Chapter 332: Waiting for Idle Ground to Make Waves (Part II
On the contrary, those who belong to high-ranking families, powerful counties, and official eunuch families can rely on their connections and other social resources in collusion with the government to effectively transfer the heavy burden of these layers of showdowns, and even use them to make profits and enrich themselves; Or simply openly resist it.
As a result, in this world, a relatively strong risk resistance ability has also been formed, and more middle- and lower-class bankrupt people have been further attracted to gather under the name to seek refuge and shelter. It is like a snowball cycle, which tends to expand through mergers and alliances, and eventually replaces the collapsed government functions as a force for local rise.
Therefore, if there is no rebellion of bandits swarmed by the homeless people to break and disrupt this situation, these wealthy families are the victors who can hold on to the end in this troubled world, and safely welcome the change of the old and new regimes, and thus devote themselves to it.
Therefore, the potentially bankrupt middle and lower classes, represented by these poor soldiers, were much less resistant to the reform of the land system led by the rebels; There is also a natural motivation and potential desire to change the status quo and one's own situation, and even to urgently change the social reality; belong to potential groups that can be fought over and transformed;
However, they are also a weak group full of vacillations, compromises, and disagreements; It is more similar to the petty bourgeoisie that was born after the great development of the industrial revolution in later generations, and even the original predecessors of the Internet era;
Although he was exposed to the reality of the middle and lower strata of society, he deeply felt the need for change and transformation, but he was afraid of the corresponding bloodshed and sacrifice, and looked down on those peasant rebels who were more of a higher status than his own society; However, they delusionally think that they can complete idyllic improvements without paying any price, or they continue to deceive themselves and desperately maintain the so-called "not worse" status quo.
Often, except for a few individuals who are bent on change after learning from the pain, and resolutely betray their class attributes; Most of the others are still passively grumbling mouthballs, or cowards and cynics who simply use various hobbies and performance art to escape from reality.
Then again and again, in the changes of the times, it was crushed into slag and nutrients. Therefore, in an ideal rebel regime, it may be used as the icing on the cake, but it cannot be used as a leading force for basic and social change.
Therefore, in terms of narrative, it is necessary to be relatively lenient and strict; At least under the same conditions, it is necessary to give way to those low-level personnel who have been cultivated by themselves within the Taiping military system. And Zhou Huai'an took time to give them lectures, just to expose this "truth" that runs through the rise and fall of historical chaos.
So that they can understand that in the current world, the main source of the real social contradictions (the court and the clan lords) lies, and what are the reasons and specific objects (the government and the county are powerful and powerful), and what kind of system status quo is difficult to return to (the faint monarch and the traitor are in charge), blocking and blocking the road to progress and the opportunity for them to work hard to get it.
Of course, this is also a process of reverse elimination and selection. Because, after class, they are also required to hand over the corresponding experience according to their own circumstances and managers; Then select the more progressive models as the material for routine evaluation and presentation to obtain corresponding resonance and recognition.
Those who are conservative and backward, stubborn in their thinking, and who are lucky and speculative, will naturally gradually reveal many details in the course of tasting and telling again and again, or simply compare them with others.
Even if only one-fifth to one-tenth of them can be retained in the end, and they are willing to settle down and do things from the grassroots; It was also a very uplifting and encouraging example for the rule of the rebels; Since ancient times, scholars have not been afraid of fierce competition, but they are afraid that there is no way to advance.
Like the Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty and even the Hong Sect Master at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the space and space within the dynasty have been basically cut off, and the strange thing that forced the scholars who were willing to defect to the system to the road of rebellion is basically no longer possible.
"There's a discussion with the city's merchant clubs tomorrow.
This is also a matter of no choice, although the Taiping army has suppressed and liquidated many local powerful people, large families, gentry, and official eunuchs; But this is mainly for the traditional exploiting groups who own large tracts of land and granges.
For the foreign merchants and local merchants who are objectively conducive to economic circulation, as well as the handicraft owners related to various local people's livelihood and industries under the traditional guild structure, they still have a somewhat different view and are at peace;
Of course, this must be based on the fact that the Taiping army can effectively contain it by force, and they are based on the primitive instinct of merchants to pursue profits, and they are insatiable and unscrupulous to exploit to the extreme;
That is, to use the long-term interests of the pie and the deterrent power of the violent machine to win over and divide the positive parts of it, and to suppress and combat the other negative parts.
Therefore, we should also take this opportunity to occasionally throw out some dry goods that can only be understood by insiders, to deter and knock this generation, so that they will not dare to covet the Taiping regime suspiciously.
