On this day, less than an hour after the gates of Yangzhou City were opened, Lin Zhao's Yangzhou Salt Transportation Division inspectors and river camp guards, numbering thousands of people, under the leadership of the general, directly taught Wen Xiang in Yangzhou City.
Forty-five courtyards were surrounded.
This day happened to be the day when people gathered to preach. There should be more than a hundred people in each courtyard. The believers in the courtyard were almost gathered. However, they had no weapons in their hands, and no one had time to fan the flames. In addition, they were caught off guard, and none of them left.
Take off.
Within an hour, there were close to four to five thousand members of the Wenxiang Sect in these forty-five courtyards. Except for the leader and key personnel who were controlled, the rest were arrested and tied up with ropes.
In groups, they all rushed outside the city. Dozens of salt cubes were placed at each city gate to prevent these people from entering the city.
Then the remaining Yanding, Caobiao, and Heying guards, a total of three to four thousand people, were divided into hundreds of teams, each divided into areas, and under the leadership of the men trained by Lin Zhao, they inspected the stores one by one.
All shops that are forced to burn incense to worship "gods" because of the Wenxiang Sect will throw away the incense burners and the respected "gods" and hang up a sign with the word "Jing".
If they continue to burn incense and worship "gods", if they are discovered, the shop will be confiscated and the person will be sent to a labor camp for half a year and driven out of Yangzhou.
For those who open shops in Yangzhou, they only do business to make money and get rich. If they were not afraid of these believers causing trouble, who would be willing to burn incense and pay protection fees? So there is no need to burn incense to worship the "god" and pay money, of course.
It's so desirable that I wish I could smash it all into pieces.
Even if there are those pious guys, none of them will not obey the orders in the face of sharp swords and guns.
Most of the congregants who were driven out of Yangzhou City were congregants from all over the country, but there were also many indigenous people who were born and raised in Yangzhou. They were working for a living in the city. They thought they would be whipped in tears, but unexpectedly, Yan Ding
As long as they kowtow to the city gate a few times outside the city and withdraw from the Wenxiang Cult in public, they can return to the city.
This condition seems very loose, but it slaps the Wenxiang Cult hard on the face several times, so the diehard members of the Wenxiang Cult all look pale.
However, for the Yangzhou natives, they do not believe in the "Wen Xiang Sect" wholeheartedly, not to mention that this sect is not a big religion that has been passed down for thousands of years. In the past, the government ignored it, and everyone followed the belief to see if there was any advantage.
Damn, these officials are so vicious now, who would be stupid enough to write a letter? There will be people kowtowing and admitting their mistake at every city gate.
The common people coming and going, no matter whether there are Wenxiang sect members inside or not, they look at the Wenxiang sect members kowtow at the city gate, crying and saying that they are blinded by lard, and then they retreat.
teach.
I also saw cartloads of incense burners pulled out of the city. The porcelain ones were smashed, and the copper and iron ones were flattened. The leader who usually smelled incense carefully and reverently showed fear and anger, but what?
I didn't dare to do anything, I didn't dare to say anything.
As this scene unfolded in the eyes of everyone, the Wenxiang Sect, which was usually considered mysterious and terrifying, plummeted in individual hearts and quickly turned into a joke.
The weather is just right on this day, and there has been nothing major lately. The boat boats in Slender West Lake are enjoying themselves, and the laughter in Mingyu Square never stops, so you all have a habit of being late.
But today everyone got up early.
Both the official and the merchant were awakened by their servants.
Such a big thing happened, and the servants of each family are also spiritual people. They would rather disturb their master's sweet dream than wake him up.
Before Tang Bo had breakfast on Bingbei Road, Chen Rong, the magistrate of Jiangdu over there, hurried over in a sedan chair. The magistrate's clothes were a bit messy, and he seemed to be in a hurry, and he didn't even put on his clothes.
However, he was not too panicked. He was just a little surprised and absent-minded. He almost staggered as soon as he entered the door.
Bing Beidao Tang Burn stared at him, and he didn't even have time to ask Chen Rong to sit down, so he shouted loudly: "Everyone, please go out. You are not allowed to come in without orders. Also, Li Benshan, go and invite General Hou, go quickly!"
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Li Benshan was naturally Tang Bo's housekeeper. Hearing this, he immediately bowed and agreed and left as fast as he could.
