After all, they are very good at bewitching people. They are not short of any era of brains. Even if the proportion is not large, they are quite large in terms of population bases of millions or even tens of millions.

Even in later generations, there are too many people who have poor brains.

With the development of the Internet, countless people were led by civil science, public officials and cents. For example, in the past, public officials said that eight lanes were a face-saving project, wasting taxpayers' money. In the new century, they began to spray the congested roads and the government did not do anything.

Moreover, they always advocate how good Japan is. Garbage classification is something that only the most civilized country can do. How clean the whole country is. When Shanghai also began to implement the garbage classification system, they began to find it troublesome again. They thought it was wrong here and something was wrong, and this system should not be implemented.

The most famous ones are Cui Huasin and Shiba Inu. One can say that "sodium chloride is toxic" and the other is the true "in the heavenly dynasty, in the heart of the American Empire". He devotes himself to the welfare of the people of the Celestial Empire and devotes his efforts to the happy life of the American Empire. In her eyes, the Celestial Empire is not considered human at all, and such people can still be sought after by millions of people.

This is the case when the later generations have basically received education. In the Ming Dynasty, where the people's wisdom has not yet been opened, there are quite a few of them, but there are not a few such people. If the White Lotus Sect is determined to fight with the Tiance Army, although it will not pose a major threat, it will still be possible to delay the Tiance Army's development plan in the short term.

Therefore, Kong Youde planned to solve the problem in a more peaceful way, so as not to have a lot of trouble later.

Of course, if they don't want to accept it, they have to use force.

The next morning, Xu Shiming came as scheduled.

However, there were many people coming, including thirty or forty people in a group. In addition to Xu Shiming's guards, there were also several middle-level members of the White Lotus Sect. Now there is only Xu Shiming left at the top, so these middle-level members naturally have the right to speak.

"Send someone to check it out, and then bring Xu Shiming in alone, and the others will let them wait outside."

Not long after, Xu Shiming's figure appeared at the door.

Xu Shiming is still wearing a heroic military uniform. Compared to the first time she saw her more than a year ago, she is much more mature and steady. She no longer has a naive smile on her face. A trace of anger can still be seen in her calm expression.

Kong Youde didn't care much and joked, "Saint Madam Xu, who got you so angry, why did you have a stern face?"

Xu Shiming's face could no longer be tense, and he said angrily, "Kong Youde, don't be hypocritical. As soon as the imperial army withdrew, you gathered your troops to encircle Linqu and prepare to attack us. Is that how you treat your allies? Do you still remember the covenant we signed?"

"Covenant? Haha. Isn't that meaning of the existence of that thing is used to tear it down?"

"You just don't care about your own reputation?"

"Saint Madam Xu, although you have matured a lot over the past year, you are still so naive sometimes. Don't you understand the principle that one mountain cannot withstand two tigers?"

Xu Shiming was very angry, but he had no way to refute it.

Because what Kong Youde said is the fact.

Of course Xu Shiming knows that there are no two tigers in one mountain.

For example, there are also many competitions within the White Lotus Sect, such as the competition for supreme leadership. The five senior leaders are divided into three waves, and they are fighting openly and secretly in order to gain the upper hand.

However, the strength gap between the three parties is not big, and there is no overwhelming advantage that one party can barely maintain the situation. If that day really happens, it will definitely be the time when the other two parties die.

Inferring that the relationship with the Tiance Army is basically the same. At the beginning, they and Kong Youde were not very strong. They gathered together to keep warm and provided information. Kong Youde attracted the main force of the official army. They took the opportunity to develop their own power and then initiated a crime in Qingzhou Prefecture.

If their White Lotus Sect successfully repelled the Ming army and grew stronger again, swept across the three prefectures in Shandong and even expanded to Henan and Zhili in the north and south, and eventually became far stronger than the country's Tiance Army, they would also attack the Tiance Army.

