The "Shrinking Ground Technique" is a divine art that can turn far into near. This technique was first seen in Ge Hong's "Biography of the Immortals. Hu Gong".
According to the book, there is a person named Fei Changfang, who has boundless mana and can shrink the earth's veins, even if it is thousands of miles away, it will come to the present in an instant, and after it is relaxed, the earth will return to its old age. As the saying goes: "The wind of fate drives the sun and the moon, shrinking the land and walking the mountains and rivers"!
For thousands of years, this legendary "land shrinkage technique" has greatly enriched people's imaginations, and it has also envied many idiots who live in two places. Zhou Lujing, a Ming Dynasty man, shouted for the male and female protagonists in his own book "Jinzhi Ji • Yu Meng", "May you shrink the land and go concurrently, and teach him to smell the disease".
However, in the end, the "shrinking technique" is only a kind of magic that people fantasize about in their minds, and it is impossible to have it in real life.
In the Chen Dynasty at the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a man who was once suspected that he had the "art of shrinking the ground". What's going on? Let's take a look.
People who are believed to have "shrunk the ground" are called wheat iron rods.
Mai Tie Wan was a native of Shixing, Guangdong (present-day Nanxiong, Guangdong), and "Iron Wand" was not a real name, but a nickname. According to the "Genealogy of the Mai Clan", his real name is Rao Feng, and Gai is called "Iron Staff" because he is good at making iron rods.
Mai Tiewan has a rough personality, is alcoholic, good at socializing, renews promises, does not rule the industry, and wanders in the grassy rivers and lakes to do the business of robbing the family and robbing the house.
For a long time, Mai Tiewan and his friends lived a life of eating meat with chopsticks, drinking wine in large bowls, and weighing gold and silver, and living a good and unhappy life.
However, the night road is more than a ghost.
In one case, Mai Tiewan lost his hand, was captured by Ouyang Jun, the assassin of Guangzhou, and escorted to the capital Jiankang (present-day Nanjing) to die.
Mai Tie wand is tall and powerful- Lord Chen Hou cherished him as a talent, spared him the death penalty, and organized him into the court honor guard, responsible for carrying the imperial umbrella.
It should be said that carrying the imperial umbrella for the emperor is an easy and decent job. However, for the wheat iron rod who is accustomed to a free life, it is tedious.
As the days passed, the indulgent Wheat Iron Rod began to return to his old business. He carried an umbrella for the emperor during the day, left the court at night, traveled alone for more than a hundred miles, walked to the southern Xuzhou (present-day Zhenjiang) mansion to commit a crime overnight, and at dawn he unknowingly returned to Jiankang, changed his clothes in time, and continued to carry the umbrella for the emperor without delay.
The distance from Nanjing to Zhenjiang, even today on the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, is 80 kilometers away, and it takes an hour to drive. More than a thousand years ago, the wheat iron rod did not sleep, even if it was riding a fast horse, turning over the hooves and palms, wading over the mountains and wading through the water, after the robbery, it quickly turned back to work, people can stand it, the horse can't stand it. However, what is amazing is that the Wheat Iron Staff actually has no horse, and with a pair of big feet alone, it can complete this difficult move, which is really magical.
Because the Wheat Iron Rod was robbed with an open flame every time, it was finally recognized.
The official government of Southern Xuzhou reported the complaint to Emperor Chen Hou, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials were in an uproar--Mai Tie staff worked honestly in the imperial court every day, how could he go to a place hundreds of miles away as a bandit in the night? Unless, of course, he possesses the Immortal Fei Changfang's "Shrinking Ground Technique"!
Everyone accused the magistrate of Southern Xuzhou of being nonsense and refused to believe it.
Lord Chen Hou also meant this, and pressed down the form.
The wheat iron rod is more fearless, and the crime is more crazy and more intense.
As a result, places hundreds of miles away from Nanjing were robbed to varying degrees.
For a moment, the sound of "the umbrella guard at the emperor's side, Mai Tiewan, is a great thief of the Ocean" was noisy and dusty.
The more the matter became more and more noisy, Lord Chen Hou was also a little overwhelmed.
What to do?
Shang Shu Cai Zheng thought of a trick, let people post the list: hire the night to send the edict to Xuzhou Yamen, the next morning can return to the palace of the strong man. Those who claim to be able to complete this task will be rewarded with 100 gold.
