Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 173 Let's Divide the Field Together! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

"Eat his mother, eat his mother, eat enough to have King Xi. Kill the Tartars, divide the land, and everyone has a good time."

The Nth version of the ballad that had been sung throughout most of China and almost swept the world finally resounded through the official roads outside the west gate of Lizhou on the third day after the Lizhou uprising.

And those who sang this ballad were six or seven hundred big men who spoke in a Shaanxi accent and marched into Lizhou City in a neat line.

Each of them wore an old white felt hat with a pointed peak that Shaanxi farmers often wear, an iron armor or an iron armor with a cloth cover, and a sheepskin robe with a green cloth cover that looked very old. The belt is tight, a bow is slung across the back, a sword and a quiver with ten or twenty carved arrows are hung in the waist.Everyone is also carrying a long weapon, or a spear, or a simple knife.

If you take a closer look, you will find that most of these Shaanxi soldiers who came out of nowhere are elderly. More than half of them have gray beards and vicissitudes of life on their faces.

Looking at this group of veterans who are singing and walking, it seems that they are expressing the depression in their chests that have been suppressed for many years. Those who have experienced the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty and can still stand on the official road outside Lizhou City to "greet the soldiers" There was a very similar feeling - this is not the king of Yingxi, this is clearly the king of Yingchuang!

These old men from Shaanxi who blow their beards and stare must be the old battalion soldiers who followed Chuang Wang Li Zicheng to rule the world!

But where did they come from?Could it be that the rumor that Li Zicheng escaped by feigning death in Jiugong Mountain and living in seclusion in the Huguang Mountains waiting for a chance to come back is actually true?
Mrs. Huang is an old man who has experienced that era. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he was an official in Beijing, and he was with his father and a group of Ming officials who wanted to work for the new master so that they could continue to corrupt the law. Kneeling outside the Zhengyang Gate to welcome King Chuang into the inner city of Beijing!
Later, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Huang both got their wish and became officials of the Dashun Dynasty after handing over a sum of "dirty money" - "Old Huang" and "Old Huang" were both officials of "Qingshui Yamen" One is Yushi and the other is Hanlin, so the amount of "dirty money" apportioned to them is not high, and the Huang family is very rich in Xinhui.Liu Zongmin, who was in charge of recovering stolen goods, saw that the two dirty officials were quite self-conscious and they were good dirty officials, so he recommended them to Li Zicheng and made them Li Zicheng's "Hanlin Thieves".

Originally, this "thief Hanlin" was also a very promising official, and he had a good chance of being a minister to seal the border, but it was a pity that the Dashun Dynasty fell short of "shun".So Mrs. Huang and his father went to kneel down to greet the regent, and became officials of the Qing Dynasty again.

However, the Qing Dynasty didn't treat them very much, and kept letting them waste time in the small Beijing official positions of the fourth and fifth ranks. The six yamen worked all over, and the whole one could not go up or down.

If it weren't for the family's old background, their Beijing officials would not have been able to afford it long ago.

So when the old man Huang sometimes thinks about life alone, he actually thinks that if Dashun keeps going smoothly, it is actually quite good, and he might even become a minister or a governor.

Of course, this rebellious thought can only be hidden in the bottom of my heart
Unexpectedly, today, Dashun seemed to be really smooth again!
When Mrs. Huang was in a trance, he suddenly saw a face that he would never forget in his life—high cheekbones, full sky, high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, and a one-eyed dragon!Although he was much older, with his beard and eyebrows turning white, Mrs. Huang still recognized the old man who was riding on a tall gray horse, walking in front of the team, and dressed as an old Dashun soldier. Li Zicheng, Emperor of Yongchang!

Seeing Li Zicheng, Mrs. Huang's calves trembled, and he knelt down to Li Zicheng, who was riding his horse, and said tremblingly, "My lord, my lord!"

When he knelt down, Li Laishun and Huang Zhisheng who were standing next to him were stunned.

Among them, Li Laishun knew what was going on, this old dirty official surnamed Huang must have recognized Li Zicheng, this old dirty official probably surrendered to Dashun!
But Huang Zhisheng didn't know what happened?When Li Zicheng established the Dashun Dynasty, he was still a baby.So I saw the old man kneeling, so I'm still here to inquire.

