Chapter 405: Take the initiative
At the mention of the three words "White Lotus Sect", all the squires couldn't help but sweat like rain, and their faces became more and more pale.
The White Lotus Sect in Tianjin made such a big fuss, how could the squires in the hall not know what to do? Among the Jianghu langs under the guise of practicing medicine, the merchants who carried the goods to the villages and the samurai who rode through the villages on fast horses...... Jianghu Langzhong is indeed a sick man, a merchant is indeed a seller, and a samurai is indeed a passing samurai, but they all have one thing in common, that is, each village and village accepts believers to open incense halls by the way, and preaches the lifeless old mother, but these squires dare not speak out.
Because the temper of the White Lotus Sect is not too good, after all, it is the Red Sun period, the darkness has temporarily overwhelmed the light, and the Maitreya Buddha has not come to the world, so everyone's temper is very short-tempered, and the squire dares to report to the government, and the end must be the death of the whole family.
Whoever has joined the church in each village and village, and whose family has a childless mother, of course the squires know the way, but in front of this smiling tiger-like marquis, they ...... Is it to know the way, or not to know the way?
The squires looked at each other in panic, and found that they were all helpless in the hall.
There was silence in the hall for a long time, and Qin Kan was not in a hurry, he sipped tea slowly with his legs crossed, and suddenly said a word as if he was inadvertent.
"Oh, by the way, there is something I forgot to tell you, after you just entered the city, Benhou sent someone to invite all your sons into the city, although Tianjin City is a little smaller and simpler, there are still many places worth playing......
Knock knock knock......
The squires were really anxious at this time, and they all kowtowed to Qin Kan like pounding garlic.
"Master Hou. Liu Zhuang has the White Lotus Sect! There are more than 40 villagers who have joined the church, and the grass people are willing to expose it! β
"Master Hou, there is a White Lotus Sect in Willow Village! There are 60 villagers who have joined the church, and the grass people are willing to expose it! β
"Lord Hou......"
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Watching the originally hesitant squires scramble to report and expose them one by one, Qin Kan sighed wistfully.
At this moment, he is a court eagle dog who suppresses the peasant uprising and slaughters the proletariat, and he doesn't need to look in the mirror to know how hateful he is at the moment.
Melancholy is melancholy, Qin Kan's mentality is still well adjusted. Conscience is as time-sensitive as innocence in childhood. It's all gone......
Again. I don't know if I am evil or not, but the White Lotus Sect may not represent justice.
Qin Kan glanced at the hall with a smile and said, "You are all respected squires, and the solid pillars of the long-term stability of the imperial court. Remember. You are the squires of the court. Instead of the squire of the White Lotus Sect, the truth of the cold lips and teeth will not be wasted, and if the foundation of the court is shaken. Don't you know how those White Lotus cults with the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor will treat you? β
"The grass people are willing to die for the imperial court!"
"That's very good...... Ben Hou is about to use thunderous means, and he also asks the squires to help. β
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The squires, who were anxious and weak-legged, finally left alive the palace of Hades, and the Jinyi guard commanded the yamen.
Trembling and trembling, they just stepped out of the threshold of the yamen, but everyone was stunned to find that there were four people kneeling in the small square in front of the yamen, all four of them were tied up with flowers, kneeling with their heads bowed to the yamen, but behind the four stood four executioners dressed in red clothes and showing half of their arms, and the steel knives in their hands shone brightly in the faint sunlight.
The squires were stunned, but they saw a captain in brocade read aloud: "Check, there are four guards in Tianjin, who have long connived at cults, ignored the private opening of incense halls in Lijia, ignored the cult's demagoguery and fooled people's hearts, and the people are guilty and do not take action, and the state-owned laws are not followed, and the crime should be beheaded!" β
Four snow-white sword lights swept by, and the four bloody human heads fell to the ground together, rolling straight to the feet of the squires.
The squires turned pale with fright, and their legs fluttered unobediently, and they knelt in the steaming blood.
Quite a few people finally broke down and grinned and cried.
"I would like to serve the court! Deadly! Spare your lifeβ"
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Qin Kan, who was sitting in the front hall of the yamen and drinking tea with his legs crossed, showed a light smile on the corner of his mouth.
The heat is almost enough.
"Li Er......"
"Yes."
"Order the soldiers of the warrior battalion outside the city to prepare for the whole set off, and each village and village outside Tianjin will send 100 warrior battalion soldiers to garrison, and the squires of the clans and clans of each village will expose and cooperate, and the villagers who have entered the religion will be arrested and imprisoned."
"Yes!"
"Another 1,000 soldiers and 200 shotgun teams are on standby outside the city, with the fire and arrows as a signal, if the White Lotus Sect dares to enter the village to retaliate, they will rush to the rescue and kill this group of White Lotus Sect disciples outside the village!"
"Yes!"
"The 1,000 Jinyi guards accompanying Ben Hou spread the guards around the official office, and the Jinyi lieutenants and helpers under the command of the former Tianjin Chengmu were all scattered to all corners of the city to inquire about the news.
"Yes!"
"Send someone to carry out the warrant of Ben Hou, temporarily transfer 100,000 taels of silver and a number of beef and mutton from Caoyun Yamen to the three guards in Tianjin, and reward the soldiers of the three guards in the name of the imperial court, and the silver must be distributed to each sergeant. In addition, the east and west cities in the city opened a good shed in the name of the imperial court, and the official warehouse transferred 500 stones of rice to help the poor people in the city, and posted a notice to reassure the people, and the whole city heard about it. β
"Yes!"
