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Chapter 1256: The leader is actually me (Part 1256) [Seeking monthly votes]

"What good news?"

The value of the news that could make the master say "good news" in the current situation can be imagined. Qin Li thought about it but couldn't think of what it was. But the master deliberately kept it a secret and signaled him to guess. But he was not Gu Chi, how could he guess? In order not to spoil the fun, he could only cooperate with the other party's little hobby.

"Could it be that Uncle Qian has made some progress over there?"

The floodgates were opened to release water, and the enemy was beaten to a pulp in one battle. The elite troops were either killed in the rivers or fled in all directions. Qian Yong was so happy these days, and his arrogance could be seen between the lines, which made people worry that he would become proud and complacent, and eventually capsize. Of course, Qin Li was not worried about this happening. There were also people watching Qian Yong.

Qian Yong is unreliable, but Ning Yan and the others are always reliable.

"That's not right, Gongsu, guess again?"

"Excuse me for being so stupid, I really can't guess."

Qin Li chose to lie down and beg for mercy, and asked Shen Tang directly for an answer.

Shen Tang said: "There is movement from Shanxiao's side."

Hearing the words Shanxiao, Qin Li, Cui Xiao's old friend, was also stunned for a moment, as if he was looking for this name and its owner in his mind. Until the two matched, Qin Li pressed his forehead with a headache, and smiled bitterly.

"Shanxiao, it really should be Shanxiao."

  When he was guessing just now, he thought of a circle of people, but Cui Xiao was not the one he thought of. This made Qin Li feel horrified and a little ashamed. It would be fine if it was other people, but he and Cui Xiao had been close friends for many years, and he really overlooked the fact that the latter had been gone for so long!

Shen Tang understood the subtle expression on Qin Li's face for a moment.

Patting his arm to comfort him, she lowered her voice deliberately, revealing her guilt: "In fact, we are the same. I don't know what Shanxiao did this time. I almost forgot about him. Ahem, when he comes back, we just don't let him know..."

Qin Li was puzzled: "How did the Lord know..."

Outsiders' perception of Choi Hyo is also ranked.

  From weak to strong, they are: unrelated strangers, nodding acquaintances, subordinates who are more familiar than nodding acquaintances, colleagues who deal with them frequently, Qi Shan, a group of close friends headed by Qin Li, and the master! Even the master subconsciously ignores Cui Xiao, which means that Cui Xiao's presence is almost as weak as air, almost invisible! It has only happened once in many years!

According to Cui Xiao himself, he almost died quietly.

Fortunately, Fu was lucky enough to recover and survive.

  Is this happening again?

Shen Tang said: "My avatar Wuyou heard it in the Southwest Allied Camp. This news is still confidential and was forcibly suppressed by the Southwest Allied Forces. The Holy Son of the Eternal Life Church is centered in Lu State, and more than 300,000 believers responded to the call to punish the evil spirits on behalf of the heavens!"

Qin Li was not concealed from the beginning of the implementation of this plan.

Even though Qin Li was prepared, he was still shocked by the speed and scale. How long had it been since the Holy Son of the Eternal Life Church came forward, and he had gathered more than 300,000 believers to respond? Or, how long had it been since Cui Xiao took the national seal from the Lord? If we count from that time, is it a full month? In a flash, thousands of thoughts swam in Qin Li's mind.

Combining the two events at the same time, he vaguely understood something.

"More than 300,000 believers..." Qin Li forced himself to suppress the throbbing veins on his forehead. He was also glad that the uncle and nephew Wei Cheng had retired long ago and had been imprisoned in Kangguo for all these years without continuing to act as troublemakers. Otherwise, the number would be even larger!

"I don't think it has much to do with the uncle and nephew."

"How can it not matter?"

Qin Li didn't expect that he would unconsciously say what was in his heart, and he couldn't agree with his master's defense of Wei Cheng's uncle and nephew.

The Eternal Life Church was established by Wei Cheng on a whim.

The demagoguery was perfected by Wei Lou at his leisure.

  If the Church of Eternal Life did not exist, why would so many believers respond to it?

Shen Tang said: "This uncle and nephew are not the 'cause' of everything, so we can't put all the blame on them. Most of the ordinary believers of the Eternal Life Church joined the church because they were in such a difficult situation that they couldn't find a way out. Who caused them to be in such a situation where they couldn't live or die? The culprit who caused them to seek spiritual comfort in order to survive is the 'cause'!"

"It's like the common people can't survive and have to pick up hoes and rise up, which eventually leads to unrest. But you can't blame the poor soil for not being able to grow food, you can't blame the heavens for sending down natural disasters, and you can't blame the common people for not working hard enough to cultivate the wasteland! You should blame the local county government for not allowing the common people to have enough arable land, blame why the fertile farmland has become the private property of the local gentry, blame why the government didn't store water before the drought, blame why dams were not built before the drought... blame the weak who have to do their best to survive, and blame the strong who have the ability but don't do anything."

