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Chapter 11 Killing Officials and Dividing Grain

What should we do if all the people are scared away?

This is a bit different from the scene Zhu Xiaosong originally imagined.

When Zhu Xiaosong thought about it, as long as he called out the name of the Yuhuang Mountain Rebels, even if the people of Ningyang County would not immediately return, they would at least have the courage to come over and watch the excitement, right?

But who would have thought that when he called out the name of the Yuhuang Mountain Rebels, the people in Ningyang County were so frightened that they dispersed, as if he was a man-eating monster.

Damn it, I usually only kill evil gentry, but I don't do anything wrong with ordinary people. How can I scare the people away?

Is it because the reputation of the Yuhuang Mountain Rebels has not been established? Or are these dog officials in Ningyang County demonizing the Yuhuang Mountain Rebels?

Master Liu suddenly sneered, looked at Zhu Xiaosong and said, "Did you see that? The people are always looking towards me for the Qing Dynasty. You and other mere rebels can only carry out temporary evils!"

Zhu Xiaosong was slightly angry in his heart. He snorted coldly and then slapped Mr. Liu hard on the face: "What a dog, today I will let you take a good look at what the people's heart is!"

After signaling Zhu Erdan to take the knife from Bantou Li's hand, Zhu Xiaosong smiled and said to Bantou Li: "If you really want to go up the mountain, go with Erniu to call the people over and tell them to release food today!"

Master Liu glared at Team Leader Li and said, "Okay! I asked you why you have been out for so long without any news. It turns out that you have surrendered to these rebels a long time ago!"

Team leader Li did not argue with Master Liu, but followed Zhu Xiaosong's order, took the broken gong at the gate of the county government office and banged it a few times, while Liu Erniu even used his voice, which was similar to a broken gong.

shouted.

"The Yuhuangshan rebels went into the city to distribute food, and the villagers came to the county government office to collect food!"

"The Yuhuang Mountain rebels enter the city to stock up on food, but there will be no one who comes late!"

"The Yuhuang Mountain rebels are marching into the city to release grain, and they won't take a penny from the people. Don't be afraid, everyone!"

"The Yuhuang Mountain rebels entered the city and killed officials to release food. Everyone will take revenge if they have a grudge and complain if they have a grudge!"

The figures of Liu Erniu and Team Leader Li were walking further and further away, but Master Liu's heart trembled.

Kill officials? Release food?

It's nothing to release grain, but kill officials? What officials should be killed? Mr. Hao is not in Ningyang County today, leaving only himself and those few eighth- and ninth-grade officials. Who does Zhu Xiaosong want to kill?

But before Mr. Liu could figure it out, Zhu Laosan, who had just rushed into the back office, had already turned back and said in a low voice: "Brother, Mr. Hao is not in the county office, so there are only a few eighth- and ninth-grade people left in the county.

Sesame official."

Zhu Xiaosong hummed, and first asked Zhu Laosan to bring out all the eighth- and ninth-grade sesame officials. Then he looked at Master Liu and said, "Where is Mr. Hao?"

Master Liu sneered and said, "Mr. Hao, he has moved his troops. As soon as the heavenly soldiers arrive, everyone up and down your Jade Emperor Mountain will be turned upside down!"

Zhu Xiaosong also sneered, and then slapped Mr. Liu on the face again: "I'll give you a face, you have to take care of it, otherwise do you want to go to bed? Or do you want to peel off your skin and cramp? Huh?"

Hearing the words "washing" and "scrabbing", Mr. Liu finally came to his senses - who is this person in front of him? This is the traitor who killed more than a dozen local gentry, and now he is pretending to be tough with them.

Can you still get a good deal?

After understanding this, Mr. Liu simply chose to follow his heart: "Mr. Hao went to Yanzhou Mansion to visit the magistrate and Yanzhou Bingbei. I don't know when he will come back."

