Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 328: The Demonic Luo Sect
After hearing this, Pei Yuan felt both emotional and fortunate.

Thanks to a confidant like Toutie, he understood his bottom line and was able to persuade Xiao Yan in time to cut his losses.

If it were someone else, if they had a little bit of luck in Pei Yuan and Xiao Yan's friendship, they would have tried to pull some strings with Zhu Houzhao...

That's completely the end.

Pei Yuan patted Chen Toutie's shoulder and said in a sighing tone, "Toutie, you are indeed the person I can rely on the most."

Chen Toutie took the opportunity to boast, "Of course, I have been working for you since I was in the East Factory."

He didn't mean to offend Cheng Leixiang, he just wanted to express a fact.

Chen Toutie is the number one elder following Pei Yuan.

Moreover, Cheng Leixiang is now the commander of Tianjin Garrison, which to some extent can be considered as being transferred to another post.

Pei Yuan's expression was a little unnatural, and he immediately changed the subject, "Xiao Yan will not suffer in vain, did he put forward any conditions?"

Chen Toutie replied, "He was angry at the time and probably didn't care. Not long after the emperor left, Eunuch Xiao Jing sent someone to reprimand him and ordered him to stay at home and claim to be sick. He probably didn't dare to go out again until the Liang Ci case was concluded."

Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

As long as Xiao Yan doesn't come over to make trouble now, it will be fine.

Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing...

Pei Yuan was greatly relieved by the news brought by Chen Toutie.

As long as you pass Zhu Houzhao, everything else will be a small problem.

Even the matter of restoring the Western Factory for Gu Dayong could be ruthlessly abandoned because it was not in Pei Yuan's core interests.

The current situation is too chaotic, and appropriate strategic contraction is necessary.

Pei Yuan waved to Chen Toutie.

After Chen Toutie followed him to one side of the Buddhist hall, Pei Yuan said to him earnestly, "Toutie, I want to talk to you about the Luo Sect."

Chen Toutie was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously asked in surprise, "Didn't you agree to join Prince Ning?"

Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "Why should I join Prince Ning? I'm not dead yet!"

Chen Toutie then realized that he had spoken out of turn and quickly apologized.

Pei Yuan knew that Chen Toutie was a fool, so he didn't argue with him. He said seriously, "The Luo Sect is in trouble now."

"Today I heard from Sikong Sui that he had traveled to Shandong many times and had not noticed any activities of the Luo Cult. Do you know what this means?

Chen Toutie reacted subconsciously, doesn't this mean that even if he runs away in the future he won't have to surrender to the Monkey King?
But seeing that Captain Pei was speaking to him so seriously, it would be obvious that he would get beaten if he answered like that.

Chen Toutie still used the wisdom of his subordinates and looked at Pei Yuan in a simple manner, "I don't know, I hope Qian Hu can give me some advice."

Pei Yuan explained to his younger brother, "There are two possibilities. One possibility is that the Luo Sect has not yet become popular. Another possibility is that the Luo Sect has not yet appeared."

"But the problem now is that we have already done a lot of work in advance based on the premise that Luojiao is spreading in Shandong."

"Whether it's Eunuch Gu or the Emperor, I can't explain it anymore."

Pei Yuan said this, and he also felt annoyed.

The idea of ​​introducing Luojiao progressed a bit too quickly from its proposal to its expansion.

At the beginning, Pei Yuan wanted to fill the vacancy of the White Lotus Sect in the plan, complete the reconstruction of the West Factory, and increase the weight of the Thousand Households for Suppressing Evil.

Later, in order to cover up the fact that he had mobilized a large number of troops to the capital, Pei Yuan used this excuse.

Originally, these two things could provide mutual verification when carried out separately, greatly enhancing the persuasiveness.

But Pei Yuan never expected that Luo Jiao had not appeared yet.

This resulted in two things that could have originally provided mutual verification having fatal flaws.

What made Pei Yuan feel annoyed was that he originally just wanted to lay the groundwork first and then gradually perfect the matter.

But unexpectedly, Gu Dayong blew the plate up in one breath, and then the emperor also gave an extremely intense reaction.

But who can be blamed for this?

This is understandable.

Who could have imagined that the second-in-command of the Ming Dynasty's special agency responsible for punishing cults would dare to speak so freely.

Is there any need for investigation or hesitation? Gu Dayong and Zhu Houzhao would of course choose to believe it directly.