However, both sides needed to use each other at that time and had no choice but to cooperate. Now the battle situation of the Tiance Army in Shandong is overwhelmingly, while the White Lotus Sect only has 10% of its strength and only has this little territory. It is natural for the Tiance Army to take action.

However, thinking that she was the failure, she still didn't want to accept such an ending.

Xu Shiming asked unwillingly, "Do you have to kill us all?"

"That's not. I can do it long ago if I want to do it. With your strength, the two battalions guarding Damashan and Shimenshan can easily deal with you, and there is no need for me to meet you in person."

"Existence is reasonable. The existence of your White Lotus Sect also has reasons for its existence and will not appear for no reason. According to my understanding, every time your White Lotus Sect grows, it is basically a time when the imperial court does not provide any effective relief, the people are living in poverty, and the people at the bottom have no way to survive.

If the people cannot survive, they will naturally find all the powers that can help them. Your White Lotus Sect is good at bewitching people's hearts and has some evil tricks. Although they are all simple tricks, such as adding white phosphorus to make the talismans spontaneously ignite and use them as miracles, they can deceive many people, and then let them follow you to stir up trouble, rob the gentry and big families, taste the sweetness, and then more and more poor people join.

In fact, this is no different from countless peasant uprisings in history, but your White Lotus Sect has a strong appeal and can make things bigger.

But now Shandong has been under the rule of the Tiance Army. At most one month, the people in Shandong will be able to get a lot of land. Do you still have the basis for a comeback in Shandong? Even if I allow you to leave Linqu and disperse all over Shandong again, is there any possibility of you going again?"

After hearing this, Xu Shiming felt a little discouraged because Kong Youde said nothing wrong.

The foundation of their White Lotus Sect is that the people at the bottom cannot survive and rebel with them? Anyway, waiting for it is starving to death. Rebellion is killed by the government army, and the left and right are dead. It is better to fight for it, if you can survive, it is not.

Now, Shandong has become the territory of the Tiance Army. The land item has directly given the people a way out, and basically no one is willing to follow them in the White Lotus Sect.

Xu Shiming knew how powerful the Tiance Army was in the investigation of land was. Land was the basis for the people to live. Once they had land, they would have hope of survival and would actively support the Tiance Army. Who would rebel with their White Lotus Sect?

Take the current situation of the White Lotus Sect. In September, Qingzhou City was destroyed and the entire army of Hou Ba was wiped out, which gave them a certain amount of time to escape. Xu Shiming still fled to Linqu with 15,600 people. In addition, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and soldiers scattered everywhere.

Now, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers left in her hands, and the rest have fled back to her hometown or defected to the Tiance Army.

The Tiance Army's land inspection operation carried out by the Tiance Army in Laizhou Prefecture is obvious to everyone. In the past, there was no land and he could not live a life. Now, as long as he put down his weapons and returned to his hometown, he can divide it into three acres of land according to the number of people in his family. Who would still be willing to follow the White Lotus Sect?

At first, some people thought the news was fake, but some relatives in their families sent someone to deliver letters to ask them to go home quickly and get three acres of land. Don’t divide the land at that time, and they will have no share.

Although there are also reasons for fear of war, more of it is the temptation of the land on them. Xu Shiming believes that he cannot do this.

After thinking for a while, Xu Shiming looked up and asked, "Since that's the case, what do you want?"

"Before this, let me ask you another question, what is the goal of your White Lotus Sect?"

"Of course it is to create a paradise where everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, and people live and work in peace and contentment."

Kong Youde asked with some fun, "Then do you think you can do it?"

"Of course, since my father was the master, countless people of lofty ideals have been going on one after another. Even if Yugong moved the mountain, he would one day overthrow the Ming Dynasty.

Kong Youde asked with interest, "Then how do you plan to do this? I mean, if I let you leave and don't interfere with you, how do you plan to do all that said?"

"Land down, secretly show the believers, accumulate strength, hoard food, expand troops, and wait until the time is right, and once you call up, you will surely pull up a million soldiers and sweep the world!"

