Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 144 Jizhou Rebellion
  In the past few days when Wang Qi arrived in the capital, at the same time, a civil uprising was slowly brewing in Jizhou Mansion, hundreds of miles away.

Lu'an County is under the jurisdiction of Jizhou Prefecture. Since the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has been passed down from generation to generation. It worships Maitreya Buddha and promotes the religious prophecy of "Maitreya's Rebirth", which originally belongs to the Maitreya Pure Land Dharma. There are many followers, and the lower-level followers gather at night. In the Ming Dynasty, they gather people to cause trouble, and at a higher level, they work together with the local clan officials to dominate one side.

Recently, due to frequent wars in Liaodong, the people of Liaodong fled south. After passing Shanhaiguan, most people fled to Jizhou Prefecture and were noticed by the White Lotus Sect. Most of the refugees in the south of Liaodong were illiterate and were deceived by others. , and when you join the religion, you will be given food, porridge and water, and everyone will flock to you, and all of them will become Bailian believers for a while.

At first, Cai Huaiguo, the prefect of Jizhou, praised the White Lotus Sect for helping the government appease the refugees and giving out porridge and water. But later, as the number of White Lotus sect members increased, they began to gather together and break into private homes and the yards of wealthy households to rob property. In the name of Maitreya coming to the world and praying for incense, he gathered believers and preached that immortals would come to the world to save all sentient beings, and that all mundane things were false. When the situation began to develop in a dangerous direction, Cai Huaiguo realized that something was wrong.

Is this preaching doctrine?
  If this was not handled carefully, the refugees would fall into the city and the capital would be in chaos.

In the important land of the capital, at the foot of heaven and earth, such chaos that despises the power of heaven happened, and Cai Huaiguo, the governor of Zhifu, was unknowingly frightened.

You must know that most of the soldiers and horses of Jizhou Prefecture went north to participate in the war to regain Liaodong. In the entire Gyeonggi Province, only the garrison camp of the capital was available. This kind of misfortune involving the gathering of folk religions occurred in the jurisdiction. Xu Guangqi was ordered by the emperor to go to Jizhou to appease him. Cai Huaiguo, the disaster victim, first reported the matter to Mr. Xu, the Minister of Rites.

But on the day Xu Guangqi arrived in Jizhou Prefecture, that is, when Wang Qi had just arrived in Beijing from Shanhaiguan, the Bailian cultivators in Lu'an County suddenly gathered together to launch an attack. They destroyed the county government office, looted granaries, killed guards, and set fire to the entire city. The official of Lu'an County Government learned that County Jiao Fei had died. When the news came, the entire Jizhou Prefecture was in an uproar.

"I have already written to the imperial court to report this matter, but before the imperial court orders it, we cannot sit back and watch the white lotus rebels disrupt the important areas of the capital. Mr. Cai, please immediately gather more than a hundred officers in the city and inform Jizhou Prefecture to prepare troops. , gather people and horses, prepare for it, rush to Lu'an Village early tomorrow morning, capture the thieves first, capture the king, and arrest the leader who gathered the crowd to make trouble. The rest of the people will be a mob! When the time comes, the government will be kind to him, distribute food, and things will be fine Solution: For the refugees, it is not a matter of whom they listen to, but whether they are hungry or not is a matter of having enough to eat!"

Xu Guangqi was wearing a purple official robe, sitting in the top position with a serious face, and was learning from Cai Huaiguo, the prefect of Jizhou.

After all, killing thieves first by decapitating them is also Wang Qi's quick move in Liaodong. Xu Guangqi has recently studied Wang Qi's Liaodong war strategy, in which such planning and operations are often seen. This time he came to Jizhou Prefecture to relieve the refugees, and Mr. Xu also Want to show off.

Although Cai Huaiguo is unbearable, after all, his colleague Xu Guangqi cannot ignore death!
  "Don't worry, sir. The government's spies in Lu'an Village have been deployed. As soon as the officers and soldiers arrive, there will be spies to respond. When the time comes, they will arrest the bandit leaders with thunderous force! The refugees and the followers are all gangsters. If they use thunder and rain, Jizhou will be destroyed." The house is safe." Cai Huaiguo nodded in agreement, thinking in his mind how to rule Buddhism and Taoism Qingli in the future. It would be better to kill them all!

