Chapter 918: The Land of Baptism
Master Zhong was very angry......
Fang Wu talked about the reason for the frustration of this trip, which made him even more angry.
The Kshatriya landlord invited a Brahmin nobleman to be the god of the door, Fang Wu felt that the righteousness was in hand, Bengal had been ceded to Yinghua by the Mughal Dynasty, and the king of the princely state also made a letter of resignation after his arrest, and the power of the chaimindar held by him was recognized as a secular power for hundreds of years, and he did not pay attention to the Brahmin sacrifice.
Unexpectedly, the Brahmin sacrifice made the native soldiers withdraw from the manor, and Fang Wu and others were even accused of being "blasphemers" and were besieged by a large number of Tianzhu people in the neighborhood.
Zhong Shangwei was angry that Fang Wu was so mindless, hadn't he figured out that he was of a different race, and he was naturally rejected by the Tianzhu people?
Fang Wu pinched his nose, avoiding Zhong Shangwei, who still smelled from his body even after brushing it several times, and said in a nasal voice: "What's wrong with the alien race?" The Tianzhu people were born to bow down to other races, first the Mongols, then the Persians......"
Before Fang Wu could say all this, before the Mongols, Tianzhu had been ruled by foreign races for four thousand years. The basis of the Tianzhu caste system was the "Varna", and the invading Aryan Caucasians called themselves Aryan Varna, and the local dark-skinned natives called Dasavana. The four ranks of Brahmins and Kshatriyas were differentiated on the basis of Varna.
Not only the Mongols and Persians, since the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period, Tianzhu has become a paradise for foreign races. Darius of Persia and Alexander of Macedon both established their rule in Tianzhu without resistance. This was followed by the Bactrian (Greek) people, the Cypriots, the Anxi, and the Dayue clan, and the Kushan dynasty established by the Dayue clan was also on a par with the Roman, Anxi, and Han empires.
After the Kushan Dynasty, Tianzhu was invaded by the Bada people, known as the "White Huns", and then by the Turkic invasion, which established the Delhi Sultanate. Now it was the Mughal dynasty founded by the Turkic Mongols, and the Persians who came from the northwest again.
If the experience of Tianzhu is placed on Huaxia, even if the Aryans who invaded in the early days are counted as Tianzhu orthodoxy, they have been enslaved by Yidi since the Western Zhou Dynasty, only in the late Warring States period to the early Western Han Dynasty. and the two Jin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty to maintain independence, other than that, all under the rule of foreign races from the northwest.
A long history of alien domination, and a tradition of dividing into princely states for the most part. The Tianzhu people did not have the deep-rooted unification plot of China and the concept of "Zhengshuo", and in essence, they did not merge into a nation.
Zhong Shangwei had asked Fang Wu before how the locals in Tianzhu viewed the Chinese. Fang Wu's answer was that it depended on status and occupation, and that those who held the power of the rulers were regarded as Kshatriyas, while ordinary merchants were regarded as Vaishyas. Fang Wu said with great confidence that the caste system would eventually have to give way to reality, under the guns and goods of Yinghua. The natives of Tianzhu themselves would adjust the caste system in order to accept the Chinese who were inducted into the household.
"Damn Tianzhu people, like stones in a dung pit, stubborn!"
Fang Wu's conclusion was overturned by reality, and when he thought of the native soldiers who fled without a fight, he was angry.
Zhong Shangwei was quite helpless about Fang Wu's dead brain, and most of this guy was arrogant and domineering in front of the Brahmin nobles, and he didn't even give face. It angered people, fists can't cover everything, this truth should be understood in the Coral State Rebellion.
For their own safety. In order to appease the anger of the thousands of Tianzhu people surrounding the county government, and for his future industry, Zhong Shangwei persuaded Fang Wu bitterly.
"When the Tartars entered the Central Plains, they shaved their hair and changed clothes, didn't it also provoke the Jiangnan people to sacrifice their lives to resist? Didn't the Mughal Dynasty of Tianzhu, their emperor, forcibly convert the Tianzhu people to Islam decades ago, so that the country was torn apart? We can't just talk with our fists, especially with their caste system, and we can't move it. Isn't it good to just follow it? ”…,
Zhong Shangwei made an analysis of the caste of the Tianzhu people and criticized Fang Wu's traditional Chinese thinking. Fang Wu felt that he could use the Vaishyas and Shudras, who were at the bottom of the caste system, to fight against the upper Kshatriyas, Brahmins, and thus establish a stable rule, but Fang Wu obviously did not expect that the hierarchy of the Tianzhu people would be so strong, and his idea was only suitable for the Chinese people who had a kind of princely general.
Zhong Shangwei said: "Let's not touch the inside of the Tianzhu people. It's up to them to rule themselves according to the original way, but the top layer is just for us to scoop up. ”
Fang Wu frowned and said, "But the local Kshatriya landlords colluded with the Brahmin nobles, how should we break it?" Isn't that the mess in front of you? ”
Fang Wu's subordinates fired muskets, shocking the Tianzhu rebels outside, but before they dispersed, they were clamoring outside the courtyard.