Chen Rong did not treat this room as a foreign place, nor did he intend to sit down and have dinner with Tang Bo. Instead, he walked back and forth in the room several times, suddenly looked at Tang Bo, and said: "Master Tang, you have to take care of this matter."
Ah, you and I both know what that little brat from the Yanguan family is doing. If this thing gets serious, it will be earth-shattering!"
"How to manage, how to manage Tang? Wenxiang taught that Potian is a good citizen, and he lives more or less on private salt. Now Lin Ruhai has been promoted to the salt transportation envoy of the capital, and he is responsible for the management of salt affairs.
Everyone has the power to govern and dispose. This official is in charge of the people. What can I do? Can you tell me what is wrong? Eunuch, Tang has told you a long time ago that the Wenxiang Cult should be restrained, restrained, both.
Huai already has a lot of money, but if he wants to develop something to burn incense in Yangzhou City, he will cause trouble sooner or later. How about you just indulge in it? Now that Lin Zhao is making trouble, what can you do? You also want that little advantage.
Account, let’s see how you explain it!!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Rong immediately pointed at Tang Bo, his hand started to shake, and said sharply: "Master Tang, you can't say that, the profit sharing money was delivered to you, and you didn't receive a cent less, then
The Lin family is in such trouble, our family is unlucky, how can you, Mr. Tang, still hold your position?"
When Chen Rong said this to his dismay, Tang Bowen's face turned dark, then he turned around and walked a few steps in the room, then turned around and said again:
"What are you yelling about? Who can I control with my own army? I can't even control his two followers! The one who can control the civil affairs of Yangzhou is you, Mr. Chen, the magistrate of Jiangdu County!"
When Chen Rong saw that he couldn't bite the opponent, he suddenly lost his sense of control and said sharply:
"Lord Tang, you and I will go to court together to impeach Lin Ruhai. He has allowed his son to use troops and horses rashly in the city, disturbing the good people, causing panic and unrest in the people. He said that Lin Ruhai has allowed his son to secretly raise troops and horses with evil intentions..."
While he was talking, he heard someone outside announcing loudly:
"Master Li is here!~~~~"
Tang Bo and Chen Rong looked at each other and fell silent. Hou Guangliang, the commander of the Yangzhou branch, walked into the room and ignored the gazes of Tang Bo and Chen Rong. He went straight to sit down on the Taishi chair next to him, looked at Chen Rong and said
: "Mr. Chen, don't expect me to send troops into the city. Now the city is quiet and the streets have calmed down. As usual, there is no chaos at all. In this situation, unless I want to die, it's a spot."
You can’t send troops into the city!”
"What, there are no soldiers on the streets?"
"How could he move so fast?"
Tang Bo and Chen Rong were both stunned and couldn't help but exclaimed.
In fact, when Chen Rong arrived, the road had already calmed down, but County Magistrate Chen was too distracted to pay attention to this.
"It has only been three hours since the city gate was opened. The Lin family has already brought thousands of people to Chucheng, smashed all the incense tools of the Wenxiang Sect, and also killed all the key members of the Wenxiang Sect.
The leader wanted to seize the Lin family as a hostage, but he was captured within a short time. It is really sighing that such an incompetent person can actually organize a big sect."
Tang Bo and Chen Rong looked at each other, both a little confused, then Hou Guangliang stood up and said in a hoarse voice:
"The march was fast, the orders and prohibitions were strict, and the military laws were strict. None of the masters who came and went in the world escaped. What kind of magical power and control means! This Lin family not only has powerful force, but also comes to
Yangzhou has trained such strong soldiers in just one year. I now doubt whether the emperor sent Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou to rectify the salt affairs or to train his troops!"
"Sent by the emperor to train troops?"
Tang Bo and Chen Rong looked at each other again and couldn't help but tremble.
The two of them were not fools, and they did not fail in every issue of the report. Knowing that Emperor Xiaode had gradually gained a firm foothold, Lin Ruhai was about to see the tide rise.
But taking someone's money is like killing one's parents. The hatred is so great that several people can't swallow it.
"Taking advantage of this season, even if I can't defeat Lin Ruhai, I still have to peel off a layer of his son's skin!"
Jiangdu County Magistrate Chen Rong said fiercely.
"Then what are you going to do?" Hou Shenjiang asked.
"Hmph! There are people on top of Lin Ruhai, and we are not weak either. At this time of year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can take action!" Chen Rong said through gritted teeth.