It must be covered up-

Come to think of it, these local officials are also unwilling to spread the news and affect their own future. Anyway, the suppression has subsided, so why should you alarm Shangguan? If it is really poked out, it will always have a big impact.

Let a sleeping dog lie. Among them, I am afraid that Liu Ruozai, who has been in Hebei Province for less than a year, may not be clear.

It turns out that in the Nine Sides, in the north of Jin, for the White Lotus Sect, it is really a completely different cognition!

In the capital, once you hear that there is a White Lotus Sect causing trouble, you can't say that it will definitely be talking about the tiger's color change, and you will be very frightened, and you will stir up a storm. But in this northern border of Jin, the White Lotus Sect is almost a habitual existence, and people will not take the initiative to talk about this topic, perhaps a little secretive, but it is not unfamiliar.

Maybe just pull someone out, and you can find someone you know or a relative who believes in the White Lotus Sect.

You must know that when the White Lotus Sect was at its peak, the northern Jin Dynasty was a place where the White Lotus Sect was quite rooted.

Here in the north of Jin, it is really a very suitable soil for the survival of the White Lotus Sect. Although there are many garrisons, most of them are actually concentrated in a few large points, and they are mainly used to defend against foreign enemies, and they are not very subject to local jurisdiction, so the local government is not very strong. The second is that the place is extremely poor, and the people are both indifferent and full of resentment towards the government, which is also very suitable for the development of the White Lotus Sect.

Even Zhao Quan, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, led more than 100,000 followers to directly cross the defense line of the border town and defect to Alda Khan. He was able to build so many Bansheng cities on the prairie, and he could be said to have made great contributions. Even the construction of the Naturalization City has his share of credit.

Driven by his propaganda, it is said that more than one million Han Chinese people defected to Mongolia before and after.

For the people who are about to starve to death, filling their stomachs and surviving is the most important thing, whether it is in Daming or Mongolia, it is really impossible to care. Of course, they really let the court force no way to live, otherwise with the local concept of the countrymen, who would leave the land handed down by their ancestors?

Despite these reasons, the influence of the White Lotus Sect in this region can be seen from this.

These things kept going through Dong Ce's mind, and he suddenly moved in his heart, as if he had thought of something. It's just that this idea is fleeting in my mind, and when I think about it again, I can't remember anything.

Dong Ce is not in a hurry, he is a fast thinker, and many ideas often pop up in his mind, so this is not the first time he has encountered this situation.

He didn't speak anymore, just walked along the female wall with his hands behind his back, raised his head slightly, looked at the sky that had become a little blue-black because of the setting sun, felt the chill in the air, inhaled deeply, and exhaled deeply. After relaxing his mood and thinking about it carefully, after a full cup of tea, Dong Ce suddenly slapped the buttress heavily, laughed and said, "It's you!" I was caught by Lao Tzu! ”

His brows furrowed, and his preoccupied appearance changed instantly, and his face was full of smiles.

After laughing for a while, he could be regarded as releasing the pride in his heart and the joy after solving the problem, Dong Ce turned around and smiled: "Uncle Ji, you have walked through so many realms, and you want to visit a lot, maybe you can roughly estimate the power of the White Lotus Sect in our area?" ”

"This? It's really hard to calculate. Huang Ji frowned and said: "I have walked more than a dozen villages, three of which have found traces of the White Lotus Sect, in each village, there are about a dozen of them, and the others are hidden in the shadows, so it's not easy to say." ”

"Well, it's hard to say...... Dong Ce nodded: "Then I'll say it another way, Uncle Ji, in your opinion, if they really want to launch, how many people can be mobilized?" Three hundred, is there any? ”

"Hanchen, are you talking about the White Lotus Sect or the people they have coerced?"

"Cultists." Dong Ce said in a deep voice.

"That must be less than three hundred, whether there can be a hundred is another story."

Huang Ji said categorically: "I have lived for such an age, and I have heard a lot about the White Lotus Sect, and they have made a lot of trouble, but there are not many people who can use it every time, even if there are a lot of hundreds of people, but there are a lot of people who are coerced and instigated by them, and thousands of people are few!" I'm afraid it's tens of thousands. It is said that there are not many real White Lotus disciples, but they are all very powerful, and I heard that they all want to practice martial arts, and they have some skills in their hands. ”

"Then, if a group of thousands of people who were instigated by the White Lotus Sect ran into an army of three hundred, well, even if three hundred were slightly more elite than the ordinary guards, would they be opponents?" Dong Ce organized the language and asked.

"Absolutely not."

