Chapter 230 Yangzhou Incident

The heavy rain that ravaged both sides of the Yangtze River for half a month finally stopped completely. The sun showed a long-lost smiling face, and the water level began to slowly fall back.

Due to the effective measures and timely rescue measures of local governments, there has been no famine and disturbances.

As the old saying goes, after a disaster, there must be a fierce year. In fact, it is said that the epidemic will follow with the retreat of the flood.

Lu Qiang once again issued a decree to the local governments. While commending the local governments, they should also do a good job in preventing epidemics, clean up the dirt that has been removed from the flood in time, and the corpses of livestock must also be buried deep, and advocate the people to drink more boiled water to avoid diseases from entering the mouth.

Lu Qiang's series of decrees have been issued, which has stunned the doctors of government governments everywhere. Our emperor is about to understand everything. How can we understand everything?

Lu Qiang understands more than that! Feeling the occurrence of this flood, it is urgent to dredge the river and build the dam.

Although Lu Qiang is not a professional in this regard, he has seen too much on later TV and knows how to strengthen the dam. To this end, he specially wrote a few articles to convey them in the early morning.

At this time, the efficiency is not so high. It can't be done immediately, and the flood has not completely receded, so it must come one by one.

Just as Lu Qiang came out of Wang Shen's beloved room dressed neatly and was about to hold a court meeting, the bodyguard suddenly came to report that Qianqiu had something urgent to see.

"Hmm!"

Dai Qianqiu is in charge of the largest intelligence organization in the State of Jin, but he does not come to Lu Qiang to report every day, because he has too many facts to do. Every day, he will select some important information to sort it out, and then send it to Lu Qiang's study by a special person, but I don't know why he suddenly came here today?

Lu Qiang happened to be going out, so he didn't let anyone see it, but went out directly.

Dai Qianqiu waited outside the door with a solemn expression. Seeing that Lu Qiang came out, he quickly greeted him. After bowing, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Your Majesty, I just received this. Weichen felt that the situation was urgent, so I sent it to you directly."

Lu Qiang also felt the seriousness of the problem. He took the secret letter and opened it, but saw that there were only a few lines written on it.

"Yangzhou Buddhist believers gathered to fight against the law, because many of them are ordinary people, and the government does not dare to suppress them without authorization. It seems that there is an increasingly fierce trend"

You don't need to ask Lu Qiang to know that this must have been sent back by Zhifengtang's explorations everywhere.

"Do you really dare not kill Buddha?"

A murder flashed in Lu Qiang's eyes, waved his hand to retreat on behalf of Qianqiu, and walked to the council chamber. His intuition told him that this was a specially organized and premeditated event.

The civil war has always started from a small matter, and if the government does not deal with it in time, it will gradually become a praiform and finally out of control.

Yangzhou is close to Jiankang. Lu Qiang believes that Han Yanyi must have got the news and will take corresponding measures, but these troubles are not bandits or enemies, and I'm afraid he dares not suppress them too much.

Now the place where Lu Qiang summoned the ministers to discuss is actually the council hall in his house, but it has been expanded again. Although the place is not big, it is very popular.

The ministers have arrived, the flood has receded, and all places have been dealt with properly. While the officials are relieved, they are also in a good mood. When Lu Qiang came, they gathered in twos and threes to talk and laugh.

However, the ministers soon couldn't laugh, because they suddenly found that the emperor's face was gloomy and scary.

When the ministers finished the ceremony, Lu Qiang did not delay. He intuitively told what happened in Yangzhou and asked the ministers to make an idea as soon as possible.

Wang Zhenwei first said: "Your Majesty, Buddhist believers are not ordinary religious people. They are extensive, from 70 old men to braided boys. They are all kinds of life. They must be careful when dealing with them. I suggest that they should be mainly appeasement and supplemented by force."

There are too many Buddhists. Even if they give way to kill, he can't kill them endlessly. And as Wang Zhen said, Buddhists are in all walks of life. If you are not careful, you will make a big mess.

However, Lu Qiang does not agree with the idea of appeasement, just like a naughty boy. If you indulge too much, he will only get worse. In the end, you can't accept it even if you want to accept it.

All the people sitting here are civil servants. Although He Wuji and other generals are also in Jiangling, they rarely talk about government affairs except for major events. However, today's situation is special. Lu Qiang has ordered people to find He Wuji, Zhao Lunwen and others.

Wang Dan was good at thinking about Lu Qiang's thoughts. Seeing that Lu Qiang listened to Wang Zhen's evil words, he knew that Lu Qiang did not agree with Wang Zhen's evil idea.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I think there must be someone organized behind this matter. I suggest that the people who don't know the truth should first be appeased by words, and then grab their minds. In this way, the believers who made trouble will naturally disperse without their backbone."

At this time, there was a nearby waiter, and He Wuji, Zhao Lunwen, Deng Xiang and other generals arrived.

After He Wuji and others saluted Lu Qiang, they listened to the explanation of the officials next to them. Looking at Lu Qiang, they knew that the emperor was going to listen to their opinions.

