A few days before returning to Changde City, in addition to preparing for the northern expedition, there was another extremely difficult problem: prisoners of war.
The number of officials in the battle of Yuanshui reached more than 50,000, and most of them were not killed on the battlefield. After the army collapsed, some surrendered and some fled northward, but once the main road was blocked, where could most people escape?
The massacre of prisoners was first rejected, which was contrary to the usual remarks of the Suzaku Army.
The officials of the Senate Department had great differences. Some suggested that a large number of prisoners be incorporated into the Vermilion Bird Army because the army was short of soldiers; many people were afraid of those people's mutiny and even digging their own graves; and when the surrendered troops returned to their hometown, they might be re-enlisted by the Wuchang defenders soon, becoming a resistance to block the Vermilion Bird Army's entry into Wuchang.
Zhang Ning failed to make a decision, and he needed to wait for his aides to argue. After a group of people's arguments, right and wrong may be more stable than a person's arbitrary decision. The ancients also said that if you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you listen to partially, you will be secret. If you are sincere, you will not bully me.
He left the Senate until dusk that day and walked towards the mansion.
After the official army occupied Changde City, it seemed that there was no large-scale burning, killing and looting. Everything here did not change much. It turned out that the Senate Office as a warehouse could still be used, and the scenery on the road was still the same.
……
As soon as he returned home, he learned that Yao Ji was going to summon him, so Zhang Ning went straight to the garden.This place used to be a garden, but later it also made tea gardens, with many pavilions, towers, mountains, rivers, and trees.
When he arrived at the house where Yao Ji lived, he saw that the four major sages in the main hall were present, and there were also many white-clothed sword servants, all of whom were the leaders of the cult ban.
For a moment, Zhang Ning probably understood that Yao Ji was looking for herself today to reorganize the cult; because Zhang Ning had mentioned before that the stage of using religious uprising has passed, and the current existence of cults will lead to the reputation of the evil ways.
Everyone in the hall bowed to Zhang Ning one after another. He nodded and responded, but he didn't see Yao Ji on both sides and she was not in the hall.
Sure enough, Chunmei said at this time: The leader is in the study room inside, waiting to see the prince.
Zhang Ning then walked out of the back door of the hall and went straight along the corridor.
Yao Ji lived here for half a year before, and it was not the first time he had come here.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw Yao Ji taking three lit incense branches from her close servant and putting it into an incense burner.
On the wall in front is a sacred cage, enshrined with an exquisite jade Buddha statue, the size of a three-year-old child. The whole jade carving must be valuable.
How did the mother respect Buddha?Zhang Ning bowed from behind and said.
Yao Ji turned around and looked at him, and her face still had a gentle expression that seemed to be smiling: I will not be paid to the gods in the future. Dongxue's sect is just right to believe in Buddhism. After offering this Buddha statue, I worshipped it.
Hearing this sentence, Zhang Ning understood that the leader had agreed and persuaded the tribes to accept Zhang Ning's opinions on reorganizing and warding off the cult.
The cult warding is indeed not a true religion, which is a doctrine composed of east and west. It respects the gods, a god born in the Central Plains; but there are people below who believe in Buddhism blatantly. The Buddha is the god of India, which is obviously different from the gods of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors...
It can be seen that the cult warding is indeed not very faithful.
Zhang Ning was moved immediately when Yao Ji took the initiative to support his major events.
At this time, he asked casually: Do you believe in Buddhism?
The word "respect" used by Ping An just now is better.
Yao Ji sat down softly on the chair, and there was a god with her head three feet high. People should not be unscrupulous and should have a sense of awe.However, there are words in Buddhism that do not lie, so I can’t talk nonsense in front of the Buddha statue, and I can’t believe in Buddhism for the time being.
Zhang Ning thought of Dong Xue, the old woman who warded off the cult, had a very bad heart, but she had Buddhist beads hanging around her neck for a long time, claiming to be a Buddhist.
He felt a little touched but replied: Although the mother only respects the Buddha, she is more sincere than some Buddhists.