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A series of orders were issued, and the small city of Tianjin suddenly became chaotic with the orders of Lord Qincha.
Outside the city, the soldiers of the warrior battalion set out in batches and stationed in the village. Under the guidance of the squires, the villagers who had fallen into the cult were arrested and imprisoned.
The solid foundation of the Ming Dynasty finally played its role, and the squires of each village rebelled against the attitude of the court and the White Lotus Sect to be offended, and suddenly all fell to the court overnight, so the clan ancestral halls of each village burst into flames, and the villagers were summoned in front of the ancestral tablets of the clans. Evidence such as portraits of lifeless mothers, incense burners, and incense cases that were found in the homes of the arrested villagers was openly displayed, and the agitated villagers finally stabilized when they looked at the evidence that was enough to wipe out their families.
Even if the villagers who were not convinced by the officers and soldiers wanted to force their heads, the role of the squires came into play, and in front of the ancestral tablet of the ancestral hall, they scolded the villagers and stood back.
It was a matter of black and white, and those who entered the White Lotus Sect were killed, and the laws of the imperial court had been established since the year of Hongwu. What is the reason for forcibly coming out?
Inside the city. The ashen-faced Libao beat gongs and drums and ran around, shouting loudly for the imperial court to help the poor, and those who did not have enough food could go to the east and west to receive grain and rice. Imperial Court Kindness. The emperor's grace is mighty.
In the loud shouting. Amid the pauper's praise of the court's merits, a group of plainclothes brocade guards suddenly broke into the homes of some ordinary people, and shackled the believers who had joined the White Lotus Sect like lightning......
Meanwhile. The garrison camps of Tianjin Sanwei, as well as the hundred and thousand households, all galloped into a fast horse, and the loud voice of the knight echoed in the camp.
"Fengtian Patrol Qin sent the Marquis of Qin to reward the soldiers of the three guards of Tianjin, five taels of silver per person, come out and get it! The silver is in hand, and you can work hard for the court! β
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This is a war with the White Lotus Sect to win the hearts and minds of the people and the army, the war does not see the slaughter of gunpowder, but it is more dangerous than the slaughter of gunpowder.
Tang Zihe knows the general trend of the world, and Qin Kan knows the hearts of the people.
The people's hearts are actually very simple, that is, to feed the vast majority.
After all, the surname of the world is Zhu, who would risk the danger of the Jiu clan and kill officials and rebel without doing anything?
The so-called ideals, beliefs, aspirations...... These things are nothing compared to food.
The rebellions of all dynasties and dynasties were all those who really couldn't survive, and whether they were opposed or not, they were all dead ends, and they were coerced by the ambitions, and they followed in confusion.
Qin Kan knew what the people's hearts were, so the first big move he made when he came to Tianjin was to feed the people's stomachs and stuff the soldiers with silver, which was the premise of all stability.
Without warning, the White Lotus Sect, which had a good momentum of development in Tianjin, was stunned by the sudden action of Qin Kan, the master of the Qincha.
A dazzling fist came, and the White Lotus Sect responded flawlessly, and the formation was in chaos.
On the second night of the Jinyiwei and the Warrior Battalion's behavior, it was the day when the White Lotus Sect secretly gathered all the believers in the eastern suburbs of the farm to open an incense hall to worship the childless mother, but only three or four out of ten people were present, and some of the people who did not come were arrested by the Jinyi Guard and the Warrior Battalion and taken to prison, and some took the initiative to retreat because of fear and regret.
Ge Lao Wu, who presided over the incense hall, had a blue face, and he finally realized what kind of opponent they had encountered this time, Qin Kan was so powerful, he was by no means comparable to the stupid factory guards who had investigated them before.
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There are no stars and no moon, and the wind is cold.
Qin Kan sat in a sable fur coat by the courtyard of the backyard of the Yamen, commanding the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, with a tea table carved from pear blossom wood at hand, on which was a steaming pot of steaming imperial tribute tea Longjing.
Speaking of "imperial gifts", count the things and objects in the Qin Mansion today, from tea, porcelain, silk, to the most affordable gold, silver, red coral and jade Ruyi, everything is a royal gift.
Zhu Houzhao is a good boy who is not selfish, this good boy who is not selfish has the most admirable good habit, that is, he likes to give things, he thinks that things are good, food and clothing, but whenever he praises the word "good", the second sentence that follows is "give a certain minister", give it to and go, and the precious thing swells, and the final consequence is depreciation.
Now which minister in Beijing does not have a few imperial gifts at home, the first gift of a piece of osmanthus cake is also grateful to tears, go home and take it as a holy decree to offer, until the pastry is moldy and do not want to throw away, now the ministers have been given numbness, they also know the young emperor's character, what he sent, how to use it, by no means to you to offer.
Therefore, Qin Kan was in a very good mood at the moment drinking the Imperial Dragon Well, and he did not feel distressed at all.
The night breeze is cool, and the tea is cold.
Li Er bent down to pour out the cold residual tea, added tea leaves, and then poured a cup of hot water with a copper kettle.
Qin Kan held the teacup, his cold hands pressed against the wall, feeling the slightly scorching heat, and suddenly exhaled softly.
"White Lotus Sect...... It's time for action, right? β
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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued.) )