Chapter 1607 1609【Tai Chi Sword】


    ?In addition to the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings in the capital, in the fifth year of Zhengde, Anhua King Zhu Jixiu launched a rebellion and started an uprising in Qingyang, Ganzhou.


    Because the imperial court mobilized troops from Shanxi and Shaanxi to go to Heluo to quell the rebellion, which left Shanxi and Shaanxi empty. Therefore, after the rebellion, King Anhua easily attacked the government and county, expanded his strength, and occupied Lingzhou in a few days, and quickly March to Chang''an.


    For a time, Guanzhong was shaken, and the imperial court could only continue to divide its troops to quell the rebellion.


    ?In addition, Ganzhou, Minzhou, Yuezhou and other places also took turns to have revolts in the early years of Zhengde because of the raging eunuchs and excessive taxation. Rebellions have always been suppressed, and rebellions have been suppressed. If the disease is incurable, it is committed again and again, and the court is forced to divide its troops.


    ?Especially after the chaos in Heluo area, the imperial court dispatched troops to Heluo to quell the rebellion, leaving Ganzhou, Minzhou, Yuezhou and other places with empty defenses, which gave the rebels an opportunity to take advantage.


    So if you have a satellite map at this moment, you can see that at least half of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty is at war. It is also a good thing that the Tatars in the north are fighting each other for the throne and have no time to look south.


    Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would be in danger.


    ?It is precisely because peasant uprisings are blooming everywhere that the rebels in the Heluo area do not know when they will be wiped out.


    …


    Xiang Nan didn''t care about this and just took care of his own Luoyang city.


    In addition to resuming farming, work, and business, he also reopened schools, educated the people, and promoted talents. They even sent out troops to suppress bandits, recruit refugees, and open up trade routes.


    ??The major rebels were wary of Xiang Nan, so they all gave him little support and did not dare to send people to attack the trade routes. Therefore, the trade routes between Heluo and Luo were restored.


    And businessmen are all driven by profit. Food prices in the Heluo area are extremely high, one or two times higher than in other places. With such high profits, naturally they come one after another.


    ?As a result, Luoyang City has regained its former bustle and attracted more and more people.


    Xiang Nan took the opportunity to collect taxes and gradually restored Luoyang''s finances, and everything was developing in a good direction.


    …


    In addition to taking care of the city, Xiang Nan also did not forget to practice martial arts.


    In addition to continuing to study Tai Chi with Jun Bao, he is also preparing to develop Tai Chi Sword.


    ??Although Tai Chi is very powerful, when faced with an opponent holding a weapon, you can use both hands to use the sword. However, it is limited to competing with inferior players.


    ??If there is not much difference in strength between the two sides, one is armed and the other is bare-handed, then the one with the weapon will definitely have the advantage. After all, every inch is stronger.


    Taijiquan, to be honest, Xiang Nan and Junbao are almost done with it. I dare not say it is perfect, but at least they have achieved great success.


    ?Unless you have a flash of inspiration and a sudden enlightenment, otherwise, you will just grind your efforts with water, which may take a long time. It is simply impossible to rapidly increase combat power in a short period of time.


    So Xiang Nan considered developing the Tai Chi Sword. With the help of weapons in this way, one can naturally improve one''s martial arts skills quickly.


    It’s just that Tai Chi Sword is not as easy to develop as Tai Chi Chuan.


    Because Xiang Nan and Junbao''s foundation is not good enough.


    To develop anything, you must have its foundation. For example, the foundation of the atomic bomb is Einstein''s mass-energy equation; the foundation of Bisheng''s movable type printing is hundreds of years of woodblock printing...


    The reason Xiang Nan and Junbao were able to develop Tai Chi was because they learned Shaolin Boxing in the Shaolin Temple. They first learned Luohan Boxing, then Fuhu Boxing, and then Wei Tuo Palm...


    In addition, Xiang Nan also secretly learned Prajna Palm and had a foundation in Wing Chun. Therefore, they all have rich accumulation in boxing skills.


