Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 56 The bragging of the surname Zhu!
The deeper the understanding of Xiao Hu Zhuang, the deeper the hatred Zhu Erdan, Geng Rui and others have towards Master Hu.

It would be fine if he, Mr. Hu, just bullied men and women like Liu Juren before. Anyway, the gentry under my Taqing rule are basically like this. One more of him is not too many, and one less of him is not too many. That's it.

The point is that Mr. Hu also set up a peasant association.

The peasant association established by Mr. Hu is not ordinary. When the government collects taxes, the peasant association established by Mr. Hu collects taxes from the people, and then tells the government that the people resist donations and taxes, and when the government is too lazy to send people to collect taxes At that time, Master Hu said that Meng Lianggu would collect taxes for rebellion.

To put it simply, Mr. Hu collected taxes for both the government and Meng Lianggu, but the taxes collected were neither given to the government nor to Meng Lianggu, and ended up in Mr. Hu's own pocket.

Sue the officials or Meng Lianggu?

Discount on your legs!
Even though Zhu Erdan and Geng Rui led Meng Lianggu's army through Xiaohu Village, Master Hu still tried his best to force the people in the village to transport food and guns for the army.

On the surface, the farmers' association in Xiaohuzhuang is a turmoil, and it is simply an example for many nearby villages.

When Mr. Hu and all his servants and guards were escorted to the threshing ground by Geng Rui, Geng Rui couldn't help but yelled and cursed: "Our previous guess is indeed correct, it is this old fox surnamed Hu. Play tricks in the middle!"

When Zhu Erdan heard the words, he looked at Master Hu, but Master Hu, whose arms were twisted, showed no fear. He struggled twice and saw that he couldn't free his arms, so he gave up struggling directly, and just looked at Zhu Erdan with a sneer, asking Said: "You arrested me, but you don't know which law I have violated?"

Zhu Erdan's face darkened, and he scolded: "You have not violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty, but you should not use the name of the peasant association to bully the people!"

Master Hu snorted coldly, and didn't care about Zhu Erdan's scolding at all: "Since you want to make decisions for these mud legs, well, you let me go now, master, I will give you all the land deeds of these mud legs, This peasant association, you can figure it out.”

Speaking of this, Master Hu sneered again, and said: "However, Master, I have to remind you that several townships and more than a dozen villages near Xiaohuzhuang are all related to this Master. If you don’t want to be Master Ben, you have to call him Uncle Shi, we’re not done with today’s matter!”

Zhu Erdan was dumbfounded at the time, looked at Mr. Hu foolishly, and then asked Geng Rui: "By the way, is he tied up now, Mr. Hu, or the two of us? Also, he used the prefect of Laizhou to scare us." ?”

Geng Rui glanced at Master Hu with caring eyes: "Are you stupid? This rope is tied to Master Hu. Of course he was tied up. As for the prefect of Laizhou... Maybe he thinks the prefect of Laizhou is very powerful?"

Zhu Erdan didn't pay attention to Mr. Hu anymore, but turned around and went to the roller on the threshing floor-in the rural areas of Shandong, the roller is more iconic than the big willow tree.

After standing on the roller, Zhu Erdan coughed, trying to imitate what Zhu Jinsong said when he killed Liu Juren, but the eyes of the people under the roller made Zhu Erdan not know what to say.

The people under the roller all looked at Zhu Erdan, with puzzlement, fear, and even hostility in their eyes.

Master Hu took advantage of the opportunity of establishing the peasant association to oppress the people wantonly, and the benefits were all left to Master Hu alone, but the reputation of the Menglianggu Farmer Association was ruined by him.

Zhu Erdan's hatred for Mr. Hu became more and more profound, and after a long while, he shouted loudly: "Fathers and folks! My name is Zhu Erdan, and I am the younger brother of Zhu Jinsong, the leader of Meng Lianggu's rebel army! He is also Meng Lianggu's second head!"

Under the roller, the fear in the eyes of the people is even greater.

Zhu Erdan went on to shout: "Folks! Mr. Hu has deceived you! The peasant association he organized is not the same as our Menglianggu peasant association!"

"Our farmers' association in Menglianggu speaks and does things for our poor people, not rides on our people's heads to shit and piss!"

"I know you don't believe me, but it doesn't matter, let's put Mr. Hu on public trial first, return all the money and food he exploited the villagers, and then set up a farmers' association in our Xiaohu village like our Menglianggu farmers' association! "

The eyes of the people under the roller are still full of suspicion.

I'm used to suffering, so I can't believe that such a good thing can happen to me.

That's right, in the eyes of these common people, if they can return the money and food taken away by Mr. Hu to themselves, this is already a great thing that falls from the sky.

As for the Menglianggu farmers' association... In these people's minds, they probably want to return the money and grain that Mr. Hu expropriated to themselves, and then collect it in the name of the Menglianggu farmers' association. [-]% or [-]%, or can Meng Lianggu's tax be lowered?
Looking at the people with different expressions under the roller, Zhu Erdan felt more hatred in his heart, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense at the moment, so he directly shouted to Mr. Hu: "If you tell the truth, you will save your flesh and blood. Your pain!"

Master Hu no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning, looked at Zhu Erdan and snorted coldly: "Isn't it just to share my money and food? You can share it, but I don't care about it! Don't forget, you will always leave day!"

Zhu Erdan hummed, walked up to Mr. Hu, and slapped Mr. Hu so hard that two of his big yellow teeth were blown away.

