At this time, the city head of Juan County had already been replaced by the apricot-yellow flag of Taiping Road, and the original Han family's flag became another collection of the Taishan Army.
Since the siege of the city in July, Juan County had no reinforcements outside and no soldiers inside. Finally, it could no longer bear it and chose to surrender to Dong Fang outside the city.
Since the Taishan Army was divided in May, Dong Fang's Army began to establish base areas in the countryside of Juancheng and Linqiu counties, and now it has finally achieved something. Linqiu County was captured in June, and Juancheng was
There is a waterway connecting the big river to Juye Ze, passing through the city. Juancheng also relied on this waterway to receive a steady stream of supplies from Jiyin County, and it has continued to this day. If it had not been for Dong Fang's discovery in the south of this waterway.
The supply route is blocked by wooden fences. It is uncertain how long Juan County can hold on.
The field allotment officials sent from various places have successively sent up the latest field allotment results. It is a mixed blessing! Many powerful people in Wubi have learned from the past and are weak in strength, so they directly choose to offer their fields to the field allotment team to avoid disaster.
This method of dedicating land is very good. After all, it is not stained with blood. Many field officials also prefer this method. They are also human beings. Seeing those local tycoons who cried so hard that they actively repented, they also became soft-hearted. Anyway, the final result is similar.
, the land was harvested. Therefore, the land allotment officials encouraged and even forced the rural tycoons to hand over their fields by offering land.
Originally, Dong Fan also thought this method was good. After serving in the Taishan Army for a long time, he certainly knew the importance of land distribution to Huang Tian's career. There is no doubt that land is the most important thing for all Guizhou heads. It is the source of food and clothing for everyone.
In the past, it was precisely because the Guizhou chiefs only held a small amount or even no land that they were chronically poor and could only be reduced to servants. Therefore, as long as the Taishan Army can help the Guizhou chiefs satisfy their desire for land, they can obtain them.
With the support of the people, the Taishan Army can gain a foothold in the countryside.
The reality is indeed like this. All the docks and hills that have been divided into fields have become helpers of the Taishan Army. The Han Army has no foothold in the countryside. It is precisely because of this that in just two months, Dong visited the Army.
It took root in Juancheng and Linqiu counties.
In addition, as a Confucian scholar, Dong Fan had the ideal of allowing farmers to have their own land, and what the Taishan Army did was exactly the right thing to do. But in his heart, he still felt that compared to violently dividing the land, using a peaceful method
It is not impossible to obtain land from the hands of the local tycoons. The head of Guizhou can live if he obtains the land, and the local tycoons can also live if they hand over the land honestly. Isn't this good?
Although in the past, during the land distribution process, according to the regulations, typical cases must be held in public trials and hanged. However, Dong Fang felt that policies should be adjusted according to different forms.
Just like the current land policy, Dong Fang knew that there were several changes. When the Taishan Army first divided the land, it confiscated all land, including the farmers. At that time, there were no farmers in the Taishan area, so there were no problems.
.However, after the land was divided into Laiwu area, there were a large number of homesteaders here. If the land was divided as it was in the past, it was obvious that the Taishan Army became the enemy of these people. Therefore, the policy at that time was urgently adjusted and became only divided into rural tyrants and clansmen.
field.
There were also cooperative farms that Qu Kui experimented with before, and they also achieved considerable harvests, but in the end they were stopped by Qu Kui.
Why? Because the land of the cooperative farm belongs to the Taishan Army. No matter how well they work on this land, what is the difference between them and being vassals of the local tycoons in the past? Then this matter was temporarily shelved.
Therefore, in Dong Fang's view, his current method of obtaining land by asking landowners to donate their land was also a way of taking advantage of the situation.
However, in the opinion of Gao Sheng, the chief priest who assisted Dong Fang in handling the land allocation matters in Juancheng and Linqiu, this was not right.
Although Gao Sheng joined the Taishan Army later than Dong Fang, he saw the underlying purpose of Qu Shuai's insistence on dividing the land, which was to compete with the local tycoons for the vast countryside of Guizhou.
Originally, the Taishan Army's way of winning over Guizhou Province was to allocate fields. However, the land offered by the local tycoons seemed like they were gifting Guizhou Province.
In the past, what the Taishan Army preached was that the local tycoons would seize the land of the Guizhou leaders, and then they could justly seize the land through liquidation and public trials to compensate the Guizhou leaders. But now it has become morally noble for the local tyrants to donate their land.