"Old teaser, why are you kneeling? Could it be that the one-eyed old man is His Highness Xi Wang? Impossible, Xi Wang is not a one-eyed man."

Mr. Huang turned his head and glared at his son, "You bastard, that's not King Xi, but King Chuang! I don't know who to surrender to. How did you become a second minister?"

"What? Chuang, King Chuang?" Huang Zhisheng was shocked, "Isn't King Chuang already dead?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone slapped the back of his bald head, and then he heard Li Laishun's Shaanxi accent: "What nonsense are you talking about, corrupt official? Grandpa Erhuang is alive and well, and he still wants to lead us to revive Dashun." !"

Sure enough, he surrendered by mistake!

Huang Zhisheng couldn't believe his ears. This surrender was also wrong, which is really unheard of.

"This, what should I do?" He was also in a state of confusion, and he actually asked such a question.

"What else can I do? Of course I will kneel down to meet the Chuang King!" After all, Mr. Huang is experienced in surrendering. If you make a mistake in this matter, you can only make the mistake!

I think he surrendered by mistake when he was the third minister. He originally thought that Wu Sangui would embrace Emperor Chongzhen's prince Zhu Cihong to ascend the throne, but he did not expect to welcome a Dorgon.

But afterwards, no one dared to say that they surrendered by mistake.
Li Laishun also yelled loudly: "Dirty official, the old corrupt official of the Yi family is right, hurry up and kneel down to meet King Chuang!"

Huang Zhisheng was very afraid of this Li Laishun. He was almost hacked to death by Li Laishun and his men three days ago - he already felt the hatred of the other party!If he hadn't surrendered quickly enough, it would have been completely cold by now!

Thinking of this, he quickly knelt down to the Emperor Yongchang who was riding his horse, and shouted loudly: "After the minister Dashun's survivor, Huang Zhisheng welcomes King Chuang long live!"

When he bluffed, everyone around him, including Li Zicheng himself, was stunned.

Li Zicheng did not intend to play the banner of Dashun now, and he did not intend to "resurrect". His goal is too big, but his strength is too small. If he "resurrects", he may be attacked by Wu and Qing. , there is no chance of survival and development at all.

So Li Zicheng's plan is to continue to play dead, and at the same time support Li Laishun and Liu Yihu to come forward, and develop his own power under the banner of Wu Sangui. If possible, he will grab the Xiangyang Mansion, or jump to the Dabie Mountains to open up a base area.

As long as they have a solid base, they will be able to wait for opportunities in the future. If the old Wu family splits after Wu Sangui's death, then Li Laishun and Liu Yihu will have the opportunity to separate from the Wu family and fight for the world under the banner of Dashun.

If the old Wu family remained stable after Wu Sangui's death, and finally ruled the world, then Li Laishun and Liu Yihu could only be the founding heroes of the new dynasty.

In this way, those old battalion soldiers who have followed Li Zicheng for many years can also have a good home, and it would be nice to be a rich man full of children and grandchildren.

But now he was recognized by someone, and that person seemed to be the magistrate of Lizhou, and he claimed to be a descendant of Dashun. What should we do?
The scene suddenly became a little awkward, even the group of old battalion soldiers who were advancing while singing "Welcome the King of the West" stopped, stopped singing, and looked at Li Zicheng, wanting to see what the Emperor of Yongchang meant?
Do you want to change the lyrics?

However, Li Zicheng is Li Zicheng after all, and he is still an old and strong Li Zicheng. After a short embarrassment, he laughed, then took off his felt hat, exposed his bald head, and faced the "Welcome King Chuang" lying on the ground. , Shouting Long Live", the old Mrs. Huang and Huang Zhisheng said: "You have admitted the wrong person. It is not the emperor of Yongchang. There has been no emperor of Yongchang in the world for a long time. He is just the great monk Fengtianyu of Jiashan Temple! But the amount is indeed Born in Chuangying, he also followed Emperor Yongchang and knew the wish of Emperor Yongchang.

