088 Straight to the point
"I'm sorry, I was a little impulsive just now." Colonel Bogon, who calmed down his inner turmoil and no longer looked at the Polish citizen who had fallen to the ground, once again returned with a smile and apologetic reply to the two horses of the guard battalion.
"It's not a big deal, Colonel Bogong didn't know the rules of our Taiping Army when he first arrived, after all, if you want everyone to have clothes to wear and eat, you can't just open your mouth, if everyone can hide their personal belongings, how can everyone be equal?
We can't conjure up food and clothes out of thin air, naturally we can't provide the lives of civilians for free, the Taiping Army is just redistributing social wealth, so that the big guys can live equally and freely, in order to achieve this effect, violent law enforcement is an inevitable phenomenon, any kind of social system change, need blood to water, don't you say? Colonel Bogon. ”
This pro-guard battalion and two horses obviously belong to the kind of 'speaker' who spreads the system and teachings of the holy treasury, and the big truths sound really a little bit of truth.
Of course, in the eyes of Colonel Bogong, who witnessed the 'tragedy', the other party's words were pure fart, if a society where everyone was equal was really established, why could Hong Tiancheng, a general, live in a luxurious fortress, enjoy the service of servants, and live a life of fine clothes and food?
The so-called equality of the Taiping Army is nothing more than making the Poles equal, that is, all the Poles become poor people with the same living conditions, and the extra wealth is used for their own enjoyment, although the Poles can eat and wear clothes, but in fact they are always under the exploitation and oppression of the upper echelons of the Taiping Army!
Because the Poles can eat and put on clothes is the result of their work day and night, sit on it and enjoy it, move their mouths and give orders, and they don't have to do any work, how can they eat and drink spicy and sleep with the most beautiful women?
Colonel Bogun now understands the source of the supplies received by those Polish civilians, isn't that the materials collected by the Taiping Army through legal and other coercive means, and most of them are deducted before they are distributed?
With such an entry and exit, the fruits of the Poles' labor will shrink by some percent!
The Taiping Army is really ruthless!
While hating the Taiping Army system, Colonel Bogun couldn't help but feel a little admiration, although every national government is oppressing the people, but like the Taiping Army, who is so upright and arrogant, full of mouth for the good of the people, preaching that they have equal food and clothing, and also oppresses the people fairly and openly, it should be the only one......
Colonel Bogon had to admit that although the Taiping Army's approach would have pushed the wealthy and aristocratic classes against each other, it was a ray of hope for the Polish poor, who had nothing in numbers!
And in the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom, this kind of Polish poor people who have nothing to eat and no meal are definitely the majority!
In particular, those serfs who did not even have personal freedom would become potential supporters of the Taiping Army, and compared with the former serf status, the Taiping Army's policy of redistributing social wealth was simply a gospel from heaven!
I have to say that this system of the Taiping Army is extremely attractive to the society of countries with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, and this is also the case in the Manchu Empire in history.
Hong Tiancheng is assisted by the all-out war system, and there is no need for the poor people of Poland to join the army, as long as the poor people of Poland are willing to work in the morning and work again under the rule of the Taiping Army, it is enough!
The social wealth created by the working people is always higher than their consumption, and the extra part of social wealth is naturally the basis enjoyed by the ruling class like Hong Tiancheng.
It is natural that the ruling class is eager to increase the productive forces of society.
Of course, this is the essence that can only be seen by the ruling class of the country that has entered the industrial age, and it is difficult for the ruling class in the backward and closed feudal system to see this.
Colonel Bogon, who had once again restored the harmonious atmosphere, accompanied by the two horses of the personal guard battalion, marched all the way into the fortress of Zhytomyr City.
Colonel Bogun thought that Hong Tiancheng would dress himself like an upstart in gold and silver, as rumored, and even had to sleep in a large sedan chair carried by 32 people on the march......
But Hong Tiancheng in front of Colonel Bogun was only wearing a civilian dress common to Polish nobles, without any sense of luxury, which made Colonel Bogun can't help but re-examine Hong Tiancheng.
"Colonel Bogon, right, I'm the general you want to see Hong Tiancheng, the general of the Taiping Army, I don't like to talk around the bush, just say what conditions and benefits you have."
Hong Tiancheng sat on the top seat, and the goblet handed by the maid served by the Polish noble lady in his hand, and he said bluntly while casually tasting the wine.
There is no pretentiousness and no so-called dismounting, everything is as casual as relatives and friends talking about homely things.
This is Hong Tiancheng's confidence, he doesn't need any verbal deterrence, his strength is here, the other party has to ask for himself, of course he can play in his true colors and deal with it easily!
"Your Excellency the General, I came with the sincerity of the cooperation of the Cossack rebels, I ......"
"Stop, stop, didn't I say it, don't say more about the inconsequential words in front, just talk about the point! Colonel Bogon, you should know what the point is. ”
Colonel Bogong was unceremoniously interrupted by Hong Tiancheng, and he couldn't help but feel a knot of resentment in his heart, fortunately, Colonel Bogong is also a person who has experienced a big scene, and it is not too difficult for him to control his temper, and he was ready to bow his head before coming here.
The situation is stronger than people, and the Taiping army can live a leisurely life without cooperation, but the Cossack rebels in Kiev are enough!
"Your Excellency, our Cossack rebels hope to reach a fraternal alliance with the Taiping Army and jointly attack the main force of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom stranded outside Kiev."
Hong Tiancheng nodded calmly after hearing this: "Well, I already knew this, but what good will it do me if I take someone to help your Cossack rebels break the siege?"
Don't tell me anything, I now have tens of thousands of soldiers, everyone is equipped with muskets (blown), and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania is not a mortal threat to me! ”