Zhong Shangwei shook his head: "Unless we want to eradicate all these local bigwigs, they shouldn't all collude." How easy it is for them to be so united, to put it mildly, Western companies can win Bangladesh so easily? To put it mildly, can aliens enter Tianzhu so easily? ”
Fang Wu had to admit that Zhong Shangwei had only been in Tianzhu for half a month, but his understanding of Tianzhu was much deeper than that of himself who had been in Tianzhu for a few years, who had made him do all the work of robbers and robbers in the past few years, so that he had the wrong understanding that his fists would beat everything, and even the caste system would bow his head in front of his fists.
Fang Wu said very happily: "Okay, what to do next, it's all up to Lao Zhong to you." ”
Zhong Shangwei held his head high, and the whole person exuded a fierce aura that people did not dare to look at directly (of course, there is also the credit of that smell), and said confidently: "We have to adjust our ruling strategy in Gulingham County......"
Zhong Shangwei proposed that the contracted Chamindar power be subcontracted to the local famous and powerful Kshatriya landlords and Brahmin nobles, leaving only a small part of the land for direct management. Only a few locals had to deal with them, and these local tycoons were treated better than they were in the Mughal era, not only agreeing with their rule, but also helping to maintain order in the area, so that they didn't even need to feed too many native soldiers.
Fang Wu, Niu Baocheng and the others are still a little difficult to accept, it's not a good thing to let the locals sit big, right?
Zhong Shangwei sneered: "What is there to worry about? The bones of our Chinese people are hard enough, but as soon as the Tartars come, those scholars, those big landlords, and those big businessmen still don't wag their tails to meet them? As long as their interests are guaranteed, and even more benefits are made for them, they call their masters to kowtow, not to mention how obedient they are. We Chinese people are like this. Will there be a difference between the Tianzhu people who are born with cheap bones? ”
It's hard to hear, but it makes sense. Fang Wu and the others had to agree with this path, overturning the idea of establishing a total rule in the local area.
After all, this is a matter of the future, how to solve the current mess?
The old god on the bell said in the tunnel: "The spear of the other." Attack the other's shield. Send a Tianzhu to find the other brahmins, explain our decision, and let those brahmins or Kshatriyas come forward to drive out these rebellious people. ”
Fang Wu and Niu Baocheng raised their thumbs at the same time, and Master Zhong was really extraordinary.
Later, the course of events proved the "wisdom" of Zhong Shang's position, and a number of local Brahmin nobles and Kshatriya landlords were quite excited when they heard that the Chinese lords were going to subcontract the power of Chamindar to them. This not only means more land, more tenant farmers. Unlike in Mughal times, the land included in the Chamindar power was privately owned.
A few Brahmin aristocrats, who had only a small plot of land and could not make ends meet, suddenly became landlords with dozens of hectares of land, and they were particularly active, and they personally rushed from the countryside, and just showed their faces, and drove away the disorderly people. …,
The next step is simple, divide the tax rights. The contract was signed, and the "Panchayat" [1] of the county's enlargement was also held. Drawing on the experience of the Coral State, Chung felt that the locals would be given a stage similar to that of the local council. The upper and lower levels can communicate more effectively.
Chung's series of measures soon became a model for Anglo-Chinese governance in Bangladesh, extending from Gulingerum County to other regions. At the county level, the local magnates were gathered into a vested interest class through the Chamindar power, and then good communication was reached with the Anglo-Chinese colonial authorities through the Panchaya special system. The reason why Bengal became a loyal vassal of the Anglo-Chinese, and even became a strong bridgehead for the Anglo-Chinese to annex the whole of India, came from today's policy.
Of course, the upper position of the clock at this time did not know what great foreshadowing he had made, after the Panchayat Conference, Fang Wu felt that he had given the locals a sweetness, and he had to let the locals learn the big stick, so as not to be pampered and arrogant, and not to take them as "colonial authorities" in their eyes.
The question is reduced to this: including the Kshatriya landlord who had fought against them before. and a small number of diehards still resisting, although they can mobilize the locals who have rallied around them to suppress it, Fang Wu still wants to show his strength.
Zhong Shangshang also agreed, but the problem was that the locally recruited native soldiers were clearly unreliable.
Just as he was having a headache, another team of contractors scooping up the Chamindar power passed by Gulingham. The leader was a middle-aged man on crutches with a limp leg, his breath was extremely cold, and he seemed to have more experience than Fang Wu and even Zhong Shangwei and others.
In Tianzhu, a foreign land, the Chinese felt cordial when they saw each other, and Zhong Shangwei and Fang Wu, as the hosts, warmly entertained the visitors. Knowing that they had opened up the situation in the local area so quickly, the contractor who called himself "Zhou Yiren" was extremely impressed, bowed his head and humbly asked for advice, and left some ordnance as a reward.
Hearing that they were suffering from the lack of available soldiers, Zhou Yiren also gave them a way to recruit the Sikhs and Gurkhas in the northwest, who were not only brave and loyal to their employers, but also did not match the Bengalis, and it was the best choice to use these people to intimidate the locals.
