Chapter 021: The True Meaning of Sectarian Power
"I didn't expect you Niu Geng to be a hero too!" Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhao Zongwu said with a playful look on his face: "Overthrow the rule of the imperial court."
Tsk tsk.
This kind of thing, Zhao really admires you enough! ”
The party struggle that began in the middle of Wanli has made the Ming Dynasty behind Zhongxing, and it has also buried deep hidden dangers, and the corruption of officialdom caused by unclear governance.
Local officials colluded with the gentry and wealthy merchants, and how could the common people, a vulnerable group that mainly provided taxes for the Ming Dynasty, be the opponent of the alliance of the strong?
The fragile ability to resist makes the current Ming land annexation serious!
The number of yeoman farmers is declining at a considerable rate, and even a large number of yeoman farmers will go bankrupt every time there is a disaster!
Under such circumstances, a large number of people turned to the names of the gentry and wealthy merchants, and became tenants who were at their mercy.
This rule of the supremacy of the reader has been passed down for a long, long time in the land of China.
Because of this, this also makes the people living at the bottom, with their fragile shoulders, carry the taxes needed by an empire.
For the people who are struggling at the bottom, there is no good year in their eyes, even if the harvest is good, they can drink a bowl of thick porridge, which is a very happy thing.
The farmer is idle and sparse, and the farmer is busy eating and dry.
For the people, the time they are most afraid of is the lack of reception.
On the surface, it looks like how the Ming court was evil and how it exploited the people, but for every dynasty, the exploitation of the people was inevitable for the ruling class.
As an empire, there are too many interests mixed in, both positive and negative......
But human nature is inherently evil.
Although the current corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is serious, at least it still maintains basic stability, and then because of the continuous disaster years, the stability finally turned into complete chaos.
Although the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty is not good, it is better than spending the whole day in fear!
On the surface, Niu Geng's sects and factions are for the people, and the uprising of the displaced people at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not like this?
But how many have really laid a foundation for the people?
It's not better to say than to sing, in order to satisfy one's own selfish desires, and ultimately drive the ignorant people to fulfill their desires!
"Phew! Dog officer! You can't die well......" Seeing that Zhao Zongwu discovered his secret, Niu Geng simply broke the jar and broke it!
Originally, he thought in his heart that when this uprising succeeded, he would still be able to be a prince, but now all this has become a dream.
Angry!
I was really angry.
Regardless of Niu Geng's ant-like struggle, Zhao Zongwu then looked at the map again, but when he saw the map, Zhao Zongwu's brows furrowed.
Although the letter I just read was about the uprising, this map had nothing to do with it, on the contrary, it was closely related to the Salt Gang that Zhao Zongwu had been looking for!
Zhao Zongwu didn't expect that a small Buddha Sect would actually control such a large Salt Gang behind his back, and at the same time, it also subverted his perception of the Salt Gang.
According to Zhao Zongwu's original understanding, this salt gang should be the product of the formation of smuggler salt dealers in order to ensure their interests.
Although later generations have heard of the Salt Gang and learned about the Salt Gang from the records, no one can say what the real Salt Gang is like.
I thought that the Salt Gang was a well-organized existence, but who would have thought that as long as there are some forces, you can form the Salt Gang!
The Salt Gang, that's just a conceptual word.
Whether you are a high-ranking official, a gentry, a wealthy businessman, or a bandit, a sect, a bandit, a bandit, etc., as long as you are bold enough to make a fortune.
If you have a large ability, you will form a cross-regional salt gang, and if you have a small ability, you will form a small regional salt gang.
Whoever robs whose food depends on the knife in his hand.
Shopping is inevitable.
Under such a premise, the Salt Gang slowly moved towards conceptualization, and while regional autonomy existed, there was also a nominal trumpet.
The Buddha's religion controls the salt gang in the entire Jinan Mansion.
Don't look at the Buddha's rebellion, but there are many officials, gentry, and wealthy businessmen who have close ties with them behind them!
For the sake of profit, they finally got together, how do you look at it, how do you look like they are embarrassed!
If this is the only case, although it can attract Zhao Zongwu's attention, it will definitely not make him feel excited in his heart, because he has seen the symbol of the Buddha's religion!
Flame bald.
I don't know what the leader of this Buddha Sect thinks, the logo of this Buddha Sect is a so-called flame baldness.
The good name says: burn all the bad roots, evil thoughts!
The group that robbed Zhao Zonglin had this kind of mark on them!
Zhao Zongwu didn't expect that this force that was not implicated on the surface actually had such a deep connection hidden behind it, where is this a single individual, this is simply a super-large alliance!
Why do you say that this sect and sect in Shandong, no matter how you exterminate it, you can't wipe it out?
When Da Ming was there, he opposed Da Ming.
When the Qing Dynasty was there, he opposed the Qing Dynasty.
When the foreign devils are there, they oppose the foreign devils.
The fundamental reason is that behind the unknown, there are many ulterior interests, many of which have been rooted for a long time.
Where there are people, there must be rivers and lakes.
Where there are rivers and lakes, there must be interests.
Even if your government is strong and you can't breathe if you suppress it in a short period of time, this person is immortal after all, and he can't be killed cleanly after all.
So it's like a leek, although it is cut one after another, it will still grow tenaciously after all.
"Niu Geng! Who is the Holy Maiden of your family! ”
Thinking about this clearly, Zhao Zongwu frowned and shouted at Niu Geng!
Zhao Zongwu didn't expect that there would be so many hidden forces behind the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, this also reminded Zhao Zongwu of the smuggler forces in western Liaoning that had not been eradicated quickly.
Now it seems that my original thoughts still seem a little immature!
I thought this was just a separate phenomenon, but now it seems that the feelings of family and country are not sought after in Daming, and now they believe in a small family first and everyone later.
"Haha......" Seeing Zhao Zongwu's expression with anxiety, Niu Geng could also see a little bit of the situation, now he is 100% useless, and he will definitely not betray his saint daughter at this time.
What's more, it was his eldest brother's only daughter!
"Dog officer! Don't want Lao Tzu to say it......" Niu Geng didn't finish speaking, but Ding Xiu, who was beside him, stomped and dislocated his chin.
Although Niu Geng still wanted to scold, he couldn't say it after all.
Looking at Ding Xiu, who was both righteous and evil, Zhao Zongwu seemed to know what he should do next.
The wicked still need the wicked to grind!