Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 514 They Are All Working For The Feitian Cult
After everyone had finished eating, He Liu showed Qi Anguo the order to dispatch troops that Zhang Juzheng had given him.

He Liudao: "Apprentice, this trip to Dengzhou to handle the case, I may recruit your Dengzhou Guards Army."

Qi Anguo said: "As long as there is something useful for the apprentice, the master is free to speak. If you say a word, the apprentice will not hesitate to go to the mountain of swords or to the frying pan!"

He Liu smiled: "With your words, the master will feel at ease. There should be a map of the Dengzhou generation in your barracks, right? Go and get one."

Turning his head, He Liu ordered Yang Wan again: "Bring Sun Chu up."

Not long after, Qi Anguo brought the map of the Dengzhou generation.

He Liu said to Sun Chu: "Didn't you say that you know where the Golden Pagoda is? Use a pen to mark the location of the Golden Pagoda on the map."

Sun Chu picked up the pen and marked twenty black dots on the map.These twenty are distributed in the four directions of east, south, west and north of Terengganu.

He Liu frowned: "Didn't you say that the Golden Pagoda is thirty miles south of Dengzhou Prefecture? Why did you mark twenty black dots?"

Sun Chu replied: "The golden pagoda thirty miles south of Dengzhou Prefecture is just one of the twenty golden pagodas!"

He Liu was surprised and said: "You mean, there are as many as twenty golden pagodas built by the Feitian Sect in the Dengzhou generation?"

Sun Chu nodded: "That's right, twenty seats."

Dongfang Fan, deputy imperial envoy, glanced at the black dots on the map and turned pale with shock: "Ah! This, this is..."

He Liu hurriedly asked: "Boss Dongfang, what did you find?"

Dongfang Fan had a stunned expression: "The distribution of the twenty black dots on this map is exactly the same as that of the black dots in "Hetu Luoshu"!"

He Liu was confused and asked, "What is "Hetu Luoshu"?"

Dongfang Fan explained to He Liu: "Hetu Luoshu" is said to have been written by the ancient god Fuxi.This book, together with "Book of Changes" and "Tui Bei Tu", is called the Three Great Books of China.

"Hetu Luoshu" is divided into two parts: "Hetu" and "Luoshu".It has been regarded as the source of yin-yang and five-element spells by metaphysicians of all dynasties.It is said that "Book of Changes" and "Mai Shenxiang" evolved from "Hetu Luoshu".Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Tui Bei Tu" to deduce the fate of the country in later generations, and also used "He Tu Luo Shu" as a reference.

The "River Map" part of this book, to put it bluntly, is just dozens of black and white dots drawn on the map.The location of the golden pagoda marked by Sun Chu on the map is exactly the same as the distribution of black dots in the river map!
He Liu fell silent after hearing Dongfang Fan's explanation.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said to Sun Chu: "We will now go to your so-called golden pagodas according to the location you marked on the map!"

On the map, the golden pagoda closest to the Dengzhou military camp is on the seaside more than ten miles west of the military camp.

Qi Anguo personally led the five hundred guards, together with He Liu and the others, headed west!

After traveling for more than ten miles, everyone finally saw the so-called "Golden Pagoda"!
On the seashore, stands a tower with a cone on the bottom!This tower is twenty feet high and a hundred feet square!The walls of Dengzhou City are not as tall as this tower!

The spire of the golden pagoda seems to have not been completed.A lot of strong laborers are standing on the top of the tower with a ladder.Use a rope to transport the two-foot-square granite blocks to the top of the tower.

He Liu checked with his eyes, and there were 3000 strong laborers sweating profusely around this golden pagoda!
He Liu led the people to the front of the golden pagoda.

Under the golden pagoda, there is an official wearing a fourth-rank civil official uniform.There is only one fourth-rank official in the entire Terengganu Prefecture.That is Wang Quan'an, the prefect of Dengzhou.

Prefect Wang walked up to He Liu, took a look at the flying fish suit he was wearing, and bowed his head, "My next official, Dengzhou Prefect Wang Quan'an, didn't know that the imperial envoy was here, so I was far away to greet him, and I hope you will forgive me."

