big song poppi

Chapter 10 0009【Recruitment for murder and arson】

evening.

In a wing room of Zhenquan Temple, the sound of chewing food was filled.

Ma Sangou and the others didn't speak a word from the beginning to the end, they kept their heads sullen and gnawed at the meat.

The same is true of Liu Yong and others, and their food is even worse than that of Popi.

No way, it's so delicious!
They who only ate boiled pork in plain water before had never tasted the taste of stewed pork.

And don't look at Liu Yong who led a team of archers on weekdays, shouting and shouting very imposingly, in fact, Dutou is just the lowest batch of small officials in the county government, and his status is only slightly higher than that of the government servants.

As for the archers under him, they are not even petty officials, they are voluntary workers. The strong men selected from various villages do not have a penny salary, and the government is only responsible for two meals of gruel a day.

So Liu Yong's life is not easy, and it is rare to be able to eat meat.

The salary of a small official in the Northern Song Dynasty was very low, with a monthly salary of [-] Wen, plus half a catty of mutton.

During the reign of Zhenzong, a small official once wrote a poem on the wall of the post station: "It is really sad to be in the third class. You can know how humble and lonely you are. How will you be rich with seven hundred feed money, and when will you be fat with half a catty of mutton."

The Taizu Taizong period was fine. At that time, the purchasing power of copper coins was very strong. Seven hundred Wen coins plus half a catty of mutton could feed a family of five.

But now, seven hundred Wen is only enough to buy 4 buckets of rice. As for the half catty of mutton, it has long since disappeared.

The most important thing is that what the government issued was not Shilu.

Layers of deductions were deducted, and by the time Liu Yong got it, he would be able to burn incense if he had three hundred Wen.

If it weren't for relying on his status and making some gray income on weekdays, Liu Yong's family would have starved to death.

No one touched the can of rice wine, but it was cheaper for Han Zhen.

The rice wine is sweet and sour, which may be due to the brewing process, resulting in a bit astringent taste.

A sip of wine and a sip of meat, so pleasant.

"call!"

Liu Yong threw down the bone in his hand, and heaved a sigh of relief: "After eating this meat today, my life will not be considered in vain."

He actually wanted to eat, but his stomach couldn't hold it anymore, and it felt like it was already in his throat.

There were two big pots of stewed meat, which were eaten by more than a dozen people.

Seeing that there was still a lot of stewed meat in the wooden basin, Han Zhen greeted him, "Brothers, take some back for the family to taste."

"Han Er is righteous!"

Several yamen servants raised their thumbs.

While they were taking the meat, Liu Yong came over and said in a low voice, "I heard from Sangou that you beat Wang Yuanwai today?"

"Ok!"

Han Zhen replied.

Liu Yong said seriously: "The relationship between Wang Yuanwai and Mr. Xu is unusual. Both his daughters were given to Mr. Xu as concubines, which made Mr. Xu very happy. Be careful these few days, I think Wang Yuanwai may seek trouble for you."

Han Zhen nodded: "I know."

"As long as you know what's in your mind, I'm leaving."

After Liu Yong finished speaking, he picked up a piece of stewed meat from the wooden basin, and led the yamen servant away.

After Liu Yong and the others left, Han Zhen took out two baskets of copper coins hidden in the wing room: "Brothers, let's divide the money equally!"

I thought these rascals would be excited when they heard about the pennies, but they shook their heads one after another.

Ma Sangou said seriously, "Second Brother Han, I don't want the money. Without you, we might not even be able to eat meat today."

"Yes!"

"We can't take this money."

Gu Song and the others also agreed.

Although they are rascals, they are very principled in dealing with people, otherwise they would not mix with Han Zhen.

After all, birds of a feather flock together and people form groups.

Seeing their insistence, Han Zhen didn't mention the matter of splitting the money. Instead, he gave Guan Guan the money and asked them to buy wine and eat by themselves.

This time, Masangou and the others did not refuse, and happily accepted the money.

……

After eating and drinking, Han Zhen went back to his room and lay down.

He is not a person who can't do things without thinking. When he started today, he had already expected that he would be retaliated against.

But he doesn't care, the big deal is killing officials and rebelling...

and many more!