Yao Ji smiled and said: There is only one Buddha statue here, it can't speak, and you, I don't have to pretend... She deliberately ignored the white-clothed guard next to her. I don't believe in Buddhism because there is nothing that can really make me believe that it exists in the world, but I don't think it is bad.The Buddha advises people to do good and to abstain from fighting. It is a good thing for people to understand the world and people’s hearts.People's hearts are unfathomable. If there is no meaning of persuasion, it is like a stream flowing across the river and I don't know where to go?
Zhang Ning said in reverently: Your words have caused me a lot of teachings.
Yao Ji said again: It doesn’t matter whether everyone in the religion believes in Buddhism or the Tao, but they will no longer preach the doctrine in the future. Many people in various branches and main halls do not know how to make a living?The teaching hall can be dispersed, but I still want to keep people.
Zhang Ning fully understood her. Not to mention that because she cared about other people’s life, she just looked at this jade statue. What if there was no one in her hand who offered her something she liked?
Without people and real power, you are controlled by others everywhere. It is not easy to eat, play, enjoy, or have what you want to do. Yao Ji is used to being rich and well-behaved, so how can she bear to let her suffer any grievance?
She is not a saint, so how can she be completely selfless? It's just a normal human nature.
He nodded and said yes.
Yao Ji suddenly smiled happily in her eyes, and then she continued: I thought that there was an eunuch province in the Tang Dynasty, and this name was good. You can change the name of the eunuch province to the eunuch province.Ping An think about it. We need people to manage our business where we live, and we need people to purchase all kinds of expenses. The people in the headquarters are our own people, which is much better than finding people again.In each branch, there are actually hundreds of church members. As long as they are given land and the owner of the altar can manage the place, they can maintain their original state. In the garrison of the government, a general in one place will manage thousands of households. We have more branch members with hundreds of people on our territory, so should it be harmless?
After she said that, she looked expectant and thought that she had been warding off the cult for many years and provided her with a place to survive. She was still very concerned about the church members.
The expectation revealed in the charming and beautiful eyes made people unable to refuse anyway; not to mention asking for some land, even if you want a city, Zhang Ning wanted to give it to her.
He pondered for a moment, paying attention to the gaze she cast from time to time, and said: The Jinyiwei set up by the imperial court may not be for military intelligence, but a tool for internal fighting, but the Jinyiwei did play a role in inquiring about intelligence in detail.I have long realized our shortcomings in this regard. Just like the ambush in Changsha Prefecture, the government troops calmly deployed troops to wait for the rabbit, and we had no information at all; and like Lao Xu was used before his death, we knew nothing...
The Senate Department once formed the Guards Bureau, but did nothing. Once, the Jinyiwei secret masterpiece was captured and the merits of warding off the cults.After Old Xu died, the Guards Bureau is now even more deadly.I think after the headquarters is changed to the provincial eunuch, I can also take charge of this part of the power.
After hearing this, Yao Ji laughed and said: You are generous. I just want a bead, so you might as well give me a chain... Once the cult is involved in military affairs, aren't you afraid that I will interfere in politics?
Zhang Ning said softly: If I die and my son has not grown up yet, I will support my mother's regent.
In his opinion, power is not something that men want to pursue. It is not that women in the Ming Dynasty were unable to interfere in politics, but that they were just extremely restricted. The meaning of power is, who is willing to be controlled by others, who is willing to act according to other people's faces, and who does not want to do whatever they want?
Desire is not different from gender.
Yao Ji hurriedly stretched out her jade hand and pressed her finger on his lips: Are you cursing me for a white-haired man to send a black-haired man?
After a moment, she seemed to realize something, and her fingers quickly shrank back as if she had touched a piece of charcoal.
There was a hint of redness on her face, but she deliberately turned her head slightly with a stern face and said, "You go to the front hall and tell you the result earlier."
The white-clothed servant bent his knees and said: Yes.
As soon as someone else left, Yao Ji became more bold and began to observe Zhang Ning's eyes without hesitation. The two of them looked at each other silently, as if they wanted to understand each other's hearts.
