Chapter 778: The Manichaean Uprising (Part II)

Rebellion is a great crime of killing, although many people yearn for glory and wealth after success, but they also know the miserable end after failure.

In order to reassure these people, Fang La's hope for the success of the rebellion was infinitely magnified: "Every year, the imperial court bribes the northwest barbarians with hundreds of dollars, and the military expenses of the imperial court are also hundreds of thousands, all of which are from my southeast. When the two captives in the northwest heard this, they would definitely take the opportunity to invade the Great Song Dynasty, and then the Zhao court would definitely suffer from the enemy in the north, and even if there were talented people, they would not be able to find a way to break the situation.

And we wait to row the river and defend it, we only need to pay a light tax, let the people recuperate and recuperate to accumulate people's strength, and the people from all over the world will not come to the court over time? After more than ten years, the world is finally unified by us. ”

A large cake was drawn by Fang La, and the eyes of the crowd gradually straightened, and the joy was overflowing.

Immediately, Fang La's complexion changed, and his tone instantly became cold, and his grief and indignation overflowed: "If we go against the grain, we will only die in vain at the hands of corrupt officials and cruel officials, and I hope you will think more!" ”

"I'm waiting for ......"

Rather than being squeezed and impoverished to death, it is better to rebel desperately, thinking of this, everyone shouted one after another.

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There are always a lot of clever things in the world, there are Fang La's people with the same surname named Fang Youchang, the word is hardworking, although it is a neighbor but there is a lot of discord with Fang La, and it is known that Fang La is an important figure of Manichaeans, and on weekdays, I see Manichaeans entering and leaving Fang La's house, and today I see more than 100 people coming to Fang La's house to eat and drink, and my heart is even more suspicious.

The heart and Fang La are not harmonious, and take the opportunity to often summon Fang Shixiong, the second son of the family, and order Fang Shixiong to go to the county government to report Fang La's gathering of people to plot chaos.

When Fang La gathered to feast and drink, Fang Shixiong got his father's orders and hurriedly went to Qingxi County to report to the government.

got the report from the county government, and Chen Gongguang, the county magistrate of Qingxi, opened a court to see the case.

Manichaeism had millions of followers in the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to the vast number of poor people, it was also the small officials who filled it, and coincidentally there were many chamen in the Qingxi County Yali who were Manichaean believers.

Hearing Fang Shixiong's secret, Chen Gongguang, the county governor of Qingxi, was taken aback, and shouted: "What, you said that Fang La gathered people to rebel? ”

Fang Youchang's second son, Fang Shixiong, stood under the hall and replied cautiously: "What the villain said is true, don't dare to say anything." ”

"Come on, gather two gangs of fast and strong, and go to Jiecun to arrest that Fang La!" Chen Gongguang, the magistrate of Qingxi, squinted his eyes, and was about to throw down the approval in his hand.

At this time, someone suddenly said: "Slow down, big master!" ”

Chen Zhixian looked at the person who stopped him, an old official from this county, and asked, "Why?" ”

The old official saluted and said: "Master, this Fang Youchang and Fang La are both the owners of the lacquer garden in Jiecun in this county, and the small one is in charge of the account books of the household, so he knows a little, and he knows that the two families are often dirty for business disputes, so that the two families have not been harmonious for a long time, so that there are often armed private fights. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Master Chen was displeased, and wanted the old official to say the point.

The old official said: "Thinking of the villain, this party often wants to borrow the hand of the big man to take revenge and get rid of Fang La, so as to resolve personal grievances." ”

There is a Song Dynasty that does not get convicted of words and deeds, precisely because the Song Dynasty is generous to scholars and doctors, the officials of the Song Dynasty can compete with the Son of Heaven, that is, they are guilty of corruption, and the officials are only derogatory and do not need to kill their heads, and they can also find all kinds of excuses to reduce the sentence, but there is a high-voltage line that cannot be touched, that is, unjust, false and wrongful cases must not be created, otherwise they will face severe punishment.

Don't think that the prince who broke the law and the common people were guilty of the same crime was just a slogan in feudal society, but it was a slogan in the Tang Dynasty, but it was by no means an empty phrase in the Song Dynasty.

