Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 90

When Shen Yun, an officer of the Imperial City Department, heard the words "torture in Kaifeng Mansion", his expression changed slightly.The Governor of Kaifeng Mansion is Cai Jing's confidant henchman, and he sent his sons to prison in Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation.Although the party struggle in this dynasty was fierce, it was only limited to the scholar-bureaucrats. Even on the stele of the party members who pushed the party struggle to the extreme, there were no more than three hundred people with surnames.But according to what Cai Jing said, more than 2000 cases were involved in the case of exposing posts, which is unprecedented, and the scale is so large.

He was about to open his mouth to question, but he heard Cai Jing say again: "The most important thing right now is to choose generals to command the Southern Expedition. Wang Yan, the commander of the Hejian armies, and the Jiuli army, are prudent and strategic, coordinating the generals in Hejian Fighting against the Liao army won the approval of Mr. Tong, and he is a general. In the opinion of the veteran, this person is a suitable candidate."

After Cai Jing finished recommending, he stood calmly and calmly, as if the move was entirely out of public interest, but occasionally his eyes moved slightly, but he seemed to look at Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Department.In just a few months, Wang Yan was quickly promoted to the commander of the Hejian army due to the changes in Hebei, and controlled nearly [-] forbidden troops, and he was in the same league as Yang Yanqing and Liu Yanqing in Hebei.The rapid promotion of subordinates made Shen Yun feel a little inappropriate, and now Cai Jing proposed to let Wang Yan take charge of the South Expedition camp, which created a big problem for Shen Yun.

"The prince is only in command of an army of 15. After the southeast is pacified, he will not be willing to be my subordinate. However, as soon as the objection comes out, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. The miscellaneous family is in the middle of the old thief Cai's tricks, and they finally won the river. The military power in the world will also be separated from the Imperial City Secretary." Shen Yun pondered over and over again, but did not say anything.Just now I wanted to question the inappropriateness of delivering Qianjuzi to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation, but I no longer care about it.

Cai Gongxiang nominated and recommended, and other important ministers were easy and unwilling to speak against it.Privy envoy Wang Fu has always followed his example.Zhao Zhifu, who is a political adviser, has a calm face, but he is secretly terrified because His Majesty wants to investigate the case of exposing the post.He was worried that he or the prince would eventually be involved, so his lips moved slightly, but he never said a word.With a slight sneer at the corner of Li Bangyan's mouth, he thought to himself, Mr. Cai just directed his anger at the digging of his ancestral grave on these Confucian scholars.Some time ago, these gangsters made a lot of progress and played with fire, and they deserved to be blamed.Both of them didn't take Nan Zhengxuan's matter to heart. After all, what Cai Gongxiang advocated was harmless to him, so it was best not to interfere.

After Zhao You stroked his forehead and thought over and over again, he agreed to Cai Jing's proposal, and decreed to appoint Wang Yan as the Propaganda Envoy of Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other roads, and deployed all the camps in the southeast.He ordered him to select 15 elite soldiers from Hejian, transfer [-] forbidden troops to the Xijing camp, [-] forbidden troops to stay in the capital, and [-] forbidden troops to be stationed on the Hubei Road. With [-] Fan soldiers, a South Expedition camp was formed, with a total of [-] troops, and they set off as soon as possible.The Hejian armies were handed back to Liu Yanqing, the Hebei platoon envoy, for restraint.At the same time, order the surviving Forbidden Army and Xiang Army in the counties and counties in the southeast to gather in Jinling and guard Jinling, so as to prevent the "rebellious" thieves from gaining more momentum after conquering the old capital in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the city of Hangzhou, Mingjiao believers came and went everywhere. The uprising that almost swept Jiangnan within a few days went so smoothly, and the old brothers of Mingjiao felt a little high-spirited.Not far away, the fires at the Cai Mansion and the Hangzhou Zaozao Bureau were almost extinguished, and thick smoke was still rising.Although most of the shops on the street were robbed by rascals who took advantage of the chaos during the siege, and the occasional beggars who passed by even took away the door panels, but the residences of ordinary people have not been disturbed much.I got the news in the morning that several new large ships were berthed at the wharf outside Wulin Gate. It was Xiao Yanping, the shipping officer appointed by Shengjiao, who had negotiated with several big merchants. , Goods from all over the world and even overseas will return to the Hangzhou market.

At this moment, a group of leaders of the Ming Cult walked out of the government office.The congregants of the uprising are graded according to the color of the silk scarves tied on their heads. The lowest level congregants wear red scarves on their heads.The upper and lower ranks are clear at a glance.Most of the scarves tied on the heads of these people are purple silk scarves, or at least blue scarves.

Shi Sheng, Demon King Zheng, Lu Qier and other altar masters from various places have just listened to the teachings of Shenggong.These people have been deacons in the church for a long time, and finally waited until the day when they came into being, and they were talking enthusiastically that the holy religion swept the southeast state capital this time, and it seems that they are going to rule the river, and even rule the world, and only the leader Fang Such a natural god can do it.Master Fang is going to hold the enthronement ceremony in the near future to establish a national system, three provinces and six ministries, provinces, prefectures and counties, all of which are indispensable.

