The city of Xunzhou has been emptied of many large prisons,
Cloth merchant Li Anping is also walking around with great annoyance and anxiety, because right where he can see, the big merchants who are locked in like him are gradually declining and disappearing. Obviously they have already done something. Compromise and give up;
And there are others who are dragged out after being tortured like dead dogs amidst howling ghosts and howling wolves, but they are all those who usually have a reputation for being wealthy and unkind, or have bad reputations. And the result and ending of the fall.
Obviously, these grass thieves first sealed their respective homes, and in the name of interrogating and colluding official dogs to resist the rebels, as well as sheltering private officers and soldiers, and remnants of the soil group, they were pulled out and concentrated for detention. They were completely prepared and planned for a long time Things. It's not as simple as just extort money from the beginning.
And Li Pingan also faintly heard. Among the crimes in the hands of the grass thieves, it is said that many of the opponents were their servants and servants. Under the bewitching and coercion of the grass thieves, they were rectified and exposed one by one. Yes, this kind of reversal of respect and inferiority can only be done by these wanton and reckless mud legs.
The grass thieves even encouraged them, those who are behind bars, to sue each other in exchange for relative forgiveness. As a result, some people who had hatred and rifts began to be unlucky and began to come in one after another. They exposed the bottom of each other here and let the grass thieves who supervised them, and they read a lot of jokes.
However, Li Anping is somewhat fortunate that he has lived in a layman for many years and has limited involvement with the leading figures in the local area. At most, he has been allocated money and food to defend the city. On weekdays, the servants at home are at most just swearing and venting, but No human life or serious disability was left behind, and then he drove out of the house to fend for himself;
So the grass thieves did not directly torture or torture him, but listed his property in the city in the same way, and then asked him how much wealth he could use to repay and help these rebels "average". It’s just that if he can’t satisfy the other party, he will have to go hungry and not sleep slowly. Then he will be dragged out from time to time to watch the rich people and officials as an escort. Witnesses with their heads confessed, and confessed to the countless crimes that have been accumulated over the years, perhaps even they themselves have forgotten.
At this point, he only felt that he couldn't hold it anymore. Although it had only been a few days, he managed to develop a waist that could be called wealthy. It had already shrunk a lot, and his rich cheeks were also He was deeply sunken; the long and dull suffering of fear and fear also made him miss the comfortable bed at home and the casually dumped food, and the soft breasts of the young maid. Then he finally decided to take out five hundred silks from his secret possession to serve the other party, so that he might be able to exchange for a meal with cold and greasy chicken.
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And on the large school field in front of the state office, there were also scenes of extraordinary lively scenes; I saw that under the order maintained by the rebel soldiers with knives and guns, countless onlookers looked like a sea of people, generals. The big platform used by the high-ranking copy of the high-ranking copy to announce the list is surrounded by water, and there are bursts of roars and shouts from time to time.
As the actual planner and behind-the-scenes promoter, Zhou Huaian also stood on the Drum Tower, the commanding height of the state government, and set up a table of wine and food together with the leader of the rebel army, holding the scene and making the flavor and flavor of the wine. background.
Unlike Changle County, which had a small population before, Xunzhou Prefecture is home to a full 30,000 or 40,000 long-term residents on the household registration, and this is still the main family member of each household on the account, excluding those elderly and Underage children, as well as a large number of hidden populations such as slaves and maids who have devoted themselves to the rich, large households, officials, and gentry; it can be said that the difficulty and complexity of control and governance are more than several times higher than before. .
Coupled with the chaos and panic after the city was broken, apart from the most basic limited order on the streets, other public operations and social functions are almost paralyzed. Everywhere the market stalls and shops are closed, and most residents do too. Close the door tightly and dare not enter and exit; all aspects are complicated to deal with, so that he, a modern man who claims to be rich in long historical experience and lessons, will inevitably have to scratch his head and panic for a long time to find the starting point for processing.
Fortunately, with the help of this unknown possession system's auxiliary calculation and the basic ability of analysis and classification, he will not immediately fall into a rush.
If according to the rebels’ traditions and style of full mobility in the past, they would only be passing by for a short time, so as long as they can ensure that as many food, goods and soldiers as possible can be included in the shortest time to expand and strengthen their own team, it’s enough; therefore; In terms of methods and methods, you don’t need to pay attention to anything special. Just shoot people and go to the street to find the most luxurious and richest house to requisition or impose a crime of assisting the official dog.
But this time Wang Pan obviously had another idea, and planned to spend a period of time in Xunzhou to repair and supplement to digest and absorb Stormrage Camp’s rapid expansion of strength during this period; so he once praised Haikou. Zhou Huaian, who had prevented the soldiers from further plundering in a disguised form, had to hand over a satisfactory answer.
