Wanli 1592

Chapter 820
The gentry riot in Ningbo Mansion sounded the alarm for Xiao Ruxun.

This is not a simple little thing, but a big movement hidden behind the little things.

He realized that if he ignored this phenomenon and only set the only goal of conquering the capital and killing Shen Yiguan to restore the emperor, his own army would be meaningless. It would just overthrow a regime, but the people the regime relied on were Couldn't clear it up.

Now my force is strong enough to deter this target, but there will always be a day when my force weakens, when force cannot maintain deterrence, everything will return to the original state, and Da Ming will not change anything.

The past dynasties have proved that what they did was the outbreak of the critical point and the redistribution of benefits, and then started the next reincarnation. If this reincarnation is not ended, the result will be the same no matter how many times they raise troops to fight for rebellion.

Now that we have paid such a high price and painstaking effort for the Northern Expedition, we cannot fool these problems as if they did not happen, otherwise, all this is just the beginning of the next cycle of reincarnation.

It's time to break the curse of periodic reincarnation in China.

But how to break this curse?

Xiao Ruxun couldn't help thinking of Li Zicheng.

The leader of the most thorough rebel army who carried out his own revolutionary slogans, he divided the land equally among the landless peasants, and resolutely refused to collect taxes, and then relied on copying their homes and salaries as a source of income.

This is the most resolute and thorough leader who carried out his own revolutionary slogan in the entire ancient Chinese history. He was the leader of the peasant uprising army who carried out land reform most thoroughly. Because there is no corruption, he just still remembers to protect the interests of farmers.

He adopted the method of large-scale arrangements and asked the army to assist the farmers. He did not hesitate to leave the main force of his army in his hometown in Shaanxi to carry out land reform when he went north to attack the Ming government. Many local gentry were killed, and the majority of farmers got the land. I am grateful for this, and I am very happy.

However, it was useless. After the army was defeated, Li Zicheng's troops lost all spirit and their combat effectiveness dropped sharply. All the way back to their hometown, they were attacked by regiments organized by countless gentry and powerful, and were chased by the Qing army. Colluding with the Manchu Qing defeated Li Zicheng, and his main force was basically destroyed.

Who were the members of the training group that attacked him?

In addition to the powerful gentry and private soldiers who were not killed, there were obviously many landless peasants who were favored by Li Zicheng, otherwise the number would not be large.

The peasants who had been favored by his land reform did not stand up to help King Chuang, whom they had always been thinking of, but joined the landlord's armed regiment to cooperate with the Qing army to suppress and kill Li Zicheng.

When Li Zicheng was defeated in Guanzhong and tried to make a comeback in the south, he was attacked and killed by the militia.

The militias were not the Qing soldiers or the Ming army, but the militias, militias organized by the landlords, officials and gentry.

This is very ironic. The revolutionary slogan of equalizing the rich and the poor and dividing the land began to be shouted from the Tang and Song Dynasties until the end of the Ming Dynasty. why?
Li Zicheng did not have his own basic set, and Li Zicheng's team building and development could not keep up. These are the reasons.

But more importantly, Li Zicheng's team did not transform into a traditional dynasty in time to compromise with the gentry and powerful landlords who still held local real power, and did not actively accept landlords, gentry and powerful landlords to join their leadership, resulting in a large number of gentry who had already surrendered to Li Zicheng. for disappointment.

In addition, when the Manchus entered the customs at that time, they adopted the suggestions of Fan Wencheng and others, and treated the gentry as before. The gentry felt that they saw hope, so they abandoned Li Zicheng and took refuge in the Manchus.

They mobilized a large number of regiments to train and arm Li Zicheng's strength was weakened while he was unable to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, and the Manchu fisherman benefited.

The gentry still existed, the gentry was still powerful, and the gentry still ruled the countryside.

Li Zicheng's team was confused and fluctuating, and hadn't adapted to the sudden change of identity. If Manqing hadn't entered suddenly, Li Zicheng might still have a chance, but Manqing entered at this stall.

