Chapter 415
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The imperial court's new policy didn't even make a splash in Liaodong. But in Hebei and Shandong, it set off huge waves. Especially in Jinan, because Emperor Longwu had just issued the decree to open the Enke. At this moment, people gathered in Jinan City
There were a large number of scholars from all over Shandong.
"It's too much! The officials and gentry will not pay food or perform corvee labor. This is the agreement between the great ancestor and the scholars. Now, the new emperor can change it as he wishes. Could it be said that the ancestral laws can be changed at will?" The one who stood up to speak was a man.
A thin young man with eyes like a frog, he looks like he is not yet twenty years old.
"Huang Xiaofeng is right, the current position of Long Live is not legitimate. He is completely the puppet of Li Xiao, Sun Chengzong and other treacherous ministers. The treacherous ministers in the country are in power, and we scholars should get rid of them quickly." The person who stood up to respond to Huang Xiaofeng was a slightly fat man.
A middle-aged man, Fatty Li has been taking the exams for more than ten years, but he can still only be a scholar. With some land in his family, although he is not rich, he can still live a good life.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord! What you two said is true. Since ancient times, people from outside the country have not been taxed. Now even we people from outside the country have to pay taxes. I don't understand. The goodwill of people's donations must also be taxed?" said the words.
An old man.
"Namo Amitabha! What Taoist Master Chen said is true. This poor nun thinks that the court is doing this, which is simply rebellious. We monks should not be involved in the affairs of the world, but what is happening today is that we, the outsiders, must also do it for the common people and believers."
I am a poor nun with no talents, but I am willing to use Buddhism to influence the stubborn people. Let this beautiful place in Shandong, a bright and beautiful place, return to its former appearance."
The speaker was Chen Ansheng, the host of Jixiang Temple. The Taoist priest Chen Laojun who just spoke was not an outsider. He was officially the elder brother of Chen Ansheng's secular godfather. After all, Chen Ansheng had to call Chen Laojun his uncle.
Chen Ansheng can be regarded as a famous figure in Jinan City. Many women in this era believed in Buddhism. It was too inconvenient to enter and leave men's temples, so the nunnery became a place where women often went to offer incense. Jixiang Nunnery is located in
The Tiegong Temple on the bank of Daming Lake is considered a prime location in Jinan. Naturally, there are many officials and women who come to offer incense. Chen Ansheng has a lively mind and can always help women solve their problems!
For example, an official accidentally contracted the disease, and it was inconvenient to go out to see it. After Master Chen's wonderful rejuvenation, the disease was cured. There were also cases of infertility for many years after marriage. Master Chen thoughtfully launched a surrogacy service, Ji Xiang'an
There are many young nuns here, who specialize in helping customers with surrogacy. With his flexible business acumen and advanced business philosophy, Chen Ansheng became rich quickly.
She bought a lot of property outside the city of Jinan. Because it was temple property, she had never paid taxes for many years. Now she was about to pay a huge tax, how could she not be anxious?
Chen Laojun's situation is similar to Chen Ansheng's, but Mr. Chen Laojun studies Chun Yao. According to the classification of scientific categories, his field should belong to organic chemistry.
Officials in Jinan City usually go to Chen Laojun for help if they have an unspeakable secret. Men, who doesn’t want to show off his power? So Chen Laojun became the largest wholesale retailer of health care drugs in Jinan City. Ever since he met Chen An,
After giving birth to their godniece, the two worked together to actively explore the Jinan market and achieved impressive results in the fierce market competition.
The villagers and nuns were all landlords. After learning about the latest decree of the Longwu Dynasty, they were filled with renounced anger.
I am a monk, but your fucking emperor still dares to accept money from a monk. If you don’t interfere with me today, your world will be turned upside down, even if I haven’t recited the sutras.
Wu Changshi, who was hiding behind the screen, felt happy when he saw the impassioned expression in the venue.
He was a student of Zhou Yanru. When Zhou Yanru learned that Li Xiao had begun to implement the policy of paying food and working as an errand, the student immediately wrote a letter.
The fortress is easiest to conquer from the inside, and Zhou Yanru is a sensible man. He has a close relationship with Shi Kefa and has a very deep understanding of the Nanjing Forbidden Army.
Li Xiao started his career with force. Zhou Yanru had no hope of defeating Li Xiao militarily. Years of political experience told Zhou Yanru that young people will always make mistakes. He was waiting for Li Xiao to make a mistake, and finally
I've been waiting for this day.
It can be said that the officials and the gentry all paid for each other and worked as errands. This can be said to have moved the cheese of scholars all over the world. The fierce Mongols at that time did not dare to do this, and the Zhu family dynasty could only follow the line of the previous dynasty for more than two hundred years.
