Chapter 13: The Resurrection of Literary Prison
"Go, let me go!" "Arrest their whole family!" "You dare to hide anti-books privately, arrest me!" "Grab them all!" "You said you didn't have a private collection, and I said that if you hid it, it was a private collection!" "Hehe, if you want to live, get the money!" ……
In the Jiangsu area, there are arresters and officers and soldiers everywhere searching for these so-called anti-book collectors. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and these people, who often bought "The Appearance of Officialdom", were also arrested. Anyone who searches for this "Officialdom Appearance" will be arrested, and even the whole family will be arrested. Of course, except for those who really have books, in fact, most of them are innocently implicated. Because of their corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they directly arrested people here and extorted money.
This is a text prison order issued from above, what a good opportunity for extortion! This time they were a good opportunity to blackmail the people and then let themselves eat a lot of money. And this time it was allowed by the top, and then he grabbed someone casually and put on the hat of collecting anti-books, so that they couldn't say anything, and they could only pay honestly. Whoever you ask to intercede this time may not be useful. As a result, countless families have been ruined.
"Slash!" "Slash!" "Slash!" ……
These days, beheadings have begun in many places in Jiangsu. Those who could not come up with the money were beheaded themselves, and their families were sent into slavery. This is the consequence of not being able to come up with money, anyway, at this time, those Manchu bureaucrats don't pay attention to whether they are fair or not, they just care about their interests. These ordinary people are just untouchables in their eyes, what is there to pity for them individually? If you kill it, you will kill it, and the untouchables are the same as weeds, and if you kill a bunch, you will still grow a bunch.
Therefore, during this time, the whole of Jiangsu was full of the smell of blood.
"Mr. Chen, this time the Manchu court is in Daxing Literary Prison. In the past few days alone, I heard that more than 100 people have been killed in various parts of Jiangsu, and more than 100 families' property has been confiscated. Even those corrupt officials and corrupt officials arrested people everywhere, whether they found this "Officialdom Appearance Record" or not, they also chose to arrest them. In order to get themselves out, some people have also been ruined by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials. And those who couldn't come up with the money were also beheaded for public display, and then their property was confiscated. ”
"Those who have money are also bankrupt. Those who have no money will also be beheaded. This time, your "Officialdom Appearance" is really terrifying! ”
Fu Shanxiang said with palpitations, obviously Fu Shanxiang, a woman, had experienced this kind of thing for the first time, and she felt very scared. In the past few days, the whole of Jiangsu has been bloody and bloody, and people have been killed in almost many places. And those who were arrested were dozens of times that number, and those who were arrested were all ruined by such a corrupt official. Some of them were looted and then thrown out to fend for themselves. And some are even more ruthless, even after looting the family property, they will not let him go, and choose to let him do hard labor, and he will not be able to be free in this life.
There are even some people who can't come up with the money and have nothing to do with it, and they are sent to be beheaded. Those who were killed, that is, those who did not matter. This time, in the whole of Jiangsu, there are no less than tens of thousands of people who have been implicated. Because Jiangsu is the hardest hit area where this "Officialdom Appearance" is circulating, it is normal for a large number of people to be arrested.
"I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me!" Chen Dingtian said.
Fu Shanxiang immediately asked, "Mr. Chen, do you feel guilty?" ”
"Guilt, I don't feel guilty!" Chen Dingtian replied.
"Why? These people died because of you! Fu Shanxiang said he didn't understand.
Chen Dingtian shook his head and said: "Hahahaha, that's right, these people seem to have died because of my "Officialdom Appearance", but this blames me?" In the final analysis, it's just a crime that wants to be added, and even if there is no record of my officialdom, there will be many other reasons. Those corrupt officials will always find reasons to loot and corrupt the law and extort the people. Although they used my "Officialdom Appearance" as an excuse this time, why should I feel guilty about it? Because I know that these corrupt officials are just trying to bend the law for bribes, and even if there is no excuse for me, there will be other excuses. ”
"This excuse is like a rapist who rapes a beautiful woman, and finally blames this beauty for being too beautiful, so he will be attracted to rape, which is ridiculous!"
