Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 252
251 The White Lotus
Liu Chaoan gave Maoxiang an idea, asking him to contact those people in Jiangnan who were dissatisfied with the current regime in Donglin-Fushe, and donated 1000 taels of activity funds, and said goodbye.

Leaving Maopijiang's Water Painting Garden, Liu Chao'an made three turns and five turns into an alley, and disappeared out of thin air.

It's not because Liu Chao'an is an unusual person, but because Liu Chao'an is not a wealthy Huizhou businessman at all, but a down-and-out low-ranking person from the rivers and lakes.

Late at night, in a dilapidated temple outside Rugao City, Liu Chao'an was dressed in plain white and dark clothes, drinking alone under the moonlight. Although he looked ordinary, he had an extraordinary temperament.He is waiting here for his subordinates to report and bring news from Shandong.

Liu Chaoan asked again: "How is the deployment in Shandong?"

"Reporting to Jiaozun, Liu Zuochen took our money and is willing to be the leader of Jiaozun. The [-] followers of Bagua Sect have been included in my White Lotus Sect."

Liu Chao'an clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Very good, very good."

This Liu Chao'an is none other than the leader of the White Lotus Sect of this generation.The White Lotus Sect has existed for hundreds of years, and even began to spread during the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is the most influential private secret society in China.Even the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was inextricably related to the White Lotus Sect.The leaders of the Red Turban Uprising, Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, and Zou Pusheng, were all White Lotus believers. They inspired the masses with their prophecies about the birth of King Ming (i.e. Amitabha) and the rebirth of Maitreya, which had a great influence.

Zhu Yuanzhang started an incident with the White Lotus Sect, and immediately banned the White Lotus Sect after he won the world. In the early Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled against the imperial court. During the entire Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was relatively quiet in the Qing Dynasty.However, the White Lotus Sect was actually broken into parts, spread under other names, and survived in a secret form.

Liu Chaoan joined Li Zicheng's Peasant Army when he was young, and since then he has spread the doctrine of the White Lotus in the Peasant Army, and even made many generals of the Peasant Army his followers.Later, after the failure of the peasant army, Liu Chao'an obtained a large amount of wealth looted by the peasant army, and relied on his followers to hide this wealth, and began to increase his activities in the northern region.

The situation he adopts is still the model of a branch church that does not bear the name of the White Lotus Sect. For example, Liu Zuochen in Shanxian County, Shandong, founded the Bagua Sect and has [-] disciples under his name, but the actual core and management methods are the same as Liu Chao'an.And Liu Zuochen also met Liu Chao'an in the early years, worshiped Liu Chao'an as a master, and later started his own family, which developed quite well.

Like Liu Zuochen, Liu Chaoan has cultivated dozens of seeds in the past 20 years.And taking advantage of the Ming and Qing wars and the great chaos in the world, Liu Chao'an already had the ambition to repeat the old events of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and he will also be the emperor.

Liu Chaoan sighed, and said: "You can't delay. Prince Zhu can conquer Guangdong from Australia across the sea, or conquer Jiangnan from Guangdong by boat. Prince Zhu has the power of the water in his hand, and with the help of the Dragon King, he may have already aimed at the capital. Tanggu landed and attacked the capital directly. Once he captures Beijing, he will take over the north slowly. The Bagua Sect must rise up as soon as possible. .”

Liu Chao'an had a sinister look on his face, and said conspiratorially: "This prince oversees the country, not as the emperor is better than the emperor, but because he has gained the country improperly. As long as the Yongli Emperor can be removed and his power is taken away, then Nanming will There will be turmoil here. Didn't Liu Zuochen say that he found a prince of Chongzhen? Regardless of whether it is true or not, as long as he is said to be Chongzhen's son, then he is morally higher than Yongli and his son. Now the world is dissatisfied with the people of Nanming Many people who are greedy for profit, even those Han people who have defected to the Qing Dynasty, are afraid of being liquidated and killed by Prince Zhu, so they will vote under the banner of Prince Chongzhen. When the time comes, Prince Chongzhen will ascend the throne, establish our holy religion as the state religion, and establish me as the Holy Master. The great protector of the country has real power, and great things can be expected!"

In the end, Liu Chaoan ordered his subordinates again: "On the Jiangnan side, Prince Zhu's Jinyiwei is powerful, and there are their people everywhere. Be careful not to be discovered by them. The offline you arrange must not know where you live. , let alone know about me."

Several subordinates nodded quickly: "Subordinates understand."

In the troubled times, all kinds of jumping clowns have rushed to the stage, including people like Liu Chao'an who don't know much, and they can still find their own way.When the Nanming had conquered the south and the Manchu Qing was at the end of its battle, all kinds of people were looking for their own space for their own interests.

And at about the same time, Bai Mingxiu also heard about the activities of the White Lotus Sect, but he didn't know that there was a little mouse who wanted to break ground on his Tai Sui, moved out his father and took him in. He heard about the activities of the White Lotus Sect on another matter.

In the study, Bai Mingxiu threw the report on the table with a serious expression, and asked, "Is this only found in the Central Plains Army?"

Xiang Xingtian, Commander of the Jinyiwei, replied: "Yes, it was actually a very small matter, but our Jinyiwei thought it might be of great importance, so we conducted some unannounced visits, and the results were somewhat worrying. "

The origin of the incident was that Su Shuhuan led the East China Army to wipe out the Murima tribe and occupied the Central Plains area south of the Huaihe River.However, Su Shuhuan, who had sufficient troops, did not stop because of this, but continued to advance to the Central Plains, collecting multiple state capitals.His East China Army was also reorganized into the Central Plains Army by the way, and stationed in the Central Plains.

Not long after, some soldiers were preached by many local villagers in the process of carrying out mass work in the local area. The names of the sects were various, but just looking at the gods worshiped, one could conclude that it was the White Lotus Sect.Speaking of it, it was Bai Mingxiu who set up ideological and political education in the army. The soldiers were very materialistic and conscious, and immediately reported to the instructors and political commissars of their units. The political commissars contacted the staff of Jinyiwei, and soon found out Many places in the Central Plains have become the hardest hit areas of the White Lotus Sect.

Even the missionary action of the White Lotus Sect to the soldiers was premeditated. Many believers bewitched the soldiers and asked them to take out their weapons, saying that their weapons were the artifacts of lifeless old mothers—obviously they had realized that the restoration of the Ming Dynasty The advanced military weapons are the key to destroying the Qing army, and these guys also want to get their hands on these weapons.

(End of this chapter)