It has been thirty-six years since Nurhaci rebelled against the Ming Dynasty on the pretext of "Seven Hatreds" in the forty-sixth year of Wanli; it has been ten years since the Qing army entered the pass in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. The Ming army has been fighting more and more

The smaller the number, the smaller the Ming Dynasty was. The Manchu Qing Dynasty came down step by step from a barbarian tribe with less than 100,000 men and a total population of only hundreds of thousands. Now it is even wider than the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty, with a population

More to come.

Many of these are what they have seen since childhood, especially the leader Lin Shiwang, who was born in the 46th year of Wanli. As a member of the clan, he knows many things better than ordinary people in the palace.

But he still didn't have a complete idea of ​​why this was happening.

At this moment, Tao Qian recited the entire article word for word, and everyone listened silently without saying a word. Even in this room, apart from Tao Qian's melodious recitation, there was no room for anything else.

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A moment later, Tao Qian had finished reciting the entire text, but too much time had passed, and all the nine Yitang disciples just sat there, dumbfounded, as if frozen.

In fact, they could not fully understand Chen Kai's views for a while, let alone believe them all. But compared to those guys who put all the blame on others, Chen Kai's views were more objective. After everyone thought about it for a long time, the leader

Lin Shiwang then spoke up and asked Tao Qian: "I am dissatisfied with Yue Xing. Our knowledge is shallow and it is difficult to understand it for a while. But I think that being able to write this article will allow Yue Xing to take risks to pass it on to people."

The person we are must be an extraordinary person. Can you tell us his name?"

What Lin Shiwang said was also the ardent expectation of everyone. Seeing this, Tao Qian hesitated for a moment, and then revealed Chen Kai's name, which shocked everyone immediately.

"But Chen Kai and Chen Fujun, who saved Guangzhou and defeated the Jingnan vassal twice?"

"Not only that, last year Chen Fujun had recaptured Qiongzhou Prefecture, and even led the navy to approach the city of Guangzhou and bombard the city. Shang Kexi was glad that that bitch traitor didn't even dare to fart. Such a character is what he is today.

A civil servant of the highest caliber in the world, a model that scholars of our generation should learn from and emulate!"

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I stayed in Ningdu for several days, talking freely with these nine people every day, and my mouth was dry. Speaking of which, Tao Qian was okay. The nine people had to listen to Tao Qian's stories during the day, and at night they gathered together to discuss each other, one by one.

He became a flower bear but still didn't know it. It was not until a few days later that Tao Qian completed the first round of brainwashing according to Chen Kai's method that he set off to return to his hometown in Ruijin.

"When Chen Fujun went to Jiangxi to help the rebel army, and when he went to Zhejiang to rescue the king, he also shaved his head and behaved in front of the Tatars. But when the time came, it was a decisive blow. According to the national surname

According to my information, to this day, the legend of Chen Jinnan, the man who saved Wang Jiang, is still circulating in Hangzhou."

Tao Qian did not directly invite them to join the association. He only said that he wanted them to go home and be good gentry in the Tatars for the first half of the year, and then come to Ruijin to listen to his lectures. The reason was that he only said that Chen Kai believed that being a captive

In the areas occupied by the Qing Dynasty, people who did not protect their own abilities could not achieve great things, so the first task given to them was to conceal their attributes in front of the local officials of the Qing Dynasty, so that they could have a future.

"Don't worry, Yue Xing. Chen Fujun is a genius in the world, and we all yearn for him. There will never be any mistakes in this matter."

As he embarked on his way back to his hometown, Tao Qian recalled his experiences in the past few days and the words he had spoken to Yitang Jiuzi. He no longer seemed to have the first new member he had developed in his hometown in Ruijin County in his heart -

- One of his good friends from his early days was so nervous. When he returned to Ruijin County, he met that good friend who came to visit him. Hearing that he had already started to develop the Yitang Jiuzi in Ningdu County, the latter seemed a little worried.

"Yue Xing, most of the nine of them are from Ningdu, and we always get along well with each other. We only have four members in Ruijin County. Will there be a situation where we put the cart before the horse in the future?"

His friend was worried. Tao Qian thought about it carefully, but it was not groundless. However, recalling Chen Kai's article "On Protracted War" and recalling some of the spirit of the Tiandihui conveyed by Kuang Lu last time, he felt that it was unequivocal.

He said to his friend: "With this situation now, we can't control outsiders. At least we within the Tiandi Society cannot indulge in fighting with each other. As the chief rudder said - unity is strength. What's more, Ruijin County is not only

There are only four of us, isn’t there a mutual aid club?”

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"Brother Xin, your family is the only one who owes us the fodder we owed the cattle we rented last time."

