Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 96 Arrest (Two in One)

Gao Cheng's strategy is not complicated, that is, let a group of detectives pretend to be Taoist priests and spread the monk's scandal everywhere.

What really plays a role is the contradiction between Buddhism and Taoism that has accumulated over time.

Gao Cheng also didn't bring back the spies who pretended to be Taoists. Anyway, there are many monks and few Taoists in Luoyang City, so he simply asked them to help the Taoists.

They can also wait for an opportunity to fight. If they provoke, the two groups can easily fight.

Gao Cheng's purpose is very clear, first arrest the group of monks, and cut off the resistance of Buddhism.

Thinking about it, the group of monks would not resist for the crime of fighting, how long can such a trivial matter be shut down.

At this time, all the Taoist temples in the city were blocked by monks, holding sticks and threatening to ask for explanations.

The Taoist priests were not to be outdone, and protected the Guanmen to confront the monk.

There was another turmoil in Luoyang, but unlike last time, the people were not afraid, and even watched the excitement from the sidelines.

If there were fewer idlers in the city, how could the rumors of Gao Huan and Gao Cheng being good widows spread to everyone?

The monks and Taoist priests abused each other, and from time to time they would recite Amitabha, Infinite Heavenly Venerable.

The crowd of onlookers laughed, urging them to hurry up.

They were in a stalemate, but a few Taoist priests threw out the wooden sticks in their hands and smashed them at the monks.

Seeing the wooden sticks flying towards them, the monks dodged one after another, but someone was still hit on the head.

The monks will quit now, how dare you be so brave when you are few?They all waved their sticks and rushed towards the Taoist temple.

The Taoist priests didn't dare to retreat when they saw their menacing approach. If they retreated today and let this group of monks smash the Taoist temple, how can they hold their heads up in Luoyang in the future.

The sticks were exchanged between the two sides, shouts of cursing and screams of pain kept coming and going, and the scene was chaotic.

Monk Baohui also followed in the crowd, while he secretly scolded Niubi for being too deceitful, Taoist priests were the ones who provoked the trouble, and it was Taoist priests who took the initiative first, he simply ignored the tens of thousands of monks in Luoyang.

At the same time, I was looking for the Taoist priests who were the first to attack, but I couldn't see them anyway.

"Bah! If you dare to provoke or not, you must have escaped."

Monk Baohui no longer looked for it, and followed the monks to negotiate with the Taoist priests.

This scene was staged in front of various Taoist temples in Luoyang, and the group of Taoist priests who caused the trouble were precisely Ting Wang Si's detectives.

The besieged Taoist priests had no way of verifying their identities, and thought they were Taoist brothers from other Taoist temples who came to help.

The monks and Taoists were playing lively, and the onlookers were also watching enthusiastically. When they were applauding, the sound of horseshoes and running footsteps came from a distance.

Duan Shao shouted loudly under the surprised gazes of monks, priests and onlookers:
"Under the order of the governor of Gyeonggi and the prince of Balhae, the Gyeonggi Army quelled the riots in the city, arrested all those who participated in the fight, and killed those who resisted and escaped on the spot!"

With the order of the military, the [-] Xianbei infantry and the [-] state and county auxiliary soldiers scattered.

As soon as they heard about the fugitives, they were killed on the spot, not to mention monks and priests, even the people who watched the excitement dared not move, for fear that they would be killed by mistake.

As I said before, fighting can be closed for a few days, and monks and Taoists are not willing to risk their lives and escape for this crime.

One by one put down the sticks in their hands, very well-behaved.

Duan Shao was in charge of the north of the city, while Yaoxiong's 5000 men were in charge of the south of the city.

The two dispatched people around, waited for the riots in the city to subside completely, after counting, they sent them to the Office of the Ministry of Public Affairs, Gao Cheng knew that more than [-] monks and more than [-] Taoist priests were arrested today.

Gao Cheng was still not satisfied. There were tens of thousands of monks in the city, but only more than 3000 people were arrested, which was not enough.

So the spy who pretended to be a Taoist priest was used again.

Duan Shao and Yao Xiong each detained a group of fake Taoist priests, saying that some monks who participated in the riot escaped and needed to come to identify them.

All the strong monks were pointed out one by one by the fake Taoists.

These people shouted their grievances loudly, and there were monks in the monastery to testify that they did not leave the monastery.

"I have been ordered by the son to investigate this matter thoroughly. The son can clearly see the truth and falsehood. It is better to let me take them away. Even if they are wronged, they will only be imprisoned for a few days."

A military leader under Duan Shao's command spoke to the presiding officer of Changqiu Temple.

The abbot of Changqiu Temple thought about it carefully, and he was right, so he turned to appease the monks and let the army leader arrest dozens of monks.

As a result, dozens of monks were escorted to Yongning Temple, and they were tied up as soon as they entered the temple gate.

