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Chapter 443: Absolutely Not

What Nie Chuan and Ding Zihang said was actually the same thing. It was no different to letting the Wenxiang Sect make things worse and to get rid of the Wenxiang Sect. Instead, Zhuang Tiaozhi interrupted and said, "It's hard to grasp the degree of this matter."

Only by letting the Winter Sorcerer make a big fuss can Liu Peng show his value, but the Winter Sorcerer's "trouble" must be within a controllable range. Once the control is lost, Longkou will cause trouble. After all, Longkou is less than a hundred miles away from Penglai. Once the situation in Penglai County is out of control, Longkou will definitely be affected.

Nie Chuan said, "I don't think this matter has to be too exposed. It's even more urgent than us when smelling the incense."

"That's the case!" Ding Zihang couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Do you know who has returned to Dengzhou this time when the Winter Sect sent back to Dengzhou?"

"Who is it?" Nie Chuan knew he was his old acquaintance: "Are you our old friend?"

"That's right!" Ding Zihang said: "Do you still remember Zheng Guantao?"

Not to mention Nie Chuan, even Zhuangdiao Capital has heard of Zheng Guantao's name. It is a very regrettable thing for both of them to not participate in the Zhengjiazhuang Battle. It represents a supreme qualification.

Not to mention them, even Ding Zihang himself did not participate in the Zhengjiazhuang Battle. He just heard that the real old man Longkou had talked about the situation at that time, and this time he got some more accurate information from the believers of Bixia Yuanjun.

The ability of this old enemy is beyond everyone's imagination. Within a few months, Zheng Guantao had rebuilt the entire missionary network of the Winter Scent Sect in Dengzhou, and spread the teachings of the Winter Sect among the refugees, and developed hundreds of Protestants.

But the problem is that although Zheng Guantao has developed hundreds of incense believers among refugees, he does not have enough resources to support them.

Moreover, he returned to Dengzhou Prefecture this time to make a big career and take revenge on Longkou. Xu Hongru's Shandong Wenxiang Sect also had high hopes for Zheng Guantao. Therefore, Zheng Guantao was under great pressure. He was a little anxious and got angry, so he was already on the verge of a volcano eruption.

When Ding Zihang thought of this, he changed his mind: "Since that's the case, let's put some good news on the warm fire to let everyone know that there will be a good life in the future, and promote the moral principles of the incense smelling religion."

It is indeed a good thing to have a good life in the future, but it is absolutely bad news for a sect like the Scented Sect. Therefore, Zhuang Tiaozhi laughed: "No problem, we are unconditionally working with the study institute."

Ding Zihang couldn't help but feel proud: "With the cooperation of two brothers, I'm not afraid that the masters in the mansion can still sit still!"

Ding Zihang was right. Even though Longkou did not fan the flames, many of the masters in the mansion could no longer sit still. Moreover, Longkou had more than one fire, Dengzhou Prefecture was naturally in chaos. From the prefect to the experience, everyone was in danger.

Although the province unanimously believes that the talent of the prefect Tao is rare, and that Dengzhou Prefecture can still be managed in an orderly manner in this year of disaster, and unanimously believes that he is a "capable member" and may be possible to go further at any time, but the prefect Tao is really worried during this period and cannot even eat well.

Today he was entangled with a bunch of affairs. There were hundreds of official documents he had approved, and he met dozens of gentry and county officials. Finally, he had the opportunity to have a meal. However, he was still worried at the dinner table. Butler Xie San, who was standing aside to serve, whispered: "Master, the Prince of Laizhou Prefecture, came over and said, "You are here to tell me that there are Wuwei scholars gathering in Dengzhou, so we must be careful!"

"What Wuwei Sect is the Scent of Incense Sect!" As soon as he talked about this, Master Tao became very depressed: "Wang Zhiyao is also a confused person, and he still hasn't figured out what Wuwei Sect and the Scent of Incense Sect are all about."

It is not good to say at the dinner table that a colleague of his level is old and confused, but Master Tao felt that he was almost at his limit. During this period, all aspects were warning him that civil unrest may break out in Dengzhou, especially in Penglai County, at any time.

If a large-scale civil unrest really breaks out, it means that all his previous efforts and achievements have been eliminated. Maybe he has to continue working in a miserable place in Dengzhou Prefecture.

But it seems that the housekeeper Xie San has not yet distinguished the difference between Wuwei and the Winter Sorrow Sect. He just said, "Master Wang, Master Wang is kind!"

"I know that the prefect Wang is kind, but he doesn't know how nervous the situation in Dengzhou Prefecture is! He doesn't know that the one who caused trouble this time was the Winter Singing Sect, not the Wuwei Sect."

The Wuwei Sect is the Luo Sect, and Luo Zu is from Shandong. Therefore, the Luo Sect has a great influence in Shandong. However, the Luo Sect is different from the incense-smelling Sect. Although the Ming government strictly regulates Buddhism and Taoism, it does not allow any sects outside of orthodox religion to appear or activities. Once a sect outside of orthodox religion is turned into the White Lotus Sect, the sects are considered to be the White Lotus Demon.