"Then where do your food and your soldiers come from?"

"The world has been suffering for a long time. Like the poor children of our church, there are everywhere in the world. As long as someone leads them to resist, it is not difficult to gather millions. As for food, you can seize the money and food of those landlords and gentry who are rich and unkind, and you will soon get enough food."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xu Shiming said angrily, "Why are you laughing at?"

"I just said that you have matured a lot, but I was slapped in the face again. You are still so naive. It's nothing if you had such an idea a year ago. After this year, you still have such an idea, which makes me wonder what to say about you."

Xu Shiming asked back, "Didn't your Tiance army rely on robbing the gentry and wealthy families to obtain food?"

"That's right, it's not, at least now. Do you think like our Tiance Army is like your White Lotus Sect? Every time you rely on incitement to pull up a group of people who are about to starve to death, fight with you gentry and landlords, and take out their money and food, so that those who follow you can have enough food and wealth. You can indeed attract a large number of church members in a short time, and even sweep a mansion, which is the place where several mansions are, but what's the result? At most, it will last for half a year, and it will eventually end in failure.

For your team, in the second year of Tianqi, your father was in Yanzhou Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, and in the first year of Chongzhen, you were in Laiyang, and now you relied on our Tiance army to attract the imperial army and conquered the cities and plunder the land in Qingzhou Prefecture. As a result, the imperial army was still defeated. If you were to do this, you would never succeed."

"It's not me who attacks you. In the second half of this year alone, with the two prefectures of Denglai as the foundation, our Tiance army collected 4 million stones of grain. 20% of the tax is not heavy for the people. In addition, the grain we produce ourselves is tens of millions of stones. How much grain do you grab the entire Qingzhou prefecture?

As for the army, you can really be able to pull up a 100,000 army in just one month, but what happened? First, Wu Sangui defeated ten thousand enemies by hundreds of cavalry, and then Liu Yulie was defeated by Qingzhou City. In less than two days, Qingzhou City was captured. Our Tiance Army and Changle Battle were less than 30% of the Ming army's troops, but they were able to kill Liu Yulie. Can you do it?"

Xu Shiming was unwilling to fail, but he had no way to refute Kong Youde's words because what he said was true.

Whether it is their branch, or other White Lotus Sect branches in Nanzhili, Henan, Shanxi and Huguang, every uprising is huge, and it is almost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, sweeping several or even dozens of prefectures and counties in a radius, but often fails completely within three months.

The reason for this is indeed as Kong Youde said. They opened warehouses and released grain, and fought local tyrants to share money, which could indeed attract a large number of followers. However, as the number of people increased, all the gentry who could divide all fled with money, and the official army rushed in large numbers. When military failure occurred, the number of church members would sharply decrease. Within three months, they would fail completely. The remaining core members were forced to go to the dark and prepare for the next uprising.

The reason why they persisted this time was that the Tiance Army attracted most of the Ming army, and the pressure they faced was less. The second was that they purchased a batch of artillery and weapons from the Tiance Army, and their combat power increased greatly, so they had enough time to grow stronger.

However, as Liu Yulie arrived with the army to quell the rebellion, their resistance had no effect at all and failed.

Now, the White Lotus Sect gathered in Linqu is also facing the problem of food shortage. They planned to use Qingzhou City as their core territory at that time, so the money and grain were basically transported to Qingzhou City. As a result, the rebellion of Wang Haoda's brothers directly led to the fall of Qingzhou City. When Xu Shiming escaped, the food was not taken away.

Although there was a part of Linqu stored grain, and the Tiance Army allocated a small amount of grain to stabilize them, it was not enough. All the gentry and wealthy families in Linqu were snatched away by them. Now they want to snatch it but have no need to snatch it.

After a pause, Xu Shiming asked, "So what you mean is, are you planning to incorporate us? Incorporate all the remaining troops and horses of our White Lotus Sect into the Tiance Army?"

"That's right, not right."

"How to say it?"
Chapter completed!