Eunuch Wei, who was instigated by the school to dominate the world, just tried it out, and the world changed emperor. The Eunuch Wei who was right and claimed to be nine thousand years old ended up dead with no intact body.
Although Li Xiao can fight, he will definitely not be the opponent of scholars or even landlords all over the world. Zhou Yanru was so happy that Li Xiao actually made such a stupid move. And Sun Chengzong and his like did not stop him, or
He said he couldn't stop him. Great, this is a good opportunity to defeat Li Xiao. It seems to be the only chance!
When Zhou Yanru wrote to Wu Chang, he asked him to take advantage of Enke's opportunity to lead the students to start a riot in Jinan. Then, starting from Jinan, it would spread to the entire Shandong and Hebei. As long as Li Xiao dared to send troops to suppress it, all the people in the world would be killed.
The Tumo star can drown Li Xiao. Even if Li Xiao still has soldiers in his hands, once the hearts of the people in the world are lost, the only thing waiting for him is destruction.
The most important thing in the world is the people's support, and people's support follows public opinion. Public opinion is in the hands of scholars. Among scholars, the Donglin Party is the leader.
Because of their advantages in knowledge, scholars can easily deceive the stupid people. This is also an important reason why scholars boast that they can not pay for food and not be poor! I am smarter than you, why do you want to do the same job as you?
Due to Li Xiao's ferocity, Wu Changshi, who was an academician, did not dare to take risks himself. After all, his opponent was very fierce, and it would be very dangerous for him to go bare-chested. The smart Wu Changshi quickly found a spokesperson-Huang Xiaofeng.
This Huang Xiaofeng is not very smart. If the rich father hadn't spent a lot of money to get him under Wu Changshi, it would be hard to say whether he would have passed the examination. At this critical moment, Wu Changshi would feel sorry for himself if he didn't take advantage of this stupid student.
Good steel! Just use it on the blade.
It was the first time for Huang Xiaofeng to host such a high-end seminar. Colleagues from all walks of life who attended the meeting were either Taoist temple masters or nunnery hosts. There were also idol figures like student leader Li Fatty. As for the many scholars below who they usually look up to,
No chance to speak.
"My colleagues and brothers! Today we fight against the tyranny of the Longwu court for the benefit of the people. We must eliminate the traitors around Long live and return the world to the road of civilization. Gentlemen! Work hard!"
"Work hard...!" The people below shouted loudly.
"struggle……!"
"Struggle!" the slogan sounded again.
"Fight...!"
Slogans kept coming and going, and more and more people were in a state of excitement. Even Chen Laojun and Chen Ansheng were rolling up their arms and sleeves, ready to fight.
Early the next morning, various versions of notices appeared in densely populated areas of Jinan City. Health workers who usually use their nostrils to look at people, this time went out in full force to give speeches to people on the roadside.
"Parents who suffer from physical injuries! Li Xiao ignored the ancient ancestral training and all the soldiers he led had their heads shaved. This is a disobedience to the ancestors. Even if he dies, he will not be forgiven by the ancestors. You said that such a person can enter the ancestral grave after death. Really? The ancestors in heaven are scolding you!" Huang Xiaofeng stood on the horse-mounting stone, as impassioned as a mad dog, waving his hands as if they were cramping.
Shaving your head has always been a tradition of the Liao Army, and it is also a distinctive feature that distinguishes the Liao Army from other armies.
The first person to shave his head was Li Xiao. His excuse was to express his grief for his parents and eldest sister who died. Of course, the actual reason was that Li Xiao didn't like to have long hair.
Since Li Xiao shaved his head, there was such a good reason. The Li brothers also shaved their heads. In order to show respect, Ao Canghai didn't care if the whole family died. Li Xiao also shaved his head, and Man Gui also shaved his head. Mongolians don't have this concept at all. The housekeeper Ao shaved his head to cool off, and he shaved it too.
As a result, the trend of shaving heads quickly spread among the Liao army, and many officers expressed their allegiance to Li Xiao. In the end, it became an unwritten practice. As long as you entered the Liao army camp, you had to shave the long hair on your head.
In order to get high salaries as soldiers, those soldiers who were recruited accepted it. Anyway, the head will grow back in the future. As long as you don't serve as a soldier, you can still have a big head after returning home for two years.
But this kind of behavior goes against the millennium-old Chinese tradition.
Don't dare to hurt your parents who are loved by your body, this is the beginning of filial piety!
Confucius’ words raised the personal hygiene issue of shaving to the level of filial piety. The Ming Dynasty was founded on filial piety. This is a red line set by Confucius. Except for monks and patients with prolapse, no one dares to cross it. Now Huang Xiaofeng takes Talking about this matter is really like hitting a snake at seven inches, and you can hit it accurately every time.
Huang Xiaofeng's public speeches are more or less talkative. The messages he spreads in private are definitely in line with the people's strong taste for gossip.
