When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 610: The cry of the Chu people, Zhang Ji raising the butcher knife ( words long chapter)
Outside the city of Chen County, Zhang Ji was stationed outside the Qin Army's camp. The civilian men accompanying the Qin Army and the young men recruited from the vicinity of Chen County were orderly reinforcing the earthen walls, wooden fences and horses around the camp, and then the arrow tower.

In fact, the construction of these fortifications did not require the young men of Chen County at all. Just the civilian men accompanying the Qin army were enough to complete the work in a short time. Moreover, they were far more skilled than those young men, and their cooperation was more tacit.

But the purpose of recruiting these young people was not to build fortifications, but to provide relief through work.

The corvées of the Qin State originally provided food, accommodation, and two sets of summer and winter clothing. They also provided subsidies to the corvee's family for the labor that was missing during farming or harvesting due to being recruited for corvée work. However, the food, lodging, and clothing provided by various places Clothing and subsidy levels will change with the finances of local governments.

But in this time of severe drought, having enough to eat is already a great gift.

There hasn't been a drop of rain for a whole month. Although Chu Di is located in the south where there are dense water networks, there are not rivers near every place.

The prosperity of Chen County is brought about by the gap connecting the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.

However, in Daliang in the upper reaches and Xiangcheng in the lower reaches, the Wei and Chu armies built dikes one after another to block the rivers from flowing through the chasm and passing through Chen County. As a result, the four major rivers near Daliang, namely Luoshui, Danshui, Sishui and Jishui, became increasingly abundant in water resources. , but it made both the attacking Wei army and the Wei army no longer have to worry about water sources.

However, Chen County is in dire straits. Although there is still an undercurrent in the chasm, how can it meet the consumption of such a huge city? Just drinking water is a bit reluctant, and it is impossible to rely on this water for the grain in the fields.

Even though Chen County used to be a large city with fertile land and developed commerce, it was only a matter of time before the people at the bottom ran out of food.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of grains left by Chu State in Chen County's warehouse.

The original Chen County was a city planned as a bridgehead for the counterattack after the Chu State moved its capital to Shouchun. Therefore, Chen County not only had a high city and deep ponds, but also had a lot of grain. If it was used solely to support the people near Chen County, it would be more than enough. .

The Qin army's military rations are still sufficient. It will not be a problem for the Qin State's inventory to continue to support the Qin State's third-line operations for at least half a year, but it will not face the same food shortage dilemma as when it was in Daidi.

The civilian men who were recruited by the Qin army to build fortifications had complicated moods, but they still worked hard.

Even the people at the lowest level do not understand any big principles, but they still understand many small principles that are closely related to their lives.

For example, why was the gap connecting the Yellow River and the Huaihe River almost exhausted? For example, the Qin army actually provided food, accommodation and clothing to them, the civilians of the enemy country, which were almost the same as what the Qin citizens on the side received.

And according to the Qin army officer who was responsible for supervising them, these Qin citizens who followed the army got more because they left their hometowns and followed the Qin army south to Chu State. The more than they got was the hard work of the long journey.

When the news spread, these Chu people who were not very cooperative and hard-working at first no longer behaved lazily, at least that was the case for the vast majority of conscientious Chu people.

Zhang Ji was personally in charge of the camp, so he could obviously notice the changes in the construction speed of his colleagues. A casual inspection would reveal that the enthusiasm of the recruited Chu people had greatly increased.

Puzzled, Zhang Ji sent Shao Sao, who was also from Chen County, to find out the specific situation. However, Shao Sao only returned in the evening and looked quite lonely.

"Your Majesty, this is what I have earned this whole day. Please read it, Your Majesty." When Shao Sao faced Zhang Ji, his face turned red, or rather ashamed. Perhaps he noticed that Zhang Ji was not interested in him writing in memorials instead of in memorials. He was puzzled by the oral report and explained, "I am a Chen County person, no... As a Chu person, I am really ashamed to say it!"

