Chapter 257 All landlords and gentry can rob
Changzhou County Shangli Village, the largest household in the village, the village chief Huang Xinggui just received the news from Changzhou County last night, so he summoned the tenants at home overnight, and then arranged some matters to resist the equalization of land, and promised that it would be done Rent-free for two years thereafter.
This was a huge favor to the tenant farmers, and the family could get two years of food for free.
"I'm telling you, you have to think about it carefully. It was originally your family's field. It was assigned to you by the imperial court. The field that was passed down from the time of Emperor Taizu was just because the imperial prime ministers implemented a policy to let you If you can't survive the policy, you will donate your fields to the village chief's family. In addition to farming for them for free every year, you can only get 30% of the income from your own fields, which is barely enough to support your family;
When you are about to get married and take a daughter-in-law, and when you cannot come up with the money, you have to mortgage your own land to them at a discounted price. Think about it, if this cycle of life continues, when will it end? "
The second eldest son of the Xu family is an honest man. His eldest brother broke the law and was sent to serve as a soldier in Mu Mansion, Yunnan. The third eldest brother was sent to Liaodong as a guard soldier during the Battle of Salhu. Now there is no news about the Xu family. Now the orphans, widowed mother and parents are all supported by him alone. The seven acres of paddy field in the family have also been donated to Huang Xinggui's family. Five acres of the land were mortgaged to the Huang family because they got married. Now they only have two acres of paddy field. , the grain received was not even enough to feed a family of nine.
"How can we defeat the village chief?"
The second eldest son of the Xu family sighed, and saw the visitor's serious reply: "Just go and contact the tenants who are in the same situation as you, and Duke Liang will naturally support you. Not only will you get your own land, but you will also be able to get it in the future." No more land taxes, life will get better sooner or later."
The second son of the Xu family perked up after hearing this. He had long heard that Songjiang Prefecture next door had implemented land equalization and tax exemption. The lives of the people had greatly improved. Many farmers who could not survive even secretly went to Songjiang to visit relatives. Now Dingwu When the army arrives in Suzhou, it might be a good opportunity to make a comeback.
"Okay, I'll contact the villagers now."
Huang Xinggui and Huang Sihai from Dusi, Zhejiang, were of the same clan. Relying on Huang Sihai's relationship, Huang Xinggui's branch prospered in Shangli Village. Ninety percent of the more than 800 people in the village were tenants of his family. The villagers in Li Village even joked that it should be renamed Huangjiacun.
Huang Xinggui's life was very comfortable. Although he heard about the equalization of land and the exemption of taxes, nothing happened in the past few days. He couldn't help but relax. Early in the morning, he and his concubine who had just taken in the side house came to work early in the morning and were drinking. When the concubine squeezed out the fresh milk, the housekeeper pushed open the door of his room in a panic. When the concubine turned around in fright, he squeezed the milk in Huang Xinggui's face.
"You bastard, you dare to break into this place, are you tired of living?"
"Master, calm down," the housekeeper said in a panic: "The village...no...the tenants in the house...no, the second son of the Xu family rebelled with those mud-legged people in the village..."
Huang Xinggui was confused when he heard it, but the last sentence about rebellion made him shocked: "What? Are they cooperating with the rebels from Songjiang?"
The housekeeper shook his head repeatedly: "No, they shouted slogans and said they wanted to knock down the landlords and gentry. Those people came to the house with their things."
"This shit has turned upside down..."
Huang Xinggui buttoned up his clothes: "Quickly, go to the Inspection Department in person and ask them to send someone. In addition, gather the family members and anyone who dares to attack the house will be beaten out with sticks."
Before Huang Xinggui had time to go to the front to see what was going on, the door of his house was blown to pieces, and the son who was leaning against the door was blown to pieces. Seeing this, the second son of the Xu family couldn't help but feel ashamed. It turned out that he had been looking for them these days. But he was from the Dingwu Army.
They are the only ones who can use firearms.
But at this time, he was already the leader. Seeing that Huang Xinggui's house was opened, he followed the previously explained plan and rushed in with more than 100 tenants from Shangli Village holding hoes and pig manure forks, looking like bandits entering the village. .
This is something that I would have never dared to think about in previous years, but I can handle it with ease in the chaos.
The second son of the Xu family put a white hat that he had prepared a long time ago on Huang Xinggui's head. The hat was shaped like a cone with the words "Sinner of the Common People" and "Fighting Landlords" written on it. This hat has nothing to do with the high hats of later generations. the difference.
"Let's go, take their family to the entrance of the village, and let the villagers judge them together..."
"Fighting Landlords..."
"Fighting Landlords..."
"Fighting Landlords..."
Hundreds of people shouted slogans and escorted Huang Xinggui's family to the entrance of the village...
Such situations began to unfold in Suzhou on the same day. After discovering that no officials came to control the situation, the people became more unscrupulous and acted arrogantly.
