Chapter 24: Li Jie's Cry
Li Jie stroked the head of the child who was not much shorter than himself, and said softly: "Don't be disappointed, we may all die, but some people are muddy, just let God arrange to die, but we are not like this, we have to fight, my life is up to me, we have to fight against those who oppress our lords, the evil landlords, fight against this God, even if we die, we will die after living vigorously, we fight like this, then do we still have regrets." ”
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he criticized the lord of the government, which clearly shows Li Jie's determination, looking at the boy who raised his head again, and seeing the hope burning in the boy's eyes, Li Jie said: "In this world, if we want to live, we can't rely on any general, nor can we rely on any fairy emperor, Huangchao thief Kou is even more fucking bullshit, everything can only rely on ourselves, be strong, I can't guarantee that you won't die in the war, but I promise, I will die in front of you, there are your comrades, There's your brother, and then you. "So, what would it be like if we could survive?" The kid asked.
Li Jie thought for a while and said, "The society I hope for, the peasants only pay very little taxes, the officials get the corresponding remuneration for their hard work, education is no longer the patent of the powerful family, the people can also get free education, the officials are no longer high up and do the right thing, but trembling to serve the people, the people are wronged by the law, not by virtue of the preferences of the superiors, businessmen gather wealth in order to circulate products, and farmers and craftsmen produce to increase social wealth." The taxes collected by the government are not for the officials, emperors and princes, but for children like you in the world to have a book, to renovate the world's roads to make it convenient for people to travel, to build water conservancy, so that people can have land to plant, work, new clothes to wear, and endless food for farmers to eat! Our soldiers no longer slaughter their own compatriots, but protect them! There will be no more people who slaughter their own people for their own selfish desires! Because the law will punish them! ”
Li Jie said very seriously: "Maybe it will be soon, maybe it will be a long time, so long that it will take us to go forward and succeed generations, or even more people, to work hard to realize the world I said, but I firmly believe that as long as we work hard and persevere." It's always going to work. Once, I, standing in front of Daming Palace, swore to the glory of Datang, for the people of Datang to live and work in peace and contentment, for Datang never to have war again, I, Li Jie. I will use all my strength to realize that dream! For the fathers and fellow folks! For brothers and sisters! Glory to Datang! Fight to the death for your fathers and fellow villagers! Fight to the death for the brothers behind you! Fight to the death for the glory of Datang! I'm going to take you to build a new Datang, a Datang where everyone is equal! Where the horseshoe is stepped, it is all Tang soil! The sun and the moon shine on it, all of them are China! ”
"I, Li Kit, will use my life to fulfill my vow, walk through this dark journey with my brothers, and create an ideal world in our hearts. At that time, I, Datang, will glorify China and the world. Now, who is brother with me! Xue Liang raised his fist: "Brother! Qin Fang raised his fists and said, "Brother! All the soldiers raised their fists: "Brother! All raised their fists: "Brother! Then the nurse came over with the child, who had no mother. Li Jie took the child from the nurse's hand, and the child was full and was sleeping sweetly. Li Jie held the child high above his head, "For the glory of Datang!" Fight with me! "Fight! Fight! Fight! "The shouts of the crowd are all in the sky! The child was woken up and cried loudly, and the cry was high-pitched!
Li Jie turned around and handed over the child to the nurse, and said to Liu Ziyu, "Mr. Trouble, take someone to find those orphans!" Liu Ziyu arched his hand! "Gone with a squad of soldiers! Suddenly, a group of soldiers came out of the distance, and it seemed that something had happened. The soldiers approached, and someone was wounded! Qin Fang drank and asked, "What's going on!" Yihuo Chang replied, "General Qiyu, I will go to buy grain, and there is a Zhuangzi about ten miles ahead, and not only does the house not open the door, but also wounds three brothers with a bow!" Li Jie was furious, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, and it happened to be delivered to the door!
Wangjiazhuang is a side branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, but it is a little arrogant because there have been one third-grade official and four fifth-grade officials in the clan for decades. And his own family is a big family for hundreds of years, and his power is really intertwined from the court to the locality, and in this place, he does not take the magistrates and ordinary wealthy households into account. After several generations of construction, the manor of the Wang family has become a strong fortress, several generations of accumulated slaves, there are also 2,000 people, the land of the Wang family can not be calculated in acres, but should be used in li, its straight-line distance is close to more than 100 miles, and pedestrians need at least two days to get out of the boundary of the Wang family. Such a land area made Li Jie and everyone gasp, this is simply a country within a country.
