Although Deng Yuanjue said that he had expected it in his heart, after hearing Fang Fei's words, he couldn't help but scold: "The bull's nose that is killed by God, the faint monarch who is killed by God, how innocent is Buddhism, he has suffered this catastrophe." ”

After all, Deng Yuanjue is different from Luda, Luda is forced to be helpless and support himself to Buddhism, if he wants to say that he has any feelings for Buddhism, it must be nonsense.

But what Deng Yuanjue learned was from Buddhism, and naturally he had a strong understanding of his origin, and now he learned that Zhao Ji and Lin Lingsu wanted to turn Buddhism into Taoism, which naturally deeply stimulated Deng Yuanjue, a Buddhist disciple.

Fang La, who was sitting at the top of the place, had a gleam in his eyes, glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, this king summoned everyone to come here today to discuss with you, what to do next, after all, Chu Yi led the army south, we can't be careless." ”

In addition to the Manichaean people, the two figures were extremely eye-catching, it was Song Jiang and Wu Yong, who had joined the Manichaeism.

Song Jiang and Wu used their initial time to go south to the land south of the Yangtze River, and they used the power of Manichaeism to restore Liangshan, but Song Jiang's plan was indeed not bad, but it also depended on whether Fang La was willing or not.

After Fang La stabilized Song Jiang and Wu Yong, it didn't take long for him to win over the old Liangshan troops who accompanied Song Jiang and Wu Yong to the south, and swallowed the last force of Liangshan.

At this point, Song Jiang and Wu Yong can be regarded as having a thousand calculations, but without supporters, it is really difficult for Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong, the leaders who still maintain enough loyalty to Song Jiang, to make any waves.

After weighing it, facing surrender or death, Song Jiang and Wu Yong naturally made a choice.

Wu Yong stroked his beard, and said to Fang La with a bit of flattery on his face: "Congratulations to the king, the king is a thousand autumns, and the king has no way to do such a ridiculous thing, so you can see that it must be the heavens that bless the king." ”

Everyone glanced at Wu Yong, and many people looked at Wu Yong's flattering appearance, and their eyes couldn't help but show a little disdain.

Fang Jie snorted even more coldly and said, "Wu Xuexue, what do you mean by this." ”

Fang Fei stroked his beard and looked at Wu Yong with a smile on his face, obviously having already seen through Wu Yong's thoughts.

I only heard Wu Yong speak: "You might as well think about it, Zhao Ji, the faint king, actually issued such a ridiculous will, so in the world, what kind of reaction will the people of Buddhism be, Daomen will indeed rejoice about this, but will Buddhism be so willing to be suppressed by Daomen, and even turn Buddha into Tao?" ”

Fang Jie's eyes narrowed and said: "The Buddha Gate is not much worse than the Dao Gate, naturally it is impossible to watch the Dao Gate press himself so obediently, even if he does not dare to directly confront the imperial court on the surface, but the small actions in private will definitely not be less." ”

Wu Yongdao: "The young general is right, there are not a few great powers of Buddhism, although they said that they had no loyalty to the court in the past, but they would not go against the imperial court, but now it is different, the faint monarch issued such a will, I think there will definitely be a lot of Buddhism powerful people angry." If the king can ascend to the top at this time and tell the world that under the rule of the king, not only will he not suppress Buddhism, but he will also help Buddhism spread the Dharma......"

After all, there are only a few people who can think of this, at least when they come into contact with this news, there are only a few people who can think of the stakes.

So when Wu Yong's words passed, many people showed excitement on their faces.

The imperial court is powerful, even they know this very well in their hearts, if the imperial court is really serious, the power it can use is far from comparable to their Manichaeism.

Not to mention the rest, if the Son of Heaven decrees to summon the strong men of the Daomen and the Buddha Gate, not to mention more, even if it is to give the Son of Heaven a face, the two families of Buddhism and Taoism will definitely not disappoint the Son of Heaven.

But their Manichaeism does not have such prestige and ability, in the final analysis, the Great Song Dynasty court is the orthodoxy of the world, and in the eyes of the people of the world, they are thieves.

Just like Chu Yi came here, he brought several celestials with him, which was almost comparable to all the celestials that Manichaeism could handle.