After Huang Chunyao told Chen Cao the matter in a concise and concise manner, Chen Cao nodded and put down the official document in his hand: "They have been oppressed by these people for a long time, and it is normal for them to vent their emotions. The killing of individual landlords was because of the excitement of the crowd, but it is also We cannot continue to indulge;
By the way, the rape of the landowner's female family members cannot happen again, especially the gang rape. It is really bad. Let the supervisors keep an eye on these people. If necessary, they must kill the chicken to scare the monkey..."
When Zhang Cai went to find Zhang Shihuang, a major incident of fighting against landlords had just occurred in his hometown in Wuxian County. His father who was in charge of the house was seriously injured by the mob. His third brother's wife was even gang-raped to death by the mob, and even the body was Not let off.
"Commissioner, something bad has happened..."
Before Zhang Cai could finish speaking, Zhang Shihuang rushed out in a panic. His hometown was also in Wu County, but he was from a different place than Zhang Cai's family.
"My nephew, something big happened..."
Zhang Shihuang held Zhang Cai's hand and almost cried: "My home was robbed by the mob, and the losses were heavy... It was so heavy..."
Zhang Shihuang hasn't finished speaking yet. All the concubines he raised in Wu County were gang-raped by the mob. Now their lives are uncertain, but how can they tell such things.
"I'll tell you the truth, my home was robbed and some people were killed."
Zhang Cai could imagine the initiator of this incident at this moment. There were no officials in the three counties of Suzhou. Everything was controlled by the Dingwu Army. The local government did not intervene at all in the mob rebellion. Even a fool could see this. direction.
Out of these considerations, Zhang Cai and Zhang Shihuang co-authored dozens of people who rushed to the governor's Yamen to see Chen Cao, but were turned away.
"My father-in-law has urgent business and is not in the yamen. Let's go back..."
Hearing this, some of them immediately retreated. It was not that these people were unaware of the affairs of Songjiang, the land of the wealthy Suzhou, but they just did not want to give away their family's decades or even hundreds of years of industry. But now, Dou Although the landlord incident has not affected Suzhou for the time being, it has already begun in Wuxian and Changzhou, and time waits for no one at all.
Before Zhang Cai and Zhang Shihuang could say their next move, more than a dozen people had their own choices in mind. They apologized and left one by one. It was obvious that these people planned to cut off their wrists.
In the evening, Zhang Cai received thunderous news. His old father and old mother were publicly tried by the villagers in the village. The Zhang family's crimes were too numerous to describe. The villagers' meeting unanimously agreed to sentence the Zhang family to death, and the people got the approval at the meeting. After the consent, the execution was carried out at that time, and the parents were hanged on the spot.
After Zhang Cai heard the news, he vomited blood and fainted. Zhang Shihuang's situation was no different from Zhang Cai's. Although he was not affected, everyone who stayed in his hometown suffered. Several of his clan brothers were all hanged. All the female relatives were detained and sent to the local government.
Even a fool can see that this incident is closely related to Chen Cao. Based on what happened to several leading families, two to three hundred of the hundreds of people arrested at that time went to the governor's Yamen to see Chen Cao. And he is willing to cooperate with the equalization of land and tax exemption and hand over the hidden land.
It's just that these people never saw Chen Cao in the end, and the announcement was that Chen Cao had gone to appease the people.
People's hearts do need to be appeased, but Chen Cao's attempts to appease people's hearts are obviously embellished.
"I know that you are aggrieved. You also want to know how much land I have in my family. I will tell you the truth. When I was demoted to Songjiang, there was not even an acre of fertile land in Shanghai County. It all depended on business. Since I want to give To equalize land and avoid taxes, you should start from yourself;
Your village meeting was well held. These landlords and gentry do not regard you as human beings, but you are not his slaves by birth. From today on, you are all free. You will no longer have to worry about taxes for that year. You don’t have to worry about whether your whole family will starve to death after paying taxes, and you don’t have to worry about whether you need to pay money or food to me;
My love for the people is not empty talk. After the land is equalized and taxes are waived, all the food you get is yours. If anyone wants to rob or requisition food under any pretext, just come to me. Remember, if I tell you If I want your food, I must buy it with money, and it will be at the market price. I will never ask you to pay for the food for any reason;
Revolution is innocent, rebellion is justified, overthrow the landlords and gentry, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment..."
"Revolution is innocent, rebellion is justified, overthrow the landlords and gentry, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment..."
"Revolution is innocent, rebellion is justified, overthrow the landlords and gentry, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment..."
"Revolution is innocent, rebellion is justified, overthrow the landlords and gentry, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment..."
The crowd was excited and the slogans were shouted loudly. Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction, then arranged for people to handle the follow-up matters, and he rushed back to Suzhou city with his people. &
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