On the way Cai Yong arrived, Zhang Chong was also thinking about the handling of the Guo Siyi case. In his position, he was no longer just thinking about the specifics of the case, but more importantly, some of the things reflected in the case made Zhang Chong
I feel like this cannot be done casually.
There was some information during the investigation in Beiqi that made Zhang Chong shudder. He had previously suspected that someone like Zhang Qing could be so unscrupulous just for a meal of beef, drinking some honey water, and having a woman by his side. This shows that he is so unscrupulous.
This is not an isolated case. Sure enough, in the follow-up investigation, Zhang Qing killed seventeen people one after another in the six months before the land distribution, and except for a few who were really powerful, the others were land-owning people like Guo Si.
, but they provoked strong opposition from the powerful. They were all beaten to death in Zhangqing for deceiving the people and using public trials.
From this point of view, Zhang Qing must deserve to die. Guan Yu hanged him to relieve the anger of the people. But this reflected the random killing without investigation during the process of dividing the land. Zhang Chong also knew that there was a problem behind this,
Originally, the Taishan Army had few land-dividing officials and a lot of land-dividing work, so it was natural to simply act according to the regulations. Whoever had the most public dissatisfaction at the meeting would be beaten to death. This kind of regulations was originally a helpless move. Now, as expected, several times
In practice, people from the field division team and local tyrants quickly seized on the loopholes and caused unjust and wrongful killings.
Another thing is that since Ying County Magistrate sent the letter, the case of Guo Si's death has been rapidly fermented. Many village officials have written letters of complaint, saying that Meng Qi was indeed a good person in the local area, and it was true that he bought Guo Si's land.
It was forced. On the contrary, Guo Si had a bad reputation in the countryside. He spread rumors and was greedy for gain. Although his death was not deserved, it was mostly his own fault. After all, it was the Guizhou leaders who wanted to avenge themselves. And the current form is exactly what is needed.
If good officials like Zhang Qing and Meng Qi are killed indiscriminately, wouldn't it hurt their relatives and hurt their enemies? Even a few county officials still don't understand why Guan Yu has the power to kill someone indiscriminately without trial.
County officials and six Guizhou chiefs? Does he have this power?
The above rumors were all caused by Guo Si's case. It can be said that pulling out the carrot brings out the mud.
So what does Zhang Chong think?
In fact, in his view, these things were all because our army was about to face a major encirclement and suppression by the Han Dynasty, so people's hearts were floating. As for Guo Si himself, he did not think that the division of land was wrong because of this, but that the people who did it
There is a problem. Therefore, the field allocation must be stopped for a while. We must first sort out the various farm division groups and eliminate those with bad morals and conduct. Only those who implement the policy can manage it well, and the policy cannot be distorted.
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The Taishan Army has developed so far that it has indeed absorbed many young people who were originally powerful to serve as civilian officials. On the one hand, it is indeed expanding too fast and it is too late to train them. On the other hand, these people have indeed taken the initiative to join the army, and there are many people behind their families.
They may have played a minor role in the expansion of the Taishan Army. Their use has the effect of reducing the attack surface.
But although these people are in the Taishan Army, their behavior and style are the same as those of the Han Dynasty. Officials hide from each other, officials use power for personal gain, and treat the people like grass. These rural officials must be purged and rectified, otherwise time will
The longer you take off your clothes, the worse the atmosphere becomes.
In addition, Zhang Chong does not have much ideological baggage regarding the excesses in the struggle. He knows that human nature always swings directly from one extreme to the other. He wants the vassals in Guizhou to stand up against the powerful, then
Don't expect this to be as elegant, as leisurely, as polite, as gentle, courteous and thrifty as treating guests to dinner, writing articles, painting and embroidering. It will inevitably involve revenge, bloodshed, and impulsiveness, but only in this way can tens of millions of Guizhou leaders be mobilized to form a large resistance.
Storm. After all, if you want to be reborn, you must destroy.