"It's ready. I'll go over after finishing these tasks. By the way, I've repaired Chu Si's hoe and asked him to come find me tomorrow."

"OK."

"What are you two still dawdling about? Mr. Zou is going to have a meeting. Go quickly."

"I'll be there right away."

"When I call my mother-in-law to come over and pack her things, she will be there soon."

After a while, several men had arrived at a courtyard. This was the courtyard of a mutual aid association in Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and was used for meetings and storage of supplies.

This kind of organization is actually not surprising. All over the world, there are villagers' mutual aid organizations established based on clan ties, and there are also those based on religion and the village party. But these are replaced by membership in so-called mutual aid associations.

Zou Nan, the leader of the local government, founded a local mutual aid association last winter and established a rural agreement to help each other on weekdays. In addition to cultivating personal private land, the association also has public land under Zou Nan's name to avoid taxes. Except for a small amount of output,

In addition to being given to Zou Nan as compensation, the rest will be used as dividends for members and grain reserves in the club's charity warehouse.

Such an organization allows farmers who depend on the weather to obtain a certain degree of collective protection, and at the same time can avoid exploitation by some local officials. However, those who do not follow the rules will be expelled from the meeting and will not be tolerated. Therefore, this organization

The villagers flocked to it and were more interested in the mutual aid association's affairs.

Zou Nan held a meeting today and was talking about the fact that yesterday a Qing army came across the border and robbed the ewe that was used to give birth to the widower of the village head Wang. This person is also a member of this association, and there is no shortage of sheep dung and other things on weekdays.

It has been distributed to everyone, and the members are also quite wary of the Qing army, and there is always a feeling of sadness when a rabbit dies and a fox hurts its own kind.

"In my opinion, it is impossible to ask for it from those Green Camp soldiers. They will not admit it, and the county magistrate will not talk too much. In the end, it will be nothing."

"Why."

Speaking of which, Cai Shiying, the governor of Jiangxi, was a surrendered general of Jinzhou, a member of the Guanning Army, and a member of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. However, this person was a literate man. Since entering the Qing Dynasty, he had mostly served as a censor and other civil servants, even as a censor.

Basically, those who went on expeditions were technical officers in charge of the artillery team. Once such people arrived in Jiangxi, a ruined place that had been repeatedly massacred, it was essential to restore production. The Qing government even appointed such people to patrol Jiangxi for this purpose.

But even if Jiangxi's current policy is to resume production, there is no way to prevent it, or even to control those Qiuba people who have been accustomed to oppressing the people since the Ming Dynasty. What Zou Nan said, they naturally understand, but it is precisely because they know too well

Faced with such a situation, they can only sigh here. At the very least, can they still try to hit the stone with an egg?

With everyone like this, one person squatted at the door, and the member named Wang almost cried. His family originally lived in Nanchang, and they were also homesteaders with land and houses. Who knew that the Qing army suppressed Jin Shenghuan and wreaked havoc around Nanchang anyway?

Looting and massacring people, if he hadn't gone to the neighboring village to barter that day, he would have been like his family, all the young and old died, and the men and women were robbed and sold.

When the Eight Banners Army besieged the city of Nanchang, they raped the women they captured outside the city day and night. After breaking the city, they sold them everywhere based on their pounds. The daughter-in-law he had just passed away did not know whether she was alive or dead, but her chances of survival were slim. Everyone who knew about it felt that

There is no life or death.

At that time, he was abducted by refugees and fled south. At first, he worked as a day laborer, but later he helped the owner's family. The owner returned the favor and saw that he was honest, so he gave him a sheep on credit and made an appointment with the first three lambs.

He used it to pay off the debt, so the sheep were given to him. Since then, he has been working part-time while raising sheep, and his life has become a little better. Some time ago, through the contact of the mutual aid association, he was bred with a ram from a neighboring village, and he just waited.

As for the calf, he was robbed by a passing Qing army when he went out to herd sheep. If he hadn't run so fast, he would have lost his life.

Returning to abject poverty again, all hopes of living a better and better life were dashed. What's even worse is that now, not to mention using lambs to pay off the debt, even the ewes are gone, and the original owner has to find someone.

He is in great trouble.

The more I thought about it, the more anxious and sad I became. I couldn't squat anymore and sat on the ground. I cried loudly. Everyone saw it and couldn't help but feel sad for it, but it was a ewe giving birth to a calf.

Well, the compensation is only about ten taels of silver. Who dares to ask for help easily?

The widower sat on the ground, with runny nose and tears. Everyone's attention was focused on him, with unbearable expression written on his face. At this time, there was a slight cough, and everyone's attention quickly turned.

