Chapter 104 Dragon Subduing Palm
Since Zhu Wen ascended the Infrastructure and founded by Later Liang, through the Later Tang, Later Jin and Later Han, the government plundered tens of thousands of people's oxen and rented them for civilian use, and collected rent. The tea and salt tax was collected from the court to the prefectures and counties at all levels, causing the people to suffer.
After Guo Wei entered the court, he not only divided the land and landless refugees who had no main business, but also abolished cattle rent and gave calves, ploughed utensils, and had no homes. He reduced the tax collection of tea and salt by the court, leaving only a tax collected by prefectures and counties, which greatly reduced the burden on the people and allowed many people who were homeless due to war.
I thought it was speechless, the old man in the green robe stared at Guo Rong's indignant eyes suddenly dimmed, and then another shimmer flashed, and he said angrily: "Then he has already made the plan, why do you want someone to kill my young master?"
"The late emperor was brave and powerful for a lifetime. Why did he fear that Liu Yun, who was not in love with the people but was not willing to live in the world?" Guo Rong said: "Who did you hear that the late emperor was instructed..."
"If it weren't for Guo Wei's order, who would dare to kill the crown prince in the middle?" said the old man in green robe in a deep voice.
"Crown Prince? Empress Dowager Zhaosheng issued an edict to be located in the late emperor. How could he say that he was located in Liu Yun? I still remember what the edict said, but you want to listen?"
The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng mentioned by Guo Rong was Empress Li of the Later Han Emperor Liu Zhiyuan.
The old man in green looked a little stunned, "Hmph, you are for the emperor today, what do you say is what you say..."
"Oh, what do you say is what you say? If people don't have the heart, who can do it? You call Liu Yun the young master, then Liu Chong must be your master. Hehe, I will let you leave today and ask Liu Chong...Why would Wang Jun kill Liu Yun?"
Wang Jun mentioned by Guo Rong was a key official of Guo Wei. His family and Guo Wei were generally killed by Liu Chengyou, the Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, and it was destroyed by the three clans. How could Wang Jun tolerate Liu Yun, Liu Chengyou's cousin, survived in the world? Three days after Guo Wei ascended the throne, he asked to send Liu Yun to Beijing to return to Xuzhou, but he took the opportunity to kill Liu Yun.
At that time, Guo Wei was ordered to ascend the throne by Empress Dowager Li's abdication, which was also legitimate. He knew that Liu Chong, the governor of Hedong, was in charge of the army and refused to offend him easily, and would not kill his son to cause trouble. However, Wang Jun ignored the overall situation and killed him on the grounds that Emperor Yin of Han had disobeyed the clan in order to relieve the hatred of Emperor Yin of Han's tribe. After Guo Wei learned about it, he was furious, but he had already made a fortune. Moreover, Wang Jun had made military achievements and had never seen any blame. However, Liu Chong used this as an excuse to rebel and proclaim himself emperor in Hedong.
Later, Wang Jun was slow to rely on his merits and became more prosperous on Sundays. Guo Wei remembered that he usurped Liu Yun and caused the disaster in Hedong. He finally became angry and found an excuse to demote him from the Privy Councilor to the fifth-rank official of Sima Cong. Wang Jun was also in panic and died all day long.
Jiang Qiubai, Luo Xiaoyao and others were shocked when they heard Guo Rong wanting to leave. They were shocked because the old man had entered the top of Mingqiao Mountain. If he was assassinated secretly in the future, it would be a fatal hidden danger. Although Jiang Qiubai also thought that the old man was loyal to the victim, he thought that this problem would never be kept, so he thought that he would be able to intercept him.
"Haha..." The old man in green robe laughed, "Emperor Yin killed your family, you were going to kill the Liu family, kill them, why bother to blame Wang Jun, if you..."
"Random..." Zhang Yongde, whose stomach was covered with blood, opened his eyes suddenly and said in a flash: "How can the late emperor's mind be tolerate you, a man..."
"On the same day, Liu Zhu, the prefect of Kaifeng, served as an official in the same dynasty as the late emperor. The late emperor and I, hundreds of Wang Jun's family, as well as the elderly over 70 years old, as well as children under the age of 20, were all Liu Zhu personally led people to arrest him, and no one was missing...." Guo Rong's eyes suddenly shook, "When the late emperor Long Xing's throne, have he killed Liu Zhu's family? Has he ever had trouble with his family and killed his flesh and blood?"
At that time, Liu Zhu personally arrested and killed Guo Wei, Guo Rong's family, after Guo Wei ascended the throne, but only killed Liu Zhu, which was known to the court.
"Hmph, that's just a bribery of people's hearts." The old man in green sneered.
