Chapter 349: Corruption and disability for a while
"I'm so angry... So when I come out, I don't plan to go back anymore."
"I want to apply for a growth-term worker, and be a good person in a certain field..."
After a while, on the ox cart that continued to move forward, the young man Kong Sanduo, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, had initially calmed down; and under Yang Shigu's guidance, he said that he had become like this.
His name is named after the third place in his family, and is given a certain hope of improving one's own family for generations; however, he happens to be in the siblings that are neither up nor down, especially without a sense of existence.
Therefore, when these thieves who occupied the other side sent people to announce their desire to recruit husbands, no one in the village believed that there would be remuneration and compensation, and regarded them as a bad path with a high probability of death but unable to resist.
You know, when he was sent out of the house more than a month ago in a bleak atmosphere, he had only a thin piece of hemp; perhaps it could be used as a shroud for him to bury the pit in the future.
When he came back the day before yesterday, he brought the work points he had saved money these days, several pieces of coarse cloth and two large bags of dried wheat he had replaced, and he slowly pushed them home from the riverside in a small cart.
However, when he escaped from his home again, nothing he brought back was gone; even the robe made of cloth bags and the crotch pants that were long enough to cover his ankles were deprived of the family for their relatives and orderly order.
Just because he was so angry that the old man in his family was so harsh and stingy that he only served half a bowl of wheat rice for the male, the woman and the underage child could only swear with the bran and vegetable porridge beside him; and he argued with the old man who had always been stubborn, and he still spoke nonsense to the patriarch of the village and the head of the village. The kind man Kong Da said a few words of doubt;
Then it caused an uproar in the family. The old father, who worked part-time in the village, roared and scolded him with a heartache that he had just worked for the thief for a few days to eat rice bran, which made him lose his heart and heart. He dared to talk about the right and wrong of the head of the family;
After all, if the whole village, including the family, had not been the kindest reduction of the rent, and had just announced the ease of the example money, he would have starved to death and fled to famine in this world. He could still be together and survived with barely. This is a great gratitude that is endless. How could he dare to be arrogant and ungrateful?
The whole family was in trouble for a moment. The mother held the tears of fear in her brother and sister-in-law's sarcastic reproach, the honest brother was sulking, the second sister and the girl who came to the house were like a fire, the strange and open and secretly exhorted,......
Then, his elder brother and father took off his clothes and tied them up to kneel in front of the ancestral tablet, apologizing for a whole night...
Even Kong Sanduo, who was hiding more than a dozen copper coins that were planning to buy decent objects for his younger brother and sister, was searched by his father to buy sesame oil. He asked to exorcise Goddess Zhang under the tree at the end of the village to drive away evil spirits...
Then the more he thought about it, the more he became more angry and sad. He obviously suffered on behalf of his brother, and it was his own intention that he had brought benefits to the family, but it turned out to be a rebellious experience for a word.
He suddenly remembered the slogans and principles that the foremen who disciplined them verbally whispered when they were working in the newly opened farms of the peaceful "thieves".
"The poor man has three knives on his head, which is heavy in rent, heavy in taxes, and high in profits."
"The farmers have three roads under their feet, escape from disasters, seek advice, and go to jail."
"The landlord's abacus sounded, and the tenant's tears flowed!"
"The road is winding and one by one, and nine families are poor. The tenant gets up in the middle of the night, and the landlord slept until the sun is red."
"The three mountains of divine power, husband power, and clan power, and oppression until death will not turn over..."
Originally, Kong Sanduo was a little confused about this, but after thinking about the experience and reaction at home, he seemed to suddenly become a little unintelligible and transparent;
As the patriarch of the Kong clan of Sankong Village, isn’t this Kong Bugeng and Master Kong a member of the Taiping Army? Besides, he is not really a clean person.
You should know that although he always smiles all day long, every time the green and yellow seasons are not in love with the autumn harvest season, this family that has done good deeds and accumulated virtues for generations will always reluctantly force the men to force them down, and the sow takes away a series of people who are crying;
Then he took the name of the center to let the family sell their land or borrow the next example money before they were released. And he also heard about the dungeons and torture rooms in his house, which was a special thing for those villagers who could not pay back their rent and deeds for a while.