The reason why Pei Yuan so arbitrarily promoted the Luo Sect was that in his impression, the Luo Sect began to grow during the Zhengde period. Now that half of the Zhengde period has passed, as a new generation of large-scale cult, it can't still be a PPT, right?
Damn, it is possible that the result is still at the PPT stage.

Thinking of this, Pei Yuan almost suffocated.

After Chen Toutie understood, he also realized the seriousness of the matter. He asked in a panic, "Captain, what should we do?"

Pei Yuan stared at Chen Tou Tie's eyes and said firmly, "So, no matter what, we must have this Luo Sect."

Chen Toutie had already realized the seriousness of the matter and said decisively, "Don't worry, Captain. I will lead my men south tonight. Even if we have to dig three feet deep in Shandong, we will dig out Luo Jiao."

Pei Yuan said angrily, "What bullshit are you talking about? At this point, how can outsiders be relied on?"

Given the current situation, even if we really find the small group of first-generation founders of the Luo Sect, we will have to wipe them out directly before we can feel at ease.

Chen Toutie is not completely without understanding.

When he heard Pei Yuan say, "How can you rely on outsiders?", he immediately remembered Pei Qianhu's kind words just now.

——"You are the one I can rely on the most, you are indeed the one I can rely on the most."

"hiss!"

He was a little speechless and said, "Qian, Qianhu, you don't want to..."

Pei Yuan looked at Chen Toutie and said slowly, "That's right. Now it's not just our lives that are at risk, but also many people in Gu Dayong and Qiu Ju's line, all of whom have been implicated by this Luo Cult."

"We can't make any mistakes now. We must ensure that this Luo Sect is in our hands and can be controlled at will."

Chen Toutie had already thought of the possible follow-up, and his throat was a little dry, "Then, then..."

Pei Yuan said decisively, "You should be the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. I cannot trust anyone else! And you have to organize several thousand elite soldiers and one hundred thousand followers as soon as possible within one to two months."

That's right.

Pei Yuan now has to skip the PPT, evil cult argumentation and prototype cult stages and go directly to mass production of cult members.

Chen Toutie staggered as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

Wukong is actually me?!

Chen Toutie was at a loss and said, "But I don't know anything."

Besides, where the hell am I going to get “thousands of elite soldiers and hundreds of thousands of followers”? !
Seeing that Chen Toutie was a little cowardly, Pei Yuan couldn't help but get angry at him for not fighting back. "Others can achieve such a big career with just one copy of Journey to the West. Why can't you? I'll give you ten copies!" Chen Toutie was so desperate that he wanted to cry but had no tears.

He's not professional at this stuff.

Chen Toutie almost cried out, "Qian Hu, I can't do it!"

Pei Yuan also knew that Chen Toudi couldn't accomplish this task alone, so he couldn't help but yelled angrily, "What are you howling for?!"

After scolding Chen Toutie, Pei Yuan waved his hand and motioned him to sit on the ground with him.

Then Pei Yuan fell into deep thought.

Although it is necessary to go beyond the stage of PPT and evil dharma demonstration, as a cult, it must have its own program or something. Otherwise, if it doesn't even know what it is doing, how can it deceive the people?
"Program, program..."

Pei Yuan scratched his head for a while and suddenly realized that he had made a stupid mistake.

Since the Luo sect in the previous life developed so rapidly, it means that they were on the right track. Why not just copy it?

But if it is too similar to Journey to the West, it seems that people will laugh at it.

Pei Yuan was thinking about it and suddenly remembered the ghost TV series "The Sequel to Journey to the West" that he had watched in his previous life.

Huh? Huh!
It seems ok!
Like most religions that sell anxiety about the end of the world, the White Lotus Sect and Maitreya Sect of this era are following the same path.

One is to proclaim the birth of Amitabha Buddha, and the other is to proclaim the birth of Maitreya Buddha.

The main focus is on the destruction of the old order and the establishment of a new order.

The Mother of No Birth that Bai Lian later promoted only appeared after the rise of Luojiao, when they made slight innovations to it.

What about the world view of "The Sequel to Journey to the West"?

That was after the journey to the West, when the Buddha passed away, and then the villain "Wutian Buddha" appeared. Tathagata could only be reborn after collecting seventeen relics.

There are good guys and bad guys, the opposition is clear, the future is bright, and there is a clear path to success.

This can fully support the general principles of Luojiao's cult.

Chen Toutie, the cult leader, can still use the identity of Sun Wukong, after all, this identity is well-known.

