high official

Chapter 907 Dilemma
After a while, Wang Xian raised his head, looked at the three officials and said, "Three things. Mr. Chu drafted a memorandum, and the four of us jointly signed it, and sent it to the capital in an expedited eight hundred li."

"Yes." Chu Yan nodded, which was the meaning of the question.

"The second thing is that the people's safety notices have been issued all over the country, exempting the entire territory of Shandong from taxes this year, ordering the people to behave in peace, not to listen to demons and act rashly!"

"Yes." Both Chu Yan and Wei Yuan nodded. The most important thing now is not to suppress the rebellion, but to prevent the chaos from spreading and getting out of hand.

"The third thing," Wang Xian sighed, looked at Guo Yi and said, "As soon as dawn, the army will be assembled. The two of us will lead the army to Jimo to suppress the rebellion..."

"Yes!" Seeing that Wang Xian finally listened to him, Guo Yi's expression was lifted and he answered loudly.

"My lord!" Chu Yan looked at Wang Xian in horror, and hissed, "You should know the situation in Shandong best..."

As soon as Wang Xian raised his hand, he signaled Chu Yan not to say any more, and said lightly: "If they didn't kill the Jimo county magistrate, they could have called for safety first, but now, I have to lead the army to wipe out all the way..." After a pause, he took the real I suppressed what I wanted to say, and reluctantly explained: "The rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Jimo County should not be an accident, but a temptation. It is useless for us to recruit security. Instead, it will be considered that the government is weak and deceitful, and the result can only be bigger. A massive rebellion!"

"Yes," Wei Yuan nodded, and said softly, "And the emperor will never agree to recruiting..."

Thinking of the Emperor Yongle who is the only one who respects me, everyone can't help nodding, it must be like this.

"That's it." Wang Xian got up, looked at the three adults, and said in a deep voice: "My Lord Hou and I went to put down the rebellion. Lord Chu and Lord Wei are in Jinan, trying our best to avoid a bigger rebellion."

"Of order." All three of them nodded in response, their faces full of solemnity.

"Everyone," Wang Xian pondered for a moment. He wanted to say something to boost morale, but when the words came to his lips, they only turned into two words: "Take care!"

"My lord, take care!" These two resonated strongly with the three of them. In this precarious time, is there any more appropriate word than 'take care'?

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On the morning of the third day after the White Lotus Rebellion in Jimo, [-] troops set out from Jinan to suppress the rebellion. Guo Yi was the chief general, and Wang Xian was the imperial envoy and supervisor.
Along the way, bad news kept coming. In addition to Jimo, the White Lotus Sect in Gaomi, Laiyang, Wendeng, Jiaozhou, Rizhao and other counties also rebelled. The entire Jiaodong Peninsula seemed to be occupied by the White Lotus Sect!

This made Wang Xian's heart very heavy. He was really not ready... Those policies had just been implemented, but they hadn't seen results yet. The hearts of those who had been won over by the White Lotus Sect had yet to return to the court.What worries him even more is Guo Yi's control over the army. During the march these days, he has been talking with the main generals in the army.Although these people said "swear allegiance to the court to the death", but with the perception of Wang Xiantian No. [-] spy, they still seemed to have other thoughts.

Wang Xian told Guo Yi about this, but Guo Yi reassured him and said with a smile, "The family members of those guys are all left in Jinan City. If they dare to mess around, I will kill their whole family!"

Hearing Guo Yi's words, Wang Xian was dumbfounded. It turned out that this was the way the Lord Hou made the army reliable!But the matter has come to this point, he can't say anything more, discuss the battle plan with Guo Yi, the army will still go straight to Jimo!The rebellion in other places should be resolved by the government itself first, and then it will be discussed after Jimo is calmed down.

After discussing with Guo Yi, Wang Xian lingered in the camp for a long time. He heard the voices of officers and soldiers joking and gambling, but he didn't care to pursue it. After all, this was not his soldier... In fact, from the moment the emperor didn't give him military power, he There was an ominous premonition in his heart. He felt that this trip to Shandong would completely sink him.The subsequent efforts were just to desperately resist this premonition, but just like Sun Wukong couldn't jump out of the Buddha's palm, he couldn't resist this powerful vortex after all...

When we got back to the tent, it was already the climax of the moon.Ling Xiao and Gu Xiaolian, who disguised themselves as men, shared the account with him. Ling Xiao had already fallen asleep, and Gu Xiaolian was still waiting for him to come back... Wang Xian didn't want them to accompany him on the expedition, but he also knew that this was wrong. It's possible, so I didn't advise you a word...

Wang Xian sat down on the camp bed, Gu Xiaolian took off his shoes and socks and washed his feet, suddenly heard Wang Xian's deep sigh, Gu Xiaolian looked up and saw Wang Xian's eyes were red, and his face was full of sadness .

Wang Xian pulled Gu Xiaolian up and embraced her tightly.

"What's wrong with the officials?" Gu Xiaolian felt the hesitation in Wang Xian's heart, and asked softly.

"Don't talk," Wang Xian said softly, "Let me give you a good hug."

Gu Xiaolian's body softened, and she and her lover quietly hugged each other in the barracks.

