In the same moonlight, a small boat sailed upstream along the river. Sitting in the boat were a group of people dressed in black robes.
There are very few night boats on the Yangtze River, let alone small boats like this, but the old boatman at the helm is not afraid. He has been boating on the river for many years, and he knows how to avoid turbulence and whirlpools.
Under the black hood, Dai Dekun's dignity for many days finally disappeared. As long as he left Tongzhou, the White Lotus Society could "flower and bear fruit" again.
The boat went up the river and docked quietly under the cover of night. The old man on the bed smiled flatteringly and said: "Master Desheng, we have arrived. Now we have left the boundary of Tongzhou and reached Mohe Mountain. We are heading west along the shore.
Walking five miles away is Gushan, where the believers in Gushan Village will meet you!"
Dai Dekun nodded with satisfaction and casually threw a Bliss Pill to the old boatman: "When I get back, I will pass on the news and say that I have great magical powers and have already escaped from Tongzhou on the clouds and mist. The white lotus has scattered. There is no need to worry about the Tongzhou chief helmsman."
There is a mistake!"
"Your Majesty's Order!"
The old boatman smiled happily and put the brocade box containing the elixir into his arms. He was not using this elixir to eat, but to sell it. People who believed in the White Lotus Society were willing to spend all their money to sell it!
Nowadays, the White Lotus Society no longer only relies on ordinary believers. Dai Dekun has already discovered this and began to use the method of bundling interests to lure more people to join it.
The White Lotus Society does not need to gather together at all. Although the number of believers in Tongzhou has decreased a lot, it is because Ye An and his Xiang Imperial Army are there. Moreover, some people have not given up their faith, but have hidden themselves.
It was different in other state capitals. Although the imperial court designated the White Lotus Society as a cult and ordered all prefectures to disband the association, it was a pity that local officials did not care. Some officials' family members and even the officials themselves were followers of the White Lotus Society.
He, Ye An, is a smart man and knows that this is not the best time to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Society, otherwise it will inevitably cause trouble and get out of hand.
How can he not know what Ye An is thinking about right now?
Don’t you plan to quietly eliminate the influence of the White Lotus Society in Tongzhou, and kill yourself and the elders of the White Lotus Society at a special time?
Dai Dekun secretly sighed, "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, capture the thief first, and capture the king first." I have to say that this strategy is quite clever, especially in an association like the White Lotus Society. If he is caught under the threat of Ye An,
I will definitely submit.
When the believers of the White Lotus Society hear the "Master Desheng" personally tell the truth about everything, that will be the end of the White Lotus Society!
But Ye An would not have thought that he would take the first step. Except for life, there is nothing that cannot be given up. Even the saint Fang Linyue can be used to win people's hearts. I don't know where that bitch is now.
On the other hand, Dai Dekun used all the power of the White Lotus Club to find out who the person was who was disguised as Squire Zhou.
A smart person would not dwell on temporary gains and losses. Since Dai Dekun could not be found, he would naturally blame it on Ye An. After all, he had a close relationship with the Imperial City Division, and it was impossible to say that he was a pawn of the Imperial City Division.
Squire Zhou in disguise.
Now that they have escaped from Tongzhou, there is no need to worry about Ye An's encirclement and suppression. To the imperial court, Tongzhou is their base camp, but in fact it doesn't matter at all. If you give up, just give up. As long as the elders and protectors of the White Lotus Society leave Pan
Longshan, then he can re-strengthen the White Lotus Society.
Tieniu didn't understand how Dai Dekun and the core believers of the White Lotus Society left Panlong Mountain. The secret sentry of the Xiang Forbidden Army had been monitoring there for a long time.
However, the informant in Panlong Mountain said that he had not seen Dai Dekun and the devout believers of Bailian Society for a long time, so he asked Ye An for orders to lead the imperial army to defend Panlong Mountain. But unfortunately, almost all the people who came down from the mountain were people who went up to the surrounding mountains to cut firewood.
Woodcutter, and villagers.
No followers of the White Lotus Society were found to have left, but these woodcutters had more or less connections with the White Lotus Society. It was a pity that they could not be arrested and imprisoned, after all, they had already claimed to have left the White Lotus Society.
Even Tieniu knows that if all these people are imprisoned, the people of Tongzhou will definitely complain to the government office. The Marquis has already said that as long as he leaves the Bailian Society, he will forget the blame. Arresting them is equivalent to slapping the Marquis in the face. As a result,
It can only destroy its prestige.
Looking at the disappointed Xiang Imperial Army, Tieniu couldn't help but sigh. The reformed Xiang Imperial Army was no longer as timid as before, and they were not going to let go of any military merit.
Tieniu hurriedly found Ye An, but Ye An said calmly: "I know, there is no need to check, Dai Dekun and the core believers of the White Lotus Society are out of trouble."
Seeing Tieniu's surprised expression, Ye An put down the pen in his hand and said with a smile: "This is not simple. The woodcutter must have colluded with the demons from the Bailian Society to inflict Li Daitao Jang in the name of going up the mountain to cut firewood. You guys will round him up."
At that time, the real woodcutter came down the mountain. I went to ask if there were a lot more woodcutter who went to Panlong Mountain to cut firewood recently. There are also villages on the mountain. Hunters always have to go down the mountain, right? There is room for playing tricks.
Too much!"
After listening to Tieniu's report, Ye An came to his own judgment without thinking. From the beginning, he knew that Dai Dekun and the core of the White Lotus Society might escape.
He deliberately let Dai Dekun go, and now he has very wisely chosen to break it up into parts. Although the White Lotus Society has many believers, it is not developed large enough. The most important thing is that the wealth is not large enough, and it is not enough to make Dai Dekun and others reluctant to part with it.
The degree of giving up.
The scattered White Lotus Society does not pose a threat to the Jianghuai state capitals, but when they really start to cause chaos, they will close the net.
Doing this will inevitably make the land in the heart of the Song Dynasty "feel like chickens and dogs". But if Dai Dekun and others are killed on the spot, the problem will be even greater. The characteristic of Bailian Society is that the soil of the feudal dynasty will naturally nourish it.
We can't strengthen it just to annihilate the White Lotus Society, which is anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, right?
The only way is fear, and what these cults fear is killing and death.
When one Dai Dekun falls, another Dai Dekun will stand up to confuse people. Only when people are so fearful that no one dares to become the next Dai Dekun, then a cult like the White Lotus Society will not appear again.
For this reason, later generations used heavy blows to crack down on cults. Ye An experienced that turmoil, but the effect was astonishingly good.
So he planned to repeat his old tricks and recharge his batteries. When Jianghuai Bailian Society dared to challenge the authority of the government, he would strike hard again and crush the cult like Bailian Society into powder. In this way, the disaster could be eliminated.
Of course, it's not just that. We also need to rely on government governance to allow people to live a good life. Only by taking a two-pronged approach can we fundamentally solve the problem.
This is not only Ye An's own thoughts, but also the final answer he got after discussing with Fan Zhongyan.
The domestic stability of the Song Dynasty largely depends on the current situation of people's lives. Fan Zhongyan saw this and insisted on carrying out reforms in the court. He believed that only by reforming the court well can the officials of the Song Dynasty manage it with all their heart.
The country should truly work for the benefit of the people, so the people will naturally not have messy ideas.
After drying the ink on the memorial, Ye An sneered: "Do you really think of yourself as the savior? When you gather together, you are a ball of fire and when you scatter, you are a sky full of stars? They are just will-o'-the-wisps and fireflies!"