Han Shizu

Chapter 378
Surrounded by mountains and rivers and embraced by five platforms, it is called Taihuai.Mount Wutai is a sacred place of Buddhism, and Taihuai Town is the center of Wutai. It is a small town with no more than a thousand households. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, row upon row, supporting dozens of temples.

Of course, centralization has the advantages of centralization, which is convenient for the court to deal with. The army is surrounded on all sides and the roads are blocked. After that, it is logical to carry out an orderly investigation and rectification.

In the face of the imperial court's heavy suppression and ruthless plunder, Buddhism in the world as a whole maintains the "Buddhism" and rarely resists fiercely, but it is not completely at the mercy of mermaids, waiting to be slaughtered.At least, when bad things are coming, monks from all over the world are fleeing, but these people don't know that one of the emperor's goals is to let them have no Buddhist temples to shelter them and return to the monks to serve the people.

Before Wang Jingchong went north to Hedong, Taihuai Town was already besieged by officers and soldiers.What's interesting is that Taihuai belongs to Xinzhou, but the soldiers surrounding the temple in Gushan belong to Daizhou. It was a regiment trained by Yang Ye, with only a thousand soldiers, they completely controlled the surrounding area.

"Your Majesty really knows people with eyes. General Yang is worthy of being a rising star in the army. He has trained troops well and commanded the army well. Just looking at the appearance and morale of this army shows his ability!" With emotion, he showed his favor to Daizhou Bing, or Yang Ye behind Daizhou Bing.

Yang Ye didn't come in person, but sent Wang Shenqi, the commander of Daizhou Majun, an effective subordinate beside him, to lead people.

Wang Shenqi was very young, and seemed to be a serious and stable person. Hearing Wang Jingchong's praise, although he couldn't help but feel complacent, there was no arrogance on his face. Admired. The envoy's praise will be conveyed truthfully, and General Yang will be very happy to hear it."

Wang Jingchong was a little surprised by Wang Shenqi's reaction, and couldn't help but glance at him more. He never thought that this young general surnamed Wang would be so upright, and he seemed to have seen through his intentions.He couldn't help thinking that the emperor loves young people and promotes handsome men. As far as he knows, all those who should be promoted have their own merits.Even so, even the penniless envoys in the remote border camps have their own merits.

Wang Shenqi was 25 years old at the time. He was pure and conscientious, had a strategy, was courageous, and was good at riding and shooting. He lived in Luoyang and took refuge in the wild during the late Jin and early Han.In the first year of Qianyou, Li Shouzhen occupied Hezhong, and Goulianhua and Tong rebelled.The chaos in the river is peaceful, the accumulated merits are so long, and the affiliation belongs to the forbidden army in front of the temple.

When Yang Ye was ordered to garrison Dai, he went north with him. In Daizhou, Yang Ye showed his sharpness, rectified the wretched, cracked down on lawlessness, mobilized his troops, and resisted criminals.Outside Yanmen Pass, there were no less than ten small-scale confrontations with Liao soldiers, and several times they even took the initiative to attack.

In less than two years, Wang Shenqi also showed his abilities. He fought bravely, advanced and retreated well, and made many gains in the battle against Liao.After winning the ears of the emperor, Wang Shenqi was "fortunately" promoted by Liu Chengyou as the commander of the Daizhou Horse Army, and he was in charge of a battalion of soldiers and horses.

He is young and promoted quickly, but this is the characteristic of this era. It is not uncommon for martial arts to rise suddenly.There was no noise, and it didn't even attract too much attention from others. After all, the big man already had many younger state regiment trainees, and young generals and schools in the front army also sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

While thinking about it, Wang Jingchong had a smile on his face, not like a smiling tiger, but more like a smiling wolf.

"How is the rectification of the Buddhist temple here? Show me!" Wang Jingchong said looking at Wutai from a distance, overlooking the cascading Buddhist temples and pagodas like forests.

"There are 32 large and small Buddhist temples in Taihuai Town, with thousands of monks and nuns. According to the order of the imperial court, only four temples, Xiantong, Shouning, Qixian, and Pu'en, are reserved in the writing of Zhouzhou Township, with fifty monks. The officials have started to gradually clean up the rest of the temples, but there is not enough manpower, so they sent lay monks and left them as coolies for now."

Walking along the road for a short time and listening to his narration, Wang Jingchong said relaxedly: "Letting the monks destroy the temple with their own hands is an act of punishment, but it is also considered as the best use of people!"

