiaofang.

It only takes two days to travel from Datong to the capital, and it is precisely these two days that the situation in Shanxi has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Zuo Guangxian used one-fifth of the Qing army's strength to defeat the Qing army's defense line, and Yangqu County, Taiyuan Prefecture completely lost its barrier.

According to the agreement, Niu Chenghu swept the army from south to north, without even fighting along the way, and peacefully regained Fenzhou Prefecture. He didn't meet the green battalion soldiers stationed until he came to Taigu County.

Those green battalion soldiers saw the bright red flag, and after a short wait and see, they revolted in front of the formation and were incorporated into the supply unit by Niu Chenghu.

As a result, Taiyuan Mansion has been surrounded by Niu Chenghu and Zuo Guangxian on two sides, while the west is Luliang Mountain, and only the north can escape to Datong.

Meng Qiaofang chose to stand by and wait for help between fleeing and holding on.Duoduo, who was ordered to rush to the aid, galloped southward with more than 1 Manchurian soldiers.

"The lord has ordered Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to return to Shanxi with 5 people, and Taiyuan can still be defended." Meng Qiaofang was calculating the strength of the troops in her heart, and looked at Jiang Tuan with a dejected expression.

Jiang Guan's integrity is obvious to all, and now the Green Battalion in his hands is the biggest force in Shanxi.No matter how Meng Qiaofang poached the wall, there were still [-] people loyal to Jiang Tuan.If Jiang Guan turns against him, there will be no suspense in the situation in Shanxi.

Jiang Guan glanced at Meng Qiaofang, but didn't say anything about military affairs, but asked gently, "How's Meng Gong doing these days?"

"A little unacceptable, it's much better, much better." Meng Qiaofang tried to lift her spirits, but found that the air in her heart was empty, and her whole body seemed to be hollowed out.He is over half a century old, and he is very cautious when it comes to female sex. However, since a minor illness a year ago, his body has deteriorated uncontrollably.Now his complexion is yellow and waxy, and his eyes are absent-minded. Even people who don't know medical skills know that this is not a good omen. (To be continued.)