Chapter 670 Furious! The Troublesome White Lotus Demon Sect!

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly walked into the imperial study room.

At this moment, Chen Qia, the minister of the Ministry of War, was facing the saint, and his expression was very ugly.

As for Zhu Di, who was sitting on the soft floor, his face was livid, and he was obviously very angry.

"What's going on?"

"Why didn't the local state government report it?"

Upon hearing Zhu Gaoxu's inquiry, Zhu Di directly handed the report to him.

"It's all because of these two damn fools, Chu Lai and Zhang Hai!"

"The demon girl Tang Sai'er has led her followers to rebel in Qingzhou, but Chu Gao and Zhang Hai did not pay enough attention. They only informed Qingzhou Guard Commander Gao Feng to lead troops to encircle and suppress!"

"But this idiot Gao Feng was even more stupid. He went deep into the siege alone. Tang Saier led the ambush troops into the enemy formation, defeated the officers and soldiers, and Gao Feng was also killed!"

When Zhu Di said this, his teeth itched with hatred.

"After Gao Feng's death, Chu Lai and Zhang Hai saw how difficult Tang Sai'er was, so they sent Sun Gong of thousands of households in Juzhou to appease her. As expected, he was rejected by Tang Sai'er, and the officers and soldiers who accompanied him also Kill them all!”

"Even so, Chu Gao and Zhang Hai suppressed the matter and concealed it. They adopted the strategy of suppressing when they could and appeasing when they could. In the end, they sat back and watched as Tang Sai'er's White Lotus Army swept across the entire Shandong province. Mansion, what a bastard!"

The more Zhu Gaoxu listened, the more frightened he became, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became!

This governor and Zhang Hai are really seeking their own destruction and bringing disaster to the country and the people!

Why did they hide it?

Because this directly affects their "political performance" and their career!

"Who knows that herdsmen are unwilling to report disasters and injuries?"

This is a very clear example!

These damn local officials in Shandong don’t care about the lives of the people at all!

Zhu Gaoxu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and then spoke.

"The local Chief Secretary and officials from the Procuratorate and Envoys Department of Shandong were all imprisoned and escorted back to Beijing for review and prosecution!"

"In addition, the imperial court should send a general to lead the army to suppress the White Lotus Demon Sect. Shandong is an important water transportation route and the basis for supplying the capital. There must be no room for failure!"

Zhu Di and Chen Qia nodded after hearing this.

"I am going to send Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng there, what do you think?"

"Okay, bring the elite of the Shenji Battalion and destroy the White Lotus Demon Sect with the power of thunder!"

Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng has been in charge of Shenji Camp for many years, and he had accompanied Zhu Di on his northern expedition to Mongolia many times before.

Moreover, all the high-quality firearms produced by the Royal Manufacturing Bureau are given priority to the Shenji Battalion, so the combat power of the Shenji Battalion is the highest in the Ming Dynasty!

The situation in Shandong is tense now, and there is no such thing as "killing a chicken with a bull's knife"!

The White Lotus Demon Cult has swept across the entire Shandong region. If the imperial court cannot suppress and extinguish it in time, people in the world will only feel that the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, which will give rise to more rebellions and rebellions!

Therefore, it must be extinguished quickly with the power of thunder and shock the entire world!

"In addition, Liu Zhong, the commander of Shandong Dusi, please leave him alone for the time being and order him to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief to assist the commander-in-chief Liu Sheng in annihilating the White Lotus Demon Sect. He will be punished for his crime and meritorious service!"

Zhu Gaoxu promptly reminded him that after all, Liu Zhong had guarded Shandong for many years and was far more familiar with the place than Liu Sheng.

Zhu Di's expression softened slightly and he immediately signed the imperial edict. Chen Qia took the imperial edict and left in a hurry.

However, the faces of the father and son in the royal study were not very good-looking, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.

They had previously set great ambitions to create a truly peaceful and prosperous era, so that people could live and work in peace and contentment without having to pay taxes.

But now that the demon girl Tang Sai'er has revolted, it is tantamount to giving the father and son a slap in the face.

White Lotus Demon Sect!

This is a troublesome cult.

