(Unknowingly, it's six hundred and sixty-six chapters, and the number of chapters is not very much, but let's be honest, there are many words in a chapter!) It's almost three million words, and the emotion is infinite. Here I beg for a subscription to Shenma's ...... ）

Tashanwei, the temporary capital of the White Lotus Holy Kingdom.

It has changed from the Tashanwei of the Ming Dynasty to a down-and-out religious country.

After occupying Tashanwei, Xu Hongru ordered all the followers to dismiss all the peripheral troops with low combat effectiveness, distribute land according to the establishment, and settle down outside the city. Tashanwei is backed by the big river and meets the Hulawen River and the Tong River. It is also the earliest area developed by the Han people, with a long and profound farming culture, many people, prosperous towns and cities, and a very developed economy.

Rich, populous, and terrainous, it has everything it needs to become a great town.

The White Lotus Sect is not all brainless people, after all, there are far-sighted ministers like Feng Xichen, who have set the goal of occupying Tashanwei as a temporary base for a long time, rather than destroying this place. Therefore, when they besieged Tashanwei, they consciously reduced their destruction and destruction - after they captured the surrounding small towns and villages, they only arrested the people and drove them to attack the city, but they did not destroy everything and burn it all as before.

This is already a very restrained behavior.

Therefore, the economic situation around Tashanwei is well preserved, with dense towns, vertical and horizontal, and fertile farmland. These White Lotus disciples even saved the process of building houses and cultivating fields by themselves. Directly moved into the homes of those aborigines and occupied their houses. They took their cattle and livestock, they took their lands -- as for the natives. They were turned into slaves and assigned to the homes of powerful generals and military officials.

The White Lotus Sect has now grown to more than one million believers, and there is no need for more in a short period of time, and there is such a large territory around Tashanwei that no amount of land can be accommodated - there is no arable land to divide, and to put it bluntly, there are not enough means of production. Therefore, it is natural that these obsessive and blasphemous people will be punished in some way.

The White Lotus Cult is a military-civilian organization, in addition to the front and back, the left and right middle and fifth armies still retain the formation, stationed in the Tashan Acropolis and around the important passes. The armies formed by the other parishioners were distributed in military units to various villages, and roughly one village was a battalion of about 500 people, and the battalion commander was also the head of the village. And the jurisdiction of a town is roughly the people of an army. In this way, the advantages are obvious, for the people in their spare time, and once war breaks out, they can immediately organize themselves into a strong army.

This coincides with Lian Zining's thoughts, but it's hard to say what kind of deviation there will be in the implementation of the two. After all, many policies are sounding good. It looks beautiful, that's all.

Unlike before, countless small temples have been built in the countryside, and almost every village has one. And no matter how dilapidated or poor the village is, that small temple is the most luxurious building in the village. Red walls and green tiles. There is also a circle of trees planted around the small temple, and a plaque is hung at the door. The four very beautiful letters of the book 'White Lotus Temple' were written by Feng Xichen. After entering, it is a small yard. The courtyard was full of yellow prayer flags, each of which was filled with all kinds of scriptures, and in the middle of the temple was a statue of a god, a solemn and even somewhat cold old woman. In front of the Birthless Mother's Seat, there is another slightly smaller statue, wearing a golden armor and holding a sledgehammer, heroic and extraordinary, which is carved according to the appearance of the White Lotus Sect Master, the White Lotus Holy King Xu Hongru.

On the altar, all around the altar are a piece of gold.

In front of the two statues, there is a large offering table, which is filled with all kinds of fruits and vegetables, pasta, etc., all fresh. In front of the table, the huge copper incense burner, which was more than half a person high, was full of incense ashes, and there was a huge incense stick the thickness of three little fingers inserted in it, and it was emitting smoke.

According to the rules of the White Lotus Sect, every morning in the middle of the morning, that is, at six o'clock, all the women and children of the whole village should kneel in front of the statue to pray and bow, and perform the great ceremony of three kneeling and nine bowing four times. A total of thirty-six rings of kowtowing is not over, but also under the leadership of the village chief and the general manager, loudly reciting praise for the lifeless mother, praising the White Lotus Holy King, showing them supreme respect, swearing allegiance, never betraying, concentrating on the belief of respect, and silently repenting of their own sins, and then kowtowing thirty-six rings, this is the end.

The effect of this is also excellent, with cigarette smoke curling, believers reciting scriptures aloud, yellow prayer flags flying, and the head of the camp from the White Lotus Sect who was born as a senior brother is accustomed to pretending to be a god and a ghost, creating this sacred and pious environment. In this environment, the human mind is almost completely defenseless, and it is easy to assimilate, so many White Lotus cultists who were originally not very religious have now become Xu Hongru's diehard loyalists, and they can go to the soup for him without frowning - when the lie is told a thousand times, they believe it themselves, and they have completed their self-hypnosis.

