After more than half a year, the hard-working figure has become a little taller. She was wearing a water-green skirt, a white lotus armor on the outside, two horned buns on her head, and pink makeup.

The officials and servants of Pingzhang Mansion had no doubts about her identity. This little girl looks handsome, her eyes are smart, she seems to be a smart and clear person, even she has a slightly arrogant aura, and she is like a little girl who is loved by her master.

"Hard, the master let you in." Yang Bai, the captain of the guard, came out and said.

The hard little face was happy, his eyes were bent, and he said with a sweet smile, "You are Brother Yang Li, right?" ”

Hehe.

Yang Yan had a little headache and admired her a little.

This little spy has a really good memory.

Before in Pingzhang Mansion, Fujian, I was most familiar with Yan Falcon, and his mouth was sweet, Brother Yan Falcon was long, and Brother Yan Falcon was short. At that time, he was still a chief of the guard, and he didn't say a few words to the little spy at all, but this girl was able to call her name in one bite.

You must know that there are more than 300 guards around the lord, and there are dozens of them.

A smart person may not have a good memory. But a person with a good memory must be smart.

Yang Yu entered the mansion with hard work and came to Li Luo's study. As soon as the little thing saw Li Luo, his eyes immediately turned red, and at the same time, Yingying bowed down obediently, and said in a more soothing voice: "The slave and maid have finally seen the master, woo..."

Not only Li Luo, but also the other guards next to him were also speechless.

Little sister, you're really good at pretending. If I hadn't known that you were a spy, I guess we would have been sold by you and still said that you were good.

"Okay, Ku'er, don't cry, you get up." Li Luo was amused in his heart, but he also showed a hint of embarrassment.

"Thank you, master." I got up timidly with hard work, tears hanging on my little face, and I didn't look lovable.

"How did you find here? How do you know I'm in Ezhou? Li Luo asked knowingly, wanting to see how this little girl prevaricated.

Naturally, he had already thought of his rhetoric, and replied without hesitation: "The master left Quanzhou to fight, and the Fujian Pingzhang Mansion came to the new Pingzhang, and the slave maid told him that it was the master's personal maid, and he did not embarrass the slave maid, so he let the slave and maid continue to live in Pingzhang Mansion." ”

This Li Luo knows. Fujian Xinpingzhang is a Mongolian nobleman named Sugui, he knows that hard work is his "personal maid", of course, he wants to give himself face, so he did not embarrass her.

"But without the owner, I don't want to stay there for a hard day. But he had nowhere to go, so he could only wait for his master to return. Speaking of this, I wanted to cry again.

"Until the beginning of August, Quanzhou heard that the master had won a great victory, destroyed the Annan Kingdom, and was sealed by the emperor The vast number of officials in the lake. When I heard that my master would go to Ezhou to be an official, I begged a Quanzhou caravan to bring me to Ezhou, and when they heard who my master was, they didn't dare to bully me. ”

This passage is a lie.

She originally wanted to lurk beside Su Gui. But Su Gui is a Mongolian official, and she doesn't use Chinese, she can't read Mongolian official documents at all, so she can only leave.

In fact, she left Quanzhou in April and came to Huguang, not Ezhou, but Jiangling (Jingzhou), for the purpose of participating in the Dragon Boat Festival held by the Bailian Sect in the four provinces.

Moreover, she didn't come with the Quanzhou caravan. Where does a person like her need caravan protection?

Hard work has actually been coming to Ezhou for several days.

When she learned that Li Luo would be appointed as Huguang Pingzhang, this freshly baked Buddha girl locked her eyes on Li Luo again, planning to return to Li Luo to continue to lurk and spy on the secrets of the Yuan Court.

Li Luo couldn't help but feel a little regretful. This is a natural spy seedling, Cui Xiuning will definitely like it.

Pity... A beautiful woman, why be a thief.

"Well, it's good to come back. You'd better be my study maid. Li Luo said naturally.

"The slave and maid have thanked their master!" But he was sneering in his heart, "Hmph, you are a Tartar dog official who works for the tiger, is it so cheap to be the master of the old lady?" Wait for the Holy Sect to rebel, and first enter Ezhou and cut off your dog's head! ”

According to the plan of the White Lotus Sect, troops must be raised within two years. This is decided by the Dragon Boat Festival secret meeting. What would it be like to have a million people in the south at the same time?