By then, the missionaries will tell the common people that their backer is Sun Wukong. If nothing else, at least the subsequent general principles of the cult will be easy to incorporate.

This is the same reason why fan fiction is more likely to attract traffic.

If they were going to invent a cult god, why couldn't they use one they were familiar with?

Moreover, the worldview of the cult's general outline is that after obtaining the Buddhist scriptures from the West, Sun Wukong has become a Buddha, which is cool enough.

At that time, as long as the believers are called upon to work together to try to collect all 17 relics, and then collect them one by one through a series of religious activities, the believers will easily feel the pleasure of upgrading, and their participation can be directly maximized.

Those with paranoid personalities, who feel uncomfortable if they don't gather together for a day, can easily develop into the backbone of a cult.

The more Pei Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that there was a way forward.

Okay, okay, just click this.

He recalled the plot in his mind and held Chen Toutie's hand affectionately, "Toutie, I'll tell you from the first episode."

Chen Toutie listened roughly to Pei Yuan's retelling of the story. His expression gradually changed from confusion to concentration, then to anticipation, and then to shock. He even stopped from time to time to think leisurely and enter into that grand worldview.

When Pei Yuan was exhausted from talking, Chen Toutie asked, "Captain, how do you know all this?"

Pei Yuan: “?”

You are so stubborn. Is there something wrong with you?

Chen Toutie didn't notice the change in Pei Yuan's expression at all, and still asked expectantly.

"Captain, did Captain Han tell you about these things? How many relics have we collected? Isn't it a bit late for us to take action now?"

Pei Yuan held his breath, and there seemed to be stars flashing in front of his eyes.

Pei Yuan rushed forward and punched and kicked Chen Toutie, "This is your cult's general outline, general outline!"

After being beaten up by Pei Yuan, Chen Toutie began to understand the reality a little bit and took a few more blows in embarrassment.

Pei Yuan felt that if Chen Toutie were to do this job, it would most likely fail.

He thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, you don't have to worry about it. The general outline is not urgent for the time being. I will find a suitable high priest to help you sort it out."

The image of Tian Fu flashed through Pei Yuan’s mind.

This guy owed me a lot of debt, so I could definitely use him for my own use. However, if I wanted to completely subdue him, I still lacked something that would be the final word.

Pei Yuan already had some plans for this matter.

Once Tian Fu is dragged into the trap, this guy can be asked to help Chen Toutie.

Pei Yuan's beating made Chen's stubborn nature slightly increase, and he was very tactful and made small talk.

"Qian Hu, although what you said is powerful, I can't talk to everyone one by one. Even if I talk until my lips are worn out, it won't affect many people."

"If this is the case, how long will it take to gather thousands of elite soldiers and a hundred thousand followers?"

Pei Yuan frowned when he heard this.

This is indeed a problem. It is much more difficult for a cult to gain popularity than for any serious religion.

Today's society is relatively closed, and the mobility of people is almost locked.

If you want to go to other prefectures and counties, you need to apply for a travel permit.

Even within the same county, since most people are self-sufficient, there is hardly any need for much communication with the outside world.

This results in a very slow spread of information.

Even many religions that are rooted in local areas and relatively influential do not have many believers.

For example, the Sanyuan Temple, which is very influential in Huai'an, has not yet spread beyond Huai'an Prefecture, and even in Huai'an, there are not many loyal believers.

The reason why Luojiao rose rapidly during the Zhengde period was mainly because its main disseminators were canal workers and transport troops. These people were densely concentrated and highly mobile, which allowed Luojiao to flourish.

Pei Yuan could also choose to let Luo Jiao start with the canal workers and transport troops, but these two groups have a distinct characteristic, they are mainly young and middle-aged people, and they are naturally resistant to those supernatural things.

Many cults involved in organized crime have strong military forces, which can deter external provocations. The canal workers and transport troops dare not provoke them, but they can enjoy the benefits of participating in them, so they slowly spread.

If Pei Yuan allowed Chen Toutie to develop slowly according to this idea, three to five years would be enough to accomplish it. However, if he wanted to see results within one or two months now, even if the effort required increased several times, there might not be a good result.

Moreover, Pei Yuan was also worried that excessive display of force might have the opposite effect and cause the canal workers and transport troops to unite against the enemy.

So how can I quickly expand the influence of Luojiao and penetrate into every prefecture and county in Shandong, and at the same time achieve success in both aspects, intimidating the transport troops and water transport workers in an appropriate manner and making them submit to my will?

(End of this chapter)