If the theocracy system is well managed, it can bring into play its extremely powerful fighting capacity.

Most of these sect members were originally farmers, and now they will return to their old professions, and there is nothing wrong with them. Wheat is also planted in the Northeast, but due to the bitter cold and long winter, it is planted with spring wheat, sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, generally in early April of the solar calendar, that is, around the third month of the lunar calendar.

Outside the Tashan Acropolis, there is a hot spring sowing scene, and inside the city is cloudy, a mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of dreary depression.

The population in the city is not large, and most of them are officers of some rank in the five armies of the front and back, as well as a large number of civilian officials under Feng Xichen. They occupied the mansions of the former high-ranking officials of the Tashanwei, and as for the families of the high-ranking officials of the Tashanwei, they did not leave their own homes - they were enslaved on the spot.

Except for the original Tashanwei commander Zhou Kui and several high-ranking generals who did not die, other Ming army officers who surrendered. Almost all of them were killed, those Ming soldiers. It was divided up by the various armies of the White Lotus Sect.

The original Tashanwei commanded the yamen, and now it has been changed into the Holy King's Palace.

It can be seen. It has been rebuilt and expanded, the outer walls have been demolished and replaced with a taller bright yellow city wall, and the gate of the yamen has also been changed to a form similar to the Zhengyang Gate and Chengtian Gate in the capital. At this time, the back of the Holy King's Palace has been converted into a large construction site, on which many craftsmen and servants are working, which is to build the imperial garden.

Entering the gate of the Holy King's Palace, there is a large square, and the main hall of the Yamen is rebuilt into the 'Lin De Palace' standing majestically. On both sides of the square in front of the Lin De Palace, on the left and right hands, a row of court houses was built, which was where the courtiers worked. And behind the Lin De Palace, a vermilion palace wall separates the front palace from the harem, and it reads, "All the ministers and workers, all the ministers and workers, stop here, there is an edict to enter, otherwise in the snow clouds" The giant yellow banner hung at the door and flew in the wind.

Lin De Hall. The area is not large, only about five zhang long from east to west, and six zhang deep from north to south, not to mention compared with the Yanshan Great Dynasty Palace. Even any palace in the Forbidden City is stronger than this. The interior is paved with bluestone slabs, surrounded by yellow curtains, and the pillars are also wrapped in yellow silk. It is even more shabby and shabby.

However, for the White Lotus Sect, this was enough. After all, they were before that. I really haven't seen anything in the world, just like the peasants in ancient times thought that the emperor used a golden pole to dive into the fields every day to pick up dung. There are limits to what they know. It was Xu Hongru, after seeing the rebuilt Linde Palace, he also issued an admiration for the fairyland on earth.

At this time, the Lin De Hall is full of people.

Except for the empty throne on the three steps of the staircase, the seats below were all full, Feng Xichen, Zhao Yunshan, the two civil and military ministers, plus the main generals and deputy generals of the left and right armies below, as well as several capable division commanders under their command, all of them were here. Wen left and Wu right, Feng Xichen was the first on the left, opposite him was the great general Zhao Yunshan, and Feng Xichen was the first to be Li Qingshan, and opposite Li Qingshan was Zhao Wou-Ki - now the two of them were the strongest and most capable of fighting in addition to the Chinese army, so they firmly sat in the fourth and fifth positions in the sect.

Among the commanders standing behind Li Qingshan, there was one more person.

It was Zhou Kui.

On that day, Tashanwei was broken by the White Lotus Sect disciples who were not afraid of death, and the army entered the city and lost the protection of the city wall. Zhou Kui and several of his generals surrounded the commander's mansion, and finally chose to surrender.

Zhou Kuinai is such an extremely ambitious person, and he is in the prime of life, and he is in a high position, so he is naturally unwilling to die like this, and it is reasonable to choose to surrender.

After surrendering, Zao Wou-Ki wanted to kill him, but Li Qingshan tried his best to protect him.

Although Zhou Kui commanded the army to kill an unknown number of White Lotus Sect members, it was understandable that the two armies were fighting, each with its own master, and the outstanding command talent he showed in defending the city also made Li Qingshan cherish it very much. After some dispute, Feng Xichen spoke, and the final word was reached, Zhou Kui stayed and did not kill.

So the former commander of Tashanwei turned into a division commander under the command of Li Qingshan of the White Lotus Sect.

Feng Xichen said lightly: "Today, His Majesty the Holy King's holy body is slightly ill, and it is inconvenient to go to the court, but there is a major matter, and the prime minister alone cannot call the shots, so I invite everyone here." ”

Hearing this, there was something strange in everyone's hearts - what kind of holy body was slightly ill? I'm afraid I'm tossing around on a woman right now, right? When the old sect leader was fishing, he could catch a big fish for two days and two nights without sleeping.