Thinking of the people killed by the Yuan army on their backs, and the heads of the bureaucrats and gentry who were killed, the happiness in my heart was like drinking snow water on a June day.

Li Luo didn't know what hard work was thinking, he ordered to arrange a place to live for hard work, and left her alone.

On the third day, Li Luo was promoted to the court again to discuss the matter, and asked the officials to submit the rules and regulations for dealing with the White Lotus Sect.

There are a lot of them, but none of them are new, and they don't have any effect. But adhering to Li Luo's meaning, most of them are very conservative opinions, and they don't want to force the White Lotus Sect to rebel.

After all, the White Lotus Sect is not opposed, and it may not be opposed in the future, so it is of course best not to fight.

They thought that Li Luo wanted to dispel the possibility of the White Lotus Sect's rebellion, and he used a soft knife and slow kung fu.

Only the right Cheng Hudu Timur's article Chen is different from the meaning of everyone.

His rule is that the White Lotus Sect will definitely oppose it!

Since it will definitely be opposed, it is better to start as soon as possible and mobilize troops to wantonly hunt and kill, lest the White Lotus Sect have been preparing for a long time and it will be more difficult to deal with.

Why did Kudu Timur think that the White Lotus Sect would definitely oppose it, and advocated a simple and rude direct use of troops?

It's ridiculous to say. In fact, he was not sure that the White Lotus Church was against it. But Li Luo lost his face before, which made him very angry. Since Li Luo wanted to solve the problem without soldiers, he had to do the opposite.

I just want to go against you, I just don't want to go along with you.

Otherwise, doesn't it mean that I have given in to Timur and confessed to it? After that, who will listen to the words of my right-hand man.

Li Luo pretended to be furious, threw away Timur's Timur Chen, and deliberately continued to provoke the other party: "Ridiculous! The White Lotus Sect does have bad intentions, but who said that it would definitely rebel! The Great Khan didn't say anything about forcing them to rebel! According to your Chen, they will be against it if they don't oppose it! ”

Kudu Timur was also angry, and argued: "Yue Guogong, this official thinks that the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect is as sure as a dog will eat!" Why can't you just use troops! What division, disintegration, recruitment, what can be used! ”

Although Li Luo is a Pingzhang Hall and is in charge of the military and political power of the vast Huguang, Pingzhang cannot speak a word, and as the second-in-command of the right man, his words are also very heavy.

Since Li Luo didn't give him face, he also let it go. If you fight in the ring, you will fight in the ring, and I will be accompanied by Timur.

"You!" Li Luoqi pointed at Timur, "Are you from the White Lotus Sect?" How can you be sure that they will be opposed? Forced them against and smashed Huguang, you can afford to take responsibility! ”

Kudu Timur didn't know that Li Luo's anger was completely faked, and he saw that Li Luo was a little, and suddenly became bolder.

"Yue Guogong, if you don't believe it, let's take a gamble, this official thinks that the White Lotus Sect will definitely rebel! As for saying that they will destroy Huguang, this official thinks that Yue Guogong thinks too highly of them! ”

Li Luo was furious, "How can you make a bet on military affairs!" Kudu Timur, you are a second-class member of the imperial court, not a drunken shepherd! ”

Kudu Timur snorted coldly, "Yue Guogong, anyway, I, Kudu Timur, think that I should directly use troops, and I don't have to worry so much." If the White Lotus Sect rebels, and Yue Guogong misses the opportunity to kill them, the Great Khan will blame him, and I won't accompany you to accept the guilt! ”

He made up his mind that even if the White Lotus Sect didn't oppose it, he would think of ways to force them to rebel. This shows that you are prescient. And Li Luo was lucky with the White Lotus Sect and tried to calm things down, but in the end the other party turned back, which means that he is stupid and incompetent.

Who is afraid of whom, but what if a White Lotus Sect is forced to rebel against them? Can they still resist the Great Yuan Iron Cavalry? It's just a chance to make meritorious contributions to yourself.

"You..." Li Luo was so confronted by Kudu Timur, he suddenly choked with "anger", but he "didn't know" how to refute, so he could only snort heavily.