Nowadays, the leaders of Guizhou no longer despise the local tyrants in the past, but instead feel that they are indebted to them.
What's more, although these wealthy people who used to dominate the countryside donated their land, they can get it back smoothly based on their past information and prestige.
Gao Sheng himself found out that many of the country tycoons who originally donated their land used private intimidation to control public opinion in the countryside, and secretly forced the Guizhou leaders to return the land to them. What is the use of such land allocation?
Of course, the most important thing is what he and Dong Fang emphasized:
"If these local tycoons don't die, will the settlement listen to us or those local tycoons?"
In short, Gao Sheng himself was very determined. There must be blood and enmity in this matter, so that the head of Guizhou would follow the Taishan Army.
Gao Sheng actually came from a powerful family background, but he was a bit of a cruel official and understood the importance of iron-blooded methods. He even wrote a ballad himself in order to cut off the moral superiority of the local tyrants in the countryside.
Let the yellow scarf men from Laoying go to the countryside to sing.
Huang Jin Lang was the Lang Jun who Zhang Chong ordered Dong Fang to select from the young man in the old camp to teach him writing and martial arts. He was a reserve talent for the Taishan Army.
When these yellow scarf men go to the countryside, they especially like to go to the fields and sing to the working Guizhou people:
"What is black? The strong and powerful are greedy for the local people. What is white? The bones of the powerful and powerful Guizhou people. What is red? The powerful and powerful people in Guizhou have the blood on their ribbons. What is yellow? The powerful people have the money and the Guizhou people's faces."
But Dong Fang didn't take Gao Sheng's reminder seriously and asked:
"Aren't you and I also the descendants of powerful men, and now we have joined Taiping Dao? You and I can do it, so what can't those local tycoons do?"
Seeing that Dong Fang insisted on this, Gao Sheng could not persuade him, so he could only let more of the yellow scarf men go to the countryside, trying to use propaganda to stimulate the consciousness of the Guizhou leaders.
So, on August 10th, Yang Wazi and Yang Gousheng went to the countryside again with eight friends. This time, they were going to Hanshili where Jiao Yong was responsible for dividing the fields. Where they wanted to go,
Sing a country ballad once.
It was August and autumn had already entered.
Yang Wazi and Huang Jinlang walked on the official road, sweating, but in high spirits. The fields on both sides of the road were already full of busy farmers. Some families were growing wheat, and they were harvesting it with smiles on their faces. But most of them
All of them are immersed in planting millet and millet in their own fields. Some of them have planted vegetable fields by themselves, and they also plant some turnips and green onions. Without these two things, the people of Yanzhou can hardly eat.
Yang Wazi and others looked at this busy work and were full of energy.
I think back then, their parents were so secure and prosperous, but the corrupt officials and local tycoons worked together to rob them. Their parents could only join the Taiping Road to protect each other. In the end, their fathers died in the uprising in April.
But this time, Yang Wazi and others will protect this pure land.
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Yang Wazi and others walked all morning and finally arrived at Han's Wall.
Just as they were about to look for Jiao Yong and follow his arrangements, they heard the old man outside the door say that Team Jiao was going to arrest people with the field guards.
After careful inquiry, it turned out that two nearby clans were fighting over water.
The folk customs in Juancheng are strong, and all clans still maintain the tradition of living together. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, in order to expand the government's ability to govern, local families have generally been divided. Large clans split up small clans, and small clans split down small households. But in the Juancheng area
It is different because this place is a yellow flood area. Several times in this dynasty, rivers changed their courses and flooded, and this place suffered major disasters.è
When there is a major disaster, it is naturally easy to gather together to protect the clans. Small households have no ability to escape natural disasters and subsequent man-made disasters. The Taishan Army encountered this problem when they divided fields in this area, but at that time these clans
There are also many internal contradictions. The field division teams take advantage of these contradictions to unite one group and fight against another, but it is not a big problem.
But once there is a struggle between clans, such as fighting for water, these clans will suddenly unite, even bypassing the field protection teams on their respective dock walls, and organize directly. They form a team directly with clan seniority as the bond.
, holding a big stick and a rake in hand, you can fight with other tribes privately.
Previously, Gao Sheng had sent a message to the team leaders of each camp, asking them to be more careful about the large-scale private fights that broke out between clans. Everyone was ordered to do so, and although they were aware, they didn't take it too seriously.
But no one expected that a riot that swept the entire Juancheng would start from this small water dispute.
At first, the fight took place from the two walls next to Han's wall. They were both near a ditch. This ditch was drilled from a tributary of the river. Although the water volume was not large, it was enough to irrigate life nearby. What about the wall upstream?