Turning over the history of the world's century, the Song Dynasty in China was the country that emphasized the majesty of law the most in the world. Song Taizong's second son, Xu Wang Zhao Yuanxi, broke the law, and he also did it according to the law; Even Cai Jing, the ruling ruler of the government and the opposition, judged the case unfairly when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Records, and was also disgraced by the impeachment of the Imperial Historical Observatory.

The reason why Dali Temple divided the left division and the right prison is to repeatedly review the criminal law, which shows that the strictness of the Song law is extraordinary.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a system of accountability for wrongful cases, and there was a term in the law of the Song people: the crime of entering and leaving the person in a lawsuit. Law of the early Song Dynasty: A wrongful sentence to death is a minimum sentence of three years in prison. In the Song Dynasty, if they committed other crimes, the officials could find a way to reduce the sentence and atone for the crime, but this article could not be pardoned.

And after Wang Anshi changed the law, he set up a murderous provision: the later judicial officials, as long as they find that the previous judgment is wrong, can immediately start to overturn the case, who is right to be regarded as a political achievement can be promoted and rewarded, so that since the Song Dynasty Shenzong, in the archives of Dali Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is often seen that a group of young officials come to overturn the case every three times, so that the old case files are all turned over.

In this regard, Fan Chunren, the second son of Fan Zhongyan, once complained that many officials had already returned home to raise Zhishi, with white hair and beard, and children and grandchildren under their knees, but suddenly an old case came out, and they were immediately held accountable, and they were put on shackles and tattooed to go to labor reform.

In the Xuanhe period, officials could be corrupt, but this forbidden area still did not dare to touch.

Looking back, Chen Gongguang, the prince of Qingxi County, finally made up for the vacancy and became the county master, and he still wants to be promoted and make a fortune in the future, how can he be willing to make unjust, false and wrongful cases.

After the old official next to him said this, Chen Zhixian immediately put down the hand that was about to throw the signature, and asked Fang Shixiong with a cold face: "Your family has a lot of discord with that Fang La's family, so you want to falsely accuse that Fang La's yes or no?" ”

Fang Shixiong, who came to inform, didn't know that things would turn out like this, he was stunned at the time, and he came to tell the informant at the instigation of his father, he didn't know what Fang La had done, and besides, there were many disagreements between his own family and Fang La's family, and he didn't dare to conclude that what his father said was not true.

Being frightened by Chen Zhixian like this, Fang Shixiong fluttered down in fright, and trembled and shouted: "The eldest lord is resentful, what Xiaomin said is true!" ”

"The complaint turned out to be so frightened, presumably for false accusation." Chen Zhixian saw that Fang Shixiong was timid, and his expression was even more panicked, and he immediately felt that what the old official reminded next to him was more and more reasonable, and waved his hand and said: "Come on, call me!" ”

The taste of the ice and fire stick hitting the buttocks was really uncomfortable, Fang Shixiong screamed again and again, and begged for mercy: "Master, that Fang La rebelled or not, the little one really doesn't know, it was the little father who asked the little one to sue the official......"

"Stop!" Hearing Fang Shixiong's confession, Chen Zhixian waved his hand, thought for a while, and said: "Put this person in prison, and detain his father tomorrow for questioning." ”

The sound of retreat sounded, and then Chen Zhixian went to the back office, and the Fang Shixiong was beaten and couldn't walk, and was dragged by two errands and thrown to the county office's prison.

This Fang Shixiong is also enough to fall into the frieze, and when he came to the county office, he actually sued himself in prison.

Seeing that Chen Zhixian went to the back office, and Fang Shixiong was also taken to the prison, the old official hurriedly left the county office and went to the west of the city.

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The old official came to Fang La's house and saw Fang La and a group of people feasting and drinking.

Fang La was the only old official, and when he saw the old county official who came in a hurry, he poured a glass of wine for him, and said, "Lao Wang, you are here, just have a drink!" ”

Pushing the wine glass aside, the old official Wang said angrily: "Old Fang, it's not good, Fang Youchang's second son Fang Shixiong went to the county government to sue you for rebellion, fortunately, I persuaded the big master with a little trick, and said that Fang Shixiong framed you, and the big man took Fang Shixiong to prison, but the big master will summon Fang Youtang to the county government tomorrow, you have to be prepared earlier." ”

"Really?" Fang La was taken aback, and the cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

The voice of the old official was very loud, and the Manichaeans who were eating and drinking were also taken aback, stopped making noise, and then gathered around.