Zhang Ning's heart is extremely simple and even vulgar.
When you no longer have nothing, loving someone means you are willing to share your benefits with her; some women are happy to give her a valuable jewelry, while some people want a building when they become mistresses...
The things Zhang Ning gave were more substantial political power, which could bring more, which was much more expensive than giving a box of gold and silver jewelry.
He also believed that this was what Yao Ji wanted, because she had been in the palace and the cruelty of the palace internal struggles would probably be unforgettable. She understood the importance of power and status, and was absolutely unwilling to be trampled and humiliated, and to be sympathized against her will.
……
At this time, Zhang Ning's face finally showed the pride that he should have after the victory of the war. He said in a deep voice: I have defeated the 80,000 army and will soon conquer Yuezhou, Wuchang, and Jingzhou, more cities and more land, and possess them with force.I am willing to give as long as the mother wants. What is the little land in the branch hall?We need victory and strength. What kind of people like Queen Ma dare to give her mother a face in the future?Let them rely on your breath to survive.
You actually bribed me with benefits?Yao Ji's emotions lost her calmness, and her voice trembled slightly. If there is no outsider in the future, you don't have to call me a mother. For some reason, it sounds awkward...
What do you call me?Zhang Ning's eyes became more and more focused, and his voice became low, as if he was talking about some secret.
What's the name... Yao Ji took a deep breath, shook her head and said, forget it, just call her mother.
Zhang Ning said: You have not rewarded me for what you promised before.You saw with your own eyes the battle of Yuanshui. I fought very hard and I didn’t want my life.
Yao Ji's eyes shifted slightly, sweeping over the jade Buddha statue behind Zhang Ning, and she couldn't help but take a step back. Her chest was undulating as if she was breathing smoothly, and the silk material on her shirt was trembling like waves, suppressing her plump inner body.
I... When she stepped back, she had already touched the table. She subconsciously pressed her hand back to support the center of gravity, but unexpectedly touched the teacup.
A crisp breaking sound scared her whole body trembled and her face turned pale.
The number of officials in the battle of Yuanshui reached more than 50,000, and most of them were not killed on the battlefield. After the army collapsed, some surrendered and some fled northward, but once the main road was blocked, where could most people escape?
The massacre of prisoners was first rejected, which was contrary to the usual remarks of the Suzaku Army.
The officials of the Senate Department had great differences. Some suggested that a large number of prisoners be incorporated into the Vermilion Bird Army because the army was short of soldiers; many people were afraid of those people's mutiny and even digging their own graves; and when the surrendered troops returned to their hometown, they might be re-enlisted by the Wuchang defenders soon, becoming a resistance to block the Vermilion Bird Army's entry into Wuchang.
Zhang Ning failed to make a decision, and he needed to wait for his aides to argue. After a group of people's arguments, right and wrong may be more stable than a person's arbitrary decision. The ancients also said that if you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you listen to partially, you will be secret. If you are sincere, you will not bully me.
He left the Senate until dusk that day and walked towards the mansion.
After the official army occupied Changde City, it seemed that there was no large-scale burning, killing and looting. Everything here did not change much. It turned out that the Senate Office as a warehouse could still be used, and the scenery on the road was still the same.
……
As soon as he returned home, he learned that Yao Ji was going to summon him, so Zhang Ning went straight to the garden.This place used to be a garden, but later it also made tea gardens, with many pavilions, towers, mountains, rivers, and trees.
When he arrived at the house where Yao Ji lived, he saw that the four major sages in the main hall were present, and there were also many white-clothed sword servants, all of whom were the leaders of the cult ban.
For a moment, Zhang Ning probably understood that Yao Ji was looking for herself today to reorganize the cult; because Zhang Ning had mentioned before that the stage of using religious uprising has passed, and the current existence of cults will lead to the reputation of the evil ways.
Everyone in the hall bowed to Zhang Ning one after another. He nodded and responded, but he didn't see Yao Ji on both sides and she was not in the hall.
