Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Almost all the tea ceremony, clubs, bathing, sumo wrestling, and exquisite handicrafts in Japan in later generations originated from the Song Dynasty.

"Water Margin" may be an exaggeration, but the social atmosphere of the Song Dynasty described in it is absolutely correct.

The heroes of the rivers and lakes in the club were allied with blood, and they all really existed among the folks in the Song Dynasty.

And people like Lu Qingliu also have their own clubs, tea selling clubs, salt smuggling clubs, and private thugs.

And the rich and big landlords in this place are naturally even better.

Although it is no longer comparable to the armed forces of the wealthy families and nobles before the Tang Dynasty, they used clan etiquette, land contracts, and usury economic bonds to trap farmers in the fields.

They are literate and have mastered the power of public opinion.

By mastering the power of public opinion, many things in daily life can be explained.

For example, the river next to it belongs to Xiejia Village, and people from Wangjia Village came to snatch it to kill us.

Maybe the people from Wangjiacun didn't come, but the big landlords in Xiejiacun wanted to take the initiative to attack, so they said that Wangjiacun was here to grab it, so everyone started to fuck guys with great interest, and for the resources of survival, they became manic.

Even though they grabbed water and planted land, most of them were taken away by landlords in the end.

The landlord stood up at this time and said: Everyone has worked hard, Wangjia Village has been eyeing us, we must always be vigilant.

So everyone hated Wangjiacun.

This is the role of controlling the power of public opinion.

Zhao Ning looked up and saw the crowd running wildly in front of him, he couldn't help being curious.

It happened that a child got up from the nearby pool, put on his clothes, and ran to the village. Zhao Ning asked, "Child! Child!"

The kid looked back.

He was about ten years old and came over curiously.

Zhao Ning took out the money inside and said, "This is money, do you want it?"

The kid nodded.

"I want to ask you something. You tell me what happened in the village. This bag of money is yours."

"You ask."

"Why did the villagers suddenly return to the village?"

"It's people from Wangjia Village who came to grab the river!"

Sure enough, this is what Tang Ke said about private fighting among the people.

This place is not far from Jiangling City, Zhao Ning did not expect that there would be private fights here.

How about other places?

After the prelude to this great land reclamation kicked off, boundless benefits were in front of us.

For the sake of profit, the landlords and rich people behind the scenes couldn't think of any way?

For money, they can instill distorted concepts in people and distort the times.

"People from Wangjia Village came to grab the river, so what are the villagers going to do?"

"To fight!"

"Who are you fighting with?"

"Fight with the people of Wangjia Village!"

"how many people?"

The child thought for a while and said, "I don't know, there are many, many people!"

Knowing that it was useless to ask, Zhao Ning gave the money bag to the child, who turned and ran into the village with a smile on his face.

The entrance to the village in the distance is already bustling with people discussing something there.

Jing Chao said: "I didn't expect it to be more serious than when I was a child."

"Why, you also fought privately here when you were young?"

"There are also private fights, such as which lake and those rivers. They are all for survival, but it may not be as serious as it is now."

There are more and more people at the entrance of the village.

Zhao Ning took people to the village entrance.

Every adult man took up a weapon, and even a few of the higher-status ones put on armor made of cowhide without authorization.

You must know that cattle are national strategic materials, and so are cow hides. All cow hides from dead cows must be turned over to the government. Anyone who hides them privately will be severely punished!

The villagers also saw a group of people on horseback, and there were a lot of them.

Everyone quieted down in unison.

Zhao Ning was surrounded by the imperial guards, and Jing Chao led the people in the front.

Jing Chao shouted, "Who is Da Baozheng?"

A short and fat man came out, he was the one who hit the gong just now: "I am, I wonder if your Excellency is?"

"What are you gathering together for?"

"Wangjiacun came to grab the river, of course we are going to resist!" Da Baozheng said.

"All put down their weapons and don't move around.

Da Baozheng said: "This official, this is a matter of our Xiejia Village, and has nothing to do with you."

Jing Chao said angrily: "Presumptuous! We are members of the imperial court!"

Da Baozheng said: "This is Xie Family Village! Xie Family Village! Who in Jiangling Mansion doesn't know Xie Family Village! Who doesn't know Xie Family, the master of our Xie Family is the Tongzhi of Jiangling Mansion!"

"Yes! Now someone is coming to grab our river, so we will fight with them!" a villager shouted loudly.

The other villagers also shouted loudly, "Fight!"

"Say it again! Put down all your weapons!" Jing Chao said angrily, "Otherwise, don't blame us for doing it!"

"Who are you, how dare you act wildly in our Xiejia Village!" Da Bao shouted, relying on the crowd.

At this time, someone entered the village and went to Xie's manor.

