It has been thirty-six years since the forty-sixth year of Wanli Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming under the pretext of "Seven Great Hatreds"; Since the Qing army entered the customs in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, it has been a full ten years today. The Ming army fought less and less, the Ming Dynasty fought smaller and smaller, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty went step by step from a barbarian tribe with less than 100,000 men and a total population of only hundreds of thousands, and now it is wider and more populous than the area controlled by the Ming court.

Many of these are what they have seen since they were children, especially Lin Shiwang, who was born in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, as a clan, he knows many things more clearly than ordinary people in the palace. But why this is happening, he still doesn't have a complete concept.

At this moment, Tao Qian recited the entire article word by word, and everyone listened silently, without saying a word, and even in this room, except for Tao Qian's subdued recitation, there was no room for anything beside him.

A moment later, Tao Qian had already finished reciting the full text, but too much time had passed, and the nine sons of Yitang were just sitting there, dumbfounded, as if they were frozen.

In fact, they couldn't fully understand Chen Kai's views for a while, let alone believe them all. But compared to those guys who threw all the black pots on others, Chen Kai's view was more objective, and everyone thought about it for a long time, and Lin Shiwang, who was the leader, asked Tao Qian: "Dissatisfied with Yue Xing, our knowledge is shallow, and it is difficult to understand it for a while." But I think that the person who can write this article and make Yue Xing take the risk to pass it on to us must be ordinary people. Can you tell me what they are all about? ”

What Lin Shiwang said is also the ardent expectation of everyone. Seeing this, Tao Qian hesitated for a moment, and then broke out Chen Kai's name, who knew that he immediately startled everyone.

"But Chen Kai and Chen Fujun, who rescued Guangzhou and defeated the Jingnan Domain twice?"

"Not only that, last year, Chen Fujun had already recovered Qiongzhou Mansion, and he led the boat division to the city of Guangzhou to shell the city of Guangzhou, and Shang Kexi that dog traitor didn't even dare to let out a fart. Such a person is the first-rate civil official today, and the model that our generation of scholars should learn from and emulate! ”

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In Ningdu for a few days, he talked with these nine people every day, and his mouth was dry. Speaking of which, Tao Qian is okay, the nine people have to listen to Tao Qian's story during the day, and several people get together to discuss with each other at night, and they are boiled into flower bears one by one but still don't know it, until a few days later, Tao Qian completed the first round of brainwashing work according to Chen Kai's method, and then he set off to return to Ruijin's hometown.

"When Chen Fujun went to Jiangxi to help Jiejun and Zhejiang to rescue the king, he also shaved his hair and behaved in front of the Tartars. But once the time is ripe, it will be a decisive blow, according to the information of the country's surname, to this day, the legend of Chen Jinnan, the person who saved Wang Jiang, is still circulating in Hangzhou. ”

Tao Qian didn't directly pull them into the guild, but only said that he wanted them to go home separately, be good gentry on the ground of Tartar for half a year, and then listen to his lectures in Ruijin. The reason, he only said that Chen Kai believed that in the occupied area of the Imperial Court, people who did not have the ability to protect themselves could not do great things, so the first task given to them was to cover up their attributes in front of the local officials of the Qing Court, so that there would be a future.

"Yue Xing, please rest assured, Chen Fujun is a genius in the world, and we yearn for it. There is no way to go wrong with this little thing. ”

Embarking on the road back to his hometown, Tao Qian thought back to the experience of the past few days, recalled the words he had said to Yitang Jiuzi, and his heart was no longer as nervous as he was when he developed the first new member in his hometown in Ruijin County, a friend of his enlightened people. When he returned to Ruijin County, he met that friend who came to pay a visit, and heard that he had already begun to develop the nine sons of Yitang in Ningdu County, and the latter seemed a little worried.

"Yue Xing, most of the nine of them are from Ningdu, and they have a good relationship with each other on weekdays. We only have four members in Ruijin County, will there be a situation where the cart is turned upside down in the future? ”

My friend was worried, Tao Qian thought about it carefully, but it was not groundless. It's just that recalling Chen Kai's article "On Protracted War", and recalling some of the spirit of the Heaven and Earth Society conveyed by Kuang Lu last time, when he said to his friend categorically: "Now that this situation is in place, we can't control outsiders, at least our Heaven and Earth Society can't indulge in fighting each other internally." As the helmsman said, unity is strength. What's more, Ruijin County is not just the four of us, isn't there a mutual aid association? ”

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"Brother Xin, the forage owed by the last rental of the ploughing cattle is left to your family."