A glimmer flashed in Guo Rong's eyes, and he immediately returned to calm. He looked down at Chang Qingqing, stretched out his right hand, and said softly: "Qingqing, come with me..." Chang Qingqing hesitated for a moment and smiled sweetly, put his little hand in Guo Rong's palm, and turned around and left with Guo Rong.
In an instant, Zhou Bing surrounded the aisle that was given up. Jiang Qiubai sighed and looked at the old man in green robe. He suddenly slapped out with a palm, and used a move of "spring breeze turning into rain". A burst of aura quietly blew towards the old man in green robe like a spring breeze.
In the flash of lightning, the old man in the green robe twitched up to the ground, as if he was swept up by a whirlwind, and was three feet above the ground. While his body was rotating, he punched Fang Changsheng in the air.
Facing thousands of troops and a master looked around, the old man in the green robe knew that he would die. He had the intention to die. When Guo Rong took Chang Qingqing away, he expected Jiang Qiubai and others to kill him, but he hated Fang Changsheng to stop him from attacking Guo Rong twice, but he wanted to compete with Fang Changsheng before he died.
While talking to Guo Rong, he secretly used the internal injuries suffered by Fang Changsheng who had been unstable in his footsteps to treat them, so that the stagnant blood and qi veins were unblocked. When Jiang Qiubai came out of his palm, he suddenly gathered all his strength to rise up from the ground, avoiding Jiang Qiubai's attack and then attacking Fang Changsheng.
People who practice boxing not only attach importance to the principle of standing on horse stance, but also take root when they take the ground, but also pay attention to the practice of bounce, jumping, and sprinting when they punch. Only when they have the power of tigers and leopards can they be said to have achieved some practice.
The old man in green was defeated by Fang Changsheng, who was half inferior to his cultivation. He was very unwilling to accept that he used his jumping force to hit him with all his strength. This punch was a combination of his lifelong cultivation. Suddenly, the fist whirred and thunderous.
Fang Changsheng, who was more than three meters away, suddenly felt his mind, and his protective energy had already emerged. His ragged robe was automatically raised without wind, and the corners of his clothes and cloth strips rose in all directions.
As the old man in the green robe was like an eagle, the fist was swaying, Fang Changsheng's clothes strips and hair fluttered backwards. When the fist hit five feet in front of him, Fang Changsheng suddenly pointed his right foot backwards, stepped forward, shouted loudly, and at the same time, his palms came out together to face the fist that was falling from the sky by the old man in the green robe.
With a "bang", a loud thunder sounded like a thunderbolt on the ground. The soldiers within a range of more than ten feet felt deafening, and the soldiers nearby led them back one after another. Jiang Qiubai and Luo Xiaoyao, three feet away, were afraid of hurting the soldiers behind him. It suddenly triggered the aura to protect him, but also caused the robes to roar.
But when the old man in green robe suddenly bounced up, he turned around in the air for two consecutive seconds, but fell into the crowd six feet away.
When the old man in the green robe punched, the soldiers watching from the west were afraid of being affected, so they retreated. Unfortunately, there were many people, but they suddenly retreated and surrounded by six or seven feet behind the old man. Seeing the old man in the green robe bounced back and fell, the soldiers hurriedly dodged, and finally a soldier was stepped on by him and fell to the ground and died. However, the old man in the green robe took advantage of the kicking power and jumped up like an arrow, and his body and fist were combined to attack Fang Changshengsheng.
Fang Changsheng, under his blow in the air, his feet fell to the ground and ankle. When the old man in the green robe was rushing back, he picked up his feet and took a step back. He saw his fists coming together like a giant hammer. With a thought, he raised his hands, folded his elbows to his chest, folded them together, turned and pushed them, and his palms faced the old man's fist. When his right palm pressed against the old man's fist, he took half a step forward at the left foot, and at the same time turned his left palm and buckled towards the old man's pulse door like electricity.
But when the old man with green robe had a stimulating pulse, Fang Changsheng shouted violently, and his qi suddenly grew. He finally cut into the old man's body protection. He grabbed his wrist with his backhand, and with a flash, his right palm fist was retracted, and then he slapped upwards and hit the old man's body that was about to fall.
The palm energy actually shocked the old man in green to fly upwards. As he held the old man's wrist, he seemed to be erecting him upside down. Then Fang Changsheng waved his left hand and dragged the old man's body to the ground. "Boom", dust flew, and the old man in green was thrown two feet away.