Zhang Ji squinted his eyes, and when he realized that this matter was not as simple as he thought, he quickly read the memorial. The more he read, the more frightened he became, and his face turned redder.

But unlike Shao Sao's shame, Zhang Ji was angry. Zhan Lujian, who was pressing his waist, felt an unspeakable anger in his heart.

At first, Zhang Ji was a little proud when he read the memorial, because Shao Sao concluded that the people in Chen County had a greater sense of identification with the Qin State.

People's hearts are made of flesh. Wei and Chu built dams at the same time to cut off the water source of Chen County, but the people who rescued them were the Qin people who invaded their homeland.

But as he watched, the joy on Zhang Ji's face gradually disappeared.

Because he discovered that in Chu State, people did corvee work without any subsidies!

In fact, according to the laws of various countries, people are provided with certain subsidies for corvee service, but the amounts given vary.

However, when the subsidies allocated by the temples of the Chu State have been deducted by layers of officials, what is left can fall into the hands of the people... No, is there anything left that can fall into the hands of the people?

Not at all!

Even the pension for those who died in military service, which could have bought them a decent funeral and a period of food and clothing, fell into the hands of ordinary people and was not even enough to buy a coffin!
As for filing a complaint...at the township, county and county levels, who has not reached out?

Those who want to file a complaint will be intercepted without even leaving the village. Once they arrive in the county, they will be arrested directly. Some of the unsolved cases that usually pile up will be placed on them, or they will be placed on behalf of the officials and nobles who have committed the crime. Take the blame and execute these people by completely legal means!
As for leaving the county to go to the county, or looking for a high-ranking official like Qu Yuan who is not corrupt but hates corruption... I'm sorry, there is no way to lead, and it is useless to leave the county. I can't enter the city, and I can't see the high-ranking officials.

What's more, how many people in Chu State today are not greedy, or are willing to offend these corrupt officials for the sake of rural farmers?
It was considered "kind" to just deal with the person who complained, but the more ruthless ones directly used various "legal" means to clean up his family members, put the female family members into a government-run brothel, and wiped out a whole family at the snap of a finger. The family was forced to die.

If a group of people who want to file a complaint unite, the county and county government also have solutions. Either report it directly to the local nobles who have private soldiers, and the nobles send their martial arts practitioners to pretend to be rogues, or they take the weapons of the Baiyue people and pretend to be the Baiyue people, and directly carry out bloodbath on households and even villages.

Either they declare the people here to be a rebel mob, kill them all as mobs, and get a military award in vain.

In this case, who else would dare to report?
Of course, these officials and nobles did not fail sometimes.

They all say that the Qin State was a tiger and a wolf, but who has ever remembered that the first large-scale peasant uprising in history was actually not the Qin State, but the Chu State that shouted "violating the Qin" all day long!

Zhang Ji once remembered that later generations heard a friend who was admitted to the history department and whose tutor was a well-known professor specializing in pre-Qin history say that in the 301th year of King Huai of Chu ( BC), the three kingdoms of Qi, Han, and Wei attacked Chu defeated the Chu army, and Chu general Tang Miao was killed. At the same time, the oppressed peasants and the families of the soldiers who died in the war who had not received pensions revolted.

There are many theories and records about this uprising in history. One name is "Zhuang Qi", "Zhuang Hao", "Zhuang Ji", or several other versions of the name recorded in different famous books. The "traitors" of the peasant uprising, the thieves who made trouble everywhere, and the brutal generals of Chu who massacred the families of the defeated on the front line and publicly displayed their corpses in Yingcheng, the capital of Chu, were even recorded as the first people in history to arrive and exploit He defeated the general of Yunnan, and then established himself as the king of Dian.

The records are very confusing, but it is undeniable that no matter which version of the history book it is, in history, a very large-scale peasant uprising did break out twenty-eight years after King Huai of Chu, and the Chu army and the insurrectionary army fought and lost consecutive battles. , the territory of Chu State was even divided into three or four areas by Zhuang Shuo's peasant rebel army.