After bidding farewell to Zhou Yiren, Zhong Shangwei and Fang Wu were still feeling that the people who came to Tianzhu to fight the waves were all heroes, and the killer in the team said coldly: "His name is not Zhou Yiren, his real name is Zhou Kunlai......
The two twisted their eyebrows and thought for a while, and suddenly realized, Zhou Kunlai!? The boss of the triad, the real culprit behind the murder of Wang Blind and Zhu Yigui!? This guy actually absconded to Tianzhu and started a new life.
After struggling for a while, the two shook their heads at the same time with a tacit understanding, and Fang Wu also said, "Don't open your mouth and talk nonsense, how can you know Zhou Kunlai!?" ”
They didn't dare to wade into the troubled waters of Zhou Kunlai, so they simply ignored it, anyway, Zhou Kunlai, who ran to Tianzhu, was already Zhou Yiren, even if he had any evil intentions, it was the Tianzhu people who harmed him.
The killer muttered in a low voice, "I was his subordinate...... back then"
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More than a month later, 200 Gurkha mercenaries from the northwest gathered a handful of opponents, and the people of Gulingerum County were submissive, and even most people began to call the Chinese lords friendly and benevolent rulers, and the Brahmin nobles and Kshatriya landlords also began to regard the Chinese as "Yellow Kshatriyas......
After the overall situation was settled, Zhong Shangwei began to think about his own industry, and he also worked as a small contractor to contract 30 hectares of land alone and prepare to plant indigo. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to grow it, indigo is one of the specialties of Bangladesh, and there are many local people who know how to grow it. And the way out of the sales, just look for Li Shun directly, that guy should also stay in Coral Prefecture with itchy bones, just pull him over to make a kick. Li Shun had close contacts with the dye trade road in Funan, and he could catch his line.
Everything was arranged, Zhong Shangwei finally remembered the old feud, as a foreign race, it was impossible for him to build a house in a country manor alone, so he could only live in the county seat with Fang Wu and others. And the mess in Guringham County was unbearable for him. …,
Fang Wu was very surprised: "Build a road? Digging a ditch? Build latrines and teach the locals about hygiene? Introducing the Temple of Heaven? Old Zhong, your brain hasn't burned out, do you, really think this is your own industry? We can fish for as long as we can, why spend all this unjust money and do such thankless work? ”
Zhong Shangwei's head shook like a rattle: "No, I can't stand it!" Spending money is also for my physical and mental health, and if I stay in this big latrine, I will be poisoned to death! ”
Zhong Shang's position is not only for the environment, he has a string in his head, and the experience of Coral State tells him that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy in all, and if you share some benefits with others, you can get greater benefits for yourself. And to invite sacrifices to build the Heavenly Temple, he was regarded by Zhong Shangwei as the fundamental basis for expanding the industry, and he had become a devout disciple of the Heavenly Temple like Li Shun.
In view of Zhong Shangwei's "extraordinary insight", Fang Wu could only be attached. Anyway, it doesn't cost much to build roads and dig canals to build latrines, and a large number of laborers can be raised by giving some food, and building a heavenly temple only needs to invite the heavenly temple to worship and produce some work. With the Heavenly Temple, there are people who teach the local people Chinese, which is also conducive to their own rule.
As a result, a situation that has not occurred in the local area for thousands of years was staged in the county, the mud road was rebuilt into a three-way dirt road, a canal was dug, a well and a water purification tank were built, a latrine was built, and even a hospital was built in the future. In order to improve their treatment, Zhong Shangwei, Fang Wu and others built a lot of construction and carried out infrastructure construction in the local area, and the local people's impression of the Chinese lord also changed suddenly, and their favorability continued to rise.
It's just that some of the decrees issued by the Chinese lord are very unpleasant, and they will be severely fined for defecating on the street......
However, the Brahmin nobles and Kshatriya landlords began to look at the Chinese people in a higher light, and they saw that the Chinese lords emphasized purity, which proved that they were also a noble race, and it was reasonable for us to obey the rule of the Chinese lords.
In October, when I left the house, stepped on the surface of the Sanhe land, and watched the recruited cleaners keep sweeping the streets and sweeping away a pile of dung, Zhong Shangwei let out a low and satisfied sigh, and the disgusting stench finally faded a lot.
is expressing his feelings, suddenly there is a strange feeling under his feet, Zhong Shang's scalp is numb, and he thinks he is stepping on something again, looking down, it turns out that a few locals are lying at their feet, like chickens pecking rice, kissing their feet.
Master Zhong was thinking about himself, but not for the benefit of the Tianzhu people, he shook his feet in disgust, as if he was stuck in a dung heap again. The locals retreated on their knees in panic, and even made a big salute of throwing themselves to the ground.
"Tianzhu people...... It's really cheap, I don't understand. ”
When Zhong Shangwei thought that he had set two-thirds of the rent for the tenant farmers in the manor, the Shudra tenant farmers were relieved, and even looked grateful, and felt goosebumps all over their bodies. God is still merciful to Huaxia, if Huaxia also falls to this point, and he is so willing to be inferior to the bone marrow to the tartars, it is really as literally "no complaint about being a cow and a horse", and it is simply a situation that is more terrifying than hell. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )