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Chapter 134 Where is the farthest temple built by King Chong?
Rogue bandits were raging in Henan a few years ago, and Song Kangnian also saw bandits.

But the group of "thieves" on the street in front of him were very different from the thieves in his impression.

Almost all of them are wearing armor - even the most inferior cloth armor is still armor. It has a certain degree of protection against knives and arrows, and cannot be compared to cloth armor.

Secondly, the clothes worn by soldiers and armor are almost all gray-green, with only a few wearing different colors.

A group of people were running in a row, and their momentum seemed even stronger than that of an ordinary army team.

The most important thing is that even after passing through open shops, these "thieves" did not go in to search for property, nor did they break into the homes of other people on both sides of the street.

This seems incredible to Song Kangnian!

Goodbye As this team of "thieves" moved forward, the gangsters who caused trouble in the streets were either killed on the spot or fled for their lives in horror.

Even the robber who said he was willing to join the rebel army was killed ruthlessly, and Song Kangnian was even more shocked.

He couldn't help but pat the railing and said, "Rebels! These are the real rebels!"

When the rebel soldiers disappeared from sight, a bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

He was going to get to know this rebel army in depth.

If it's worth it, he's going to join it.

Maybe he can be like Liu Bowen and assist the leader of the rebel army to achieve great things!
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After Liu Sheng dispatched Peng Youyi's first regiment, he ordered Zheng Erli to lead the second battalion of the second regiment to the south of the city and cooperate with Yang Heqing's third regiment to capture the south gate.

Once the four gates were closed, the rebels finally took Ruyang City into their hands.

If not, the big families and wealthy people in the city would probably flee the city with some of their gold and silver treasures.

Even the fat piece of King Chong might slip away.

Although most of these people would not be able to take away much property, if they really escaped, the rebels would definitely suffer some losses.

Finally, after arranging the defense of the North City Gate and the city wall, Liu Sheng took Xiaoqiying and Hubenying to Fuya.

When Liu Sheng came to the government office, rebel soldiers had been replaced in front of the gate.

Because they were on guard duty and held a weapon in one hand, the soldiers guarding the gate all performed a one-handed salute - handing the weapon to their left hand, making a fist with their right hand and placing it on the left chest, without any other movements.

"leader!"

Liu Sheng nodded slightly, patted one of the soldiers on the shoulder, and entered the government office amidst his excited expression and the envious eyes of other soldiers.

Inside, Hu Dongliu was "accompanying" Shen Wandeng and others.

Zhao Deyou, a military and political officer of the regiment and battalion, and several sentry-level military and political officers were directing the rebel soldiers to seal up the warehouses and related accounts in the government office and make relevant statistics.

Seeing Liu Sheng coming in, Hu Dongliu immediately took Shen Wandeng forward to greet him.

"See the leader!"

Shen Wandeng followed Hu Dongliu's example and saluted, and then couldn't help but secretly take a look at Liu Sheng.

I just felt that although this leader looked quite young, his demeanor was as deep and steady as Yuan Ting Yue Zhi.His eyes are like an eagle or a tiger, making people feel intimidated.

"No need to be polite," Liu Sheng said and looked at Shen Wandeng, "I guess this is Shen Youyi?"

Shen Wandeng was slightly surprised, "The leader actually knows about me?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "You are an important defender of Ruyang City. We are going to attack Ruyang City. How can you do it?
Speaking of which, Shen Guerrilla led [-] cavalry out of the city yesterday and ran among our rebel infantry and guns. They were really superb in riding skills and brave and fierce. "

Shen Wandeng looked slightly stiff after hearing this.

He didn't expect Liu Sheng to mention this matter as soon as he came up - in his opinion, this could be regarded as a settlement between him and the rebels.

In that battle, although most of the warriors who followed him out of the city were lost, they ended up killing 30 rebels.

To be honest, before Liu Sheng arrived, he was still worried whether this incident would make Liu Sheng hold a grudge and find any excuse to kill him.

After all, he didn't know what kind of person Liu Sheng was.

However, listening to Liu Sheng's words at this time, it seemed that he admired his ability in cavalry and did not hold a grudge for the casualties in that battle.

So, Shen Wandeng breathed a sigh of relief and carefully replied: "I was just forced out of the city by Fu Ruwei, that bitch officer.

At that time, I didn't know how powerful the rebel army was, and I thought I was capable. I didn't expect that the leader had already made arrangements, so I only lost troops and generals. I really didn't deserve the praise of the leader. "

Liu Sheng looked at Shen Wandeng and nodded slightly.

He deliberately mentioned this matter to test Shen Wandeng.

