Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 332
Zhenjiang couldn't take it, but Chuzhou was going well, and the White Lotus Sect had a territory in Jiangbei.

However, this was of no use. The governor of Liangjiang came with [-] frontier troops, and the White Lotus Sect had neither captured Yingtian Mansion nor Yangzhou Mansion.

The Chuzhou army was alone and difficult to defend. Once they fought with the imperial army, the weakness of the guard army and peasant army was quickly exposed, and they were quickly defeated.

The governor of Liangjiang who came here was very cunning, and he used both suppression and appeasement, and the morale of the White Lotus Sect's army quickly collapsed.

Until the frontier army crossed the Yangtze River, they chased Fang Kaicheng's main force for a decisive battle, and forced Fang Kaicheng's troops to the vicinity of Taihu Lake.

At the same time, regiment training from all over the country has taken action to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression.

The 60 White Lotus Sect army was completely defeated within half a year.

Fan Zhuoyuan's troops did not participate in the decisive battle between the main forces, but they continued to fight piecemeal on the periphery, and each time they could systematically wipe out [-] to [-] members of the White Lotus Sect.

Until the White Lotus Sect fought against the Frontier Army on the Taihu Lake, they were defeated, retreating all the way to Suzhou Mansion, looking like they were going to go out to sea by boat.

Fan Zhuoyuan happened to lead the army to carry out an ambush in Suzhou, and defeated [-] remnants of the White Lotus Sect with [-] troops. The governor of Liangjiang immediately led the army to come after receiving the news.

Of course, Qin Baichuan, the owner of Jiangnan Seven Star Building, would not miss this opportunity, and led the forces in the Jianghu to chase and intercept him all the way.

All the armies chased down the defeated army to Chongming Island, and finally wiped them out completely.

After the great victory, all the top officials of the White Lotus Sect were wiped out, except Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the White Lotus Sect.

On behalf of the imperial court, the governor of Liangjiang, after rewarding the generals of the various armies participating in the battle, called Fan Zhuoyuan alone.

The purpose is simple. The rebellion caused by religious organizations like the White Lotus Sect has brought great losses to the court. Naturally, both the court and the central government are wary of similar religious organizations.

The current emperor issued an order to designate all sects and organizations other than Orthodox Buddhism, Quanzhen Taoism, and Zhengyi Taoism as cults.

And Fan Zhuoyuan happened to be the leader of these cults.

The governor of Liangjiang felt that Fan Zhuoyuan made various contributions in suppressing the White Lotus Sect this time, so he spoke very politely, but the implication was that he could only choose one of the sect and the important general of the court.

These things are like a joke to Fan Zhuoyuan, children only make choices, adults naturally want all of them.

On the surface, he promised very sincerely that the Maitreya Sect would be disbanded, and he called a group of subordinates in front of the governor of Liangjiang, demanding that they were not allowed to worship Maitreya again in the future, and there was no need to hold an altar closure ceremony.

It has even been widely propagated among Maitreya believers, and it is not allowed to worship Maitreya in the future.

The governor of Liangjiang was very happy when he saw this, and when he went to investigate among the people, he did not see the people who worshiped the religion anymore, and he trusted Fan Zhuoyuan even more.

However, in fact, a well-organized organization such as the Maitreya Sect may not be able to be destroyed even by force, let alone a few words of persuasion.

At present, it is natural to turn from light to darkness. After closing all the main altars and changing them into restaurants and halls, all congregants will never worship Maitreya outside in the future, but they still follow the teachings of Maitreya in private, and they still form associations. How can the government that does not go to the countryside manage and control it?

Moreover, for Fan Zhuoyuan, the court's move was beneficial for him to weaken the feudal superstition and religious organization of the sect. Now that he does not worship Maitreya and only abides by the teachings, he will become more like a well-organized sect.

From now on, Fan Zhuoyuan no longer claims to be the leader of the sect. After the disbandment of the Maitreya sect, Dong Lun was ordered to establish the Huaiyang Society in a low-key manner. It is legal for the sect to change into a society...

