Chivalrous Song Dynasty

After saying this, he hurriedly looked outside the door, but he didn't find the thousands of troops he imagined, so he couldn't help wondering: "You didn't lead the army?"

Before Bai Sheng could answer, he suddenly thought of something again, and said in surprise, "Aren't you already disabled? Don't tell me you're running away!"

Bai Shengdao: "The crippled and so on are the strategies of the arrogant soldiers. The officials have their own ways to defeat the enemy. I just don't know why King Yun came here. Could it be that you want to go to the western frontier to make meritorious deeds?"

Zhao Kai was caught by what Bai Sheng said, and he didn't hide it, so he told his purpose, and then asked Bai Sheng: "You are a vanguard, but you don't bring your vanguard. This is a violation of military discipline. I don't believe Marshal Tong will support your approach."

Bai Sheng calmly took out a scroll from his body, handed it to Zhao Kai and said, "Look, this is the imperial edict of the government."

Zhao Kai was startled when he saw the scroll, but he still didn't believe that his father would personally draw up Bai Sheng's tactics, took it over and saw it read:

"Bai Sheng conquered the west, advancing and retreating at will. All armies and state affairs in the world must cooperate fully, otherwise it will be regarded as resistance and non-compliance"

Zhao Kai, as the prince and number one scholar in liberal arts, of course could see that the imperial edict was actually written by his father himself, and the jade seal on which it was signed was also genuine, so he had no doubts at once, and said: "This is really an anecdote through the ages, that my father actually wrote it himself. Deploy troops and horses."

Bai Sheng said with a smile: "It's nothing strange, I have a plan, which was discussed with the officials, and no third person in the world will know about it, so His Royal Highness King Yun should not ask me."

Zhao Kai was amazed when he heard it, but he didn't dare to ask further details.But they don't know that Bai Sheng's words are completely a lie. Of course, this secret decree was not written by Zhao Ji, but it was forged by Bai Sheng ordered Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian.

Xiao Rang is known as a master scholar, his unique skill is to imitate other people's handwriting flawlessly!Jin Dajian is a master of gold and stone seal carving, and the jade seal carved out of a tree root is also the same.

If it is left to later generations, Bai Sheng would like to arrange for Xiao Jin and Xiao Jin to engage in businesses such as issuing false certificates and making counterfeit banknotes, which is definitely leading the world's highest level.

Chapter 382 Teaching Zhao Kai

The "secret decree" that Bai Sheng asked Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian to forge was not the only one, but more than a dozen forged copies, which were handed over to many of his brothers to carry with them.

As early as the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, he had ordered people to send news to Jiang Jing, Xiang Chong, Li Yan and others in Mangdang Mountain, asking them to lead their troops to pretend to be business travelers and go to the vicinity of the capital to stand by.

And after the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Ning and Ling Zhen, who had been "dismissed" by him, had already quietly left the city to join Jiang Jing and others, transporting the camouflaged detachable cannons to Weizhou and Yanzhou in advance .

These men and horses are very powerful, and they all pretend to be business travelers. They are not afraid of robbers and robbers on the road, but they need to guard against interrogation and interception by the government. Therefore, Jiang Jing and others have "secret decrees" in their hands. Once there is a dispute with the government along the way, they will take out the secret decree Come and solve it.

Even if the emperor's handwriting is difficult to distinguish the authenticity, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo is a seal that cannot be forged. However, no matter how big or small the officials of the Song Dynasty are, how can they not know the Jade Seal?How dare you disobey the order?

This time, he was ready to turn against Zhao Ji when he came back from the Western Expedition, so he was not afraid of revealing the forgery of the imperial decree in the future, and only hoped to complete his goal without interference at that time.

Immediately, he sat back at the table and invited Zhao Kai to come and sit with him, planning to discuss what to do in the future.

But Zhao Kai refused to sit down and just stared at Zhang Qing and his wife, refusing to let go, "Bai Sheng, are you on the same side as this black shop owner? He ruined the lives of two of my disciples, how can we just let it go?"

At this time, Zhang Qing and his wife knew that this person turned out to be the current prince, and both belonged to the imperial court with Bai Sheng. They were already terrified, not knowing how Bai Sheng would deal with them, so they quickly knelt down again and begged for mercy.

Bai Shengyi waved his hands and said: "You guys get up first." Then he said to Zhao Kai: "Your Highness, calm down for now. I didn't know that you were the one they killed before, and I have married him and his wife. Now they are my righteous brothers and sisters-in-law. What do you think about this?"

Zhao Kai was taken aback when he heard the words, and knew that this matter could only be left alone. If he forced Bai Sheng to kill the black shop couple, he would fall into injustice, not to mention whether Bai Sheng would obey his will, but Say you can't do it yourself.

Immediately, he had no choice but to sit at the table resentfully, sighed, and said, "That's all."

At this time, Hu Sanniang and the other three daughters had already sat up straight, and Zhang Qing and his wife knew that they would not harm Bai Sheng at all, and thanked Bai Sheng for being considerate to him and his wife.

Bai Sheng quickly got up and helped them up, and said: "Since we are brothers, we are not allowed to give such a big gift from now on. Doesn't this force me to kneel down and return the gift?"

Everyone was seated together, and Bai Sheng introduced Zhang Qing and his wife: "These two are not relentless people, they are also people with a bottom line, and abide by the three major disciplines and eight precautions."

