In the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was established as the capital, and Yangzhou was the gateway to Nanjing.
After Zhu Di moved the capital to the capital, Nanjing was still the location of Zhu Ming's ancestral mausoleum.
There is a saying from the Ming Dynasty: "The country's capital was Nanjing (before the Jingnan period), and Yangzhou was the place of throat, lips and teeth."
Yangzhou is located more than two hundred miles northeast of Nanjing. According to the plan formulated by Lin Yu and others, they took a boat from Longsheng Pass and sailed eastward for a while to Guazhou. From Guazhou, they went north and walked thirty miles to Yangzhou.
Guazhou is located at the intersection of the North-South Canal and the cross-shaped golden waterway of the East-West Yangtze River.
As a hub for water and salt transportation, Guazhou is home to woven sails and rafts and constant business travel. Its prosperity is no less than that of Taicang, Suzhou.
Outside the city, there are Daguan Tower, Jianghuai Shenggai Tower, Chaoguan Pavilion, Jiangfengshan Moon Pavilion, Qujiang Pavilion...
The Ming Dynasty set up the Tongzhi Office, the Industrial Department Office, and the Guanhetong Judging Office in Guazhou.
In the first year of Guangde, the Qi army pacified Jiangnan.
Like most towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Guazhou belonged to the early Qi Dynasty, and its administrative structure did not undergo any changes, fully inheriting the Ming system.
"Most of the magistrates and magistrates of Guazhou have been connected with Luo Jiao. Don't go to the Yamen, otherwise you will end up like those three raincoat guards."
Everyone looked solemn.
A month ago, the coir guards sent by Liu Zhaosun to Yangzhou to assist Liu Kan died on the way back to Nanjing.
To be precise, he died at Guazhou Pier.
In the busy city of Guazhou, in broad daylight, three intelligence officers, together with several civil affairs officials, were hacked to death by Luo Jiao believers in the street.
The Guazhou incident became the trigger for the Emperor's determination to "fight the tiger with the rabbit" and suppress the Yangzhou rebellion with all his strength.
When the Ming Dynasty fell and the Ming Dynasty was resurrected, and dynasties changed, Guazhou was not affected in any way.
The city's commercial population was preserved with little loss.
On the contrary, after Emperor Guangde promulgated a ban on foot binding and announced the abolition of water transportation, riots broke out in Guazhou. If there was a military disaster, the Cao army would collude with the Luo Jiao to burn, kill and loot, which was even more terrible than the military disaster.
The sand boat stopped at the riverside five or six miles away from Guazhou.
The boss of the ship, Han Chao, jumped out of the cabin and told the three of them that the river section ahead was blocked.
"Get off the boat quickly and let Luo Jiao's gang see you. A dozen boats will surround you and you won't be able to leave."
Han Chao was originally the servant of Yang Hao, the patriarch of the country. After Yang Hao died in the capital, Han Chao lost interest in being an official and returned to his old business, driving a sand boat to run docks on the canal.
Lin Yu and others were riding on his sand boat.
"What a fool, Luo Jiao dared to rob under the eyes of the imperial court. If he caught Luo Wenwen, he would have to skin her!"
Li Zicheng cursed.
It is not easy to catch Luo Jiao's big cabinet Luo Wenwen.
"Tiger comes ashore after dark, and it is easier for people to see it during the day."
After Lin Yu finished speaking, he packed his bags and was the first to jump off the sampan.
Indeed, tigers appeared in the Guazhou market during the day, and their targets were too big.
Jiang Liuer knelt down next to Matsushita and whispered a few words into Tiger's ear.
Panasonic raised his tiger head, pressed it against Jiang Liu'er's chest, and let out a roar.
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The next step is to go ashore.
The three people jumped off the sampan. As the sun set in the west, a fire lit up on the Guazhou Pier, reflecting the red color of the river.
Han Chao stood on the bow of the boat and shouted:
"They are people from the Luo Jiao. They are robbing the boat owners. The Fifth Corps does not have enough troops. Yangzhou is even more chaotic. The Luo Jiao is setting fires everywhere and extorting money. They tell the people that this is a punishment from heaven and a punishment from the dead mother for abolishing water transportation."
Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Wusheng Old Mother, his grandma is really bad!"
Along the Yangtze River, flames shot into the sky, and makeshift thatched houses were set on fire. Women, children, the elderly and the weak were scurrying around like headless flies.
"These are down-and-out boat owners who can't afford the boat donations. The protectors of the Luo Sect are here to collect the money."
Lin Yu looked at the sky full of stars and slowly peeled off the cloth strips from the mace.
A child stood alone by the river in a daze.
"Jiang Liu'er, are you married?"
Li Zicheng glanced at Jiang Liu'er.
