Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 96 Da Qi and the White Lotus Sect
The documents scattered all over the place in the festival hall were cleaned up by his own soldiers. Before cleaning them out, Jia Hun went to work in the east wing of the yard where the festival hall was located.

The documents were placed on the stack of papers on the right after being printed by Jia Hun.Seeing that the stack of documents was about two fingers thick, Hu Jiu picked them up and handed them to the orderly who was waiting outside the door, and he would deliver the documents to the relevant ministries.

At this moment, Yang Zhi walked in.

"General, my subordinates went to the arsenal to look at it, and indeed several warehouses were empty. After the inventory, there were more than 6 but less than 2 weapons of various types left, and there was indeed more than [-] wear and tear.

So the subordinates swept up the remaining rust and weighed it, and the weight was not at all worthy of the loss of nearly [-] weapons!
This is the subordinate's record! "

After Yang Zhi finished speaking, he put a few pages of documents on the table.

"Well, I see. You have been playing all morning today, and you were not allowed to have a good rest in the afternoon. Instead, you were asked to check the warehouse. It was hard work."

Jia Hun didn't look up, and kept writing something on the paperwork.

"This is the last general..."

"Okay, we are all our own people, so there is no need for polite words. In this way, I will specially approve nine taels of wine for the three of you. After returning to the camp, I will go to the gang leader to get it."

Jia Hun stopped writing and stamped his general seal on the document, then raised his head to look at Yang Zhi, and handed the document to him.

Yang Zhi was naturally happy to accept it.
Jia Hun put down his pen again after affixing his seal of the governor of the left army on the document.

"Lao Jiu, I have two things for you."

Hu Jiu, who was about to pick up the completed documents, stopped.

"But as the Lord commands!"

"First thing, Deng Yuan will be escorted back to the capital by Xia Ming, the Jinling guard eunuch. You and the old eleven will escort him to the palace later, and hand him over to Xia Ming personally."

"Yes!"

"Second thing, this is the document for replenishment of armaments. I have already printed it. When you deliver Deng Yuan, I will rush to Linzi north for [-] miles, and go and bring me all the inventory of the Bingzhan Bureau. Jinling is here!
No, you go to Dai Ming, the eunuch who guards Dongdu first. This guy was sent to Linzi for training at the beginning of the year. Give him the token. I am writing a letter to him, and hand over the documents and the letter to supplement the military equipment. Him, let him go to the military bureau with you!

There is no time to wrestle with the bureaucrats of the military bureau, everything should be done quickly!
Then you pass the memorial to Old Eleven by the way, and ask him to send it to Luoyang as quickly as possible, and hand it over to Chen Jingyuan for him to present it directly to the Emperor! "

Jia Hun picked up the pen again, and the pen took the lead. Since it had been written in the memorial before, this time he only simplified some words and finished the letter very quickly.

He took the envelope from the desk, put the letter inside, and Jia Hun took off his own white jade ring.

Although it was only made of ordinary white jade, it was far more important than Jia Hun's other rings.

This is a wax seal engraved with Jia Hun's exclusive Vermilion bird pattern, which Jia Hun carried with him.

Take out a piece of wax, light a candle and start heating.

Soon, the wax melted and dripped drop by drop on the seal of the envelope.Seeing that the accumulation was almost done, Jia Hun took advantage of the sealant to seal the ring and stamped it on the sealant.

Sealed with wax.

Jia Hun picked up the letter and gently blew the wind on the wax until it was completely solidified before handing the letter to Hu Jiu.He picked up the documents and memorials and handed them to him together.

"Okay, let's go to Eleven quickly. After returning to Jinling City, I will go home to collect the 50 taels of silver. I can figure out how many silver bills and how much cash I want. Alright, let's go!"

"Yes!"

Hu Jiu didn't hesitate, turned around and left the east wing quickly.

Now that things have happened, there is not so much time to go through the procedures, at least to prepare all the weapons before they start the incident.

But he didn't trust Jiangnan Daying.

After so many nonsense things happened, Jia Hun's impression of Jiangnan Daying was extremely bad.If he really leads this army to fight, it will definitely affect his judgment and cause more problems.

Besides, this was not a unit that was close to Jia Hun. No matter how good the relationship was, they would not completely obey him.

So, which army can only be used in Jiangnan?
There is no need to count on the local defense, it would be good to get together and not fight, after all, it is Jiangnan...

However, there is indeed an army capable of fighting...

"My lord, your time has come."

The voice of the soldiers outside the door interrupted Jia Hun's meditation.

Oh, what time?
Then go back to eat first.

. . . . . .

East of Jinling City, south of Zhongshan Mountain.

The former Zijinwei resident is now the resident of the Metropolitan Governor Jia Hun.

festival hall.

Dinner is very simple, cold noodles and stewed water.

After all, Jia Hun grew up in the north, and the chefs accompanying the army would try their best to cook northern dishes.

Boiled and watered thin noodles, shredded cucumbers, shredded carrots, chopped toon sprouts, pickles, mashed garlic, and the soul of cold noodles—sesame sauce.

