Chapter 576 Our holy religion is welcomed by everyone
Many members of the White Lotus Sect who had just surrendered to the imperial court were already prepared to endure hardships.
After all, these people are engaged in the business of rebellion. Even if they are large in number, the court will not kill their heads.
I will never let them go easily.
But no one expected that the fierce-looking Jin Yiwei would not torture them severely.
On the contrary, his attitude was very kind.
That kind tone even gave them the illusion that they were not rebels.
When they were being interrogated, those Jin Yiwei were pleasant-looking most of the time, and they never even tried to force a confession through words or deeds.
After asking them questions, they even arranged a meal for them.
What makes these White Lotus people most astonished is that not only is the white rice enough to eat casually, but there is also meat in the dish.
Each person had a piece of fat and thin pork belly. The pork belly was so stewed that it almost melted as soon as it was placed in the mouth.
The fat of the fat meat exploded in their mouths, making them feel extremely happy.
Even if I die now, it seems to be worth it.
The food was simply better than what they had in the refugee camp.
Although there is enough rice in the private restaurants, most of it is millet. Although you can occasionally eat meat, it is just a little bit of meat floating in the broth. How can it compare with the big meat slices in front of you?
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Some people are even doubting whether this is a decapitation meal prepared by the imperial court for them, right?
But it later turned out that they were overthinking this.
After eating this delicious meal, they were taken to a deep mansion.
He was imprisoned together with many people from the White Lotus Sect who had surrendered before.
This is also a last resort. The number of people from the White Lotus who have surrendered has exceeded a thousand.
Ordinary prisons simply cannot hold so many people.
Zhu Han didn't feel at ease if he put them somewhere else.
It is essential to be on guard against others. Who knows if any of these surrendered white people are pretending to surrender with the intention of taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
So these people were imprisoned in the home of a non-rich family in Datong Prefecture.
Firstly, the area here is large enough, and secondly, because the courtyard wall of this house is extremely high, it is very difficult to climb out without the help of tools.
In this way, the human cost of detention can be greatly reduced.
Only thirty or fifty people are needed to guard more than a thousand people.
Although this was a bit risky, Zhu Han had no other option.
After all, the garrison of Datong Mansion plus the Jin Yiwei brought over by Zhu Han.
The total number of people was only over 2,000, although after discovering traces of the White Lotus Sect, he had already written to the court asking for reinforcements.
But this round trip is not a short one, and it is not certain when the reinforcements will arrive.
For Zhu Han, it is still difficult for more than 2,000 people to defend a city in Datong Prefecture.
It sounds like the number of people is not very small, but even if these people are just guarding the city wall, they are quite weak.
Not to mention that in order to compress the White Lotus Sect's operating space, a lot of people need to be assigned to patrol around the city.
The current manpower is really insufficient, so we can only reduce the consumption of personnel as much as possible.
Perhaps because of the closed management, rumors spread extremely quickly.
It seems that in just a few hours, the news about Ci'en Temple has spread throughout Datong Prefecture.
The people of Datong who do not know that the Stone Buddha of Ci'en Temple was born to save the common people can already be described as rare.
Ci'en Temple, which was already crowded with people, is now even more crowded.
At first glance from the entrance of Ci'en Temple, it is so dark that you can hardly see anything except human heads.
"Everyone, please slow down and don't push forward." The monks of Ci'en Temple are working hard to maintain order.
"Everyone can see the born Buddha. Don't be anxious! Don't hit the Buddha."
Fortunately, this is the territory of Buddhism after all, and there are not many people in this era who are not superstitious.
They didn't dare to actually collide with the Buddha, so they could barely maintain order.
Not only the monks of Ci'en Temple, but also Zhu Han sent more than a hundred soldiers to help Ci'en Temple maintain order in order to prevent riots.
After all, no matter what the White Lotus Sect's rebels have in mind, Zhu Han's first priority is to maintain the stability of Datong Mansion.