A martial artist uses his strength to train his qi. When fighting, he draws his qi and exerts his strength. When using his qi to qi, he uses his qi to activate his strength and exhausts his strength. People who enter martial artists use his qi to accumulate strength. When fighting with others, they follow his qi and use his qi to help him. The energy is still strong. Although Fang Changsheng is half a piece of cultivation level, his qi is not as thick as that of an old man in the green robes, but his qi is longer than his.
When the two of them collided with their fists and palms, the old man in the green robe had a fist and Fang Changsheng's palm qi. The force was about to be exhausted and he had to ventilate before he could exert force again. However, Fang Changsheng's qi was eliminated by his fist and still had the force. After shouting, the one who cut into him was the protective true energy that had already seen him hold his wrist and made him unable to move his qi and gather strength.
Then he used his palm to sway his body, and then suddenly fell, causing him to misalign his internal organs and his mouth to be covered with blood. The old man in the green robe leaned on his dislocated right shoulder and struggled to move his left hand, pointing at Fang Changsheng, and breathing: "This... what kind of palm technique is this?"
Fang Changsheng shook his head, "Fang doesn't know either, but Fang thinks you are under this palm technique... it should be unshakable."
Although Fang Changsheng did not know who the palm technique taught by Miao Changning came from, he knew that it only took him nearly two years to step into the realm of the slight spiritual enlightenment to the realm of the elixir. He thought that the person who created this palm technique should be a genius, so he said this to the old man in the green robe.
"Okay, okay, cough... cough..." The old man in the green robe's eyes gradually darkened, and his pale face suddenly turned red, "I lost because of this palm technique, but I didn't lose..." As soon as he stopped, he was already out of breath.
In an instant, the soldiers cheered, Jiang Qiubai and Luo Xiaoyao sighed that Fang Changsheng's palm technique was exquisite, and he felt that the soldiers behind him were moving. When he turned around, he saw Guo Rong stepping forward.
Guo Rong walked to Fang Changsheng's side and looked around. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin, Gao Huaide and other generals leading him out and bent down to bow, "Your Majesty's magical martial arts, the world is unified...
"Long live my emperor, long live..."
"Long live my emperor, long live..."
The sound of armor and stomach sounded in unison, and more than ten thousand soldiers bowed.
In the sunset, the sunset shines on the soldiers who are kneeling on the ground and bowing. The blades, blade tips, and armor are all stained with blood, and occasionally a ray of reflection is seen.
The camp tent with a scattered body lying on the sky, the war horses that were neighing in a low voice, and the flying eagle circling in the air with a cry of crying sound. Looking around Luo Xiaoyao, Fang Changsheng was confused. When the two turned to their eyes, they suddenly found that they had only taken a step forward without bowing, and bent down to bow: "The Caomin Fang Changsheng bowed to His Majesty the Emperor..."
"Caomin Luo Xiaoyao bowed to the emperor..."
Luo Xiaoyao has no official position, so he is naturally known as a grass-roots person. Guo Rong hurriedly stepped in front of Jiang Qiubai, "I'm sorry to get up, uncle."
He turned around and reached out to help Fang Changsheng up, "Mr. Fang, please get up..."
"Junior Brother Xiaoyao get up, get up." After bent over and helped Luo Xiaoyao up, Guo Rong laughed, "All my dear friends ask me to get up, all the soldiers ask me to get up, haha..."
Turning to look at the body of the old man in the green robe, Guo Rong shook his head as if he was feeling, and said for a long time: "The six thousand soldiers are still not as powerful as this person. What a pity, it's a pity... I'll bury him with great thoughts."
"Report..." With the sound of horse hooves, a provocate at the entrance of the camp jumped off the horse, followed the path that the soldiers were leaving, and rushed to Guo Rong and knelt down. "Report to the emperor, Liu Ci's army has reached ten miles..."
"Oh?!" Guo Rong looked up at the sky and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Zhao Aiqing, you pass on my order to Liu Ci... Well, let him divide his troops into two groups. One is to pursue the rebel Liu Xi's repelling troops, and the other is to recover Gaoping City."
"I obey the order." Zhao Kuangyin took six Shenhuying Guards and rode away.
"Send the orders to the three armies to clean up the battlefield..." Guo Rong said: "I will station here tonight, and the soldiers will be sent to Gaoping tomorrow."
After a stick of incense, in the central army's tent that was reopened, there were several cases in front of everyone, including fine wine and dried meat jerky left by the retreat of the Han soldiers.
Guo Rong, who was sitting in the middle, said to Fang Changsheng, who was sitting on the upper position on the left: "I am also practicing martial arts... Today I saw Mr. Fang hit the cannon stone into the camp with one palm, and I saw that the old man beat the power of the palm technique. The power of the palm technique is unparalleled in the world. Can you tell the source of the master?"