"Wu Yi's army has sent troops, the troops are divided into three routes, a total of about 60,000 troops, all of them are cavalry, and now the army on the southern front has captured the Tuolunwei, and is thinking of our side."

Feng Xichen threw a bombshell in a light tone.

There was no doubt that compared to the Fuyuwei and Jurchens in the north, the White Lotus Sect was much slower to react. But Wu Yijun has been dispatching troops for these days, and no matter how slow they are, they should have reacted - even if it was already several days ago.

This news shocked everyone here, and today Feng Xichen summoned everyone to say that there was an important military plane to discuss, but they didn't expect that it would be such a big event.

Suddenly there was a whisper below.

"Lord Bunxiang. Is this news true? Someone below asked.

"Naturally, it's true, the spies only sent it early this morning." Feng Xichen was displeased. glanced at him and said lightly: "Will the true appearance fool you?" ”

That's not what the end means. Lord Wen Xiang is not strange. The questioner quickly apologized.

Hearing the news, Zhao Yunshan was stunned at first, and then furious in his heart.

He suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Lord Wenxiang, why don't you discuss such an important matter with me in advance? Why didn't I get the news before? ”

Feng Xichen is the minister of literature, and he is the prime minister of Wu Cheng and the general, in charge of military affairs, but everything related to the military. All of them are under his jurisdiction, and this military intelligence is naturally no exception, and Feng Xichen didn't even talk to him beforehand, which can be said to be a great offense to his power.

His status is lower than Feng Xichen, and his relationship with Xu Hongru is also weaker, because he is more tolerant of Feng Xichen in everything, but this time, he is really unbearable.

"Hehe, don't be in a hurry, general!" Feng Xichen smiled. Unhurriedly, he said: "The news came in a hurry, as soon as I received it, the prime minister recruited all of you, because he did not inform the general in advance. But. Isn't it the same with a discussion at this time? Could it be that the general still pays attention to the law and does not pass on the six ears? ”

He glanced at the people below and said with a smile: "The generals below, after all, have also led the troops to fight for a long time. Experienced people, let's discuss together. Can brainstorm ideas, isn't it? ”

These words are Piri Yangqiu, with a gun and a stick. Obviously, Zhao Yunshan blamed him for not ventilating in advance, but he was sarcastic that Zhao Yunshan wanted to monopolize power, make decisions with all his might, and treat the generals as nothing. Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, some of the people below were suddenly quite dissatisfied with Zhao Yunshan.

"You!" Zhao Yunshan was not good at words, but he was blocked by him here, and he suddenly couldn't say it, and his face turned red.

The henchmen behind him persuaded him again and again, and then he sat down stupidly, holding his breath with a face.

Feng Xichen snorted, and then said: "Let's all discuss it, Wu Yijun sent troops, should we fight or peace?" If you want to fight, how? Who to send to fight? ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as this topic was thrown out, it caused a violent quarrel.

Li Qingshan first said: "Naturally, we want to fight, Wu Yijun is ambitious, and Lian Zining has always been belligerent, and he has to make waves when he has nothing to do, not to mention that he has such a good excuse this time." They are officers and soldiers, in their eyes, we are rebels, traitors, and absolutely intolerable, they just give up dealing with the Jurchens and Fuyuwei Mongols in the north, and they will definitely destroy us. There will be a war between us and them. ”

With the support of Feng Xichen, the prime minister, after entering the city, if Feng Xichen hadn't spoken, the 20,000 Ming soldiers who surrendered would not have given him a full 16,000. He ate the meat, and the others didn't even drink a few sips of the soup. He is now the one with the most in the five armies except for the Chinese army, the strongest strength, as if he is the first person under the holy king and the civil and military phases, the stronger the strength, the harder the waist, the more dare to speak.

Of course, the reason why he showed his attitude for the first time was also because he was now Feng Xichen's person - this was everyone's opinion, except himself.

Li Qingshan's seemingly gentle, but actually unruly temperament, will not succumb to anyone.

The meaning of Feng Xichen's words is clearly that he wants to fight.