The wish of Emperor Yongchang is not actually to be an emperor, but to find a way of life for the poor peasants who have little land and no land. Only when everyone in the world is happy can the country enjoy long-term peace and stability.And among the heroes of the world, whoever is the comrade of the Emperor Yongchang, together with whoever they are against the Qing court of the Tartars! "

While speaking, he raised his horsewhip again, first pointed to Liu Yihu beside him, then pointed to Li Laishun, and said with a smile: "Yihu, Laishun, tell me, who is the same as us now."

"Xi Wang!" Liu Yihu immediately understood Li Zicheng's thoughts, "His Highness Xi Wang is our colleague, and His Highness Xi Wang also appointed Er as the chief soldier!"

Li Laishun also said loudly: "That's right, the King of the West also appointed him as the commander-in-chief, and also appointed the master as the national teacher!"

Li Zicheng laughed loudly and said to Mrs. Huang and Huang Zhisheng: "Get up quickly. You did not surrender by mistake!"

Did you really not surrender by mistake?

Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Huang Zhisheng actually knew it in their hearts, but now they can only perform together with Li Zicheng, and they got up awkwardly. Confused!"

Li Zicheng smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay to be old and foolish!"

He turned his gaze to Huang Zhisheng again, "You are Huang Zhizhou, right?"

"The next official is Huang Zhisheng."

Li Zicheng said: "The King of the West wants to distribute the fields to the poor farmers here in Lizhou, do you agree or disagree?"

"I agree! I agree!" How dare Huang Zhisheng object?

"I agree too!" Mrs. Huang also agreed without hesitation.

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Okay, since you all agree, let's start the process right away, do you know how much land, how many landlords, and how many private households there are in Lizhou?"

"I know. I know basically everything."

Of course Huang Zhisheng didn't dare to say he didn't know.

And even if he said he didn't know, that wouldn't stop Li Zicheng from dividing the land in Lizhou.Because Li Zicheng himself has been an eminent monk in Lizhou for 20 years, how can he know how many big landlords there are in Lizhou?

Over the years, among the local tyrants and evil gentry in Lizhou, who hasn't been befriended by those benevolent monks from Jiashan Temple?
Li Zicheng then opened his throat again and announced loudly: "Fathers and folks in Lizhou, the King of the West set up land equalization in order to drive out the Tartars and pacify the world! Therefore, if someone in the family joins the army, he can share more land than others. If you join the army as a soldier, you can still receive military pay. In the future, you can get more land after making military achievements, and you can also be an official. Anyone who wants to get more land, and wants to be an official and hero, come and join the army! Who wants to be a soldier, Conquer the world, divide the fields, and become a high-ranking official?"

"I think!"

"Master, I want to too!"

"I want to be a high official, and I want to share more fields!"

Immediately someone stood up. The first wave of people who stood up were the subordinates of that general Chen Shen. They were originally bitter green camp soldiers. Now they change their masters and continue to serve as soldiers. Let’s not talk about whether there will be high-ranking officials in the future. , but it is real to be able to divide more fields immediately.

Lizhou did not suffer much from the chaos in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, so the population is relatively large, and the land is relatively concentrated. People who would become green camp soldiers, of course, do not have land.

But with the land, life can be prosperous!
Li Zicheng looked at these yellow and emaciated green battalion soldiers, as if he had seen the Ming army who joined him back then (he himself served in the Ming army). At that time, he was going to give them land, and now he might still be the emperor!
"Okay!" Thinking of this, Li Zicheng nodded, "Follow the forehead, and the fields will be distributed immediately, and more fields will be distributed!"

"To level the world is to equalize the world! To equalize the world, we should start with one county, one township and one village, clear the land and check the household registration. We will soon have the land of the three counties at our disposal. Don't think that the land is small. As long as it can be managed well, it will be our Hanoi County, our Jiqing Road. In terms of population, trade, and land, the three counties of Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning are far more than Hanoi County, no less than Jiqing of the road."

At the end of the first month of the 11th year of Kangxi, when Li Zicheng began to divide the land in Lizhou, Wang Zhongxiao, who had moved his "headquarters" from Zhaoqing to Macau, began to enter a state of workaholic serving the people wholeheartedly.