Li Luo saw that his goal had been achieved, and he no longer bothered with Kudu Timur. pretended to be a little embarrassed after being scolded by the deputy, and turned to the others and said: "The White Lotus Sect has many powerful people, and the roots are deep, so we can't make a mistake, so as not to force them to rebel." It would be best to be able to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle and disintegrate the division. Dispatching troops to kill is the next policy. ”

"Second, in the event of a rebellion by the White Lotus Sect, it is inevitable to mobilize a large army. In order to be prepared, this military ration and grass must be prepared first. ”

"Third, if the White Lotus Sect in the four provinces really rebels, will the Shaanxi Henan Bailian Sect also rebel? Will it merge southward through Wuguan? Or, will the Huguang and Sichuan White Lotus Sects go north through Wuguan and Jianmen Pass? ”

"Therefore, Wuguan must be strengthened and built. Sichuan Jianmen Pass, the church will repair the book to the two provinces of Pingzhang, and it is recommended to strengthen the construction. In short, even if the White Lotus Sect really rebelled, it could be suppressed as quickly as possible and prevent them from wandering. ”

Li Luo made arrangements one by one, but Kudu Timur sneered when he heard it.

Hmph, a matter that can be solved directly with soldiers, you just made it so complicated. You still destroyed the famous general of Annan, and now that you have been crowned the Duke of Yueguo, you have become afraid, probably because you are afraid of losing your title and suffering from gains and losses.

Suddenly, Kudu Timur despised Li Luo.

Obviously, after the court meeting, the officials' awe of Li Luo has been greatly reduced. It's not that he thinks Li Luo's method is inappropriate, but he thinks that Li Luo can't cure Kudu Timur, and he can't even get off the stage after being hit by Kudu Timur.

This Yue Guogong, who has the merit of destroying the country, is estimated to have no choice but to stop Timur. If the White Lotus Sect really rebelled, then he would be suppressed by Kudu Timur.

Even Chen Yiji, seeing that Li Luo was hit by Timur in front of the court, but he was helpless, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Weren't you very imposing when you were in Annam? Why doesn't it work here? If you are overpowered by the deputy, who do I rely on!

However, when the officials thought about it, they also felt that Li Luo was right. After all, he is a provincial festival, and what he wants is to be safe, of course, he doesn't want a big thief to appear in the jurisdiction, and he doesn't want to fight.

Even if they sit in the position of Pingzhang, they will not rashly use troops without scruples when the White Lotus Sect has not rebelled, and they must first resolve it through other methods, right? Being able to eliminate the threat of the White Lotus Sect without soldiers is the best strategy that the festival hall should use.

However, it is one thing for them to think that Li Luo did the right thing, but it does not mean that they can maintain their awe of Li Luo before.

The looks of the officials, Li Luo took in the eyes.

He knows that the number one must not be hit by the second in command, and once he is hit in public and cannot get his face back, the majesty of the number one will be irreparably damaged.

The problem is, he did it on purpose. Indulged Kudu Timur, took advantage of his eagerness to seize power and make meritorious contributions, connived at him to provoke the White Lotus Sect to deal with it, and forced the White Lotus Sect to raise troops in advance.

Take the vast land of the lake as a chessboard, and fall!

The days of autumn pass the fastest, and after a few showers of autumn rain, it is the late autumn season.

It has been almost two months since Li Luo took office in Pingzhang, Hubei.

During this time, Li Zhongtang almost ceded the power of the province to Kudu Timur. But it's a bit wrongful to say that he is the shopkeeper, because he still did a few things after all.

The first is to put up notices to appease the displaced people, which is said to prevent the White Lotus Sect from absorbing the displaced people.

The second is to tell the people, saying that the imperial army should be waiting for the emperor, and they should not be bewitched by the anti-thieves and bring about the disaster of killing, and they should keep their duties.

The third is to send a letter to a small number of White Lotus Sect leaders who already know their identities, telling them that the imperial court may recognize the legitimacy of the White Lotus Sect, and even give them their names, so that they can behave for themselves and not make mistakes.

Fourth, it is to mobilize military granaries, set up several large military warehouses in the strategic areas of Huguang, and store a large amount of grain and grass materials, so that the army can mobilize troops at any time to suppress the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect.

Fifth, send someone to take his Tiao Chen to Lingnan to treat the plague.

Sixth, recruit displaced people to build the Yangtze River embankment.

Seventh, recruit displaced people to strengthen the walls of various places.

Eighth, 5,000 Yangtze River sailors were dispatched to Dongting Lake to encircle and suppress water thieves.

……

These things, either in the name of dealing with the White Lotus Sect, or in the name of repairing embankments and cities, what they really have to do is nothing more than smuggling troops and horses.

