To answer this matter, we have to start with Gao Sheng.
Gao Sheng is really a bit of an "insider". As early as Dong Fang was determined to handle the land harvesting work by donating soil, Gao Sheng had already reported the situation to Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong only replied with four words:
"Look back."
Since Qu Shuai said to look at it later, let's continue reading. Later, Gao Sheng checked for Dong Fang's mistakes and filled in the vacancies, and on the other hand, he reported the situation to Zhang Chong, all in exchange for this sentence:
"Look back!"
When Gao Sheng later reported about the Sun and Zhao clans fighting over water in Juan County, Qu Shuai's reply was as follows:
"Look again!"
When a large-scale civil uprising broke out in Juan County, Qu Shuai's reply was already as follows:
"Don't worry, we are on the way and will be there soon."
Gao Sheng was shocked when he received the reply. He didn't expect that Qu Shuai couldn't sit still and actually came in person. This place is five hundred miles away from Yingyang, how could Qu Shuai come here?
Of course, Qu Shuai had to hurry up and change four horses along the way. The chaos broke out on the 11th, and Zhang Chong was on the road on the 12th. It only took two days, that is, on July 14th, Zhang Chong took Cai with him.
Indeed, Guo Zu had already arrived in Juan County and moved into Gao Sheng's mansion.
On that day, Zhang Chong and others did nothing and slept all day.
I am really too tired.
Although the postal service in this world can theoretically travel at a speed of three hundred miles a day, you must know that there are posts every thirty miles on the post road, and when they arrive, they change horses and rest. As for Zhang Chong and the other three, Ren Shengsheng
Running is a bit too much for even a strong man like Zhang Chong, let alone Cai Que and Guo Zu.
After the three of them arrived, they slept for the next day.
On July 15th, which was the day when the Han army withdrew, Zhang Chong woke up and began to listen to Gao Sheng's report on the situation in the past few days. When he heard that the Han soldiers from Jiyin County took advantage of the civil unrest to go north, Zhang Chong did not
Surprisingly, he had already set out when he received reports of armed fighting in Juan County.
A series of events led Zhang Chong to conclude that this was not an isolated incident. Coupled with Dong Fang's policy deviation, Zhang Chong had to pay a visit to Juan County.
But what surprised Zhang Chong was that Ma Wu only led a hundred cavalry in a night attack, and the Han army on the opposite side retreated. Ma Wu, he knew, was a capable general, had cultural literacy, and could be cultivated
.Then he wrote down Ma Wu's name in a small book he carried with him. All the talented people who had emerged over the years were worthy of development, such as Li Gan from the Imperial Department and Zhang Kai from Wang Han's Department. They were all on the book.
When Gao Sheng was reporting, a person suddenly came, it was Wang Han.
Gao Sheng wanted Zhang Chong to hide behind the screen first, but Zhang Chong shook his head. This is not his style. This is not how he tests his subordinates.
So when Wang Han entered the room and saw Zhang Chong sitting in the hall with a smile on his face, he was immediately shocked. Who could have expected that Qu Shuai would be here? What's even more frightening is that Qu Shuai did not go to summon the envoy, but
Arrived at the main register.
Combined with the letter he received today, he summoned the envoy and it was over.
Thinking of this, Wang Han directly told Zhang Chong about today's situation.
Looking at the two letters on the desk, Zhang Chong did not believe that Dong Fan would betray him. He still knew how to look at people. Dong Fan was a smart man and he knew good and bad. But people can change.
The greatest harm is often a stab in the back from the person you think is least likely to betray you.
So Zhang Chong arranged all this, and Dong Fang obviously seized this opportunity.
When Zhang Chong walked into Dong Fan's lobby, Dong Fan was sweating. He couldn't think about it in detail, and he couldn't stop sweating just thinking about it.
Zhang Chong walked up to Dong Zhao and said with a smile:
"Dong Sheng, you have come all the way to visit your relatives, but our Taishan Army has neglected you. Don't worry, we will get to know each other in a while."
Dong Zhao had calmed down after experiencing the initial shock. Looking at his brother's expression, it was obvious that the man in front of him was Commander Qu of the Taishan Army and Zhang Chong, the soaring general of the Yellow Turban Army.
Dong Zhao was naturally curious about Zhang Chong. Among all the generals in the world, the Taishan Army of General Soaring to the Sky could fight. Every time he made a move, the world looked at him. Not to mention, the Han court officials who faced him seemed to
There is no one who has not lost his sword in his hands. He is truly a hero.
