In a word, it has great vitality.
Secondly, it has a very strong mass base. This thing emphasizes group self-help, just like the Monkey King of Dongting Lake. It has the flavor of grassroots insurance business. Maybe even, Dongting Lake is a variant of the Ming Cult... Anyway, as long as the common people need spiritual sustenance and grassroots economic mutual assistance, he will immediately emerge in large numbers.
However, it is precisely because of its strong mass base, or its ability to organize and mobilize the masses, that the third obvious characteristic of the Ming Cult emerges - a hotbed of riots and uprisings.
Let alone the two largest and most recent large-scale uprisings in the Song Dynasty, one was peasants and fishermen, one was peasants and urban handicraftsmen, one was Jingxiang, one was the southeast, one was Zhong Xiang, and one was Fang La... In fact, they were exactly the same, they all followed the same routine, it can only be said that Fang La was much more revolutionary than Zhong Xiang.
"I know that the court forbids the vegetarian demons." Zhang Rong saw that Zhao Guanjia's face changed on the spot, and he felt even more ashamed. "But when I found out, there were already hundreds of them, so I was a little embarrassed... In addition, they were just vegetarians, and they didn't delay their work on the ship, so I really couldn't bear to do it!"
"Let's just kick him out!" Zhao Jiu sighed, holding the letter.
“Don’t we need to kill them all?” Zhang Rong was slightly stunned.
"The surrendered soldiers from Dongting Lake were not executed. There are still villages and towns in the southeast that believe in this. How could they all be executed?" Zhao Jiu smiled bitterly. "Drive them out and don't allow them to be soldiers! Disband them and drive them away! Besides, this demon sect is just a banner, not the essence... Whether it's the demon sect or Buddhism, the reason why so many people believe in it is that they have no hope in their hearts. The demon sect is even more meaningful to the small families who live in poverty and lack clans. In the final analysis, the north was in chaos, and Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism don't have the ability to deal with everything. It's a bit similar to the ice-breaking incident we talked about that day... But no matter what, you can't stay in the army, especially in the imperial camp! I absolutely can't tolerate it!"
Zhang Rong didn't quite understand what was said, but he knew the government wouldn't kill anyone, so he felt relieved. He relaxed his hands, which had been on his waist. "I have an idea about this matter. Since the government is so kind and righteous, I will go back and clean them up, disperse them, and place them in villages along the river. I will never let them get together again, and I will never let them join the army again."
Zhao Jiu nodded, then shook his head again: "Although no one can be blamed for the Vegetable Eating Demon Cult, but then again, it is not without reason that you are the only one exposed here in the Imperial Camp... Zhang Qing, you are loyal to your subordinates, which is of course a good thing. If you don't say anything else, just say that the military pay and supplies can be put in the hands of the subordinates as much as possible, you can suppress most of the generals in the Imperial Camp. But talking about loyalty, the army is self-contained, and being too protective of the subordinates is also a problem. I have only read the first thing about the Vegetable Eating Demon Cult, but I can guess that there will definitely be rumors that the military scholars are excluded from the navy! Is there a rumor that the military scholars are not allowed to board the ship...?"
Having said that, without waiting for Zhang Rong to cross his hands and admit his fault again, Zhao Jiu looked down and became annoyed again, and then directly slammed Yu Yunwen's report summary on the table: "Zhang Qing, it says here that not only are the Jinshi who followed the army excluded, but your sense of loyalty has also become more problematic, that you are more concerned about the officers and old brothers, and less concerned about others, so that you don't embezzle military pay and military funds, but you don't take major actions when the officers below embezzle military pay and military funds... Is this how loyalty is used?"
Zhang Rong was extremely embarrassed. "I know that since I am in the Imperial Camp, I should abide by the law. But they said that other places in the Imperial Camp are the same, except that Brother Pengju's place is better... I... Your Majesty... No matter what, I was wrong and made things difficult for the Emperor again!"
"You are not embarrassing me!" Zhao Jiu shook his head. "I am the one who is embarrassing you... Back then, you were a hero of Liangshanpo, handling your own affairs. When the country was in danger, you led the entire army to fight against the Jin army, and then led the entire Liangshanpo to defend the Yellow River for me. These actions are truly righteous, and I will remember them in my heart... The Imperial Camp Navy has its own system, and everyone knows it. You can do this. What else can I say?"
"What do you mean?" Zhang Rong hurriedly took a half step forward and waved his hand. "Over the years, even if we don't count the ships in the dock outside, we have received millions of guan of money and food from the government every year. It's one thing to eat food and work, but even if we talk about loyalty, we should follow the government's rules after joining the government... There are some things that I really let down the government!"
"From this point of view, you haven't let me down. You are letting down the common people you have never seen." Zhao Jiu also waved his hands on the couch. "Zhang Qing, the food you eat and the salary you use are the taxes of the poor people you have never seen. I am just a big boss, and I just take them and pass them on! Just like when you were in Liangshanpo, the fishermen and the people around Dongping Prefecture gave you food and fish, and you were just a middleman, passing them on to your brothers who were responsible for charging and fighting... Back then in Liangshanpo, weren't you supported by the people of Liangshanpo? Could it be that you, Zhang Rong, used magic to create things and supported so many people?"
Zhang Rong was completely stunned.
"Speak to people in a way that suits them... The Jurchens are like tigers and wild wolves, so don't talk to them about morality, just show them your swords and fists. If you are tougher than them, they will naturally be softer than you!"
"It's like your son-in-law and other scholars who have passed the imperial examinations. They talk about the righteousness of the country and the principles of the monarch and his subjects. Then I tell them that the two rivers have not been recovered, and that I have national hatred and family grudges...they have no choice but to work for me."
"There are also those military officials from the Western Army. They want to be given titles, wives and children, and honor and dignitaries. Then I will give them the title of county king and governor... But there are two military officials who are different from the others. One is you and the other is Yue Fei. You two have different opinions."
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