Zhu Erdan pointed to Mr. Hu and shouted: "We will leave Xiaohu Village one day, but just because we leave, it doesn't mean that the peasant association will also leave. Also, don't think that the prefect of Laizhou is so great, your Grandpa Zhu can't even slap the imperial envoy. I've smoked it, and I've killed quite a few of them like the magistrate, and he's not far behind the magistrate of Laizhou!"

Master Hu was taken aback for a moment, unable to believe what he heard.

What did the prefect of Laizhou say before?

It is said that Meng Lianggu's rebels are just grasshoppers after autumn. Don't look at the joy of jumping now, just wait for my Qing court to free up its hands, and as soon as the army arrives, it will be wiped out immediately.

He said that he should feel at ease and boldly set up a peasant association. The prefect of Laizhou will handle it on the government side, and the peasant association below will be handled by himself.

Why is it completely different from what this person surnamed Zhu said?
Has the surname Zhu ever slapped the imperial envoy?

My goodness, the imperial envoy represents the emperor, holding a Shangfang sword in his hand, he kills whoever he says he wants to kill, and when he travels, he is surrounded by a large army. Have you ever slapped the imperial envoy?

This person surnamed Zhu is bragging!

Thinking of this, Master Hu slowly gained confidence, looked at Zhu Erdan and said with a sneer: "Anyway, this master is already in your hands, you can do whatever you want, master, I will bear it. But, master, I I want to see, if you killed Master Ben, the nearby townships and these dozen or so villages can spare you!"

Zhu Erdan was furious, and was about to slap Mr. Hu again, but was stopped by Geng Rui: "This kind of old coffin won't shed tears if it doesn't see the Yellow River, and won't give up if it doesn't touch the south wall. Why are you as knowledgeable as him?"

After finishing speaking, Geng Rui first asked people to bring over all the account books dug out from Mr. Hu's house, and then asked someone to help the man who had been beaten at Mr. Hu's house to the roller.

Geng Rui smiled at the man, and then asked the people under the roller: "Do the folks know how to read? If so, please come up to the roller and read this account book with our third brother Hu. "

The people under the roller still did not respond.

In other words, it's not that the people under the roller didn't respond, but they were powerless because they couldn't read.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was one social school for every fifty households.

The sociology in our Ta-Qing period was one in every township.

To give a very simple example: novels and story books were popular in the Ming Dynasty because there were many people who could understand them and had a solid foundation. In the Qing Dynasty, storytelling and opera became popular because they were only Just listen to it with your ears, no need to have a foundation of literacy.

Therefore, in the whole Xiaohuzhuang, only Mr. Hu himself is literate. On weekdays, everything in the county and state government is directly handed over to Mr. Hu, and then Mr. Hu handed it over to ordinary people.

Seeing that no common people stood up under the roller, Master Hu couldn't help laughing and said: "How about I read it to you? Don't say that I look down on you, because you rebels and bandits, I guess you can read of!"

Geng Rui stopped Zhu Erdan who was about to get angry, glanced at Master Hu blankly, and said, "Don't worry about Master Hu, although we Meng Lianggu dare not say that everyone can write good articles, we can also understand account books. "

After finishing speaking, Geng Rui picked up the account book and read word by word: "In the first month of Qian Deaf's 40th year, two liang of silver was collected from Wu Laoer's family for two acres of bad land."

"In the first month of Qian Deaf's 40th year, he lent five hundred copper coins to Hu Laosan, and five hundred cash in interest. It has been received."

"In the first month of Qian Deaf's 40th year, he lent five hundred copper coins to Hu Laoliu, and five hundred cash in interest. It has been received."

"In February 41, Qian Deaf bought Hu Laosan's youngest daughter as a slave for three taels of silver, and the money was cleared."

"..."

Geng Rui was reading word by word, but suddenly a commoner rushed to the roller and shouted: "No! No! In the first month of the 40th year of Qian Deaf, Mr. Hu took my family's two acres of land for [-] cents, which is not true at all. Two taels of silver! Also, those two acres of land are good paddy fields, not bad fields!"

The man who was beaten at Mr. Hu's house before also shouted: "No! In the first month of the 40th year of Qian Deaf, I did borrow five hundred Wen from Mr. Hu. It was agreed to pay it off within two years, and the interest was also agreed upon. It was five hundred cash, but in February of the 41st year of Qian Deaf, Mr. Hu insisted that I did not pay enough interest, and forced my youngest daughter to work as a slave in his house. There was no money to buy my children. slave!"

Geng Rui helplessly shook the account book in his hand: "That's what's written on it. As for what went wrong in the middle, we have to ask our Master Hu about it."

All the people were furious and glared at Mr. Hu, but they saw that Mr. Hu was still there, and they didn't care about Geng Rui and the other people. Instead, Mrs. Hu's wife howled angrily, staring at Mr. Hu and shouting. Said: "The surname is Hu! How much money did you spend behind my mother's back? If you don't explain it to my mother today, you will feel better later!"

Geng Rui laughed loudly, and ordered the soldiers under his opponent: "Go and shut their mouths up. I haven't finished reading this account book yet. If Mrs. Hu wants to settle accounts with Master Hu, I have plenty of time to do it slowly in the future."

After Master Hu and Mrs. Hu were all gagged, Geng Rui continued to read the account books. After reading a few account books, the sun had already reached Xishan, and it was about to go dark.

Geng Rui glanced at Mr. Hu, turned his head to look at the crowd of people and shouted: "Today, let's light a torch and settle Mr. Hu's account first! Folks, tell me, what should we do with this Mr. Hu?" ?”

All the people under the roller looked at me and I looked at you, but after a while they all shouted: "Kill him! Kill him!"

(End of this chapter)