When we got to the top, Xuan even heard Zou Nan say: "The An family is not unreasonable. I can go and talk to his family. After all, this is not intentional."

At this point, the member surnamed Wang was stunned for a moment, looked at Zou Nan with wide eyes, stood up immediately, quickly came closer, and fell to the ground.

"Master Zou is so kind and kind that I will never forget it."

"It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this."

Lifting the member surnamed Wang up with both hands, Zou Nan said frankly that since they were members of a mutual aid association, they naturally had to help each other, otherwise there would be no point in establishing such a mutual aid association.

"This matter, even if it is not your brother's fault, after all, I lost someone's sheep, and I should pay some money. I thought that the money would be paid out of the mutual aid association's charity warehouse in the future, and in the future, your brother would use the public land to pay for it.

Repay the dividends. In addition, I will go to the pawnbroker to allocate some farmland to you, so that you can repay it faster and not delay everyone's business, okay?"

The mutual aid association was established last winter and has just started operating this year. The charity warehouse has not yet reached the summer harvest day, and it is just a concept. In the final analysis, Zou Nan will take over first. And this time, Zou Nan also said that he would let

The county government allocated some wasteland to him, which was also a good way to teach people how to fish.

"I will listen to Mr. Zou. I will keep Mr. Zou's great kindness and kindness in my heart. I will never dare or forget it."

The principle of the mutual aid association is not to give free money, but to advance payment from the charity warehouse in times of emergency to prevent small farmers from going bankrupt. Other small things are also based on the principle of exchanging things for things, exchanging things for power, and exchanging things for power, but they are not calculated so clearly.

Strive to make everyone contribute and everyone can benefit.

Speaking of which, Zou Nan is a distant relative of the Zou family of Xiaodongmen. He is also a child of a big family in Ji'an Mansion. He has the protection of his family. In addition, he has the reputation of being a civil servant. Serious squires and local officials have to give some face.

. With such a status, there is actually no need for help from such ordinary people, but Zou Nan not only did it, but also enjoyed it, and these villagers were naturally happy to surround him.

The matter was settled. Zou Nan had some connections with that family, and it was not a big deal. He just sent the butler to talk about it. Afterwards, he chaired the mutual aid meeting and talked about some current spring plowing affairs, encouraging everyone to help each other, and also

It is to live a good life in the future.

"Those who make a covenant will encourage each other in their virtues and deeds, regulate each other's faults, keep in touch with each other's etiquette and customs, and sympathize with each other in adversity."

This is a township agreement. Everyone must recite it collectively at the beginning of the meeting and at the end of the meeting. After the meeting, everyone went about their own business. Zou Nan returned home, where a friend was waiting for him.

"What's wrong?"

"Everything is done in accordance with Sir's principles. Now this mutual aid association has some cohesion. However, if we want to really put it to use, I'm afraid it will take some time."

The visitor also went to Chaozhou from Jiangxi and back to Jiangxi from Chaozhou with him. They worked together under Jie Chongxi and studied with Chen Kai, and they had a close friendship. Moreover, the two of them were fellow townsmen in Ji'an Prefecture.

Being natural and getting closer.

"It's the same over there. Sir's method is certainly effective, but it's just a little slow and makes people anxious."

"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. My husband said that the things we are doing now may seem inconspicuous, but they will play a big role in the future. My husband has done so many great things in Fujian and Guangdong for many years, so there will be no

Incorrect."

"Well, that makes sense!"

This is not just a chat. In the second half of last year, they developed several probationary members. These people also participated in the anti-Qing movement in Jiangxi and became survivors and hid in the mountains after the defeat. They had screened them earlier.

, achieved effective development, these En were also ordered to return to the Qing court-occupied areas to lurk, but they could keep their mouths shut. These days are the agreed dates, and further development and cultivation are a major priority at the moment.

Before those people arrived, they took the lead in discussing these matters.

In fact, the matter is not complicated at all. It is nothing more than preaching content, selecting people and further development. After a few days, those scholars came as scheduled, still keeping what they were going to say in their minds like Tao Qian, without revealing it.

Text, Zou Nan soon talked about the content of "On Protracted War".

"Why this?"

This is a big question, and everyone here will show their eager eyes, hoping to get the answer from the well-known civil servant who has turned the tide in Fujian and Guangdong several times.

"Is Li Zicheng? Is Zhang Xianzhong? The emperor has lost his moral integrity? The additional three taxes? The famine in those years? Or is the imperial army really invincible?"

"Fool has traveled thousands of miles and fought for many years. What he has seen is that there are many factions within the king's army, which are restraining each other. The emperor has no ability to control the political situation. Both the court and the local civil and military are tired of party struggles, and there are even more evil-minded people and empty talk.

