The arguments made at this tea party at the foot of the Gu Zhu Mountain by the Taihu Lake soon followed the pamphlets and concise notices published by the Taiping Army, and quickly spread throughout the Taiping Eastern Expeditionary Army and the places already occupied.
"This is the atmosphere and mind of the new dynasty..."
After hearing such news, Huang Pu, a celebrity and great scholar living in Suzhou, also sighed at the students and children who had followed him all the way.
"I originally wanted to persuade him with my own opinion, so there are few unprovoked killings and local conflicts, but this general governor has seen that he has a long-term plan and intention, and he will definitely not be easily moved by foreign objects... "
"And those officials and subordinates have never spoken out, and they have already understood and agreed with the corresponding truth, and have become accustomed to it. On the contrary, my generation has done so much effort and thought in vain..."
"Since the chief governor is right, what is wrong is of course those of us who are more or less selfish or have a biased position. As the saying goes, if the mountain does not come to me, I will just go to the mountain."
"Then what should I do next..."
Another scholar with a worried face whispered.
"Let's do everything for you... Those who can persuade the relatives and old times of the past are still persuasive."
Huang Pu shook his head.
"As for whether you are willing to listen or not, do you have any luck at both ends? Let them go... Or is there someone willing to give up their position and future in the new dynasty for them?"
"No matter how vulgar you think the people of the Taiping Army are, at least they have something to say. If you don't dedicate this to eradicate these stubborn diseases and old age that are intertwined in the locality, then you will get more reputation and future leeway."
"Even if you are from a rural background and a well-dressed child, are you willing to be a clerk or a close-minded official who is under the control of people and everything? This is not only natural, but also a response to the new atmosphere? Meaningful..."
In fact, he didn't have this idea overnight. You know, Huang Puzu is also regarded as the Wang surname of Nandu. When he was studying in Houguan's hometown in Fuzhou, he was named courtesy and respected by Huang Chao, the head of the thieves who crossed the border;
Although in the end he insisted on avoiding conquest and solicitation and taking his family to avoid living in the mountains, the deeds that the thieves took seriously caused him great trouble afterwards.
It happened that Zheng Yi, the Fuzhou observation envoy who took office later, wanted to use him, a great scholar in Central Fujian, to be an example of killing chickens and monkeys; so he had to leave his hometown and ran to the relatively peaceful eastern Zhejiang to visit the museum, but he still failed to escape the fire. .
After seeing too many human tragedies, as well as the overwhelming or short-sighted people, he is also tired of this world that makes people even more unwilling to read and teach;
Retreat and just want to have a hero who can save one side. Originally, he still hoped that Chen Yan, the trainer of the Fuzhou regiment who once unified Fujian to observe the five states; but then Chen Yan's rapid defeat was disappointing.
Later, these Taiping thieves who attacked Jiangdong brought him many different feelings and experiences.
—I am the dividing line —
At the foot of Hangzhou Tianmu Mountain in East Zhejiang,
On the way back, Wang Duner bit the sweet and hard dried sweet potato in his mouth, and finally believed that these peaceful thieves would not eat people. I don't like cannibalism at all.
After all, if you can take this sweet food every day and treat it as a snack, why not harm people and eat meat. In contrast, even those officials and subordinates would not have a better life.
You must know that even the outsiders and the masters in the village, it was only on the night of the New Year that people boiled such a pot and a half of gum teeth, and the three sacrifices that were solemnly served as the ancestors' offerings;
Then only the family members of the family who participated in the ancestral worship were eligible to share one or two. As for the servants and servants, they can only secretly lick the used utensils when they are helping hands, as a means of showing off among the same kind.
As for the sweetness he has known throughout his life, it is only when the reed roots are set aside to eat in the summer, so that a hint of sweetness can be found in the crisp and overgrown juice. What made him a little bit regretful was that although he temporarily made up his mind to throw the thief, the other party did not mean to accept it.
He didn't even need him to take the road back to Zhuang, because someone had drawn up a simple road map early on, and marked the corresponding precautions and key points; what made him envious and enthusiastic was the outfits of these peaceful thieves. The equipment and equipment were very good, so it only took more than half a day to see Zhuangzi's Shi Lei Weizi again in the distance.
The process of breaking Zhuangzi was unexpectedly fast and simple. With the few remaining Tutuan soldiers at the head, the Zhuang Ding who was beating the yelling people outside Zhuangzi's gate did not dare to stop or say anything, they were swarmed by the same-dressed peaceful thief to be taken down and subdued.
Wang Dun'er, who stayed on the outside of the Zhuangzi, didn’t even finish the second piece of dried potato in his mouth. Everything that happened on the periphery was almost over; only the mansion of the villager surrounded by groups was left; and most of the people in the Zhuangzi People haven't even figured out what happened.
Wang Dun'er also noticed one thing. After breaking the village, these peaceful thieves did not plunder or set fire to them, and they did not come back to find a woman like an army soldier. They just guarded the entrances and exits and condescending the main points, so they began to clean up and screen out the people stranded in the streets.
Afterwards, the owner Ma Yuanwai and the masters in charge, they didn't know it, but thought it was the Turkmen soldiers who had rebelled and rioted. Standing on the wall in person, desperately wanting to take increased rewards and other people in the Zhuangzi as promises, to appease and persuade them to "settle each other", "work together" and "no nuisance".