As soon as Li Qingshan's words fell, Zhao Wuji immediately sneered at each other and snorted coldly: "It's really alarmist, in my opinion, this time the Wu Yi army clearly has no intention of dealing with us, what they want to deal with is the Jurchens and the Mongols, and the army on the southern front is just spying on us." If they want to deal with us, why don't they just pounce on the three armies together? ”

Li Qingshan said lightly: "It's just a matter of breaking its wings and minions." ”

"Huh?" Zao Wou-Ki laughed: "When did the Mongols and Jurchens become our minions?" ”

"That's the way it is. Believe it or not, if the Wu Yi army were to attack us with all their might now, the Jurchens and the Mongols would definitely not give up and would definitely attack them together. ”

Li Qingshan looked at him, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a touch of disdain: "Aren't they as stupid as you?" ”

"What did you say?" Li Qingshan is younger than Zao Wou-ki, more talented than him, more important than him, and many times stronger than him in terms of majesty and bearing, and Zao Wou-Ki has always been jealous and hateful of him. Li Qingshan's seemingly unintentional contempt and disdain. The most stimulating thing is to stimulate his nerves, and he is furious at the moment. Huo Ran got up, pointed at Li Qingshan's nose and shouted angrily.

Li Qingshan's eyelids twitched. Said lightly: "I said you were stupid, didn't you hear clearly?" ”

He is still younger after all, how can anyone in this White Lotus Sect compare to him in terms of commanding and fighting? Zao Wou-Ki is certainly quite stupid, but others are not much better than Zao Wou-Ki, and there are many people who agree with Zao Wou-Ki's point of view in their hearts, and this time many people are scolded.

They have always felt that they are not as good as Li Qingshan, and they have no face at this time, and they have accused Li Qingshan of not.

Li Qingshan has a rebellious temperament. Self-esteem is extremely high, and ordinary people will not show it, but they are attacking it at this time, and that unruly spirit suddenly comes up from the bottom of my heart. He snorted coldly, picked up the teacup and drank water by himself, but he didn't even tease everyone.

The attitude is arrogant and disdainful to the extreme.

This kind of attitude intensified the contradiction even more, and there were a few people who were silent at this time and joined the condemnation team, and for a while Li Qingshan was actually isolated by everyone.

Zhao Yunshan also said lightly: "Qingshan, your speculation." After all, it is also speculation, not necessarily right, everyone here is their own brothers, such unruly disdain. Something is wrong! ”

From the bottom of his heart, he agrees with Li Qingshan's point of view, but the ass determines the head. Politics determines military - Li Qingshan was Feng Xichen's man, and Zao Wou-Ki was a good friend of him. This is doomed, he must oppose Li Qingshan's opinion.

Li Qingshan was still silent.

The rift of the White Lotus Cult. It's already looming.

Seeing the raging emotions of the group, Feng Xichen also felt a big headache.

It's just that Li Qingshan is fighting for him, and he is under siege at this time, he must not blame Li Qingshan, on the contrary, he must also support him. If you can't even protect your own subordinates, who will contribute to your work in the future? Besides, they are like this, not just for Li Qingshan.

No one expected that the contradictions in the White Lotus Sect had intensified to such an extent. Everyone's dissatisfaction with Li Qingshan and Feng Xichen was vented through this reason.

In the accusations of everyone, Li Qingshan held his head high, stubborn, his face was full of disdain and coldness, but his heart was getting colder and colder.

I really didn't expect that this White Lotus Holy Sect that I died for, in the White Lotus Holy Kingdom, would be a group of such people!

Standing behind Li Qingshan, Zhou Kui looked at his nose and nose, and lowered his head as if he hadn't heard the quarrel in the hall at all. If someone could look closely, they would be able to see the disdain on the corners of his mouth.

Since learning about Li Qingshan's plan to blow up the city wall with a coffin, among the entire White Lotus Sect leaders, the only person Zhou Kui is convinced of is Li Qingshan, and he is a general under Li Qingshan's account. It's just that except for Li Qingshan, most of the people in his heart are contempt and disdain, among them, of course, as a general of the imperial court, he has disdain for mud legs, and more is simply contempt - they can't do anything, why should I convince them. Among them, the most unaccustomed is Zao Wou-ki, because he is not only incompetent, but also arrogant, but there are a few people below him who are good, but it's a pity.

When the noise was incorrigible, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at the door of the store, and then a little eunuch wearing green silk came quickly, followed by several black-armored guards. The little eunuch walked to the door of the main hall, raised the yellow silk scroll in his hand, and shouted: "His Majesty the Holy King has a will, and all the ministers kneel to welcome the holy decree." ”

The hall was quiet.

Everyone looked at the little eunuch with very strange eyes, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Zhao Yunshan suddenly said loudly: "What do you want us to do?" ”

"Kneel, kneel to welcome the Holy Decree!" After all, the little eunuch had experienced little things, and when he gave him a glare, he couldn't help but be afraid in his heart, shrank back, and stumbled.

This is the first time for everyone to kneel to welcome the holy decree.

Everyone was extremely angry in their hearts, and a few of them were already loudly dissatisfied, in their opinion, it was natural to kneel and kowtow to His Majesty the Holy King - to kneel down to such a eunuch with yellow silk in his hand? What kind of thing are you! (To be continued.) )