Under the support of Chen De, the deputy general of Henan Town, the Xiaoyuan camp was in danger due to the pursuit of the Chuang army. More than 3,000 soldiers of the army of more than 10,000 people chose to accept the adaptation of the Chuang army.
However, Yuan Shizhong's main force successfully followed Chen De and withdrew from Guide. However, this was at the cost of the Ming army abandoning Bozhou without fighting.
Bozhou is a famous city in the Central Plains. It was once the place where the Red Scarf Army flourished at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also the capital of the Song Dynasty regime under Han Lin'er and Liu Futong.
This city has very important historical significance for the Han people to resist the brutal rule of foreigners. Even the Ming Dynasty, which was increasingly losing its legitimacy at this time, its founder Zhu Yuanzhang once traveled around for a long time and lived near Bozhou.
In the end, the power of Huaixi overturned the rule of Meng Yuan.
The vanguard of the Breaking Army was divided into three columns and entered the city slowly. At the forefront were Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pikyu, who had made a decisive decision and bit the tail of Xiaoyuan Ying during the Battle of Guohe.
Li Laiheng had not yet entered the city. He temporarily set up a large camp at the ferry at the junction of Mashang River and Guo River in the north of Bozhou as a temporary headquarters to command the entire army.
He only ordered Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pikui to take part of the army into the city, implement the torture policy that was still a basic system of the Central Plains army, and confiscate the frivolous wealth of the local tyrants and evil gentry in the city. Some of them were sent to Kaifeng, and some were sent to Kaifeng.
Reserved for military needs.
Of course, in addition to the signature torture policy of the Chuang Army, the public trial meeting, which has long been a popular practice among the Huguang Chuang Army, did not need Li Laiheng's reminder. Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pixu would also handle it.
After such actions, the innocent officials and gentry in Bozhou City will naturally shed countless tears of blood. Perhaps their descendants will also use a particularly sad touch in their genealogy, local chronicles, and historical memoirs.
Write a complaint against the brutal tactics of the intruders.
As for how they used seedling loan sharking with compound interest to make ordinary hard-working farmers go bankrupt and sell their land; as for how they made great fortunes during droughts and floods, and took all the fields in Bozhou under their own names...
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How could all this fall into those sad, scar-like strokes?
Of course, this does not mean that the torture of the Chuang Army is 100% correct and 100% just. In this process, it is inevitable that some people's excessive methods will cause great harm to innocent people and those who are truly innocent. This simple "
The word "inevitable" is actually just like the genealogy and family history of the wealthy gentry, using simple words to wipe out many people and destroy many families.
That's why Li Laiheng came up with the method of a public trial. The public trial was more structured and "gentle" than simple and crude torture.
But even so, in the process of confiscating the property of the wealthy gentry and punishing the bullies, it is still impossible to completely avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions.
This is the reality of the late Ming Dynasty, but who caused this reality?
Could it be that "Killing all the gentry will definitely lead to injustice, but killing each gentry one by one will definitely let countless fish slip through the net." Is it the Chuang army or ordinary people who caused this situation?
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In the ideal society designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he has arranged for the gentry to have a high social status and a favorable living situation. But who are not satisfied with this and must like ants to destroy the foundation of the Ming Dynasty house?
How about completely devouring it?
There is no doubt that the main culprits who forced the Chuang Army to use rough and violent methods to resolve severe and acute social conflicts, and put the Chuang Army in this dilemma where they inevitably sacrificed minority groups, were none other than the Shurats.
The gentry themselves have piled up the wood for burning everything. How can they blame others when the flames sweep away their innocent children?
"Leshan, what are you thinking about?"
Li Laiheng looked at Fang Yiren who was deep in thought, and suddenly asked a question. Compared with Fang Yiren's understanding of him, Li Laiheng did not know Fang Yiren well enough.
What is this son of a high-ranking family thinking when he sees everything happening in Bozhou City?
