Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 261 Does the imperial power not go to the countryside?
Zhu Jinsong has always remembered Mr. Lu Xun's teaching: For more difficult problems, one must learn to cut apart the phenomenon to see the essence.

The information reported by Ke Zhiming has also made it very clear: Xingping Village is dominated by the surname Zhang, and Xing’an Village is dominated by the surname Li. It is not so much Xingping Village and Xing’an Village, but Zhangjiazhuang and Lijiazhuang. .

Normally, in a village like this, there would be a patriarch who had the final say. He would definitely be incomparable to the patriarch of a rich clan with five surnames and seven surnames.

Secretly hiding artillery and shells, privately manufacturing flintlock guns and ammunition, and making such a big battle, who would believe it if it was said that these two old men who had to rely on people to walk made it?

To put it bluntly, these two old men took the initiative to stand up to jack the tank, or they negotiated in advance to jack the tank. Anyway, they can’t walk steadily, and they are not rebellious anyway. how are they.

"There is no need for this rule if you are over seventy." These old men's amulets will not be beaten or scolded by the government. If they die, they will be locked up in a cell, and they will be served with good food and drink.

However, the routes discussed by these people in advance did not work for Zhu Jinsong.

Zhu Jinsong's targets were the patriarchs of the Zhang family in Xingping Village and the Li family patriarch in Xing'an Village.

And after Zhu Jinsong bluntly said that you are taking me for a fool, the patriarch of the Zhang family in Xingping Village and the Li family in Xing'an Village finally stood up.

Because their hands were tied behind their backs, the two could only squeeze through the crowd to the front, then fell to their knees with a thump, and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, the cannons and shells were hidden by the grassroots!"

After the two finished speaking, the patriarch of the Li family in Xing'an Village glared at the head of the Zhang family in Xingping Village viciously, and shouted first: "Your Majesty, if they didn't bully people in Xingping Village too much this time, our Xing'an Village actually planned to take the Those cannons melted!"

Not to be outdone, the head of the Zhang Family of Xingping Village shouted: "If you people from Xing'an Village hadn't abducted our little Nier from Xingping Village, how could this happen today!"

After finishing speaking, the head of the Zhang family looked at Zhu Jinsong and shouted: "Your Majesty, everything we said is true. It is true that we hid cannons and shells, but people from Xing'an Village kidnapped them." The little Nier in our village is also true, we beat them just to ask them for an explanation, but we never thought of rebelling, Your Majesty!"

The head of the Li family also shouted: "Your Majesty Mingjian, Your Majesty, we are also looking for someone, and we were bullied by them for no reason. If it weren't for the little possessions we had hidden before, I'm afraid we would be bullied by them this time." Bloodbath has washed our Xing'an Village!"

Regarding the accusations between the two, Zhu Jinsong didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he turned his head and told Ke Zhiming, "Let the county magistrates, magistrates, and chief envoys here get the hell out of here!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to the heads of the Zhang family and the Li family: "I don't care who kidnapped the other, or the two eloped because they liked each other, I know two things, one is that you should report The matter resolved by the official was not reported to the official, and the second is that you hid the firearms and made such a big commotion!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong's face became gloomy again: "I always thought that the people in the Central Plains are good at farming, but I never thought that you are also good at fighting !"

"I'm telling you, it's because of my fate. If your artillery is so high, I'm afraid it will explode with me!"

The claim that he was almost killed by artillery is of course nonsense. The artillery operators in these two villages are all members of the Peasant Association Guards—in order to deal with the encirclement and suppression of Jianlu and the possible chaos in the future. When Zhu Jinsong started the peasant association, he had been emphasizing the supplementary role of the peasant association guards to the Ming army.

Except that these people have no formal establishment, they have received relatively little training. They are not much worse than the regular army in other aspects, at least much stronger than the French army under Napoleon. It's nonsense to get Europa, but apart from those who received formal military training in Ming Dynasty like Napoleon, the remaining Europa lords and knights may not be enough for them to fight!

But who made Zhu Jinsong the emperor, and the kind of emperor with a particularly good image, so the heads of the Zhang family and the Li family panicked at the time.

The head of the Zhang family hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty! We know that you are wrong! Your old man is blessed with good fortune and golden safety. You will be protected by gods and real dragons when you travel. You will be fine!"

The head of the Li family also shouted incoherently: "We know we are wrong, Your Majesty! We really never thought of rebelling, let alone knowing that your old man will pass by here today. We deserve death. If you want to kill or cut, we all I admit it, don't be so angry, Your Majesty!"

But Zhu Jinsong said angrily: "Don't be so angry? Let me tell you, I originally planned to choose one of the two villages for dinner today, but looking at you now, I am so angry. full!"

After reprimanding the two of them for a few more words, Zhu Jinsong pretended not to ask, "Speaking of which, your two villages have been fighting for so many years, what is the reason?"

The head of the Zhang family and the head of the Li family shouted in unison again: "Because of the water!"

The two glared at each other again, but this time it was the head of the Zhang family in Xingping Village who answered first: "Actually, it is for water. We live in a poor and remote village, and it is difficult to draw water. We all rely on the water in the Gongshui River. If it is normal, it will be fine." Some, but once there is a drought, the little water in the river will not be enough, and the two villages have been fighting back and forth for more than 100 years because of water competition."