Deng Yuanjue, who was wearing a purple turban, had a worried look on his face.Shengjiao received the support of the Salt Gang, the Cao Gang, and some wealthy businessmen in the southeast. Taking advantage of the government's surprise, it swept across more than ten counties within a few days, and it was extremely smooth.Now that the imperial court has come to its senses, the imperial guards in Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, and Guangnan are taking precautions where the Mingjiao uprising did not reach. Many prefectures and counties also closed their gates during the day.At this time, the forbidden troops near Jiangnan Road were gathering towards Jinling without stopping.But the leader Fang La didn't know whose slander he had listened to, and he planned to send a large army to attack Jinling after the enthronement ceremony in Hangzhou first.

Although Shengjiao has already taken over the Yamen of the state government, but they don't know their household registration, taxation, food and grass. The old brothers in the Yazhong only follow the law strictly. Ordinary people donate their family property to join the religion.

After the incident, Master Fang tried his best to restrain the congregation from 'harassing' the people, and even beheaded a few black sheep as an example to others.However, the hatred between the church members at the grassroots level and the government is too deep. If they are caught, they will be broken and dismembered, their lungs and hearts will be dug out, and they will even be boiled with ointment, and they will shoot random arrows.Brothers Wu Chu and Wu Mou, who originally served Mingzun, were also beaten to death by the other altar congregants who were almost flooded in by taking advantage of the chaos. Zhang Huaisu, the left protector, even slapped the fat red face on the table with the right protector Fang, but it was useless .Not only did it frighten the officials and subordinates in the southeast to flee one after another, but it also frightened many gentry, wealthy businessmen, and even ordinary people, which aggravated the misunderstanding of the holy religion.

The southeastern area was originally rich in cultural relics, and Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism all have deep roots here.Now that Mingjiao is in trouble, scholars from all over the world are avoiding it.Many villages that did not want to convert to Mingzun even took the local gentry as their leaders, and began to practice village courage and form villages to protect themselves.If things go on like this, the excellent situation accumulated by the Holy Cult over the past decades may be in vain.

Deng Yuanjue was in deep thought when suddenly someone patted his shoulder.Looking back, it was Shi Sheng, an old brother of many years, the altar master of Jiaozhongle Shantan.He is almost an old brother who joined the religion in the same year as Fang La. He has been traveling on river boats all year round, but he is straightforward.

Shi Sheng complained in a low voice: "Old Zheng, you said that the Confucian scholar only wrote an exposing post, neither worshiped Mingzun, nor made any contribution to the Holy Cult, how could Master Fang value it so much, and solemnly proclaimed him to be a Holy Cult?" Former military adviser. Many old brothers in the teaching have risked ransacking their homes and killing their heads for many years. They have worked so hard that they can't be divided into official positions. The leader of the church just wants to give the benefits to outsiders!"

Deng Yuanjue thought to himself, this tough man who kills without blinking an eye will also be deceived by fame and fortune.He smiled slightly and said, "I'm afraid the leader doesn't think highly of him. The oracle was passed to Bianjing to urge him to go to Huangquan Road."

Shi Sheng seemed to have realized something, but still hesitantly said: "He and I have never had any enmity, why..."

Deng Yuanjue said: "It is said that this surname Zhao has quite a reputation in Hebei, and this time he has earned a great reputation for revealing the post. As long as the faint king kills him, he will lose a lot of hearts."

Shi Sheng nodded, then suddenly realized, and sighed in a low voice: "So that's the case, such insidious deeds are not done by heroes."

Deng Yuanjue laughed when he heard the words: "Just to pass on my holy teachings, with the eight-character mantra of 'cleanness, light, strength, and wisdom', the souls of the world will be freed from darkness forever. Many brothers in the religion would rather abandon their wives and children. To achieve great things Well, sacrificing a little Confucian scholar is nothing. Besides, these Confucian scholars open their mouths and keep their mouths shut, saying that people in the holy religion are demons, so they don’t think we are heroes.”

Shi Sheng was stunned for a moment and then smiled, nodded, and recognized Deng Yuanjue's statement, then frowned and said, "What if the foolish king doesn't kill him? Didn't the leader miscalculate?"

Deng Yuanjue laughed dumbly and said: "Even if the foolish king doesn't fall for the trick, the military adviser is only a point. If you are sealed today and exempted tomorrow, the holy religion has nothing to lose." This trick of killing people with a knife is too obvious.If the man from Bianjing is really stupid to this point, then he can really consider conquering Jinling and marching northward to unify the world.

In fact, Deng Yuanjue hopes that Master Fang will absorb some talents from outside the religion to be used by the holy religion, and it is enough to work for the religion. It is not a problem whether to worship Mingzun or not.