The first batch of more than 3,000 soldiers and horses have been divided into two routes, all the way to the Yangtze River into the Han River, through Xiangyang, to Junzhou (Danjiang Estuary), less than 100 miles away from Wuguan. And the governor of Junzhou is one of the twenty people who were sent to the mainland by Cui Xiuning to serve as officials a year and a half ago.

The other road is from the Yangtze River into the Jialing River, to Guangyuan, and it is also less than 100 miles away from Jianmen Pass. And Guangyuan Zhixian is also one of the twenty people sent to the mainland to serve as officials.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning had already arranged it in advance.

The 20 places nominated by Zhang Sanfeng before were all in Huguang and Sichuan. Many of these places have been carefully selected.

The magistrates of Junzhou and Guangyuan counties are both spies of the Special Investigation Bureau. Although there is still a Daru Huachi on his head, he has long been coaxed by them to ignore trivial matters. Even the officials in the state and county were also leveled by them.

Li Luo can rest assured and boldly use these two places as a gathering place for soldiers and horses.

Li Luo issued a warrant order, and the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses dressed as slaves began to build the river embankment together with the local recruited homeless people.

Each subsequent batch of soldiers and horses will be transported to Junzhou and Guangyuan in the name of the people.

Before Li Luo started, they were either homeless people or young men in labor.

Li Luo, through the power of Pingzhang's political affairs, dispatched 5,000 Yangtze River sailors into Dongting Lake to encircle and suppress lake pirates, which greatly reduced the number of Yuan troops on the Yangtze River, and it was even more difficult to find the troop carriers of the Luoning Trading Company.

In mid-October, Li Luo ordered again to levy 50,000 people to build the Hanshui River embankment, strengthen Xiangyang City, and cover the smuggling of soldiers and horses.

That's not all, Li Luo also used various excuses to promote the spies serving in Huguang, the promotion, and the transfer.

Some spies were originally county magistrates, but they were promoted to Tongzhi. Some were prefects and were promoted to prefects.

Of course, with Li Luo's authority, he could only promote his subordinates to the prefect at most. Moreover, it is necessary to go through the clerk's department, obtain the recognition of the clerk's department, and go through a process.

In addition, Li Luo also built military warehouses in Xiangyang, Changsha and other big cities, mobilized military rations, and sent his own guards as ambassadors to manage the warehouse. Once the army was raised, they set fire to the grain and grass of the Huguangyuan army.

At the same time, Li Jing, a big spy who had been sent to Huguang by Cui Xiuning a long time ago, also sent a spy to infiltrate the people of Huguang.

Li Luo used his power and cooperated with Li Jing to send spies to the post stations of various transportation arteries, so as to control the concerts given to Dadu by Huguang officials as he did in Fujian.

All the preparations are being made quietly.

Li Luo only cares about "trivial matters" so much, grasps small and magnified, and rarely asks about the power of the province, which makes Timur very proud.

In the past three months, a group of provincial officials have gathered around him and become one of his parties. Anyone can see that Kudu Timur wants to fight against Li Luo.

As a result, many officials began to choose to take sides. And Li Luo didn't care at all. This caused Kudu Timur to be even more arrogant, and in order to replace Li Luo, he was already trying to force the White Lotus Sect to oppose it.

Kudu Timur had a Han staff member by his side, although he was young, he was shrewd and capable, and he was very trusted by Kudu Timur. This aide told Kudu Timur that if he wanted to force the White Lotus Sect to oppose it, the killing effect would not be good, because the White Lotus Sect was an underground secret sect, and the identities of the vast majority of people were secret.

He gave Kudu Timur three tricks, one was to act at the same time, and ordered local magistrates to arrest and torture other members of the White Lotus Sect who already knew their identities in the name of plotting rebellion.

In this way, a group of arrests were arrested, a group of torture was tortured to extract confessions, and the leaders of the White Lotus Sect in various places were constantly dug up.

The second move was to order the local government soldiers, soap li, and green-skinned hooligans to track down the clues of the White Lotus Sect and destroy the Buddha statue incense altar.

The third is to offer a reward for the capture of the leader.

In this way, the White Lotus Sect will be forced to rebel within half a year.

Kudu Timur complied with all of them, and without Li Luo's permission, he directly ordered the entire Huguang magistrate to execute in the name of Youcheng and under the pretext of arresting the rebellious party.

