After a while, Wang Xian raised his head, looked at the three officials and said, "Three things. Mr. Chu will draw up a memorial. The four of us will sign it and send it to the capital as a haste over 800 miles away."
"Yes." Chu Yan nodded, this was the meaning of the question.
"The second thing is that various places have issued notices to calm the people. The entire territory of Shandong will be exempted from taxes this year. The people are ordered to stay in peace and not to listen to evil words or act rashly!"
"Yes." Chu Yan and Wei Yuan both nodded. The most important thing now is not to suppress the rebellion, but to prevent the chaos from spreading beyond control.
"The third thing," Wang Xian sighed, looked at Guo Yidao: "Immediately after dawn, the army will be organized. The two of us will lead the army to Jimo to quell the rebellion..."
"Yes!" Seeing that Wang Xian finally listened to him, Guo Yi cheered up and agreed loudly.
"Sir!" Chu Yan looked at Wang Xian in horror and hissed: "You should know the situation in Shandong best..."
Wang Xian raised his hand, signaling Chu Yan not to say anything more, and said calmly: "If they didn't kill the Jimo County magistrate, they could recruit them first, but now, I have no choice but to lead the army to wipe out..." After a pause, he said the real thing
He suppressed what he wanted to say and reluctantly explained: "The rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Jimo County should not be an accident, but a trial. It is useless for us to recruit people. Instead, it will be considered that the government is weak and can be bullied, and the result will only be greater.
Rebellion on a grand scale!”
"Yes," Wei Yuan nodded and said softly: "And the emperor will never agree to recruit people..."
Thinking of the all-powerful Emperor Yongle, everyone couldn't help but nod, it must be like this.
"That's it," Wang Xian stood up, looked at the three adults, and said solemnly: "Master Marquis and I will go to quell the rebellion. Lord Chu and Lord Wei will stay in Jinan and try their best to avoid a bigger rebellion."
"As ordered." The three of them nodded in agreement, their faces full of solemnity.
"Everyone," Wang Xian pondered for a moment. He wanted to say something to encourage morale, but when the words came to his lips, they only turned into two words: "Take care!"
"Sir, take care!" These two words resonated strongly with the three of them. At this time of crisis, is there any more appropriate word than "take care"?
In the early morning of the third day after the White Lotus Rebellion in Jimo, 20,000 counter-rebellion troops set off from Jinan. Guo Yi was the general and Wang Xian was the imperial envoy to supervise the army. The army marched eastward in a mighty manner!
Along the way, bad news kept coming. In addition to Jimo, the White Lotus Sect in Gaomi, Laiyang, Wendeng, Jiaozhou, Rizhao and other counties also rebelled. The entire Jiaodong Peninsula seemed to be occupied by the White Lotus Sect!
This made Wang Xian feel particularly heavy. He was really not ready...Those policies had just been implemented, but they had not yet seen results. The hearts and minds of those who had been won over by the White Lotus Sect had not yet returned to the court. What worried him even more,
It is Guo Yi's control over the army. During these days of marching, he has been talking to the main generals in the army. Although these people say they are 'loyal to the imperial court to the death', with the awareness of the No. 1 secret agent Wang Xiantian, they still
I found that they seemed to have other thoughts.
Wang Xian told Guo Yi this, but Guo Yi reassured him and said with a smile: "The families of those guys are all left in Jinan City. If they dare to mess around, I will kill their whole family!"
After listening to Guo Yi's words, Wang Xian was stunned. It turned out that this was the way for the marquis to make the army reliable! But now that the matter was over, he could say nothing more. He discussed the battle plan with Guo Yi, and the army should go straight to Jimo! Elsewhere.
The rebellion will be settled by the government on its own first, and will be dealt with after Jimo is pacified.
After discussing with Guo Yi, Wang Xian wandered in the camp for a long time. He heard the officers and soldiers laughing and gambling, but he had no intention of pursuing it. After all, these were not his soldiers... In fact, from the moment the emperor refused to give him military power, he
He had an ominous premonition in his heart. He felt that this trip to Shandong would completely trap him. His subsequent efforts were just to desperately resist this premonition, but just like Sun Wukong could not jump out of the palm of Tathagata Buddha, he could not escape after all.
Resist this powerful whirlpool...
When he returned to the tent, it was already the zenith of the moon. Ling Xiao and Gu Xiaolian, who were disguised as men, shared the tent with him. Ling Xiao had already fallen asleep, and Gu Xiaolian was still waiting for him to come back... Wang Xian didn't want them to
Accompany him on the expedition, but he also knew that this was impossible, so he didn't persuade him with a word...
Wang Xian sat down on the camp bed. Gu Xiaolian took off his shoes and socks and washed his feet. Suddenly he heard Wang Xian's deep sigh. Gu Xiaolian looked up and saw that Wang Xian's eyes were red and his face was full of sadness.
.
Wang Xian pulled Gu Xiaolian and hugged her tightly.
"What's wrong, officer?" Gu Xiaolian felt the hesitation in Wang Xian's heart and asked softly.
"Don't talk," Wang Xian said softly: "Let me hug you."
Gu Xiaolian's body softened, and she and her lover hugged each other quietly in the marching camp...
Qingzhou, Xishipengzhai, the main hall is the Bailian Juyi Hall.
