I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Chapter 869 The truth is revealed

"Master, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Tian Ergeng found out that the White Lotus Sect was planning to rebel in Lintao Mansion, and Xu Xianchun destroyed a lair where the White Lotus Sect gathered in Guyuan Mansion, and found that there was a danger of rebellion!"

Chen Ce cupped his fists and said, he hadn't seen the emperor's reply for a long time, so he looked up.

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao murmured: "Understood, ordered to go down and prepare to collect the net."

Chen Ce was a little excited, nodded, turned and walked down.

It has been five days since Zhu Youxiao came back from the private visit on the micro-service, and now all Shaanxi knows that he, the emperor, was arrested by the White Lotus Sect.

This was a shameful thing, but the wonderful thing about it was that Chen Ce then led the Yongwei Battalion to flatten the Xiangtang of the White Lotus Sect in Shaanxi, which was also the headquarters.

A department of "Beijing News" immediately published a story about the emperor's private visit in micro-clothes, Zhiqian Bailian's incense hall, and the deeds of personally destroying the white lotus.

From the first year of Tianqi to the present, the Beijing News has been opened for eight years. It is free for a period of time, and the government bribes storytellers from all over the country to spread it everywhere. With the cooperation of the factory guard intelligence network, the influence has long been different from what it used to be.

The scholars of the Donglin Party seemed terrified of being beaten, and didn't say anything more about this matter. Soon, public opinion was brought back overwhelmingly.

However, this did not make Zhu Youxiao happy.

What happened to Lin Cong'er made him realize that the disaster of the White Lotus Sect has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is definitely not something that can be completely suppressed in one generation.

What's more, there were disadvantages in the feudal era after all. My previous self was a little too eager for quick success and quick gains, and wasted money for the end.

The White Lotus Sect cannot be completely suppressed simply by suppressing it, it must be eradicated from the source.

Therefore, after returning, Zhu Youxiao changed his method. He did not take the complete extermination of the White Lotus Sect as his goal, and just beat them so that they could not hold their heads up in the next few decades.

The White Lotus Sect is nothing more than to guide public opinion, develop the congregation, and use those demagogic tricks to deceive the ignorant people into going astray.

There is only one way to truly eliminate the White Lotus Sect and many other cults, and that is to control public opinion in one's own hands and improve people's livelihood.

Just like the ghost fire incident that happened in Xi'an, as long as the court seized the public opinion and used it later to make the tricks of the White Lotus Sect invisible, no one would believe it anymore.

As long as the people's livelihood can be improved and the livelihood of the common people can be maintained, who is willing to believe in the White Lotus Sect and the nonsense of lifeless old mothers.

In addition, Lei Zhenren's "acting without authorization" really gave Jin Yiwei a loophole.

Many tricks of the White Lotus Sect are being deciphered by Jin Yiwei one by one.

In Guyuan, Xu Xianchun uncovered the reason why the members of the White Lotus Sect ignited the Shizhi water and caused the explosion in the armory, and wiped out the remaining members of the White Lotus Sect.

After the occurrence of the ghost fire incident in Xi'an, similar cases appeared one after another in various places. Tian Ergeng was the first to solve the case in Lintao Prefecture.

What he found was roughly the same as what Chen Ce thought. There was a large amount of special substances dug up from the cemetery by the White Lotus Sect in the coat, which could cause blue flames.

This kind of flame itself is harmless, but why do people who encounter it die in miserable condition?

This depends on a tried and tested method that the White Lotus Sect relies on to confuse people's hearts. They hide many silver needles in their coats.

The tips of these silver needles are highly poisonous, and anyone who encounters the will-o'-the-wisp is without exception injured by the silver needles. Afterwards, the wound on the head and middle finger of Xi'an soldier Ma Sibing was also verified.

When the truth came to light, the Beijing News published it, and the local governments also posted notices, informing the people of the White Lotus Sect's usual tactics.

For a while, the hearts of the people were at ease.

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Two months after Zhu Youxiao came to Xi'an, a decree was issued from the original capital's yamen.

The rapid sound of horseshoes resounded on the main road of Xi'an City, and more than a dozen horsemen headed for Qingyang, Hanzhong, Pingliang and other places without stopping.

Before the bloody storm, it had always been uncharacteristically quiet.

The usual bustling city of Xi'an was so quiet that even a silver needle could be heard clearly, and the people shut their doors and windows tightly.

Even they could sense a hint of murderous intent before the storm.

As early as the day when Emperor Tianqi postponed his return to Beijing, many people had guessed today's ending, and everyone was waiting for Zhu Youxiao's imperial edict.

Generals of the guards, local civil servants, frontier troops who entered Shaanxi, generals of the Beijing Army, and even the empress Zhang Yan who stayed in the capital, civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, were all holding their breaths, waiting for the real action of the emperor.

The previous action of the imperial court, apart from the implementation of the Shaanxi New Deal, was nothing more than the fact that the factory guards destroyed the White Lotus Sect den in a certain place, and significant progress was made in handling the case.