Although it is a battle on the battlefield, victory or defeat, life and death are like commonplace, and everyone should accept their destiny.But maybe some people like to remember grudges on the battlefield. He didn't know what kind of person Shen Wandeng was, so he naturally had to test it out.

It seemed that Shen Wandeng looked normal, either he was a movie star, or he really didn't regard this matter as hatred.

However, since people have defected to him, within the system of the rebel army, even if they want to take revenge, it will be difficult.

Besides, as long as Shen Wandeng wasn't stupid, he wouldn't do such a thankless thing.

In the end, in order to avoid future troubles, Liu Sheng still spread the matter out.

"There are no swords and guns on the battlefield, and both sides are their own masters. Since Brother Shen defected to our rebel army, we will not remember the casualties caused by that battle."

Shen Wandeng secretly sighed at Liu Sheng's straightforwardness and responded: "There are so many leaders, how can I hold grudges."

Liu Sheng nodded, and then he took Shen Wandeng to visit various places in the government office and asked him to introduce them.

Although Shen Wanteng does not live in the government office, he has been here many times and can be a guide.

Walking to the prison door next to the government office, Shen Wandeng suddenly asked: "How should the leader deal with the prisoners in the prison who don't know?"

Liu Sheng said: "When the order in the city is stabilized, I will have people try them quickly. Whether they are minor or serious, they will all be dealt with."

Shen Wandeng hesitated for a moment and then said: "Speaking of which, today Fu Ruwei was supposed to deal with a serious criminal. Fortunately, the rebels broke through the city in time and she survived."

"What felon?" Liu Sheng asked with interest.

"This woman's name is Bai Taiwei. She was originally the leader of a group of rebels in Ruyang." Shen Wandeng changed his mind in time, "She is known as the White Lotus Saint. She treats refugees and attracts followers..."

Hearing Shen Wandeng mention "White Lotus Sect" Liu Sheng frowned slightly.

To be honest, he had no favorable impression of some folk sects during the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as the White Lotus Sect.

I just feel that these sects are like pockets, both good and bad can be put in them.

But most of the time, their leaders use the name of the sect to amass wealth and power in the name of doing good for the people.

Moreover, some sect leaders themselves are large landowners and wealthy businessmen.Moreover, the doctrines of some sects are inherently full of evil and superstitious things, which will only lead people into the abyss instead of leading a good life.

However, when Shen Wandeng said that Bai Taiwei was originally a wild Taoist nun who could indeed treat patients and save people, and many refugees remembered her kindness, Liu Sheng changed his view of this person.

After Shen Wandeng finished speaking, Liu Sheng said: "I will have someone interrogate this woman later. If she has not done anything evil, the rebels will not embarrass her."

Shen Wandeng said no more.

He did have some sympathy for Bai Taiwei, but that was all.

He has explained what he knows and has excused Bai Taiwei. How to deal with it is Liu Sheng's business.

After visiting various parts of the government office, Liu Sheng returned to the main hall.

It happened that Zhao Deyou and others had finished counting the treasury and reported to Liu Sheng.

"I report to the leader that according to the government's account records, he has jurisdiction over two military granaries, four reserve warehouses (Changping warehouse in the Ming Dynasty), two Yi warehouses, one Fu warehouse and one Taicang warehouse in Ruyang City.

However, according to government officials, the reserve warehouse, which was supposed to store the largest amount of grain, had various problems during the Xuande period. By the Jiajing period, it was unable to make ends meet and was completely abandoned.

Therefore, there are only six granaries under the actual jurisdiction of the government office, of which only Fucang and Taicang are within the government office (building complex).

The student just now has taken people to check it out. The mansion was temporarily set up privately by the prefect, and the money and food came from various miscellaneous taxes assessed by the local government.

At present, there are 8000 taels of silver, [-] shi of grain, and thousands of bolts of various types of cloth.

What was stored in Taicang was land tax, wages, customs duties, etc. It seemed that they had not yet been escorted to the capital, so there was no food, only 25 pieces of various kinds of cloth and [-] taels of silver! "

Since the implementation of the One Whip Law, all parts of the Ming Dynasty have mainly collected silver, and there are still very few physical goods such as grain and cloth mixed with it.

Even if there is, they will be required to exchange it for silver during the process of handing it over from the county level to the prefectural level.

Therefore, Liu Sheng was not surprised to hear that the treasury only had 25 taels of silver.

In addition, it goes without saying that this number is definitely much less than it should be.

These days, local taxes in the Ming Dynasty are basically difficult to collect, and it is impossible to increase them instead of decreasing them.

