Chapter 121: Fighting the Landlord (I)
Since I got this Chen Dingtian version of "On Protracted War", I was immediately as excited as if I had received a love letter written by a boy I had been secretly in love with for a long time, and immediately began to happily fight against the Qing Dynasty? (This sentence doesn't seem to taste right?) )
Qiu Erniang hurriedly retreated first, and did not continue to maintain the plan of attacking the city. The Qing army www.biquge.info saw Qiu Erniang retreating, and even took the initiative to drill into the mountains and mountain villages, so that those Qing troops immediately relaxed their vigilance. Because the Qing army paid more attention to the success or failure of the city, because the city represented the symbol of Manchu rule, the loss of the city was a huge blow to the Manchu officials, and they even had to be held accountable.
Of course, at this time, the characteristics of the Manchu Qing were finally manifested. According to China's long-standing system of exiled officials, the vast majority of officials will avoid their hometowns and have to go to distant places to take up posts. In this way, they have no power in the local area, and it is not easy to produce a soil emperor. However, this has also led to the fact that officials care about their own future far more than the local people. For the sake of their own future, they sometimes do things that are beneficial to the future and not to the people.
"My lord, Qiu Erniang's group of traitors came to our countryside and began to search door to door, burning our land deeds, deeds of sale and even IOUs. It is really unreasonable to say that the land belongs to all the people, not to us. And that traitor Qiu Erniang is still letting those mud legs divide our land and rob our land! How can we live, this traitor! ”
Qiu Erniang followed the method of Chen Dingtian's version of "On Protracted War" and directly started the great "fight against landlords", directly solved those landlords, and then confiscated the land of those landlords and distributed the land. However, according to Chen Dingtian's version of "On Protracted War", it is proposed that the first part can first adopt the conditional method of dividing the land, and the people must have a male to serve as a soldier if they want to obtain land. This means that there must be two males in the family, one of whom is a soldier. The farmer is also responsible for supporting the soldier, and if the soldier dies in battle, he will receive an additional share of land.
At the beginning, the distribution of land was not unconditional, but there were various conditions, such as becoming a soldier. Of course, this land system is not too detailed at the moment, it is just a very crude system that has not been refined. However, there is also the advantage of not having refinement, that is, it can leave room for future modifications. Even if there is no refinement, it is also good for the people, the cultural level of the people in this era is low, if it is really too detailed, the people may not be able to understand. It is better to be rougher, and it is easier to win over the people.
This kind of crude way is actually something that is easy to adjust and easy for the people to understand. In this era, the common people do not understand all kinds of government regulations, and even the West generally does not complete compulsory education. It is impossible to expect every citizen to understand such a complex ordinance. Therefore, the formulation of various laws in ancient times was rough, so it was not entirely for officials to take advantage of loopholes, in fact, if you formulated it in too detail, in fact, it was not easy for the people to understand and it was easier for accidents. It may be true that the rough formulation may be taken advantage of by the officials, but it is also easier for the people to understand. Otherwise, the formulation is so complicated that the people can't understand it at all, and in the end, the right to interpret is still in the hands of the officials. It would be impractical and more cumbersome to expect a country with a low literacy rate to enact laws that elaborate. For example, Wang Mang, who originally had policies that benefited the country and the people, turned out to be those "beneficiaries" who were helping his enemies to rebel, what a tragedy!
Qiu Erniang divided the land, and those people were still a little hesitant at first, whether to accept it. In Fujian, a place with eight mountains, one water and one land, land is extremely precious. There is very little land in this area, which cannot feed too many people, and they often rely on the cultivation of cash crops, such as tea.
Land in Fujian is more precious than other places, and many people want land but can't get it. In such a situation, someone divides the land, although it is a "thief", but it is not that no one is willing to fight hard for the land. As for the distinction between land ownership and use, it seems that it is not within the scope of the understanding of the common people in this era. As for the expiration of land use rights, China's social foundation has changed by then, and it does not have to be completely dependent on land.
Just like many later generations of urban people, in fact, they were given land to cultivate, most of them didn't want it, it was better to give them a house!
In this way, after Qiu Erniang successfully divided the land, she obtained a group of people to join the army. However, Qiu Erniang was not in a hurry to attack the county seat, but went everywhere in the surrounding towns to "fight landlords", so that many squires also went to the county seat to ask for support!