Killing officials and rebelling...

Suddenly, Han Zhen's eyes lit up, and he thought of a good way to get official status.

Occupy the mountain as king, and then wait quietly for the court to recruit.

It sounds unbelievable, but it is very reasonable in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The old Zhao's family was not upright, and he became emperor by bullying the orphans and widows of the Chai family.So after Boss Zhao became the emperor, he was worried that such a thing would happen again, so he came up with a trick to release his military power with a glass of wine.

And the method of recruiting security was born out of a cup of wine to release military power, and absorbed the experience of the previous dynasty.

Don't underestimate Zhao'an as a sign of the weakness of the Northern Song court. In fact, the Zhao'an law contains great wisdom.

From ancient times to the present, no peasant would choose to revolt unless he could no longer survive.

Zhao'an gave these uprising peasants hope of survival.

Don't keep thinking about fighting and killing. The leader will arrange an official to do it, and the rest will share a few acres of land with you. If you don't want to farm, you can arrange a job in the city.

Be an official!
Guangzong Yaozu, Mengyin descendants.

Which farmer is not tempted?
Even if you are not tempted, thinking that I will rebel, but can you guarantee that your subordinates will not be tempted?

Guaranteed that the subordinates will kill you, and turn around to accept the recruitment.

The low-level peasants of the rebel army saw that there were fields to farm and work to do, so what was the use of their lives?

The leader became an official, completed the class leap, and his subordinates also had a way to survive, and the court quelled an uprising without a single soldier, and everyone was happy.

Moreover, the Recruitment Law is not only aimed at peasant rebels, but also at officials.

Throughout history, the development and growth of peasant uprisings is inseparable from the local officials' knowledge and non-reporting.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there would be no uprisings and riots under the rule, and officials chose to hide and not report for the sake of official career.

Because the success of recruiting security is also a political achievement for officials, and they can also take the opportunity to make money.

It takes money to resettle the recruited rebel peasants, so officials in the Northern Song Dynasty tend to exaggerate secondly, deliberately exaggerating the size of the rebel army, so as to ask the court for more resettlement fees.

At the beginning of the Songjiang Uprising in the second year of Xuanhe, there were only 36 rogues under his command, but when the local magistrate reported to the court, he insisted that there were thousands of people...

Now, still look down on Zhaoan?

During the Northern Song Dynasty, more than 200 peasant uprisings, large and small, broke out, but none of them succeeded because of the Zhaoan Law.

Fang La, the only one with some ability, was also quickly wiped out by the Western Army.

Of course, recruitment is not without its disadvantages.

Murder and arson were recruited, and many people incited peasant uprisings with this in mind.

So much so that there is a joke among the people: "If you want a high-ranking official, you will be recruited; if you want to be rich, you must do it."

In the 167-year history of the Northern Song Dynasty, 238 peasant uprisings broke out alone, an average of 1.4 times per year.

If you say that there is no influence of recruiting security, no one would believe it.

In ancient times, it was difficult to climb the ranks. If a rogue like Han Zhen wanted to become an official, the only shortcut was recruiting security.

Is it possible to expect him to take the imperial examination?
Come on.

The Chinese of the later generations barely passed, so asking him to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me?

As for joining the army, let's not mention the low status of the warriors in the Song Dynasty. With the virtue of the army now, it's better to be a hooligan.

Han Zhen is not an official fan, he just wants to live a better life as much as possible.

But in this era, no official position is destined to be oppressed everywhere.

After pondering for a long time, Han Zhen decided to do it!

Of course, such a thing as occupying the mountain as king should not be rushed, but must be carefully planned.

It doesn't mean that if three or five people occupy a mountain randomly, the government will come to ask for security. If this is the case, the government will ignore it.

At least you have to make some momentum, such as attacking the county seat.

After attracting the attention of the government, he had to withstand one or two encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers.

After completing the above steps, it is possible to trigger the hidden mission and recruit security.

In addition, recruitment is also divided into grades.

The bigger the momentum and the more subordinates, the better the conditions the government will offer when recruiting for security.

In the end, you have to make two-handed plans. Recruiting is of course the best, what if the government doesn't recruit?
(End of this chapter)