Zhu Xiaosong nodded with satisfaction, turned around and stood on the steps of the Yamen Gate, quietly looking at the street in front of the Yamen.

Facts once again prove the old saying: Money moves people's hearts.

If Captain Li shouted that Mr. Hao of Ningyang County was going to open a warehouse to release grain, the people in Ningyang County would definitely sneer at it. After all, Mr. Hao of Ningyang County is known as the Three Feet of Blue Sky. If he wants Mr. Hao to open a warehouse to release grain, unless

Mountains and rivers hang upside down, and sows climb trees.

But now it is Liu Erniu who is shouting, and the "hair bandits" who have no braids but have stubble on Yuhuang Mountain are constantly transporting the grain from the granary to the county government, and the people of Ningyang County can't help but become confused.

Some are dubious.

Didn't it say in the play that the rebellious bandits would kill officials and release food wherever they went, so as to trick more people into following them in rebellion? Maybe the bandits in Yuhuang Mountain had the same plan?

What really makes these people have the courage to walk out of their homes is that life is too difficult.

In the winter of Qian De's forty-eighth year, although it was not like the heavy snow that closed the mountains for more than ten days as Yang Bailao sang, Qian De's old dog went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, and each time he was very tormented along the way. The life of the common people was definitely not easy, except

For a gentry like Liu Juren, ordinary people really don’t have much food in their homes.

If these bandits on Jade Emperor Mountain can really open warehouses to stock up on food, then each family won't need much, as long as they can get ten or eight catties of food, this year will be easier than usual.

Slowly, some brave people walked out of their houses with their bags and began to gather at the yamen gate.

Seeing more and more people gathering at the Yamen Gate, Zhu Xiaosong looked at Mr. Liu and said, "Is this what you mean by the people's aspirations for the Qing Dynasty?"

Master Liu snorted coldly and ignored Zhu Xiaosong's sarcasm, but Zhu Xiaosong looked at the people in front of him and shouted loudly: "We are the rebel Zhu Xiaosong on Jade Emperor Mountain! All the young and old men recognize my face!"

"We led people to kill more than a dozen squires, but you can go and find out. Those squires who were wiped out are all evil gentry and bullies who usually bully the people!"

"We don't know what the government told you to make you so afraid of us, but I can tell you clearly that when we come to the county town, we will not rob homes or homes, commit adultery or plunder, or force anyone to come with us.

rebel!"

"We came to the county town to kill the dog official and distribute all the Ningyang County government money and the grain in the granary to everyone. After the distribution, we will go back to the mountain so as not to cause any trouble to everyone!"

The people in front of the county government office looked at me and I looked at you. They seemed to be unable to believe what they were hearing.

The rebels have come to the county town. If they don't collect money and food from the people, and if they don't force the people to join the thieves, then just kill an official and then distribute the money of the county government and the food of the granary to everyone?

Is this what a rebel should do? That’s not how it was written in the drama!

And just when the people were confused, Zhu Xiaosong pointed at Master Liu and shouted: "This is Mr. Liu, the confidant of Mr. Hao from Ningyang County!"

"We don't know much about him, so we just want to hear from everyone, should Master Liu be killed? If he has bad records, then we will kill him. If he has not done anything bad, then we will let him go.

."

Zhu Xiaosong already knew exactly what kind of person Mr. Liu was from Bantou Li. The reason why he asked the people now was just a formality.

The people in front of the county government office continued to look at each other, while Master Liu glared at Zhu Xiaosong, complaining secretly in his heart.

There are so many eighth- and ninth-grade sesame officials in the entire county government, why the hell are you staring at me as a master!

It’s just like each other’s mother!

The more Master Liu thought about it, the angrier he became. He wanted to intimidate and threaten these people, but he was afraid that Zhu Xiaosong would kill him in a rage. At that moment, he could only howl: "It's wrong! It's wrong! I am a master, what bad things can I do?"

Ah! We all are from the countryside, so please take pity on me, an old man!"