These are Jia Hun's favorite collocations.

The offal, which had been marinated for a whole day, was also brought up by the cook.

The cut pork heart, pork belly, and large intestine were placed on a plate, and the stewed aroma made people salivate and couldn't stop.

Take a bowlful of noodles out of the cold water, add various ingredients, pour half a bowl of sesame paste into it, mix well with two pairs of chopsticks, and eat!
snoring...

The only sound left in the festival hall was the sound of Jia Hun sucking noodles.

Simple, filling and delicious.

Phew... full.

After making two large bowls of cold noodles, Jia Hui clutched his stomach and leaned against the pillows on the Arhat bed and hummed.

Happiness is very simple. Jia Hun couldn't stop eating his favorite food until he was full.

Life is only a hundred years.You should eat, you should drink, and before you die, you will not regret how you grew old without eating so many delicacies in the early years, and it is worthwhile to come to this world for a while.

The gang leader outside the door heard the noise in the festival hall, and skillfully walked in with iced sour plum soup, and placed it on the edge of the Arhat bed, where Jia Hun could reach it with a stretch of his hand.Only then did he turn around and pick up the clean bowl on the table.

"Old Ding, when you go out later, remember to call Lin Chong and let him come to me tomorrow morning."

"Hey, good!"

Old Ding, the leader of the army, wiped the case table with a rag, and did not put it back on the Arhat bed, but put it on the ground aside according to Jia Hun's habit.

After eating, the general will lie on the bed for a while, don't disturb him at this time, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Lao Ding tiptoed out of the festival hall.

Jia Hun was the only one left.

The rectification of the Jiangnan camp must be accelerated, at least those generals who committed crimes must be removed as quickly as possible.

But Jiangnan Daying really dare not use it!

Originally, they wanted to disrupt their direct lineage and then be incorporated into various armies.Anyway, there will be no war in Jiangnan, let them slowly wear off their greed and start over.

But now that the war was approaching, Jia Hun was worried that those criminal soldiers who hated him for cutting off their fortunes would secretly collude with the White Lotus Sect and stab them in the back.

It would be even worse to kill them all. This is simply forcing the entire Jiangnan camp to turn to thieves!
However, if you cast a thief...

There are less than 1 people, and they haven't experienced war for more than ten years. At most, they are Jiangnan soldiers who take private jobs and suppress bandits. It doesn't seem to be of much use to join them, right?
At least it won't form any decent combat power in a short period of time.

After all, the leader is not a fool. Even if so many people voted for him, he would definitely disrupt them and reorganize them into various armies.

In short, definitely not let this group of people gather together!
Furthermore, forcibly arranging them to be the leaders of each team broke the harmonious atmosphere of the team, and even their identity is still a good military household that they once looked up to. It is strange that they can convince everyone!
At the very least, it will take several months to re-establish new relationships.

It seems... a bit messed up!

However, the shorter the interval between these incidents, the better. It would be best for this group of people to fight the White Lotus Sect on the second day they go out.

It would be troublesome if the sinners were allowed to gain a firm foothold and pass the army formation to the White Lotus Sect to form a fighting force.

Forget it, let's wait for the military equipment to be delivered first. I heard that Linzi Bingzhan Bureau has made matchlock guns.He called for a thousand matchlock guns and twenty various cannons by name in the document.

It's a practical test.

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The next day, Jiangnan Camp.

The festival hall has been cleaned up, and all kinds of damaged furniture have been replaced with new ones.

Tan Ji sat on the Arhat bed opposite Jia Hun with a haggard face.

"Governor, I searched through the archives of embroidered clothes and the old archives of the former Jinling Palace yesterday, and found it..."

While talking, Tan Ji handed the stack of papers in his arms to Jia Hun.

Jia Hun flipped through it, and Tan Ji waited patiently, ready to explain to the governor at any time.

The first is the records of the previous dynasty.

They did not eradicate Manichaeism. After all, in such a big uprising, some surrendered, some repeated, and some were scattered and fled into the deep mountains and old forests...

These people just hibernate like this.

Probably because the damage to the previous dynasty was too deep, in the next few decades, even the dying Liang Ting still tried his best to wipe out the believers of Manichaeism.

Until Great Liang collapsed.

After that, it was a chaotic world where Liang and Qi alternated, and they quickly recovered and grew stronger.

At this point, it became Daqi's secret file.

Taizu paid special attention to intelligence work, and established the predecessor organization of Embroidery Guard early on.Because of this, the time span of the information retained by the Embroidered Yiwei is quite long.

Speaking of the Manichaeism, they were easily destroyed because they started too late and Taizu fought too fast.

Since they pretended to be the princes at that time, Taizu only thought that they had eliminated one of the princes, and did not investigate carefully. He just thought that the princes of this side were relying on evil/religion to control people's hearts, so he made a note of it.

The high-ranking members of the Manichaeism who were dispersed again still survived, and absorbed the remnants of many other sects, and finally merged into today's White Lotus Sect.

