Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 87 I confess, I am guilty

Seeing Niu Dali crying so miserably, everyone felt sad. After all, everyone is at the bottom of society, and their emotions are connected. They have also seen Niu Dali's experience with their own eyes.

Ever since Guangwu Zhongxing, the world has been ruled by aristocratic families. The local powerful are the main force in daily management of the people. As for the officials of the Han Dynasty, they need to look at the powerful's face to do anything. If If the powerful do not cooperate, unless an official comes from a noble family, it will be difficult for him to have a say!
And when there is a conflict between the interests of the common people and the powerful, the officials will definitely favor the powerful, not the victims!
This is the filthiness of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When powerful people control a place, the people are their own livestock. I think your daughter is very beautiful. What's wrong with using her?
have opinions?
If you have any objections, go to the officials. Do you think the officials are helping you, or are they helping me?

Niu Dali really cried miserably. He missed his father and his sister...

Zhang Jiao then patted Niu Dali on the shoulder and said, "You've suffered, brother."

Niu Dali wiped his tears and said, "I made everyone laugh."

Zhang Jiao patted Niu Dali and followed closely: "Is there anyone else who can come out and talk to me?"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanyi pushed another person, who stood up and came over and said, "Great Master, my name is Zhang Hu, and my nickname is Can't Eat Enough. I am not as miserable as Brother Niu."

"Not long after I was born, my parents starved to death. Then I lived with my eldest brother and made a living by farming for the Haoqiang family. My farming was okay, but the rent for the Haoqiang family became more and more expensive. At first, it was The rent was [-]% every year, and then it increased to [-]%. At this time, I didn't have enough to eat, so I could only eat wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger, but I could live a good life. But later, the powerful man sent a new manager, and I had to re-measure. Then the three acres of land I used to farm were forcibly measured into four and a half acres, and I had to pay nearly a hundred kilograms more in rent a year, and I couldn’t have enough to eat at all.”

"I had no choice, so I ran away and became a bandit. But I heard that many of those who didn't ran away later starved to death."

After Zhang Hu finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Jue, who nodded and patted Zhang Hu's shoulder. Not everyone's story is filled with bitterness and hatred, and some are as plain as Zhang Hu's.

But is he really plain?It's not bland at all, it's almost starving, but it's still bland, and the reason why you think it's bland is because there are few contradictions in it.

And it is precisely because of the lack of conflicts that it proves that this is the main theme of this era. The tenant farmers who cultivate the land for the powerful are the bottom class of society and cannot withstand any accidents and setbacks.

Even a slight increase in land rent would mean that countless people would starve to death!
Human life is not as good as a dog. This is the scene at the end of the dynasty!
Immediately afterwards, some people began to explain their lives one after another, and as more and more people spoke, the originally indifferent faces of the bandits began to have expressions.

The purpose of this gathering of remembering bitterness and remembering sweetness is to stir up the deepest feelings buried in their hearts and inspire the hatred in their hearts. When a person becomes numb, the world no longer cares about him!

Only when he becomes a human being can he begin to identify with this group and begin to have feelings for it.While listening to these bandits talk about their lives, Zhang Liang and his Taoist soldiers were also listening. These Taoist soldiers were poor people in Xiagouhe Village and victims of oppression by the Qian family.

They also lived at the bottom of society, and when they listened to the bandits' stories, it was as if the same thing happened around them. Everyone fell silent, and at the same time, the deep-seated resentment towards the bandits disappeared.

And deep down, I identified with these bandits.

Ma Yuanyi was the last one to speak, and his story is very simple: "My father has studied a little and is one of the few people in our village who has some status. However, his family is also poor and he makes a living by farming for the powerful landlords. One year, powerful men in the village forcibly raised the rent, which made the tenant farmers very angry, so they encouraged my father to start making trouble!"

"Then, how could the powerful landlord be so soft? He asked the evil slaves to drive away the troublemakers with sticks, and my father was beaten to death as a typical example. After beating my father to death, the landlord saw that everyone was so excited, so he told the people that they could Reduce their rent by half, but there is one condition: no one is allowed to interact with our family."

"Then, when the villagers saw that the rent had been reduced, they isolated our family because they were afraid of the landlords. My mother was so angry that she got seriously ill and died within six months. Then that year happened to coincide with the Panshan Longgang uprising. I voted for him!"

Ma Yuanyi said it calmly, but Zhang Jiao could clearly hear Ma Yuanyi's helplessness towards the indifference of people. Originally, it was these villagers who encouraged his father to make trouble, but halfway through, the landlord gave him a small favor, and he immediately forgot what he had been like. If you beg the Ma family, you will really isolate the Ma family!
Think about how angry you would be as a person involved in this matter.

Zhang Jiao quickly listened to everyone's stories, and all of them were similar. Basically, they were oppressed by the powerful landlords and had no food to eat, so they fell into the grass.

Looking at the bandits who looked sad after telling the story, Zhang Jiao said: "Okay, I know what happened to everyone. We all came from hard times. If it weren't for this bullshit world, why would we be like this!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jiao looked at the note and said: "We have finished the first article of remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet. The next thing to do is to calculate the detailed accounts, that is, come up and tell everyone about all the bad things you have done. You must be frank and lenient, and Immortal Lord and I will listen. If you say it now, it shows that you are repentant and will not take the blame for your past actions."

"But if there is any concealment, others can report it. The reporter will be rewarded with a big fat piece of meat, and the person who reports it will be severely punished!"

"Of course, false accusations are not allowed. Those who make false accusations will be punished with false accusations!"

"Which one of you will speak first?"

After hearing this, the people below were all silent. This is a rip-off. Who dares to say this? And thinking about what they did back then, these old bandits who have woken up suddenly feel like they are just beasts. !
Some of them dare not face up to their experience as bandits. When everyone joins a bunch of bastards, everyone usually competes with who is the bastard. No one feels anything, but when everyone returns to a relatively normal environment , everyone will suddenly be surprised to find that my mother was a beast back then!
Who has the courage to face his unbearable past head-on? At this moment, Ma Yuanyi stood up: "Great sage, I am guilty..."

(End of this chapter)