Chapter 57: Xingda Prison (II)
"My lord, since we have come to the east of this river, we naturally have to win the hearts of the people. The nobles cannot be relied on by all of us, so we can only rely on ordinary people. And if you want to gain the hearts of ordinary people, you must naturally give them benefits. As for the greatest popular will of the common people, that is, the land, as long as there is land, they will be completely loyal to us. And with the land, let the people cultivate the land themselves, and then we collect taxes on them, so that we can maintain our source of revenue. Otherwise, just like the Eastern Han Dynasty in the past, their scholars did not have to pay taxes, and then a large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of the scholars, and in the end, the people who owned less than 10% of the land had to bear 100% of the country's taxes, so that the people could be forced to rebel? And only by increasing the number of yeoman farmers as much as possible and expanding our tax sources can we get more and more tax revenues. ”
"But the land is in the hands of the nobles, and it is naturally not easy for us to distribute it to the people. Naturally, we had to get the land out of the hands of the scholars, so that we could gradually distribute it to the common people, so that the ordinary poor people could support us. But if we don't have the right excuse, we can't take the land back. However, we now have a chance, that is, these scholars in Anyi County actually dare to rebel against you, the lord, and the lord might as well use them as a reason for rebellion, and then try to implicate them. Those scholars continued to marry on weekdays, and then compiled a huge network of blood relations. The people in this network are also both prosperous and loss-oriented, and they are all if someone is in trouble, then everyone will also help together. This is the reason why the Eastern Han people were able to survive, because they were already tied together through long-term marriage. ”
However, we might as well borrow this network and then try to implicate it. The blood relationship network of the scholars in Anyi County is very rich, and then even the entire Hedong will be implicated step by step. When the time comes, we can directly pull out these scholars step by step along their bloodline, anyway, rebellion is the crime of punishing the nine clans, then everything is reasonable for us. As for their marriage networks, that's a joke to us. This network of marriages is effective for the same class, but it is not the same thing for different classes. The Eastern Han Dynasty ruled on the basis of the scholars, and we were destined to not be able to get together with the scholars, so our ruling class was a poor and poor people. The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty naturally couldn't be too young, because the Shi clan in the world was a family, and they were more or less related by blood. But we are different, our foundation is not the Shi clan, so even if the Shi clan is cleaned up, then we will not have much loss, but will get a lot of land and wealth development. ”
"Therefore, take advantage of this time to clean up all the scholars who have blood connections, and then use bloody means to clean up those scholars, so that those scholars will be killed one after another. Anyway, we can't get together with the Shi clan, one sheep is to drive two sheep and two sheep is also released, which is already irreconcilable, so we just do something desperate and implicate all of them, without scruples. If we can gradually implicate the entire Shi clan in Hedong, then we can also punish the nine clans in the name of rebellion, and finally clean up the Shi clan! ”
Listening to Fu Shanxiang's words, Dong Liang also felt that this Fu Shanxiang was really too understanding. Dong Liang had long seen that those scholars were unhappy, and their scholars occupied a large amount of land, Dong Liang definitely had no land to buy the hearts of the people. Land is the most precious resource, and since ancient times, so many wars have been fought for resources, and the production of food resources is not land. However, the scholars accounted for the vast majority, leaving the people poor and without a place to stand, so Dong Liang hated this kind of landlord very much. In addition, Dong Liang couldn't get together with the Shi clan, so he could only rely on ordinary poor people. Those scholars can no longer rely on them, so Dong Liang can only attack them, and then he can distribute their land to the people.
As for Fu Shanxiang's meaning, he used the reason that the scholars in Anyi County rebelled against him this time, and charged them with rebellion. And the rebellion is to punish the nine clans, so it also gives Dong Liang a chance to implicate all the clans. Those scholars marry one by one on weekdays, and then the blood relationship is already very dense, and even their scholars are proud of it. But now it has become a reason for Dong Liang to punish the nine clans, Dong Liang can be implicated step by step according to their blood relationship, and then carry out the "punishment of the nine clans" step by step, so I am afraid that there are not a few scholars left in the entire Hedong County. On the contrary, those scholars were extremely arrogant and disdained to marry ordinary people, so they could also avoid implicating the people. The marriage network that they were proud of has now become a reminder one by one. If it was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, then they would all be able to save their lives, because the class that the Eastern Han Dynasty relied on was the scholar class, so they were at most fighting within the class. But this time, Dong Liang relied on ordinary poor people, and it was completely a class struggle, so naturally he didn't have to worry about their marriage network. This kind of class struggle can be solved by the bloodiest means, so that they can disappear.
Therefore, it is inevitable to go to prison. If it doesn't work, then Dong Liang really has no way to confiscate the land of those scholars and distribute it to the people. This time, those Anyi warriors rebelled against themselves, that is, they rebelled, and directly killed their relatives of the nine clans in the name of rebellion. This is tantamount to having a reasonable and legitimate excuse, anyway, Dong Liang did not openly publish the agrarian revolution statement, and directly used other reasons to kill people and reclaim land, which will not cause a backlash from everyone. And any evil act is often a righteous excuse. Dong Liang wants to carry out land reform, but it is not suitable to directly say that it is land reform, so Dong Liang will confiscate their land for other reasons, so that the princes of the world are also dumb and eat Coptis chinensis -- there is no bitterness to say.
"Okay, immediately order, all the armies go and check out all those families one by one according to the genealogy of the major families. This time, the Jiu clan must be expanded, and within the scope of our Hedong County, it will expand as much as it can be. If there are conditions, we must go up, and if there are no conditions, we must also go up. Dong Liang said.
