Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Liu Muzhi sneered and said: "Xu Daofu is quite capable of putting all the responsibilities on a dead man, but his sophistry will not deceive anyone. The army he led slaughtered cities, killed prisoners, and made love between heaven and man. These things have not been done less. Even in this rebellion, there are also these evil deeds. It is difficult to explain only using Sun Enlai as a shield. However, these are just small details. Mr. Tao, I believe you will not follow him. Let’s worry about things like military discipline and human nature.”

Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Of course, I can't finish the argument in a few days, and he is unreasonable. In the end, he will definitely kill me out of anger, so I didn't bother with him too much. I just said that the reputation of Tianshi Dao is far and wide. , the evil reputation is too great, it is impossible for me to associate with them, because our Tao family has been loyal for generations, and we will repay the favor of the country with life and death. We are not the same travelers as them. If he wants to kill me, just kill me quickly, without thinking about it. Persuaded to surrender."

"But Xu Daofu changed the topic and said that they were actually people of the Jin State. Although they had always been tenant farmers, they were not born rebellious. However, the treacherous ministers of the Jin State were in the party, and Sima Daozi and Sima Yuan For the sake of their own power, Xian and his son betrayed Tianshi Dao who wanted to serve the country. Back then, Sun Tai was attached to Sima Daozi. This was known to everyone. As a result, during the Battle of Feishui, Sima Daozi saw the formation of the Xie family. The Beifu Army was jealous and wanted to follow the example of the Xie family in establishing their own private army. However, Sima Daozi had no power other than the name of a clan, so he secretly ordered Sun Tai to recruit followers and form an army. "

Liu Muzhi was a little surprised: "So, when Sun Tai gathered people to cause chaos, he was actually ordered by Sima Daozi? Then he is a righteous soldier, why do you think he has evil intentions?"

Tao Yuanming sighed: "Actually, I know about this. Because the Xie family formed a private army, the other major families in the Black Hand Universe were very dissatisfied. So later, Xi Chao took the lead and the other three families followed up and joined forces with the black-robed Murong Chui from the north. To make a plan and destroy the Beifu Army of the Xie family, since even the Xie family could not allow him to form an independent army, Sima Daozi's royal private army could not allow him to start it, so the secret agents of the Black Hand Qiankun lurking around Sun Tai were Go to the government and report that Sun Tai has gathered a crowd to raise troops and plot something evil."

"Sima Daozi secretly ordered Sun Tai to build an army. There was no formal document. He didn't even tell Emperor Sima Yao about his thoughts. So Black Hand Qiankun let Sima Yao know about it. The emperor was furious. He originally thought that his brother and I wanted to revitalize the Sima family, but my brother went behind his back to build an army and colluded with the demons of Tianshi Dao. Did he want to take away his throne? "

Yu Yue gave a high-five: "There are no brothers before the imperial power. I understand. In order to avoid the anger of the emperor brother, Sima Daozi got rid of his own prince, so he threw his soldiers to protect the chariot and took the initiative to destroy Sun Tai's party first. Not only did he kill Thousands of people gathered together, including several hundred members of the Sun clan, were killed. Except for one Sun En who escaped, it can be said that they were completely wiped out!"

Liu Muzhi sneered and said: "Those who are ruthless and unjust will definitely be rewarded. Now I understand why Sima Yuanxian wants to do something. It turns out that he had already wanted to build an army through Tianshi Tao before, but it didn't work. In the end, they simply decided to recruit troops by decree of the imperial court. At that time, Sima Yao also died inexplicably. It seems that Sima Dao and his son have never changed their minds about supporting the army and being independent. "

Having said this, Liu Muzhi paused, looked at Tao Yuanming, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, Xu Daofu wants to say that Sun En raised the army for revenge, and Xu Daofu and Lu Xun also avenged their master. To avenge the innocent church members who died in vain, so what they want to get rid of is the traitor Sima Daozi and Sima Yuanxian and his son, not the emperor who is against the Jin Dynasty, right?"

Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Yes, that's what he said. I almost believed what he said."

Liu Muzhi sneered and said: "I almost believed it. If they hadn't been killing people and stealing goods everywhere in Wudi, conquering cities and territories, and killing the children of the aristocratic families, I really believed that they were the righteous masters of revenge. How did they explain it later? What about the atrocities he committed against the noble family? "

Tao Yuanming glanced at Yu Yue and said: "Because the aristocratic family has accumulated too much land, they have trapped too many northern refugees and serfs from the south of the Yangtze River into their own manors. They have become tenant farmers and villagers who are not registered in the imperial register for generations." We, these people have suffered a lot of grievances and pain for decades, and this suffering has been inherited from generation to generation. There is no hope of seeing an end. Why did so many people join Tianshi Tao in the past? Isn’t it because the reality is too painful? , The aristocratic families who are riding on their heads are going too far. Only religion can give these suffering people at the bottom some hope and illusion? "

Yu Yue said unconvinced: "I don't agree with this. These lands and manors were allocated to our aristocratic family from the founding of the Jin Dynasty. We have made contributions to the country, and our descendants will continue to serve as officials." To govern and manage the people, if it weren't for the estates of our aristocratic families, many of them would have no place to live and would have died of hunger long ago. How come we are the ones bullying them? "

Liu Muzhi said coldly: "If it weren't for a big family like the Yu family that occupied almost all the land in the south of the Yangtze River, how could these tenant farmers have no land to share? Don't you yourselves How can it be a favor to these tenant farmers when they work by themselves and cultivate the land through sweat and hardship?”

Yu Yue murmured disapprovingly: "Didn't Mr. Tao just say that there should be rules in this world, and there should be distinctions between superiors and inferiors. The noble family should..."

Liu Muzhi didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Yu Yue, so he waved his hand and interrupted him: "About these matters of heaven and rules, we can talk about them more clearly when we have time later. Now let's focus on the important things, Tao Gong, you It is also said that these tenant farmers joined the demon thieves because they were bullied too hard and wanted hope. Tianshi Dao gave them this hope and successfully turned this act of revenge into reality. So what Xu Daofu said. Yes, those brutal retaliatory massacres and atrocities against the Jiangnan aristocratic families were spontaneously committed by the people at the bottom, right?"

Tao Yuanming said calmly: "Yes, that's it. Xu Daofu said that because Sun En had taken forbidden drugs, his brain was not working well, and he made a bad start. After all, his entire family was killed, and the blood feud was against the Jin Dynasty. The officials and generals retaliated, and then the people below followed suit, and some even encouraged them to live longer and cure all diseases by eating the meat of these dignitaries. .)