Not to mention the families with other surnames in the village, even some poor and poor families with the same clan of the same family went crazy once when they went in, and then ran out naked overnight and drowned in the river, leaving behind an example of their wives and children "voluntarily" selling themselves as slaves to pay off their debts.
Now, the clerks who were rampant in the village have disappeared, and the dogs in the Kong family's mansion have stopped barking. And Master Kong has become more kind and enthusiastic about charity. Recently, he has even taken the lead in rebuilding the ancestral hall, and he doesn't want everyone to pay money and supplies, as long as it is artificial.
Therefore, compared to the old father and brother who were grateful for this, he couldn't help but feel a little troubled and confused.
"After we leave, they may reduce rent and relax and relent your loans, which will increase your wages. This is not because they find their conscience, nor because they become good people, but because we have been here."
Chai Erwa, who was driving in front, suddenly said this to him.
"This is what Guantou said when he was patrolling the village outside the ridge. There is no good or kindness in this world for no reason. If there were no rebels everywhere killing all the local tyrants and evil gentry, and one by one, they would settle the crimes of the powerful households bullying the people; how could these blood worms that wished to knock the bones and suck the poor, so how could they give up some small favors to win people's hearts, and they would like to mess around and deceive for a while to think that they would protect themselves?"
At this moment, compared to Kong Sanduo who was stunned and unaware of it, Yang Shigu nodded deeply and said.
"Although it comes from Mencius's saying that nature is evil, it is only in this world that the rich are richer, the poor are poorer, and the diligent and kind are without any place. This is the reason. Therefore, the rebel army will rise up according to the times."
At this time, two figures of support suddenly broke out from the sparse forest on the side of the road ahead, and then stumbled on the dirt road. Kong Sanduo in the car couldn't help but scream:
"Big Dog...Li Tuaner, why did you become like this... what about the others?"
He still remembered that these two were also one of the villagers who came back from the work farm this time, and they were just another neighboring village with a larger scale. Therefore, there were more than a dozen people who came back together this time. Now these two people looked covered in bruises and covered in soil and blood, and looked particularly miserable and pitiful.
"What happened...?"
Thinking of this, Kong Sanduo couldn't help asking again:
"They were all in trouble. Only when we saw the opportunity was fast enough to run out..."
The young man from the neighboring village named Li Tuaner couldn't help but scream in fear and resentment.
According to his repeated descriptions of some stuttering and often incoherently, it was a good time for them to return to the village this time, and they received some joy and praise from their families.
But one of them was named Ma Shitou. After returning home, he found that his sister was missing. After asking, it was because his family owed too much debt and had been taken to pay the debt by the villager Chen Buju Chen Daguanren. Then he wanted to take some food and things he brought back and try to say some good things to pay some examples of money so that the girl could be returned.
As a result, he was pulled into the door and beaten up and detained it. He sent a message to his family to use money to redeem it for unreasonable offense. Then another companion who liked his sister was really unwilling to accept it after hearing the crying of his family, so he found the young people from the same village who came back together and told the Chen family that they went to ask for someone and ask for some reason.
This time, the other party came out with a very kind butler, saying that it was a misunderstanding, and scolded the doorkeeper again, and then invited them in very politely, and then suddenly closed the door.
Then these young men who were deceived into the manor were unable to support themselves under the sticks of the surrounded servants and servants; they were beaten to the ground and dying one after another; only Da Gouzi and Li Tuaner were close to the wall, and they were able to escape without any preparation;
Then they fled home and asked for help, but found that the villagers from the neighbors avoided them and isolated them. The elderly even cursed and blamed them, and they were all the young men who caused trouble to their families.
Subsequently, slaves from Chen Guanren beat gongs and shouted in the village, claiming that they had left two thieves who forced themselves to break into the house and rob property in broad daylight, so that the neighbors in the village were not allowed to shelter them and hide them privately...
