The so-called protector position is naturally just an insignificant name for Liu Jun. If you give it up, you will give it up. But for Tang Tiande now, it is everything. He originally wanted to give up the throne to Liu Jun and become the prince himself.
The king's obsession was unexpected, but Liu Jun didn't fall for it, causing all his last hopes to come to nothing...
Seeing the lost Tang Tiande being carried into the backyard, Liu Jun spat fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "You are unwilling to give up..." When he turned around, he was already smiling, and he raised his hands and said to the Buddha Mother: "
Please ask Mother Buddha to ascend to the throne to discuss matters."
But Tang Sai'er shook his head and said: "I will no longer interfere with secular affairs. Please just let the Dharma Protector do his own thing."
Liu Jun stared at Tang Saier, wanting to see if she really meant what she said. But what could he tell through the thick white gauze? He could only assume that the Buddha's words and deeds were consistent. "Okay, then,
Don’t bother Buddha Mother with small matters. If big things happen, ask Buddha Mother to make a decision.”
"That's very good." Tang Sai'er nodded...
Liu Jun left the palace and returned to Le'an Prefecture across the street - this yamen, which was only one-tenth the size of the palace, is Liu Jun's current general's palace. Although the yamen is small, it is now the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect.
At the center of power, Liu Jun gave an order, and dozens of White Lotus sect leaders from Liu Xin on down came to obey his orders.
"The protector has arrived! Everyone kneels to welcome him!" A Chou stood in front of the leaders with a waist knife in his hand and a long tune.
Naturally, the leaders were dissatisfied with Liu Jun's villainous behavior, but looking at the two rows of warriors standing with machetes on their left and right, with chests and belly raised, no one dared to show their dissatisfaction and could only bow their heads obediently.
Chatter followed A Chou and shouted: "Welcome to protect the Dharma."
Liu Jun then walked out from behind the screen with a square step, and looked at his former colleague and superior kneeling obediently in front of him. He felt so happy in his heart that he took his time and sat down on the tiger-skin chair. His eyes slowly glanced over again.
Everyone deliberately stayed on the face of their old enemy Liu Xin for a moment, and then said slowly: "Ah Chou, what are you doing? These are my brothers, why don't you invite them up quickly?"
"Hey, brother, I won't do this next time." Ah Chou said in his heart, it feels so good to see you, why are you still lecturing me? But Long Wuye has long said that it is necessary to establish authority by killing these people.
Yes, but you can’t do it over and over again, otherwise it will ruin things...
When A Chou pretended to call everyone up, Liu Jun coughed dryly and said: "Brothers, our White Lotus Sect has reached its most dangerous period. Although the Jiaodong Peninsula is still in the hands of our sect, there is Qingzhou in the middle, and there is a court on the sea.
Eunuch Sanbao’s fleet, we can’t go back even if we get wings.”
Liu Jun's words made everyone forget their dissatisfaction just now, and everyone became worried. They all knew that this was true. Without Qingzhou, the key place, the White Lotus Army suddenly became a lonely army, trapped in Le'an City.
"Right now, our 70,000 to 80,000 troops can only survive on the little food and grass that the King of Han has hoarded." Liu Jun added, then paused and said, "Before next spring, we will all starve to death."
The leaders looked at each other, but Liu Xin couldn't help but said in a low voice: "Didn't you say that the king of Han has enough food and grass to last for several years?"
"That's to spread the wind and paralyze the government. Zhu Gaoxu has only been in Shandong for a few years. Where can he store so much food and grass?" Liu Jun rolled his eyes and said, "Only a fool like you can believe it."
"Hmph..." If Liu Jun dared to say that before, Liu Xin would have drawn his fists towards him, but now, he could only turn his head and grunt.
"There are two ways now, one is to sit and wait for death, the other is to train soldiers and martial arts, and fight to the death with the government in the next spring to capture Qingzhou and take back our territory!" Liu Jun looked at the crowd and gritted his teeth and said: "Choose the first station.
On the left, choose the second station on the right."
When the leaders saw him looking like he wanted to eat people, they knew whoever dared to choose the first one would be killed. Naturally, they all stood on the right side. It wasn't that Liu Xin was afraid of Liu Jun, it was just his family members.
Still in Qingzhou, of course it is impossible to stand on the left.
Liu Jun didn't care what Liu Xin thought. He looked at Liu Xin even more proudly. Liu Xin was so angry that he wanted to turn around and leave.
"Since we all agree to organize the army to practice martial arts," Liu Jun finished teasing Liu Xin, then pointed at Xu Huaiqing and said: "Then please tell me, this general, how we can do this!"
Xu Huaiqing took a step forward and stood in front of the leaders. He was tall and tall, with a majestic appearance and a murderous aura all over his body. He looked like a fierce general who would fight for the rest of his life. The leaders couldn't help but secretly gasped, thinking that Liu Jun was the one who died on his ancestral grave.
After all the blue smoke and black streaks, here comes such a capable black-faced god. It's really good luck.
Xu Huaiqing refused to be polite to them, and spoke in a deep voice of his plan, which was to disband and reorganize all the armies, and then reorganize and train according to the Jiaozhou Army's established plan. All rewards and punishments would also be in accordance with the Jiaozhou Army's rules.