Furthermore, from the fact that the Guo family was able to stand up and fight against Guo Si, a poor man like them, it can be seen that the views on good and evil in today's rural areas still remain on personal morality and conduct.
In their eyes, even if Guo Si is a poor person like them, he is a bad person if he is indolent and indolent. As for the rich, as long as these people show their gentleness, courtesy and frugality in front of others, they will be regarded as great good people. This is
On the one hand, the simple morality of the Guizhou leaders is good, but on the other hand, it is easy for them to be influenced by these superficial things.
For example, for Guo Si, the important reason why he is a lazy man is that he obviously has a hundred acres of land, but most of it is abandoned. In the simple morality of the countryside, this is a complete lazy man. But they don't know
, when he was the only adult member of the family and had no plow oxen, how could he cultivate these fields?
The Five Tigers of the Zhang family, who also belong to the same family, are considered to be able to help people in times of need because they have a strong population and can lend surplus grain to households at high interest rates. In fact, the way the Five Tigers of the Zhang family started their business is typical.
In the rural tycoon model, do you think the households who borrowed their grain later can still afford it? When the weather is good and you can barely pay the tax grain, how long will it take to save more than one year's tax grain? And this
In the process, more and more grain will be earned. In other words, for households in Qianshouli, as long as they borrow grain, there is no need to pay it back. The next step is to sell their fields and the five tigers, and then become tenants.
Then there will be generations of mediocre people.
And these Guizhou leaders can't see this far, so they need the Shi Jiajun to tell them and do it for them. Until now, there are still many people in the Shi Jiajun who only regard the division of land as a thankless task and deal with it passively.
They still don’t understand that this is the foundation of their army and the real key to their victory over the Han Dynasty. To divide the fields is to compete with the powerful for the countryside. Only by firmly holding the Han Dynasty’s rural leaders in their hands, the Han Dynasty will be able to defeat the Han Dynasty.
Those hundreds of thousands of powerful people are nothing more than thatch, which will fall down if they are blown away. And in the process of dividing the fields, they must rely on the poor people in Guizhou who have nothing. Under the leadership of Shi Jiajun, their lives have improved, and then
Will they trust the Shi Jiajun and be willing to follow the Shi Jiajun, those local tycoons who are already privileged? What can the Shi Jiajun give them? So there is no victory without poverty.
Zhang Chong planned to use Guo Siyi's case to attach it as a comment to the case and pass it on to military officials and civilian officials above the general level to learn from it. It was time to deepen their understanding of land distribution.
At this time, Cai Yong came. He also took the case of Guo Si's death very seriously. After all, the matter involved a county magistrate in his hands. He was now responsible for two counties, and Wen Yu was recommended by him, so
Naturally, I fell in love with it.
Originally, after reading Wen Yu's letter, he had concluded that the matter was caused by the excessive tactics of Guan Yu's troops stationed in Ying County. Although he and Guan Yu had not had any military encounters before, they had a certain fate.
When Guan Yu participated in the Northern Expedition to Xianbei in the sixth year of Xiping, Cai Yong wrote a letter to oppose it. In June of that year, he wrote a letter "Nan Xia Yu Shang Yan Xianbei Still Violates the Counties", which directly pointed out the need for troops.
Behind the scenes, the general at that time bribed the eunuch Wang Fu to get it done. The reason why Cai Yong opposed sending troops at that time was:
"The Xiongnu fled, and Xianbei became strong. According to their homeland, they had an army of one hundred thousand...The barriers were not strict, the forbidden nets had many leaks, and the fine gold and iron were all owned by thieves. The Han people fled and plotted against them, and the soldiers and horses were weak.
, more than the Huns."
In fact, from the beginning of this dynasty, although Xianbei invaded repeatedly, which undermined the majesty of the Han Dynasty, it did not cause serious problems. "The trouble of hanging the sides is also scabies on the hands and feet; the trouble of China is also the whitlow on the chest and back."