Dong Liang knew that his last sentence also provided a theoretical basis for those officers under him to deliberately plant false accusations. Anyway, it is best if there is bloodline, if there is no bloodline to implicate and falsify evidence, they must be implicated, which will inevitably implicate a large number of innocent scholars. But this Dong Liangming knew that it was all like this, but he had to be like this. Because he knew that he and these nobles were actually a class struggle, a struggle between classes, it was all a river of blood, and there was nothing to reconcile. Especially in this troubled era, the interests of the scholars and the interests of ordinary poor families are completely opposed, so Dong Liang naturally wants to use the bloodiest means to solve it.
And with an order, the armies began to raid the homes of the warriors all the way.
"Arrest them for me? The scholars were all arrested for me, and their distant relatives rebelled, and according to the laws of my Han Dynasty, they were all punished by the nine clans. Attack it for me, if you dare to resist, you will be killed! An infantry commander shouted.
"Kill!"
Soon, some of the petty warriors were also arrested, and those who resisted were killed on the spot. And many of the small warriors were also killed in a river of blood, because they didn't have much defense to protect themselves, and they didn't have the strength to form their own private army, so they were easily raided and killed by some small troops.
Anyway, follow their genealogy to find them one by one, according to Dong Liang's standard of being qualified to go up and not being on the line, and even if there is no evidence, they can create evidence, and these soldiers and ruffians will do whatever it takes to get a reward. And Dong Liang also promised that the land of these scholars will be given priority to those who serve as soldiers, so those who serve as soldiers will work harder to implicate these scholars, after all, if there is more land, the possibility of obtaining land distribution by themselves is greater.
Although a lot of evidence was very clumsy, Dong Liang didn't want any real evidence, as long as he could implicate them. And those small warriors have been arrested, and those big warriors have also begun to gather private soldiers to protect their own safety. And Dong Liang also let go of those big warrior clans and solved those small scholar clans first. Wait until finally concentrating on conquering these fortresses of the Dashi clan, so that they can all be destroyed.
"Let me go! You traitors, you dare to resist our General Dong, aren't you looking for death? Hahahaha, you warriors will also fall into our hands one day! The soldier laughed.
But immediately someone shouted, "You untouchables, how dare you do this to me?" I am a nobleman, how dare you pariahs do this to me? ”
"Okay, you dare to scold me, kill!"
"Next wipe!"
The soldier cut off the head of the scholar lord with a single sword, and then sneered. Because Dong Liang had already given an order, these scholars didn't have to stay, anyway, the men of those scholars would be ready to be executed for treason, anyway, there was no need for these scholars to stay. If you don't solve these warriors, then I'm afraid you will also get into trouble in the future. As for those young Shi children, they will also be raised by Dong Liang until they are eighteen years old before they are collectively executed, anyway, this is not considered killing young children. Fu Shanxiang was right, the mistakes in the Zhao orphans back then could not be made. Even if it only leaves a baby, it may leave a bane when the time comes. So even these young children can't stay. As for what is unjust to kill children, then Dong Liang will be merciful and let them live to be eighteen years old, and then executed. In this way, it is not a killing of young children, and there is no injustice.
Anyway, these men will be killed sooner or later, so Dong Liang did not specifically order to protect those men of the scholar clan from being harmed. Therefore, these soldiers killed these warriors, and Dong Liang would not blame them. However, in order to prevent them from killing people casually in the future, Dong Liang will not reward them. Therefore they kill in vain, and they are not rewarded and will not be punished. Therefore, if these scholars dare to scold people, they will be counted as good if they meet a good-tempered soldier, but if they have a bad temper, they will go directly to the sword, and they will die in vain.
"Little girl, hehe, you're going to be used as a battalion next. Prostitute, maybe you'll be cheaper for me when the time comes! Don't blame me, if you want to blame it, blame that distant relative who doesn't know where he came from, he actually took the initiative to rebel against General Dong, that was a rebellion. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, men must be punished by the nine clans, and women must also be used as slaves. And we, General Dong, said that he would select a group of beautiful ones to be rewarded to all high-ranking officials as concubines. And the other part is medium and poor, that is, it is cheaper for us. I don't have a chance to play with these noble women. When the time comes, maybe I will make meritorious service and become a general, then I will be able to get this opportunity! The soldier laughed at a woman.
And the woman looked terrified, obviously very afraid of her future fate. But now I can't resist at all, so I can only choose to accept my fate.
These women of the scholar clan will be charged with rebellion, and then their families will be demoted to slaves, this is the law of the "Han Dynasty" court, Dong Liang is not good at "breaking the law"! Instead, there must be some troops in the army. Prostitutes as a supplement, otherwise the physiological needs of the soldiers in the army cannot be solved, which must affect their mentality very much. From ancient times to the present, even in the later World War II period, soldiers have to solve these needs, and this is true for China and foreign countries. It's just that this is to see if it is civilized, and the Western devils spend money to carry out pure transactions, while the Japanese devils directly loot.
And Dong Liang also knew that this kind of thing was better than being sparse, so when they went out on the expedition, they specially took out some women as soldiers to vent their physiological needs. Prostitutes, and then establish a strict system that not only ensures that the women can bear the limit, but also allows the soldiers to meet their needs. Of course, some of these women were made up of the wives and daughters of the nobles, and then there were a number of prostitutes organized by the army. Woman. The women of the noble clan were of good looks and were familiar with the culture and upbringing, and they were specially prepared for those officers. As for ordinary soldiers, that is, they can only use ordinary women. Of course, it costs money to solve the needs in the army, which can allow Dong Liang to return part of the soldiers' salaries again.