However, although the Luo Sect is often labeled as the White Lotus Sect, it is often a sect with a legal identity. Even if it does not have a legal identity, it has a gray identity to be open to activities. Therefore, the fragrance sect often pretends to be the Luo Sect and the Luo Sect.

When he first came to Dengzhou, the prefect Tao did not understand the difference between the two, which led to a great loss. Now he is well aware of the situation between the two, but he did not expect that although the prefect Wang was from Northern Zhili, he did not understand the difference between the two North China sects.

But he didn't know that the oral message sent by the prefect Wang was very different from the statement that the butler Xie San finally conveyed. This butler Xie San had a good relationship with Longkou. This time he received enough money from Liu Peng, so he naturally gave the Yinxiang Sect the eye drops whenever he had the chance.

"Master, I don't know what the Wuwei Sect is or what the fragrant smell is. I only know that the people of Dengzhou are now panicked because of these people. If the master doesn't take action, things will probably be a big deal."

This is the most troubled thing about the prefect Tao. It is of course the most appropriate time for him to clean up the incense smelling sect, but the problem is that there is no consensus in Dengzhou City. Many gentry worship the incense smelling sect when they see the temple. There are even gentry informing the incense smelling sect gathered in Pingshan, sending grain and firewood, so that more and more refugees and incense smelling sect gather in Pingshan.

Now he sent troops to Pingshan. With the unrelenting nature of these old men in Dengzhou camp who killed people like mahjong and loved money and life, they might cause chaos, and they might even be bloody, but it would not be appropriate not to send troops.

What happened in Anqiu County is the best example. In this case, I took off countless official hats from the province to the county. Two magistrates of Anqiu and Changle lived in a free position and were demoted to serve the people. Even the provincial governor was punished.

If the mansion ignores it and watches the refugees rolling bigger and bigger like snowballs, and even rebels on the tree flag, then all the efforts made by the prefect Tao have been put into the east. Therefore, the prefect Tao does not know whether he will send troops to Pingshan or wait for a while.

Butler Xie San made another suggestion: "Now that more and more refugees in Pingshan gather, we can't cut off food and water for them. I heard that a porridge farm was set up in Longkou to serve porridge. I think it would be nice if Longkou did this and it would be nice to leave half of the people in the Scented Sect."

Master Tao shook his head repeatedly: "This is absolutely not possible, absolutely not possible!"

Butler Xie San couldn't help but ask curiously: "The master and Inspection Commissioner Liu have a good relationship. They went to Pingshan to open a porridge farm. This is a great thing. It solves the master's urgent needs. Why is it absolutely impossible?"

Tao Zhifu smiled bitterly: "Xie San, you know that Young Master Liu is still a ninth-rank inspector. I can no longer control him. He tells people every day that he will be the county magistrate of Zhaoyuan. Do you think this is right? But no matter how unreasonable it is, I can't say it is not suitable, let alone other people!"

Now, let alone Dengzhou Prefecture, even when the officials of the entire East Three Prefectures were calculating their way to rise, they knew very well that the position of Zhaoyuan County Magistrate had long been targeted by Liu Peng. Whoever wanted to steal this position would be seeking death. Even if they grabbed this position, they would be squeezed away from Zhaoyuan directly by Liu Peng.

Regarding this situation, Tao Zhifu felt it was very inappropriate: "It is really inappropriate for him to take this Zhaoyuan County Magistrate. He has only been in the position of inspector of Dongliang Haikou for a few months, and now he is still thinking about such an important position as Zhaoyuan County Magistrate."

The county magistrate is the second-hand man in the county, or an important position of the eighth rank. It is not in line with the promotion process of the Ming Dynasty officialdom at all, let alone if Liu Peng became the county magistrate, the situation would be similar to the situation where he was in Huang County's dictionary history, which completely undermined the magistrate Zhaoyuan, just like the current situation where Cao Sui Cao was driven to Dengzhou by Liu Peng to preside over the Rice Industry Association.

But Master Tao did not dare to say that Liu Peng was inappropriate to do so, and he would like to talk about this matter in public, saying that Liu Peng had the ambition to be strong.

What a big ambition! If Liu Peng became the county magistrate of Zhaoyuan, it would be equivalent to Huang County. Zhaoyuan and Laiyang all became Liu Peng's territory. Most of Dengzhou Prefecture is Liu Peng's one-man showdown. He, the prefect of Dengzhou, would definitely be boring.

However, Laizhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture are now following Liu Peng's suggestions, and they have long asked the provincial and Beijing questions to urgently transfer Liu Peng from the Haikou inspector of Dongliang to the city of Zhaoyuan County, and are responsible for supervising the transportation of Dengzhou to receive rice, beans, grains and grass from Qinglai Prefectures.

Anyway, no matter how much Liu Peng made a big fuss in Dengzhou Prefecture, even if all Dengzhou became Liu Peng's territory, it had no relationship with Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. Maybe they would even secretly laugh at Master Tao.

Therefore, the Prime Minister Tao said the truth to the housekeeper Xie San: "No matter what Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture say, the position of Zhaoyuan County Magistrate would rather be vacant than handed over to Liu Peng. So I have been secretly pursuing this matter, but now that Liu Peng really wants to go to Pingshan to serve porridge, then if our mansion asks him, we can't resist Liu Peng!"
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