"You wait first, wait for the arrival of the imperial army, these lands that you have divided into mud legs, do not belong to you? Don't worry, when the imperial army comes, you can take back the land! Zhixian said.
This magistrate is obviously prevaricating, and now Qiu Erniang has finally pushed it away, and there is no crisis in their county, so naturally they will not go to many things. In fact, the current strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still relatively insufficient, and the reason why the situation was reversed before was because the rebel army was killed to attack the city, so that the Manchu officers and soldiers had to fight hard. In addition, the siege of the city was not good for the rebel army, but better for the Manchus, so that they would defend the city.
However, after the rebel army retreated, especially in the townships, those Manchu officers and soldiers did not want to go to the conquest one by one. On the one hand, if they leave the protection of the city, their combat effectiveness will suddenly drop a lot. Especially in those towns and villages, it is an unfamiliar environment one by one, so they are not stupid to go to the enemy's point to fight the enemy.
In fact, those Manchu officers and soldiers understood better, and even better understood than the rebel army, the truth that they could not attack the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings, and their military literacy was much stronger than that of the rebel army, so naturally they would not take the initiative to do such stupid things. Of course, there is a more important reason, most of those Manchu green battalions have been soldiers for several generations, and they all make a living from being soldiers, and the land or something actually has them. To fight for someone else's land by themselves, are they stupid?
As for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they all adopted the system of liuguan, and the vast majority of the local officials were often not locals, and they were not their fathers and villagers, and they were not the spokesmen of the local gentry, so what were they anxious about? Take the initiative and what if you are defeated? It's better to defend the city honestly and avoid risks. Taking the initiative to attack, the credit for winning the battle may not be great, but defending the city here is more conducive to avoiding risks, and it is a credit to defend the city, and the probability of losing the city is lower.
Under many factors, those Manchu officers and soldiers were not in a hurry, especially at this time, when the troops were stretched, they didn't want to waste extra troops to take the initiative! If you win, the credit is not high, and if you lose, there is no place to die, so they don't do this kind of loss-making business.
"My lord, now those mud legs have taken root in us, and if you don't go, I'm afraid our land will be divided!" Several squires cried.
The magistrate thought to himself: "That's also your land, it has nothing to do with me, what do I have to worry about!" ”
However, he opened his mouth and said: "This official concludes that Qiu Erniang, a female bandit, must be using the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, they hope that this official will send troops and then take the opportunity to attack the county seat." If the county seat is not guaranteed at that time, then our entire county will not be guaranteed. ”
"Therefore, this official must sit in the county seat, and he can't leave casually!"
Those squires were helpless by the anger of this magistrate, and now their land has been taken away, and they have no money in their hands. If you have money, you can bribe, but now you don't have money! This magistrate is obviously not in a hurry, anyway, it is not his who is at loss.
As for the rest, let's wait for the imperial army to come.
"My lord, Qiu Erniang's female bandit asked someone to come over and spread the word. She said that he didn't dare to go against the imperial court now, but planned to occupy the village below as the king, and would not come to attack the county seat. However, they hope that you don't take the initiative to trouble them. As for the rest, please make it easier for you. ”
When the magistrate heard this, he replied: "Okay, as long as they don't come to attack the county seat, I don't care what they do down there." As long as they don't come to attack the county seat, I won't trouble them. ”
Soon, Qiu Erniang reached a certain tacit understanding with the magistrate of this county, and the magistrate didn't care about Qiu Erniang's affairs, and Qiu Erniang didn't go back to care about the affairs of the Manchu county. And Qiu Erniang was very happy to fight the landlord in the township below, and soon the momentum of fighting the landlord began to spread, and it expanded to more than a dozen counties in less than ten days.
According to the introduction in Chen Dingtian's "On Protracted War", Qiu Erniang not only did not refuse to have a certain degree of tacit understanding with those Manchu officials when necessary, but could take the initiative to reach some tacit understanding with them. For example, do not take the initiative to attack the county seat, but the condition is that those magistrates should also not come over to sweep the countryside.