Incompetent people bring chaos to the country's affairs."

"For example, in the First World War in Guangzhou, the Wu and Chu factions fought within the court, and the local and eastern warlords fought against each other and jointly persecuted the loyal camp that came to the aid. Outside Guangzhou, the governor and the governor could not work together. Inside Guangzhou, the foreign military town and the local guard station

Nor can we help each other in the same boat. When the city of Guangzhou is broken, there will be many who surrender and those who flee, those who first flee and then surrender, but the real victims are those true loyal ministers and righteous men and innocent people."

"In this way, when the party unites and fights against differences, the imperial court is like a solid stone hitting a pile of eggs. Each one is broken, and they can accumulate like snowballs. But today, the imperial court has become extremely difficult to control, and Wang Shi cannot continue to work together.

, what you gain is only a temporary victory, and cannot be a long-term benefit!"

The simplest truth is that when forces are united, they are strong, and when forces are divided, they are weak. What he saw, heard, and experienced in Guangzhou that year left a very deep mark on Chen Kai's heart. However, the party struggles within the Ming court

The situation was already too deep to recover. Under this situation, the Qing court seemed to be invincible, but this was not necessarily the case.

"The people who hold the captives are the Eight Banners. The Xining King's formation killed Nikan, which proves that the real Manchurian generals are not magic soldiers, but ordinary people. The Eight Banners of Manchuria had only 50,000 bannermen when they entered the customs. After ten years of fighting, the casualties were high.

In view of the increase in population, it is just getting smaller and smaller; the Eight Banners of Mongolia are actually a supplement to Manchuria. As a supplement, Dingkou cannot be compared with Manchuria, with only more than 20,000 people; as for the Han army, they have more Chinese people than us in blood.

In order to be consistent, the imperial court relies on a small clan to approach a large country and does not dare to put the cart before the horse. So far, there are only more than 30,000 people."

"With one hundred thousand and eight banners, the captives must control two capitals, thirteen provinces, Liaodong, Mongolia and other places. They are already stretched thin, and they rely entirely on the help of the Green Camp. But even so, the vast territory of the Huangming Dynasty also made the captive troops exhausted and trembling.

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"Therefore, if you kill one Manchu, the authority of the imperial court will be shaken by one point; if you kill ten Manchus, the authority of the imperial court will be shaken by ten points. By analogy, the fewer the number of Manchus, the lower the imperial court's control over the Green Camp, and it will fall apart.

The image is getting worse."

"However, the imperial court is cunning and has always used the Han army of the Green Camp as cannon fodder. It uses Han people to kill Han people, so that it can reap the benefits of the fishermen. However, the Green Camp is cunning and cunning. If the Wang Division is strong, it will be like a rat with two ends, and if the Wang Division is weak, it will be like a jackal and a hungry tiger. Because of this

Therefore, the resurgence of the country is not a one-day achievement. However, the Han family has 70 million people, and the population of the two sides is very different. The king's army is encroaching step by step, and if no big mistake is made, the Eight Banners will eventually be exhausted. At that time, the country and the dynasty will

It can be revived, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, while the dead can also drink the blood of their enemies under the nine springs!"

Regarding the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there are many internal and external factors. Chen Kai believes that the biggest problem is that the accumulation of the problems of the Ming Dynasty itself gave opportunities for those who steal the Ming Dynasty, whether it is economic issues, political issues, or

It is a military issue. There is no other reason. With the size of the Ming Dynasty at that time, in the early to mid-17th century when the European powers had not yet developed, in the words of some people in later generations, being a dog of the Ming Dynasty was the greatest honor.

Even during Wanli's anti-Japanese war, Nurhaci was just someone who wanted to be like a dog but couldn't get it.

But the problem now is that the internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty is still going on, and the Qing court will not give the Ming court a time to integrate and breathe. The previous momentum was nothing more than the Daxi Army, which had been recuperating for many years, and the Zheng Group, which was nourished by sea trade.

It was just an outbreak, and actually had nothing to do with the center of the Ming Dynasty.

"Then are we just going to watch the dynasty fall and our civilization be destroyed by the Tatars?"

This sentence expressed what everyone present was thinking. At this time, Zou Nan recalled Chen Kai's tone when he was giving lectures in Nan'ao, and repeated to them categorically: "We won't just watch.

Everything we did today was an effort to defeat the Lu Ting. Now, the King's Division is squeezed by the Tatars on the corners of the southwestern and southeastern coasts. We will complete the fight through mutual aid meetings in the heart of the Lu Ting.
Chapter completed!