"Commander, Commander, I have made a major discovery!" Walking through the inspection room, a well-built officer walked towards him quickly, feeling excited.

Wang Jingchong became interested, and Wang Shenqi asked, "What did you find?"

Surrounded by two peaks, the narrow road goes straight down to the valley and leads to a secluded place. After passing a rather hidden mountain road, it suddenly becomes clear.The destination is a small-scale factory, surrounded by dense excavation marks, no smelting furnace, and the fire is condensed.

Pointing to a group of monks who were taken down, the officer reported: "This gold mine is not small in scale. The Buddhist temple here is actually in the middle of the mountain, mining and refining gold. The imperial court even boldly closed the mountain to cover the road and destroyed the furnace to cover it. It’s not a small soldier who found out by accident, maybe this group of Buddhists has been hidden. There are still more than ten thousand gold in the cave, and countless jade and bronze wares and statues.”

After listening to the narration, Wang Jingchong's eyes flickered coldly, and he said secretly, "Hiding in the treasure mountain privately, accumulating wealth and capital, these monks, I'm afraid they have different ideas in their hearts!"

Probably because of the "occupational disease", Wang Jingchong had already considered it, and arrested the monks around him for interrogation. If he could find anything, it would be no harm.Furthermore, there is still a case of Luo Zhi's trap. With this inducement, there is always something to say.

Merit can be created!In this regard, Wang Jingchong has always been proactive!
Entering the warehouse, looking at the piles of gold and copper utensils, Wang Jingchong was very excited. It was one thing to be jealous of this large wealth, and another thing to add to the credit book.

"You've done a great job!" said the officer who found it.

Immediately send people to check and check, and invite officers, soldiers and civilians to start carrying.

In Taihuai Town, it soon fell into a state of turmoil.Taking time off from his busy schedule, Wang Jingchong also ordered someone to secretly investigate Wang Shenqi's family history. He valued his potential and moved his mind to adopt him as an adopted son.

A piece of news quickly interrupted some of Wang Jingchong's irrepressible thoughts.

"There are rebels in Nao County, who call themselves Buddhist soldiers, resist the tyranny of the imperial court, attack the county seat, but are rejected by the county soldiers, retreat to the mountains and forests, and set up a stronghold to resist the imperial court!" The inspector of Wu Desi reported in a panic.

Hearing this, Wang Jingchong was shocked, his old eyebrows raised, it was a big deal.However, under the serious face, there was a little excited twitch: "How many thieves are there?"

"No less than a thousand people!"

After walking a few steps nervously, Wang Jingchong immediately ordered: "Send someone to contact General Yang immediately and ask him to send troops to quell the chaos!"

"Uncle, it seems that this is a turmoil caused by 'Destroying Buddha'. If the emperor is angry if he is not handled properly, he may cause a serious crime!" Wang Jingchong's nephew said nervously, a little panicked.

After calming down, Wang Jingchong's face was relaxed, and his eyes were eager: "No! This is our opportunity to make contributions! Exterminating Buddha is hard work after all, how can we achieve great achievements by suppressing rebellion and chaos!"

Under the stunned gaze of his nephew, Wang Jingchong couldn't help laughing out loud, pondered for a moment, and said, "A group of foolish people in the head of Guizhou, mediocre, can't make a big deal! However, the most important thing is to find a way to quell the rebellion. To destroy them, and to find out the rebellious Buddhist monk who was behind the turmoil. In this way, it can justify the name of "destroying Buddha" by His Majesty and the court, which must be a great achievement for His Majesty!"

"What is uncle going to do?"

"Immediately report the news to Tokyo! Call me Wang Shenqi!"

After speaking, he ordered people to present a map, study the location of Nao County, and consider actions.Wang Jingchong was a bit of a man, without much hesitation, and after discussing with Wang Shenqi, some officers and soldiers were left to guard Daohuai Town, and together they led the remaining soldiers, and went north out of the mountains and forests to Nao County.

Before they arrived, there was another bad news, there was also chaos in Wutai County, there were more thieves, and the momentum was bigger than that in Nao County, the county seat was destroyed, officials were killed, and the property of Wutai Buddhist Temple accumulated in the city was all for them. seized.

Hearing the news, Wang Jingchong felt nervous, and secretly complained that he was not thinking carefully.When he learned that Yang Ye had led his army to the south to fight the rebellion in Pingnao County, he immediately led people back, gathered officers and soldiers from Shansi Temple, and contacted the Xinzhou garrison to fight the rebellion.

(End of this chapter)