Zhu Gaoxu fell into deep thought.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the White Lotus Demon Cult has been a demon cult that has been severely cracked down on by successive imperial courts.

However, this thing is best at deceiving people and inciting people. Therefore, even if the successive imperial courts explicitly prohibited severe crackdowns, the White Lotus Demon Sect was still able to revive and even set off local rebellions many times.

The most famous one is that during the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Demon Sect took advantage of the fact that the people in the world were in dire straits and launched a vigorous "Red Turban Army Uprising." The leaders of the Red Turban Army such as Han Shantong and Liu Futong were all followers of the White Lotus Sect or the Ming Sect. Even Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was once a member of the Red Scarf Army, and his ability to confuse people is evident.

It is precisely because Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Scarf Army in his early years that he was wary of the White Lotus Sect's ability to confuse people and incite rebellion. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has been strictly banned and listed as the number one demon sect.

But even so, during the Hongwu and Yongle years, there were many armed rebellions by White Lotus believers in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Lu and other places. Some even claimed the title of emperor, but they were all suppressed.

By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the officials were corrupt, the emperor was fatuous, and the people were miserable. This was the perfect breeding ground for the White Lotus Demon Sect. Therefore, the White Lotus Demon Sect developed extremely rapidly. Not only did it spread all over the world, it also spawned various factions with numerous names. , dealt a heavy blow to the precarious Ming Dynasty!

In the end, the Ming Dynasty collapsed, and the White Lotus Demon Sect was indispensable!

But, looking at the root cause, you really can’t blame the White Lotus Demon Sect.

If the Ming Dynasty could allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and provide them with food and clothing, they would be stupid enough to believe in those demonic cults!

In the final analysis, the reason why the White Lotus Demon Sect has been repeatedly banned and resurrected in the past dynasties is not because the people live in despair, with no food and clothing, no warmth, and are enslaved and squeezed by officials without any hope. In desperation, they joined the White Lotus Demon Cult and believed in the so-called Vacuum Old Mothers, hoping that these gods could make their lives easier.

All of this is actually Daming’s fault!

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Di with doubt in his eyes.

"Dad, have you never thought about why the White Lotus Demon Sect's rebellion was able to sweep across the entire Shandong region in a short period of time?"

When Zhu Di heard this, his face was very ugly, and he stared at Zhu Gaoxu with an evil look. UU reading www.uukanshu.net

"You rebellious son, what do you want to say?"

"This is actually all your fault, Emperor Yongle!"

"Bullshit on your mother! What does the rebellion of the White Lotus Demon Sect have to do with me!"

Zhu Di was angry and retorted unceremoniously.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu just stretched out three fingers.

"First, Shandong was once an area controlled by the Red Scarf Army in the troubled times of the late Yuan Dynasty. From then on, this area was under the control of the Red Scarf Army, and Mingjiao also penetrated deeply into the people. It was not until the founding of the Ming Dynasty that Mingjiao became a secret cult spread among the people. It also maintains a strong local presence.”

"But the imperial court did not take any measures to respond to this, nor did it issue a corresponding crackdown policy. This is your dereliction of duty as the emperor!"

Hearing these words, Zhu Di almost laughed out of anger.

I think the Yongle Emperor is a scapegoat. Wherever something goes wrong, I have to reflect on myself first?

"Second, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Shandong was the area where the Red Scarf Army and the Yuan Dynasty army competed most fiercely. The post-war economic damage was quite serious. Although there was a period of recuperation in the early Ming Dynasty, it was not until the late Hongwu period that the resettlement of refugees and the production of Restoration continues to be a difficult issue for the court."

"However, you appeared at this time and launched the Jingnan Campaign. Shandong became an important battlefield again. The production that had not yet been fully restored was severely damaged. The entire Shandong land was completely ruined!"

"Do you still remember what Shandong was like after you ascended the throne and became emperor? The people were in poverty, the merchants were blocked, and the country was devastated. The great rivers and mountains were smashed to pieces. Shandong finally recovered a little bit of its vitality during the Hongwu period, and it was also because of the Jinghe Rebellion. The army was hit hard again!"

Upon hearing this second reason, Zhu Di fell silent immediately.

Hiss...it seems like it's really his fault!