In fact, in this and later anti-Japanese periods, the anti-Japanese regime often did not mind having a certain "tacit understanding" with those grassroots puppet regimes, and this tacit understanding advantage was very important, which was of great help to the development at the grassroots level. Those grassroots puppet regimes are often two-sided and two-sided. They are the most "timid and afraid" and do not want their areas to be conquered by the anti-Japanese army and civilians, so they often curry favor with the anti-Japanese people. As for those who resist Japan, they will also take advantage of this mentality and ask for more benefits.
There is even a saying that there is even a saying called "two-faced regime", which deals with both ends, and the anti-Japanese side can even install some people to take up positions in this grass-roots "two-faced regime", which in turn covers the anti-Japanese army and people. There are also some powerful ones who have even directly set up the puppet regime, and in the name of the puppet regime, they have actually resisted Japan.
The mentality of this Manchu grassroots bureaucracy is actually similar to that of the puppet regime. On the one hand, they do not want to affect their own future, and on the other hand, the current situation in Fujian is already turbulent, and they actually hope to avoid being "settled after the autumn" again. Especially since they are often not locals, they are not too anxious about the loss of interests of the local squire, so they simply give generous to others in exchange for Qiu Erniang not taking the initiative to attack.
On the contrary, Qiu Erniang adopted a "appeasement policy" for fighting landlords everywhere at the grassroots level, and allowed Qiu Erniang to fight landlords everywhere there.
"Tall! That's high! It's so powerful, that Mr. Chen actually expected some of them, and actually grasped the mentality of these court officials so accurately. Who is this Mr. Chen? Qiu Erniang said.
At present, Qiu Erniang has gone through more than half a month of development, and her development is extremely rapid, even faster than in the past. At present, Qiu Erniang has controlled the villages of five or six counties, and the number of full-time armed men under various subordinates has exceeded 2,000, and the so-called militia has grown to almost seven or eight thousand, and if necessary, tens of thousands of people can be pulled out to strengthen the momentum.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of these troops is not even flattering to Qiu Erniang herself. But now this strategy has allowed Qiu Erniang to buy time, which is very valuable time. If you have the time, you can seriously train the full-time professional armed forces and become a regular army in the future, which is the best.
"Miss Qiu, I really didn't expect this Mr. Chen to be so powerful? It's really amazing. I really didn't expect this little white face that looks weak, I thought it was an embroidered pillow, but I really have the ability! Who said that useless is a scholar, it seems that this little white face surnamed Chen really has great ability! Zhang Lu also agreed.
"If it's possible, I really want to meet this Mr. Chen! With such a great talent, with a little guidance, he can do amazing things. I really wanted to meet him and see what kind of person he was, otherwise I just saw a book now. Qiu Erniang thought.
"Miss Qiu, you can't be moved by the heart of spring, right?" Zhang Lu asked.
Qiu Erniang's face turned red for a while, she was only twenty years old this year. At that time, it was normal for girls to be sold as child brides, and according to the general situation, girls were three to six years older than the so-called "husband". Qiu Erniang is four years older than her so-called nominal husband, because the girl is older and can not only take care of the so-called "husband", but also help the family to do some things, which can be regarded as a labor force.
However, Qiu Erniang was abused by the so-called "in-law's family" since she was a child, and finally ran out before the so-called husband was fifteen years old and was ready to have a round house and took refuge with her cousin.
In fact, Qiu Erniang originally planned to "dedicate" herself to her cousin, but his cousin seemed to be learning some kind of nervous religion, as if advocating some kind of abstinence, and he couldn't touch a woman casually, so this cousin didn't touch her. Later, he found out what medical skills Qiu Erniang had, and he paid more attention to her, and pulled her into the so-called religion and carried out the so-called baptism. In fact, although Qiu Erniang so-called joined the religion, she would not really believe in this religion. As for the proposal to say abstinence, this made Qiu Erniang even more incomprehensible.
So after more than a year, Qiu Erniang is still a girl. But now that I heard that this Chen Dingtian is very handsome and talented, of course, it makes her, a girl who was still in Huaichun just now, a little moved. In ancient times, a handsome and talented man was an excellent husband in the minds of many girls!
(Christianity had a period of perverted abstinence in the Middle Ages, and with the fact that this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was taught to be a two-sword, it is very likely that it will go the wrong way.) So about Qiu Erniang being a virgin, it should be explainable, right? Sweat! )
(To be continued.) )