There is a seaside village more than 40 miles southeast of Dengyun Mountain. There are about 70 households, men, women, and children in the village, with a population of more than 300. It is a small and medium-sized village.
The land on the seaside is barren and not fertile. It is a big joke to just plant a few acres of thin farmland to make a living. Therefore, the villagers either choose to boil salt or go out to sea to fish. They work so hard to survive, and every day is just a little. Earning more than ten or twenty cash of hard-earned money is just enough to make ends meet.
The world is difficult, and there will be oppression and exploitation no matter how poor the place is. There is a village in this village. The owner is named Huang Zeli. He is famous for being a heron with a radius of more than ten miles. In the past ten years, he has relied on colluding with the government, arranging lawsuits, conscription and expropriation, etc., to exploit a huge family property in a poor seaside village. He is really good at amassing wealth.
Rich Man Huang's main method of making money was loan sharking. There was someone in the village who couldn't take the blame. He was willing to borrow grain from him ten thousand times. It was just a small amount of borrowing and a big amount of borrowing. Someone in the village was in an emergency and couldn't make enough money to ask him to borrow money. He was even more happy because he was afraid that he would borrow less. Anyway, he came home nine times, plus the interest was compounded.
If he dares to borrow it, he won't be afraid that he won't be able to get it back.
"These two generations have been doing evil and squeezing the ill-gotten gains from the people. Who is not familiar with the custodians, governors, scribes, and jailers in Huang County? With the local government as the backing, the more he does things, the better. He was so arrogant and arrogant that he once said that there was no loan shark that he could not repay. He would repay the loan if he had money, but he would sell land and houses if he had no money. If there was no land or house, he would use living people to pay off the debt..."
In the woods about a mile away from the village, a group of heroes who came down from Dengyun Mountain overnight were lurking in darkness. At this moment, they were quietly listening to Chen Xuan's story filled with blood and tears.
Most of this group of people came from poor backgrounds, and as they listened, many of them gnashed their teeth and cursed in low voices, wanting to rush into the village immediately and cut that bullshit rich man into pieces.
"Hang on, let me add something. Although I don't study, I also know that the Song Dynasty prohibits private slaves, let alone forcing husbands to be slaves? How can this bullshit rich man use people to pay off his debt?" Among the people, Zou Run said on his face. Although he was listening, he was actually thinking about the next battle plan, but Zou Yuan was listening attentively and asked with a little doubt.
In the forest, Chen Xuan smiled miserably and replied in a low voice: "I want my brother to know that it is nothing more than policies from above and countermeasures from below. The imperial official's family is far away in Bianliang, Tokyo. How can his national laws and policies be implemented in our coastal wilderness?" , although the law prohibits husbands from being slaves, but who in the county knows about Huang Zeli forcing women to become prostitutes and keeping men as slaves? Some people came to complain several times, but they were all beaten out with big sticks by the county government officials. Now, where can I see the county magistrate..."
"Big dog owner!"
"This bastard named Huang!"
"Those public servants have been fed by this guy with money. Why don't you try your best to protect this guy?"
There were a lot of curses around him, but they were all aimed at Huang Zeli himself. Even his uncle Zou Yuan only scolded the officials in the county, but no one scolded Huang County Magistrate for being fatuous and greedy.
Zou Run couldn't help but be stunned. He really didn't expect that the people of the Song Dynasty were so ignorant. It seemed that he had to tell the truth to the people around him. He must not let them establish that official officials are bad people, but civil officials and county magistrates are good people. Cai Jing and Gao Qiu He is a bad person, but Zhao Guanjia is just blinded by his wrong ideas.
"Everyone be silent!"
"You only care about scolding the rich man and the officials in the county, but you don't know that forcing women into prostitution and keeping men as slaves is a major violation of national law. If Wuwu County is behind you, who would dare to do this? Now in the Song Dynasty The world is full of corrupt officials, powerful and evil gentry colluding to harm the people, and you all have suffered so much and have no other choice but to fall into the trap of bandits. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous if you don’t even know the relationship between them?”
