Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 214 The White Lotus Sect’s Plot
LuoYang HeNan.

There is a famous mountain in Luanchuan County called Laojun Mountain.

This is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains, a main peak in the [-]-mile Funiu Mountains. The mountains are steep and have many peaks.

Laojun Mountain is originally a famous Taoist mountain.

However, since Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty introduced Buddhism and built the first government-run temple, Baima Temple, in Luoyang, Buddhism gradually emerged.

Many Buddhist temples have also been built on Laojun Mountain.

There is a large temple on the hillside of Laojun Mountain called Pujiyuan.

On the surface, this is just an ordinary Buddhist temple, but in fact, it is the largest stronghold of the White Lotus Sect in Henan.

The White Lotus Sect originated from the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, because it spread too quickly and its teachings were not conducive to imperial rule.

Therefore, in the early days of its establishment, it was always regarded as a cult organization by the government and suppressed by those in power in successive generations. It could only be spread secretly among the people.

Therefore, the White Lotus Sect has also evolved into an anti-government organization. Whenever there is an opportunity, the White Lotus Sect will jump out and cause trouble.

In the original world, the White Lotus Sect had used various slogans to oppose the Yuan Dynasty and restore the Song Dynasty, to oppose the Ming Dynasty and restore the Yuan Dynasty, and to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. In short, they would oppose whichever dynasty they arrested.

And every year of great disaster is a good time for the White Lotus Sect to promote its doctrines and expand its followers.

In recent years, due to the continuous natural disasters, the White Lotus Sect has been supported by secret people, so it has grown day by day.

Originally, the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect thought that if there was such a huge locust plague in the Central Plains this time, the people in the northern provinces would be in dire straits and starve to death.

They wanted to take this opportunity to secretly promote the idea that the emperor was fatuous and treacherous ministers were in power, which led to the natural disaster.

In this way, the victims of the disaster can be recruited into the religion, and when the time is right, the people of several provinces can be encouraged to rise up and cause a heavy blow to the Chu court.

But he didn't expect that because of Jia Qiong's intervention, the court had a way to deal with this disaster.

Several measures have ensured the basic survival of the victims to a large extent and reduced the harm of the disaster.

This greatly affected the plans of the White Lotus Sect.

Especially in Henan, because it is close to Guanzhong, almost most of the young people affected by the disaster went to Chang'an to work.

For the remaining people, the local government also has enough food to provide relief.

As long as the common people have a way to survive, no one is willing to follow the White Lotus Sect in rebellion.

Several other provinces have made some progress due to the incompetence of local officials and the withholding of disaster relief money and food, but Henan has done almost nothing.

Yin Guohong, the general person in charge of the White Lotus Sect in Henan Province and the master of Puji Hall, was very dissatisfied because of this incident.

At this time, someone offered advice to Yin Guohong, saying that a large number of disaster victims had gathered in Chang'an City, and countless grains were consumed every day.

The survival of these people depends entirely on the food shipped from the Jiangnan area.

If they could rob a batch of the imperial grain ships, they would not only be able to obtain a large amount of grain, but also put the capital into a food shortage situation, making it impossible to carry out work-for-relief measures.

It might even trigger unrest among the victims in the capital area. If they continue to instigate, they might be able to trigger a civil uprising.

Yin Guohong thought this was a good idea, so he arranged for a close subordinate to go to Luoyang to inquire about the situation of the grain transport fleet to see if they had a chance to take action.

At this time, Feng Ziying, Liu Xianglian and Xue Pan had just entered the border of Henan.

They plan to first inspect various mining areas near Luoyang to look for high-quality coal.

This time, several people traveled lightly and without any servants. Three people and three horses traveled at dawn and stayed overnight.

Feng Ziying and Feng Ziying originally did not want to bring Xue Pan as a burden.

But now that Xue Pan's sister is engaged to Jia Qiong, he can be regarded as Jia Qiong's uncle, so they can't criticize Xue Pan's face too much.

