Chapter 42: Acceptance
Vote for a name?
The bandits had strange faces.
As a bandit, who doesn't know this thing? Many villages directly stipulate that newcomers must vote for their names to join the village! Otherwise, when you enter the cottage and ask, oh, it turns out to be a relational household, and you will be greeted with contemptuous eyes.
In short, the letter of nomination is a guarantee to join the bandit industry to show loyalty, it will be accompanied by the memory of a bandit's life, and it is also the capital to brag about, which can be said to be the college entrance examination in the bandit world, the IELTS TOEFL in the immigration world, and the standard configuration of successful bandits......
Now, these three words came out of the mouth of the Emperor of Cangguo, and this taste ...... It's more familiar than your own mother-in-law's panties!
"Your Majesty, please command, no matter what the name is, the brothers can go and get it!" Liu Dingshan, the owner of the Blood Crow Village, said.
"As long as we don't harm the family in the cottage, we are willing to go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire!" The owner of Taipingzhai also hurriedly expressed his position.
"Yes, yes, the two owners are right." The rest of the small village owners also agreed very much, and waited with blank eyes.
Yang Mu pondered for a moment and said: "This expedition to the Bandit Mountain Range was negotiated with Shen Guo, and the two countries work together to control the chaos in the Bandit Mountain Range and let the people live and work in peace and contentment...... Of course, there are other purposes, so I won't go into them here, but right now, there is one of the most difficult things before me. ”
"I beg your Majesty to make it clear!"
"The bandit mountain range, the forces are complicated, if you crusade one by one, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and I don't have the heart to play hide and seek with you, so you have to cut off the heads of those few fish that slipped through the net, and organize the people in your own cottage to accept supervision, abandon evil and follow good, and be a common man who keeps to himself."
Cutting off people's heads? Be a peaceful and self-contained common man?
Everyone finally understood what Yang Mu said about the vote, which was nothing more than letting them kill each other as bandits, and wipe out the Wuzhi Village, Bafang Village, and Wolf Blood Village, and from then on, honestly accept the rule of Cangguo.
It's too easy, isn't it?
You must know that there will be firefights in the bandit mountain range every three or five times, especially between neighboring cottages, often fighting for a little bit of small profit or small misunderstanding and small friction, and there is no psychological burden in morality, and more than a dozen cottages beat up four or five cottages, which is simply a piece of cake.
I have to say that as soon as this condition was opened, many bandits were excited, and nearly half of them were actually honest peasants and slaves, or because of the oppression of the nobles, or because they had no land, or they couldn't pay taxes, they really couldn't live anyway, so they were forced to go up the mountain.
The life of the bandits is not easy, the living environment is poor, they often worry about two meals a day, and they have to be vigilant at all times to be attacked by the surrounding villages, and they are afraid all day long.
Now that there is finally an official opportunity for free whitewashing, how can you easily let it go?
If you want to say that the most exciting thing in this, it is the Taipingzhai, they are the descendants of a group of exiled nobles, and the lifestyle of the common people under the mountain is almost the same, but after all, it is in the deep mountains, the information is blocked, the material exchange is inconvenient, and even the young man can not find a daughter-in-law, so whether it is a man or a woman, young or old, they are still very yearning for a normal life.
It's just that what makes everyone hesitate is that the Cangguo court can really tolerate everyone to be a common man who keeps to himself?
So, the lord of Taiping Village kowtowed and bowed: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, in what capacity will we deal with ourselves after we surrender?" ”
"Each of you can register in the official government, become a citizen of my Cangguo, enjoy the same treatment, and can build a city in the bandit mountain range, set up an official government, and every village owner can hold an official position."
Build a city? Officer?
Everyone was shocked, and more than 800 bound bandits raised their heads one after another, revealing a look of shock.
Was this a capture of the emperor, or was it captured by the emperor?
Is there such a good thing in the world?
Everyone subconsciously didn't believe it, but they had to believe that their lives were pinched in the hands of others, so was it necessary to use fraudulent means?
"You may be confused, but I want to tell you that my ultimate goal is to rush to the rescue of Shen Guo, so I don't have time to waste time with you...... Moreover, I also understand that you all have unspeakable hardships when you go up the mountain to be bandits, as long as there is no cottage that causes trouble in Cangguo, I don't want to pursue it. ”
"Thank you, Lord Longne!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”
"The grass people will definitely change their past wrongs, and they will never do evil in the future!"
Everyone hurriedly expressed their attitude, each looking grateful, and they were determined to be five good villagers.
Yang Mu nodded, regardless of whether he was really grateful or hypocritical, at least the problem could be solved.
So, he threw a big bomb again: "In the process of supporting the Shen Kingdom, according to your performance, you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds afterwards, and after the construction of a new city, the official positions will be distributed according to merit, and the titles of three earls will be awarded." ”
Oh, Earl......
Miscellaneous...... What the...... Earl?
Everyone didn't react at once, and they were rewarded for their merits and awarded the title of earl......
After a short period of sluggishness, the owners of the village went crazy!
To whom is the reward for meritorious deeds? To whom is the title of earl bestowed?
Obviously, choose from the owner of the village!
Isn't it appropriate to work a little harder?
Official positions and titles mean that you have become a nobleman, you can enjoy the honor brought by your status openly, exercise legitimate privileges, and become a master!
This is not comparable to a small village owner who has not seen the light in the mountains!
In an instant, more than 800 bandits were excited, the owners of the village drank wine and ate meat, and the little ones could always get a little bone broth, right?
Don't say anything about official positions, even if it's an errand for a small official, it's a serious official meal!
This time, all everyone's doubts disappeared, and from this point alone, it can be seen that the Emperor Cangguo is sincere, after all, it is just to deal with a group of bandits who have no power to resist, and there is no need to make up a big lie to deceive.
Just take what you need!
"Well, have you thought it through?" Yang Mu asked lightly.
Everyone looked at each other, nodded heavily, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank the emperor for his grace, such a generous treatment, not to mention cooperating with His Majesty the Emperor to support Shen Guo, even if it is okay to go directly to the battlefield to fight!
For a while, everyone had the illusion that the Emperor of Cangguo was not here to suppress the bandits, but was simply sent by God to send warmth to everyone!
Regarding the performance of the bandits, Yang Mu also saw it clearly, and it was also expected.
After all, this is a real benefit, and just the position of those three earls is enough to make all the village owners excited.
As a bandit, although he secretly scolded the nobles, and he always talked about gritting his teeth, who didn't have the heart to be a nobleman?
It's like a poor man who scolds rich people for having no morals all day long, but behind the scenes, he aspires to be rich more than anyone else!
This is the current situation of the major cottages in the bandit mountain range, and it will take a long time to solve it by force, but it is a road to win without losing by tying interests.
"Be happy, laugh, you'll have to pay for it soon." Yang Mu said secretly in his heart.