Li Zicheng hasn't appeared yet, and maybe he won't appear again, but Xiao Ruxun needs to tell Xie He the truth.

"At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, also in Sichuan, Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled. They said, "My disease is uneven, the rich and the poor are uneven, and now I share it with you." If you suffer from scarcity, you suffer from inequality; if you don’t suffer from poverty, you suffer from anxiety.”

Xie He expressed his understanding: "Yes, I met too many people when I was poor. They didn't think about how to make a fortune. They just hated those who were a little richer and more powerful than them. They didn't dare to deal with the real big shots. to think about."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"So, this is where we start! Qingquan, you asked me how to start this matter, and my answer is this, starting with the equalization of the rich and the poor, relying on those who hate the rich and hate the rich, but I didn't think about it through my own efforts. Those who make a fortune will start!"

Xie He was taken aback.

"What the commander-in-chief is talking about are those local ruffians, rogues, and idlers in the market?"

Xiao Ruxun nodded again.

"That's right, it's these people. They have fields to cultivate at home or farmers who have rented the land of powerful gentry to cultivate. They have their own property. Although they are small, they still have a little bit. Their lives have ambitions and concerns. You If you go there and tell them to rob the rich and help the poor together, they will ignore you.

But if it is replaced by those local ruffians, rogues, and idlers in the market, they have no property, no serious work, and rely on cheating, abduction, and robbery to make a living. These people are the easiest to be aroused, the easiest to buy, and the easiest to control. They are the real fear Powerful but not wild!
If you have knives and guns in your hand, they will listen to you. They will be your thugs and dogs. If you treat them fiercely, they will be very obedient and easy to use. They are worthless, but they are rare. A good starting point.

Spend money to bribe them, encourage them, be their backing, take them to rural settlements, investigate the background and normal behavior of the big landlords in the village, choose the one with the most evil deeds, go to his house to pick quarrels and cause troubles, and cause conflicts .

Then, you hide your elite soldiers and horses around, once those local hooligans see blood, don't hesitate to do it immediately, arrest their whole family, and then you come out and parade them through the streets! "

"Parade through the streets?"

"Yes! Parade through the streets, let everyone in that village know, and then, in front of everyone, you represent our army, announce his crimes, publicize the crimes he has committed, and then let those local ruffians And went up to him, punched and kicked him, reprimanded him loudly, and finally, beheaded him in public!"

Xie He swallowed.

"This is the first step. The purpose is to destroy the image of these powerful landlords and gentry who really rule the region. After this step is completed, the local people can be shocked and the absolute prestige of our army can be established.

Then comes the second step, you have to choose those local ruffians who are the most active after they have tasted the sweetness, as well as local self-cultivators with few assets, and tenants who do not have their own land, and combine these three people to form a peasant association .

Then, you don’t use your own name to come out, you have to retreat behind the scenes, secretly control the command, and secretly instruct them to attack the next gentry, fast, tell them, grab their land, and the one who grabs it is yourself of. "

After hearing this, Xie He was extremely shocked.

"But Marshal, those hooligans have no morals. They may do a lot of outrageous things. If they are not controlled but promoted, it may have a great impact. We will be very passive in public opinion, which is even more terrifying. "

Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"Qingquan, that's why I asked you to establish a peasant association, and then hide yourself behind, and use the name of the peasant association to deal with those gentry and powerful households, not in the name of you and our Zhennan army, understand?"

"This……"

Xie He suddenly realized: "This is... so that the farmers have nowhere to go?"

"Yes, let them have no way out. It doesn't matter if the local ruffians do bad things. When dealing with those big families, organize them, pull out the women of those big families, and let them do what they want in public.

In the name of the peasant association, let the peasant association do it, not you. In this way, those peasant households will understand that if they do not do their best to support our army, once our army is defeated and eliminated, they will Encountered the same thing. "

so cruel...

This is really going to forge a bloody feud that will last forever...

Commander, what exactly do you want?
The more Xie He listened, the more frightened he became.

"Then what if those gentry and tyrants form a group to resist?"

Xie He asked.

(End of this chapter)