"Revolutionary soldiers should keep in mind that there are three major disciplines and eight points of attention;

The first qiē action obeys the command, and the same pace can achieve victory;

second, I don't take a needle and thread from the masses, and the masses support and like me;

Third, the seizure should be returned to the public, and efforts should be made to reduce the burden on the people;

We must do the three major disciplines, and the eight points of attention must not be forgotten;

……”

The word revolution has a history of thousands of years in China, and it is written in Yi? Leather? There is a saying in the "Speech": "The Tangwu Revolution is in accordance with the heavens and the people". However, the word revolution was rarely mentioned in the past, let alone sung in the songs of the rebel ranks.

Shen Xin once thought that Wei Ze, the prime minister who occupied Anqing City, was a very knowledgeable clay leg, because Wei Ze's "Anhui News" or Wei Ze's own words were all in the vernacular. However, Wei Ze quoted scriptures and classics in explaining "revolution" and "revolutionary soldiers", and Shen Xin was deeply impressed by Wei Ze's passage, "Thousands of years ago, the "Book of Songs" said, "Martial arts, the dry city of the country. Because at that time, soldiers were at least Chinese people, and they could express their opinions on politics. I don't care what other armies think of soldiers, at least in our ranks, as soldiers, when you want to speak, no one can stop you! ”

What this "countryman" is, Shen Xin doesn't know, he reads very little of the Book of Songs. But after this time, Shen Xin's impression of Wei Ze has completely changed, and Wei Ze is no longer a mud leg, but a hidden reader. Because of such a cognition, Shen Xin's original rejection of the Taiping Army has been invisibly reduced a lot, and even this "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" such a straightforward and simple song has become much more pleasing to the ear.

After listening to this song for a long time during the march, Shen Xin suddenly had a question, if the army can achieve these three disciplines and eight points of attention, can it be called a Cantonese bandit? An army that can re-tie up the masses after using the masses as beds without taking a stitch from the masses sounds like a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. Shen Xin originally thought that this song was just for the people along the way to listen to, but now, this song turned out to be a discipline that the Taiping Army itself was required to abide by, which made him confused.

The propaganda team gradually began to disperse, centering on Anqing, Tongcheng, Shucheng, Luzhou, and other cities mainly controlled by the Taiping Army, and spreading to the surrounding areas. Shen Xin was assigned to the Luzhou area.

Due to the seizure of local land, account books, tax records, and other items, Shen Xin, a guy who knows some classical Chinese, was used to engage in "translation" work, that is, to translate classical Chinese into vernacular. The translated white text summarizes and determines the basic amount of tax paid in those places.

Not only did they have to translate, but the Taiping army captured many tax collectors and asked them to explain the specific situation of local grain and tax payments. Shen Xin, as a translator, also had to take the relevant materials to observe. As an eighteen-year-old young man, Shen Xin had heard too many grievances.

Before leaving, Wei Ze told everyone that paying grain according to the acres of land would inevitably lead to strong resistance from the landlords and gentry. In order to fight against the landlords and gentry, it was necessary to rely on the poor people. Shen Xin felt that what Wei Ze said might be correct, but it shouldn't be as thrilling as Wei Ze said.

And after listening to the tax collector's account in person, Shen Xin knew how fierce the landlords and gentry really were. First of all, if anyone comes out of Jinshi, they will immediately become a local tyrant. If the land near Jinshi's hometown is sold, others don't have to think about being able to buy the land until Jinshi's family makes it clear. The land of Jinshi's hometown will quickly be concentrated in the Jinshi family and take refuge under the Jinshi family. From then on, they don't have to pay taxes.

Of course, this does not mean that the rent is still the same, and the land that is sheltered under the high-ranking officials will only increase and not decrease. Since you don't have to pay taxes to the state, in exchange, you have to make a lot of offerings to the high-ranking officials who protect the Quartet.

Compared with other pretexts, officials have an officially struggle after all, and if they go too far in private, they will be impeached. So being able to take refuge in a high-ranking official family is even good. If you are unfortunate enough to take refuge in the hands of the "local tyrants", it will be like becoming a slave.

After listening to the introduction of the tax collector, Shen Xin felt that the educated and powerful also oppressed the people, but their way was more to maintain a system that was beneficial to them. And the uneducated buns bully and oppress the people, that is, to make them feel happy. All kinds of things that are already ridiculous in Shen Xin's opinion, and the uneducated buns are very happy. Physically and mentally unable to understand why the local local tyrants want to rob men and women, let alone understand that after they have worked hard to buy some people in the government, they have turned to work against the government's policies.

After all this training and understanding of the situation, his propaganda team was integrated into the army, which marched into the villages in groups of two or three hundred people. During the march, Shen Xin saw a lot of relatively old human heads that had been pickled in lime, and some relatively fresh heads. Upon inquiry, these people were all local heroes in Luzhou, trying to form a regiment to train against the Taiping Army.