Zhao Kai was very upset at first, but when he heard Bai Shengyi's strange words, he asked angrily, "What are the three disciplines? Tell me about it."

Bai Sheng said with a smile: "The three major disciplines are: first, don't rob wandering monks and Taoists; second, don't rob prostitutes passing by; third, don't rob them and send them into exile."

When Zhang Qing and his wife heard this, their faces turned pale with fright, and they thought that only my husband and I knew these three disciplines, so how did Bai Sheng know this?Could it be that he is a god?

But Zhao Kai shook his head and questioned: "So, they only rob good people and not bad people?"

Zhao Kai has his reasons for saying this.

In his opinion, wandering monks and Taoists are mostly swindlers, and those who are really capable have raised a lot of money to build temples;

Let's talk about prostitutes wandering around, this kind of woman is definitely not the kind of famous prostitute with both sex and art. The famous prostitutes are pampered in high-end brothels everywhere.

As for the distribution of troops, let alone, how can it become a distribution without breaking the law and committing a crime?

Bai Sheng explained: "King Yun, you only know one thing and don't know the other. Let's talk about the third discipline of my brother and sister-in-law first, and only talk about why there are so many bandits in the world today? The so-called officials force the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel."

Zhao Kai did not expect that Bai Sheng would dare to say such outrageous words, his face immediately showed anger, doesn't this mean that his father is incompetent and ineffective in governing?

It's just that since Bai Sheng has an imperial decree and has a close relationship with his father, it's not easy for him to reprimand him immediately, so he sneers and waits for Bai Sheng's next words.

Bai Sheng said: "Which person naturally likes to do some decapitation business? Except for those treacherous people, most of the exiles and allotments are law-abiding and good people who have been scumbags. Don't believe me, let me give you an example, you Dao Lin Chong Is it the kind of person who commits crimes?"

Hearing Bai Sheng mention Lin Chong, Zhao Kai couldn't refute, nodded and said: "Indeed, Brother Lin is not a bad person, it's just that he entered the Baihu Festival Hall by mistake."

Bai Shengdao: "Then the Baihutang is in the Palace Marshal's mansion, can he enter with his status as Lin Chong? Didn't anyone stop him? Could it be that Lin Chong murdered and broke in?"

Zhao Kai changed his face and said, "Could it be that Lin Chong was tricked into it?"

Bai Shengdao: "King Yun is really wise, but Lin Chong is not a stupid and ignorant person, does it mean that His Highness has never heard that Gao Yanei fell in love with Lin Chong's wife Zhang Zhenniang?"

He told the story of Lin Chong. He had read the original "Water Margin". He told the story from the perspective of God.

After hearing this, Zhao Kai slapped the table and said angrily, "This Gao Qiu is too outrageous!"

Bai Shengdao: "Did you know that Gao Qiu is shameless? Do you know that there is not only one Gao Qiu in the world? Liang Zhongshu from the Daming Mansion, Zhu Shi from the Suzhou Mansion, Cai Dezhang from the Jiangzhou Mansion, which one is not a person who is corrupt and perverts the law for personal gain? If Lin Chong is framed, other officials will be able to frame more good people."

Zhao Kai asked in surprise, "How do you know so thoroughly?"

Bai Shengdao: "People in the world have their own mouths. Since you have left Beijing, you can naturally hear the voice of the people. Let's not care about how many corrupt officials there are in the whole Song Dynasty. We only say that these corrupt officials made unjust, false and wrong cases and were punished by others. Shouldn’t the persecuted soldiers be the most deserving of death?”

Zhao Kai nodded and said: "In that case, it makes sense."

Bai Sheng said: "That's it. Assuming that Lin Chong's army is not dispatched by Cangzhou but Mengzhou, if you pass by this Shizipo Hotel, you will meet my brother and sister-in-law who refuse to harm each other. Does it mean that their principles are commendable?"

Zhao Kai could only nod his head.

Bai Sheng said again: "Let's talk about the first principle again. Nowadays, the government worships Taoism and hates Buddha, and many monasteries are suppressed and bullied by Taoist temples, so that the number of wandering monks has increased sharply. Can you say that these wandering monks are all swindlers?" ?”

Zhao Kai was speechless.He knew that what Bai Sheng said was still an ironclad fact.

For so many years, the father advocated Taoism, and he called himself the Taoist emperor. The prosperity of Taoism was unprecedented, but what followed was that Buddhism was suppressed. Except for a few well-known ancient temples with eminent monks, the incense in temples around the world has been greatly reduced. forward.

Bai Shengdao: "Let's not talk about the importance of Buddhism and Taoism, just say that most of these wandering monks are also duty-bound, right?"

Seeing that Zhao Kai accepted this statement, Bai Sheng talked about the second principle: "The prostitutes who lead the rivers and lakes are even more innocent. Wang Qing, Tian Hu and Fang La are divided into one side, and their soldiers are prostitutes and do not give money. Yes, how can the brothel women under their rule survive?"

Zhao Kai said: "These rebels are really hateful, after the peace of Xi Xia, I will implore father and exterminate them one by one!"

When Zhang Qing heard this, he regarded Bai Sheng as a god-man. He did set these three principles for his wife at the beginning, but he didn't expect that these three principles could be explained by Bai Sheng so much.

The couple couldn't restrain their admiration, and said in unison: "General Bai is really a god-man."