It is precisely because of this that his younger brother Dong Fan was bewitched by him, but this younger brother is really stupid. People don't believe you until you see him. How can you stay here after acting like this?
Of course, Dong Zhao saw this, but he didn't say anything. He still loved and protected his younger brother. Otherwise, he would have revealed it again, which would have directly broken the relationship between this younger brother and the Taishan Army.
Dong Zhao was taken away, and Dong Fang lowered his head and kept shaking.
Zhang Chong took a picture of Dong Fang:
"Why are you shaking, staying by my side for so long? I trust you just as you trust me. You are wrong in this matter, but not guilty. You are wrong in thinking that what we do is so gentle, and you accept what others think.
I took a green onion from someone else's stall. It's something that will kill someone. Some things can only end when someone dies. As for the surrender letter written to Han Ting, I have burned it for you. It is just your brother's.
It’s just a divorce plan!”
Dong Fan raised his head after hearing these words. This brave man's eyes were slightly red at this moment, especially the words "I trust you just as you trust me" made his heart warm.
Patting Dong Kan's shoulder, Zhang Chong said frankly:
"But, Ah Fang, let me tell you the truth, you can't do this job. You should be clear about the reason, so I won't say anything. If you have any ideas about the subsequent arrangements, you can also talk to
I said."
Dong Fan shook his head:
"Everything is at the discretion of Qu Shuai."
He had already prepared for the recruitment of the position of envoy. After all, there were only a few senior military officials in a military government. One had a falling out with him, one was investigating him behind his back, and one directly sent a letter to Commander Qu.
If he were still here, let alone authority, there would be no way to carry out this work.
"Boom, click, boom..."
The sound of thunder broke the dullness, and the heavy rain dissipated the sultry July heat.
The sky turned to dark clouds, and none of the soldiers waiting outside the hall left to take shelter from the rain. The heavy rain hit their cheeks and felt cool in their armor, but it still could not drive away their confusion.
They were all Dong Quan's soldiers. They didn't know why their general suddenly fell to his knees and shed tears. The disputes between big shots always eluded them.
Dong Fan walked out of the hall wearing a martial arts trousers and walked into the rain. Suddenly he turned around and knelt on the ground. He kowtowed three times to Qu Shuai who was looking at him in the hall.
The rain wet Dong Fan, mixed with tears and poured into the corner of his mouth. Dong Fan yelled:
"Qu Shuai, Dong Fang made a mistake."
Zhang Chong smiled and walked out into the heavy rain. He picked up a coir raincoat and put it on Dong Kan's head:
"Well, just correct it if it's wrong. Don't catch a cold. How can you lead my troops when you're sick?"
Dong Fang hugged Zhang Chong's legs and cried loudly without saying a word.
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After August 15th, Zhang Chong took charge of the work in Juan County and Linqiu.
When Xi Shen, who was stationed in Linqiu, learned that Commander Qu had arrived in Juan County, he came on horseback to listen to Commander Qu's instructions.
At this time, Zhang Chong called back many military officials and field officials in Heji to arrange the focus of the next phase of work.
That is Cha Tian.
At that time, many people were wondering, hadn’t the fields been inspected and divided? Was it necessary to divide them again?
That's exactly what it means.
In Zhang Chong's view, although the Heji area had launched a massive land distribution operation two months ago, in Zhang Chong's view, this was unqualified.
In the past two months, there were probably hundreds of docks in the Heji area that overthrew the rural tyrants and confiscated their land, but it did not clean up their power in the countryside. On the contrary, because of Dong Fang's appeasement in implementing the policy, some people
Many sons of wealthy locals mingled with the local ranks of the Taishan Army.
These people took advantage of their clan relations and their influence on rural Guizhou leaders to hide land, buy money and goods, deceive in the name of warmth, or intimidate through public opinion and force, making a large amount of land, nominally in Guizhou, poor.
In fact, the income from the land is still in the hands of the rural tyrants. Therefore, this land inspection is to eliminate this part.
Of course, there is another important reason why this time the local tyrants easily persuaded many Guizhou leaders who had already divided the land to rebel together? It stands to reason that the Taishan Army divided the land for them. If they didn't say they were grateful, why did they still pick up the land?
What about plows and hoes attacking Taishan’s army?