Then there were several rebellions during the reign of the Taizu. Some rebelled against Qi and returned to Liang, some princes and remnants of all walks of life were unwilling, and some rebelled together because they hated life at an untimely time...

There are many.

Related to the White Lotus Sect, it was a massive battle that happened to coincide with the Qi army returning from the Northern Expedition victoriously.It settled down in two months, a rebellion like a joke...

The thing is very simple, that is, the former Liang survivors in Kansai revolted in Kansai during the period when the main force was away during the Great Qi Northern Expedition to Mengyuan.The White Lotus Sect, who was also preparing to revolt in Kansai, couldn't hold back and rebelled together.

But what they didn't expect was that the Yuan people received the news in advance of that Northern Expedition, and they wanted to complete the battle, and then they were blown away by the Qi army and fled westward frantically.

When the Qi army was chasing to Alashan, they received news of the Kansai rebellion. They immediately gave up and continued the pursuit, and entered Guanzhong from Xiaoguan, which was still in the hands of the Qi army, to suppress the rebellion.

The first to be killed was the Bailian teaching army who happened to be blocking Xiaoguan's gate.

Because of flying a white lotus banner, the White Lotus Religion Army was regarded by the Qi army as a special elite unit for the old and the young, and they were completely killed.

Coincidentally, the leader of the Northern Expedition at that time was Jia Hun's great-grandfather, the old Duke Rong Jia Yuan.

It wasn't until the end of the counter-insurgency, when it was concluded and reviewed, that the army flying the white lotus banner was not at all in the same group as the gang of old and young.

The name of the White Lotus Sect also appeared for the first time in the archives of various ministries of Daqi.

Seen as a joke.

As a result, the White Lotus Sect disappeared again.

Until today, 80 years later, the White Lotus Sect finally seized a good opportunity in Jia Hun's view.

They focused on the servants and tenant farmers in the south of the Yangtze River who had been abused and exploited by their masters for generations.

This group of people has the strongest desire to change their destiny, and they have all suffered a lot. Their ability to withstand stress is absolutely top-notch, and they are particularly good targets.

After closing the embroidered clothes file, Jia Hun looked up at Tan Ji.

"Old Tan, I want you to activate all the spies in the Jiangnan family and ask them to carefully inquire about the news about this group of people!

It's best to get involved together and let me infiltrate this impending slavery into a sieve! "

. . . . . .

Not long after Tan Ji left, Lin Chong came again.

Lin Chong was standing under the hall, waiting for Jia Hun to assign him a task.

"Old Lin, take your people back to Yangzhou in the afternoon and go directly to Lin Yushi. Tell him not to care about the evidence, whether it is reasonable or not.

Just tell him, I have already found out the identity of the shopkeeper Shi, one of the two main forces of the Kansai rebellion decades ago, and a senior member of the White Lotus Sect.

Let him hurry up and get rid of those disgusting salt merchants in the name of colluding with cults and making friends with rebels! "

At this time, Jia Hun did not allow any factors of instability to be buried in his rear, and those salt merchants who committed crimes must die!
"Yes! The end general will take someone to my aunt's place!"

After speaking, Lin Chong turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait, there is one more thing!"

Lin Chong quickly stopped and turned around.

"What's the rush? There's one more thing. After the group of salt merchants are dealt with, you will stay in Yangzhou first. No, your men and lieutenants will stay in Yangzhou and take orders from Yushi Lin for the time being.

You can go to Huai'an with about 300 people, and if you hear that there is a rebellion in the south, you should immediately recruit Caobing and Caogong's children to go south to put down the rebellion! "

One of the backgrounds of Daqi has always been the hole card in the hands of the Chen royal family and the founder of the country-Jianghuai soldiers!

After Jia Hun finished speaking, he handed over to Lin Chong the troop transfer document that had already been stamped with the seal of the governor of the left army.

Qi Lu, during the inspection tour of the Governor of the Five Armies, if you encounter a rebellion, you can call up an army of up to 5 people to counter the rebellion!
Jia Hun then gave Lin Chong the great seal of Duke of Dunhuang, and with this seal, Lin Chong represented himself with full authority.

For the waterworkers' children, most of the governor's seals are not as useful as this county official seal!

"Okay, take your men and go quickly!
Be sure to solve the salt merchant as quickly as possible, and then go to Huai'an as quickly as possible, we have no time to waste! "

"Yes! The last will obey!"

Lin Chong also knew the seriousness of the current situation at this time, he saluted Jia Hun solemnly, and left the festival hall with hasty but steady steps.

Jia Hui sat slumped on the grand teacher's chair, kneading his brows.

The problems of combat soldiers, armaments, and the rear have been resolved as much as possible. Now, it is just waiting for the White Lotus Sect to set off a slave revolution.

However, there are still some side issues waiting for him to solve.

Jia Hun regained his fighting spirit, picked up a pen, and started writing letters again...

Race against time!

　The curtain opens!

　　It's just that the writing in this chapter is a bit boring. After all, it's pre-war preparations, and every aspect must be taken into account...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)