, surnamed Sun, surnamed Zhao in Bi Nei, downstream.
Although the water is sufficient, the Sun family is used to being domineering in the upper reaches, and the fence has cut off the water several times. The reason for being so arrogant is because the official who presided over the construction of this ditch was the ancestor of the Sun family, so the Sun family naturally believed that this
The ditch belongs to them. However, water is often cut off on the Sun side, and the Zhao family downstream is not happy. Over the generations, the two tribes have sacrificed their lives for this ditch.
On August 9th, late at night, a fierce armed fight finally broke out between the two tribes.
During the day, Sun once again blocked the ditch. But at night, Zhao, who had just finished harvesting wheat, rushed into the ditch in the dim moonlight. Not only did she remove all the earth and rocks blocking the ditch, but even Sun, who was guarding the water,
All the clan members were beaten.
But no one expected that this man died.
During the day of the next day, the Sun family knew about this. The crowd was so excited that more than 70 powerful clan leaders from the Sun family wall led them to attack the Zhao family wall directly and killed three people.
Speaking of the patriarch of the Sun clan, he was originally going to be established as a model by the field division team stationed there. But because of his alertness, he dedicated his land to the Taishan Army in advance. In the end, not only was his family safe and sound, but he also
He was old at field affairs and was absorbed into the field division team.
Sun's team was frightened when they saw that they had killed someone, so they withdrew. However, they were stopped by Zhao's people who were chasing after them on the way. After that, both sides fought bloody battles, and they fought for half an hour before they died.
There were more than ten people, and everyone was injured, so they had to go back individually.
Originally, although this matter was serious, it was still only a matter between the Sun family and the Zhao family. But the Sun family did not know what method they used, and an unknown team directly attacked and killed the Zhao family's retreating tribesmen.
More than forty people were all killed.
Then rumors spread everywhere in Juan County that the Taishan bandits wanted to capture everyone and fight against the Han army. Anyone who was found running away would be killed. The corpses blocked the river. How miserable. Many people said
These Taiping Taoists stole children and used them to sacrifice their children, Huang Tian. There were also rumors that these Taiping Taoists knew sorcery, and anyone who offended them would be cursed to death with talismans.
These rumors appeared suddenly, causing people to panic. Some people wanted to explain to the Taishan Army, but they didn't know what to say, because many children had been lost recently, and some people who had settled in the entire Qiu suddenly died suddenly, and no one could
I don’t know what happened. Some people said that they offended a young general of the Taishan Army and were cursed to death.
The leaders of the field protection troops in various places were all former members of the cross-collision team. They immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly gathered troops to capture the patriarch of the Sun family.
But this man also died, in the home of Sun's field guard. At this time, Sun's clan members were bewitched by someone who wanted to attack the field guard.
To be honest, everyone is wary of outsiders like Taishan Army. They speak another language, dress up completely different from them, and even promote some people they think are very lowly when they arrive. Those who are lazy and lazy
, just by flattering these Taishan troops and riding on their heads.
In short, the anger has been there for a long time, and it just exploded at this moment.
At the same time, these elders in the clan were also encouraging them. They said:
"Before these demon thieves came, our Sun family wall was very peaceful, unlike now where we are in so much trouble."
"Did those demon thieves allocate the land to you? It was given to you by us because we saw the hardships of our tribe. What does it have to do with those demon thieves?"
"These demon thieves are rebelling. If you follow them, you will be dead. As long as we defeat them, not only will the land originally allocated be yours, but even the imperial court will reward us."
"My clansmen, all join me, fight these demon thieves, and avenge the old clan leader!"
This sentence ignited the anger of the Sun clan members. They, men, women, old and young, came out together, holding big sticks and hoes.
The field guards who were originally supposed to suppress the riot also gave up their resistance.
After all, these field guards were also members of the Sun family two months ago. Faced with the strong pressure from the clan, even if they did not defect, they retreated to one side and did not dare to fight.
In the end, the field division team and the field guarding team who were in charge of the work of Sun's wall were all stoned to death. Their bodies were hung on the old locust tree outside Sun's wall, with hangings around their necks:
"Demon thief, damn it!"
The same situation happened all over Juan County. The violent mobs rushed into the public office and massacred the field division team and the team leader of the Taishan Army.
The returned Tanma continuously sent information about various places to Juancheng.
At this time, Dong Fang and Gao Sheng finally realized that something was wrong and someone was behind it!