Chapter 45: Extra points for exams
Hong Chengchou looked at Huang Daozhou and said in disbelief: "You are crazy, if you do it like this, you will, there will be a big problem!" ”
"Oh!" Huang Daozhou's face was calm, "This errand given to us by His Majesty is a crazy errand in itself, if you don't use strong means, can you take down the land in the hands of those landlords?" ”
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said in his mouth: "What you said is also reasonable, but I don't know how many people will die now!" ”
If the undead could complete the task, and the undead could get the land out of the hands of the landlord, Zhu Changyuan would have done it a long time ago, and he would definitely take those vassal kings first.
The reason why the pilot project was placed in Taiwan is because this incident will kill people, and the impact on the people's hearts and minds on the mainland can be minimized after the death of people in Taiwan.
Zhu Changyuan understands this matter, Hong Chengchou understands, but he is still hesitating.
Huang Daozhou said: "Your Majesty's plan is clear, let you fully mobilize the power of the poor people, jointly fight against the landlord class, and strive to achieve the greatest effect with the least casualties, but Lord Hong, you only use force, but I haven't seen you mobilize the people." ”
"How much of a role can people play?" It's not that Hong Chengchou didn't see Zhu Changyuan's plan, but he didn't pay enough attention to it. He always believed that in the final analysis, he had personally solved the matter, and as for mobilizing the people, it was not advisable.
"The old man doesn't know, let's try!"
Huang Daozhou, in accordance with the instructions in Zhu Changyuan's plan, suddenly raised the contradiction between the enemy and us to a new height.
Originally, Hong Chengchou only said that he wanted to measure the land, but did not say that he wanted to divide the landlord's land, and many people thought that the purpose of measuring the land this time was to pay taxes, until Huang Daozhou's own handwritten slogan was hung on the walls of the streets and alleys.
"Fight the local tyrants, fight the landlords, my poor people, and divide the land!"
The twelve big characters like the Three Character Sutra are written on the big red paper and hung on the wall. It looks a little dazzling, constantly stimulating the eyes and mood of the people in this county.
Some people are full of fear after seeing the slogan, and some people are full of desire after seeing the slogan!
Fight local tyrants. Fight landlords. Oh my God, this is going to drive us to our deaths. This is to rob my family property. Many landlords and wealthy people shuddered when they saw this slogan.
I am poor, divide the land! Well, if I all beat all the landlords away like I gave the Yan family's land to the peasants, then I could also get a lot of land, which is great.
So, a strange scene began.
The Confucian Zodiac Zhou, who originally came to Taiwan to educate the people, turned into a pioneer of Hong Chengchou's land reform. He didn't bring troops himself, so he took a few of his subordinates and walked a distance south from the land of the Yan family, and began to lobby and mobilize.
Of course, he would not be so stupid as to personally carry a knife to the door of the landlord's house and fight for others.
"Do you want land?" A simple question from Huang Daozhou almost seduced out all the greedy worms in the stomachs of those poor people.
Land is wealth, with land can be cultivated, and growing food can not only eat, but also sell for money, and even change for a daughter-in-law. Who doesn't want land. Which bitter peasant is not fed up with the oppression of the landlord class.
"Yes!" Next to him, a young man in his twenties, dressed in tatters, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and directly expressed his heart's desire.
"What about you. Do you want land? Regardless of his identity, Huang Daozhou asked a little boy who looked to be only seven or eight years old.
The little boy was also in tatters, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and the hair on his head was as yellow as hay, without a trace of oil.
"I don't want to, I just want rice!"
The little boy's words caused the audience to laugh.
Huang Daozhou said: "Don't worry, with land, you naturally don't have to worry about food and clothing!" Since you want the land. Do you dare to shout slogans with me! ”
"What slogan?" The young man asked.
"It's very simple, just twelve words. Fight local tyrants and landlords. I am poor, divide the land! Zodiac Zhou was full of passion, stretched out his hand and shouted while following with his fists. It looks very harmonious.
"Will those landlords beat us?" The young man asked again.
"They don't dare, we're just shouting slogans now, and besides, I'm an official and he's a citizen, they don't dare to do anything to me! Go, follow me if you want land, do you know the Yan family? For generations, their families have plundered the wealth of poor people such as us, and in the end they have been overthrown, and the land has been divided. ”
"If you want land, follow me and shout slogans!"
Huang Daozhou stood up and walked forward, followed by his own entourage, and finally, more than twenty poor people.
"Fight the local tyrants!"
"Fight the local tyrants!"
"Fight the landlord!"
"Fight the landlord!"
"I poor people!"
"No paupers!"
"Divide the land!"
"Divide the land!"
Huang Daozhou shouted, and the people behind him shouted, and it didn't take long for more and more people to follow him, and he became more and more happy, and said in his heart: Your Majesty's method is really right, there are really so many people running along.
