Li Hui said such a thing, of course, to intimidate Li Hongzhang, but he was not completely open-mouthed, at least until the whole country was unified and the situation was completely stabilized, he really wanted to implement the joint sitting system. As a matter of fact, the implementation in the base areas began as early as the beginning of this year, and the fact that the landlords' militias have completely lost their foothold in the countryside has nothing to do with this.

Although he has always been very hard-hearted, Li Hui came from later generations after all, and he never thought of implementing such a backward and barbaric system as Lianzao at the beginning, but a series of events that occurred in the process of building the base area made him gradually understand that the Lianzao system was not a policy that the ancient emperor came up with with a pat on his head, but was actually an inevitable product of the ancient patriarchal society.

Although after more than 2,000 years of evolution, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was no longer the pure patriarchal society of the Western Zhou Dynasty, some of the most fundamental things were always there, which was very different from later generations and even the Republic of China period.

For example, the obligation to take care of each other within the clan, in this principle, once someone in the clan is developed, it will almost inevitably be "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven." In fact, vested interest groups have been formed with kinship as a link.

Therefore, once the leader is eradicated, it will inevitably offend a large group of people, not only the relatives will be killed, but also the financial route will be cut off, and the depth of their hatred can be imagined, and because of the long-term cultural tradition, there is a natural obligation to further strengthen it, which cannot be easily diluted by time.

When Li Hui attacked the big landlords and usurers in the base area, he also cut off the financial routes of many of their relatives and friends, and did not dispose of them together, which led to the cadres sent down to do everything with great resistance, and some people were even besieged and assassinated. It is precisely because of these vicious events that Li Hui has to re-examine his decision

For this reason, he also specially analyzed the basic logic of the joint sitting system, that is, if he shared the benefits because of the boss's crime before, then naturally he could not escape the responsibility that should be shared. Although in practice, it is possible that a greater injustice may be created because the leader is wronged, the truth itself can stand up to debate.

Especially in the case of the big landowners and usurers, whose income is itself illegal according to the laws of the base areas, even their wives and concubines who have not done anything bad with their own hands are theoretically guilty because their food and clothing come from the wealth illegally amassed by their husbands or fathers

With both demand and basis, Li Hui finally picked up the system again, which may cause some unjust cases, but if a new order can be established sooner, more lives can be saved. For this point, Li Hui now understands it very well.

However, the original system of sitting together cannot be directly copied, and Li Hui has taken great care to comprehensively improve the details, and will no longer indiscriminately catch them all.

For example, the joint sitting method in the base area only implicates those who benefit from it, and if it is a poor relative who is neglected by it, it will not be affected; In addition, the sentence will be determined according to the amount of benefit, and the death penalty will generally not occur; For example, minor children are considered to have no choice and are exempt from punishment, but need to leave their families and enter specialized work-study schools to receive compulsory education and reshape their views

As a result, the deterrent effect of the system was still not to be underestimated, and it quickly had an immediate effect, greatly reducing the resistance of the local government to implement the new policy, and the speed of various constructions was also changing with each passing day, so Li Hui decided to keep this system for a few more years until the framework of the new society was fully established

Since there is this system, Li Hui is not afraid to use it to scare Li Hongzhang, well, in fact, it is not exactly to scare Lao Li, if he never knows how to lift, Li Hui will really kill the killer

Before the crossing, Li Hui knew that the total assets of the family when Lao Li passed away were no less than 50 million taels of silver, far exceeding the limit of wealth that Lao Li and his relatives could accumulate with their legal income.

If Lao Li is obedient and does what Li Hui says, he can still let him go with a little affection at the beginning, otherwise don't blame him for turning his face and not recognizing people

After all, Li Hongzhang was through a big scene, even if he was threatened like this, he was still able to calm down and not lose his temper, but his pale face had betrayed his inner thoughts.

The devastating combat effectiveness of the rebel army in the Battle of Tianjin also gave Li Hongzhang a deep impression, they really have the ability to fulfill the cruel words Li Hui said, and Li Hui has always been a person who does what he says, once he makes a decision, the Li family will be completely finished

Maybe Lao Li himself has already lived enough, but thinking that it will harm the whole clan because of this, Li Hongzhang still can't help but shudder, especially now that he doesn't know that Li Hui's joint sitting system has actually shrunk, and the fear in his heart is even worse.

But Li Hongzhang was still somewhat hesitant, not only because of his character, but also because he noticed that the rebel army was offensive to the Western powers, and he was afraid that it would not be long before they would intervene together. The rebel army is very strong, but no matter how strong it is, can it compare to the united Western powers? It's humiliating enough to be a second minister, and if you have to be a second minister again in the future, it's better to die

Looking at Li Hongzhang's hesitant appearance, Li Hui couldn't help but feel on fire in his heart, but at this moment, he suddenly thought that if Lao Li hadn't listened to him at the beginning, he would not have won the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, and he would not have the strength he has so soon, and the situation in the world would be completely different from now, and China didn't know how many more people would die because of it.

From this point of view, Lao Li actually has a lot of merit, and although Lao Li is not very useful to himself, he at least attaches great importance to him, so Li Hui's heart softened again

"By the way, Lao Li was hiding in the concession before, so he should have seen our trial of those foreigners, maybe he felt that we had offended the foreign powers, so he was not optimistic about our future, right?" After Li Hui understood Lao Li's thoughts, he immediately had an idea, "Take him to Dagukou to see our navy first, and then take him to Beijing to see the combat effectiveness of our army." If we do not believe that we have the strength to defend against the Great Powers, his 'specific hypochondriasis' will be completely incurable" (To be continued. )