However, after seeing the majestic Ma Xiaolangjun cursing and threatening on the wall, their "ungrateful" and "unbearable" dogs were shot down the wall with an arrow, and Wang Dun'er was even more so. He was inexplicably happy.
Although the horsemen then swearing and swearing furiously, when the united soldiers of the county's Sun Sima came, they would "crimp and peel" these thieves, and anyone who dared to obey would have to bury the whole family alive. However, no amount of guns can change it. The gate of the house was smashed open by the smasher found by the Taiping thief.
It was like an ant nest filled with water, and like a pika hole smoked out by fire. The first ones who ran out were those who were instigated, vicious and evil villagers and heads of the house, like pigs and sheep that were drawn off the bar, screaming and screaming for their lives, ran around, and were just below The Taiping thieves were culled and captured on the spot.
After that, the variously dressed stewards, tents, and book offices were also scavenged from various places, and they sneered and begged for mercy or yelled at all kinds of noises.
Although these high-ranking gown lords can send a few Zhuang Ding on weekdays to make most people afraid to disobey and resist; but in front of the shining knives and guns, they just cried and cried constantly, and No more decent and awe-inspiring existence than ordinary people.
Finally, while letting the eldest son rush out with the idea of a loyal family and child, he was also found in a filthy pit besides the horseman who claimed to be committing suicide in the ancestral hall;
He was wearing the torn clothes of a servant and trying to climb out, but he was caught by the hook of the rotten wooden beam because of his poorly fat figure. Then he was so sad and inexplicably soaked in the filth, accepting wave after wave of people who came to visit.
Later, Wang Dun'er was able to return to the wood shed where she slept, trying to put away the only tattered object left by her parents as a memorial, but she heard the fragments different from rats and insects. movement;
He couldn't help but moved away from the messy stack of firewood, and he saw a black face hidden in the haystack, and there was a female voice pleading like a mosquito:
"All right,"
At this moment, Wang Dun'er also heard that it was the little daughter-in-law of the owner's family from the official family, but she usually didn't let people like them get close, for fear of filth and stinks to her family.
"My elder brother is from the county. As long as he escapes this, he will be repaid in the future..."
I saw her who was covered in beautiful pearls and jade on weekdays. At this time, she was wearing unfit old clothes of slaves and maidservants, her head and face were covered with dust and pot ashes, she looked very ridiculous, and she continued to plead mournfully.
It seemed that she felt Wang Dun'er's surprise and hesitation, and she further pulled her clothes apart, revealing a somewhat plump and delicate front and a dazzling whiteness, and the poor and Chu Chu had a shy and sullen cry.
"As long as you can cover it for me. Anything is fine... even for my unborn child, please..."
On the second day, amidst the clamor and clamor of home scouting points, the interrogation of these village owners and their managers, Zhuang Ding, Tu Tuan Bing and other related persons also began intensively.
These peaceful thieves even found many people to prove it overnight. And let them wear the hood and cloak that cover their faces and figures, and begin to correct and confide in public one by one, the many evils these people have done, and the origin of the instructions behind them.
Then, amidst the cries and yells agitated by the crowd, the offenders were tortured in batches with rods to the death, hanged on the wall, and assigned to hard labor; everything seemed to be familiar, not like the first Do this once.
And as the selected witness—the thoughtful Wang Dun'er, watching the family members of the dealer who were dragged out by the last batch of disheveled hair, and knelt on the ground crying, there was still a faint unbearable feeling on his face, and he was careful. Asked.
"Dare to ask, how does the military want to deal with them?"
"Do you think they are pitiful?"
The young Taiping thief who was in charge of supervising at the scene shook his head as if seeing through him.
"Where do you think they can be pampered, decent and dazzling? Where do they come from? It's not their father and brother who scraped from the corpses of the poor for generations."
"What's more, do you really think that if they stay in the deep house compound all day, they can't do evil and have no lives in their hands? Sometimes unintentional evil is more terrible than possible evil, because they really feel that there is something in the world. , That’s what is justified.."
"Have you ever seen a cricket for amusement, forcing people to jump into a well; or for an inadvertent sentence of anger, causing a house to break down below; even a small mistake in a bad mood, just Is it a matter of killing and dying to kill for nothing..."
Suddenly Wang Dun'er thought that in the house, almost every year there were "violent soldiers" or "sudden illness" slaves and maids who died when they returned home, as well as some rumors in the Zhuangzi, and suddenly stopped talking. However, the young Taiping thief continued to say:
"Of course, we came here not only to check the big names, but also to expose their true faces and ugly faces behind the modesty and etiquette, and expose them in front of everyone."
"So we not only have to burn debts, let the land and ransack their homes, and take away those who are betrayed by the tigers, but also release the slaves and maidservants to fund and disperse, so that they can support themselves..."
"But before that, I will let them show up to everyone, how do those old ladies, young ladies and princes, usually treat and deal with these poor people with humble status."
Speaking of this, the Taiping thief boy smiled disapprovingly.
"Before this, we have not never seen them. The so-called slaves and maids who grew up together and claimed to love the same sisters and family; but once they encounter the joints of the inferior and inferior ethics, who will take it seriously and who cares... "
"Not to mention that the so-called sharing happiness, mutual support, and mutual aid after their generation has lost the support that they rely on exploiting others is nothing more than a self-righteous, taken for granted, and a poor man who finally makes people laugh."
"So of course my Taiping Army will not kill women and children indiscriminately, but they also have to accept supervision and labor and learn to support themselves by doing things with their hands..." (End of this chapter)