Zhu Jinsong wondered: "Didn't the government take you to dig a well?"

The head of the Li family in Xing'an Village shouted: "Back to the emperor, no one cared about the life and death of our two villages before, but after we returned to Daming, the county magistrate and the peasant association took us to dig wells, and the two villages were dug. , but this has been robbed for more than 100 years, so after we have a well, we just don’t rob water, but in other things, we will inevitably try to avoid each other.”

Hearing what the two said, Zhu Jinsong immediately became even angrier: "I see that you are just too full! You are so hungry!"

The head of the Li family replied dejectedly: "Yes, the emperor is right, we know we are wrong."

……

The emperor passed by Ruijin County under Ningdu Prefecture, and ended up encountering two villages fighting with each other—or a war is a more appropriate word. The son was scared to pee, and he couldn't care about anything else at the moment, he almost rushed over all the way, even at night with a torch.

After the three rushed over, Zhu Jinsong didn't give them a good face: "The imperial court said long ago that it would confiscate the artillery and grenades held by the people, but you did exactly that! Eight artillery pieces! Eight artillery pieces, almost It can decide the outcome of a war!"

"Also, I happened to come across the matter of Xingping Village and Xing'an Village, but I didn't touch it, or how many cannons and grenades are hidden in places I don't know?"

The Jiangxi chief envoy quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down, I will ask people to investigate again, and if they are found, they will be confiscated. I guarantee that no one will be able to hide these things privately!"

Zhu Jinsong snorted coldly, and continued: "What do you think about Xingping Village and Xing'an Village? Don't tell me that their artillery and grenades have been confiscated, and they won't be able to fight if they want to— Just find a few blacksmiths and carpenters to make that shit!"

The chief minister of Jiangxi bowed and said: "Qizou Shengshang, I think that Xing'an Village and Xingping Village can be separated, so that they are far away from each other, and there is no chance to fight if they want to."

Seeing that the expression on Zhu Jinsong's face was still cold, the Jiangxi chief envoy hurriedly changed another plan: "Or transfer some people from the two villages and move them to the Lanfang chief envoy, or let them live together in the one place."

"I thought that if they stayed in Xingping Village and Xing'an Village all the time, it would be inevitable for them to miss each other, but when they arrived at the Chief Envoy of Lanfang, they became fellow villagers, and the relationship between them gradually changed. It will slow down."

"And the people in Xingping Village and Xing'an Village will miss these people in Lanfang Chief Envoy, and the relationship between the two parties will probably ease, so there is no need to relocate them to other places."

Only then did Zhu Jinsong's expression soften a little, and he hummed and said, "You can figure it out."

The matter of Xingping Village and Xing'an Village is a fatal event for the magistrate of Ruijin County, but it is not a fatal event for the magistrate of Ningdu, but it is also a major event that will hurt muscles and bones. This is really not a big deal.

But for Zhu Jinsong, the great Ming emperor, this matter can only be regarded as a small episode at best.

Therefore, the Jiangxi chief envoy also knew very well that the reason why Zhu Jinsong called himself here was to solve the problems of Xingping Village and Xing'an Village, and to beat himself.

Sure enough, when Ningdu Zhizhou and Ruijin County were busy with the affairs of Xingping Village and Xing'an Village, Zhu Jinsong instead summoned the Jiangxi Chief Envoy to him and ordered: "For things like Xingping Village and Xing'an Village, There must be more than one place in Jiangxi."

"This time I was lucky, I happened to meet me passing by here. If I hadn't passed by here, wouldn't Xingping Village and Xing'an Village be bloody?"

"Go back and check it out carefully, send more people down, and persuade the people to turn in all the artillery and grenades that were hidden in the past. No matter what, we can't make such a big commotion in the future."

Jiangxi Chief Envoy Dang even bowed down and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely go all out to solve the problem of private possession of firearms by the people as soon as possible."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and after some consideration, he waved his hand, indicating that the Jiangxi chief envoy could leave.

Because Zhu Jinsong suddenly thought of a very important question.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, but as long as you study the history carefully, you can find that the saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside does not mean that the emperor's will cannot reach the countryside, but that the clan power in the countryside is sometimes stronger than the emperor. will be more effective.

What's even more frustrating is that the ministers of the past dynasties also acted as the emperor's helpers not to go to the countryside to a certain extent.

Don't they know the disadvantages of imperial power not going to the countryside?
No, they know, these elites who have been screened out by thousands of troops, what is there that they don't understand?
Therefore, they are well aware of the disadvantages of imperial power not going to the countryside.

However, they are more aware of the benefits of imperial power not going to the countryside——

What happened to the clan power in the countryside?
Since the Tang Dynasty, the family clan and the five surnames and Qiwang have been considered cold, but after Zhu Yuanzhang’s suppression, the Confucianism and the school clan failed to grow up, and it was not until the late Ming Dynasty that it became a climate, and then after the Qing Dynasty’s writing Bathing, Confucianism, and school can be considered abolished.

Coupled with the fact that Zhu Jinsong set up the peasant association and directly extended the tentacles of the court from the county level to the village level, Daming should actually have no clan power.

But the actual situation is just the opposite. Da Ming also has clan power.

And the biggest beneficiaries of the clan power are precisely these officials and gentlemen in the court!
(End of this chapter)