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Qingzhou, Xiishipeng Village, the main hall, Bailian Juyi Hall.

The White Lotus Juyi Hall is a huge cave, although it is daytime outside, there are still dozens of blazing butter torches burning inside, and the firelight illuminates the hall as bright as white ground.There are eighteen chairs on the east and west sides of the inside, and these chairs are full of the rudder masters of the White Lotus Sect. All of them are wearing red scarves and armor.There are different expressions on the face, some are excited, some are nervous, some are anxious and some are uneasy.

On the stone platform covered with tiger skin in the north, there is a big chair made of white bear skin, on which sits the Buddha mother dressed in white and covered with a white gauze, but it is Tang Tiande standing beside her who is talking.

"What's going on with Gao Yang'er?!" Tang Tiande's voice was full of anger: "Why didn't you obey the order and raise troops without authorization?!"

The leaders below looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that Gao Yang'er is not here, you ask us, how do we know?But Elder Tang had to respond to what Elder Tang said. A leader with a mouse beard and the appearance of a scribe bit his bullet and said: "The elder is calm, it is said that it is because his family members were arrested by the government, and he launched it in advance to save people. Ya. Then I can only do one thing, kill the dog county magistrate, and raise the flag to rebel!"

The leader who looked like a scribe was Tang Tiande's military adviser named Bin Hong, who had always been relied on by Tang Tiande.Seeing his answer, Tang Tiande slowed down and said, "But in this way, our overall plan will be disrupted! Now the leaders of Rizhao, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Laiyang and other places are also responding, so what should we do? !"

"What's the matter, it's the opposite!" Many leaders shouted: "Didn't we just wait for this moment all these years!"

"That's true! But the old man and the Buddha's mother have not yet integrated the believers in the whole province," Tang Tiande said with a dark face: "At this time of the uprising, how to unify the order and unite the soldiers and horses from all walks of life?!" His mood is indeed true. Terrible, it was originally scheduled on the [-]th of next month that the princes from all walks of life in the province will meet in Qingzhou. If all goes well, the Buddha mother will become the co-owner of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong. Revolt, the odds of winning will be greatly increased!

But let the white lotus sect in Jimo make a mess, the situation is completely messed up, five counties respond today, and maybe a few more counties will follow up tomorrow, and people from all walks of life swarm to raise banners, and it will be difficult to unify them It's even harder!
"Elder, this is the end of the matter, we must immediately raise the banner!" Seeing that Tang Tiande was still struggling, Liu Jun, the Hall Master of Huang County, persuaded: "Otherwise, be careful not to be picked by others."

"That's right! The military advisor is right!" Everyone echoed the words and shouted, "Then Gao Yang'er is doing very well now, and he calls on all the leaders to come to Jimo to discuss big plans with him!"

"Bah!" A big black-faced man spat: "What is Gao Yanger, he dares to pretend to be the boss?!" The name of this big man is Ding Gugang, and he is the hall master of Pingdu Prefecture. Gao Yang'er has never dealt with it.

"Isn't it just early!" Liu Xin, the hall master of Linqu County, said in a strange voice: "It is the last word to fight first! I heard that Dong Yangao from Dengzhou will rise in two days! We are in big trouble! There is also Wang Xuan from Laizhou, who is also instigated by Gao Yanger and his gang, and wants to provoke trouble! Once these rudder masters raise their troops, they will be equal to us!"

The Dong Yangao, Wang Xuan and others that Liu Xin mentioned were the right-hand men of Lin San when he was there. The White Lotus Sect, each commanding a place, has always been unconvinced by Tang Tiande and his daughter. Once they have their own military territory , It will be extremely difficult to subdue them again!

"Hall Master Liu's words are true," Liu Junda nodded his head and said, "Elder, since we are orthodox, we should set up a banner as soon as possible so that the heroes from all walks of life can return to their hearts!" The Buddha's mother smiled wretchedly and said: "With the Buddha's mother here, at least Wang Xuan will not mess around, and there is only one surnamed Dong left, so he can't make trouble!"

After hearing this, all the leaders in the hall snickered secretly, but a cold light flashed in the eyes of the Buddha mother, Elder Tang coughed, and changed the subject: "It is imperative to raise troops, but have you ever thought about it, if we now Raising troops will just block the only way for the officers and soldiers, and they will become the targets they must get rid of first!"

"..." As soon as Elder Tang said this, all the leaders in the hall fell silent and gasped.Don't look at these guys being coquettish, but in fact, no one has ever fought face to face with the officers and soldiers.Anxiously coaxing them into the army is nothing more than worrying about being picked by others, but no one is mentally prepared to fight with the officers and soldiers!
What they want is to let others fight the officers and soldiers to the death, while they sit by and reap the benefits.I'm afraid this is also the common thought of the leaders of all walks of life.

"The elder is very worried. I'm afraid Gao Yang'er's attack was not a reckless move, but someone behind the scenes, the purpose is to drag us into the water." After Elder Tang finished speaking, Bin Hong also slowly expressed his worries: "I have lived most of my life, and I have learned a lesson in exchange for blood, that is, one cannot be led by the nose, and the result will definitely not end well!"

Now, everyone is silent, and no one dares to pick this head.

(End of this chapter)