In the absence of effective management, the more people there are, the more likely it is that problems will arise.
Under the management of the monks from Ci'en Temple and the soldiers from Datong Prefecture, although the scene was a bit chaotic, the most basic order was still maintained.
Inside the Ci'en Temple, the smoke formed by lighting the incense condensed and almost enveloped the entire Ci'en Temple.
The temple is full of people kneeling and worshiping. Many people even stand in the corners and under the fence, holding incense and candles high, kneeling in the direction of the stone Buddha.
He kept mumbling something, not knowing whether he hoped that the Buddha who had just emerged from the ground would bless him.
It was under this circumstance that another rumor was slowly spreading in a secret form.
"Today, the master has half emerged from the soil. Have you all gone to see it?"
Several people around nodded.
"Of course I have seen it. This is a real immortal magic. This is the first time I have seen a real manifestation of the Bodhisattva."
"Don't dare to tell nonsense. If Bodhisattva hears it, you will be punished."
"I hope the Bodhisattva will bless us that the drought in Datong Prefecture will pass soon."
When the listeners said this, the first person to speak suddenly said mysteriously: "Have you noticed that this Buddha statue holds a lotus in its hand?"
After all, the White Lotus Sect is a sect that has been dedicated to rebellion for so many years, and most ordinary people have heard of it.
In addition, there is recent news that the White Lotus Sect is going to rebel in Datong Mansion.
So just hearing the word "Bai Lian" made many people's faces change.
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"Is the world going to be in chaos again? It has only been peaceful for a few years?"
The founding of the Ming Dynasty was not that long, so basically people over the age of thirty or forty have experienced the turbulent years of the late Yuan Dynasty.
One eye of the stone man stirred up rebellion in the Yellow River and the world.
Rebel armies rose up everywhere, and wars continued throughout the world.
Although many rebel armies are called rebels on the surface, their soldiers are basically ordinary people who can't survive. They are a little better than Meng Yuan's army, but not much better.
The Mongolian army came to plunder food and people, and the rebel army also came to plunder food.
It's just that most of the rebels will still have some pride after all, and won't go so far.
However, it is not uncommon for soldiers to seize food.
For most ordinary people, if they are lucky and live in the territory of Zhang Shicheng or Zhu Yuanzhang, life will be somewhat easier.
Especially Zhang Shicheng, even though he was later defeated and died, many people in Jiangnan still miss him.
Even because of this kind of thing, Zhu Yuanzhang increased the taxes in the Jiangnan area, just to punish Zhang Shicheng. When he conquered Zhang Shicheng, the Jiangnan area resisted too strongly, which caused him huge losses.
Because Taiping dogs are not people in troubled times, it is precisely because they have experienced the dark days of troubled times. As long as they can survive, the people do not want the world to be in chaos.
But now, a stone Buddha rises from the ground holding a white lotus.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is simply another sign of chaos in the world.
"These guys from the White Lotus Sect really have this idea." After Zhu Han received the news, he sneered disdainfully.
Liu Shenhong asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, I will immediately order someone to suppress this news."
"There is no need." Zhu Han stopped Liu Shenhong: "It is better to defend the people than to defend the river. Haven't you heard of this sentence?"
Of course Liu Shenhong knows this sentence, but it's a bit strange. It doesn't seem to be used in this way, right?
Looking at his confused look, Zhu Han knew that he didn't understand what he meant.
After all, he is also a student that he focuses on training. Although many times this guy is so stupid that Zhu Han wants to beat him up, he can only explain patiently: "Now that public opinion has arisen, the more the court suppresses these public opinions, in the eyes of some people
On the contrary, it shows that the imperial court has a guilty conscience."
"Since they want to pass it on, just let them go ahead and pass it on."
Liu Shenhong was very anxious. This sounded like it made sense, but in fact it was not the case at all.
If this kind of rumor continues to spread, it will only become more exaggerated.