The power of the wealthy family is stubborn, and the current Wang family controls more power than the local county order, and the local county officials are almost all from the Wang family, and the government is happy to be ready-made. So this surrounding area has become the world of the Wang family. This comes in second. The royal family has a vast land. Someone needs to farm, but the Wang family is extremely oppressive, at the beginning it was 46 land rent, and then 64 until the current 91. Not only that, but the people in this vicinity are inexhaustible conscripts and endless hard labor for the Wang family. There are endless kinds of gift money, that is, a dog of the Zhao family has a cub and wants the people to congratulate him. Otherwise, it will be ruined. You can imagine how desperately squeezed.
And the Wang family in order to prevent the peasants in the manor from evading labor and taxes. Within his sphere of influence, he implemented the law of long-term workers. It has been stipulated that each household has qualified strong men between the ages of 18 and 25: two out of three, three out of three; Later, it was changed to 18 to 30 years old; Later, it was changed to 18 to 40 years old; In the end, because of the exhaustion of youth, it was changed to 12 to 50 years old.
When Li Jie led a team to Wang's house and passed through a village, the appearance of the people made everyone think that they had encountered hungry ghosts. They are unkempt and unkempt, and their clothes do not cover their bodies. A sack or a little bag of rotten grass is a very rich person. Each with big, godless eyes. Looking at this army, it is not hiding or hiding.
A group of 100 people came to the Wang Family Manor, and the Wang Family Manor lay on this land like a giant beast. The tall walls and the heavy gates. It's like a wolf that eats people and doesn't spit out bones. Quietly waiting for the flesh and blood to offer blood and life to him. When they came to the gate of the Wang family, the Wang family immediately closed the Zhuang Gate, and on the tall courtyard walls on both sides of the Zhuang Gate, there were also chaotic figures, holding knives and guns in their hands, and they were on full alert, staring at them like thieves. Li Jie immediately stepped forward and bowed his hand to the city with a smile on his face: "Trouble which little brother in the city, please inform your family master, this official is the new Henan disposal envoy!" Come and see you! ”
There was a guy who looked like a housekeeper on the courtyard wall, leaned out, looked at Li Jie, and then looked behind him, and after confirmation, he replied lazily: "The new Henan disposal envoy?" If a big official dares to come to our royal family to show off his might, is it looking for death? Li Jie held back his anger, "After the trouble housekeeper said that the matter was completed, he would definitely thank him." The butler lazily said, "All right! You wait! ”
Li Jie waited outside the manor for the door to not open, and waited for no one to pay attention to it, seeing that it was getting late, he was ready to go back, and then he would find a way. At this time, a person appeared at the head of the manor wall, dressed more brightly than the person just now, and that guy stood above the high wall of the manor, nostrils facing the sky to Li Jie, who was drinking wind and eating soil under the city, and said: "The head of my family is also a bullshit official of yours who wants to see it?" You are new, your name is Li Jie, I know the matter, you can go back after the gift, and be attentive to our Wang family in the future, and you will have nothing to do. Li Jie was furious, "The thief quickly opened the city and subdued the law, otherwise he would kill you and leave a chicken dog." The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, "Bird officer from there." Let's wait for tomorrow, my Wang family will send someone to Chang'an to ask, when the time comes, will it be up to my Wang family to kill you and not leave a chicken and dog, or you will kill me and not leave a chicken and dog. ”
Looking at Li Jie who was far away, the housekeeper didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went down and rushed to the master's study. The rules of the big family are sometimes stricter than the emperor's family, the emperor sometimes wants to do something out of the ordinary, and those upright ministers look at the royal history of fame, and the family doesn't even have this rule. The housekeeper came to the door of the master's study, bowed down and saluted the hall: "The old slave Wang Jian asks to see the master." ”
At this time, the voice of the patriarch came from the hall: "Come in, don't mother-in-law." ”
Wang Jian: "Oh! Then he took off his shoes outside the door, bowed his head and walked forward, came to the front of the patriarch, knelt down and kowtowed. He told the patriarch what he had just done, and asked the patriarch to decide. The patriarch pondered for a moment, then asked slowly, "Is there any other news from outside?" Wang Jian replied. No other news! ”
The patriarch straightened his body, his eyes seemed to always squint, this time he became bright, and said word by word to his housekeeper: "As a disposal envoy, I don't know how much power he has behind him, but from the profound power he is showing now, we must pay attention to it." Whether this Li Jie wants to curry favor in front of the upstart, or wants to lay the foundation for him in the future, even if he uses chicken feathers as an arrow, he will definitely use the plot to destroy my Wang family and establish his authority to the surrounding clans, so our first step is to interrupt his design delusion, and you will arrange for all the families in Zhuangzi to go to the city now. “
When Li Jie returned, he immediately transferred 2,000 pikemen, 1,000 giant handmen, and 500 sword and shield soldiers. Turned back and returned to the royal manor. As the days went by, it gradually got dark, and Li Jie's actions attracted countless refugees, and when they knew that Li Jie was going to fight the manor, more refugees surrounded him.