Chapter 261: Peace by War
"No, we can't just lay down our arms and join that Han Emperor, he is not here to liberate us at all, he is here to annex our Mexican land!" Hidalgo's close comrade-in-arms, Morellos, spoke generously at a high-level meeting of the rebel army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
His words are also in the minds of most of the top leaders of the rebel army, of course, the reason why these people do not want to lay down their arms and surrender is not just because they want Mexico to become an independent country!
The biggest contradiction between them and the army of the Han Empire is that Zhao Dutian does not want to see the white class at all!
Not only did they kill the uncooperative white manor owners without mercy, but even the original leaders and brains of the rebel army would be completely marginalized after they took refuge in the past, not to mention important government positions, and even the division of land was no different from that of Indian slaves!
This is still based on the attitude of these people who take the initiative to surrender, you know, the normal white man divides the land and always has one or two acres less than the Indian slaves!
The land allocated to each individual is sometimes only one or two acres in total......
These educated and sensible rebel army leaders naturally understood that the Han Empire's approach was to divide the social groups in Mexico and sow the seeds for future ethnic conflicts!
Obviously, the Han Empire's favoritism was aimed at Indian slaves and half-breeds who had a numerical advantage but a very low social status!
Purebred whites were strictly excluded by the Han Empire, and the richer they were, the more excluded they became!
This is what the top brass of the rebel army saw from the treatment of those white rich people who saw the military might of the Han Empire and took the initiative to take refuge in the past!
Those Indian slaves came up to be exempt from tribute taxes, and these white rich people took the initiative to take refuge in the past, not to mention the extra food expenses for the army, and they were temporarily added to the liberation fee, war fee, asset fee, etc., a lot of names are complete, and the explanation is also complete, but the tax amount is not low at all!
Why didn't Indian slaves pay taxes?
It's very simple, people have just moved from slavery, how can they collect taxes? Do you have a conscience?!
The gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico is too big, and although the army of the Han Empire did not carry out any pleasant collective robbery this time, it was enough to eat just by squeezing the oil and water of those white manor owners!
This can relieve a lot of pressure on the logistics department of the Han Empire to deliver grain and grass!
Of course, this practice has its after-effects, and with the advance of the Han Empire, a large number of rebel armies gathered under the command of Hidalgo, praying for his protection, just to stop the Han Empire, or ...... Negotiate a good price with the Han Empire, so that you can turn back and become a master!
The uprising in the Spanish Viceroyalty was in fact a bourgeois revolution, and the essential difference between the so-called bourgeois revolution and the peasant uprising was that the heads and brains of the revolutionary masses were rich and intellectual!
Those who were born with mud legs, unless they get up with a lot of military exploits, they will not be able to enter the upper echelons of the rebel army!
It's not that those white capitalists and manor owners deliberately suppress the lower classes, but those who can read in this era, which one is not a small wealth?
Reading is not only for literacy, but also to effectively develop people's brains, to be a leader, you can not fight, but the brain must be bright!
Moreover, if you want to revolt, you can't just shout on the street and respond in groups, different people shout revolution, and the effect is different!
If a poor man shouts revolution, it will be of no use at all except to suffer a bunch of white eyes and the tolerance of coming to arrest!
If you want to respond in a group, there must first be a prerequisite, this person must have the support of a group of people, or in other words, this person must be the kind of person who has prestige and responsibility in the public!
In Mexico, the prestige people could not be Indian slaves and white poor ghosts, but only those capitalists and large haciendas!
Or the clergy!
Hidalgo is a prime example!
So he succeeded!
The so-called rich make friends with the rich, Hidalgo is up, and his revolutionary partners are naturally also white!
This has created a fait accompli, the entire upper echelons of the rebel army are all very white-skinned people, but the main body of the rebel army is composed of white poor ghosts, half-breeds, Indian slaves, and black uncles......
The hierarchical division of the rebel armies of the bourgeois revolution has always been about the same, and they are all in this form!
The real rise of the grassroots is too difficult and difficult, and there are only two special cases in China, one Liu Bang and one Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Bang is still a gangster who has been a pavilion chief!
With the strength of the Han Empire to beat the Spanish army, if Zhao Dutian was willing to give preferential treatment to the white bourgeoisie, Hidalgo and his party might have laid down their arms and congratulated long live!
Then, these people will lay down their weapons and return to their hometowns in leisurely clothes, continue to oppress the people, or wait for the period when the Han Empire is weak, and set off the great cause of independence again!
These bourgeois revolutionaries, along with the Spaniards of the same origin, can betray, and how much loyalty they can have to Zhao Dutian, a foreigner, is known only by God and his old man......
This is still a hidden danger in the future, once Zhao Dutian accepts this group of people, there will be a biggest public security problem at present!
These big manor lords are the biggest obstacle to the Han Empire's rule going deep into the region!
Why did Taizu fight the landlord in the first place?
Isn't it just to break the traditional landlord monopoly class and infiltrate the ruling power into the countryside?
After the 21st century, Zhao Dutian's motherland has achieved all-round and three-dimensional national control that many countries have not realized!
Look at the United States, even a state has its own legislative power and the National Guard army!
Even, the laws of each state in the United States are different, in one state homosexual offense, in another state homosexuality can be married! American-style democracy, I Chinese people say they don't understand very much......
Obviously, in terms of control over the place, compared with Zhao Dutian's motherland, it is far behind!
This point is worth learning from Zhao Dutian!
Centralized power or something, the cutest!
Maurelos's words caused a silence among the top brass of the rebel army in the meeting, and he spoke everyone's mind, but this decision was not easy to make!
Those who can climb to the top of the rebel army have brains, and if you think about it with your ass, you know that it is a proper defeat against the army of the Han Empire!
I thought that I could use public opinion to fight against the dictatorship of the Han Empire with deep and long-term nationalism, but Zhao Dutian completely disrupted the rhythm of the rebel army with practical interests and demagogic slogans.
If you can't fight, if you don't, everyone will have to go home and live a hard life!
When everyone turned their eyes to the chief Hidalgo, the rebel boss sighed and said, "Let's fight for peace." (To be continued.) )