That's it.
However, the Northern Expedition in the sixth year of Xiping directly severely damaged the vitality of the Han Dynasty. The divisions were lost and the brigade was defeated. Thousands of soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and many archers were scattered. For a time, the foundation of the people and the defense preparations could not be relied on.
The people were in mourning and died in the ravines, bandits and thieves arose in large numbers, but they could not stop them, and the officials were cold-hearted and did not watch the day or night.
In short, Cai Yong pointed the finger at Wang Fu and other eunuchs as the reason for the great loss of vitality of the Han Dynasty. In the future, he would be in trouble with the Jin Shang family, and his whole family was sent to Shuofang, which was also caused by this discussion.
So when he saw Guan Yu, an old soldier who survived the war, he had mixed feelings in his heart. After meeting him several times, he also admired Guan Yu's character very much.
But this time Guan Yu's behavior made Cai Yong very unhappy. But Cai Yong's unhappiness soon disappeared. When he entered the hall, he heard Zhang Chong talk about the case of Fei Jun carrying the flag against Guo Si.
investigation.
When I heard that Zhang Qing was threatening Guo Si to kill Guo Si, and Ying County Magistrate Wen Yu deliberately protected him, and even wrote a sophistical letter to exonerate himself, I felt even more ashamed.
Finally, Zhang Chong gave an order to Cai Yong, ordering the entire army to complete the work of dividing fields in Fenggao, Yingxian and Mou counties. The main purpose of the next stage is to organize and train field guards. Then each field group will conduct self-examination and see if
Are there any cadres like Zhang Qing who seek personal gain with their power and put human life at risk? Every one found will be dealt with. This matter will be led by Zhao Da of the Military Advocate.
When he heard that it was Zhao Da, a cruel official, who came to investigate, Cai Yong wanted to dissuade him, but Zhang Chong stopped him. He understood what Cai Yong meant. He was worried that Zhao Da would act cruelly and expand the scope of the investigation, making the officials unstable. After all,
The enemy was about to come. Therefore, Zhang Chong asked Cai Yong and Zhao Da to take charge of this matter.
In addition, Zhang Chong also asked Cai Yong's two new students, Lu Cui and Ruan Yu, to write biographies for Guo Si. They put their affairs together and then distributed them to each field group for study, making sure that each group improves further.
Understand and understand what our division of land means and what the basis is. We also need to tell this story to the propaganda team and let them tell it to the Guizhou leaders. We must tell the rebellious spirit of Guo Si.
As for whether Guo Si is really lazy and does not conform to the simple moral values of the village, this is not important in Zhang Chong's opinion. What is important is that Guo Si's complaint is what Zhang Chong wants to publicize.
Then Zhang Chong called his second father over again. Since joining the army, Zhang Ernan has been mainly responsible for the situation of the Zhang family in Dasangli, and he can be regarded as a Zongzheng. As for his father, he is now working in the fields all day long as a civilian husband. Second
As soon as his father arrived, Zhang Chong briefly explained the death case of Guo Si to his second father, and told him to find out the clansman who wanted to stand up for Zhang Qing and find him out so that he wouldn't get into trouble.
The second man was a little hesitant, but seeing Zhang Chong's determined expression, he still hesitantly agreed.
Looking at the retreating figure of his second father, Zhang Chong knew in his heart that this matter would be difficult to handle. In Dasangli, a society of acquaintances, human relationships are complicated and people often help each other. Maybe the clan member who wants to help Zhang Qing
I didn't think this was a problem myself, but now that I have dealt with it, it will inevitably upset the hearts of the people. This will definitely make it difficult for the second father.
But so what? His Zhang Chong tribe has no rights but only responsibilities, so it’s no wonder that he is Zhang Chong’s tribe kinsman. In his place, there is no such thing as a person attaining enlightenment, or a chicken or a dog ascending to heaven.