He Liu frowned, and asked, "Prefect Wang, what are you doing here with so much labor?"

Wang Zhifu replied: "Report to the imperial envoy, the lower officials are repairing the golden pagoda for the Feitian Sect!"

He Liu's complexion changed: "What? The majestic prefect of Dengzhou, a fourth-rank court official, led people to build a golden pagoda for a cult? Are you talking so confidently? This is really a strange thing that happens every year, especially this year!"

Wang Zhifu hastily said: "Report to the imperial envoy. The imperial court has not issued an explicit decree to define Feitianjiao as a cult. The officials thought that Buddhism and Taoism can build temples and Taoist temples, and Feitianjiao's building golden pagodas did not violate any royal laws. "

What Wang Zhifu said was true.Although the cabinet sent He Liu to Shandong to investigate Feitianjiao, it never issued any decree to the local government to define Feitianjiao as a cult.

He Liu said angrily: "Even though the imperial court has not issued a clear decree to designate the Feitian Sect as a cult, why is your majestic Dengzhou magistrate not doing his job properly and leading the common people to repair such a large project for the Feitian Sect? Are you also a member of the Feitian Sect? "

Wang Zhifu explained: "Your Imperial Envoy doesn't know something! To build the Golden Pagoda, the Feitian Sect will pay the local people in Dengzhou for wages! Each person will be given five renminbi a day! They will build a total of twenty golden pagodas in Dengzhou. The required labor force is no less than 5 people! The young and strong people in the entire Dengzhou Prefecture are only [-] people. In this way, almost every household in Dengzhou can earn the salary of Feitianjiao! When the twenty golden pagodas are all completed, In Dengzhou, there are no poor people who can’t afford to eat! The next official will naturally watch this matter himself!”

He Liu took a deep breath: "Using labor, no less than 5 people? How much will it cost?"

Wang Zhifu said: "I have brought people here to repair the golden pagoda for half a year! 5 people, the wages are no less than 200 million taels! In addition to the wages, the required stone materials also need 300 million taels of silver!"

He Liu was dumbfounded: "In this way, 500 million taels of silver will be used for the twenty golden pagodas? This is really shocking! The former Emperor Jiajing spent this amount on building Lingji Palace and Chaotian Temple!"

Wang Zhifu said: "Almost. The Feitian Sect also said that as long as the 50 golden pagodas are completed by the end of this month, they will give [-] taels of silver to the Yamen of the Dengzhou prefect. A lottery of ten taels of silver!"

Prefect Wang is not a member of Feitian Sect.The reason why he used the labor force of the entire government to work for the Feitian Sect was also to allow the common people to earn more money.At the same time enrich the treasury.

He Liu asked: "Have the twenty golden pagodas been built?"

Wang Zhifu pointed to the golden pagoda behind him: "This one is the only one left unfinished."

He Liudao: "Prefect Wang, do you know that this imperial envoy came to Dengzhou Prefecture this time to completely eradicate the cult of Feitian Sect? As a government official, you have sacrificed your life for Feitian Sect. What should you do?"

Wang Zhifu had an indifferent expression: "As long as the people of Dengzhou can earn money, they can live a life of food and clothing for three to five years. I don't care if the Feitian Sect is a god religion or a cult?!"

He Liu stared at Wang Zhifu without saying a word.

Dongfang Fan asked Wang Zhifu: "Did the Feitian Sect tell you why they built so many Great Golden Pagodas?"

Wang Zhifu shook his head: "I didn't tell me. I don't want to know! As long as they don't short the wages of the people under my rule, why should I care so much?"

He Liu asked: "You said that the Feitian Church would give money to the people for building the Golden Pagoda. Then who gave the money to the people?"

Wang Zhifu replied: "Feitian Sect's right protector, at the end of each month, will send people to send the bank notes to the magistrate's yamen. Then the magistrate's yamen will come out and take the silver notes to the bank in Dengzhou City to cash the cash and distribute it to people."

He Liu's eyes lit up: "The right protector of Feitian Sect? Have you seen this person?"

Wang Zhifu replied: "I have seen it. It is Gao Mingde, Gao Yuanwai, a well-known wealthy family in Dengzhou City."

(End of this chapter)