    But in terms of weapons, they learned less. Xiang Nanhui''s only weapons are the Liuhe Dao, the Eight-Zhan Dao, the White Eyebrow Stick Technique, the Six-and-a-half Stick Technique, etc. None of them are sword techniques. Therefore, it is naturally very difficult to create a sword technique, and the two of them can only practice it gropingly.


    As for why he didn’t learn from a master or search for sword manuals everywhere, that’s a bit fanciful.


    On the one hand, they are already masters of the generation, so there is no way they can learn from them again. No one dares to accept them. In addition, most people who practice martial arts cherish their skills for themselves and rarely pass on their martial arts to others.


    On the one hand, many martial arts emphasize oral and heart-to-heart teaching rather than writing to prevent the martial arts of one''s own sect from being leaked. Because of this, there is no place to look for sword manuals.


    Furthermore, to be honest, many people who practice martial arts are actually illiterate. Even if a martial arts secret book is placed in front of him, he may not recognize it, and naturally it is impossible to write down his martial arts secrets and pass them down to the world.


    …


    "If I had known this, I shouldn''t have fallen out with the **** mole when I entered the Bodhidharma Hall to compete." Xiang Nan sighed and said, "If not, we would have learned the best martial arts long ago."


    ??The martial arts they learned in Luohan Hall are just the beginning of Shaolin martial arts. They haven''t learned any truly superior martial arts.


    ?Only Xiang Nan knows that after entering the Bodhidharma Hall, you can learn Bodhidharma Sword, Demon Subduing Fist, Vajra Palm, Crazy Magic Wand Technique, etc. If you had learned all those martial arts, you wouldn''t be in such a difficult situation now.


    "Senior brother, life has its limits, and knowledge has no limits. If you follow the limits with the limits, it will be a disaster." Seeing this, Jun Bao advised, "There is no way to finish all the martial arts in the world, so why force it."


    Xiang Nan smiled when he heard this.


    If he only has one life, he doesn’t have to force it. With his current martial arts, it is enough. However, who allowed him to live his life more than once.


    It is so difficult for him to come here, so he naturally needs to learn more martial arts. Otherwise, it will be a waste of a [Memory Stone]. Therefore, Xiang Nan did not give up. He planned to find an opportunity to go to the Shaolin Temple to obtain superior martial arts.


    Under the siege of the city by the army, it was expected that the Shaolin Temple would have to bow its head in order to protect the thousand-year-old temple. However, now is not the best time.


    On the one hand, Master Jue Yuan is probably still alive, and he does not want to embarrass Master; on the other hand, his power and reputation are not big enough, so it would not look good if he rashly went up the mountain to demand martial arts secrets and spread them around. .


    So he waited silently for this opportunity.


    …


    Time flies and time flies.


    Soon, the six years of Zhengde passed.


    ??The Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings in Yanzhao have not subsided, but have become more and more violent. In the twelfth lunar month of the sixth year of Zhengde, the rebels attacked Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yizhou and other places, blocked water transportation, and burned more than a thousand grain ships. As a result, the price of rice in the capital skyrocketed, commodity prices boiled, and people were in dire straits.


    ??Zhu Chixiu, the king of Anhua in the Gansu and Shaanxi areas, rebelled. Although the leader has been captured, the remaining defeated soldiers are still wreaking havoc in the Gansu and Shaanxi areas. As for Jianghuai, Fujian and Guangdong, the voice of peasant uprisings is still getting louder and louder.


    ?As for the Heluo area, the rebels are now learning from Xiang Nan and organizing farmers to resume farming, workers to resume work, and merchants to resume the market. Although there are still levies and extortionate measures, the people can finally take a breath and barely survive.


    Hence, there is no sign of being wiped out at all.


    ?Seeing this, the court could only increase its appeasement strategy.


    ??Many rebels have been recruited by the imperial court. As long as they surrender, they will be either commander-in-chief or general, with the worst being a fourth-grade official rank. As for Xiang Nan, it was even more remarkable. He was named "Fengtian Fuguo Zhongyi Zhenren". The rank is two thousand five hundred stones, and one thousand hectares of land are given. The treatment is equivalent to that of a duke, which is considered good.


    ?However, although the treatment is good, it is just a talk at the moment, and I have not seen any benefits yet.


    (End of this chapter)