On the other hand, the descendants of these merchant families also have the motivation and desire to change their social status and basic situation; Therefore, under normal circumstances, after making a fortune, most people will find a way to buy land and buy real estate, become landlords, and after several generations of business, they will completely whitewash the identity of the last of the five people in the household registration, so that they can participate in the imperial examination to seek a career path to further enhance their social status.
Now that the Taiping military regime has become bigger, it can be regarded as giving this generation another choice and opportunity.
Moreover, compared with those landlord families in the traditional sense, they also have a certain foundation of education, literacy and accounting are the most basic, and they have little stake and fetters in the land; Therefore, some can also be introduced under the merit recruitment, and form some kind of competition and balance with those poor scholars with strong traditional colors.
"This document from Guangfu has to be seen in person."
Speaking of the last thing, Xiao Qi suddenly had a little embarrassed expression on his face.
After a while, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but look at this thing with tears and laughter; Because, he was urged to marry, yes, he was urged to marry from this era; It was also a marriage urging signed by many of his subordinates who were promoted and appointed in the left-behind division.
The reason and reason are also very simple and reasonable:
It is nothing more than "today's monarchy has begun to take shape, and there are more than 20 states in the vast land... "However, since the Lord has led troops to go on expeditions, then there should be a lady who is in charge of the house." "If there is no good choice for a while, you should also put the wide house as the difference between inside and outside. and Dona concubine gave birth to an heir early. "Taking the bloodline of the lord as the foundation of the great cause is the way to stability for the hearts of the people. . ."
The general meaning is:
My lord, my lords, you have been alone until now, neither close to women nor have any thoughts of marriage, which is too abnormal for a regime, especially a leader who aspires to the world; It also makes our subordinates very embarrassed and worried.
So you've got to find more women quickly, any kind of woman; As long as there are more than one candidates, they can have children; With the guarantee of the future generations who can inherit the cause and the stability of the continuation of the regime, everyone will be more at ease to work for you.
Of course, if you don't have the time or leisure to do these things, that's fine. You can come up with a corresponding standard of taste and hobbies, and naturally some people are willing to share your worries and work hard for you.
You don't see, among the hundreds of thousands of people who have stabilized in Lingdong alone under the rule of the Taiping regime, there are many eminent eunuchs or famous families; Even if it is the representatives of the maritime giants of Guangzhou and the outer regions of Fanbang; Couldn't you pick a good choice that would satisfy you and motivate you?
Not to mention Hunan, Annan, and Lingxi, where the old and new conquests were conquered, but some people want to send their wives and children to you to choose the purpose. Why are you so spicy and indifferent to the amorous feelings? All day long, I went deep into Jane and went non-stop, so that my subordinates who were fist-minded were not good birds.
Anyway, all kinds of indescribable grievances and grievances are faintly on the paper; It's hard to imagine that this is what a group of old gentlemen and middle-aged uncles who usually seem to be serious, or full of morality, or rigorous in their studies, or self-disciplined and cautious.
Because, even the nominal first chief official Wang Pan has a kick in it; And the faint show-off of the dog food style of the price reduction auction, he has now found a suitable companion and housekeeper among the female surnames of the escort.
Well, Zhou Huai'an feels that he also has to reflect on it, and his standard for choosing the people around him has always been to avoid trouble and too many involvement as much as possible. However, in the book of the somewhat slippery Qiu eunuch, there is a rather subtle hint at the tendency and trend of another matter.
As a man who is strong and in the prime of life, he already has enough power, status and resources, and he has not been taken care of by women who have not made beds and quilts around him for a long time, which is particularly unusual in the eyes of people in this era (in fact, it is aesthetic cleanliness and inertia for fear of trouble).
If there is no appropriate statement and demonstration for a long time, it is easy to associate people with specific hobbies and gender orientations, or mistakenly think that there are three topics that are difficult to hide; This is undoubtedly a potential worry for the stability of the Taiping Army, a nascent system and interest group.
If the latter is enough, at most it is just some gossip topics that cannot be put on the table; Out of sight is good. But if the former is involved, some embarrassing and embarrassing scenes will inevitably appear in the future; After all, there are not a few people in this world who want to sharpen their heads for speculation and beat around the bush to climb the camp.
However, when Zhou Huai'an, who was very concerned, arrived at the festival in Yacheng, he received an urgent report from Jingmen County:
"There are officers and soldiers who have gone southγγγ"
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Outside Poyang City, Raozhou, Jiangxi, Gao Yue, who was lame and ragged, was also looking sadly at the tattered and patched grass thief banner on the city's head; Even now, he still can't understand how things have taken a turn for the worse overnight.
Well,Maybe the reward is strong enough.,I'll be able to add another chapter today (cover your face and go)γγ
(End of chapter)