"If you haven't gotten married yet, go back. This is the last battle. By the way, keep your tigress, it's still useful. You can take Boss Han's boat back to Nanjing..."
Li Zicheng heard Wu Xiao talk about Jiang Liu'er's life experience. This child grew up eating the food of hundreds of families and had a pitiful life experience.
No matter what, the Jiang family must leave a heir.
"What? You want to marry your sister to me?"
After many years of exile, Jiang Liu'er's temperament has become calmer and he is not as talkative as before. Even when he is joking, he is serious.
On the other hand, Li Zicheng, whom he hadn't seen for many years, seemed to have changed, and he looked more and more like Qiao Yiqi.
"My sister?"
Only then did Li Zicheng remember that he had a younger sister:
"She is more powerful than that tigress..."
"Forget it, I've been married a long time ago. I joined the Sauron clan and married the clan leader's daughter."
Li Zicheng opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Liuer, who has thick eyebrows, big eyes and cold eyes, would also get married.
Jiang Liuer's father-in-law is the old chief Sauron who said "Young man, you have broadened the road" after being rescued.
The old chief Sauron took a fancy to the young man's character. When Jiang Liu'er was exiled to Beihai (Lake Baikal), at the lowest point in his life, he betrothed his daughter to him.
Jiang Liuer thus became the son-in-law of the largest family in Sakhalin Island.
Li Zicheng wanted to continue chatting with Jiang Liuer, but Lin Yu came up from behind and said:
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get back. Now we're going to assassinate Luo Wenwen."
Luo Wenwen is the leader of Wusheng Laomu White Lotus Sect (ie Luo Sect). In this era, it can also be called Dashi.
Luo Dashi’s proposition is:
"Educate all sentient beings, go to the ultimate paradise of tranquility, return home together, and not go to hell." ("The Unprecedented Treasure Scroll of the Book of Discipline and Prophecy")
Yes, the cabinet is a woman.
Believers call Luo Wenwen the Moonlight Empress, also known as Taiyin Star Lord, Moonlight Bodhisattva, etc.
According to the information from the Rain Guard, Luo Wenwen was born into a family of salt dealers in Yangzhou. Before the age of fifteen, she was a well-behaved sewing girl, virtuous and virtuous, and had her feet bound like an ordinary woman.
If nothing else happens, the salt dealer's daughter will most likely marry a wealthy businessman or a petty official and have children for the rest of her life.
However, one day (around August of the first year of Wuding), Luo Wenwen woke up and behaved differently from ordinary people.
According to believers' description, Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng and other rare medicinal materials grew overnight in front and back of the Luo family house.
In the next few days, three-legged frogs, turtles, white deer and other auspicious signs appeared...
Luo Zhenren has been practicing fasting for seventy-seven and forty-nine days, and his face is rosy and his body is like a rabbit.
The various supernatural phenomena surrounding Luo Wenwen quickly made this fifteen-year-old girl famous.
On the Hungry Ghost Festival in the second year of Taichu, Luo Wenwen declared to her followers that she soared into the sky overnight, reached the moon, and obtained the magical powers of the Empress Chang'e.
"I'm looking up, above the moon
How many dreams are flying freely
Yesterday was forgotten and the sadness dried up."
The Moonlight Bodhisattva who claims to have reached the moon and met Chang'e is not a good person.
As more and more believers joined her, Luo Wenwen became more and more powerful, and even the Cao army was looking at her face.
Luo Wenwen was like a tyrant on the Qinhuai River. He relied on the river to feed himself, and colluded with the Cao Army and other forces. He forced women into prostitution up and down the canal, bought and sold by force, bullied shipowners, and his business grew like a snowball.
This time against Da Qi, Luo Wenwen and her Luo Jiao were the vanguard against Qi.
Jiang Liuer looked at the devastated Guazhou Wharf and fell into deep thought.
Li Zicheng said murderously:
"The damned Luo Jiao and the damned Cao Army have brought such trouble to Guazhou."
"Take Luo Wenwen and kill this aunt!"
Jiang Liuer walked towards the boatmen running around and picked up a crying child.
Li Zicheng chased after him and shouted: "Brother Jiang, there are so many people, how many can you save?"
Jiang Liu'er said anxiously: "Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Saving each one is better."
"If you delay it for a long time, it will be difficult to escape if the Cao Gang protectors surround you. Moreover, if the thieves know that they are coming, it will not be easy to assassinate the aunt."
The fire was raging.
Li Zicheng cursed, opened his big bow, aimed at the Luo Jiao protector approaching in the distance, and shouted to several imperial guards behind him:
"His mother's hair! What a big deal. I came to Yangzhou hungry to kill Aunt Luo Wenwen, not to deal with miscellaneous soldiers."