"The real culprit should issue an edict of repentance!"

Shen Tang knew that these ideas were completely contrary to the current mainstream, but she insisted on doing it. After all, she was the king, and a king who was good at both civil and military affairs. People who disagreed with her ideas had to follow her rules if they wanted to make a living under her.

Her rule is...

  When subordinates make mistakes, superiors reflect on themselves; when the land is in chaos, the government reflects on itself. We should look for problems with the capable. What is the point of looking at the weak? The weak are weak because they have their own shortcomings. What can they find out by asking them to find problems?

Shen Tang's logic is also impeccable.

The civil and military officials other than the elders felt that this was not right. They studied hard and made great achievements in order to one day be in a high position and become the superior. In Kangguo, this set of rules was not established, and they had to take the blame for the people below.

They reflect on their subordinates' mistakes.

Listen, is this fair and just?

However, Shen Tang holds the military power and no one dares to interfere.

Qin Li agreed with the Lord's words, but still disagreed with the judgment that the uncle and nephew of Wei Cheng had little relationship. Even if they were not uncle and nephew, there would be others, but now only they have emerged.

Even if they are not the "cause", they are still accomplices!

After all, this was a trivial matter that did not involve principles, and Qin Li did not argue with his master, but his impression of Wei Cheng's uncle and nephew was reduced by three points! He sighed: "Indeed, if the southwestern countries had not treated me harshly, there would not be so many people desperate."

The worse the governance, the more people will be left with nowhere to go.

The more these people there are, the more attractive the Church of Eternal Life will be.

The fertile ground for the expansion of the Church of Eternal Life is also broader.

"More than 300,000 are just the believers who have received the news recently. As long as the first group of believers can gain a foothold and find a place to live, the believers in the southwest will respond, and then it will be lively." Thinking back to the faces of the allied forces seen by the incarnation Wuyou, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise. Science has proven that smiles will not disappear, they will only move from their faces to hers.

Qin Li was also worried.

"No matter how many believers there are, they are all ordinary people. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to become a force to be reckoned with. It won't take long for the countries to send troops to suppress them."

There are very few successful cases of uprisings by common people.

  Born in the lower class, once they have achieved a little success, they are easily blinded by wealth and fame, and then indulge in the gentle countryside, indulge in debauchery, cruelty and brutality, and lose their original intention early. The master often says that the saying is the essence - the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon!

Of course, his master was an exception.

"It's not important whether it can be suppressed or not..."

The important thing is that the more common people responded, the more fields became barren, and the already stretched logistics and food supply of the Southwestern Allied Forces became even more difficult. Before the war, Shen Tang launched a night attack on one of their granaries, causing it to sprout and mold, which made the situation worse!

It was enough for the group to have a drink.

  Shen Tang can see clearly, but there are always people who can't see clearly. These people are not just one person, but a group!

"Asshole, who spread these rumors to shake the morale of the army?"

When the news came that the Eternal Life Cult had stolen their hometown, many leaders of the Allied Forces questioned the authenticity of the news, and the people of Lu State were furious and stood up. They immediately thought of the culprit, Shen Tang.

This news must have come from Kangguo!

  The intention is very obvious, which is to mess with their mentality!

"Investigate, send someone to investigate!"

Unexpectedly, a voice came from the corner.

"If the news is false, doesn't it mean that all the vanguard scouts have been bribed and infiltrated? In that case, why are you still fighting here?"

The person who spoke was Gong Yang Yongye, who always disliked getting involved.

After all, he was a 19th-rank Guannei Marquis, and no one dared to be rude to him. Even the people of Lu State, who were in a state of turmoil, had to hold back their anger.

He persuaded them with emotion and reason: "Marquis Gongyang Che, please understand, what season is it now? It's past spring plowing, and it will be harvested in a while. Even if the common people rebel, they will wait until after the harvest. How could they be instigated by the traitors of the Eternal Life Sect now?"

Gong Yang Yongye nodded in agreement at first: "You have a point, the timing is wrong, but - General, have you ever thought about the possibility that the fields that are about to be harvested have little to do with them?"

It's not your own land, so you won't feel sorry for destroying it.

The people of Lu State were getting anxious.

He blurted out: "How can it have nothing to do with you?"

Gong Yang Yongye looked at the other person's eyes with a smile, but those eyes showed no sadness or joy but an almost indifferent color.

He asked back: "Really? Does it matter?"

These five short words sounded like thunder in my ears.

Many people present were shocked and numb, with an indescribable sense of guilt and fear spreading through their hearts. They only needed to respond with the three words "it's related", but some people wanted to speak but found that their mouths and tongues were filled with lead and they couldn't open them.

Gong Yang Yongye calmly made another move.