When there were almost 100 people gathered behind him, Huang Daozhou changed his strategy, and instead of wandering around the village aimlessly, he asked the local people: "Who is the largest landlord in the village?" ”
And they showed him the way.
Huang Daozhou wore an official robe, held a flag and led more than 100 people below, shouted slogans all the way to the door of the family, and then blocked the door of the family, and began to wave the flag and shout: "Fight the local tyrants, fight the landlords, my poor people, divide the land!" ”
This family's surname is Liu, and he is also a big landlord in the local area, although the land in the family is not as exaggerated as the Yan family, there are as many as 5,000 acres, but there are thousands of acres.
Now the door of Lao Liu's house is blocked by these poor people, and even getting in and out is a problem.
Usually, you only need the housekeeper to rush out with a big stick and mallet, but now it can't be done, and the one who takes the lead in making trouble outside is a guy in an official uniform.
"I'm going to get them out!" The housekeeper still held the mallet and wanted to go out, but was stopped by the head of the house: "Don't open the door, there are many people outside, and you will definitely suffer if you go out." ”
But the old lady said, "You let him go out and try, and give some money to send it away!" ”
So, the housekeeper of the Liu family opened the door with a mallet and looked at the more than 100 people outside without fear. The reason is simple: these people are almost all local poor people, which one he has not seen? Which one he hasn't bullied? Can he be afraid of these little people?
"Get out, get out of here, whoever is making trouble here today, I remember you, you all wait for me, I Liu San will definitely report back one by one in the future! You guys... ”
"Repay your uncle!"
A soldier in an official uniform picked up a brick from the ground and smashed the butler's words back into his stomach with a brick.
"The dog of the Liu family also dares to come out and kill him!"
Everything is afraid of someone agitating, but now it's okay, more than 100 people went up in one go, and each kicked the butler, kicking him half to death.
Then, the courage of these poor people gradually grew, and they even ran to the house of the big landlord Liu one by one without any encouragement.
This would be unthinkable in normal times.
"Fight local tyrants and landlords!"
The zodiac in the back saw that there was a door, and quickly opened his throat and shouted.
It doesn't matter if you shout, almost all the people in the back are on top.
"Kill Bully Liu, his land is ours!"
"Kill Bully Liu, Kill Bully Liu!"
Huang Daozhou hurriedly ran out and said: "Shh, the purpose of our coming here is to divide the fields, not to kill people, although the bully Liu is hateful, but the crime is not to death, tie him up, parade the streets, let the people of the whole world see, this is the end of looting the people!" ”
"Okay, okay, the official is right, let's tie him up and parade the streets!"
So, the rest of the matter fell into place.
The head of the Liu family and other children and grandchildren, totaling more than 20 people, were all tied up one by one, some leading and some pushing, and began to march within dozens of kilometers in the vicinity.
After only one day of parade in the streets, the head of the Liu family couldn't stand it anymore, and privately found Huang Daozhou and expressed his willingness to give his land and beg to save his property.
Zodiac Zhou was overjoyed, and found Hong Chengchou with this good news, and said: "How to deal with it, I hope your Excellency will have an idea." ”
Hong Chengchou said: "Since he is willing to give the land, it is naturally better, so forgive it, and the family wealth does not need to be confiscated!" What do you think of this? ”
Huang Daozhou had a different opinion, and said: "Brother Yan Yan is naturally right to say this, but his subordinates are worried that although those landlords are forced to give the land to the poor under the pressure of the government, in the future, our forces will withdraw, and they will unite to make a comeback, won't they return to the original state?" ”
Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned and said, "Yes, how is that good?" ”
Huang Daozhou said: "Learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, move all these heroes and powers, and let them stay away from the place where they originally depended for survival, so that even if they are rich and noble, they will become rootless and sourceless water, and there is nothing to fear!" ”
"What does Lord Huang mean!" Hong Chengchou thought of his previous suggestion.
"The subordinate means that all the rich households in the entire Taiwan region will be moved to Tainan City, so that the scale of the town can be rapidly expanded, so that Taiwan can truly form a big province, and the hidden dangers will be removed."
"This plan is very good, wait for me to return to Your Majesty!"
Hong Chengchou had a phone call with Zhu Changyuan and reported Huang Daozhou's practices and thoughts to him one by one.
Zhu Changyuan pondered for a moment and gave instructions: Those landlords who are willing to voluntarily donate their land can be purchased by the government at the price of one or two silver per mu of land, and at the same time, in order to commend the generosity of these people, when Taiwan implements the imperial examination in the future, one member of his family can add an additional 20 points to each imperial examination.
Beat a stick to give a date to eat, this is the eternal rule of law.
The subsidy of one or two pieces of silver per mu of land is far lower than the market price, but it is better than nothing. Besides, although the current land is almost five taels of silver per mu, it was only one tael at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) )