"I'm ready, I'll go over when I'm done. By the way, I have already repaired Chu Si's hoe, so I asked him to come to me tomorrow. ”

"Okay."

"What are you two still rubbing about, Master Zou is going to have a meeting, go quickly."

"I'll go over here."

"When I call my mother-in-law to come and pack my things, I'll be there right away."

A moment later, several men had already arrived at a courtyard. This is the courtyard of a mutual aid association in Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, which is used for meetings and storage of supplies.

This kind of organization, in fact, is not surprising. Everywhere in the world, there are villagers mutual aid organizations established by clan ties, and there are also religion and township party as bonds. This is replaced by the membership of the so-called Mutual Aid Society.

Zou Nan, the local leader of the group, founded a local mutual aid association last winter, set a township agreement, and help each other on weekdays, in addition to cultivating personal private land, the club also has public land attached to Zou Nan's name to avoid taxes, and in addition to a small amount of production given to Zou Nan as compensation, the rest is used as a member's dividend and the club's reserve grain.

Such an organization enabled the peasants who depended on the weather to get a certain collective guarantee, and at the same time, they could also avoid the exploitation of some local governments. But for those who do not follow the rules, they will be expelled from the meeting, and there will be no leniency. Because of this, the people of the village flock to it, and they are more concerned about the affairs of the mutual aid association.

Zou Nan held a meeting today, and he was talking about the fact that yesterday a Qing army crossed the border and robbed the widower of the village head Wang to lay the ewe. This person is also a member of this association, and the sheep dung has not been given to everyone on weekdays, and the members are also quite jealous of the Qing army, and there are always some feelings about the death of rabbits and foxes.

"It is impossible to ask those green battalion soldiers for it, in my opinion. They won't admit it, and the county won't talk much, and in the end, it's all gone. ”

"Hey."

Speaking of which, Jiangxi Governor Cai Shiying is a general of Jinzhou, a member of the Guanning Army, and a member of the White Flag of the Han Army, but this person is a literate person, and since entering the Qing Dynasty, he has mostly been a civil official such as imperial history, and even if he goes on an expedition, he is basically a technical officer in charge of the artillery team. Once such a figure arrived in Jiangxi, a ruined place where he had been repeatedly slaughtered, it was indispensable to resume production, and even the Qing court appointed his people to patrol Jiangxi.

But even if Jiangxi's current policy is to resume production, there is no way to put an end to it, and there is even no way to restrain those Qiu Ba who have been oppressing the people since the next season. What Zou Nan said, they naturally understood, but it was precisely because they knew such a situation too well that they could only sigh here. At the very least, can they still go and hit the stone with an egg?

Everyone was like this, squatting at the door alone, and the member surnamed Wang almost cried. His family originally lived in Nanchang, and he was also a homesteader with land and a house, who knew that the Qing army suppressed Jin Shenghuan anyway, and looted and slaughtered the people around Nanchang.

The Eight Banners Army besieged the city in Nanchang, and committed adultery day and night with the women caught outside the city, and after the city was broken, it was even sold everywhere. His daughter-in-law, who had just passed the door, did not know life and death, but the chances of survival were slim, and those who knew knew that she was dead or alive.

It was at that time that he was carried south by the refugees and fled here, at first he gave people a day job, and then he did the lord a favor, and the lord family returned the favor and saw that he was honest, so they gave him a sheep on credit, and made an appointment with the first three lambs to pay the bill, and the sheep went with him. Since then, while working part-time and raising sheep, life has been slightly better. Some time ago, through the contact of the mutual aid association, he was bred with a ram in a neighboring village, just waiting for the cubs, but when he went out to shepherd the sheep, he was robbed by the Qing army passing by.

Returning to abject poverty again shattered hopes for a better and better life. What's even worse is that now Mo said that he used lambs to pay off the debt, and even the ewes are gone, and the original master has to trouble him.

The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, the more sad I became, I couldn't squat anymore, I sat on the ground, and even if I cried. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but feel sad for it, but what about a hatchling ewe, the loss was also a dozen taels of silver, which one dared to easily export to help.

The widower sat on the ground, snorting and tearing, and everyone's attention was focused on him, and his face was full of unbearable. At this moment, with a light cough, everyone's attention quickly turned to the top, and then listened to Zou Nan say: "The An family's side is not unreasonable, I can go and talk to his family, after all, this is not intentional." ”

At this point, the member surnamed Wang was stunned, looked at Zou Nan with wide eyes, and immediately stood up, hurriedly approached, and fell directly to the ground.