"Old Fang, let's do the opposite!" Hearing Wang Laoshi say this, someone immediately shouted.

Someone shouted again: "Old Fang, it's the other way around, if you don't wait for the officials and soldiers to arrest us?" ”

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Soon, more than 100 people chimed in.

"It's the other way around!" Fang La had already had objections, and seeing that he was on the cusp at this time, he immediately shouted loudly: "You and Fang Mou gathered, but I don't expect that Fang will often intend to vent his personal anger with the government to get rid of us, why don't we wait for the sacrificial flag to be killed!" ”

"I'm willing to do business......

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The Manichaeans also knew that when it came to life and death, there was no way back, and they all echoed it.

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"At this time, the county government should also send a messenger to take Fang La's group, why is there no trace of it?"

The left waited for his second son Fang Shixiong not to come, and the right did not wait, so Fang Youchang couldn't help but run to the intersection to watch.

Immediately, there was a voice of indignation in the distance, and when he heard it, Fang Youchang was overjoyed, thinking that the county government was coming, but when he saw that the person who was the leader was Fang La, and all the people behind him were angry, and they immediately felt bad, and turned around and wanted to flee.

Fang Youchang was already old, and where did he run away from the young members of the Manichaean sect, and he remembered being chased and killed by those who were caught in pursuit.

"Fang Gong, it's better to cut the grass than to remove the roots, there will be endless troubles!" After killing Fang Youchang, Wang Lao said.

Killing Fang Youchang could not solve Fang Youchang's anger of informing, Fang La and a group of Manichaeans broke into Fang Youchang's house without doing anything......

According to the genealogy of the Fang Youchang family in later generations: Fang La killed Fang Youchang's 42 families, but the third son and his grandson Fang Zhong, Fang Shixiong's son Fang Yi were spared, and Fang Shixiong, who was in prison, also escaped with his life during the Qingxi chaos.

Under the leadership of Fang La, more than 100 Manichaeans killed Fang Youchang's family of 42 with the intention of drinking, and their hearts were still unrelenting and hateful, and their hearts were fanatical and heroic, and they went to the foot of Fucang Mountain, where the ancestral grave of Fang Youchang's family was located, and helped Yuanxi Creek East and West to dissect the tombs of the ancestors of the Fang Youchang family, a total of thirteen graves, digging the tomb and digging the coffin, and there were engraved inscriptions for the reporter to destroy it.

Digging the grave and digging the coffin, still can not solve the hatred sent by Fang La and others, and then Fang La excavated the dry bones of Fang Youchangzu's thirteen holes, invaded the manure tank and soaked it for a day and a night, and then used a dung hook to splash it on the ground, and used a white charcoal fire to refine all the bones, and then these ashes were packed in a bamboo tube, thrown in the mountain, and dissipated without a trace.

Fang has a permanent family, except for Fang Youchang's wife who died early without a monument, Fang Youchang's eldest son Fang Shilong died early without a monument, and was not recognized by Fang La, so he escaped a catastrophe, and the bones of the rest of the Fang family did not avoid it.

Digging the grave and digging the coffin, filing the bones and dust, this kind of revenge could not be used in ancient times without a feud, which shows the depth of the grievances between Fang La and Fang Youchang, and they have already reached an irreconcilable place.

Later generations have verified that Fang La and Fang Youchang are not a family, and even where Fang La came from is unknown, and it is said that if Fang La and Fang Youchang are a family, they will not dig up the tomb of Fang Youchang's ancestors. Imagine that there were still fratricides in front of the Xuanwu Gate in the former Tang Dynasty, and there were even rebels and fathers in the Anshi Rebellion, whether the two were a family or not, there was no need to be exquisite.

Moreover, it is said that the king is defeated, if Fang La wins, the people surnamed Fang who come to seek wealth and nobility one after another do not know how many, but unfortunately Fang La failed, these families are naturally wise and dare not have anything to do with Fang La.

Killed Fang Youchang's family, and dug up the ancestral tomb of Fang Youchang's family, Fang La and a group of Manichaeans, without doing anything, simply reversed, recruited more than 1,000 people, played the banner of punishing the corrupt official Zhu Mian, and started an incident in Qingxijie Village.

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