Fang Changsheng knew that Guo Rongyi had left Taibai Academy, and also saw Luo Xiaoyao and Jiang Qiubai's cultivation. He knew that there were dragons and tigers in the academy. When Guo Rong praised him, he looked embarrassed and smiled embarrassedly, "How dare you be praised by the emperor so much? It's not worth mentioning, and you dare not mention it."
"Haha..." Guo Rong smiled and pondered: "I heard you said to the old man and said that he was under this palm technique... It should be no regrets. I think it is Mr. Fang's elders should be a hidden master. I want to see the style..."
Guo Rong was eager to seek talent and admired Fang Changsheng's martial arts very much. However, in this chaotic era, there were many experts who did not leave the world, or Fang Changsheng's sect was like Taibai Academy, so he wanted to find out the details so that he could recruit.
Fang Changsheng hesitated a little, but when he saw Jiang Qiubai opposite him, he looked expectant and smiled bitterly: "The master has passed away long ago, and Caomin has been wandering in Xiangzhou and begging for a living. He has not survived as the emperor said... The reason why Caomin has this palm technique is that it was passed down by a senior at the end of his life."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Luo Xiaoyao beside him inadvertently. Luo Xiaoyao suddenly flashed his mind and suddenly remembered the incident of meeting Fang Changsheng escorting Miao Changning's body two years ago. When he recalled what Miao Changning said when he was in the prefecture, he guessed that Fang Changsheng's palm technique should be derived from Miao Changning, or to be precise, Ling Buyi, a martial arts genius inherited a hundred years ago.
"Well." But knowing that Fang Changsheng would not lie, Guo Rong nodded, "What is the name of this palm technique?"
"But the grass people don't know..." Fang Changsheng said with a wry smile.
"Oh? Such a powerful palm technique has no name?" Guo Rong was surprised, pondered for a moment, and smiled and said, "How about I give it a name...?"
"The emperor is kind, and the people are not able to find it." Although Fang Changsheng is literate, he is also very talented. However, if he wants such a strong and soft palm technique, he should have a worthy name. He is a man of the wild and powerful spirit in the world, but he attaches importance to fame. Now he can be given a name by the emperor. However, if he wants to accept disciples to pass on the palm technique in the future, it is worth showing off, and he is worthy of the person who created this palm technique. He looks happy for a moment.
"Uncle Master, what name should you take for this palm technique?" Guo Rong looked at Jiang Qiubai.
"The emperor personally gave the name, which is different from the name of the empress..." Jiang Qiubai said with a smile.
"Well, Uncle Master is right. Mr. Fang has made a great contribution. I will first give this palm title and then give Mr. Fang a fame."
Fang Changsheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, thinking to himself that the name of the palm is something he could not be obtained, but he would never want fame. Just as he was about to answer the answer, he heard Guo Rong say, "I heard from the soldiers that the soldiers said that when the gentleman broke into the camp and fought, he beat Liu Chong away with a palm, which made Liu Chong panic. If it weren't for the old man's obstruction, hehe, I guess Liu Chong had been captured by the gentleman. According to my opinion... How is this palm called the Dragon Subduing Palm?"
Zhang Yongde, Gao Huaide, Li Chongjin and others were all stunned when they heard this. They wanted to give Guo Rong a name, but the next time they heard it was the Dragon Subduing Palm, they swallowed the compliments back into their stomachs.
It is because the word "dragon" is related to the emperor's claim that the emperor is the true dragon emperor. If you say that the dragon is subdued, wouldn't it be disrespectful to Guo Rong?
Fang Changsheng's heart was thrilled. He didn't expect Guo Rong to take the name of Dragon Subduing Palm. It would be okay to say that this name came from ordinary people in the martial arts world, but it would be different from Guo Rong's mouth. But if it was really named Dragon Subduing Palm, it would be very useful. When everyone looked at each other, they felt frightened for a moment.
Seeing everyone silent, Guo Rong laughed, "Why don't you praise me? I heard that Liu Chongji escaped in panic. This name is appropriate..."
Everyone did not dare to answer for a moment. Guo Rong smiled and said, "The so-called true dragon emperor has the spirit of supreme lies in the people's hearts, which is 'true'. Like Liu Chong who harmed Hedong, he called himself the emperor the emperor and the false dragon, the false dragon... Mr. Fang's palm technique can come to the world, the false dragon, the false dragon, the evil dragon, the false dragon, the evil dragon, why are you afraid of?"
As soon as these words were spoken, they had to answer. Wouldn't they regard Guo Rong as a fake dragon? Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "The emperor is wise."