He Wuji said without hesitation, "This is nothing to discuss. The army surrounded it and ordered the believers to disperse. If there are those who don't comply, don't matter."

A general is a general. The suggestions are all sonorous and powerful, but they are in line with the strong taste of the road.

Tao Yuanming said first: "None. Once believers in other places know about the bloody suppression of believers in Yangzhou, it will be a big mess. I agree with Wang Shangshu's method and should focus on appeasement."

When Wang Dan saw that his idea had not been adopted by the emperor, he immediately understood that the emperor was afraid that he had already had an idea.

At this time, Lu Qiang pointed his hand to Lu Zongzhi, the left servant of the Ministry of War, who had never spoken.

"Do you have an idea?"

Lu Zong bowed and said, "I have an immature idea"

paused and said, "First of all, the court should clearly order all places to strengthen the supervision of the people under their rule and strictly prohibit gathering people. No matter what the reason is, as soon as they are found, they will ask on the spot."

"Second, the subordinate agreed with General He's idea. The army surrounded it and limited the believers to disperse, otherwise they would kill them as one, quickly calming the matter by high-pressure means and preventing the situation from spreading."

"Finally, the mastermind is arrested, and they are not given the opportunity to connect with other accomplices."

After talking for a long time, only Lu Zongzhi's words were the most suitable for Lu Qiang's thoughts.

Time is tight, and Lu Qiang no longer wants to argue about this issue any more. He immediately issued a decree to Han Yanzhi to calm the matter with a thunderous momentum. At the same time, he sent an order to Tan Daoji to mobilize his army to inspect the left side of Yangzhou, block the road and arrest suspicious people.

The last will is to be given to local governments, requiring them to pay close attention to the movement of the temple, find the situation of gathering, lock it directly, and not give them a chance to make waves.

As for tracing the mastermind behind the scenes, there is no need to worry about it.

After the ministers dispersed, Lu Qiang ordered him to hand over his sword to Lu Zongzhi and ordered him to go to Yangzhou immediately to help Han Yanzhi deal with this matter.

I was in a good mood, but I was in a bad mood by these monks. I just approved a few memorials, and the servant came to report, and the national teacher asked to see me.

This brother's temperament is not suitable for managing the church, and Lu Qiang has planned to replace him.

He ordered someone to invite his brother in, waved Zhao Yong to take all the servants out, and then said to his brother, "What did you get?"

Sima Dewen smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, can you let me go to the mountains to practice?"

Lu Qiang did not object this time and pondered for a moment, "What do they want you to do?"

Sima Dewen took out a thick document in his arms, handed it to Lu Qiang, and said, "This was written jointly by the host of 139 monasteries to the royal brother. The royal brother will know after a look."

Lu Qiang could almost guess what was written in it without looking at it, but he still opened his face calmly and read it.

The above text is a little wordy, but Luqiang still understands that the host of this hundred temples is nothing more than Buddhism's favorite and non-interference in local affairs. Successive courts have respected Buddhism. The emperor should adhere to the practices of the previous emperors, not interfere in Buddhist affairs, protect temple property, etc. .

Lu Qiang sneered and said, "More than 100 temple hosts are scary enough."

What Lu Qiang hates most is being blackmailed. When he is angry, he wants to send someone to arrest more than 100 hosts, but calmly think about it, this is probably what the behind-the-scenes hosts most want to see.

"Hmm! I'll settle accounts with you later"

He casually threw the petition on the case and pondered for a moment: "Huangjue Temple, don't go back, go to Shuzhong!" Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, the scenery is beautiful and suitable for you to practice. If you need anything, just mention "

Hearing that Lu Qiang was finally willing to let him go, Sima Dewen's face showed a trace of joy from the bottom of his heart and said, "If it's Qing Xiu, what's the use of those vulgar things? I just want to be the cloth bag monk mentioned by the royal brother, find a valley, live with reeds, and cultivate and weave by myself."

After listening to Sma Dewen's words, Lu Qiang respected this brother from the bottom of his heart. With his love for him, what did he want? However, he gave up all glory and wealth and dedicated himself to the Buddha, which is the highest level of Buddha cultivation.

Reaching out and holding his brother's arm, he said angrily, "Are you in such a hurry to leave your brother? Can't you wait for your niece to be born?"

Sima Dewen could feel his brother's sincere feelings for himself, but his eyes were also a little red. He smiled and said, "Didn't the royal brother say that there will be no feast in the world! The younger brother thought of a name for the unconjured emperor's nephew, which is only for the reference of the royal brother. One is Tong, the sycamore sycamore, and the other is the wisdom of wisdom.

"Sima Tong, Sima Hui"

Lu Qiang meditated several times, but he wanted his child to be surnamed Lu, but in that case, everyone would have to go crazy.

That night, Sima Dewen quietly left Jiangling and went straight to Shu under the escort of Lu Qiang's guard.

One after another, Lu Qiang really has the impulse to kill. He sat behind the desk and looked at the thick petition for a long time, and a trace of laughter suddenly appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"Zhao Yong, Xu Wei came to see me"

Xu Wei is Xu Daofu's son.