However, this is just an Dongchang institution under the imperial court, if you count the Imperial City Division and the army, the number of celestial powers will even double, just thinking about it makes people feel a lot of pressure.

Deng Yuanjue, as the only strong man from Buddhism present, broke through to the realm of heaven and man not long ago, and it can be said that his status in Buddhism has suddenly risen a lot.

I only heard Deng Yuanjue say to Fang La with a little excitement: "King, the poor monk is willing to run for the king, lobby a few Buddhist monks, maybe you can ask for some help for the king." ”

Fang La and Fang Fei glanced at each other, it can be said that after getting the news, Fang La had reached a consensus with Fang Fei in private, that is, taking advantage of the mediocrity of the Great Song Dynasty Tianzi, to make such a ridiculous move to win over Buddhism as much as possible.

They don't dare to expect to be able to get the support of the major sects of Buddhism, as long as these sects are not aimed at them, and a very small number of them can help them, Fang La and them are already very satisfied.

And Deng Yuanjue is just a breakthrough, a strong man born in Buddhism, who has a very high status in Buddhism, as long as Deng Yuanjue is willing, it can indeed be said that some people in Buddhism can help them.

It's just that it's best for Deng Yuanjue to take the initiative to speak for such a thing, otherwise, it will feel a little overwhelming.

Fang La's face showed a little joy and said to Deng Yuanjue: "If this is the case, this king will thank the master here, and this king can promise the master that as long as Buddhism can support this king, if he can ascend to the great treasure, he will definitely not disappoint Buddhism." ”

Jiaxing

As a prosperous Jiaxing city in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Zu, the magistrate of the city, is full of anxiety in the city at the moment.

Since a few days ago, the city of Jiaxing has been surrounded by Manichaean rebels, Jiaxing is located between the two major towns of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and now the south of the Yangtze River is in turmoil, the city of Hangzhou is broken, and Suzhou is also in crisis, and it may be breached at any time.

Because the main energy of Manichaeism is on these two big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Jiaxing and Shaoxing. Huzhou's prefectures and counties were not breached for a while.

Of course, there are also some states and counties that have fallen into the hands of the rebels because of the inaction of the government.

As a county parent official, Chen Zu can never afford to be a parent, Chen Zu has only been the county magistrate of Jiaxing for three years, and the Chen family's family property has increased dozens of times, and the fertile land under his name is as many as thousands of hectares, and the tenants of each village are all servants of the Chen family.

It can be said that Chen Zu is the heaven of the land of Jiaxing, and the local officials are united and colluding with each other, as long as Chen Zu and these people are unwilling, even the will of the imperial court will not be sent down to the place.

But now with the Manichaean uprising, the land south of the Yangtze River suddenly fell into a storm, not long ago Chen Zu got the news, such as Shaoxing City, because it is too close to Hangzhou, has been freed up by the Manichaeism to break through, as for the Shaoxing Zhixian, his friend, at this time has been the rebels to pick the skin and cramp, beheaded to show the public.

Not only the magistrate of Shaoxing, but also many wealthy gentry and wealthy merchants in the city have not been able to escape the catastrophe, and there are no less than dozens of rich and noble families killed in the city, so it can be said that the gentry in the city have been swept away.

Chen Zuna, who got the news, was frightened, he was really worried that he would follow in the footsteps of his friend.

A tall man walked into the living room, wearing armor on his body, looking quite brave, and bowed to Chen Zu and said, "The last general, Wu Meng, visited the county magistrate. ”

Wu Meng, as a commander, is even higher than Chen Zulai when it comes to rank, but the Great Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts is obviously higher than Chen Zu's, but Wu Meng has to salute Chen Zu because of his identity.

Chen Zu is accustomed to it, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with it, as the so-called everything is inferior, only reading is high, as a scholar, it is naturally higher than these martial artists.

Glancing at Wu Meng, Chen Zu tried his best to keep himself a little calm and said, "Wu Meng, what is the movement of the Manichaean rebels outside the city?" ”

Wu Meng said: "Chen Zhixian doesn't have to worry, there is nothing abnormal about the anti-thieves outside the city, but there is one thing that needs to be arranged by Zhixian as soon as possible." ”

Chen Zu opened his mouth and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Meng looked at Chen Zu and said, "Please also ask the county to fulfill the previous promise as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to explain to your subordinates,"

Chen Zu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Promise? What promises? ”

Wu Meng was stunned and said: Didn't Chen Zhixian forget what he said before, if he could repel the rebels, he would reward every soldier with ten pieces of silver?

