Chapter 282 Chaos breaks out in Bailian, and the second generation wields a sword to fight against the rebels.

"Buddha Mother, is it really okay for us to do this? Once we do this, we are really rebelling. The court has regulations that prohibit people from entering this track. If you are caught, you will be severely punished."

Dozens of miles away from Jinan Prefecture in Shandong Province, beside the train tracks.

Hundreds of people dressed in civilian clothes, holding hoes, shovels and axes, worked hard to tear down the fence.

At the front of the team was a woman wearing a fancy dress.

Although this woman has an average appearance, the heroic look between her eyebrows adds to her beauty.

The person who asked the question was a short and thin man named Liu Jun, who was one of the woman's followers.

Her phoenix eyes were scanning the woman on the railway track, and she glanced at Xiao Shou, "Don't you believe in me, or are you afraid?"

The short and thin man named Liu Jun blushed, as if he had been humiliated, and said excitedly: "Zhu Di is unkind and does not regard us Shandong people as human beings. Local officials are exploiting us at every level, and his grandson Zhu Zhangui is even counting us."

He killed my eldest brother years ago, and I have an sworn hatred with the Ming Dynasty. I can't wait to bite their bones and eat their flesh. I can even risk my life for this, so there is nothing to fear."

The woman looked at him seriously and nodded lightly.

"I hope so!"

After that, he walked towards the hundreds of people who were cutting open the fence, preparing to make the next plan.

Looking at Qian Ying walking away, the man bit his lip, a trace of obsession flashed in his eyes, and he stalked after her.

This woman's name is Tang Sai'er, a person in charge of Putai County.

The land of Shandong has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. In the late Yuan Dynasty, it was an important place for the Red Turban Army.

Even if the world is at peace, the rumors of the Red Scarf Army and the White Lotus Sect are still spread here.

Tang Sai'er was influenced by the ideas of the Red Scarf Army and others since she was a child. She chanted scriptures since she was a child, and even often called herself the Mother of Buddha.

After growing up, she married Lin San, a fellow-traveler.

Lin San had the same childhood experience as Tang Saier, and was deeply influenced by the ideas of the Red Scarf Army and the White Lotus Sect!

When the couple is together, they often discuss various spiritual beliefs and their yearning for the supreme Buddhist kingdom.

Shandong, for some unknown reason, has never been better off since the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Hongwu period, disasters hit the area year after year and people died of starvation. After the death of Lao Zhu, the old man launched the Jingnan again, and Shandong became a major battlefield again.

After the war was over, just when the people of Shandong thought they could rest, Zhu Di became a demon again and planned to build a new palace in Peiping.

Coupled with many northern expeditions, the construction of canals, and the opening of Huitong River, the number of young people recruited by the imperial court in Shandong alone was as high as hundreds of thousands.

Coupled with successive years of disasters and desolate land, Shandong has almost become a purgatory on earth.

A few years ago, there was a drought in Shandong. The arrival of the emperor's grandson brought a wave of blood to the devastated Shandong.

The second year was also pretty good, as everyone was able to grow some food, and the famine subsidies from the court were a little better.

But God only cheats the poor.

In the third year, the drought came again, followed by the locust plague, and this year there was another severe drought.

After several consecutive years of consolidation, Shandong has almost become unable to bear it.

Many people lived on bark, grass and roots, and even sold their wives to eat their children.

Although Tang Saier's family is not so miserable, they are still living a tight life.

Tang Sai'er, who had been influenced by the ideas of the Red Scarf Army since childhood, sympathized with the victims very much, so he followed the example of the Red Scarf Army in the late Yuan Dynasty and used the White Lotus thought to win over the people and appease the hearts of the local people.

Because she was a daughter, she recommended her husband Lin San to be the leader, while she silently supported him behind the scenes.

Tang Saier actually didn't have any bad intentions when he promoted Bai Lian at first. He just wanted to give the suffering people of Shandong some spiritual sustenance.

Originally, as long as the imperial court released food quickly to save the people from disaster, there would be no problem, and Shandong would quickly stabilize.

But I don’t know why, but there is no news about the grain release from the court so far. This has caused complaints among the people of Shandong. Many people miss the days when the emperor’s grandson was here.

Although the emperor's grandson was strict in management and would kill people, he really provided food and gave everyone the opportunity to work so that everyone would not go hungry.

But now that the emperor's grandson is away, these Shandong officials have begun to act recklessly again.

Not only did they delay the distribution of disaster relief grains, they even united with some local gentry and landlords to ignore the court's tax exemption policy and continue to collect grain taxes from the people.

They assigned corvees and even sent people directly to arrest people.

Tang Sai'er's father was the one who was arrested. Later, news came that he was working as a corvee in the Forbidden City in Peking.

Two years ago, Arutai invaded the north. His father was inspired by the words of the emperor's grandson and voluntarily went to the north to fight against the enemy.

But this time, it took nearly two years, and I only received news of safety once a year.