Fu Shanxiang's face suddenly blushed, Chen Dingtian's latter example is really not suitable for women to say. However, Chen Dingtian's words are also rough. Chen Dingtian's "Officialdom Appearance" just gave those Manchu bureaucrats an excuse, even if there was no Chen Dingtian's excuse, then they would find other reasons to harm the people. The so-called crime of wanting to add is unexcused, even if there is no excuse for Chen Dingtian, they will have other excuses.
If Chen Dingtian is blamed for the crime, it will be absurd. It's the same as those rapists blaming their own crimes on women who are too beautiful, which is simply unreasonable. Chen Dingtian will not feel guilty because of this, because he knows that it was not himself who killed those people, in the final analysis, it was those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, if it were not for their own internal system and all kinds of corruption and perversion of the law, then they would not have a chance because of Chen Dingtian's book.
If they themselves are really honest and honest, then let alone Chen Dingtian's book, a hundred books, a thousand books, and ten thousand books, it will not cause anything like this large-scale implication of innocent people. Chen Dingtian's "The Appearance of Officialdom" is just an excuse, even if there is no such excuse, there will be other excuses in the future. The reason why there is such a large-scale extortion is because the foundation of this Manchu Qing Dynasty has been rotten and rotten, not Chen Dingtian.
Later, the fuse of World War I, the assassination of the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by that young man, led to the First World War. However, later history did not shift the blame for the First World War to that young man, because any historian knows that even without that young man, the First World War would have broken out, and he just happened to be responsible for him. So, why should Chen Dingtian feel guilty, because he, like that young man, just happened to give some people an excuse, in fact, the main reason was not with him, what did he have to feel guilty about?
However, apparently people in the future will not think so, they think that it was Chen Dingtian's book that made them die. Therefore, later generations believe that although Chen Dingtian has never killed people with his own hands in his life, the books he wrote have caused countless people to die indirectly. Because of Chen Dingtian's books, many countries have been severely punished and suppressed, literary prisons, slave uprisings, peasant uprisings, and even various wars have broken out. Therefore, these people all died indirectly because of Chen Dingtian's books, and Chen Dingtian was also called "the most murderous butcher without seeing blood".
As for Chen Dingtian's "The Appearance of Officialdom", it has caused more than 100 deaths so far, and there may be more in the future. Therefore, the number of people who have been reduced to slavery is innumerable. Even because of this "The Appearance of Officialdom", many people were forced to go to the opposite side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that in the end, he died against the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Dingtian was mostly counted. In short, that is what I said, I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me!
"But that's fine, the Manchus died by themselves, then this is digging their own foundation! If these literati are driven to a dead end, then in the future, perhaps some talents will be sent to those who oppose the Qing Dynasty. In this way, the low-level literati were completely desperate for the Manchus, so they were likely to defect to the rebels. This can be regarded as sending talents to the anti-Qing forces, so that the Manchus can perish as soon as possible! Chen Dingtian thought.
Chen Dingtian wished that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would set off the literary prison at this time, because Chen Dingtian knew that the next troubled times would soon begin. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Rebel Army, the Heaven and Earth Society Rebel Army, the Little Knife Society Rebel Army, the Northern Twist Army, and so on, the world is about to be in chaos. At that time, the rebel armies of all stripes would fall into a situation of lack of talent, especially the lack of people to fight against the Manchus. A large number of scholars and intellectuals were once keen to support the Manchus and fight against the rebels.
But after this "Officialdom Appearance", as well as this Manchu literary prison, it can be said that it is enough to make many intellectuals despair. There are even many intellectuals and high-quality talents who will be implicated and become slaves. Once these intellectuals become slaves, they will hate the Manchus to the core! As long as these intellectuals are forced to oppose the Manchus, they will be forced to join the rebel army and choose "slaves" to overthrow the Manchus.