"Master Zou is very kind, and the villain is unforgettable."

"It doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be this way."

Helping the member surnamed Wang up with both hands, Zou Nan said frankly that they were all members of the mutual aid association, so they naturally had to help each other, otherwise what was the use of establishing such a mutual aid association.

"Speaking of this, even if it is not your brother's fault, but after all, he lost someone's sheep, and he should pay some money. I thought that this money would come out of the Mutual Aid Society's righteous warehouse first, and then your brother would repay it with dividends from the public land in the future. In addition, I'll go to the warden to give you some tuntian, so that the repayment can be made faster and without delaying everyone's affairs, okay? ”

The Mutual Aid Society was founded last winter, and this year it has just begun to operate. Yicang, it's not yet the day of the summer harvest, it's just a concept, in the final analysis, it's up to Zou Nan to talk about it first. And this time, Zou Nan also said that he would let the county government share some wasteland with him, which is also a good way to teach people to fish.

"The villain listens to Master Zou, the great kindness of Master Zou, the villain remembers it in his heart, and never dares or forgets."

The principle of the mutual aid society is not to give for free, but to pay in advance by the righteous warehouse in times of emergency, so as not to bankrupt the small farmers. Other small things are also the principle of bartering things, exchanging things for power, and exchanging power for things, but they will not be so clear, and strive to make everyone contribute and everyone can make a profit.

Speaking of which, Zou Nan is a distant relative of the Zou family in Xiaodongmen, and he is also a son of a big family in Ji'an Mansion, and he has the blessing of his family. Besides, he is still famous, and the serious squires and local officials all want to give some face. With such an identity, in fact, he doesn't need the help of such ordinary people at all, but Zou Nan not only did it, but also enjoyed it, and these villagers were naturally happy to surround him.

The matter is decided, Zou Nan of that family has some intersections, and it is not a big deal, just send the housekeeper to say it. Subsequently, he presided over the mutual aid association to talk about some of the current spring ploughing affairs, encouraging everyone to help each other, also in order to live a good life in the future.

"Those who make the same covenant will persuade each other with virtue and industry, regulate faults, fellowship with etiquette and customs, and sympathize with each other in adversity."

This is the township covenant, and everyone must recite it collectively at the beginning of the meeting and the end of the meeting. After the meeting was dismissed, everyone was busy, Zou Nan returned home, and a friend was waiting here.

"How's it going?"

"Everything is done according to the principles of the gentleman, and now this mutual aid association has some cohesion. That is, if you want to really come in handy, I'm afraid it will take some time. ”

The person who came also went to Chaozhou from Jiangxi with him, and returned to Jiangxi from Chaozhou. Back then, they worked together under Jie Chongxi, studied with Chen Kai, and had a great friendship. Moreover, the two of them are still fellow villagers in Ji'an Prefecture, so they are naturally closer.

"It's the same on my side, Sir's method is naturally useful, but it's a little slower, which makes people anxious."

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Mr. said, what we are doing now seems to be inconspicuous, but it will play a big role in the future. Mr. has been in Fujian and Guangdong for many years and has done so many great things, there is no mistake. ”

"Well, that's true!"

In the second half of last year, they developed several reserve members, all of whom had participated in the Jiangxi Anti-Qing Movement, and after the defeat, they became remnants and hid in the mountains and forests. Earlier, they had screened and achieved effective development, and these favors were also ordered to return to the Qing court's occupied areas to lurk, but they could also control their mouths. These days were the appointed days, and further development and cultivation were a major priority at the moment, and they took the lead in discussing these matters before those people arrived.

Actually, it's not complicated, it's just the content of the preaching, the selection of candidates, and further development. After a few days, those readers came as scheduled, still memorizing what they were going to talk about in their minds like Tao Qian, without revealing words, and soon, Zou Nan talked about the content of "On Protracted War".

"Why?"

This is a big question, and everyone here will show eager eyes, hoping to get the answer from the well-known civil official who has turned the tide several times in Fujian and Guangdong.