After all, the main direct reason for the demise of Ming Dynasty is lack of money.

However, this privately built mansion by the prefect was somewhat beyond Liu Sheng's expectations.

But think about it, as the leader of the prefect, if he does not have some money and food in his hands, his rights will definitely not be guaranteed.

In this way, the existence of the mansion is natural.

It's just hard to say how much of the money and food in the mansion can be used for official purposes, and how much goes into the private pockets of officials.

Zhao Deyou continued: "The government office also has an arsenal, but unfortunately there are not many soldiers and armors in it.

Only one hundred pieces of cloth armor, three hundred pieces of cloth armor, three hundred pairs of swords, five hundred spears, three hundred pairs of bows, and five thousand arrows. "

As a prefecture's arsenal, the inventory is not as large as that of Wuyang County. No wonder Zhao Deyou thinks there is too little.

But thinking that the Ruyang soldiers he saw today were basically without armor, Liu Sheng was a little speechless. He didn't know what Fu Ru was doing to keep these armors.

Does it look good there?

Or was it specially reserved for him?

He sighed and said: "No matter how few mosquito legs are, they are still meat. Not all of our standing army is wearing armor, and many of the civilian warriors do not even have a serious weapon.

When you get back, you can send people to transport these soldiers and armor to the North City Gate, and prepare them for the Second Regiment, Third Battalion, the Transport Battalion and the civilian warriors there. "

"Yes."

Liu Sheng expected that the money and food confiscated from the government office would not be much - in fact, it was okay, at least the taxes and taxes of the Runing government were not released, which gave him a considerable advantage.

But if Liu Sheng is most looking forward to it in Ruyang City, it is Prince Chong's Mansion.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng looked at Shen Wandeng and asked with a smile: "Brother Shen, does he know how much food there is in Prince Chong's Mansion?"

After hearing this and thinking about the rumored wealth of Prince Chong's Mansion, Shen Wandeng couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he was even a little excited.

He cupped his fists and said, "For the record, chief, I don't know how much food the Prince Chong's Mansion has, but I heard that the Prince Chong's Mansion has more than 1 hectares of fields, most of which are fertile fields.

Even if part of the grain is stored in Wangzhuang in the suburbs, a lot of it must be stored in the large warehouse in the palace.

Speaking of which, the reputation of Chongwang in the past dynasties is not too bad, but most of them like to build temples.

The most famous of them is the Guanyin Pavilion (i.e. Nanhai Zen Temple) on the bank of South Lake outside the city, which was planned to be used as the southern tour palace of Emperor Jiajing.

After several expansions, it covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres and has become a scenic landscape.

Unfortunately, after it was completed, Emperor Jiajing was almost burned to death in the fire at Weihui Palace, so he changed the southern tour route and did not pass through Runing Mansion, so the palace was not used.

In addition, the Zhenwu Temple in the northwest of the city, Qingjie Temple in the east, Wuying Pagoda in the south, Yanxi Temple in Zhumadian, Xuandi Temple in Queshan, and Yongtai Temple opposite the Shaolin Temple in Songshan..."

Liu Sheng was surprised when he heard this.

He couldn't help but interrupt: "This King Chong built the temple as far as Queshan Mountain, which is far enough, but it is still in Runing Mansion, so why did he build it as far as Songshan Mountain?"

It is estimated that someone told Shen Wandeng these strange things about Prince Chong's Mansion, and he was also very surprised.

Seeing that Liu Sheng was also surprised at this time, he smiled and said: "The leader does not know that Yongtai Temple is not the farthest temple built by King Chong.

The person who built the temple the furthest was the contemporary Chong Wang Zhu Youfan. It is said that within two years of his taking the throne, he spent huge sums of money to rebuild the Putuo Mountain Medicine Master Temple in Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang.

At the end, he wrote a plaque saying "Dragon Elephant of the Dharma Gate" and gave a thousand Buddhist robes to Putuo Temple. "

"The vassal king is not allowed to leave his fiefdom, right? Has King Chong ever been to Yongtai Temple and Putuo Temple?"

Shen Wandeng smiled and said, "The Chongwangs of all dynasties were very honest, so they never went there."

Liu Sheng was speechless for a moment, he just felt that the Ming Dynasty vassal kings were really weird.

　Second more.

　　It still takes a lot of time to look up information, but it feels good.Compared with the previous book, I feel that this one integrates the information and plot well, is not too boring, and can even share some historical interest with readers.

　　It's a pity that one chapter takes several hours to write, and I can't save the manuscript, so I can't add updates.

　　Haven't had dinner yet.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)