It turned out that there were not so many prison cells in Luoyang City, but Yongning Temple had more than a thousand houses. Gao Cheng personally came to the door and asked the abbot to make room for them to live in another temple temporarily.

The abbot of Yongning Temple was quite relieved when he heard that the monks were not imprisoned. Although Gao Cheng said it was a discussion, he had no room to refuse, so he had to lead the rest of the monks of Yongning Temple to move to a nearby temple.

Before leaving, several fake Taoist priests identified Zhuangshuo monks again, but with the same rhetoric, the abbot of Yongning Temple could only choose to keep the group of monks.

With such a method, more than [-] monks were imprisoned in Yongning Temple.

If you don't control the resistance of Buddhism, how can you be as cautious as a little Gao Wang and attack directly? Now the plan has succeeded.

Gao Cheng also started the second step in the plan. He sent Duan Shao and Yao Xiong to lead the tribune to station at Yongning Temple to guard the prisoner monks.

I also specially asked for the booklet for the registration of the fields, and divided the fields of the temple into fifteen pieces according to the area, and wrote them down on the paper.

At this time, it was getting dark and the city gates of Luoyang had already been closed. Taking advantage of the news from inside and outside the city being cut off, he ordered Cui Jishu to take the fifteen pieces of paper to send orders to Hu Luguang and Murong Shaozong's army.

Cui Jishu raised the talisman in his hand and called to open the city gate, escorted by the guards, went straight to the camp.

"General Hu Lu, General Murong, my son ordered everything to proceed according to the plan."

Cui Jishu gasped and said, and ordered the guards to distribute the papers to the fifteen military leaders who were recruited.

Hu Luguang shouted loudly:

"Follow what is written on the paper and go to the area around the fields occupied by the monastery to investigate the evil deeds of the monks. The son has an order. Anyone who dares to take this opportunity to bully the common people will be punished."

Murong Shaozong also said to the military leaders:

"Whoever is responsible for the trouble, I will ask the military master directly, you have all made it clear to the warriors under his command, don't ruin your future when the time comes!"

As Gao Cheng's emissary, Cui Jishu stepped forward to make a final decision and said:

"My son has something to say, what happened tonight, one army looted and killed one army, one army looted and killed one army, and the whole army looted. I will go to Jinyang and ask Gao Wang to lead an army of 20 to go south. You tell the people, and the army will be killed." Once this matter is done, the son will have his own reward."

After the Battle of Xiangyang, Gao Cheng didn't understand the virtues of these state and county soldiers. If they were asked to investigate at night, it was impossible to guarantee that they would not take the opportunity to snatch them.

Zheng Quan followed the crowd and promised loudly. He was one of the seven military leaders directly under Gao Cheng. He was the spy of the listening department earlier, but was coerced to go south to become a general of the rebel army. After assassinating Hu Sichun, he was promoted to the military leader by Gao Cheng. Into the Gyeonggi Army.

The military leaders of each army bid farewell to the three and returned to their own camps. First, they emphasized discipline with the people under their command, and then the Chinese officials of the army led the way according to the areas recorded on the paper.

Fifteen long fire dragons extend from Gyeonggi Daying to all around.

Walking to the place, under the light of the torch, Zheng Quan reiterated:
"Everyone in the world knows that the prince loves the people, and what he does today is to be the master for the people. Anyone who dares to take the opportunity to bully the people is slapping the prince in the face. You can understand what will happen to this!"

Everyone answered in unison:

"understand!"

"Okay! You wait for a good life to serve the son, the son is rich all over the world, so how can you be stingy with rewards."

After Zheng Quan finished speaking, he immediately assigned tasks with the help of military officials.

After the distribution was completed, the whole army dispersed with an order.

Zheng Quan led a group of hundreds of people to the nearest village.

"It's not good! Officers and soldiers are here! Everyone run away!"

The tranquility of the village at night was broken. On the muddy path, someone was running and shouting.

Candlelight was lit in every house, and the men went out in their clothes. They saw many torches from a distance, and hurried back to the house to drag their parents, wives and children to escape.

Among them are Li Silang, Zhao Agui and others. This is the village that Monk Baohui visited during the day.

They didn't want to escape because they lived in seclusion. The officers and soldiers went straight to their village at such a late hour, and they must have come to plunder.

Seeing that the villagers were about to run away, Zheng Quan immediately ordered 100 people under his command to follow him and shout:

"Don't be afraid. The prince of Bohai has an order to thoroughly investigate the crimes of the monks and uphold justice for you. After the monks are convicted, they will distribute the land for you."

When the villagers heard the shouts, they slowed down, looking at me, I looked at you, hesitating.

At this time, someone who had entered the city stood up:
"I heard that the prince of Bohai is a good man. He distributes acres of land for others. Maybe it's our turn now!"

Hearing this, everyone stopped and looked at the approaching light, with anticipation unavoidably in their hearts.

Gao Cheng's previous division of land was mainly to redistribute the land without owner and restore local production, but where did the land without owner come from around Luoyang?

