Chapter 23 Payment of Taxes on Completed Grain (1)

Shen Xin never knew that there were people in this world who could make the truth so clear. It is neither the great truth of the sage's book, nor the extremely simple truth among ordinary people.

Weeser recounted the four-level reaction of the entire landlord class to the revolution. The landlord class is not afraid of revolution, and any turmoil is an object of hostility to the landlord class. In view of the different reactions of the landlord class, Weeser proposed four different stages.

1. Acknowledging the status quo of the landlord class's existence is only to use government power to slightly suppress the landlord class's "grain payment and tax payment".

2. Acknowledging the status quo of the landlord class, the government cut off the "rent reduction and interest reduction" of part of the landlord class's operations. ”

3. The status quo of the landlord class is not recognized, and the government and the oppressed people are combined to implement the policy of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land!" ”

4. The policy of nationalization of land implemented by the government does not recognize the status quo of the landlord class.

In the first stage, the landlords certainly reacted, but since the old system was not completely destroyed, the revolt was limited. From the second stage onwards, the confrontation will gradually enter the category of class struggle, and the resistance of the landlord class will become more and more intense.

Weeser concluded, "It doesn't matter if you remember it or not." But there is one thing that everyone must remember clearly: after the interests of the landlord class are damaged, they will not be willing to wait here. They will also choose to resist. So if anyone thinks that this operation will not be resisted by the landlords, then they might as well say it directly, I will allow them to leave! ”

After everyone was sure that the landlord class would choose to rebel, Weeser began to talk about the current Chinese system.

Regardless of whether others understand it or not, Shen Xin understands what the system is. A system is something that is the same everywhere. Whether it is Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, as long as China is under the system of private land ownership, landlords and peasants are the same.

In this regard, Wei Ze's team has people from all over the country, and everyone only needs to talk about their own things to prove that the landlords are different based on personal reasons, but not based on the system.

Those who can be selected for the task force are not fools. Shen Xin understood Wei Ze's plan and wanted everyone to establish two basic points. The first is that the landlord class will rebel, and the second is what kind of people the landlord class really is.

After identifying these two points, Weeser put forward his own opinion.

"The landlord class must want to fight against the grain and pay taxes, but after the bandits were defeated by us, the landlord class could not rely on the armed forces of the bandits, so they could only rely on their own regimental training. In the Luzhou area, we have solved more than a dozen guys who formed a group training, and those people have been wiped out. Those who do not dare to form regimental exercises, they want to confront us, and they can only rely on the masses and the positions of public opinion. Wei Ze spoke impassionedly, and the eyes of Shen Xin in the audience lit up.

"Ladies and gentlemen! We must kill those landlords who resist paying taxes after completing their grain. But we need to let the people in the district know that once the landlords resist and pay taxes, we will treat the landlords in this way. After all, the landlords were locals, and they wanted to organize armed forces, relying on the poor. The proportion of landlord families in the group training is very small. After the masses know the criteria for killing landlords, do you think the masses will take the initiative to run out and work for the landlords? ”

"The landlords will definitely choose to use deception to sue the people, and we will oppress the people more than the landlords. And we now want to sue the people that we only oppress the landlords, not the people, and even help the people. As long as the propaganda can be carried out to this point and the masses and public opinion positions can be competed for, then it is not a matter of what kind of insidious and cunning and bold landlords! ”

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After listening to Wei Ze's foaming mouth and finish telling the program of action, Shen Xin had completely admired Wei Ze. Although he is only eighteen years old this year, Shen Xin has heard his mother tell her countless times how her relatives robbed Shen Xin's father of the property left behind after his death. bought the official mansion and suppressed Shen Xin's mother's family, and in the end, it was a very smooth robbery.

Weese's methods are nothing new, but it's not a snatch either. In the Manchu era, the taxes that should have been paid, Wei Ze just let the landlords and gentry continue to pay. Moreover, Wei Ze still let the land pay more taxes, which is already an unheard of act of justice.

After the ideological unification is carried out, it is time for ideological mobilization. The content of the mobilization really touched Shen Xin, because the monthly salary and travel expenses totaled four taels of silver, and if there were twelve taels of silver, it would be enough for Shen Xin's mother and son to live for a year. For an eighteen-year-old Anqing youth who has no support, this money is extremely attractive.

Ideological mobilization is about what kind of terrible results will happen if you fail to complete the task. The fear of failure has undoubtedly fueled the work of the Task Force.

Originally, Shen Xin thought that this was the end and everyone should come out. Unexpectedly, this was just the beginning, and Wei Ze ordered everyone to start training. When meeting fellow villagers of different ages and genders, what methods should these work teams use.

Wei Ze also invited some local hired drum troupes and opera troupes, these people traveled from south to north, and what they were best at was to quickly attract attention in various places. Weeser did the same with what they were going to do. Although in early May 1853, Weeser's troops began to break up into small units to carry out propaganda work on the ground. Large forces also began to carry out armed marches to deter the localities.

But these are only the first round, and this training is the second round. It is also the most important propaganda before the implementation of the grain tax. The first time the Tong Guò was propagated, the local area was already "mobilized". Now, Weeser has to rely on propaganda to divide local forces.

Shen Xin now knows where his responsibilities lie, and he made it clear at the meeting that the common people are not the targets of the Taiping Army. This time, it was the landlords and gentry who had to be subdued, and those who refused to pay taxes to the Taiping army would be forced by the Taiping army to pay their lives. has the experience of being oppressed by the government, and Shen Xin has no enthusiasm for supporting figures such as landlords and gentry. If there were no landlords and gentry, especially those who did not have the Shen family, Shen Xin would still be a big young master.

The four-day training passed quickly, and Shen Xin had a question. Why your own military uniform is different from other people's military uniforms.

In addition to the stand-up collar and placket, most military uniforms have collar badges, epaulettes, and armbands. And Shen Xin's military uniform does not have these three things, among the propaganda teams, Shen Xin looks very different.

"Captain, why don't I have a collar badge, epaulettes, and armbands?" Shen Xin asked about Wu Qilu, the captain of the propaganda team.

"You're not a soldier, how can you have a badge?" Wu Qilu said with a smile.

Shen Xin heard this truth for the first time, and he said suspiciously: "We are all in the same team, why can't I have the same collar badge?" ”

Wu Qilu shook his head, "Military uniforms are not a joke, wearing a collar badge is a soldier." If you are walking together on the road and suddenly encounter an enemy attack, you are an ordinary civilian without a badge, and you must be protected by the soldiers of the army. If you sneak a collar badge, you think you're fooling someone. But everyone, rush forward, and you have to rush towards the enemy. If you don't rush, you will immediately enforce battlefield discipline, which is to kill your head? ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to be killed, Shen Xin immediately dismissed his plan to get the same badge as a soldier. He still has a mother to support, and he must not die at this time.

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