The impact of these things on the lives of ordinary people is actually negligible.

Especially last month, the imperial court went to great lengths to investigate the White Lotus Sect, which seemed to have nothing to do with the real purpose of the emperor's coming down this time - to reform the guard.

More people mainly just watch the fun when these things happen.

Zhu Youxiao's investigation of the White Lotus Sect was not actually to eliminate the White Lotus Sect. To put it bluntly, it was to give himself an excuse that he could not be overthrown when he moved the foundation of the guard.

Now, with the revelation of Jin Yiwei's case, the Guyuan ordnance case, the Xi'an ghost fire case... various evidences directly show that this matter has a direct relationship with the White Lotus Sect.

Some of the letters found in the White Lotus Sect Incense Altar outside the city of Shaanxi that the civil servants and generals of the guard had close contacts with the core personnel of the White Lotus Sect brought this matter back from the White Lotus Sect to the guard.

Secretly understanding the White Lotus Sect and conspiring to rebel, this is a new level.

No one would doubt the authenticity of the letter at this time, even if this matter is really full of mistakes...

Shaanxi, Qingyang Prefecture.

"Follow the order to kill the thieves!"

"The commander of the Hanzhong Guards envoy Bai Zhang to secretly communicate with the White Lotus Sect, plotting a rebellion!" The footsteps of the Datong Army clattered on the bluestone road in Qingyang Fucheng, and a dramatic scene appeared.

The imperial court said that they wanted to punish the White Lotus Sect, and they had been investigating the White Lotus Sect since this month, but once they actually did it, the frontier troops went straight to the guards to town the city.

In Qingyangwei's town, Baizhang, the commander of the guard, looked at the tens of thousands of elite Datong soldiers who had suddenly arrived. There was a black ocean in front of him, and he couldn't help shaking.

Zhang Wanbang rode on a tall horse, wearing a basalt iron helmet on his head, "Bai Zhang, you have colluded with the White Lotus Sect and intend to rebel. The imperial army has arrived, and you will be arrested if you don't let go!"

Bai Zhang's face turned pale, "You and I both know that Kaesong will only die faster at this time, not to mention what evidence do you have to say that I have colluded with the White Lotus Sect!"

"Should report to the three courts, and then deal with it. If it doesn't work, you should go to the capital and then arrest me. If you do this, won't you break the rules?"

Zhang Wanbang was not in the mood to talk nonsense, and directly held up a yellow scroll.

"This is the holy decree, to kill the traitors!"

"Pass me the commander-in-chief's order, the three armies set up the suppressing artillery! Siege the city!"

The Datong Army immediately set up a formation, forming several square formations, and launched hundreds of suppressing captive cannons in front of the formation, loaded with solid lead bullets, and the artillery fire was flying in an instant.

Under the offensive of the Datong Army, the resistance of the Qingyang Weisuo Army collapsed in an instant.

The city gate, which had been in disrepair for a long time, could not withstand several rounds of shooting from the suppressing artillery, and collapsed suddenly.

Afterwards, countless soldiers and horses of the Datong Army rushed into Qingyangwei Town, shouting and killing, and the guards surrendered one after another, kneeling down in groups.

Zhang Wanbang looked at Bai Zhang, the commander of the Qingyang Guard who was being twisted to his eyes, and he drew out the wild goose-wing knife and swung it down without hesitation.

At the end of August in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao ordered to wipe out the White Lotus Sect and its rebellious party.

The frontier armies of Datong, Xuanfu, and Ningxia, the three guards of Tongzhou, Zhending, and Baoding Jingjun, more than [-] elite soldiers and horses gathered in various places in Shaanxi.

The sound of cannons is loud, and the sound of killing is everywhere!

8 Chapter Seventy

Since the day the imperial decree was issued, there have been killing sounds all over Shaanxi province.

Everyone thought that the imperial court was mobilizing troops to eradicate the Bailian Cult. After all, Zhu Youxiao had been making plans for more than two months to eradicate this cult that started in the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, what the emperor thinks, even Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who supervises the ceremonies, can't say everything in his heart, let alone the poor people who don't know how to read and cry.

This is the case with emperors, whether they are in the imperial city or among the people, they often say a single sentence, deciding the life and death of all people, and under the imperial decree, there are many lonely souls and wild ghosts wandering around.

In Xi'an, the gates of the chief secretary's office are closed.

Following the emperor's decree to kill the rebellious party, chaos broke out in the city, and many civil officials were in panic. They were all ghosts who were mixed in the officialdom. Naturally, they had some general guesses about what the emperor wanted to do.

Liu Youjiu, the prefect of Xi'an who is in charge of Minzhuang, walked into the gate, followed by groups of Minzhuang.

Since the Ming Dynasty, the magistrate can mobilize civilians to protect the government office.

Of course, this costs money, and no one wants to pay for it out of their own pockets, so unless it is an emergency, few people will exercise this right.