However, what made Master Liu desperate was that the people ignored his plea for mercy. Instead, someone stood up, pointed at Master Liu and cursed: "You fart! The ten acres of my land were occupied by your family! I

My parents both starved to death because of this, and you still haven’t done anything bad!”

As someone was the first to stand up and testify, the common people finally let go of their fear of the government. Then more and more common people came forward to testify against Master Liu's past evil deeds. Later, the common people became even more enthusiastic.

Shout: "Kill him! Kill him!"

Zhu Xiaosong waved his hand to signal the people to quiet down, then looked at Master Liu and shouted: "What else do you have to say!?"

Master Liu's face turned pale and his lips moved slightly, but in the end he did not say anything in defense.

In other words, Master Liu is indeed easy to defend. After all, what these people say is the truth. Mr. Hao can say that he has three feet of blue sky. Master Liu, the bastard who is responsible for coming up with ideas, is also indispensable. He relies on Hao on weekdays.

The grandpa's majesty did things to bully men and dominate women.

Zhu Xiaosong couldn't help but shook his head and said: "We have known for a long time that you are not a good person, but we didn't expect that you are so bad that no one in the city misses you?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Xiaosong waved to Zhu Laoer and said: "Kill him, next one!"

After killing Mr. Liu, Zhu Xiaosong simply asked people to move out all the account books in the Ningyang County government office, moved all the cases in the lobby to the government office door, and then held a simple and crude public trial.

This public trial was really a slap in the butt, and it opened the eyes of the people of Ningyang County——

In the entire Ningyang County, apart from Mr. Hao, there are still ten officials with official establishments and grades, including eight- and nine-grade officials such as chief bookkeeper, historian, inspection officer, jailer, tax collector, etc., and one of these people has a calculation.

Not one of them is greedy!

For example, those who have no real power but are linked to culture and education, so they need to save face, should be greedy in a more elegant way. Those who have real power in their hands, such as prison officials and tax collectors, but have no use in saving face, should be greedy in a more ugly way.

Son.

It's all greed anyway.

There is a saying on the Internet in later generations that someone who is shot one by one must be unjust, and someone who is shot in a queue may slip through the net. If this sentence was placed in the official circles of Ningyang where Qian was deaf for 48 years, it would be a joke.

No one was shot unjustly!

As for Mr. Hao Liangcai, who is not in Ningyang County now, he is worthy of the title of Three Feet of Blue Sky. Even the title of Three Feet of Blue Sky is not worthy of Mr. Hao's searching ability.

After deciding the future of these officials, Zhu Xiaosong couldn't help but sigh, put down the account book in his hand and said to Zhu Erdan and Zhu Laosan: "Bring a scale and divide the grain."

With Zhu Lao Er and Zhu Lao San here, Zhu Xiaosong doesn't need to worry about the food distribution.

Zhu Xiaosong sat quietly on the chair behind the desk, thinking about the next thing.

After what happened today among the people of Ningyang County, how many of them will be willing to follow the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty?

Mr. Hao went to Yanzhou Bingbei to move troops to suppress the bandits. How many troops could he move? Will there be cavalry?

If there are cavalry, should we wait for Mr. Hao to come back with Yanzhou troops and take advantage of him? Or should we retreat to Jade Emperor Mountain first?

If there is no cavalry, where will we go after Ningyang County? This black and thick death knell hammer can't only hit Ningyang County no matter what, right?

Now that he has raised the banner of anti-Qing, he must deal with the encirclement and suppression by the Qing Qing army, and Zhu Xiaosong has already been mentally prepared.

The only problem is that the location of this poor place in Ningyang County is too embarrassing. The fact that there is no danger to defend has already destined Ningyang County to be unsuitable as a base area.

So where should we choose the base area? The old area of ​​Yimeng? Or go straight to Yantai, look for opportunities to go to the sea to the big island and counterattack back? Or simply go through the Long March?
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