It won't be long before the White Lotus Sect will truly become a god sent by God to save their suffering in the minds of many people.
But before he could continue to persuade, Zhu Han asked again: "Those two brats should be here soon."
Liu Shenhong nodded immediately: "Based on the time, we can arrive at Datong Mansion in half an hour at most."
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had figured it out.
No wonder at this time, my prince insisted on calling those two people back. It turned out to be this function.
Thinking of the reputation of the two of them in Datong Mansion at this time, Liu Shenhong was completely relieved.
As long as these two people are around, even if God really sends down a god, he may not be able to compare with these two people.
Chen Xueying and Tang Wenlu of the White Lotus Sect are also very satisfied with the current situation.
"His Royal Highness the King of Han's methods are really unpredictable. Now Datong Mansion is full of storms. I guess the grass and trees in the Dog Court have started to freeze now, right?"
"The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang came to power back then was because of his reputation as the Yellow River Stone Man."
"If he dares to deny it, it means that his claim to the throne was unfair. The only thing the Dog Court can do is probably to try every means to suppress this rumor."
"But the more they try to suppress it, the more powerful these rumors will spread."
"That guy Zhu Han is wrong no matter what he does now."
Chen Xueying was not as optimistic as he was. She shook her head calmly and said: "It's not that easy. Zhu Han is not an easy person to deal with. He must have other back-up plans waiting for us."
"But that's okay. The main purpose this time is to attract their attention."
"No matter what Zhu Han does, as long as he focuses on this matter, he will leave an opportunity for us to take advantage of."
"You should find an opportunity to contact Dishao Anzi and exchange news with him."
Tang Wenlu had just agreed, but he heard Chen Xueying give another instruction: "There is no need to convey any important news to Dihao, but we must leave this matter to someone who is not closely related to us."
"To prevent people from the imperial court from following our clues and finding our hiding place."
When Tang Wenlu heard this, he was immediately shocked: "My lord, what do you mean? The address number may have been exposed."
Chen Xueying smiled slightly: "It's not necessarily exposed, but after what happened with Huang Zihao before, our secrets in Datong Mansion have probably been exposed a lot."
"The reason why these people are okay is just because Zhu Han wants to use their hands to find us out."
"In this case, we will give them a chance to make them feel that we can't wait to take action."
What Chen Xueying did was almost equivalent to selling the undercover agents who had sneaked into Datong Mansion.
However, since ancient times, the attitude of superiors towards these people has been basically the same.
When you need them, let them risk their lives to do the most dangerous things.
But once it is no longer needed, or it has other purposes.
These people who live and die for them will be abandoned by them as easily as garbage.
"I understand." I don't know why, but seeing Chen Xueying acting so resolutely in front of him, Tang Wenlu couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.
Now Chen Xueying can ignore these people and regard them as abandoned children. Will he one day follow in the footsteps of these people?
The government's laissez-faire has emboldened the common people who spread rumors. It is not an exaggeration to say that rumors are flying everywhere.
Today we say that the White Lotus Sect is the holy sect that is destined to rule the world in the future.
Tomorrow someone will say that the leader of the White Lotus Sect is a star in the sky who has descended to earth, possessing divine power that mortals cannot resist.
This is God, who is dissatisfied with Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there are some sensible people who think these rumors are too exaggerated.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, their lives have been getting better and better day by day.
Although due to natural disasters, many people were left homeless overnight, and many relatives have left.
But this kind of natural disaster cannot be blamed on Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, if there were no daimyo, many of them would probably have to wait miserably for death under such horrific natural disasters.
It is simply impossible to live like this now, although life is uncomfortable, but we can still survive.
However, with rumors flying all over the sky, no matter what sensible people like them say, no one will believe it.
You might even be criticized by some people.
"Your Majesty can't wait any longer." Liu Shenhong was restless. The current Datong Mansion was like a powder keg. As long as something happened, the world would be turned upside down immediately.