Fang Changsheng did not expect Guo Rong to be so arrogant. Seeing that he was looking at him and waiting for his response, he was nervous for a moment and couldn't help but look at Jiang Qiubai who was smiling but still. However, seeing that Jiang Qiubai had a strong smile and seemed to have agreed, he was happy and brave enough to sit down and bowed down and bowed: "The people of the country, Fang Changsheng, thank the emperor for his kindness."
"Mr. Fang asked," Guo Rong chuckled: "Mr. I have made great contributions. I just said that this name of giving the palm is only one of them. What position should the family members give to Mr. Fang's contributions..."
Before everyone could answer, Fang Changsheng, who was about to get up, hurriedly said: "No, the people are willing to make a living, they are idle and unruly, and they are not familiar with etiquette and law, so they can't enter the hall. Please take back the emperor." After saying that, he bowed his head and refused to give up.
"I see that my behavior and speech are not ignorant of etiquette and law, so why do I use this to swear?" Guo Rong said: "Mr. He is a martial arts master, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is unstable. He should serve in the court and help me with my help to the peace of the people of the world..."
"The emperor's kindness is vast, and the grass people are grateful to each other. However, the grass people are idle for a long time and love the things in the cup. They are rough and unwilling to accept the promise. I hope the emperor will take it back." Fang Changsheng bowed his head and said.
Guo Rong frowned and looked at Jiang Qiubai. But when he saw Jiang Qiubai shook his head slightly, he sighed in his heart, and knew that if the people in the world were unintentional, the court would be unable to do so. He said, "This is not the day when the reward is based on merit, but I don't want the teacher to claim to be a sacrificial person. I think he would first reward him for his merits. Even if he refused, I would not make things difficult for him. Mr. Fang asked him to get up."
"Thank you for your kindness." Fang Changsheng felt relieved and stood up and returned to his seat.
Fang Changsheng was also taught since childhood. Although he became a beggar, he would not be the case if he was a beggar for more than ten years. He had been a beggar. The leader of the refugee beggar in the two states was like a mountain king. He was unwilling to be restrained by others and did not seek fame and fortune. Of course, he did not want to become an official.
"I just asked Qingqing, Mr. Fang has been in Xiangzhou for many years, so why has he been using refugees to act without any action?" Guo Rong said suspiciously: "Mr.'s family..."
"The grass-roots people are vulgar. Since they passed away from illness, they are used to being free and unrestrained. They dare not think of the writer's family." Fang Changsheng responded.
Guo Rong nodded, but thought that Fang Changsheng would not be a beggar if he had a family. In this chaotic world, people's livelihood was difficult, and there was no one who could beg for a long time to support the family.
"I see that those heroes who came with the teacher are all very skilled and mostly young and strong. Why are they all dressed in refugees? Could it be that they have just arrived from another place... can they be naturalized and served in the imperial court?"
After the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's military system, the recruitment system was prevalent. Local towns could not distinguish between regions and private refugees and bandits joined the army to strengthen their own military forces. In order to support the troops, they had to pay undue taxes, resulting in the misfortune of people's lives. When soldiers joined the army, they could bring their families into the army, and even the soldiers only recognized their generals but did not know the monarch, which led to chaos in the world.
After Guo Wei ascended the throne, in order to curb the growth of private equity in local towns, the local army had changed the previous bad habit of recruiting soldiers regardless of region, and the recruitment authority was taken to the central government. Each prefecture and county was subject to household registration, and implemented a system of five households to send one army and seven households to support one recruitment to ensure the strength of the troops in various places. The rules for soldiers to bring their families into the army were abolished, and families could live in their residence, tax exemptions, and allowances were given.
Due to famine, refugees who fled into the Central Plains in war would have no homeland, and the official land was divided into these refugees. Judging from the age of these people, if they had not just entered the Central Plains, they would have had land and would not have been like beggars, so they wanted to recruit these extraordinary people into the army to serve the court, so they had this question.
Fang Changsheng pondered for a moment and said, "These brothers... these beggars who followed the grass people did not just enter the Central Plains. It's a bit more than the grass people who saw him grow up..."
Before he finished speaking, Guo Rong was surprised and said, "Oh? Why is this? As the teacher said, wouldn't he begging for more than ten years? Why would he make a living? He shouldn't he beg for nothing, right?"
After hearing Guo Rong's repeated questions, Fang Changsheng looked shocked and suspicious. He smiled bitterly: "More than ten years ago, when Caomin was a beggar in Xiangzhou, he met Qingqing's adoptive father Gan Shaolong Gan's chivalrous man. He was taught by his chivalrous heart and resettled refugees who fled to Xiangzhou because of hunger and wars everywhere because of hunger."
Chapter completed!