Li Laiheng's question also brought Fang Yiren back to reality from some wandering thoughts. He pointed at the Mashang River in the distance with a folding fan and said: "This river is also called Chenzhigou. It was built by the gentry of Bozhou at their own expense.
It connects Bozhou and Guide and unblocks the north-south water system, which makes Bozhou merchants prosper and the people also enjoy the benefits."
"Well, this is good governance."
"What does the palace master think of the gentry who built Mashanghe? The Song military advisor next to the generalissimo has a very different temperament from Niu Qidong. I heard that he often preaches that only by killing all the gentry in the world can the country be restored to peace. Palace master
Do you think so?"
When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately understood Fang Yiren's intention. He narrowed his eyes and replied:
"Does Leshan think that the invading army should only kill evil gentry, and not the good gentry who can organize the people and build bridges and pave roads? It's just good gentry. The difference between evil gentry cannot be determined by their ability to build bridges and pave roads, right? The evil gentry is because
He has done many evil deeds and the people are very angry. However, the evil gentry who are very angry with the people can also do a lot of good governance that is beneficial to the local area. How to balance the two? Chuangjun now has a public trial, so it can naturally be left to the local people to conduct a public trial.
The conference goes up to balance.”
Fang Yiren smiled bitterly and said: "The master of the palace is wise enough to refuse remonstrance. What do I mean by saying more? It's just that the gentry is the foundation of the world. It is not an empty lie. Even if there is the government of the township officials and the government of the school, the army cannot be in vain.
Receive training from rural officials and send people to Suiying schools. Even if you can do this now, it will definitely not last long. How can the army come up with so much money to give people free tuition? Over time, rural officials and schools will also become gentry.
The children are the main ones.”
Fang Yiren has always had the most accurate grasp of Li Laiheng's thoughts, so he rarely says things that Li Laiheng doesn't like to hear so bluntly. Being able to say it to this extent really shows that Fang Yiren has been touched recently and his own thinking.
Very much.
Li Laiheng had to think deeply about this.
Fang Yiren was right when he said that the Chuang Army would use cadres trained in the township official school and the camp school to replace the gentry in controlling the grassroots political power.
But can the Chuang Army always be exempted from tuition fees at the township official school and the camp school? As the area under the rule of the Chuang Army continues to expand, how can they afford this financial burden?
However, if tuition fees are charged, it will be the same as the imperial examination. In the end, it will still be the grassroots gentry with wealthy families who control the imperial examination channels, rather than the real children from poor families.
Children from truly poor families may not be able to have enough to eat even if they work all day long, so how can they leave their jobs and study for many years?
It is often an illusion that those who do not work will not get food; those who work hard will govern others, and those who work hard will govern others, which is the reality.
"Why do we need to think so far ahead?"
Li Laiheng shook his head, pointed to the north, and sighed, "In the Ming Dynasty, centipede insects were dead but not stiff, and the Eastern captives were watching covetously outside the pass. Not only is it a question of whether they can conquer the world, but also whether they can survive in a few years."
Going forward is a problem. It is meaningless to think about it for so long now. But I also guarantee you one thing. If we can really conquer the world, I will definitely have a way to make the whole world look new. At least... our achievements will be
No less than Ying Zheng, Liu Che, Yu Wentai, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang and others."
The names Li Laiheng mentioned to Fang Yiren were all emperors in history, or to be more precise, they were all people who reorganized the social structure of that time.
Fang Yiren frowned. He didn't have much confidence in Li Laiheng, a man who often sloshed around with half a bottle of water. But looking at the infinite expectations and confidence for the future in the palace master's eyes, Fang Yiren inevitably felt a strange feeling.
Longing.
The road... has already reached the point where it is today, will there be any way out for me? I can only follow Li Laiheng until the end!
"These are all things in the future. What I am most worried about now is still Donglu."
Li Laiheng put his right arm on the back of the chair, holding an arrow in his left hand and pointing at the location of Liaodong on the map, feeling worried.