Of course, their fate is already clear, the regimental training has been exterminated, and the guy who provoked the head has his head cut off to set an example. Some of the powerful guys were even wiped out and their land was confiscated. Their land and houses were confiscated and used as local strongholds for the troops.

When they arrived at the village, the troops of 200 men wandered around the crop fields before marching into the village. The sudden appearance of such an armed force of two or three hundred people surprised the local people. It's just that it's not the first time that the Taiping army has arrived in this village, so there is no misunderstanding that the villagers thought that bandits had come in and resisted.

Naturally, a temporary worker like Shen Xin could not be responsible for the important work of negotiating with the landlords in the village. Together with the rest of the propaganda team, he went from house to house and talked to the people.

"Fellow! Have you heard about our new grain payment? ”

“…… Those who have more land pay more taxes, those who have less land pay less taxes, and those who have no land do not pay taxes......"

“…… Don't do that, fellow! The reason why we have come to the countryside is to make it clear to you, if you don't believe it......"

“…… Fellow, get up quickly, we can't afford this ceremony, don't worry, as long as your family doesn't have so much land, you really don't have to pay taxes......"

“…… That's right, as long as someone in the family is a soldier in our Taiping Army, no one can let you go as a loan shark, and the annual interest is up to 10% and 50......"

“…… What if no one lends you money, you ask? As long as you are a family member of a soldier, you can borrow money from our Taiping Army's bank......"

“…… Fellow, if you want your son to be a soldier, then go to the entrance of the village to find someone, or I'll take you there now......"

Every family has to go to publicity, Shen Xin originally looked down on ordinary people, thinking that they were fools who didn't understand anything. However, taking the policies of the Taiping Army to the countryside, the common people soon understood the purpose of the Taiping Army. Some of the people looked honest and had no words. But these people didn't even wait for Shen Xin to say first, they took the initiative to say: "As long as I don't pay taxes for the poor people who don't have land, you come to clean up those landlords who don't pay taxes, we will definitely not dare to fight with the old men!" ”

Originally, Shen Xin thought that the Taiping Army was trying to divide the relationship between the landlords and the poor, and that the poor might not be able to understand it. Now that the poor know this very clearly. In other words, after listening to Shen Xin's propaganda, the first thing that came to the people's mind was that as long as they did not collect taxes from the poor, the poor would not help the rich.

After finishing his work, Shen Xin also added a little bit of what he cared about.

“…… Fellow, do you know the imperial court......

Regarding this question, half of Shen Xinxian's people don't know the word "imperial court" at all. After many guiding inquiries, Shen Xinxian everyone knows the emperor, and also knows the names of some high-ranking officials who have appeared in the drama. Of course, these people also know about grassroots officials such as county orders.

However, the common people did not have the concept of the imperial court, and the common people believed that the emperor directly ordered certain people to come and become officials. Whether it is done well or not is the action of the officials themselves. This simple concept is summed up as everyone's answer to Shen Xin's question of loyalty to the emperor.

“…… I don't know the Emperor! Besides, he's done me any good......"

Throughout the hot month of July, the propaganda team was trekking through the countryside. Under the leadership of the troops, the news of "paying taxes on the completion of grain" was transmitted to all the lands controlled by the Taiping military as much as possible. This arduous action paid off immediately, and a large number of people from impoverished areas went to join the Taiping Army, and the number of people who went to join the army only through Shen Xin's task force was more than 500. Shen Xin is also very clear about the purpose of these people joining the army. These people are oppressed in the countryside, and if someone in the family is a soldier, they will naturally have someone to support them. At least in the near future, it will be ensured that these poor people will be able to "pay more taxes for those who have more land, pay less taxes for those who have less land, and do not pay taxes for those who have no land", as the Taiping Army propaganda said.

The reaction of the people made Shen Xin understand one thing. The emperor was important to the scholars who aspired to gain fame in the imperial examination, but it was of no meaning to the common people. The two sides did not see each other, and the emperor asked officials to collect taxes from the people. Who really thinks that the countryside can actually have the idea of "loyalty", it can only be said that people who think so are sick. In the countryside, there is always only one truth: "county officials are better than current management".

After thinking about it, Shen Xin figured out another question. In fact, for those who try to take the route of officialdom, it is better for county officials to be in charge. Theoretically, the emperor has the supreme ruling power of officialdom, and everyone must be loyal to the king, because if you are not loyal to the king, you will immediately lose your official position. In fact, there is no difference between the people in the officialdom and the common people, and the purpose of all choices is to maximize their own interests.

Shen Xin, who thought about this, suddenly felt that he had grown up!

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