At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.

Not long after, I saw my personal entourage hurriedly running towards me, followed by Qian Huguan from the Bingbei Prefecture. He gasped and said, "Two adults, something serious has happened! News just came from Jizhou Prefecture. In addition, the government offices of Yutian County, Lu'an County, and Jing'er County were all attacked by refugees. All government officials and officials were tied up and sunk into the river. The magistrates of the three counties were stripped of their robes. They were tied to wooden stakes and paraded through the streets, and that group of refugees, under the command of the White Lotus Sect, was attacking Jizhou Prefecture."

"What!" Xu Guangqi's expression changed, he stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Kill the officials! Kidnap the county magistrate! Gathering people to make trouble has turned into a rebellion! Send an order to summon all the troops to defend the city first, wait until the news is found out, etc. My order! Let’s quell the rebellious people again!”

When Xu Guangqi gave the order, Cai Huaiguo, who was sitting aside, was already pale and could only mutter: It's over, it's over, it's over.

Not only is his official career over, but his life may also be in danger!

"Prefect Cai!" Xu Guangqi turned around and looked at the embarrassed appearance of the prefect of Jizhou, with a very unswerving look on his face: "Please summon the commander of Jizhou, the envoy of Zhenfu and others as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures!!" "Huh?" Cai Huaiguo Cai Huaiguo looked at Xu Guangqi with a blank expression, and after a while he said confusedly: "Sir, the commander of Jizhou Prefecture is not stationed in Jizhou Prefecture. He stays in the capital on weekdays. He stays behind."

"Stay in the capital?" Xu Guangqi was stunned when he heard this, and then felt that it was extremely ridiculous!
  The commander of Jizhou Prefecture is not stationed in Jizhou, but hangs out in the capital every day!

The word "stay behind" is easy to say!
  Sijiuchenglun needs your Jizhou Prefecture commander to stay behind?

Just say that he left his post without permission and went to camp in the capital!

"How many people are there in Jizhou Mansion now?" Xu Guangqi's heart twitched, and a bad feeling arose in his heart. This huge Jizhou Mansion will not be captured by a group of refugees, right?
  "Fully calculated, more than a thousand guards," Cai Huaiguo, the prefect of Jizhou, licked his chapped lips, looking guilty.

He pursed his lips tightly, and the beard on his lips was trembling because of his anger. Xu Guangqi felt as if he was trapped in a huge whirlpool.

He was ordered to go to the area around Gyeonggi to pacify the refugees, but he had no money, no food, no one. When he arrived at Jizhou Prefecture, he met Bai Lian again, inciting the refugees to cause trouble, and captured three counties. He came towards Jizhou Prefecture again, but he There are no soldiers, horses or silver in his hands.

Xu Guangqi no longer paid attention to Cai Huaiguo, but instead waved his followers to go to the Qianhu Office to gather people with the order: "Send the order! There are thousands of officers from the Jizhou Prefecture Guard Office, and more than ten hundred officers, within one stick of incense, Come meet me here!”

Cai Huaiguo couldn't count on him, so Xu Guangqi could only rely on the more than a thousand soldiers in Jizhou Prefecture.

Soothe the inner city, defend the outer city, and wait for reinforcements from the court!

Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi looked up at the sky and saw that the night sky was dim, a cool breeze was rising, and there seemed to be dull thunder rolling in the distance.

The cool wind is blowing, the thunder is booming, and it's going to rain.

"Sir!" Cai Huaiguo's face was still pale, he stood up and said tremblingly: "I heard that Duke Lang has just returned to Beijing. Do you want to send a letter to the court and ask Duke Lang to lead his troops to suppress the rebels?"

"If you don't want Duke Lang to come over and kill him with a knife, you can write a letter begging Duke Lang to go to Ji!" Xu Guangqi was furious and pointed at Cai Huaiguo: "Gong Lang just cut off his troops at Shanhaiguan. Dear friend Tianhe, I think you are going to follow in the same footsteps!"

Ah!
  Cai Huaiguo opened his mouth wide, rolled his eyes, and with a plop, he fainted from fright.

Wang Qi's name is so terrifying.
  (End of this chapter)