"Xunzi·Bing Yi" said: "Zhuang Qiu rises, Chu divides into three and four."

"Han Feizi Yu Lao" said: "Zhuang Qi stole within the territory and the officials could not stop him."

"Lu Shi Chun Qiu·Jie Shi" said that Zhuang Qi was "violent". Ancient books often call Zhuang Qi a "big thief", but farmers praise their leader enthusiastically, so much so that Sima Qian recorded in "The Preface to the Biography of Rangers" that "therefore, Boyi was ugly and Zhou, starved to death in Shouyang Mountain, but Wen and Wu did not use his Therefore, if you demote the king, he will be violent and violent, and his followers will have endless meanings. From this point of view, "Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be benevolent and righteous."

Although Sima Qian criticized Tao Zhi and Zhuang Ji for their rebellion, he characterized their actions as "righteousness."

However, historians characterized the peasant uprising led by Zhuang Shuo as a slave uprising.

Because the feudal system at that time had not yet been fully established and slavery still existed, Chu State was like a slave country, so it can still be defined as a slave uprising.

In addition, the records of that massive uprising are too vague, without beginning or end, and are passed by in one stroke. There are even many versions of the name of the leader of the uprising, and there are many versions of the name, including decent ones, villains, and various names that have nothing to do with the uprising. The identity is recorded in different ancient books.

Finally, because the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang was the trigger for the demise of the Qin State, we chose to characterize the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang as the first large-scale peasant uprising in history.

There was a time when Zhang Ji was chatting with his friends about labeling the Five Husbands of China as a "great national fusion" and canceling the title of Yue Fei as a "national hero". These stupid things were combined and complained about, but now he has witnessed the history books with his own eyes. The "numerous bones" mentioned in just a few strokes made an uncontrollable anger surge in my heart.

"Chang Shi, I have to return to the city to live for some time. During this period, all matters in the camp, big and small, will be left to your sole discretion." Zhang Ji summoned the right commander, Yang Wei, and asked, "Unless the Chu army intends to attack, otherwise No matter what happens, don't bother me."

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and grabbed Zhang Ji's arm to stop Zhang Ji.

"My lord, the war will start at any time. Returning to the city now... is ridiculous!"

Yang Huan subconsciously thought that Zhang Ji missed Bai Jin when he returned to the city, and wanted to have fun with Bai Jin.

But when is this?
The main force of the Chu army had not arrived before, and it was completely different from before. How could it be such a child's play!
But when Zhang Ji turned his head slightly and looked sideways at Yang Huan, he realized that he had thought wrong.

Those eyes cast a gaze full of murderous intent, and it fell on Yang Huan, making him feel trembling all over, as if someone had been stripped naked and buried in the snow on a snowy day, and the ice was biting.

Yang Huan's body went limp and he knelt on the ground, his whole body limp.

He remembered something that seemed to have been forgotten by the world.

Zhang Ji has always treated others with kindness, and he never had any grudges in the court. There were only a few peasant disciples who once pursued one of Zhang Ji's concubines. But other than that, even with the enemy, he never How much hatred did you have with Zhang Ji?

The impression of Zhang Ji in the eyes of the world is that he has no airs, is gentle to others, relies on his talents, and has the style of Lord Xinling.

However, the world seems to have forgotten that Zhang Ji is also the inheritor of Bai Qi's art of war. The inheritor of the art of war is also his disciple.

Just now, Yang Min felt that if there really was a "god of murder" in the world, then it should be Zhang Ji in front of him. Behind Zhang Ji, it seemed like there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, which was frightening.

Although he was a scholar, he had a long history of fighting on the battlefield but was forced to turn from martial arts to literature because of his political talent. However, he was so frightened by Zhang Ji's look that he collapsed to the ground.

When Yang Huan came to his senses, he discovered that Zhang Ji had already mounted his horse and returned to Chen County.

Yang Huan didn't understand why Zhang Jiji burst out with such terrifying murderous intent.

But he knew one thing: Zhang Ji went back to kill many, many people!
(End of this chapter)