Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 322 Influence

After this battle, all the rivers and lakes in Yangzhou respected the Maitreya religion, and the rest were all vassals.

At this time, although the Maitreya Sect still controlled the entire Yangzhou area, in terms of prestige and momentum, it was better than when it was all in Jinling.

In particular, Fan Zhuoyuan almost single-handedly defeated the entire Jianghu forces in Yangzhou, beheading the two guardians of the Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect and more than [-] elites.

The news quickly spread back to the Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect respectively.

The Wenxiang Sect in the Northland is similar to the underworld organization established by the clan group, and Han Cangyi is obviously a relatively important figure in the clan.

The leader Han Yingbo burst into tears and organized the funeral in a high-profile manner. However, when someone asked when he attacked the Maitreya Sect to the south to avenge the deputy leader, Han Yingbo fell into a strange silence.

Except for Han Yingbo's wife and daughter, no one in the whole family vigorously advocated a union with Maitreya.

Instead, he began to make various proposals for the position of deputy leader, but no matter who was proposed by the family to be the deputy leader, Han Yingbo dismissed them as not meritorious enough to take on the great responsibility, and the position of deputy leader has been left in vacancy.

In fact, within Wenxiang Sect, the biggest function of the deputy leader is not to fill in the gaps of the leader, but to check and balance the leader's power. Once the leader's behavior is not in line with everyone's expectations, the deputy leader can be replaced at any time.

This is the sword hanging on Han Yingbo's head. Since the prestigious Han Cangyi is dead, he will not let someone hang a sword around his neck easily.

Unlike the Wenxiang Sect, which was caught in open and secret struggles within the clan, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Fang Kaicheng, heard that Luo Caiyi had died, and the first thing he did was not cry for mourning or clamor for revenge.

Instead, they suddenly gathered cronies, ambush the swordsmen, and entertained Luo Caiyi's cronies up to this point, and then concentratedly wiped them out!

This scene left many comrades in the rivers and lakes stunned. For a long time, the internal struggle of the White Lotus Sect was even more intense than cleaning up the Maitreya Sect.

Although the White Lotus Sect lost more than half of its famous masters after the merger, there were no internal constraints, and the leader Fang Kaicheng had more authority.

There are more than hundreds of thousands of followers all over the south of the Yangtze River and Huguang, and now there is no such thing as a two-door order, but it makes the originally bloated White Lotus Sect operate more smoothly and efficiently.

After killing Luo Caiyi's team, Fang Kaicheng did not set his sights on Yangzhou. For him, the Jianghuai region only needed to protect the interests of Jinling.

Nowadays, due to the increase of the border payment by the imperial court, there are complaints from all over the country, and last year Jiangnan suffered a catastrophe.

This is a great misfortune for the common people, but it is a great opportunity for the White Lotus Sect.

Because of this, Fang Kaicheng secretly connected with the White Lotus Sect organizations in various places, as if planning a major event that would shake the world.

Fan Zhuoyuan was not clear about these matters. He spent several days dealing with the aftermath of various aspects, and started to grab the maximum benefit. After the matter had a small result, Fan Zhuoyuan returned to the temporary residence in the city, and saw a reminder from the system that the task was completed .

"Task [-]: The Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect are extremely sensitive to the resurgence of the Maitreya Sect, and will definitely come back to seek revenge. In order to strengthen their prestige, we must eliminate all those who dare to challenge the authority.

Reward: [-] proficiency points.

Remaining proficiency points: 20. "

Fan Zhuoyuan didn't use it up directly. Since he knew that brain training needs to be gradually unlocked, he estimated that each part needs to be filled with [-] proficiency points before the effect can appear, so he planned to accumulate enough proficiency and put it into use at once. .

His current practice status is:

"Practicing exercises: brain development;
熟练度：脑干（100000/200000）；小脑（100000/200000）；左半脑（0/200000）；右半脑（0/200000）；额叶（0/200000）；顶叶（0/200000）；颞叶（0/200000）；枕叶（0/200000）；”

If you accumulate 60 for each type, then you need to invest 20 proficiency points, and the next mission, completely controlling Jinling and Huai'an, will only reward [-].

Including the remaining 20 proficiency points in my hand, it will only be 40 by then, and there is still a gap of 20.

For the 20, Fan Zhuoyuan suspected that it would give another more troublesome task based on the system's past urine performance.

Although there is no hint now, Fan Zhuoyuan has a vague guess.

He turned his attention to the south, and through the information passed by Liang Tianyi, Fan Zhuoyuan knew that in order to deal with border troubles, the imperial court had imposed border taxes in various places since the year before last.

The imperial court in this world is also called Daming, and it is very similar to Daming in many respects. Taxes are not collected by the gentry and powerful, and they all fall on the common people.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, at least there was a large amount of commercial tax support, and all agricultural taxes were collected here. Several peasant uprisings broke out in the north, and they were suppressed by the local tyrants and the imperial court.

Although the situation in the south is better, it is very difficult not to cause civil uprisings under the instigation of interested people.

Fan Zhuoyuan still remembered that when Qin Baichuan came to find him before, he said that the White Lotus Sect had gathered hundreds of thousands of people in the south.

With so many congregants, although they can earn a lot of money by charging teaching fees, if they completely ignore the thoughts of their congregants, then sooner or later they will betray their relatives.

What's more, his subordinates have mastered so many people and controlled a lot of territory. As a superior, it is inevitable that they will have some ambitions.

Qin Baichuan mentioned that the White Lotus Sect seems to have the idea of ​​rebellion, intending to separate Jiangnan and Huguang.

If the White Lotus Sect really rebelled, Qin Baichuan's life in Qixinglou would be extremely difficult.

Don't even think about it, a group of Kuhaha suddenly rioted, so the local tyrants must be eager to eat their flesh, and Qin Baichuan is the biggest landlord in the south of the Yangtze River!

No wonder he saw someone hostile to the White Lotus Sect, so he came to make friends with Fan Zhuoyuan.

Fan Zhuoyuan smiled, he was not very familiar with the situation in this world, and he didn't know Qin Baichuan, let alone that he was the head of Wudang.

Although this person had a scheming heart, he still remembered this favor.

If you guessed right, it is very likely that after taking control of Jinling and Huai'an, the task assigned is to fight against the White Lotus Sect's rebellion!
For this reason, Fan Zhuoyuan thought that he should have prepared early. If it was a rebellion of several 10 people, then he should not use ordinary means to deal with it, but should use military tactics to fight against it.

Therefore, taking this opportunity, it is quite necessary to train a private soldier who is not used for fighting for supremacy in the Jianghu, but for guarding the place.

Anyway, today's imperial court has basically ceded all the power in areas outside the county seat to the local gentry and powerful.

No one can control what Fan Zhuoyuan wants to do in his own control area. He will not pin his hopes on those military households who can't even eat enough and live like slaves.

Now the power of the entire Yangzhou Mansion belongs to Fan Zhuoyuan, and Yangzhou is such a rich and wealthy place, its economic status in this world is comparable to the magic capital of later generations.

(End of this chapter)