There are indeed complex factors in this area, that is, there are many clans, they live together, and the clan power is strong. But this does not cover up a problem, that is, there is only kindness without authority, and kindness does not last long.
Judging from the results of Chief Secretary Gao Sheng's own investigation, before and after the land division, the enthusiasm for supporting the army in Guizhou Province dropped significantly.
When Gao Sheng visited a few settlements, he found that one settlement could originally support one hundred pairs of straw sandals for the army, but after the land was divided, the number dropped directly to sixty pairs. Originally, in addition to appointing military households, one household would also be appointed to raise households.
They were worried that the Taishan Army would fight the Han Army in the future, so that some injured soldiers could be placed in the households to recuperate. However, after Gao Sheng went down to investigate, after dividing the fields, there was no one in the original households.
Gao Sheng also asked about the situation with the leaders of the collision team here. They all said that after many farmers in the head of Guizhou were allocated land, they thought about marrying a wife, building a home, and then closing the door and living a peaceful life. As for allocating the land to them,
They did not object to the Taishan Army, but they were not so enthusiastic.
Gao Sheng reported all these situations to Zhang Chong. As for the short-sightedness of farmers in the capital of Guizhou, Zhang Chong had long known that for thousands of years, Chinese farmers could only see the soil under their feet and could not see the changes outside.
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When is this time? It’s not the time when their Taishan Army has already conquered the world. Those heads of Guizhou who have divided the land think that they have obtained the land. Without the Taishan Army to make the decision, they can live their own lives behind closed doors? Without the Taishan Army to make the decision,
These people and their land are like children holding gold in a busy city. In the blink of an eye, they will be swallowed up by the powerful Han Dynasty.
Only the Taishan Army, which took the initiative to allocate land to them, will truly protect their rights and interests. But if the Taishan Army wants to win this war, how can it win if it does not control and mobilize the manpower and material resources in the countryside to the greatest extent possible?
In fact, from Zhang Chong's point of view, he cares about every specific person, but most people cannot let him know their specific details, so many times, Zhang Chong considers issues from the perspective of abstract groups.
For Zhang Chong, the division of land is certainly due to the sad life of Qian Shou, but more importantly, it plays a role in reorganizing social resources in the entire system. It feels a bit like, I am good to you, but it has nothing to do with you.
And to be honest, based on Zhang Chong’s experience in later generations, these Guizhou leaders who got Tian in the early stage may not really get much benefit. After all, the power of the Han Dynasty is too strong at this time, and even the Taishan Army may not be able to survive.
Go down, let alone them?
But it is all worth it, because their descendants will live in an era they never dared to imagine, and all they have to do is stand with the Taishan Army and fight for the future of all poor people.
Many of them may die, but this is life, this is this era, even if Zhang Chong does nothing, countless people will die like dogs in this civil strife that lasts for hundreds of years.
Therefore, since some people do not cherish what they have now and are not willing to follow the Taishan Army and work hard for the poor in the world, then they are not Zhang Chong’s brothers. After all, all gifts have been marked with prices by fate. Think in vain
Whoring Zhang Chong is really overthinking.
It was under this circumstance that Zhang Chong decided to investigate the land and completely solve the hidden dangers of the local tyrants in this area. The Heji area will bear a huge task in Zhang Chong's future plans, and he will not allow this to happen again.
Chaos.
Therefore, Zhang Chong stated at the military meeting that the focus of this land inspection was to cleanse all the local tyrants and their spies who had infiltrated the Taishan Army, and to promote a group of Guizhou leaders who followed the Taishan Army in this incident.
At this time, all the military officials present understood. The land inspection was not about redistributing the land, but an identity check. The land of those who did not comply would be taken back again, and new loyalists would be promoted.
In short, this time the Taishan Army will establish a grassroots organization in the countryside that truly belongs to the Taishan Army.
In addition, regarding the policy of field guards, on the original basis, Zhang Chong ordered that in the future, one household out of every seven households would be selected as a field guard. From the field guards, tall and brave ones would be selected to join Heji.
Legion sequence.
In terms of specific implementation, the remaining six households who divide their fields will give priority to farming for the military households, and then farm for themselves. The original field guards will be selected from the loyal ones, and these people will be released from work in the future to specialize in military training.
Among them, the outstanding ones will be paid by the public office every month after joining the Heji Corps. In short, the pro-army elements must gain an advantage at the grassroots level.