Although the Tang family is a little worried about this, they are still very much looking forward to it, considering that Tang Saier's father said in the letter that he has saved a lot of money and will return home when the war ends this year.

But just last month, a piece of unfortunate news came to the Tang family.

Tang Sai'er's father was killed by an enemy sentry while on duty while following the army to eliminate the remaining enemies in the northern grasslands.

The Tang family was devastated when they heard the news, but their husband died fighting for the country, and they did not complain about the court.

It was Tang's father's honor to fight for his country and die on the battlefield.

But on the second day, when Tang San'er and her husband went to the government office to collect their father's pension and inheritance, they were ruthlessly rejected by the government office.

According to the words of those officials, your father was only recruited as a farmer and fell into the scope of corvee labor. In addition, he had a farmer's household registration, not a military officer, and he had no pension.

As for inheritance, your father was wearing shabby clothes when he went there, and everything else was provided by the court. There was no such thing as inheritance.

As for the reward mentioned in the letter sent back by Tang's father, the officials even laughed at it.

A guy with muddy legs can still make money on the battlefield and fool the devil.

Then, regardless of the couple's explanation, he threw two kilograms of coarse grains and was about to send the couple away.

Tang Saier and his wife were naturally unwilling.

As the imperial court's new disability pension policy was issued and word-of-mouth publicity among military households in various places, ordinary people also knew how much the pension would be for disability and death.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty for disabled soldiers, disabled soldiers will receive a lifelong pension of 50 taels of silver, and receive 500 jins of grain, meat and other items every year. They will be given priority to arrange jobs to help their families live a small life, and their children can enter new schools for free.

Reading in school.

Soldiers who died in battle received a direct subsidy of 100 taels, and the court was responsible for supporting the elderly and children in their families until the elderly passed away or the youngest children reached adulthood.

What's more, according to the letter sent by Tang's father, he killed many enemies and was rewarded with at least 50 taels of silver.

The past two years in Shandong have been years of disaster. The food harvest at Tang Saier's family has also been poor, so life has been tight.

Although my father's death in battle was a big blow to the family, life still has to go on.

The Tang family didn't want to ask the court for anything more, they just wanted to get what the Tang family should have.

But they didn't expect that these corrupt officials would deny that their father had sacrificed his life in exchange for food and money for the family to survive.

Tang Saier and his wife did not believe that they could not get all this because their father was not a military household. Instead, they suspected that the court had already given the money, but these heartless corrupt officials found reasons to take it away.

There was a conflict between the two parties in the yamen. Tang Saier's husband, Lin San, was also considered a person who was hyphenated.

In anger, he roared at that time and wanted to bring a big complaint to the capital to file an imperial edict and ask the emperor to bring all these corrupt officials and Shandong worms to justice.

When the county government officials saw this, they became angry on the spot and directly ordered someone to drive the couple out. They also gave some vague orders.

During the conflict, Tang Saier's husband was accidentally beaten by a government officer and was seriously injured. Tang Saier, because of his martial arts skills, injured the government officer and snatched her husband back.

Unexpectedly, within a day of returning home, her husband died.

My mother, who was heartbroken and bedridden because her father was killed in battle, died after being devastated by this.

Her father, mother, and husband died one after another, and the government wanted to arrest her because she was a rioter, which filled Tang Saier's heart with resentment.

She resented the inaction of the court, resented the ruthlessness of the officials, corruption, illegal records, and lack of conscience.

As Bailian's propagandist, she had the idea of ​​overthrowing this decadent court.

A few dozen days ago, when Tang Saier returned from paying homage to her husband, father and mother, she found a stone box at the foot of the mountain. She dug it out and found a sword from the Book of Heaven inside.

From then on, it was spread among the Bailian people that her magic skills of Tang Sai'er were known, and she could use divine swords, cut paper, and fight with men and horses.

For a time, Tang Sai'er's reputation among the White Lotus people reached its peak, and she was regarded as the Mother of Buddha by the White Lotus believers, who believed in her endlessly.

In just a few days, Tang Sai'er gathered a large group of believers, numbering tens of thousands, including three thousand young men.

A few days ago, Tang Saier summoned his followers and conveyed God's will to them all.

It is said that the continuous disasters in Shandong are caused by demons, whose purpose is to cut off the destiny of Shandong and do unspeakable things.

The train tracks laid this year are the formations set up by the monster.

Tang Saier told the believers that she had received guidance from God, who revealed to her that as long as this formation was broken, peace would be restored in Shandong, and there would be no more natural or man-made disasters in the future.

As soon as this news was announced, the believers were furious. They cursed monsters one by one and shouted that they were willing to obey Tang Saier's orders.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Tang Saier ordered on the spot to divide her men into four camps, led by Liu Junbinhong and others who were the first to follow her. They were responsible for destroying the train tracks from four places and interrupting the plan to destroy Shandong's luck.

The demon formation.

"Buddha Mother, this demon formation is so powerful, we can't stop fighting it!"
To be continued...