Dominate the Country

ps: Please continue to collect. There are more than 200,000 words, but only 2,000 have been collected. Is this book going to be a big flop?/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

Funiu Mountain, Tiezhai.

A small courtyard with a secluded location but well decorated. In the small living room, Mrs. Huang, who was sitting in the middle, looked lost, and Gao, who was sitting on her left, looked confused. Both of them stared at Li Xiaomei's smiling face. You couldn't hear what she was saying from her mouth, but only saw Li Xiaomei's mouth moving.

There were green trees and red flowers in the window, and there were thousands of beauties in front of the door. As a place for the old lady to stay healthy, this small courtyard was well built.

Every day, Gao came to pay respects to the old lady, sit with her, and chat for a while. Li Xiaomei also came, but her time was not as regular as Gao's, and she usually came later. After all, she had a baby to worry about.

Li Xiaomei came early today. The old lady and Gao were a little surprised, but what shocked them even more was the "great joy" that Li Xiaomei told them afterwards - Chen's army defeated the government army, and then chased them all the way to Lushan County. Only a thousand of the 5,000 soldiers and militia escaped into the city, and then Chen's army continued to work hard and easily captured Lushan County.

The old lady and Gao were stunned.

It took a long time to come back to her senses. The old lady was happy and worried. The old lady, who had lived under the rule of the Qing Dynasty since she was born, had a strong sense of awe for the Qing government and the Qing court. The previous 5,000 soldiers encircled and suppressed her for a while. Now the Chen army not only defeated the 5,000 soldiers and militia, but also captured Lushan County. This was a naked rebellion. The next time the soldiers and horses came to encircle and suppress might not be 5,000, but 50,000.

The old lady was happy for the victory of this battle, but also worried about the situation she would face next time.

Gao and the old lady had the same idea.

"Granddaughter-in-law, this is not a good thing. Our family's incident has become too big. The next time the government troops come to encircle and suppress, there will probably be more..." The old lady Huang, who was worried for a while, looked at Li Xiaomei's happy face and felt bad. How could this little girl not feel worried at all?

"Grandma, mother. The big things outside are men's business. We women follow the dog and the chicken. If their men are capable and can enter Beijing in one fell swoop, we will follow them and enjoy the most noble blessing in the world. If their men are incapable and are caught and beheaded by the government troops, then we will die together." Li Xiaomei smiled brightly when she thought of Chen Ming's words that day.

"Ever since our family killed the lieutenant general of Nanyang Town and so many officers, soldiers, yamen runners, and Chang Rui, the dog official, in Tumenji, our family has been unable to turn back. If the Qing Dynasty had not fallen, the name of traitor would have been worn on our family for the rest of our lives.

I don't know how to do it. Women don't know, so just watch the men do it. Go as far as you can."

Old Lady Huang and Gao looked at their granddaughter-in-law and daughter-in-law for a long time without saying a word.

At this time, the Iron Fortress was already full of joy. Of course, old people like Qigong and Jiugong would be as happy and worried as Old Lady Huang, but for most people this was a big happy event. This was a big happy event that made many young people almost "mentally abnormal"!

5,000 officers, soldiers and militia were beaten to pieces by the Chen family army. In the minds of many people, the strength of the Chen family seemed to be "the tyrant of one side". They don't have enough experience, and they don't know how big Chen Ming's ambition is. Many people still regard the Chen family as bandits, not "rebels". So they can only be happy, happy, and happy again. For those who depend on the Chen family for their livelihood, the stronger the Chen family is, the safer they are.

And there are another group of people who are secretly sad after hearing this news. They are the captives of the Chen family army. These people did not suffer any harsh treatment after going up the mountain. They could eat enough and sleep well. They just worked non-stop every day, with only one day off a month. Those rural militiamen who came from peasant tenants can certainly persist, but the green camp soldiers and local hooligans and thugs guarding the house have ten thousand complaints. Compared with their original days, life in the mountains is too bitter and difficult to endure.

There are also more than a dozen bald monks.

Shaolin Temple dispatched thirty monks, but they were scattered among the crowd. Only seven or eight followed Master Jingkong to the south gate. Together with the few people in the west gate, only fourteen monks were captured by Chen's army. It is unknown whether the remaining sixteen rushed out from the north gate or some of them died in the sea of ​​fire.

The fourteen monks now have to work in the mines. The fourteen monks are divided into coal mines and iron mines. In addition to the division of the workers in the mines, the monks may not meet each other all day long. The workload in the mines is much more tiring than their martial arts practice and meditation in Shaolin Temple.

And as they gradually adapt to the "work", the daily workload is constantly increasing. These captives are tired like dogs all day long. After work and eating in the evening, many people lie down on the blankets and sleep until the next morning.

"Amitabha!" Master Jingkong chanted the Buddha's name. There was a flash of self-mockery in his eyes. He really didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was. He was so confident that he pretended to be so confident that he could defeat the Chen family, even though 5,000 soldiers and militias could defeat them in one fell swoop.

Harming oneself and others, harming others and oneself!

…

Xuzhou, Chen Guang, who was still hiding in the dark, received the latest instructions from Chen Hui. Yunyang, layout Yunyang. Chen Hui asked him to communicate with the refugees in the mountains of Yunyang as much as possible.

This is a very difficult problem. Chen Guang knew nothing about Yunyang, and among the assistants assigned to him by Chen Hui, there were Gao family members. They knew a lot about Nanyang Prefecture, but compared with Nanyang Prefecture, Yunyang, which was further south, knew very little.

So to solve this problem, we must take a long-term view and make great efforts.

Chen Ming did not interfere in the administration of Lushan. Chen Hui had more means in this regard, and the current plate of the Chen family was too small, so it was not time for Chen Ming to get involved in politics. He just gave Chen Hui a suggestion - judicial independence.

The former was a major drawback in ancient Chinese politics - especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties when the eight-part essay was in power. Officials talked about the Four Books and Five Classics, but how many people really understood the law? Especially for those newcomers who have just entered the officialdom, the tax, grain and criminal law all depend on the legal advisor.

Let’s not talk about other things. Take Lushan County, which Chen Ming is most familiar with, as an example. From the earliest Yue Wenhai to Chang Rui before, and then to the current county magistrate, none of them are familiar with the "Great Qing Law", and none of them can pick up an abacus and make a call by themselves. But at present, the Chen family’s plate is too small and too unstable, and it would be a joke to talk about taxation. Chen Ming only pointed out the judiciary!

He knew that his father had been in the Lushan County government for many years, and he knew who had the ability and what ability there was. If the county government’s judicial power was stripped away, who should be found to be the official? Chen Huimen was clear! Of course, whether that person is willing or not is another matter...