Pingzhang did not speak to stop him, and of course the officials below could only carry out Youcheng's orders.

So, in November, the whole Huguang suddenly became noisy, and officials from all provinces, roads, prefectures, prefectures, and counties all launched actions against the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect suddenly fell into an unprecedented crisis.

…………

It's already cold. It was late at night, and in the study of Pingzhang's official residence, a small figure sneaked in.

Slowly, the faint light came on. A snow-white little hand skillfully opened the cabinet where Li Luo usually stored official documents.

Soon, an official document caught the attention of the little figure. In the dim light, she looked at Kumon, her immature little face full of solemnity that did not match her age.

The official document was a reprimand to Li Luo by the Yuan court, saying that he allowed the White Lotus Sect to be benevolent to women, and ordered him to support the right Cheng Kudu Timur and kill the White Lotus Sect to rebellious the party.

The official document also said that the imperial court had promised Kudu Timur to play and ordered Kudu Timur to completely solve the White Lotus Sect by next summer.

As for the White Lotus Sect's Buddha masters, Buddhas, sons, Buddhas, and daughters, as well as big and small leaders, they were also allowed to be invited by Timur to be executed at Ling Chi to set an example.

"Hmph, the Tartar is really going to kill the Holy Sect with an iron heart..."The hard work felt a little cold in his heart, and a killing intent also rose.

Another official document also attracted the attention of hard work, but it was a letter from Li Luo to the Yuan court.

It is said that the White Lotus Sect has no objection, and the believers are also the people of the Great Yuan, so they should be gentle and appease their hearts.

Then, the reply sent back by the Yuan Court was a few big blood-red characters: "This statement is ridiculous, and it is a conspiracy with a thief." ”

"It seems that Li Luo doesn't want to deal with the Holy Sect, but Kudu Timur wants to fight the Holy Sect endlessly." gritted his teeth hard, and his little fists were clenched in the dark.

She looked at where Li Luo's bedroom was, and said in her heart: "Hmph, you dog official, for your sake, for your sake, the old lady can spare your life then." ”

Soon, the little figure left the study and disappeared into the darkness.

November 21 is a good day. Because the third batch of smuggled soldiers and horses has already arrived in Guangyuan and Junzhou.

Li Jing, who was in charge of the implementation of the entire troop transportation plan, came to report to Li Luo again.

"The lord, Guangyuan and Junzhou, now there are more than 4,000 people each, all of whom are veterans with families and mouths in Haidong."

Li Luo's heart was relieved, "You did a good job." Are there any loopholes? ”

Li Jing said: "No. It was that the soldiers hid in the cabin for many days, which was really difficult, and it took several days to recover from the ship. ”

Li Luo asked, "Is there any latest news from the White Lotus Sect?" ”

Li Jing said: "Lord Qi, Xiao Yin, the Lord of the Great Buddha of the White Lotus Sect, received a secret report from the Big Buddha Girl. It is said that the Yuan Court has secretly ordered Kudu Timur to kill the White Lotus Sect with all his might, wanting to exterminate them. The White Lotus Sect believes that it is no longer possible to leave anything to chance. This secret report was deliberately forged and released by the lord, right? ”

Li Luo nodded, "Not bad." This big Buddha girl works hard, and she is the study maid next to me. ”

Li Jing smiled: "The lord is really wise! Now the local government has been ordered by Kudu Timur to search the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect is not having a good time. After getting the hard news, I have decided to start the incident early! ”

Li Luo frowned, "Have you set a date?" Of course, he hoped that the White Lotus Sect would start an incident in advance, but not too early. This just right time must be grasped in his hands.

Li Jing said: "Don't worry, lord. The White Lotus Sect's weapons and food and grass preparations were seriously insufficient, and no matter how urgent Timur was pressed, they also needed to stay up for several months to prepare. Several of the high-level leaders of the General Altar are our own people, and they have a great influence on Xiao Yin and others. Not surprisingly, when the lord wants them to rebel, they can rebel whenever they want. ”

Also, in order to boost morale, Xiao Yin even took the country name. Because his surname is Xiao, he plans to use Liang as his country name. Xiao Yin said that on the day when the Holy Sect raised its troops, when the Great Liang returned to the country! ”

Li Luo nodded: "Liang? Ha, it's lively later. ”

The two of them discussed in secret until late at night, and Li Jing slowly left the Pingzhang Mansion.

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