A knife in love

Chapter 3730
When Mao Shusheng said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "The emperor of the Tartars strictly ordered Jia Lu to manage the Yellow River as soon as possible. He came to build the embankment. He sent many envoys to the local governments to apportion corvee and heavy taxes. All the officials in the local government are not greedy. Seeing such a great opportunity, how can they not take the opportunity to make a fortune? Received the additional dispatch from Jia Lu Corvée and heavy tax official documents, these officials have increased their burdens one after another, and everyone wants to profit from it. Before that, the taxes in the states and counties on both sides of the Yellow River were already outrageously high, and the people complained a lot. In addition, the river management officials were greedy and deducted the wages of the people. The river workers were starving and freezing, and the people were already angry. This time, Jia Lu sent people to various places to force the people to work in corvee, and once again collected heavy taxes, the people could no longer live.

"Shortly after Jia Lu sent envoys to distribute corvees and heavy taxes, a song began to spread among the folks who built embankments on both sides of the Yellow River. In the song, they sang, 'The stone man has one eye, and the Yellow River will be rebelled'. The folks passed it on from mouth to mouth. , more and more people knew these two songs, but no one knew what these two songs meant at that time. Although the officials and sergeants in charge of the civilians who built the embankment also heard these two songs, they didn't realize it. If there was anything unusual about Ge Yao, he turned a blind eye, closed his eyes, and didn't take this matter to heart.

"Shortly after the appearance of this ballad, folk husbands dug up a one-eyed man in a river near Huanglinggang, Shandong, which caused a sensation. The folks gathered around the one-eyed man and talked about it. Someone mentioned the mysterious After singing the ballad, everyone suddenly realized that it was secretly rumored that the birth of the one-eyed stone man would cause chaos in the world, and the Tartars would be expelled from the Central Plains.

"The news of the one-eyed man dug out of the Yellow River soon spread all over the place. Not only the peasants who built the embankment of the Yellow River talked about it in private, but also the poor people all over the place sang that mysterious song. In Middle Earth, every At the end of the dynasty, when the people are about to rise up, most of them will use prophecy and other means to gather people's hearts, and this mysterious ballad is actually two prophecies. These two prophecies were fabricated to arouse the people to resist the two main forces of the Tartars. The characters are all members of the Bailian sect, one of them is called Han Shantong, and the other is called Liu Futong.

"Han Shantong is a native of Luancheng County, Zhaozhou. His ancestors were followers of the White Lotus Sect. He was once exiled by the Tartars for spreading the White Lotus Sect. After she became an adult, she imitated the ancestors of the Han family, spread the White Lotus Sect secretly, recruited many followers, and continued to expand her influence, and finally became one of the northern leaders of the White Lotus Sect.

"At that time, the Tartars oppressed the Han people extremely cruelly. Many people were forced to ruin their families by the government. They had to take risks and join the uprising army against the Tartars. Within a few years, the power of the White Lotus Sect rose sharply, and they were obviously able to fight against the Tartars. Han Shantong Seeing this situation, he conspired with his cronies, thinking that the world would be in chaos, and it was time for heroes to show their talents. So he went out personally, while making friends with heroes from all over the world, accumulating food, grass and weapons, and secretly spreading the White Lotus Sect to attract more people Join the White Lotus Sect to expand the power of the White Lotus Sect.

"Han Shantong spread the White Lotus Sect secretly, and met a rich man named Liu Futong. Liu Futong made friends with Han Shantong, and the two hit it off very well. Not long after, someone informed the government that Han Shantong secretly spread the White Lotus Sect with the intention of rebelling. The government immediately sent officers and soldiers To capture Han Shantong, his family members were also imprisoned. Liu Futong was rich and spent a lot of money to bribe the officials to find out information for the White Lotus Sect, so it was easy to find out the news that the government wanted to arrest Han Shantong's family. He immediately He sent people to take Han Shantong away, and then personally led people to Han Shantong's home, and sent all the members of the Han family to hide in a very secret place. Han Shantong was very grateful to Liu Futong for his money and efforts, and formed an alliance with Liu Futong. At the close of life and death, they discussed together the plan to resist the Tartars.

"At the beginning when Han Shantong and Liu Futong formed an alliance against the Tartars, they only wanted to kill the Tartar officials and soldiers who oppressed the Han people. The masterminds of Han Shantong and Liu Futong advised them, making them even more powerful and powerful. For example, after Du Zundao joined the White Lotus Sect, he persuaded Han Shantong and Liu Futong not only to kill Tartar officials and soldiers, but also to Taking advantage of the Han people's longing for the Song Dynasty, they played the banner of opposing the Yuan Dynasty and restoring the Song Dynasty. Han Shantong and Liu Futong accepted Du Zundao's idea, and they must mention the anti-Yuan restoration Song Dynasty when preaching.

"Jia Lu sent more corvees and levied heavy taxes when he was governing the Yellow River, which caused resentment among the people on both sides of the Yellow River to boil, and the Han people could no longer survive. After Han Shantong and Liu Futong heard the news, they thought it was time to rise up, so they sent people to sneak into Shandong. In the territory, a one-eyed stone man was buried in the course of the Yellow River. People were also sent to teach and sing the song "The stone man with one eye, provoke the rebellion of the Yellow River" among the people. In addition, the leaders of the White Lotus Sect everywhere are also preparing to rise up Rumors such as "Maitreya's next birth" and "King Ming's birth" spread everywhere. The Han people everywhere believed it, and joined the White Lotus Sect one after another, preparing to fight to the death with the Tartars.

"Han Shantong, Liu Futong and other leaders of the White Lotus Sect saw that the time was ripe, so they sent envoys to various places to deliver documents, asking the leaders of the White Lotus Sect to lead their congregants to gather in Yingzhou, and prepare to rise up and set up an uprising. At the beginning of the month, Han Shantong, Liu Futong, leaders of the White Lotus Sect Du Zundao, Luo Wensu, Sheng Wenyu, Wang Xianzhong, Han Yaoer, etc. gathered more than 11 people in Yingshang County, Yingzhou, and killed black cattle and white horses to swear to the world, preparing to announce the greatness of the White Lotus Sect to the world. Uprising. Han Shantong issued a proclamation, which contained exaggerated words such as "Yu Yuxi was stored in Haidong, and elite soldiers were taken from Japan. The south of the Yangtze River is extremely poor, and the north is full of richness." Liu Futong publicly declared that Han Shantong was the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, who ruled China, and claimed to be the descendant of Liu Guangshi, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. '. But when Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others got together to officially announce the uprising, the Tartar soldiers stationed in Yingzhou suddenly attacked. The Bailian sect was caught off guard and was defeated by the Tartar soldiers. After being caught and executed, his wife Yang and son Han Lin'er fled to Wu'an Mountain under the protection of Liu Futong and others to hide. The leader of the White Lotus Sect has not yet risen, and the leader was killed. Extinguished."

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