Moreover, this errand was not too difficult. After the two of them made an agreement with Xue Pan for three chapters, they took him out with them.

The first few days were fine. Xue Pan felt fresh and followed Feng Ziying and others to various mining areas.

But once the novelty wore off, Xue Pan couldn't stand going to the deep mountains and forests every day.

Today I say I have a headache and a fever, and tomorrow I say I have diarrhea and diarrhea.In short, I just stayed in Luoyang and couldn't come out. I just wandered around the city every day.

Feng Ziying and the other two didn't bother to care about him. They only asked him not to cause trouble and to stay for a few days and then they could go back.

Today, Xue Pan wandered around the city alone for half a day. He felt hungry, so he found a restaurant that looked quite impressive and went in to eat.

It was only about three o'clock in the afternoon, not dinner time, so there were almost no customers in the restaurant.

Xue Pan asked for a private room on the top floor, ordered a table of delicious food, and asked the waiter to invite two girls to join the fun. They drank happily.

At this time, in another private room of the restaurant, one of Yin Guohong's confidants was also drinking with others.

This man's name is Wang Gui, a native of Luoyang. He is rough on the outside and delicate on the inside. He is Yin Guohong's favorite general, so he was sent to inquire for information.

The person drinking with him was his cousin named Wang Jing, who worked at the water transport terminal.

The two of them were full of wine and food, and Wang Jing said enviously: "Third brother, I haven't seen you for so many years. You are so prosperous that you can treat me to a drink in such a good restaurant."

Wang Gui smiled and said: "What does this mean? If you follow me, I will make sure you can go out to restaurants every day.

Don't you have an acquaintance in the Transshipment Department? How many ships are there in the fleet transporting grain to Beijing? When will they depart and how many soldiers will escort them?

As long as you figure out the situation of the fleet, you will have made a great contribution.

Once the thing is done, the benefits will inevitably come to you, and you will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life. "

Wang Jing asked in confusion: "Why are you asking about this?"

Wang Gui knew Wang Jing's temper. He was a restless person, so he had no intention of hiding it.

Wang Gui said directly: "We are brothers, and I won't hide it from you.

Now I am one of the eight disciples of Master Yin of the Puji Hall of the White Lotus Sect. This is what my master asked me to find out. "

Wang Jing said in surprise: "White Lotus Sect! Why did you get together with them?"

Wang Gui said nonchalantly: "We will sacrifice our lives for whoever gives us benefits."

After saying that, he took out two silver ingots from his arms, both of which were large ingots worth 25 taels each. Wang Jing's eyes widened.

"If you are willing to follow me, you can use these 50 taels of silver to inquire about information.

After the work is completed, there will be a reward.

I just let you ask for information, and you don’t need to do anything else.

It's such a good thing that I came to you because we are brothers.

Do it or not, please give me a happy word. "

Wang Jing didn't hesitate at all, nodding his head like a kowtowing insect and saying: "Do it, do it, only fools won't do it.

Don't worry, third brother, it's not difficult, I'll take care of it. "

Wang Gui smiled and said: "That's right, it's done, the reward will be less than 3000 taels of silver.

By then, we brothers will not be able to be as happy as we want.

If you don’t want to join the White Lotus Sect, I won’t force you to do so. You can go wherever you like with the money. "

Wang Jing said happily: "I never thought that I, Wang Jing, would be where I am today. It's really a good thing that I never dreamed of."

Wang Gui smiled and said: "Thanks to Jia Qiong, our big plan failed, so my master prepared..."

At this moment, there was a sudden clang, and the door to the private room was kicked open from the outside.

Wang Gui and Wang Gui were startled, and cold sweat broke out instantly.

They couldn't help but turn their heads to look out the door, only to see a fat man walking in, pointing at the two of them and scolding: "Where are the two thieves from? You dare to say bad things about my brother-in-law. I think you don't want to live anymore!"

(End of this chapter)