"We expected that the imperial court would counterattack Liaodong one day! In order to help the imperial court, we deliberately allowed ourselves to be abducted by the Jiannu when they entered the pass, and we were waiting for this day." In response to Wang Yongji's inquiry, Ma Chaoxing was the first to answer.

"Oh?" Wang Yongji was a little surprised. "When did you two come to Liaodong?"

"We were abducted by the Jiannu in the Qingzhou Prefecture of Shandong in the 17th year of our dynasty, and arrived in Liaodong in the 18th year of our dynasty. We were first arranged by the Jiannu to grow crops near Guangning Wei, and later we were moved to Jinzhou to work." Hu Dedi said.

"As far as I know, only 30% of the people abducted by the Jiannu survived. The two heroes must have been blessed by God!" Wang Yongji raised his glass to the two men.

"Your Excellency the Governor is over-praised."

After finishing his drink, Wang Yongji asked again: "You two were able to kill the defenders and start an uprising in the city. You must have had help from your companions, right?"

"Yes!" Ma Chaoxing nodded. "A total of 800 of us participated in this matter. The people in the city responded with one voice, and we successfully captured Jinzhou City."

"How did you convince 800 people to risk their lives?"

"Well...there are some things we are not convenient to say." Ma Chaoxing smiled awkwardly.

"What's inconvenient about this?" Wang Yongji looked puzzled. "If your uprising in the city fails, you will definitely be executed by the Jiannu. You are not afraid of death, so what is inconvenient to say?"

"Um..." Ma Chaoxing was silent for a while and looked at Hu Dedi.

Hu Dedi put down his chopsticks and fell silent.

Seeing that the other party was really unwilling to speak, Wang Yongji did not force it.

He called the two of them: "Come, eat and drink!"

"Okay!" Ma Chaoxing and Hu Dedi smiled happily at the same time, eating the food and drinking the wine with big mouthfuls.

They have been in Liaodong for several years.

Not to mention drinking, he hasn't even eaten a bite of meat.

Although the meal Wang Yongji served them could not be described as sumptuous, it was much better than what they usually ate.

The two of them took a sip of wine with their left hand and picked up food with their right hand.

Soon he was a little tipsy.

Wang Yongji saw that the time was ripe and asked again: "My dear friends, I have always had a question, I don't know if I should ask it."

"Please speak, Governor. We will tell you everything we know!" Ma Chaoxing said while being a little drunk.

"You were able to mobilize nearly a thousand people to revolt without leaking the news in advance. You must be organized and disciplined, right?" Wang Yongji asked casually.

"Ahem!" Hu Dedi coughed lightly: "It's not convenient for us to talk about this matter."

Wang Yongji suddenly felt helpless.

This is inconvenient, that is inconvenient...

He had wanted to get to the bottom of this matter, but now it seems that there is no hope.

If it were someone else, Wang Yongji could use all kinds of dishonorable methods to find out the situation.

But these people can't do that, after all, the other party has done them and the Liao army a favor.

"By the way," Wang Yongji suddenly said, "Do you know the White Lotus Sect?"

These three words sobered Ma Chaoxing and Hu Dedi up immediately.

The White Lotus Sect originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was officially founded in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Initially, they believed in Maitreya Buddha and required believers to chant Buddha's name and observe precepts.

over time.

The White Lotus sect's factions increased, and its beliefs became more diverse.

Some believe in the Jade Emperor, some believe in the King of Hell, and some believe in saints and sages in the world.

Most of these believers come from the lower classes of society, and the leaders of different factions have different goals.

Some leaders just wanted to take the opportunity to make money; some wanted to curry favor with the higher-ups and do things for the court; and some faction leaders united with the lower-class people to fight against the government.

The end of the Yuan Dynasty.

As the imperial court was corrupt and the people were living in misery, the White Lotus Sect began a large-scale resistance.

The more famous leaders of the forces at that time included Han Shantong, Xu Shouhui, Liu Futong, Guo Zixing, Li Er, Peng Da and others.

When they started the uprising, they all wrapped red scarves on their heads and were also called the Red Scarf Army.

In addition to this common point, these people have another common point: they all came from the White Lotus Sect, and when they revolted they all revolted under the name of the White Lotus Sect.

When Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, joined the army, he served under Guo Zixing.

After overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty and establishing the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of the harm of the White Lotus Sect, so he adopted a repressive attitude towards it.

The Great Ming Code stipulated that any leader of the White Lotus Sect would be hanged, and his followers would be beaten with 100 sticks and exiled for 3,000 miles.

Even such severe suppression failed to wipe out the White Lotus Sect.

From Hongwu to Chongzhen, there have been records of the White Lotus Rebellion.

There were incidents of White Lotus sect members burning incense and gathering to rebel in Sichuan, Huguang, Southern Zhili, Shandong and even Northern Zhili.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.

When the wheel of history came to the Qing Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect missed the Ming Dynasty again and began to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

Although they failed to overthrow the rule of the Qing Dynasty, they successfully put the Qing Dynasty on the path of decline.

(From the first year of Jiaqing to the ninth year of Jiaqing, a large-scale White Lotus Rebellion broke out in Sichuan and Huguang. In order to quell the uprising, the Qing Dynasty spent 200 million taels of silver, dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops from 16 provinces, and more than 400 middle and senior generals were killed. Not only did it exhaust the treasury's deposits, but it also forced the Qing Dynasty to allow local militia to develop armed forces.)

Wang Yongji mentioned the White Lotus Sect in front of Ma Chaoxing and Hu Dedi, obviously treating them as an organized group.

It’s just that this group is not anti-Ming, but rather pro-Ming.

Ma Chaoxing waved his hands hastily: "Please Governor Wang, we are not the White Lotus Sect, and we will not oppose the Ming Dynasty."

"Then what group are you from?" Wang Yongji asked.

"We...are not very convenient to talk about it." Ma Chaoxing stopped talking.

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