"Thank you officer, thank you officer!"

Xie Wende was eating grapes with a woman in his arms in the backyard. It might be because the weather was too hot, so they were all dressed very little.

After hearing the voice, he said impatiently, "What's the matter?"

"A group of people came from outside the village and told us not to do anything."

"What are you not doing?"

"Don't fight with people from Wangjia Village."

"Who is here?"

"do not know."

"Let Xie Chong deal with it, isn't he Da Baozheng?"

"He asked me to report to you, saying that the other party may have a lot of background."

"Not young?" Xie Wende stood up, "Is there anyone in Jiangling Manor who dares to come to my Xiejia Village to make trouble? Go and tell Xie Chong, I'll be right there!"

After speaking, he looked back at the beauty in his arms, and rubbed her hard twice.

The woman giggled: "Officials are good or bad!"

"Beauty, wait for me, I'll be right back."

"Well! Hurry up and come back!"

Xie Wende put on his clothes and led the people to the entrance of the village.

The villagers gave way, and Xie Wende shouted loudly: "Who is it that comes to my Xiejia Village to be presumptuous!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw these people riding horses and each carrying knives, he couldn't help being startled.

Jing Chao said, "Who are you?"

"I'm Xie Wende." Xie Wende reported his name, and his mind was racing. He heard the recent rumor that the imperial court sent a guard to the south, but didn't they say it was in Ezhou?

Why did you come to Jiangling so soon?

"You are Xie Wende?"

Seeing that the other party knew him, Xie Wende was even more proud.

Jing Chao asked: "These people are going to fight privately, is it also your order?"

Xie Wende said: "Wangjia Village invaded our river, we just took back our own things."

"If there is a dispute, it is natural to go to the Yamen to prosecute, how can you fight privately at will!"

Xie Wende laughed loudly: "Isn't the Yamen my family's house? Go and ask who my father is!"

At this moment, Zhao Ning, who was in the crowd, said, "Who is your father?"

"My father, Xie Zhongren! The magistrate of Jiangling Mansion!"

Zhao Ning said with a smile: "That's right, come here, cut off this person's head, send it to the Yamen of Jiangling Mansion, and hand it over to Xie Zhongren."

Chapter 505 The Storm on Jinghu North Road (Part [-])

Xie Wende thought he heard it wrong, and before he could react, the imperial guards had already begun to instinctively carry out the emperor's order.

The thirty or so people in the front row got off their horses, took out their crossbows, and aligned them in front of them.

Jing Chao scolded angrily: "I'll give you one last chance, everyone put down their weapons and disband on the spot! Otherwise, they will all be shot to death!"

Then Xie Chong held up a knife and shouted loudly: "These people were found by Wang Family Village, and they fought hard..."

As soon as he finished speaking, ten crossbow arrows shot at him in an instant.

The first crossbow bolt pierced his throat, the second crossbow bolt pierced his chest, and the rest of the crossbow bolts almost all shot at him.

Xie Chong was stunned, his eyes widened, and he touched his throat with trembling hands. His body softened and he fell to the ground.

There was a dead silence.

Xie Chong's body twitched a few times, and he made a "Yah Yah" sound from his mouth, and then remained motionless.

Another villager dropped his knife, raised his hand, and shouted, "You won't take our river, will you?"

Jing Chao said: "The rivers, rivers, and lakes here are all owned by the imperial court. Of course, you can use them, and anyone can use them!"

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Everyone put down your weapons first."

The rest of the people looked at each other and hesitated.

Xie Wende said angrily in the crowd: "These people are from Wangjia Village. They came to rob our river. How can we irrigate without a river! You don't want to eat anymore! Take up your weapons and fight them!"

Everyone was confused.

In the final analysis, private fights among the people, each class has the interests of each class.

Landlords want to annex more fields and occupy more resources.

Ordinary people, on the other hand, think about being able to plant more fields and use more resources.

The driving force behind this is naturally the landlords.

In other words, the fundamental reason is that under the old system, the means of production were controlled by a small number of people, and most people had no choice but to obey the mercy of a small number of people.

Zhao Ning said: "We are only arresting Xie Wende. After you put down your weapons, go back to your respective homes. Those who farm the fields, those who catch fish, have nothing to do with you!"

It was the same villager, he said, "Then what if the Wang Family Village comes to trouble us again?"

Zhao Ning said: "In the future, there will be no troubles from Wang Family Village for you!"

"Whoever said it, who can guarantee it! Several officials have come to tell us this before, but nothing can be changed!"

Other villagers followed suit: "Yes! I've said that before, but nothing has changed!"

"That's right! Wang Family Village will still come!"

"..."

Villagers, you say a word to me.