Sure enough, Chunmei said at this time: The leader is in the study room inside, waiting to see the prince.
Zhang Ning then walked out of the back door of the hall and went straight along the corridor.
Yao Ji lived here for half a year before, and it was not the first time he had come here.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw Yao Ji taking three lit incense branches from her close servant and putting it into an incense burner.
On the wall in front is a sacred cage, enshrined with an exquisite jade Buddha statue, the size of a three-year-old child. The whole jade carving must be valuable.
How did the mother respect Buddha?Zhang Ning bowed from behind and said.
Yao Ji turned around and looked at him, and her face still had a gentle expression that seemed to be smiling: I will not be paid to the gods in the future. Dongxue's sect is just right to believe in Buddhism. After offering this Buddha statue, I worshipped it.
Hearing this sentence, Zhang Ning understood that the leader had agreed and persuaded the tribes to accept Zhang Ning's opinions on reorganizing and warding off the cult.
The cult warding is indeed not a true religion, which is a doctrine composed of east and west. It respects the gods, a god born in the Central Plains; but there are people below who believe in Buddhism blatantly. The Buddha is the god of India, which is obviously different from the gods of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors...
It can be seen that the cult warding is indeed not very faithful.
Zhang Ning was moved immediately when Yao Ji took the initiative to support his major events.
At this time, he asked casually: Do you believe in Buddhism?
The word "respect" used by Ping An just now is better.
Yao Ji sat down softly on the chair, and there was a god with her head three feet high. People should not be unscrupulous and should have a sense of awe.However, there are words in Buddhism that do not lie, so I can’t talk nonsense in front of the Buddha statue, and I can’t believe in Buddhism for the time being.
Zhang Ning thought of Dong Xue, the old woman who warded off the cult, had a very bad heart, but she had Buddhist beads hanging around her neck for a long time, claiming to be a Buddhist.
He felt a little touched but replied: Although the mother only respects the Buddha, she is more sincere than some Buddhists.
Yao Ji smiled and said: There is only one Buddha statue here, it can't speak, and you, I don't have to pretend... She deliberately ignored the white-clothed guard next to her. I don't believe in Buddhism because there is nothing that can really make me believe that it exists in the world, but I don't think it is bad.The Buddha advises people to do good and to abstain from fighting. It is a good thing for people to understand the world and people’s hearts.People's hearts are unfathomable. If there is no meaning of persuasion, it is like a stream flowing across the river and I don't know where to go?
Zhang Ning said in reverently: Your words have caused me a lot of teachings.
Yao Ji said again: It doesn’t matter whether everyone in the religion believes in Buddhism or the Tao, but they will no longer preach the doctrine in the future. Many people in various branches and main halls do not know how to make a living?The teaching hall can be dispersed, but I still want to keep people.
Zhang Ning fully understood her. Not to mention that because she cared about other people’s life, she just looked at this jade statue. What if there was no one in her hand who offered her something she liked?
Without people and real power, you are controlled by others everywhere. It is not easy to eat, play, enjoy, or have what you want to do. Yao Ji is used to being rich and well-behaved, so how can she bear to let her suffer any grievance?
She is not a saint, so how can she be completely selfless? It's just a normal human nature.
He nodded and said yes.
Yao Ji suddenly smiled happily in her eyes, and then she continued: I thought that there was an eunuch province in the Tang Dynasty, and this name was good. You can change the name of the eunuch province to the eunuch province.Ping An think about it. We need people to manage our business where we live, and we need people to purchase all kinds of expenses. The people in the headquarters are our own people, which is much better than finding people again.In each branch, there are actually hundreds of church members. As long as they are given land and the owner of the altar can manage the place, they can maintain their original state. In the garrison of the government, a general in one place will manage thousands of households. We have more branch members with hundreds of people on our territory, so should it be harmless?
After she said that, she looked expectant and thought that she had been warding off the cult for many years and provided her with a place to survive. She was still very concerned about the church members.
The expectation revealed in the charming and beautiful eyes made people unable to refuse anyway; not to mention asking for some land, even if you want a city, Zhang Ning wanted to give it to her.