His "headquarters" is not only a Guangdong customs channel, but also affiliated organizations such as Jingwu Academy, Restoration Academy, Tiandihui Headquarters, Restoration Society, etc.

The Jingwu School, the Reform School, and the Reform Society in this bunch of "organizations" were originally attached to the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi.They had to rely on funding from the Governor's Yamen of Guangdong and Guangxi to maintain them.

After Wang Zhongxiao captured St. Paul's Castle in Hao'ao, he already had the financial resources to support these schools and societies.

First of all, with the Maritime Trade Center of Hao’ao, Wang Zhongxiao will be able to shut down the money-collecting yamen of the Guangdong Customs Road——Hao’ao already has a group of white people who collect taxes for the Portuguese Governor’s Mansion. Leather or mixed-race tax officials are proficient in customs business, so they can just keep them.

Secondly, in addition to being a trade center, Hao-Mao is also a religious and financial center. In fact, trade, religion, and finance complement each other, because trade has a large flow of water, and religion has a large amount of "marriage income" and tithe income. Finance The industry just serves these "flowing water" and income.

As a result, when Wang Zhongxiao came, all the gold, silver and credit certificates stored in the treasury of the Macao Governor's Mansion and the Bishop's Mansion belonged to the Guangdong Customs Road.Wang Zhongxiao even recruited the managers of the treasury of the Governor's Mansion and the Bishop's Mansion, and directly set up a "Nanyang Overseas Chinese Bank"!
In addition to Zhang Luohai customs and bank affairs, Wang Zhongxiao ran between the Jingwu Academy and the Reform Academy, busy meeting the students below, and busy explaining revolutionary principles to the backbone of the two schools who had joined the Tiandihui.

The revolutionary truths he said were not derived from the great truths of the later generations of Ma Dabeard, but the truths of Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzhi.Huang Zongxi's reasoning is "the original monarch", "the original minister" and "the original law", which is actually against the autocratic monarchy - if you want to rebel, of course you have to oppose the monarch Kangxi!Otherwise, what kind of rebellion would they create?
And Wang Fuzhi's reasoning is even more solid, it is three words - all the world!In fact, it is to equalize the land and distribute the land to the common people so that the common people can live and work in peace and contentment.The reason is not complicated, but it is not easy to do.

First of all, to "unify the world", you must have a stable territory. There is no way to unify the world when you are a bandit.

In fact, the principle of equalizing the world does not need to be proposed by a great scholar like Wang Fuzhi, Li Zicheng understands it!But he spent most of his time as a bandit, and after finally having a solid base area, he was eager to fight for the world and neglected the construction of the base area, so he only had a short-term tax exemption, but did not implement land equalization.Therefore, Li Zicheng did not create a huge grassroots that could share his fate with him.Once a military fiasco is encountered, there is no way to continuously draw strength from the grassroots and compete with the enemy for a long time.

Secondly, in order to "equalize the world", there must be a capable cadre group. To equalize the land, you must first check the land and household registration.

But in the feudal society, to accomplish this task, "foreign monks can recite scriptures", and a large number of foreign officials must be able to carry it out. Since ancient times, it is easy to share the land of others, but it is difficult to divide one's own land!
A certain group in the mainland can't even reduce rent and interest rates, so if they go to a small island, they will still kill Tian Jun!
Wang Zhongxiao, who knew this for a long time, has a group of backbones from Zhili and Zhejiang under his command, and the students recruited by Jingwu Hall and Restoration Academy in Guangdong and Guangxi are mainly from Zhaoqing and Wuzhou.Run to Xiangshan, Xinning, and Xinhui below Guangfu to Juntian, which can be regarded as Juntian.

Third, if the land equalization system is to be carried out smoothly, it is best to have enough population and wasteland. There are people who have the demand for land equalization, and having wasteland can make the resistance of the land equalization movement not so great at the beginning.

And the coastal areas of Guangdong are coincidentally full of people and wasteland. It is simply the best place for land equalization!
If Wang Zhongxiao had done him a good job, I would be sorry for D's years of education in his previous life!
(End of this chapter)