Zhang Chong is naturally aware of the consequences of this policy. It is equivalent to the past rural tyrants being overthrown, but the pro-military elements will become small rural tycoons to fill the previous gaps. In other words, the rural tyrants are still there.
But what Zhang Chong knows better is that at this stage, all policies will be based on survival. If you can't survive, there will be no future. For Zhang Chong, at this stage, the Hanting country tycoons who used to do their own thing will be replaced by support
My little country tycoon, this is a victory.
As for what's next, don't worry, Zhang Chong will naturally have his own ideas, and he has a lot of policies in his bag.
The field officials who were present all knew how to investigate the fields later. Propaganda is one thing, and persuasion and reporting are another. In short, as long as the material benefits and status benefits of following the Taishan Army are clearly explained, there will be many people who will come forward to do this.
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Zhang Chong's main emphasis this time is how not to talk empty words, but to say something that the leaders of Guizhou can understand and care about. For some scholars with world vision, Zhang Chong can use the highest ideals of Confucianism to describe a peaceful world. But
The same cannot be said for the leaders of Guizhou, who face the loess and turn their backs to the sky, and only have one-third of an acre in their eyes. They have their own contradictions and their own demands. Find what most people hate in common and satisfy most people's wants.
. In short, it is to capture the vast majority of people.
The field officials present understood this, and their explanation of what Qu Shuai said was:
"If the people of any family are angry, deal with them."
This military meeting was held, and Dong Fang also participated. Zhang Chong had not yet thought of arrangements for him, so he asked him to participate in the field inspection operation, so that he could understand the spirit of dividing the fields during the operation.
Therefore, Zhang Chong specifically talked about one thing, and that was violence.
To be honest, Zhang Chong believes that there must be any grievances among the rebels during this civil unrest. For example, he heard from Gao Sheng that because there were not enough mature fields to be divided, the land that originally belonged to the farmers was also divided by the land officials.
Accepted, and this situation is not rare.
It stands to reason that these self-cultivators smashed eight petals with a drop of sweat to get out the little grain. All the harvests depended on their own efforts, and the land was passed down from their ancestors. The situation of these people is the same as that of Zhang Chong and his family, who were the first to organize land reclamation in the Han Dynasty.
At that time, the business field was divided from the Han court.
For example, if someone wants to seize Zhang Chong's land now, with Zhang Chong's father's character, he will definitely have to gather people and do it with those bad guys. Oh, it's not for sure, but for sure. Four years ago, Zhang Chong just arrived
At that time, Zhang Tiehu and his family were going to seize the land of homesteaders like Father Zhang. Why didn't these people just unite with Zhang Tiehu?
The situation is the same now. How can those peasants who have been deprived of their land be willing and tolerant? It is normal for them to come together with the local tyrants to riot.
But Zhang Chong told all the soldiers present:
"Any detailed rules on land allocation that have been decided before the riots, no matter whether they are reasonable or not, will not be overturned, and any overturned rules will also be invalid."
Zhang Chong told these field officials:
"Now is the most critical period for the life-and-death struggle between Taiping Dao and Han Ting. In order to win this war, violence is necessary, and persuasion is also necessary, but it must be persuasion through violence. Even if our violence will cause individual injustice
, this is also inevitable. Because after all, if we fail, how many people will die in the world. At that time, it will not be unfair to a few people, but unfair to the whole world, and no one will come out to speak out for this injustice.
, because they are all dead."
"What we are doing is a violent thing, to use violence to overthrow the local tyrants, and to use violence to obtain justice. We should not be benevolent as women, and should not think that tenderness can change the world. We must be prepared to sacrifice, sacrifice
Others, even sacrificing themselves.”
"Today I, Zhang Chong, will tell you that if one family cries, or the whole world cries, I will always choose the former. Even if that family is my Zhang family!"
"What is my Huang Tianzhi?"
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and restore the Qingming Dynasty to the world."
"What is my Huangtian career?"
"There are fields to cultivate and houses to live in, and only the well-being will be left to all the people."
"Gentlemen! Why should you and I sacrifice our lives for this cause?"
The group of military officers stood up and bowed to Commander Qu who was at the head:
"I would like to follow Qu Shuai to create peace again!"
At this point, with Zhang Chong in charge, a new round of land inspection in the vast areas of Juan County and Linqiu began.