Chapter 7 East County Storm
Dongjun Zhidi, Junyi.
In mid-November, King Han ordered the abolition of the title of Daliang and changed its name to Junyi. The Jun River flows through the Daliang, and the original name of the Daliang in the Spring and Autumn Period is Yiyi, and the two are combined, so it is Junyi. The confused people just felt that the title had changed, but the wealthy Wei clans with a keen sense of smell were aware that Korea was deliberately downplaying the influence of Wei. When it comes to the Wei State, it is natural to talk about the Great Liang. The beams are gone, where is the Wei State? The Wei state that was cowering in Anling could no longer represent the Central Plains power, which had a history of hundreds of years. Everyone knows that Anling is just a city that King Han rewarded to King Wei for his retirement!
Compared with Korea, the Wei clan was much larger in number and power. This Warring States period was the first to change the law to become strong, dominating the world of the country cultivated a large number of nobles, although their children and grandchildren are not as wise as their ancestors, and even a little down, but the tiger is still powerful, in the locality, they are still the existence of behemoths.
Although Korea destroyed the Wei State at a lightning speed and captured all the nobles and officials in the upper echelons of the Wei State, there were still a large number of local wealthy families distributed in dozens of counties, and they were afraid and wary of Korea, which had no foothold in the Wei land.
These wealthy clans monopolized almost every city in the region, from the order of a county to the government officials, and most of them were their men. Although South Korea suppressed the situation with dignified soldiers, and these wealthy clans were also cooperative on the surface, this did not mean that Korea had really brought the local wealthy clans of Wei to their knees. The apparent harmony between the two sides is more of a preparation for the next mutual temptation. In South Korea, it is to seek stability, and in the case of local wealthy families, it is to avoid turmoil and endanger the family.
People with good intentions have already seen that as long as South Korea insists on implementing the same changes as South Korea in Weidi, then turmoil will inevitably occur. Over the past 100 years, these local tycoons have become accustomed to dominating the local discourse and enjoying superior privileges. South Korea's rule of law would have their status at an all-time low. When they can't influence the selection of county magistrates, when they can't install cronies and clansmen in the official office, they will feel very lost.
And the change of land law will cause them to lose their most important wealth. Wei is not as vast and sparsely populated as Chu and Yan, and in this well-weathered and densely populated territory, land is the greatest wealth! And South Korea's system of linking titles to the number of land limits their development! No one will accept a shackle lightly, especially for a group of people who are used to being pampered.
What the local tycoons of Wei wanted was for Korea to accept their claims. They naturally recognize South Korea's rule, but South Korea should not lower their status to the detriment of their interests. The best way to do this is naturally for South Korea not to implement a new law in Weidi, or to a limited extent. And South Korea, in this sensitive time when it occupied Wei for only three months, did not want to give in and let the local wealthy families gain an inch. Therefore, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the two sides! When the officials and generals sent by the King of Han successively took over the various cities of Wei, they looked at each other coldly. When South Korean officials led their subordinates to measure the land and observe the people's feelings, they looked at each other coldly. But when the news spread that the change was about to take effect. They couldn't sit still any longer.
Wu Qinnai is the patriarch of the Wu clan, and his ancestor is the general of King Wei Hui, and he has made outstanding achievements. The patriarch of the Wu clan successively served as an important minister in the period of King Hui, King Xiang, and King Zhao, but in the late period of King Zhao, because of Wu Qin's profit, he stood on the wrong side in the selection of the prince, and after the king of Wei ascended the throne, he found a reason to remove Wu Qin's official position, and Wu Qin is now at home in Daliang. Although the Wu clan lost power in the center. But it still has a high voice in East County. Moreover, with the ministers of the Wei dynasty either moving to Xinzheng. Either follow Wei Wangyu to move to Anling, in terms of prestige and strength, Wu Qin has faintly become the leader of the local wealthy families in Dongjun.
After hearing the rumors from the county guard that they were going to implement a big change this winter, the local tycoons in the eastern county were anxious to discuss in twos and threes. In the end, it was decided to ask Wu Qin to come forward on their behalf. This new law cannot be applied in East County! If it is used, it will be the life of these local wealthy families!
In a nondescript manor outside Junyi City, countless luxurious carriages were parked. There are a total of twenty-one wealthy families large and small in the entire East County, all of which are gathered in this manor belonging to the Wu family. Let's talk about it. And Wu Qin, as the patriarch of the Wu clan, quietly moved from the city to this manor after Daliang changed his name to Junyi. No one knew that this manor hid a thousand elite soldiers raised by the Wu family, and there were three more in the Wu family in a manor like this.
It has always been a tradition among scholars and doctors to raise private soldiers, who may be slaves or tenant farmers of the Wu clan on weekdays, but their real identities are no less than the elite divisions of the regular armies of various countries. They will smuggle some shady goods for their masters, or deal with some disobedient local officials, in short, they will do anything for the sake of their masters. As depositors without household registration, they have no other way out than to cling to their masters.