Chen Zu's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he stared at Wu Meng and said, "Wu Meng, did Benzhi County really say that?" ”

Wu Meng looked at Chen Zhixian, where could he not see that Chen Zhixian wanted to break his word, he immediately clenched his fists, and wanted to smash it with a punch, smashing this old face that disgusted him to the extreme.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Meng told himself not to be impulsive, if he really smashed it with one punch, then his career in this life would be ruined, and he might even suffer from the calculations and assassinations from the scholars.

Thinking of the soldiers under his command, many soldiers were injured and killed in battle, but they urgently needed money to pay for it, if they offended Chen Zhixian at this moment, there would be no benefit at all except harm.

Gritting his teeth, Wu Meng gave Chen Zu a big salute and said: "Please also ask Chen Zhixian to honor his promise for the sake of the brothers who fought bloodily and suffered heavy casualties and urgently needed compensation!" If not, morale will plummet, and if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to appease ......."

With a bang, Chen Zu slapped on the table, stared at Wu Meng with anger on his face and said, "Wu Meng, you are so bold, are you threatening this official?" ”

Saying that, Chen Zu didn't care how ugly Wu Meng's face was, pointed at Wu Meng and scolded: "As a soldier of the imperial court, the imperial court spends money to support you and others, in order to let you protect your family and country when you are in need, it is just that you are not grateful, and you even think of a silver reward, the official said, there is no ...... reward for silver."

Wu Meng clenched his hands, his fists creaked, and a pair of tiger eyes showed a bit of sadness, and he suddenly turned around and left.

Seeing Wu Meng leave so rudely, Chen Zu couldn't help but curse: "A reckless man is a reckless man, there is really no etiquette at all." ”

But soon Chen Zu frowned and muttered softly: "Although Wu Meng said that he is loyal, and his official is untrustworthy to him, he doesn't have to worry about what kind of second heart he will have, but the reckless man under his command is not easy to say, if something goes wrong, it will be very bad." ”

Between muttering, Chen Zu couldn't help but say, "Someone." ”

Soon, a servant stepped forward and saluted Chen Zu and said, "The little one has seen the master, but I don't know what the master can command." ”

Chen Zu glanced at the servant and said, "You go and send someone to secretly monitor those people under Wu Meng, if anyone has any unusual behavior, you must inform me as soon as possible." ”

The servant nodded and left, and soon another servant walked in and said to Chen Zu: "Master, according to your orders, all the many gentry families in the city have received the invitation of the master, and they are waiting for the master in the garden at this moment. ”

Hearing this, all the worries and unhappiness in Chen Zu's heart disappeared, and his face showed a little excitement and said to the servant: "Come with the master, I will go." ”

In the garden of Chen's mansion, more than a dozen figures are gathering together at this moment, if there are people in Jiaxing City who see these people, they will definitely be able to recognize that these people are all among the gentry in the city, with heads and faces, even if they are the worst, they have at least tens of thousands of family wealth.

Seeing Chen Zu coming over, a group of people saluted at Chen Zu and said, "I've seen Chen Zhixian." ”

Chen Zu waved his hand, his eyes swept over everyone, a greedy look flashed in his eyes, and he stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "Everyone, the purpose of this county's summoning everyone here today, I think you should already know it." ”

One of them had a big belly, a foreign suit, and said with a slight smile: "I know, we know it, but Chen Zhixian is bothered, and we are naturally willing to give the money to reward the army." ”

Saying this, the man said: "My Du family is willing to pay 800 yuan to help the county." ”

"My Lu family is willing to pay a thousand yuan......

"I'm willing to pay 1,500 yuan for ......"

It's just a blink of an eye, and more than a dozen families have made up as much as 30,000 yuan of silver money, you must know that these are already the fourth wave of the city's gentry and wealthy families invited by Chen Zu, and the first three waves combined, Chen Zu has already got more than 100,000 yuan of silver.

Brushing his beard, Chen Zumei looked at everyone with a smile: "Okay, good, this county will thank you all the officials on behalf of the soldiers." ”