The Greatest Uncle of All Heavens

Chapter 34
Baoding Mansion was just recovered by Xia Jun three days ago.Meng's mansion, which is the mansion of Mr. Meng Bofei, the 'Gai Mengchang', has now become the temporary residence of Mo Hanshan.

The entire Baoding Mansion, with the Xia army stationed down, posted a list to calm the people, everything quickly became orderly.

Mo Hanshan is a person who has led soldiers and is also a special warfare officer. He naturally clearly understands that the soul of an army lies in the belief of soldiers.Therefore, at the beginning of the training of soldiers and horses, he paid special attention to the ideological education of the soldiers and horses under his command, so that they could understand what they were fighting for.A team with faith, naturally has strict discipline, and military law is like a mountain.

In the other courtyard of Meng Mansion, it was late autumn, and the vegetation was gradually withering, only the chrysanthemums were in full bloom..
Swish Mo Hanshan in a loose black robe, with his hair draped behind his shoulders, is practicing his sword with his eyes closed. Every move seems simple, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but there are afterimages of sword light, and the blade is torn The air-like sound echoed in the courtyard, and the invisible sword energy swept across the ground, leaving traces on the ground.

Phew.. Mo Hanshan suddenly turned around and stabbed straight with the sword. The long sword in his hand trembled, the air surged, and sharp sword energy shot out. The chrysanthemums scattered into petals wherever they passed, followed by Mo Hanshan. The long sword in the hand of a retreater drew back, and the scattered yellow petals gathered together again, turning into a dragon of petals and coming towards Mo Hanshan, and was sent by him to the pavilion beside him with a swing of the sword, throwing all of them into it. Inside the steaming teapot on the stone table.

"Okay!" Sitting next to the stone table in the gazebo was a beautiful girl in a bright yellow skirt, about seventeen or eighteen years old. When she saw Mo Hanshan walking into the gazebo with her sword in her hands, she couldn't help standing up with her beautiful eyes shining. laughed.

"What's so good about it?" Mo Hanshan asked with an interested smile as he sat down beside the stone table with his robes lifted, and put his long sword horizontally on the table.

"It's alright." The girl in yellow froze slightly when she heard the words, and turned her bright eyes, "You have good swordsmanship and strong internal strength. In short, my lord, your martial arts are much better than my father, my uncle, and my grandfather." .”

Hearing the words, Mo Hanshan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, poured himself a cup of tea, and then slowly tasted it.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, causing the girl in yellow to turn her head to look, only to see Chen Yuyang in a green robe walking quickly.

"My lord!" Chen Yuyang, who came straight to the gazebo, first bowed to Mo Hanshan, and then said politely to the girl in yellow: "Miss Meng!"

"Mr. Chen!" The girl in yellow didn't dare to neglect her, and quickly returned a salute to Chen Yuyang.

Mo Hanshan, who put down his teacup lightly, turned his head to look at Chen Yuyang, and before he could ask, Chen Yuyang hastily said: "My lord, all the generals of our Xia army camps have arrived and are waiting to meet the lord!"

In the spacious living room of the Meng Mansion, dozens of people have gathered at this moment, some old and some young, but not all of them are tough and fierce generals, there are even a few women, the most eye-catching one is the Chen Yujiao, who was wearing a white soft armor and a silver cloak, was looking at her, and judging by where she was sitting, she was quite far in front.

"My lord is here! The military advisor is here!" Accompanied by a loud yell, the lively discussion in the living room suddenly died down. No matter whether they were sitting or standing, joking and chatting, everyone stood up and turned around. There are two rows facing the main seat.

And Mo Hanshan also came in from the outside at this moment, followed by Chen Yuyang, went straight to the only chair above and sat down, while Chen Yuyang stood at the first place in the left row.

"See my lord!" After Mo Hanshan sat down, under the leadership of Chen Yuyang, everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Mo Hanshan, who looked at everyone with a smile, couldn't help but lightly waved his hands and said, "Okay, let's all sit down!"

"Thank you, my lord!" After everyone sat down respectfully, Mo Hanshan continued with a smile: "Among you, some of you I see a lot, some I don't see much, some I see often, and some I haven't seen you for a long time. But today, I am very happy to see you here. You may have different backgrounds and knowledge, but from today onwards, you all have the same identity, General Xia. In the future, you will also become ministers of the same palace."

"I will swear to my death to serve my lord, to help my lord accomplish great things, and to benefit the common people!" Everyone stood up and saluted respectfully, saying in unison.

"Benefiting the common people! Not bad!" Mo Hanshan, who nodded and waved his hands to signal them to sit down, continued: "You should always remember why we sat here and why we raised our troops. You should remember how Daming died. Yes, remember this lesson. To put it bluntly, the common people have no food to eat and are about to starve to death, so they will rebel and the world will be in chaos. Therefore, whoever makes the people have no food, then only death and destruction awaits him. Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it, and it carries not only the emperor, but also officials, gentry, and even merchants. Without the people engaged in production, it is like a tall building without a foundation, like a castle in the air, how can it not be destroyed?"

"My lord's words are very true. We must bear in mind my lord's teachings! Remember to put the people first and serve the people as our duty!" Chen Yuyang was the first to speak in agreement, and everyone else followed suit.

After hearing this, Mo Hanshan said noncommittally: "I hope you can really remember! Not only remember now, but also in the future. The embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant nest, and the roots of trees are easy to rot when they grow up, and it is easy for vegetables to grow up. It is the same for a country and a dynasty! Throughout history, although there are external factors for the change of dynasties, the main reason is internal. The premise is not to damage my fortune in China and the interests of the people. Otherwise, the people will do nothing to you, and I will dig up this rotten tree root and cabbage heart."

Everyone obviously didn't expect that after Mo Hanshan called them here and said such a thing first, their expressions changed, and their hearts were secretly awe-inspiring, thinking about the intention of Mo Hanshan's words.

"Chuang Wang Li Zicheng conquered the city of Beijing and destroyed Daming, but why did he fail and die so quickly?" Mo Hanshan continued, "Have you ever thought about it?"

Hearing that Mo Hanshan suddenly mentioned Li Zicheng, everyone couldn't help being stunned, and no one spoke for a while.On the contrary, Chen Yujiao was straightforward, and said directly: "The reason for Li Zicheng's failure is nothing more than Wu Sangui leading the Qing army into the customs, the Qing army is strong, and the military discipline of the Chuang army is disordered. After Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, he was greedy for pleasure and arrogant. , I just can’t see the situation clearly.”

"That's right!" Mo Hanshan nodded after listening: "The change of environment and status has a great impact on people. People will change. Today's you are no longer yesterday's you, but we I hope that in the future you will still be the same as you are today. Some can be changed, and some cannot be changed! Some changes are a good thing, and some changes are a way to bring disaster."

As soon as Mo Hanshan's words came out, everyone's expressions changed again, and some people even had a slight cold sweat on their foreheads.

Next, the Xia army did not rush northward to attack the city of Beijing. Instead, it postponed the march and rectified it on the spot, and punished those who came in with loose military discipline and disobedience, whether they were generals or ordinary soldiers, with varying degrees of punishment. There were hundreds of soldiers and middle and low-level generals who were executed, and even some battalion leaders were beaten with military sticks.This rectification immediately dissipated the impetuous and sloppy atmosphere in Xia Jun, just like the last step of tempering in the process of forging weapons. Only by tempering the weapons can we kill the enemy!

(End of this chapter)