After the Shaanxi chief envoy was dismissed by Zhu Youxiao on the spot, the most powerful people in the chief secretary's yamen were Song Yougeng, Bingbei Dao, Zhou Ji, the sub-inspector, and Wu Ji, the sub-shoudao.

In addition to this time, there are also a group of civilian officials in the guards, large and small, who are in charge of [-]% or even [-]% of the local power.

It is the right time to emphasize literature over martial arts.

Although Zhu Youxiao has repeatedly promoted the status of generals since he succeeded to the throne, he has reused honorable officials and rectified the five army governors' mansions, all for this reason.

However, at the local level, civil officials have deep-rooted prejudices against generals.

For nearly 300 years in the Ming Dynasty, the power of civil servants was no longer something that Zhu Youxiao simply issued a few imperial decrees, which could be changed as far away as the capital.

The power of Liu Youjiu, the prefect of Xi'an, is also far greater than that of ordinary local prefects, and there are as many as three thousand people who can be mobilized under his command.

Although Min Zhuang's combat effectiveness is really unimaginable, the generals of the guards also know that the guards under their command are also old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Those who can really fight are the servants.

No matter what the reason was, the generals of the guards were unwilling to provoke the civil servants, even if they were scolded in public, they would not dare to say anything.

In the end, the unlucky ones were often poor military households in the guard.

The more civil officials look down on the vulgar generals of the guard, the more the generals of the guard will squeeze the military households and soldiers of the guard. This has almost become an endless loop.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao came to the place in person in order to break this cycle.

"The chaos in the city is such that the officers and soldiers are not effective in protecting the city." Song Yougeng seemed to be in a mess in his heart, but his face was calm, and when he opened his mouth, he habitually pushed all the scapegoats to the guard.

Everyone's heart is the same as that of Ming Jing, the emperor's intention is not simply to destroy the White Lotus Sect, but more to attack the guard.

The factory guards of the Ming Dynasty were not vegetarians. No matter they were arranging crimes or investigating cases, their skills were enough to make these civil servants with ghosts in their hearts terrified.

Now that the emperor has done something, it means that he has full evidence.

The arms can't twist the thighs, so it doesn't make much sense to go to a group to keep warm at this time. While the civil servants have their own ghosts, they all agree on a solution.

First of all, if you refuse to accept your account, you will not be held accountable by the law!

There are so many civil servants present, and they have been involved in almost every aspect of Shaanxi Province. No matter how big an incident is, they must be dragged and beaten.

If you don't want to be among the group that got knocked out, you have to deny it and resign yourself to fate.

Second, shirk responsibility and blame the guard!

Judging from Emperor Tianqi's current means, the old system of guards in Shaanxi is absolutely untenable, but the guards may continue to exist.

In other words, even if the emperor wiped out a group of civil servants and military generals in the guard today, there will still be another group of new winners in the end.

Everyone wants to be part of this new group of people. In the eyes of civil servants, it is best to kick out the vulgar generals of the guards after they are used up.

The meaning of Song Yougeng's first sentence is also to express his attitude.

The words can't be said clearly, and the point will stop.

This matter has nothing to do with the civil servants present, it is because the generals of the guards are unwilling to give up power, colluded with the White Lotus Sect, and conspired to rebel.

Even if some of them were found to be colluding with the White Lotus Sect, what does it have to do with the rest of the people?

It has to be said that in the chess game of "The World", the civil servants are always the ones who play the most clearly.

As soon as Song Yougeng said this, all the civil servants in the chief secretary had a backbone, and they all spoke in agreement.

Liu Youjiu, the magistrate of Xi'an, connected seamlessly, and said generously: "I wish I could carry the sword in person and lead the people out of the city to suppress the bandits, in order to thank the emperor for his kindness!"

Speaking of this, he sighed again: "Alas! The chaos is such that innocent people will suffer again! Xing, the people are suffering; death, the people are suffering!"

Zhou Ji, a branch patrol, is responsible for supervising and inspecting the political and judicial aspects of the states, prefectures, and counties to which he belongs, and has extremely powerful rights in judicial supervision.

In fact, he had the clearest relationship with the accident in the guard this time, but after such a big incident, he couldn't be alone.

He sneered in his heart, but his face was as warm as a spring breeze: "Master Futai said that the guard house has accumulated evils for many years, and it is a good thing for His Majesty to rectify the guard house."

"But who would have imagined, there are some people who don't want to see Hao'er from the Ming Dynasty!"

Three thousand minzhuang guarded the si ya. Even though these minzhuang looked crooked standing there, it still made the civil servants feel very at ease.

Not long after, there was a boom in the distance, and black smoke billowed into the sky.

There is a wall separating heaven on one side and hell on the other.

The roar of guns and cannons was heard from the street, followed by the sound of fighting for a short time, and then, it gradually turned into noise, shouting, begging for mercy...

Across the door, the civil servants all looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to show their air.

A slightly burly general led the way, followed by dozens of brave guard soldiers in sharp armor, and more soldiers and horses passed by non-stop on the street.