At this time, I heard the faint barking of dogs in the distance, and half of my face was bruised and hematospered, and the young man who had been unable to speak couldn't help but tremble all over and said in a rough voice:
"It's broken, these dog thieves and killers are chasing me again."
Then, a few figures in green hats emerged from the forest, holding a big yellow dog clamoring in their hands, rushed forward and shouted loudly, and said:
"Don't leave that man, how dare you be the thief who colluded with my master to chase after him... I will definitely forgive you..."
This time, even Kong Sanduo, who was sitting next to the ox cart, couldn't help but look pale:
"Do they dare to kill people in power? We are the ones who work for the rebels..."
"It's over, it's over, they said that they want to set an example for those who do things for the thief."
Li Tuaner even replied in a crying voice
Then Chai Erwa took out a whistle and blew it. He heard a slight buzzing sound in the air. The servants who rushed over with sticks and knives suddenly screamed and rolled to the ground. Even the big dog was wailed and nailed to the tree next to him by invisible force.
At this time, not far from the other side of the road, some gray-clothed soldiers with swords and armor on their hands and crossbows came out, and walked to these gradually dead faces
With the shocked expression of several rebels, and the young village men kneeling on the ground, Chai Erwa turned to explain to Yang Shigu and explained to Yang Shigu
"Mr. Yang, this is a safety plan for walking... but I don't want to run into such a thing anymore."
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"Is it necessary to report this kind of thing to me to make a decision? Can't we react or do anything in the nearby villages and resident strongholds?"
When Zhou Huaian got the news through this, he felt very uncomfortable and shouted to his left and right.
It is not because of being embarrassed by Yang Shigu; but because most of the people at this era are tortured by the suffering and power of generations, they are extremely numb or stubborn and ignorant. Therefore, if they want to change their cognition psychologically, it is obviously more difficult to eliminate the physical means of coercive means, and there is a long way to go.
"Didn't the rebel army claim to do justice for heaven and seek justice for the poor... If the soldiers and town officials from all over the country, the subordinates of the garrison, and the subordinates of the garrison cannot stand for them, then who else in this world can stand for them?"
"No matter what the reason was before, they were all people who worked for the Taiping Army; if the Taiping Army could not even protect them and were harmed, then would there be any face in this world saying that people follow and work hard?"
"This sentence is not something that the village can decide for itself, but involves the authority and dignity of the Taiping Army. Therefore, we must thoroughly investigate it thoroughly. Even if we would rather be in vain than be punished, we must also find out all those who may have something to do, and accept the corresponding consequences and costs."
"In addition, let the members of the third detachment who are resting and reorganize them into the operation team to go deep into the corresponding places. Then, with the Yuhou Department, who checked military laws and disciplines, we will thoroughly check whether there are grassroots staff, township officials, officials, and leaders of the garrison; whether they accept handover, entertainment and requests from the township..."
"If you continue to send an order, as long as you work for a day under the Taiping Army, you will have to take over the control and protection of the Taiping Army, which cannot be insulted by others. You can encourage local people who are in various construction sites, farms, and mines to actively show off their various ill-information and illegal things in their hometowns."
"If it is verified afterwards, the person who has given the head can get some of the property of the criminal, and it is considered as rewards and treatment for the rest of his family."
Although this is a regrettable and sad result, it is not a turning point or a breakthrough; for those remaining rural officials, gentry, and sects who have been dormant in the local area, they have made a legitimate round of plowing and sweeping holes that have not been missed.
On the other hand, these young and strong people in the village who were willing to come out to work for the Taiping Army, or were interested in seeking changes and opportunities, artificially caused the stalemate and solidified situation that had not yet been destroyed by war was divided and disturbed.
Even if you pay some excessive formal deviations and human errors that attack expanding it, it is an acceptable price; in this era full of despair, you are not afraid of the price of making mistakes. Sadly, even if you put in all your efforts, you will not see the result of hope and change.
After Zhou Huaian personally arranged this round of actions, new news came
"The General's Mansion appointed me as the commander of the rebel army in the west, and the deputy general manager of the rear army... and invited me to go to Jiangzhou for a while in person?"
Chapter completed!