Huang Ji said: "Hey, these chaotic people, they don't even have weapons in their hands, a good kitchen knife, most of them are just a stick, even if those White Lotus Sect disciples have some weapons in their possession, how many people can share them?" And to tell the truth, these chaotic people, in fact, are still very afraid of the government, and even bumped into them, they didn't have to use their hands, they used their horse teams to circle around them a few times, create a momentum, and then shout threats and temptations, and then rush, making a look like they were going to kill them, and these chaotic people themselves panicked and rushed to flee for their lives. ”

"Collapse at the touch of a button?" Dong Ce asked.

"That's right, that's what it means, or Hanchen, you are highly educated." Huang Ji said with a smile.

"I remember that the year before last, it seemed that there was a civil unrest in Yingzhou, but as a result, a thousand local households with more than a dozen of their own families and a hundred soldiers were stunned. You don't know what kind of virtue those soldiers are......" Huang Ji's words revealed indescribable contempt: "These crooked melons and cracked dates can be made, are you still afraid that those soldiers under your hands who are so ruthless that they can't do it?" I see, under your hands, 100 people can fight 500 of those guards! ”

"Haha, Uncle Ji has won the award." Dong Ce waved his hand, not wanting to talk about this topic anymore.

He pondered for a moment, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and a sneer emerged.

"Uncle Ji, since the White Lotus Sect wants to mix this, then we don't care, let them do it, let them do it, but we want to see what mysteries these people can come up with."

Dong Ce smiled and said lightly: "Let's be the one who picks peaches!" ”

"The one who picks peaches?" Huang Ji didn't understand a little, but he knew that this young man who he had watched grow up really couldn't be measured by the eyes of the past. At a young age, in a short period of time, he was able to climb to such a high position and lay such a foundation, and his scheming and calculation can really only be described with his heart as an abyss, and it is definitely not something that he can guess.

He said no more, but answered.

"By the way, there is one more thing that I have to ask Uncle Ji."

Dong Ce said: "Uncle Ji, you always keep an eye on those people, once you find out that they are going to make trouble, you will immediately notify Dong Xu and let him hide in the Rock Fort." ”

"Yes, I understand." Huang Ji immediately knew Dong Ce's thoughts and nodded in response.

Dong Xu is Dong Ce's brother after all, no matter how he is, he can't always watch him die, he should be in charge, he still has to be in charge.

……

How far is it from Beijing to Datong?

It's about six or seven hundred miles.

In the future, it would have been a five- or six-hour train ride, and in this era, it would have been a lot slower, but not too slow. If it is 600 miles in an emergency, it will be 600 miles a day, and if it is in an 800 mile in an emergency, it will be 800 miles in a day.

The imperial court gave Liu Ruozai an order to prepare for the northern Hebei soldiers, and he went six hundred miles to expedite. First, because Emperor Chongzhen has a dry personality, once he makes up his mind, he can't do this matter well, and secondly, this matter itself is already a very high-level and important event, so it is natural to pay attention to it.

Six hundred miles expedited, as it should be.

It was ordered out of the Forbidden City on the afternoon of that day, and it was urgent for 600 miles, and on the second day, it was to reach Xuanfu.

Why did you go to Xuanfu first?

This is a process that must be followed, because although the Northern Hebei Province is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Datong, the governor of Shanxi, the governor of Datong, and the governor of Xuanfu are all under the jurisdiction of the governor of Xuanda. Although it is not directly managed, the governor of Xuanda has more jurisdiction over the northern province of Hebei than the governor of Datong.

If it is directly sent to the North Hebei Province without going through the link of the governor of Xuanda, then there is no doubt that it is a great contempt for Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda.

This is a taboo in officialdom.

Unless he had a great deal with Yang Sichang and wanted to embarrass him, otherwise, the princes of the dynasty would never do this. This is like giving Yang Sichang a big ear scraper in public, officialdom pays attention to harmony and light, and there are not many people who can do this.

Not to mention, although Yang Sichang is now a governor from other places and is not in the center, it does not mean that he has no influence in the center. In fact, Yang Sichang can also be regarded as a figure in the heart of Emperor Jian, and Emperor Chongzhen still trusts him very much. Now he is the governor of Xuanda, but he may be transferred back to the center one day.

In fact, being able to hand over such an important position as the governor of Xuanda to him represents a lot of trust in him. When the messenger from the imperial court came, Yang Sichang was having breakfast in the mansion. Confucius once said: You don't get tired of eating, and you don't get tired of being fine. All the scholars in the entire Ming Dynasty were disciples of Confucius, but not many were qualified to do so. And Yang Sichang may not have learned anything else, but this article has been implemented by him to the fullest.

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