"I heard from people from the north that in Liaodong, people are enclosed in fences. It is called a human enclosure! Women are forcibly married. If an official likes your wife, he will pull her away without saying a word. Anyone who dares to speak out and resist will be killed on the spot. The rich and powerful have three wives and four concubines, while those without money and power cannot even get a wife."
"Looking at your poor appearance, it looks like you have a wife." Someone next to me joked.
"Ha! I don't have a wife, so I won't harm others. Did you know that there are no wives in Liaodong? You can use one wife, sleep with one man in the first half of the night, and sleep with another in the second half of the night. If you give birth to a child, you won't even know. Whose seed is it...!"
"Ah! Is there really such a thing? Don't they have any etiquette there?" an elderly man asked in surprise.
"Etiquette? How much does etiquette cost per pound? Those officials are all soldiers under Marshal Li. Because they have made meritorious service in the war, they can prey on the people as they please. What do these rough guys care about etiquette? Everyone knows about Dong Zhuo's entry into Chang'an. Right. The Liao troops in Liaodong are not even as good as Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou army.
That's not all. After entering the human circle, you have to work like animals every day. Build bridges and roads, plow the fields, build houses, and shovel the land. Many people are exhausted to death because they are disobedient in the winter.
He was hung on a tree and froze to death. Many roadsides in Liaodong were hung with people. Even wolves don’t like eating human flesh anymore!”
"Oh my god, this is too tragic." A middle-aged man with a rat beard shrank his head, his eyes full of curiosity.
"Not to mention, these people have to pay taxes every year. Almost all the harvest has been taken away. If you want to survive, you have to live on wild vegetables."
"Oh my! It's so miserable in Liaodong. It's so cold there. How many people would starve to death just eating wild vegetables." An old woman, carrying a vegetable basket, was worried about the people of Liaodong.
"That's not right! I heard that potatoes and corn both come from Liaodong. We all have enough to eat potatoes. Can't they grow potatoes there?" A middle-aged man began to question.
"Uncle, you really don't know? Although the potato harvest in Liaodong is abundant, the Liao army loves to eat meat. In order to eat meat, they feed potatoes to pigs and refuse to eat them."
"This is lacking great virtue." The middle-aged man's face was filled with indignation.
"Every winter in Liaodong, many people starve to death. As you heard last year, the government called on everyone to immigrate to Liaodong. They talk about breaking into Guandong, and Liaodong beats roe deer with sticks and gourds to scoop up fish, and pheasants fly into the rice pot.
There is no such good thing. That’s because too many people in Liaodong are starving to death. No one is farming in Liaodong. I heard people who came back from Liaodong say that in many places, you can use a rake and a plow to dig up the ground. Guess what you find in the ground?
Come?"
"What?" Everyone around asked with wide eyes.
"Dead bones, white and white dead bones, I don't know how many are boundless. Tell me how many people died."
"Really?" Everyone's eyes widened and their mouths widened. Many family members responded to the call to go to Liaodong, and their eye circles began to turn red.
"It's true. It's more real than pearls. I personally invited these. The old Zhang boy's third aunt, his eldest sister's brother-in-law, and his third uncle came back from Liaodong." The speaker vowed.
"Liaodong is really not a place for people to go to." Everyone looked at each other in horror. Many people were glad that they had not left Jinan and responded to the government's call to go to Shandong.
"Everyone! I have heard that no one has been deceived and gone to Liaodong. There are almost no people in Liaodong, and Marshal Li is about to die. The government is preparing to arrest people from our Jinan. The officials and gentry will pay the food together to provide for the Liao army.
To raise military rations and work together as a team, that would mean going to Liaodong to work as a military official. It would be a narrow escape from death!"
"Really or not? If I don't go, how can I be captured?" a young man yelled, holding his neck. As a strong laborer, he would most likely be captured in Liaodong.
"Then there is nothing to be afraid of. The barrel of the gun is in someone else's hand. When the time comes and the gun is pressed against your head, how dare you not go? In the year when Admiral Chen was martyred, how many heads were chopped off outside the city at once? Look at the Liao army company
Without batting an eyelid."
"...!" Everyone was speechless. The scene of Man Ye killing people outside Jinan City is still vivid in their minds.
"Then what should we do? Are we just waiting to die?"
"Waiting to die! That can only be death! Let me tell you, let's unite and make trouble. The workers are on strike, the merchants are on strike, and the students are on strike. Let's all go to the streets, surround the governor's office, and let Marshal Li give us an explanation.
If you don't give an explanation, we will continue to make trouble.
If you don't want to die, just make trouble. If anyone doesn't make trouble, we will smash his shop and burn his house. Only when things get serious will Marshal Li be afraid and will not dare to arrest people in Jinan and send them to Liaodong.
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Chapter completed!