Mention of the Shaolin Temple is not only to this day will not be unknown, the fame of the great spread at home and abroad, people are familiar with the Shaolin warrior monk Tang Chu to assist tang king Li Shimin to defeat the rebel Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande's righteous deeds, in fact, Shaolin monks also participated in the Ming Dynasty's anti-Wu battles, and made a special award. In ancient times, the monasteries of Mount Song, Mount Wutai and Mount Funiu all had warrior monks, and they were also officially listed as "township soldiers" in the state, just like today's militia or "reserve soldiers". Well-trained And highly skilled Shaolin monks and soldiers are naturally regarded as the "main force", and all major events such as quelling rebellions, recruiting bandits, and defending the frontier, Shaolin warrior monks are recruited and able to fight.
The Shaolin monks and soldiers do not need state appropriations to provide support, but they are brave and good at fighting, charging into the battlefield, and are worthy of being tough men who are committed to serving the country. Their weapons and equipment are not advanced, they are nothing more than sticks and even Freehand Shaolin Fists. "Shaolin Shang Stick" is well-known in the world, although the stick is a wooden blunt weapon, the lethality is far less than the sword and spear and other metal sharp weapons, but in the Buddha's Eighteen Weapons, it is known as "the art of the sect in the stick", known as "the leader of the art", which shows the strength of the Shaolin stick.
During the Jiajing and Longqing years of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates (Wokou) frequently harassed and provoked trouble along our southeast coast, which strongly shook the Ming Dynasty's rule in the southeast region and the tranquility of the land. However, at that time, coastal defense was lax, coastal warships and sentry ships only "ten existed one or two", and there were not many troops; coupled with the corruption of the dprk and the lax military discipline, the combat effectiveness of the troops was extremely weak. With his well-made Japanese swords and mysterious sword techniques, the Ming Dynasty defenders were gradually defeated and bullied by the coastal people.
In 1853, a small detachment of only a few dozen People, after landing in Zhejiang, drove straight into Shexian and Wuhu in Anhui Province, approaching the city of Nanjing, and along the way this gang of robbers did their best to rob and kill. Nanjing was the "capital of the Ming Dynasty", garrisoning more than 100,000 troops, and even allowing a small group of foreign pirates to cross the border and seize the pass as if entering no man's land, which was a strange humiliation in the world, and also showed the weakness and incompetence of the Ming Dynasty and the degree of chaos in the government.
The front was in a hurry, and the imperial court had to order the recruitment of township soldiers from all over the country, and the Shaolin monks were of course at the top of the list. The country has difficulties and responsibilities, heard of the coastal Wokou rebellion, bullying and oppression of our compatriots, the Shaolin warrior monks are indignant, not far away thousands of miles day and night, rushing to the forefront of the Anti-Insult in Pingwu. These Wokou are not vegetarians either, they wield double knives and slash horizontally, and the knife method is strange and whirring, so that "the electric wind turns, rotates and kills, and the four directions are white, and they don't see their people'". However, "the strong are stronger and stronger", the Shaolin monks used this time", the "killer skill" is a special iron rod up to seven feet long and weighs 30 kilograms, but when it dances, it is "as fast as a bamboo stick", they also use indigo painted face and red cloth to cover their heads, as if the heavenly soldiers descended and the divine soldiers descended, and the magical Shaolin fist and Shaolin stick swept through the enemy line, and finally made the Wukou weifeng sweep away and flee.
The Governor of Ningbo, Wan Biao, in the "Haikou Discussion": In the thirty-second year of Jiajing (Qiao 53), Wu Kou invaded Hangzhou. Shaolin martial monk coach Master Yuekong personally led more than 30 Shaolin monks to break the Wokou. Later, due to the mistaken ambush of the enemy, all were killed. After hearing the news, the Shaolin abbot took a hundred monks and soldiers and killed thousands of Wukou with the stick of the Buddha. In the battles of Wengjiagang and White Beach, the Shaolin monks even slaughtered more than 250 wu thieves who invaded them, and the good news that did not leave a single rumor grew the prestige of the chinese people, and Shandong and other places also sent people to invite Shaolin monks, and there is a poem: "Shandong recruits Shaolin monks, and the enemy team of Ye Xie River Bay takes advantage." The seven-foot stick is thirty pounds long, and the battlefield is trapped and bravely ascended. The bravery and loyalty of the Shaolin monks can be seen here.
The spirit of the Shaolin warrior monks who bravely killed the enemy shocked the government and the opposition, and praised the people. Mr. Gu Yanwu, a famous thinker and historian of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, tried his best to praise the legend of Shaolin monks defending their families and defending the country in "Rizhilu Shaolin Monks", and he also disclosed this historical fact: In the battle to defend Songjiang, the four Shaolin warrior monks of Chutang, Yifeng, Zhenyuan and Zhixin sacrificed heroically, and Fang Kang, the governor of Songjiang, built the "Four Righteous Monks Pagoda" in Sheshan, a suburb of Shanghai, for people to mourn the loyalty and courage of the four monks.
Although the Shaolin warrior monks are Buddhist monks, everyone has a patriotic heart, religion has no borders, but religion should have a country and a home country, and everyone in China should fulfill their responsibilities and abide by every inch of land.