Chapter 72: Hongwu in the Past
The name Hongwu reminded Cui Heng of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty on Earth.
At the same time, he was also somewhat expectant. Could it be that Hong Fugui changed his name?
But if it was Hong Fugui, how did the world become Dajin today?
Did he fail?
Liu Litao and Xu Fengan thought that Cui Heng, as an immortal, had never heard of the Hongwu Heavenly King.
So they asked this question.
After all, that was nearly three hundred years ago.
The time was too long.
Moreover, after the establishment of Dajin, the affairs of the previous dynasty were strictly controlled, so naturally fewer people knew about it.
At this point, let alone ordinary people, even the county magistrate may not know about it.
That is to say, one of them was a county governor, and the other was the top master of a thousand-year-old sect, so they had some understanding.
So, the two looked at each other, both wanted to answer Cui Heng's question, but they didn't dare to speak first.
Cui Heng saw what they were thinking, nodded lightly and smiled: "Mr. Xu, please continue."
"Thank you, sir." Xu Feng'an first bowed, and then told the story of the Hongwu Heavenly King. "According to the records of Yuhua Sword Pavilion, the Hongwu Heavenly King first appeared in the twelfth year of Zhishun in the previous Yuan Dynasty, which was 288 years ago...
"It was the last years of the Qing Dynasty. There were wars everywhere and countless righteous armies. The Hongwu Heavenly King was a captain in a righteous army, a military officer who could manage 100 people..."
In his description, the Hongwu Heavenly King started as an ordinary military officer.
By accumulating military exploits, he gradually became a commander, a military leader, and a cabinet boss. After marrying the daughter of the leader of the righteous army, he completely controlled the 100,000-man army.
After controlling the army, the Hongwu Heavenly King widely won the hearts of the people and won over a huge number of people in a very short time. In a few years, he became a He had developed a million soldiers and began to sweep across the world, and was gradually revered as the Heavenly King.
The wars at the end of the dynasty inevitably affected the major sects and families.
With the expansion of the Hongwu Heavenly King, the interests of some sects and families were damaged.
Therefore, the sects and families sent people to negotiate with him, and when the negotiations failed, they wanted to use force and even killed one of the sons of the Hongwu Heavenly King.
This created a life-and-death feud, and the Hongwu Heavenly King began to hunt down martial artists.
No famous family in the world escaped.
Especially the Langya The Wang family was the culprit who killed
the eldest son of the Hongwu Heavenly King. Facing an army of millions, no matter how strong their martial arts were, they were powerless and almost wiped out. In the end, a god took action and took away several direct descendants of the Langya Wang family, thus saving a bloodline.
After that battle, many sects and families completely understood that the Hongwu Heavenly King would not even look at their faces.
So, countless sects and families united together.
First, they discredited the Hongwu Heavenly King in public opinion, and at the same time, they also used their own power to summon troops.
And repeatedly Send experts to carry out assassination.
This method of directly solving the root cause of the problem has been tried and tested by many sects and families.
But no one expected that Hongwu Tianwang had a peerless magic weapon in his hand.
Just a sweep of the sword can kill the God Realm!
Assassination and beheading are simply impossible to complete.
However, it was precisely because of these actions of the sects and families that Hongwu Tianwang was completely angered.
He personally ordered to kill all the God Realm in the world, no matter which sect or school the God Realm belongs to, all must be killed!
An unprecedented martial arts catastrophe was triggered.
"That's it? "
After listening to this, Cui Heng frowned slightly.
From Xu Fengan's description, it seems that the Hongwu Heavenly King is just a stronger rebel leader. He
doesn't look like Hong Fugui at all.
Hong Fugui learned more than just these from him.
After Xu Fengan finished telling him what he knew about the Hongwu Heavenly King, he saw Cui Heng fell into deep thought.
This made him confused and nervous. He instinctively felt that he might have said something wrong, but he couldn't figure out where he went wrong.
"Mr. Xu's description of the Hongwu Heavenly King is actually not comprehensive." At this moment, Liu Litao suddenly spoke, and there was even a bit of reverence in his tone, "To be precise, that is only the Hongwu Heavenly King in the eyes of the martial arts sects.
"In fact, the real strength of Hongwu Heavenly King does not lie in his military strength, nor in the magic weapons in his hands, but in his thoughts, his military and administrative concepts.
"During the first hundred years of the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, the court strictly prohibited anyone from reading any information related to Hongwu Heavenly King. They were afraid of those ideas. It was only because of the unrest in the world in recent years that there were no restrictions."
As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face. It was a smile full of admiration. "I usually like to read some leisure books, so I understand more things.
"In fact, as long as you seriously study the history of Hongwu Tianwang, you will find that he is different from all the rebel leaders and even all the emperors and generals throughout the ages.
"There has never been any emperor or general who truly stands with the common people like him, and there has never been an army that never robs the people of their money and food, never rapes women, and even pays for levying food.
"There has never been any army that does not pull in the support of the sects and families, but instead specifically targets them, suppresses them, or even kills them, and then distributes the land and property to ordinary people.
"There has never been any army that takes the unity of the world as its mission, and even the most ordinary soldiers know what they are fighting for, and will not retreat even if the whole army is killed.
"Hongwu Heavenly King attacked the martial arts sects and aristocratic families not because of personal vengeance, but to wrest back the livelihood and various industries that affect the people of the world from these major forces.
"Only when the livelihood and various industries are no longer controlled by these sects and aristocratic families can the people have a chance to live a stable life. The purpose of destroying all the gods in the world is also for this purpose..."
When talking about Hongwu Heavenly King, Liu Litao seemed to open up a chatterbox and said a lot in succession.
His words were full of praise and even admiration.
His eyes were shining.
This may be related to his own experience.
Liu Litao knew that he was a timid person who lacked courage. He always thought about protecting himself and did not dare to charge forward.
Therefore, during his tenure as the governor of Lu County, he did not dare to break off relations with the major sects and families. He
could only barely protect the people in this area and let them live in peace and not go hungry.
But the more this happened, the more he admired the Hongwu Heavenly King.
What kind of courage and what kind of mind
did it take to shine so brightly in the last years of the dynasty?
After listening to what Liu Litao said, Xu Fengan was silent.
Perhaps it was due to different positions, or it could be due to the restrictions of the former Jin Dynasty court.
Yuhua Sword Pavilion's record of the Hongwu Heavenly King was indeed too one-sided.
"So that's how it is."
Cui Heng whispered softly, as if he was a little emotional.
Then, he fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.
After a long while
, when Liu Litao and Xu Fengan both felt a little nervous,
Cui Heng suddenly asked:
"How did this Hongwu Heavenly King fail in the end?"
(End of this chapter)