"I remember many years ago, the southwest was full of mountains and rivers, with little arable land, and it was difficult to cultivate land. During the hurricane season, floods were frequent, and crops were even more difficult to survive. Over the past few decades, the situation has eased slightly, but the land available to ordinary people is getting less and less."

Rather than calling them common people, it would be better to say that they are hooligans who have no house or land.

In order to survive, they could only work as tenants to ensure basic survival, while spending their energy to cultivate their own land.

It may take a family and a generation to reclaim a dozen acres of land, but it only takes a few days and a little thought to plunder it. How can the speed of land reclamation by a family unit be comparable to the speed of harvesting by the local big families?

The land has nothing to do with the common people.

The same is true of the products of the land.

  Gongyang Yongye spoke the truth, but to some people, it hurt more than a silver needle pierced by candlelight, as if their skin had been torn off and thrown on the ground and stepped on a few times. If ordinary people said this, they would have died eight hundred times earlier, but the person in front of them could make them die eight hundred times on the spot, so they could only swallow their resentment and resentment, and some even felt heartbroken and aggrieved!

If you ask yourself honestly, they are not evil gentry.

Nor has he ever pushed anyone into a desperate situation.

  They rented the land to farmers and took a certain percentage of the agricultural output. Isn't it natural? Where in the world would someone give away land for free? This portion is the rent! As for how much tax they paid and how much grain they had left, what does it have to do with them?

Can’t afford to live?

It’s time to reflect on whether I’m being lazy and not working hard enough!

The more effort you put in, the more reward you get.

  Even a three-year-old child knows this truth, but how could this unruly person not know it?

Gongyang Yongye said no more upon seeing this.

  The rebellion of the Eternal Life Church followers, regardless of whether it had anything to do with others, had nothing to do with him anyway. If it weren't for these bastards who didn't leave anyone a way out, who would be willing to rebel?

Luo Yuan looked at everyone's faces and remained silent.

As mentioned before, many high-ranking members of the Eternal Life Church are from local wealthy families. They joined the church not because they believed in the doctrine, but because they could more easily manage the "believers" under their rule. They found that managing this group of believers was easier than fooling the common people.

  The tenant believers have to pay more than just the autumn and summer taxes and rent.

As believers, you also have to pay offerings.

These profits naturally did not fall into the hands of the leader of the Eternal Life Cult, but were all taken away by the so-called offerings from all over the place under various pretexts. These offerings took off their fake skins, but they were still the same people inside. With so much pressure, even in good years, there was no food left.

  Do these people really not know?

Or do you know it but don’t care?

As long as you are alive and not starving to death, you don’t have to worry?

Regardless of whether the news is true or false, the culprit is either the Eternal Life Cult or Shen Youli! In short, it can't be any of them.

Qi Cang received the news late because he didn't come because he was fishing.

He smacked his lips and said, "This day repeats itself year after year. How come it didn't change earlier or later, but it suddenly changes now?"

He didn't believe that Kang Guo had no hand in this.

Shen Wuyou Tang first glanced at his empty fish basket and answered casually, "Maybe no one told them they were standing on the edge of the cliff. When someone shouted, they all saw the situation. If they took another step back, they would be crushed to pieces."

It’s death anyway, so why should barefoot people be afraid of those wearing shoes?

Qi Cang said: "The person who spoke up is immoral."

"Immoral?"

Qi Cang looked at her meaningfully and sneered, "How can it not be immoral? The main forces of the Southwestern Allied Forces have been dragged here. How many people can be mobilized from the country to quell the rebellion? If the rebellion cannot be quelled quickly, the fields will be barren and no one will harvest them. I wonder how many people will starve to death this year. With so many karmas, I wonder if the people behind them can bear it."

Little did they know that Qi Cang’s worries were also the Saint’s worries.

She was worried before the incident actually happened.

[If it fails, millions of people will die! ]

She was also worried when she thought about how so many people would be killed indirectly because of her. If these believers continued to be in a daze, they could at least survive. If they woke up and died, what would happen?

[Your Highness, the Holy Son, do not hesitate, just follow the footsteps of the true God.] Cui Xiao said calmly, [God will send down the rain of blessings.]

Do you want to drag this battle until winter?

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Wujie and Xiake are really great inventions. I got the anniversary pendant by playing alone.

PS: (I tried to play it more than 60 times last week but it didn't come out. Today, I was bored and played it while reading fan fiction and it came out at once. I can only say that some old guys shouldn't love it too much.)

PPS: The hellish joke of the previous chapter is that Zhai Le, who proposed it, and Tang Mei, who agreed to it, had no intention of keeping their promise completely. This was equivalent to tacitly acknowledging that we would imitate Emperor Guangwu in the first half, without any doubt, and in the second half, everyone would stab Sima Yi in the back, relying on their own abilities.