Zou Run's ruthless words were like a thunderclap in their ears, suddenly tearing open the layer of paper that deceived everyone in their hearts, and placed the bloody facts in front of them.
What they had heard and come into contact with before was nothing more than the fact that the saints and sages of today were deceived by traitorous ministers. It was nothing more than that the princes sitting in the government were all the great masters of Qingtian, and it was just the unscrupulous officials and servants who interfered with it.
This is the power of Confucianism. Even if no one in this group of people has read the Eight Classics properly, and few even know the words, the ruler, the minister, the minister, the father, the son, are the taboo of the venerable, and the superior will always He is a good person, but these stupid thoughts are deeply engraved in people's bones, affecting everything they think and do all the time.
Compared with the Buddhist theory of cause and effect, which is full of loopholes, Confucius' knowledge is undoubtedly eight steps ahead of the latter in terms of brainwashing and fooling the people. No wonder the three religious Confucians are the leaders.
Zou Run's words caused everyone around him to fall into silence. Some people were thinking hard, some were stunned, some were puzzled, and some quietly raised their heads and looked at Zou Run, with twinkling eyes. The light clearly showed - they didn't believe it.
They don't believe that the Song Dynasty was so dark, and they don't believe that the sage and Ming monarch of the Song Dynasty was praised by word of mouth and sung in dramas, that the world was peaceful, that the Jinshi masters were worried about the world, etc. are all illusions. This goes against the common sense and world view they have established since childhood.
"Then let's show them what kind of nonsense the Song Dynasty, which shared the world with scholar-bureaucrats, was really like..."
Feeling the distrustful eyes behind him, Zou Run sighed and then looked at the night sky.
The moon was covered by black clouds, and the wind was gradually picking up on the beach. It was the third watch.
It’s a murderous night with a dark moon and high winds. People sleep the most in the middle of the night. It’s time to take action.
"Set off!"
Zou Run gave a low shout and stood up first and walked out of the woods where he had been ambush for a long time.
Zou Yuan followed closely with an iron rod in hand. Chen Xuan and his minions with red scarves on their heads followed with their heads down. The other minions with long and short swords hesitated for a moment, and then came out one after another. There were more than forty strong men. In the summer sea breeze, they formed a long snake formation and quietly moved towards the village in front.
Led by Chen Xuan, a native of the village, the group quietly bypassed several households with dogs in the village and, relying on the dim starlight in the night, managed to reach the outside of Huang Zeli's yard without any danger.
In a village full of thatched houses, a large blue brick house with two rooms and eight rooms can be built, and huge pig and sheep pens and cow and horse stables are built on the left and right sides of the outhouse. This is undoubtedly the result of Huang Zeli's exploitation and harm to the people for more than ten years. Clear evidence.
"Bah! The lives of these beasts are better than those of the common people outside. They should be damned." After successfully touching the door of the target, Zou Yuan could no longer hold back his grumbles and spat directly towards the wall. , cursed bitterly.
Zou Run couldn't care about this. He had already asked Chen Xuan clearly about the situation of Huang Zeli's family. The top priority was to make combat arrangements.
"Everyone listens to the order and will be divided into three teams later."
"The second leader and I each led a team. I led ten people directly into the backyard and captured Huang Zeli and his son Huang Cheng."
"The two leaders led twenty people to control the front yard and capture all the nursing homes and dealers raised by Huang Zeli. Anyone who resisted would be killed on the spot!"
"The archers and the remaining people form a team. After I enter the house, you light up the torches and surround the yard from all sides. Then send two people to climb up to the top of the roof from the sheep and horse pen. Those who escape over the wall or dare to rush in from the village to help the fight will just be shot!"
In the dead of night, with the stars dimming, Zou Run finished his assignment in a few words, and straight away fired the two-foot-long spear in his hand. He was about to tell the minions to climb over the wall and open the door, but he was grabbed by Zou Yuan.