Mai Tie staff responded, carried the edict to the dust, and rushed back to the capital before dawn.
At this point, the self-casting net.
Chen Hou said, "Indeed, as the Xuzhou officials said, the theft of the iron rod is very clear. ”
However, Chen Hou recited the Mai Tie Staff to correct Jian Xiao Yong and avoid his capital crime, and after a reprimand, he released him.
Soon, the Sui Dynasty army suppressed the territory, and the Chen Dynasty soon perished.
Because there were still many people in Suzhou, Yuezhou (present-day Shaoxing) and other places in the south, Yang Su, the commander of the Sui March, led the army to fight and recruited the civilian Mai Tiewan as a scout, who was specifically responsible for reconnaissance of the rebel army.
Mai Tiewan wears a bundle of grass on his head every night, takes advantage of the black floating water to cross the Yangtze River, and then crosses the river to return after reconnaissance of the enemy's situation.
This is a physical job that is several times more difficult than a modern triathlon!
During an operation, the Wheat Iron Staff was captured by the rebels waiting in the river.
The leader of the rebels, Li Ling, arranged for thirty guards to escort him to the rear for interrogation.
At a place called the Pavilion, the guards sat down to eat and drink and rest, and in order not to starve to death, they loosened the wheat rod slightly and gave it food.
What is the material, the wheat iron rod does not want food, but a knife. He grabbed a large knife, flew up and down, and killed thirty guards at once, and calmly cut off thirty noses, returned with a full load, and presented it to Yang Su.
After the rebellion was put down, the Sui army returned to the dynasty.
The DPRK discussed the merits and rewards, but omitted the wheat iron rod.
Mai Tiewan was seriously dissatisfied, and he exhibited his "divine miracles" to stick to Yang Su - whether Yang Su was riding a horse or riding a car, he was like a shadow, not leaving half a step.
Yang Suyuan only regarded him as a small scoundrel and did not care, but in the end he was overwhelmed by his divine deeds, and he was afraid, and honestly asked the emperor to play the Mai Tie Staff as the third division of Yi Tongsi.
Yi Tongsansi was a civilian, mai tie staff was illiterate, and he was uncomfortable working in the official court, so he asked himself to return to his hometown.
In the sixteenth year of Emperor Wen of Sui's reign (597 CE), Yang Su made an expedition to the Turks, and Li Che, the Duke of Chengyang, admired the magic of mai tie's staff, summoned him to the capital, and appointed him as a che general to accompany the army. After the war, he was promoted to Shangkai Province.
The Sui Emperor ascended the throne, the Han king Yang Liang plotted a rebellion in Hezhou, and Mai Tiejian followed Yang Su to conquer the Han king Yang Forgiveness, and in every battle, he was a pioneer and accumulated merits to enter the pillar state.
Soon, Mai Tiejian was transferred to Laizhou Assassin History, with no political achievements; after being promoted to Runan Taishou, he learned some legal systems, and the Runan's group of thieves disappeared.
Dou Wei, the Kaogong Lang of the Imperial Court, ridiculed Mai Tie's illiterate eyes and deliberately asked during the upper court: "Mai is also a surname?" It's weird. ”
Mai Tiewan reacted very quickly and replied, "There is no difference in The Madus (bean), what is strange?" ”
Dou Wei was stunned and speechless.
Those present praised The forte of The Rod of Wheat.
Soon, Mai Tiejian was transferred to the post of Grand General of the Right Tun Wei
The Sui Dynasty set up a total of twelve guards, each with one left and one right Tun Wei general, and the right Tun Wei general was divided into unified soldiers, and the right Tun Wei general was equivalent to the current deputy commander of the local military region.
This shows that the Sui Emperor relied heavily on the Wheat Iron Staff.
Mai Tiewan also knew that the Sui Emperor was kind to him and always had the ambition to be loyal to the country.