At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty engaged in literary prison, and I was not sending talents to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Rebel Army, the Heaven and Earth Society Rebel Army, and other rebel armies a year or two later! Those intellectuals who were implicated because of this literary prison hated the Manchus to the core, and at that time, when they had this opportunity, would they not overthrow the Manchus?
Therefore, Chen Dingtian knew that this Manchu Qing Dynasty was dying at this time, it was really too time to die, and he was forcing himself as an intellectual to the enemy. At that time, all the rebel armies had the support of sufficient talents, especially those low-level intellectuals who had foresight and strategic awareness, and even had various management places, and were familiar with the inside story of Manchu officialdom, so the vitality of the rebel armies from all walks of life was greatly improved.
Don't underestimate these intellectuals, although the ancients said that Xiucai would not succeed in rebellion for three years, but Xiucai rebellion would not succeed in three years. But if there is no rebellion in which Xiucai participates, it often can't be done. It is indeed impossible to rely on those uneducated peasant rebel armies alone, and this is a historical situation. Why do many peasant rebels often start out with great momentum but end up not succeeding? That's because they don't have the culture, they don't have a long-term strategic plan, and their status as thieves can't attract those talents.
But this time the Manchus themselves died, which was really good, which was equivalent to forcing those intellectuals who originally supported the Manchus wholeheartedly to the rebel army, so that the rebel army had enough cultural supplements, and that was not one plus one equals two, that was the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
"Literal hell, literal hell, let the literal hell come more violently! When the time comes, I just want to see that the Manchu Qing Dynasty will die at this time, and I will let him die and continue to die. When the time comes, a large number of intellectuals will be forced to the rebel army, and the Manchu Qing will definitely die. I now wish that the Manchus themselves would continue to die, so that if they didn't die, they wouldn't die. Hehe, it's really too time to die at this time. It seems that I want to not only support them in their death, but also help them. It's not enough to rely on the current "Officialdom Appearance", I will continue to add some weight to their death, let them go and regret it when the time comes! Chen Dingtian thought sinisterly.
Chen Dingtian not only didn't think that this Manchu Qing Dynasty's own death was a bad thing, but thought it was a good thing! Because if the Manchus did not die on their own, there would still be a large number of low-level intellectuals who were willing to follow the Manchus and regard the Manchus as orthodoxy. In this way, it will be difficult for the rebel armies of all stripes in the troubled times in the future to absorb sufficiently high-quality intellectuals. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty Daxing Literary Prison, or even the Daxing Literary Prison in this world is about to be in chaos, it is their own death! It is tantamount to despairing a large number of intellectuals who were originally loyal to them, and then forcing them to their opposite, and the peasant rebel army can also absorb talents.
At that time, these talents may become the backbone of the overthrow of the Manchus. This Manchu Qing is now in prison of writing, and that is death. However, Chen Dingtian believed that it was not enough for the Manchus to die, and even continued to let them die further, so that those low-level intellectuals could be even more desperate for the Manchus and let them join the ranks of overthrowing the Manchus.
"Literal Prison, then I'll write something to make your Literal Prison even more prosperous. Strive to make your prisons full of intellectuals who are desperate for the Manchus, then you are really dead. Although Xiucai's rebellion has not been successful for three years, once all Xiucai is forced to the opposite side, then you will die. A government without knowledge, a stupid government, is bound to perish. If you don't build a literary hell, then how can I bring you to ruin? Chen Dingtian thought.
At this time, Chen Dingtian's old friend and employer, Truman, hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Chen, it's not good, your Chinese government is sending someone to arrest you, what are you going to do?" ”
When Chen Dingtian heard this, he immediately packed up his things and said, "Let's go to the British Consulate for a while, and then hide from the limelight." ”