"Li Zicheng? Zhang Xianzhong? The Son of Heaven is immoral? What are the additional salaries? Those years of famine? Or is the captive really invincible? ”

"The fool has walked thousands of miles and fought for many years, and what he saw was actually a lot of factions within the king's division, and they hindered each other. The Son of Heaven has no ability to control the political situation, and the court and the local civil and military are all tired of party disputes, and there are even more people at both ends of the rat and those who talk incompetently to disrupt the country's politics. ”

"For example, in the first battle of Guangzhou, the internal Wu and Chu party struggles, the local east and west lords fought each other, and joined forces to persecute the loyal battalions who went to help, outside the city of Guangzhou, the governor and the governor could not work together, and in the city of Guangzhou, the foreign military towns and the local guards could not help each other in the same boat. When the city of Guangzhou was broken, those who surrendered, those who fled, and those who fled first and then surrendered abounded, but the real victims were those who were truly loyal and righteous and innocent people. ”

In this way, under the same party and different forces, the captives are like solid stones hitting eggs, and each one is broken, and it can accumulate bigger and bigger like a snowball rolling down. And today, the court is already very difficult to govern, and the king cannot work together, and what he has obtained is only a temporary victory, and it cannot be a long-term benefit! ”

The strength is strong, the force is weak, this is the simplest truth, what he saw and heard in Guangzhou, as well as what he experienced left an extremely deep imprint in Chen Kai's heart. However, the internal party strife within the Ming court was already accumulating, and in this case, the Qing court seemed to be invincible, but it was not necessarily so.

"The one who holds it, the Eight Banners. The king of Xining beheaded Nikan, which proved that the real Manchuria was not a god general, but also an ordinary person's ear. The Eight Banners of Manchuria, at the beginning of the entry into the customs, were only 50,000, and after ten years of conquest, the casualties were higher than the population increase, but they were getting less and less; The Eight Banners of Mongolia are actually a supplement to Manchuria, which is a supplement, and Dingkou cannot be compared with Manchuria, but there are more than 20,000 people; As for the Han army, the bloodline is mostly the same as that of our Chinese people, and the court is a big country with a small clan, and it has not dared to put the cart before the horse, and there are only more than 30,000 so far. ”

"With 100,000 Eight Banners, the captives must control the two capitals, 13 provinces, Liaodong, Monan, Mongolia and other places, which have long been overstretched, and they all rely on the assistance of the green battalion. But even so, the vast territory of the emperor also made the captives tired and trembling. ”

"Therefore, if you kill one person in Manchuria, the authority of the captives will be shaken by one point; If ten Manchurians were killed, the authority of the court would be shaken by ten points; By analogy, the smaller the number of Manchurias, the lower the control of the Green Camp and the greater its disintegration. ”

"However, the court is cunning, and it is known as cannon fodder for the green camp Han army, and it can use Han people to kill Han people, and it can reap the benefits of fishermen. The green camp is cunning, the strong Wang Shi is like a rat's head at both ends, and the Wang Shi is weak like a jackal and a hungry tiger. Because of this, the prosperity of the dynasty is not a day's work. And the Han family is 70 million ding, and the two sides are very different. Wang Shi cannibalized step by step, and if there is no big mistake, there will always be a day when the Eight Banners will be exhausted. At that time, the dynasty can be prosperous, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the dead can also drink the blood of the enemy under the nine springs! ”

Regarding the death of the Ming Dynasty, there are many internal and external factors, Chen Kai believes that the biggest problem is that the problems of the Ming Dynasty itself add up to give the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of, whether it is economic problems, political problems, or military problems. There is no other reason, with the size of the Ming Dynasty at that time, in the early and middle of the 17th century, when the European powers had not yet developed, in the words of some people in later generations, it was the greatest honor to be the dog of the Ming Dynasty, and even when Wanli resisted the Japanese, Nurhachi was just a dog who wanted to be a dog and could not get it.

But the problem now is that the internal fighting of the Ming Dynasty is still continuing, and the Qing court will not give the Ming court a time to integrate and breathe, and the earlier momentum is nothing more than the outbreak of the Great Western Army and the Zheng group nourished by the sea trade, which has actually nothing to do with the center of the Ming court.

"Then are we just watching the collapse of the dynasty and the destruction of the well-dressed civilization by the Tartars?"

This sentence said what everyone present thought. At this time, Zou Nan recalled Chen Kai's tone when he was lecturing in South Australia, and recounted to them categorically: "We won't just do it, everything we do today is to work hard to defeat the court." Now, Wang Shi is being squeezed by the Tartars in the corners of the southwest and southeast coasts, and we are in the heart of the court to complete the control of the grassroots through mutual aid associations. When our strength is enough, and we cooperate with the chief helmsman of Guangdong, it will be the day when the emperor will be attacked by the enemy! ”