In the eighth year of Daye (612 AD), the Sui Emperor sent an army to conquer Goryeo. Mai Tiejian asked himself to be the vanguard, and said to Wu Jingxian, a doctor accompanying the army, with great splendor: "The life of the eldest husband has its own place, how can he burn the bridge of his nose with Ai Zhao, spray his nostrils with Guati, cure the yellow, and die in the arms of a woman?" ”
When he was about to cross the Liao River, Mai Tiewan said to his three sons, "You should prepare light yellow clothes (light yellow shirts are the clothes of meritorious people). I have been blessed by the nation for a long time, and today should be the time to sacrifice my life for the country. If I die in battle, you will be rich. In terms of loyalty and filial piety, I hope you will work harder. ”
By the time the river was crossed, the bridge was not yet completed, and there were still a few feet from the east bank, and the enemy soldiers poured in. Mai Tie staff jumped on the shore with a tiger jump, fought with the thieves alone, and fell to the ground.
The Japanese writer Yoshiki Tanaka wrote this passage in his novel "Fengxiang Wanli" particularly magnificently: he stood at the front of the unfinished pontoon bridge, wielding a large knife to resist the flying enemy arrows, and his eyes glared at the enemy. Shouting and jumping into the river from the end of the bridge, the water splashed everywhere, and he rushed to the east bank of the river with the water around his waist, cutting off the head of a Goryeo general who was commanding with a knife, and the enemy fell down with blood, becoming the first dead of the Goryeo army after the battle. Subsequently, the two generals Meng Jincha and Qian Shixiong also killed the east bank, but because the archers of the Goryeo army fired ten thousand arrows, the successors of the Sui army could not rush up. The two generals were in danger of being isolated in the enemy army and became the main target of the Goryeo army's ten thousand arrows. The large knife of Mai Tie's staff swirled and flew like a wheel, slashing and killing the enemy soldiers who attacked, and every time he shouted the word "kill", it was a rain of blood that flew into the air. However, unfortunately, his large knife actually "clicked" and broke after cutting the armor of more than twenty enemies. His bare-handed wheat iron staff was stabbed by three halberds of the enemy in front and behind him, and he was not afraid, pulled out one of the halberds that was stabbed on his body, and stabbed the three enemies who stabbed him to death with his backhand, and finally slowly fell down due to lack of physical strength. Then, the enemy's five halberds stabbed at him, and the blood of the brave soldiers spurted out, killing them on the battlefield, and after death, they were still angry...
When the Sui Emperor heard of the death of the Wheat Iron Staff in battle, he burst into tears and sent emissaries to redeem the corpses from the enemy position with heavy gold, and issued an edict saying: "The Iron Staff is strong and courageous, and ping is known for his merits, and this time he accompanies the thief in his crusade, and he is a pioneer and a soldier, charging into the battlefield, and although he died, he survived." His oath is faithful and sincere, and it is sad to remember his life. He should be given a special honor in recognition of his merits, and may be posthumously awarded the post of Grand Master of Guanglu, posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Suguo, and given the title of Wu Lie. ”
Mai Tiewan's three sons, Meng Cai, Zhongcai, and Ji Cai, were also awarded official titles.
The Sui Emperor also donated huge sums of money to do funerals for the wheat iron rod, and gave the car beijing mourning car, equipped with drummers in front of and behind, feathers inserted in the poles of the funeral car, and punished Yuwen Shu, who had lost the battle in Pyongyang, and more than a hundred other people were in front of the car to carry the coffin for the iron staff, and the officials below the prince were sent to the suburbs.
Later, people built the ancestral hall of mai tie scepter in Baishun, Nanxiong City, and wrote "Wuliefu" and had a couplet: Honorary Ten Thousand Years of Light And History, Jingzhong Ancient Zhuangshan River.
An iron rod tower was also built at the east gate of Xiongzhou City, and four large characters were given "Pillar State Qingtian".
Nanxiong Zhujie Lane also built a "Mai Clan Ancestral Hall", which contains a statue of Mai Tie's staff, solemn and solemn, and admired by posterity.
Until now, the temple of the Iron Rod of Baishun Neimai in Nanxiong City is still full of incense.
The tomb of the reconstructed Wheat Iron Staff, built according to the mountain, is semi-circular, made of bluestone strips and rubble blocks, 1.8 meters high and 1.9 meters wide; the tombstone is engraved with the words "Tomb of the Sui SuGuo GongMai Iron Staff", "Mountains and Clear Water Shows", and left carved "Twenty-six Years of reconstruction of the Republic of China".