The appointment of all military officers is naturally under the control of Liu Jun's people.
"Did you hear everything clearly?" After Xu Huaiqing finished speaking, Liu Jun looked at the leaders and said quietly: "You don't have any opinions, right?"
How can the leaders have no objections? This is to take away their military power and leave them with nothing! Some generals couldn't help but loudly said: "Liu Protector, we recognize you as the boss. Even if you want to be the Dharma King, we will support it, but always
We have to leave a way for our brothers to survive, leaving us all naked!"
"That's right, Dharma protector, you can't bite off more than you can chew..." Seeing the leader, all the leaders hurriedly agreed.
"You..." Liu Jun stretched out a finger, pointed at the leader, and said with a smile: "Come here."
The leader stepped forward bravely and kept explaining: "Dharma protector, I am not disobeying you, but I only have a little money..."
Before he finished speaking, a warrior raised his sword and chopped off the leader's head!
"Ah!" Amidst the screams of the leaders, the big head looked frightened and rolled around on the ground full of blood...
"Who else is like him, reluctant to part with his own three-thirds of an acre of land?" Liu Jun said coldly: "You might as well come forward too." Then he looked at a general who just agreed with that person and said: "You?
"
"No, no..." The general waved his hands quickly.
"You?" Liu Jun looked at another general.
"Don't dare!" The general waved his hands again and again.
"I'm sorry you don't dare!" Liu Jun snorted contemptuously, looked at the generals, and scolded mercilessly: "We have known each other for many years, who doesn't know who is who?" He slapped his chest and said loudly.
: "Including me, all of them are fucking idiots! The army brought us here, but they all turned into idiots too! So many of our disciples have been blinded in vain!"
Seeing Liu Lian scolding him all at once, all the generals lowered their heads in shame. They had been leading troops for a long time or a short time, but they still had dark eyes, and they didn't know how to lead troops at all.
They don’t know how to fight! The army in their hands is just a tool to fight for power and represent their own strength...
"Now that we've reached this point, you still won't let go! You have to let the imperial court take over and kill all the family members before you can let go?!" Liu Jun yelled at the top of his voice: "Who the hell won't let go? I
Let him go to the West today!"
Facing the murderous Liu Jun, no one among the leaders dared to say 'no'. But they could not help but slander in their hearts. You said it nicely, but the army is still a tool for power and profit in your hands? Could it be that you can still use it?
Can those rabble be trained into elite soldiers?
What the leaders did not expect was that although Liu Jun was a self-deprecating idiot, he had really capable men. The black-faced general Xu Huaiqing and his generals were all very good at leading and training troops. After the army was reorganized, they only trained a few times.
On the same day, the energy and spirit are obviously different, at least it looks like an army capable of fighting...
Just when the leaders were lamenting their inferiority and preparing to accept their fate, the arrival of a person caused an explosion in Le'an City, which had just returned to peace. On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Xian, the imperial envoy, was ordered to come to Le'an.
Anxuanzhao!
On the day the imperial envoy arrived, Buddha Mother and Liu Jun led all the leaders out of the city to greet them. Naturally, the leaders thought they had never seen Wang Xian before, so they all looked at the legendary figure curiously, and couldn't help but whisper to each other:
"It seems that the imperial court is serious this time. Even Wang Xian was sent..."
"Well, there is indeed sincerity in recruiting people..."
"Let's see what he says..."
Both Buddha's mother and Liu Jun knew Wang Xian's identity and were very surprised by his arrival, because according to the agreement, he should be in the capital at this time. Putting aside the doubts in his heart, Liu Jun pretended to be perfunctory with Wang Xian and told him
He invited him into Le'an City.
While Wang Xian was bathing and changing clothes, Liu Jun sneaked into Wang Xian's room and asked strangely: "Brother, why are you back again?"
"The situation has changed." Wang Xian said with a wry smile: "The emperor has become wary and wants to push us to death."
"Then why bother with him?" Liu Jun glared and said, "He is the one who is against his mother!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? You want to rebel just because of Le'an City?" Wang Xian sighed: "You don't take Emperor Yongle seriously..."
"Aren't there people like Liu Sheng?" Liu Jun scratched his head and said, "Everyone is trying to get together, are you afraid that the emperor will make a fool of him?"
"Liu Sheng and the others will not rebel," Wang Xian shook his head and said, "Their families are all in the capital, and what they are thinking about is how to get through this..." He looked at Liu Jun and said, "Don't worry about it.
Just mind your own business..."
"Hey, Cheng, pretend I didn't say it." Liu Jun was annoyed. He also knew that he couldn't understand those big principles, so he simply stopped worrying about it. He saw the imperial edict on the table and asked curiously: "Emperor, old man
What’s your purpose?”
"You can't see for yourself?" Wang Xian soaked the handkerchief in the water, wiped his hands carefully, and kept his gaze steady.
"Then I'll take a look." Liu Jun rubbed his hands and grinned: "We have never seen an imperial edict in our lives." He picked up the imperial edict and unfolded it to take a look, and was stunned.