Chapter 214: The Great Internal Purge
As the sun set, the afterglow of the remnant sun sprinkled in the barracks, and the blood and mud of those stumps and severed arms against the background were even more desolate.
The autumn wind swept around, blowing a blood-stained remnant flag all over the camp, just like the remnants of the battlefield, which was extremely depressing.
On the square, there is an incense case in the middle, which enshrines the god card of the exorcist true monarch, which has long been stained red by blood, and dozens of human heads are piled together under the case, just like rotten watermelons in the vegetable garden, attracting countless mosquitoes and flies to "buzz" on it.
There is a small incense burner in front of the god card, and an extinguished incense stick is inserted in the incense burner.
On both sides of the incense case, there were many people on the left, and a bunch of middle-level and above officials gathered together, trembling, waiting for Ghost Li to fall. There are few people on the right, only a dozen or so, Ma Ling, Fang Qiong and others are here.
Dozens of headless corpses lay on the side of the incense case, silently telling the story of what had happened before.
Ghost Li is unreasonable in doing things, no matter the severity of your crime, as long as you dare to have crooked thoughts on the matter of dividing the land, you will be stabbed in the head.
There is no trial, no evidence is needed, no defense is heard, and no opportunity is given to the guilty and meritorious service.
There is only one criterion for judging, and that is to ask God before his heart!
The "Asking Heart Incense" that I accidentally got before worked just right at this time.
For these officials, where is this "incense of conscience", it is clearly a "head-killing incense".
When the incense is extinguished, the head falls to the ground!
Fang Qiong was the first to be questioned by Ghost Li, and at that time he didn't know what it was, so he replied with a loud "no".
Now looking at the heads of people rolling around under the case, Fang Qiong's heart still palpitated, and she only felt that her lips were dry, and the back of her neck was cold.
Ghost Li kicked away the headless corpse that was still hot, lit the incense again, carried a knife in his right hand, and dragged an official from the pile of people with his left hand, knelt down in front of the exorcism Zhenjun Xiang case, and asked in a cold voice:
"Let me ask you, is Ling also involved in this land division?"
"'Yes' or 'no'?"
The official trembled like chaff, but he didn't dare not answer, staring at the incense stick, and spit out a "no" word in his mouth.
After a few moments, the incense was still straight up, and the official went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
He had just seen too many people who said the word "no", and as a result, he was really frightened, for fear that this thing would not be allowed and he would be killed.
The tip of Ghost Li's knife was deflected, and he pointed to the crowd on the right, and the official hurriedly ran over there as if he had been amnestied.
Just looking at his bird-like appearance, Ghost Li knew that the bottom of this guy's ass couldn't be clean.
However, Ghost Li mainly asked about the division of land, and other trivial matters were left aside for the time being, and let them go first.
There are already many people in the group on the left who have already been paralyzed, and this kind of person Li Ghost doesn't even need to ask, just kill it.
He pulled another one out and asked the same question again.
The man didn't dare to answer, so he only kowtowed there and begged for mercy, "The little brother knows that he is wrong, and the elder brother spares his life!" ”
"Thief Bird!"
"Who's your brother?"
The knife in Ghost Li's hand flashed, and another human head flew into the sky, and the blood splashed on the incense case, adding new makeup to the god throne that had already been red on it.
Ghost Li was going to continue to arrest people again, but Fang Qiong next to him couldn't stand it anymore, so he pounced on him, hugged Ghost Li tightly, and begged bitterly:
"Brother, don't kill again!"
"If you kill again, there will be no one to use!"
"These heroes all came to defect when they heard about my Liangshan's name, and now if they are all killed by my brother, I am afraid that my Liangshan's reputation on the rivers and lakes will be damaged."
"Name?" Li Ghost sneered and asked rhetorically, "What is my Liangshan's name?" ”
"For the heavens? Or rebel and become emperor? ”
"On my Liangshan, as long as there are like-minded people, like this group of ants, it doesn't matter if they come or not!"
"Or rather, it's better if they don't come!"
"We don't have anyone at hand, so we can use our own illiterate ordinary soldiers."
"As long as you have a good heart and are willing to work hard, you can always do things almost the same, which has little to do with whether you can read or write."
"On the contrary, if you are not right-hearted and are bent on corruption, you will raise people and become scholars, and you will only cause more trouble."
Fang Qiong was dumbfounded when she heard this, and only shouted:
"Brother, don't be funny, how can an old farmer be an official?"
Ghost Li also glared and shouted:
"What's so hard about being an official?"
"Not all official positions require very complex technology!"
"Take Nazhi County as an example, it is in charge of civil affairs, finance, prison lawsuits, and other matters."
"What is civil administration, nothing but reward and punishment!"
"As long as he is right-minded and does things fairly and without partiality, who dares to disobey this reward and punishment?"
"In the matter of criminal names, we still use the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, but the core of it is still fairness."
"The people are not fools, as long as they are fair and meet moral standards, what can they do if they are not in accordance with the law?"
"As for finance, it's just revenue and expenditure."
"Whether it's clearing the hukou or dividing the land equally, isn't the core of it fairness?"
"The agricultural tax under Liangshan's command has been exempted, no errand labor is levied, and the commercial tax standard has been set early, and it is a fixed amount, so he can let people collect it regularly."
"In addition to the necessary salary, they don't need to drink flowers, wine, sing and answer, how much can they spend?"
"Only those technical jobs such as road construction, bridge construction, farmland and water conservancy need professionals, and when the time comes, it will be enough to spend money to find someone to do it."
"As for educating the people, we have no one to use, so we can only let people teach literacy and arithmetic first, and the rest will be done slowly."
"You see, as long as a person has a good character and is willing to work hard, everyone can do this."
"The reason why you are conspired by this group of officials and splashes is that they see your weaknesses and think that you can't do without them, so they dare to be unscrupulous."
"That Geng Gong said that it was a military training, but he didn't know how much military salary he was greedy for, and he trained a good army into the kind of bird soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty!"
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Ghost Li was angry and angry.
The fleeing defeated army had been brought back again, but Ghost Li didn't bother to look at them and sent them home.
In the future, Liangshan will need soldiers again, and all the good family sons will be strictly recruited, and the officers and soldiers who surrender will all be disbanded as people, don't want it!
Anyway, after sweeping those places, there is a lot of land, and it can be distributed for resettlement.
Nowadays, there is no agricultural tax in Liangshan, and even if there is little land, you can live well just by farming.
If you don't want to serve the people, you can also participate in the army selection, but the requirements will be stricter, and being a Song army is a deduction.
It's okay to do business and work, but if anyone dares to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, it will be a dead end if they are caught.
Li Gui was determined to purge the rebel team, pushed Fang Qiong away, and continued to investigate one by one.
There is a huge Jinan city, more than 100 officials above the middle level, and the last remnants, but two or three out of ten, the rest have turned into Jingguan, and they are piled up in front of the state yamen to set an example for future generations.
(End of chapter)