Please ask me to be the emperor

It is said that after Zhang Shun led the army to conquer Luoyang, Li Jiyu, who was left behind, led 500 elite soldiers to garrison Dengfeng County.

Chen Jindou then suggested to Li Jiyu: "Whatever you do, you must consider the long term. Don't wait until the moment of crisis is imminent before getting angry. It will be too late to regret it by then!"

"Although Dengfeng County is a good place, once the army of officers and soldiers comes to encircle and suppress it, the rebel army will have no foothold! The nearby Shaoshi Mountain is dangerous, so it is better to find a place to set up camp and at least have a foundation."

Zhang Shun has become the "King of the Mountain" many times since he started his army. Li Jiyu had been following Zhang Shun for so long and knew the benefits, so he nodded in agreement.

Shaoshi Mountain is also known as "Ji Shi Mountain", "Jiuding Lotus Mountain" or "Yuzhai Mountain". Just because the top of Shaoshi is as wide and flat as a village, with upper and lower floors, it is in danger of the Four Heavenly Gates. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Xuanzong once stationed troops on the top of Shaoshi Mountain to resist Yuan soldiers, so it was also called "Yuzhai Mountain".

Therefore, the village Li Jiyu established in Shaoshi Mountain was named "Yuzhai", and some people also called it "Yuzhai".

Nashaoshi Mountain is located in the northwest of Dengfeng County, with a total of thirty-six peaks. The mountain is steep and precipitous, and there are many strange peaks and strange views.

The main peak is called Liantian Peak, also known as Zhaixing Tower, and is the highest peak in Songshan Mountain. The famous Shaolin Temple is located under Wuru Peak in the north of the mountain, and the "Yuzhai" established by Li Jiyu is to the west of Yuzhai Mountain.

Just because there is a pool here, called "Little Drinking Horse Pool", which is suitable for the rebels to draw water, so the stronghold was established here.

Although this place seemed to have nothing to do with Shaolin Temple on the surface, in fact, the two sides soon started to have conflicts. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Shaolin Temple not only had seventy-two branches, but also had twenty-five halls on Shaoshi Mountain. In addition, there are thousands of fertile fields and countless monks and tenants.

In addition, the abbots of Shaolin Temple are all appointed by the imperial court, and they are inextricably linked with the Ming Dynasty court.

During the Ming Dynasty's war against Japanese pirates along the southeast coast, Shaolin monks were dispatched to participate in the war many times. In addition, the Shaolin monk "Sanqi Monk" Zhou You was awarded the title of "General Soldier of Dutidiao" due to his many military exploits during the Zhengde period, and earned the title of "Rival in the World and Monk of the Church".

After Li Jiyu established his own imperial stronghold, there were many conflicts between his soldiers and Shaolin monks.

Li Jiyu was very worried and said to Chen Jindou: "No one but you can know the hatred between me and the Shaolin Temple. Originally, I wanted to be patient for the great cause of King Shun. I didn't expect that now that I have the power, the Shaolin Temple would dare to Insult me. I listened to your persuasion before joining King Shun's army, but now I don't know how you can teach me?"

It turns out that Li Jiyu not only had new grudges with the Shaolin Temple, but also had old grudges. Li Jiyu's family was at the foot of Songshan Mountain. Although he was somewhat famous in the past, he was still just a farmer.

The Shaolin Temple already has a large number of people, and with the imperial court as its backer and the warrior monks as its thugs, it owns thousands of hectares of fertile land and dominates the area.

Naturally, there are those who do not abide by the rules and regulations and bully the tenant farmers at the foot of the mountain. This is what the saying goes: "Those who have a good wife rent good land, those who do not have a good wife rent bad land, and those who do not have a wife have no land to farm." This directly leads to the fact that the sons of farmers at the foot of Songshan Mountain cannot find wives, and their daughters cannot get married.

This is also the reason why Li Ji met an ordinary farmer and was able to get a beautiful wife.

Because his family has several acres of thin farmland, he doesn’t need to look at the faces of the Shaolin Temple monks to act. Li Jiyu's father-in-law was naturally very happy and quickly sent his daughter to Li Jiyu's house to avoid being humiliated by the monk.

Li Ji met a toad and ate swan meat, and Dong Yong met the seven fairies. How could he not be happy? Within two years, his wife became pregnant, and Li Jiyu was so happy that he couldn't sleep from ear to ear all day long.

But the sky has unpredictable circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes. One day, his wife returned to her parents' home. The wheat to be dried in the yard had not been harvested yet, so he asked her to leave alone.

As a result, something went wrong on the way out. The monk on the mountain was used to being domineering. He happened to meet a young lady passing by and planned to kidnap her up the mountain.

Although Li Jiyu arrived in time and rescued his wife, his wife was frightened and had a miscarriage.

Although Li Jiyu had already killed the two monks to vent his anger, he still felt self-hate and anger. Now that old accounts and new accounts are added together, murderous intentions arise.

Chen Jindou was originally a ruthless master. When he saw Li Jiyu asking for advice, he came up with an idea: "Although Shaolin Temple is powerful, it is still a place to eat fast and chant Buddha!"

Before Chen Jindou finished speaking, Li Jiyu glared and cursed: "What a place to eat and pray, the two lions at the door should be clean!"

"Okay, okay, if it's not clean, it won't be clean. After all, it's not a place for fighting. I forgive him for guarding against it for a while, but not for a lifetime. Since General Li has tolerated it for so many years, why not tolerate it for a while longer?"

Li Jiyu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Okay, I'll tolerate them for a while, but they will eventually get angry!"

Afterwards, Li Jiyu prepared gifts such as gold and silver, found a few close associates who had problems with the monks in the temple, and beat them in public. Then he personally went to visit the Shaolin Temple elder with gifts, wounded soldiers and more than ten confidants.

When he saw the monks, he apologized and said, "I, Li Jiyu, am a soldier under King Shun. I have always been kind and righteous and do not harm the people. In addition, I am from Dengfeng. How can I, a fellow villager in my hometown, harm my own family?" "

"What's more, I, Li Jiyu, am also a person who respects and worships Buddha. How can I run wild in Buddhism? I mismanaged these arrogant people, and I have punished them in public. This time, I have specially prepared a small gift, which is not respectful. I also ask all the elders to accept it and express your feelings!"

The monks in the temple saw that there was a war under the mountain, so they asked the monks and pilgrims to prepare weapons and patrol day and night to prevent the rebels from invading the temple.

Now that I saw Li Jiyu humbly speaking and coming to the mountain gate to pay homage to the mountain, I immediately had a good impression of Li Jiyu.

After the guests of honor had a good time, Li Jiyu said goodbye to the monks and returned. These elders, who were originally eminent monks, quickly opened the gifts given to them by Li Jiyu and took a look. I saw that the small box was full of yellow and shiny things, including gold, silver, jewelry and other items.

All the monks were delighted and said: "It turns out that this local bandit Li Jiyu is a good man. Now I have no worries when I come down from the mountain gate!"

Only the old monk in charge of the Shaolin Temple said worriedly: "If you want to please someone without any reason, you must have some purpose. Although this person has no enmity or grudge against our Shaolin Temple, we have to guard against him."

All the monks laughed at him for being careless, but it was about his own family and life, so he had to send monks to patrol as much as possible.

But after this two visits, those monks who got up early and stayed late were not happy and complained a lot.

In addition, Li Jiyu showed his goodwill to the temple many times and punished his subordinates who had conflicts with the monks many times. This reassured the monks and the monks gradually became slacker.