The White Lotus Juyi Hall is a huge cave. Although it is daytime outside, dozens of burning butter torches are still lit inside. The firelight illuminates the hall as bright as white. There are eighteen statues on the east and west sides of the cave.
These chairs were filled with the helmsmen of the White Lotus Sect. All of them had their heads wrapped in red scarves and wore armor. Their faces had different expressions, some were excited, some were nervous, some were anxious, and some were uneasy.
To the north, on the stone platform covered with tiger skin, there is a large white bear skin chair, on which sits the Buddha Mother dressed in white and covered with white gauze, but it is Tang Tiande who is standing next to her who speaks.
"What's going on with Gao Yang'er?!" Tang Tiande's voice was full of anger: "Why didn't you listen to the order and raise troops without authorization?!"
The leaders below looked at each other in confusion, thinking that Gao Yang'er was not here. You ask us, how do we know? But we had to respond to Elder Tang's words. A leader with a rat beard and a scribe's appearance said bravely: "Elder, calm down.
It is said that because his family members were captured by the government, in order to save them, he launched an early attack and attacked the county government office. Then he had no choice but to do nothing, kill the dog magistrate, and rebel!"
The scribe-looking leader was Tang Tiande's military advisor named Bin Hong, who had always been relied upon by Tang Tiande. Seeing his answer, Tang Tiande slowed down and said, "But this will disrupt our entire plan! Now in Rizhao, Jiaozhou,
Leaders from Gaomi, Laiyang and other places have also started to respond, so what should we do?!"
"What's the matter? It's the opposite!" Many leaders shouted: "We have been waiting for this moment for all these years!"
"That's true! But I and the Buddha Mother haven't integrated the believers in the whole province yet," Tang Tiande said with a dark face: "At this time of the uprising, how can we unify the order and unite all the soldiers and horses?!" His mood was indeed
It’s too bad. It was originally planned that all the princes from all over the province would gather in Qingzhou on the 15th of next month. If everything goes well, the Buddha Mother will become the co-leader of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong. At that time, she can justifiably capture all the people in her hands and choose the opportunity.
If you start an uprising, your chances of winning will be greatly increased!
But let Jimo's White Lotus Sect make this move, the situation is completely chaotic. Today, five counties have responded, and tomorrow there may be a few more counties to follow. People from all walks of life have swarmed to raise the banner, and it will be difficult to unify them.
It’s getting harder!
"Elder, the matter has come to this, we must raise the banner immediately!" Seeing that Tang Tiande was still struggling, Liu Jun, the leader of Huang County, advised: "Otherwise, you may be plucked."
"Yes! What the military advisor said makes sense!" After hearing this, everyone agreed and shouted: "That Gao Yang'er is so prosperous now that he has called on all the leaders to come to Jimo to discuss plans with him!"
"Bah!" A black-faced burly man spat: "Who the hell is he? He dares to pretend to be the boss like a human being?!" This burly man's name is Ding Gugang, and he is the hall master of Pingdu Prefecture.
Gao Yang'er has never dealt with him.
"Isn't it just that I got an early advantage?" Liu Xin, the leader of Linqu County, said strangely: "It is the last word to start the army first! I heard that Dong Yangao in Dengzhou will start an uprising in the next two days! If he can get there first
We are in big trouble! There is also Wang Xuan from Laizhou, who is also instigated by Gao Yang'er's gang and wants to stir up trouble! Once these helmsmen raise their troops, they will be on equal footing with us!"
The Dong Yangao, Wang Xuan and others mentioned by Liu Xin were Lin San's right-hand men when he was there. They each had their own territory. The White Lotus Sect had always been unconvinced by Tang Tiande and his daughter. Once they were allowed to have their own military territory
, it will be extremely difficult to conquer them again!
"What Hall Master Liu said is true," Liu Jun nodded and said, "Elder, since we are orthodox, we should raise the banner as soon as possible so that heroes from all walks of life can return home!" He looked around without saying anything.
The Buddha Mother said with a somewhat wretched smile: "With the Buddha Mother here, at least Wang Xuan will not mess around, and there is only one person named Dong left, so he can't do anything about it!"
After hearing this, all the leaders in the hall snickered secretly, but a cold light flashed in the eyes of the Buddha Mother. Elder Tang coughed and changed the subject: "It is imperative to raise troops, but have you ever thought about it, if we now
If you raise troops, they will be blocking the only way for the officers and soldiers to pass by, and they will immediately become the target that they must get rid of first!"
"..." As soon as Elder Tang said this, all the leaders in the hall fell silent and gasped. Although these guys were all coaxing, in fact, no one had ever fought with the army face to face with gongs and drums.
. Anxiously coaxing people to join the army is just because they are worried about being picked off by others, but no one is mentally prepared to fight with the officers and soldiers!
What they want is to let others fight the officers and soldiers to the death, while they sit back and reap the benefits. I am afraid this is also a common idea among the leaders of all walks of life.
"The elder is very worried. I'm afraid that Gao Yang'er's rise of troops is not a reckless move, but someone is instigating it behind his back. The purpose is to drag us into the water." After Elder Tang finished speaking, Bin Hong slowly expressed his worries and said:
"I have lived for most of my life, and I have learned a lesson with blood, that is, you cannot let others lead you, otherwise you will definitely not end well!"
At this time, everyone was silent, no one dared to pick this issue.