Zheng Quan finally caught up with this group of villagers supporting the old and the young. The road was broken and the sky was dark, so he didn't dare to gallop.

There was still some panic on the faces of the villagers, lest these officers and soldiers were lying.

"You don't have to be afraid, we belong to the Gyeonggi Camp under Shizi's command, and we are here to uphold justice for you. Who is the village chief among you?"

After Zheng Quan comforted him, he looked for the person in charge in the village.

An old man walked out with a cane:
"This military master is old."

The old man trembled and was about to salute, Zheng Quan hurried forward to support him, he tried to calm his tone and said:
"Many monks in Luoyang have committed illegal acts, and the prince is determined to punish you. If there are monks who have bullied you, just say it bluntly, the prince will definitely make the decision for you. When the time comes, the temple fields will be confiscated and distributed to you."

The old man was so excited that he couldn't speak. Li Silang held his wife's hand and bowed and cried:
"The monks in Yongning Temple have bullied me for a long time, and the monk Baohui insulted my wife today, and asked the military master to make decisions for me."

It turned out that Li Silang heard some gossip before he arrived home after farming. Although Li Silang was angry, he had to swallow his anger because he had to farm for Yongning Temple to have a living.

Now that he heard that it was the prince of Bohai who wanted to punish the monk, how could he hold back his anger.

Starting with Li Silang and his wife, including Zhao Agui and others, everyone who was bullied by the monks of Yongning Temple rushed to cry.

Zheng Quan asked about everything, not just him, but everyone in the entourage was filled with righteous indignation, these monks don't do production, they just sit back and enjoy what they get, and they behaved so dirty.

I planned to let the unrelated people go back to rest, and I took the victims back to the camp, but I didn't know that not only the women were humiliated, but also the occupation of the people's land, the payment of interest, and so on. been bullied.

Zheng Quan had no choice but to comfort and comfort, and selected a group of people who had suffered the most to bring back to the camp.

When Zheng Quan returned to Gyeonggi Daying, he found that the camp was overcrowded.

Perhaps because of the tragic experience of this group of hermits, the military discipline of the Gyeonggi soldiers dispatched tonight was surprisingly good, and no one handed over their heads to enforce the military law.

The Chinese officials in the army kept recording the persecution of the hermits all night. Cui Jishu couldn't take it anymore, so he took his guards out of the camp.

Once again he opened the gate of Luoyang City with the command talisman, and he went straight to Bohai Prince's Mansion regardless of the darkness.

Gao Cheng didn't have the habit of killing people in his dreams, and the guards and servants on duty at night dared to knock on the door to call him.

In fact, Gao Cheng didn't sleep peacefully. Living alone in a room, he was worried about the military discipline of the state and county soldiers, and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Gao Aocao is still stationed in Southern Jingzhou, and the most trustworthy combat forces under his command are of course Duan Shao and Yaoxiong. They have a total of [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

Luoyang City is the most important thing, Gao Cheng will naturally choose to transfer Duan Shao and Yaoxiong into the city to guard the monks, and let the state and county soldiers go to investigate.

At this time, when I heard that Cui Jishu asked to see him, I thought it was the soldiers from the prefectures and counties who caused the big trouble.

Gao Cheng walked quickly to meet him, and before he left, he didn't forget to ask his close servants to put the screen curtain belonging to Cui Jishu to the wing room.

"But the looting of the soldiers caused disaster?"

Gao Cheng hadn't left the house yet, but he just saw Cui Jishu and asked impatiently.

Cui Jishu quickly explained, and Gao Cheng was also relieved.

The two went to the wing room, and a house slave had already lit candles.

Every time Cui Jishu sees this screen, he always scans from his own name, which gives him a sense of satisfaction.

But today he didn't go to see it again, but directly told Gao Cheng what the monks had done.

"This Buddhist gate is not a pure place at all, it is full of dirty and lowly people!"

Cui Jishu said bitterly.

Gao Cheng also heard his blood pressure soar, but he still persuaded:
"Uncle Zheng can't generalize. There are still many monks in this world who abide by the Buddhist precepts. What we have to do is to remove the dirt for the Buddha and recover the ill-gotten gains by the way."

Saying this, a sense of justice arises spontaneously.

"However, the son is benevolent and unwilling to kill and demonstrate."

Cui Jishu said angrily.

Gao Cheng looked at the angry young man in front of him, and couldn't help laughing:

"I don't want to learn from Emperor Taiwu to kill innocent people indiscriminately, but when did he ever say that he would not kill people, don't worry, I will definitely not let off people who have committed serious crimes. If Shuzheng is willing, then you will supervise and execute them. "

"Even if the son doesn't say it, the servant will ask the supervisor to kill him."

Cui Jishu said excitedly.

The two laughed loudly, Gao Cheng looked at the night sky, waiting for the morning to come.

And Cui Jishu finally set his eyes on the screen as usual, satisfied with himself.

　Available tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)