He himself was appointed as the commander of the capital, and he was actually sent to be the commander-in-chief of Yangzhou. The army can be expanded to [-], but the imperial court will only give [-] soldiers. The military pay may be less than three thousand.

According to the normal situation of the imperial court, it is impossible for the chief soldier to distribute all these military salaries to the military households in the guards under his command, but to support his own soldiers and family members, and he will not raise the full amount of three thousand. It's already great.

Fan Zhuoyuan acted in a low-key manner. After receiving the award, he only expanded his army to five thousand and guarded outside Yangzhou.

In fact, the power of the Maitreya Sect, which should be called the Huaiyang Society at this time, has expanded again after this battle, and it is all based on the entire Jianghuai.

Including Yingtian Mansion, Changzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, west to Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion and other areas.

Fan Zhuoyuan's third system task was also successfully completed. After actually controlling Yingtian Mansion and Huai'an Mansion, 20 proficiency points were immediately credited, and the current remaining proficiency points are 40 and karma points are 65 points.

After the governor of Liangjiang persuaded Fan Zhuoyuan to disband the Maitreya Sect, he was very happy to see that his goal was successfully achieved.

But it is obvious that the three major sects in the world, as well as the Wenxiang sect in the north, must also be targeted by the court, and the Northland has also started various actions.

The Governor of Liangjiang with [-] elite soldiers was thinking about his political achievements and completely ignored the affairs of the Northland. The most important thing for him now was to find the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Fang Kaicheng, as soon as possible.

Only by catching this person, his mission on this trip will be considered complete, and he will be able to make a splash of credit when he returns to the center, and he can officially enter the cabinet.

Fang Kaicheng has caused such a big disturbance in the Jiangnan region for more than a year, no matter whether it is court or Jianghu, many people hate him to the bone.

Including Fan Zhuoyuan and Qin Baichuan, almost the entire southern martial arts are looking for him.

But no one could have imagined that Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, who everyone shouted for beatings, was hiding in Cheng Shiyao's home in Suzhou City at this time.

This is the first time Cheng Shiyao has returned to her house in Suzhou in the past year.

The reason why she returned to Suzhou was because someone found her and asked her to meet here. That person was the mysterious man who had taught her the art of playing the piano and handed her the Tianmo Qin.

Since Cheng Shiyao and Yan, he has not seen this person for many years.

After she returned here, two people visited together that night.

Both of them were wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats. It happened to be the rainy season in Suzhou. They were dressed like fishermen, not attracting attention.

However, after the two entered the house, they took off their hats, and one of them was Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the White Lotus Sect.

I saw the exhaustion on his face, but he still couldn't restrain the excitement on his face.

Looking at the silent Cheng Shiyao in front of him, he said to the man next to him wearing a copper mask: "Is this the daughter of Qin Demon?"

The man wearing the copper mask nodded slightly, "Shiyao, the leader Fang should be considered your uncle, who used to work under your mother's hands."

Cheng Shiyao said coldly: "What happened in the past of Luo Zujiao has nothing to do with Shiyao."

The man also said very coldly: "Then there is nothing to introduce. During this period of time, the imperial court and the rivers and lakes are very busy investigating Fang Jiaozhu, so I can only hide with you for a period of time, and I will take care of you."

Cheng Shiyao said in dissatisfaction: "Uncle Ghost, this person provoked wars and caused countless people's wives to be scattered and displaced. There are corpses everywhere in the wild. Why don't you hand him over to the court for justice?"

Fang Kaicheng laughed, "My niece really thinks that even without Fang and the White Lotus Sect, the people in Jiangnan would not rebel? As long as the court continues like this, the people will rebel sooner or later! If this is the case, why don't you borrow me to sacrifice to the heavens in order to Open the gate of heaven!"

Cheng Shiyao felt that this person was extremely cold-blooded and selfish, and was very annoyed, but the bronze-masked man calmed her down with just one word.

"Do you want to see your mother?"

Cheng Shiyao was greatly surprised, "Didn't Mother already..."

"Then why is there no dead body? Not only her, but also the other three demons, the leader, the left and right emissaries, and the geniuses of the Righteous Way have all disappeared. Don't you think it's strange?"

(End of this chapter)