Chapter 52 Scattering is a sky full of stars, and gathering is a fire
In the 21st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, on the night of November 10, the prisoner car was hijacked and some of the accompanying escort soldiers were killed.
Emperor Guangxu had no power, and Cixi listened to the government.
After learning of this, Cixi was furious and ordered Shuntianfu Yin to investigate thoroughly, and ordered the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to assist Shuntianfu in handling the case.
It is necessary to find out who is behind the scenes, punish the three clans for conspiracy against them, and bring them to justice so as to set an example.
And the emperor's attitude was: "I listen to Lafayette." ”
No matter who is behind the scenes, since he dares to commit such a rebellious act, he must be severely punished. If the murderer is not brought to justice, won't the Jiangshan Society of the Qing Dynasty be chaotic?
This is the first time that the two leaders of the Qing Dynasty who look like each other are so compatible.
As soon as this incident came out, both inside and outside the court were silent.
When the decree was issued by the court, it had been a day since Meng Ke and the others arrived in Mazhuang Village, and it had been three days since the other passers-by arrived in Tianjin under the fast horse.
No matter how closely it is investigated, it will not affect them.
Muskets and weapons were put into storage, and the captured soldiers were strictly guarded by the boxers, and the whole village was a kinship with broken bones and tendons, and Ben didn't worry about anyone running out.
"I think our Mazhuang Village can be renamed Tazhai instead."
Meng Ke looked at the soldiers who were being driven by the villagers to reform through labor, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
"What? Little junior brother, don't let the clan elders hear what you say, this name has been passed down for more than ten generations, how can you change it? ”
A boxer glanced at the old man who was sitting on the root of a tree at the entrance of the village smoking a gun, and cautiously reminded Meng Ke.
The elders of that clan are so big that even if Guo Lao comes, he has to shout uncle.
"Just kidding, senior brother, don't worry."
Meng Ke followed his gaze and saw the old man spitting out smoke rings while looking at him with a smile.
He looks very kind and easy to talk to.
"Can the clan elders decide on the big and small things in the village?"
"That's not it, but he's old and senior, and the big guys want to listen to him. How do you say a word? Called, called ......"
The boxer scratched his head, thinking about it for a long time.
"It's respectable, isn't it?"
"Yes, yes, that's it, morality is high!"
Looking at the boxer's smug face, Meng Ke slapped himself in the face, and still had to popularize literacy and basic education.
"That's right, I have something to discuss with the clan elders, and I bother my senior brother to go into the city for me to invite Guo Lao to come."
Meng Ke explained, and then strode towards the entrance of the village.
The old man with the cigarette gun narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man who was getting closer and closer.
"Zhang Yantu has seen the clan elder!"
Looking at the old man in front of him who was full of gray hair and wrinkles on his face, but still full of energy, Meng Ke bowed.
The clan elder laughed, put down the cigarette gun and looked at him and said, "Little Runtu, I know you!" The old man's surname is Guo, Guo Huaiyuan. Is there something you're looking for the old man? “
Meng Ke scratched his head, looking embarrassed.
"It's a little bit of a problem that needs to bother you. The main reason I came this time was to enclose a piece of land in the village and use it as an academy ......."
Hearing this, the patriarch's face changed slightly, he looked at Meng Ke, pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Little doll, the earth is our root." Whether it is the crop land outside the village or the land in the village, it is not something that the old man can tell. I don't know what your so-called 'academy' is, but it's no more important than the houses and fields where the people live in the village. ”
He paused, and then said: "Of course, if you can tell a reason, the old man will help you in front of Yun Shen, if you can't say it......"
“…… Then don't blame the old man. ”
Meng Ke was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Clan Elder, you have misunderstood. Even if you don't say it, I'll take the initiative to explain it to you. In addition, the land set aside is considered to be rented by us, give money! ”
"Give money?!"
The clan elder's eyes lit up, and after realizing that he had lost his temper, he laughed embarrassedly.
"Of course give money, we are not robbers and bandits, why don't we give money? Not only will we give money, but if the land occupies another villager's house, we will also pay for him to build a temporary residence on the edge of the village. ”
The world is disturbed, interests come first, the clan elders have no reason to refuse, and the villagers will rush to agree to be charter officials.
"Say, where do you like it, I'...... Forget it, don't talk about it, what do you think of the old man's house? Come on, come on, I'll take you to see it! ”
After speaking, the clan elder took Meng Ke's arm, dragged him up and walked towards his house.
This clan elder looks old, and his strength is quite great, and Meng Ke didn't dare to exert himself, so he was forced to be dragged to the clan elder's house after half pushing and half pushing.
"Xiaoruntu, my family is not big, but because it is leaning on the ancestral hall, there is a large piece of empty land next to it. If you rent it, the old man can borrow it from you. The clan elder looked at Meng Ke and asked, his eyes smiling like crescent moons.
Good guys, do you need to talk about that?
Rent one get one free.
Then, the clan elder called his old wife to bring out the tea and pulled Meng Ke to sit down and chat.
Meng Ke also took the opportunity to completely say the idea of renting his land to build an academy.
The small academy built inside the Xingyi Gym was too simple and cramped, and the number of students it could accommodate was quite limited.
It is also very inconvenient to attend classes on weekdays, and the humming sound of martial arts practitioners in the gym seriously affects teaching.
So he thought about building a bigger piece of land to build the academy.
This academy not only teaches cultural classes, but combines culture, martial arts, ideological education, and military education to form a small military academy.
People who are capable and willing to accept new ideas are selected from each branch for training, and after graduation, they are distributed back to the original branch and formed into the backbone of each place.
On weekdays, they can also become an ideological education group, responsible for ideological development and education for the local believers and branch altar personnel.
Once the time of war and the uprising is about to happen, they are the commanders and thinkers, and they can form a righteous army in a system.
Scatter is a sky full of stars, and gathering is a fire. I have to say, this method is really easy to use.
The only flaw was the lack of training of the rebels.
But this is also a helpless thing, who made them thieves?
On the other hand, once this academy is built, there will be all kinds of flaws in the daily practice sound and food procurement.
This is inseparable from the help of local villagers to cover up.
In order to let the villagers help with the vigilance and procurement, Meng Ke even promised that cultural classes and martial arts classes could be taught for free by children from every family in the village.
Those with excellent academic performance and top 10 grades will receive three meals!
Half-grown children eat poor fathers, if the family can eat with less mouths, countless villagers will spur their children to study hard.