In the hall of the manor, an old man said indignantly to everyone: "Everyone! If South Korea insists on changing the law, we will do the opposite! Our private soldiers together have nearly 20,000 people, with mental calculations or unintentional, no matter how powerful the Han army is, it is a big deal that the fish will die and the net will be broken, and Dongjun will turn him upside down! Otherwise, South Korea really thinks that they are swordsmen, and we are fish and meat! ”
Suddenly, some people were unhappy, and reassured again and again: "The head of the Li family is cautious! South Korea has more than 20,000 troops stationed in Dongjun, and there are even tiger battalions in the mobile position, we are afraid that before we rebel, we will be captured by the South Korean army and cut off our heads! In my opinion, it's better to tell Duan Junshou Chen about the benefits and disadvantages, and then make a calculation! ”
As soon as the old man heard this, he immediately became angry, and retorted: "More than half of the casualties of the Tiger Camp are just recuperation in Dongjun!" Our private soldiers are all dead soldiers, where can they be weaker than the Tiger Camp?! Besides, which city in Dongjun doesn't have our people?! As long as we control the county orders and county magistrates in various places, and want Dongjun to change the sky, it is just a matter of a few days! Duan Ganchong, as a doctor of the Wei State, actually shamelessly defected to South Korea, don't forget, it was he who offered the king to send troops to attack the Korean army, so that our Wei State lost 40,000 troops! You want me to see it! This section of Gan Chong must have colluded with South Korea for a long time, otherwise, why did South Korea appoint him as the county guard of Dongjun?! If you tell him the stakes, whoever goes will die! ”
Wu Qin was afraid that the two sides would make a fuss, so he hurriedly came out to play a round and said, "Don't say a word!" Master Li, of course it is a good way to rebel! But our 20,000 private soldiers alone will not be enough! If it really happens, you must get in touch with King Wei of Anling or King Xinling of Linzi! Be external! You know, it's easy to defeat the Korean army in Donggun, it's rare to hold Donggun, and it's rare to defeat South Korea's reinforcements! Your family is not small, can it be that with the words of the head of the Li family, let all of us here gamble with the lives of hundreds of family members? ”
The old man bowed his head in shame, and the other person who was arguing with the old man showed a little joy. Wu Qin's face turned sideways, and he said: "The head of the Song family is also exaggerating!" Now that all of you here are here for the future, where will anyone go to South Korea and denounce us?! We don't plan to rebel, if anyone throws dirty water on us, the old man will not be the first to spare him! Although the old man's family is not rich, it is still okay to invite a few dead killers, don't you say?! ”
This sentence is a soft and hard threat, first naming everyone's original intention is to protect the interests of their own family, and rebellion is a big crime. If anyone wants to betray everyone, everyone will definitely not admit it, and not only that, but the whistleblower will also bear the wrath of everyone. What family doesn't have a dead man to raise? In the face of the pursuit of twenty families, who is confident that they can always escape can be denounced! Now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and there is a way to survive if you advance and retreat together!
"What the head of the Wu family said, what the head of the Wu family said is true!"
"If anyone eats inside and outside, my Li clan will definitely be inseparable from him!"
"Listen to the head of the Wu family!"
All the people were talking and showing their positions.
Wu Qin smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said modestly: "You want the old man to take the idea, but the old man doesn't dare to do it!" However, the old man and all of you are the remnants of the Wei State, and now that the dynasty is changing, South Korea rules us, and all we want is to protect our own interests, here, the old man has something to say. ”
Everyone was silent, quietly waiting for Wu Qin's next analysis, only to hear Wu Qin say again: "South Korea's new law, rewarding military merits, this is not in the way of you and me!" We are all people who have buried half of our bodies in the loess, what kind of wealth have we not enjoyed in this life? If your children are willing to join the army and contribute, maybe they can get rich, and everyone has no objection to this! ”
"Nope! No! Everyone shook their heads.
"Regarding land, the land is nationalized, and the title is linked to the land owned, which is what really hinders everyone's vital interests!"
"Yes! South Korea's new law stipulates that the title of a monarch can own 10,000 acres of land and 400 slaves; The title of marquis can own 8,000 acres of land and 300 servants; The title of earl can have 6,000 acres of land and 200 servants; The title of sub-level knighthood can have 4,000 acres of land and 100 servants; The title of male rank can have 2,000 acres of land and 80 servants. For titles below the viscount, the land is limited to less than 1,000 acres and the number of servants is not more than 50. We don't have any titles! The land owned by him can only be a mere 200 acres at most, and all of you here, which family property is not five or six thousand acres or more?! (To be continued......)
PS: The first update, but also the second update!