He pondered for a moment, paying attention to the gaze she cast from time to time, and said: The Jinyiwei set up by the imperial court may not be for military intelligence, but a tool for internal fighting, but the Jinyiwei did play a role in inquiring about intelligence in detail.I have long realized our shortcomings in this regard. Just like the ambush in Changsha Prefecture, the government troops calmly deployed troops to wait for the rabbit, and we had no information at all; and like Lao Xu was used before his death, we knew nothing...
The Senate Department once formed the Guards Bureau, but did nothing. Once, the Jinyiwei secret masterpiece was captured and the merits of warding off the cults.After Old Xu died, the Guards Bureau is now even more deadly.I think after the headquarters is changed to the provincial eunuch, I can also take charge of this part of the power.
After hearing this, Yao Ji laughed and said: You are generous. I just want a bead, so you might as well give me a chain... Once the cult is involved in military affairs, aren't you afraid that I will interfere in politics?
Zhang Ning said softly: If I die and my son has not grown up yet, I will support my mother's regent.
In his opinion, power is not something that men want to pursue. It is not that women in the Ming Dynasty were unable to interfere in politics, but that they were just extremely restricted. The meaning of power is, who is willing to be controlled by others, who is willing to act according to other people's faces, and who does not want to do whatever they want?
Desire is not different from gender.
Yao Ji hurriedly stretched out her jade hand and pressed her finger on his lips: Are you cursing me for a white-haired man to send a black-haired man?
After a moment, she seemed to realize something, and her fingers quickly shrank back as if she had touched a piece of charcoal.
There was a hint of redness on her face, but she deliberately turned her head slightly with a stern face and said, "You go to the front hall and tell you the result earlier."
The white-clothed servant bent his knees and said: Yes.
As soon as someone else left, Yao Ji became more bold and began to observe Zhang Ning's eyes without hesitation. The two of them looked at each other silently, as if they wanted to understand each other's hearts.
Zhang Ning's heart is extremely simple and even vulgar.
When you no longer have nothing, loving someone means you are willing to share your benefits with her; some women are happy to give her a valuable jewelry, while some people want a building when they become mistresses...
The things Zhang Ning gave were more substantial political power, which could bring more, which was much more expensive than giving a box of gold and silver jewelry.
He also believed that this was what Yao Ji wanted, because she had been in the palace and the cruelty of the palace internal struggles would probably be unforgettable. She understood the importance of power and status, and was absolutely unwilling to be trampled and humiliated, and to be sympathized against her will.
……
At this time, Zhang Ning's face finally showed the pride that he should have after the victory of the war. He said in a deep voice: I have defeated the 80,000 army and will soon conquer Yuezhou, Wuchang, and Jingzhou, more cities and more land, and possess them with force.I am willing to give as long as the mother wants. What is the little land in the branch hall?We need victory and strength. What kind of people like Queen Ma dare to give her mother a face in the future?Let them rely on your breath to survive.
You actually bribed me with benefits?Yao Ji's emotions lost her calmness, and her voice trembled slightly. If there is no outsider in the future, you don't have to call me a mother. For some reason, it sounds awkward...
What do you call me?Zhang Ning's eyes became more and more focused, and his voice became low, as if he was talking about some secret.
What's the name... Yao Ji took a deep breath, shook her head and said, forget it, just call her mother.
Zhang Ning said: You have not rewarded me for what you promised before.You saw with your own eyes the battle of Yuanshui. I fought very hard and I didn’t want my life.
Yao Ji's eyes shifted slightly, sweeping over the jade Buddha statue behind Zhang Ning, and she couldn't help but take a step back. Her chest was undulating as if she was breathing smoothly, and the silk material on her shirt was trembling like waves, suppressing her plump inner body.
I... When she stepped back, she had already touched the table. She subconsciously pressed her hand back to support the center of gravity, but unexpectedly touched the teacup.
A crisp breaking sound scared her whole body trembled and her face turned pale.
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