Torture and interrogation of his hidden possessions are just the beginning of the first step.
Therefore, the next thing for him is to break the old order and class dictated by the dignity and inferiority in the city through this public trial, and put those upper-level existences that were originally above the top into the anger of the crowd; And step by step, they unplug their luxurious and rich lives, create and weave a calm, decent and noble natural fig leaf, which exposes the fragility and powerlessness that are indistinguishable from ordinary people, and even unbearable ugliness.
This is also a basic beginning and a gradual process of destroying the facts and inner authority that they have molded and accumulated through generations of their networks of money and power, as well as their minions. Although, he is also the first time he has done this kind of thing to catch a duck on the shelf.
Fortunately, the rudimentary public trial and execution conference that was hurriedly formed is relatively successful, although there are still many faults and omissions; it also missed the blunt attitude and rude methods of the rebel soldiers in the execution process, which was frightening. A lot of people have been counterproductive. And when the corresponding staff on the stage stammered announcing the crime, they also pronounced the wrong words several times under tension.
However, it was only because of him that he arranged for the support of some mixed crowds, responsible for the roaring and complaining. After making a start and precedent, those two dozen large and powerful families and officials who withdrew as targets became the head of the public. I was almost overwhelmed by all kinds of rocks, garbage and rotten vegetables flying all over the sky; so in the end, the sergeants with very loud voices standing on each side counted many crimes over and over again, and they were dying or dying. It's even a kind of relief.
And after watching those nobles and officials who were once aloof and humiliated into ass peeing in no image, and then died miserably on the stage, the atmosphere of the public was involuntarily ignited, and reached "Gao chao" after another; almost all of them roared, cursed, and spurned in the atmosphere, as if at this moment they had forgotten these unattainable people and the identity background they represented. , The awe and fear in daily life is extremely daunting.
Then, as their doglegs and accomplices were escorted out and tied to the stakes, their performance became even more unbearable. There were feces and urine, and there were foul smells, and there were crying and crying complaints; but they died not so happy Yes, but let those suffering masters who have been poisoned and harmed by them step forward one by one, holding scissors, drills, sickles and other things, complaining, grieving, revenge, and then slowly dying on the spot in wailing.
After halfway through the wine tour, Zhou Huaian saw Wang Pan on the stage with a face full of excitement. It seemed that this kind of public justice and judgment, and these feelings of being high above the rich and official, made him very useful and happy. I saw him wearing a big cloak and surrounded by armored soldiers, and he started to announce something loudly; then baskets of copper coins were picked up, and they were scattered among the crowd.
Then all the doors of the prefectural government were opened, and there were carts and carts of cloth and grain bags, as well as various objects copied from the houses of the big officials and powerful gentry, dumped in carts and carts under the table. This is the group. After the instigation, the actual profit buying and the stimulus of showing up;
Although the dozens of coins seem to be a lot, they are only a small part of the overall value of the state city. The cloth, food, household items, etc. are also copied from these people’s houses and properties. The small part is the most crude and worthless. And the real ambush and intentions are also placed on these household items that clearly bear personal style and imprint.
Of course, although this was also Zhou Huaian's suggestion and plan, he was completely uninterested in showing up and participating in this kind of buying-in scene.
"They're not afraid of...retaliation and settlement afterwards..."
At this time, Lao Guan, who was already the brigade commander, could not help but raise a question;
Because according to his memory, the Rebels also served in large and small private households when they fought in the North, and scattered grain to give money to the poor people; but it seems that there is no more effective effect that can penetrate the hearts of the people and impress the people this time. On the contrary, It also affected the people who had benefited from the rebels.
"Of course I'm afraid, so we have to give it a push..."
Zhou Huaian said disapprovingly.
"As the saying goes, it is to eliminate evil, and it depends on our follow-up methods;"
"Anyway, as long as the roots are dug out, the dead can't make a comeback and do something..."
"In this way, for the sake of safety after the event, someone will naturally have to follow us."
"I don't want to go with us, and I have to worry about the government's return of the accounts, and often cannot help them..."
"In addition, we can also come up with the means to vote for the name..."
"Distinguish and deal with it carefully, which ones are really committed to the rebels, and which ones are swayed and struggling..."
Zhou Huaian gave them some ideas and plans.
"Sure enough, people who study a lot are full of extraordinary ideas and thoughts."
At this moment, among the leaders of the rebel army and generals beside them, what I felt was a deep awe mixed with admiring looks and expressions.
And Zhou Huaian’s feeling at this moment is that the great ancestor of New China in the next generation was right when he said that “the class struggle will help you when you catch it.” He just made a few attempts to let this rebel army and the local people, Present a different mental outlook and atmosphere. (End of this chapter)