From Chief to Ball

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This force is only to suppress the rebellion, and it does not target any third party, but it silently announces the emergence of a new force within the Huasu League.With Xia Yu as the center and Wei E as the wings, a powerful force that can entangle more than ten thousand soldiers with the power of three cities is quietly changing the internal structure.

This is not something Xiacheng's puppet regime can resist—as far as Yucheng is concerned, it is a puppet regime, and Chen Jian has never admitted that Xiayu conducts its own affairs; After returning from Dongyi, no one mentioned it anymore.

This gap in power is obvious. When the news came that Chen Jian was about to return to Xiacheng, the puppet regime in Xiacheng was already in chaos.

In one of the first batch of houses outside Xia City's inner city, Mu Ma, who is Li Si, was talking in a low voice with the men in the same house.

This hut has witnessed many changes in Xia City. When the clan was disintegrated and encouraged to go out and live alone, the Muma hut was the first batch of huts built alone; Next to the bonfire in the courtyard, the first private workshop in Xiacheng was established, and the first cooperative farm owned by the collective rather than the city was established; after the plotters ran back to Xiacheng, this place witnessed the bankruptcy of the first private workshop; In the following July, when the rumors spread everywhere, I witnessed scenes of sinister and dirty people's hearts.

With the faint light of the fire, Muma and the neighbors in Tongli recalled a certain day in May.

That day happened to be the day after the summer grain was harvested, and it was time to pay the public grain.There is no need for tax collectors to urge them to pay. For the [-] households in this mile who run collective workshops and continue to make profits, the public grain will not affect their lives in the slightest.

Mu Ma remembered that she had some money with her at the time, and was going to go to the bank to pay back part of the original loan after paying, but when she came to the center of the city, she found that there were empty houses, and many clansmen stood in the city stupidly. The center was overwhelmed.

The people from the Planning and Statistics Department disappeared, the people from the bank disappeared, and they disappeared overnight. Everyone hurriedly wanted to find the fake Sikong civet cat, but they found that the blue grass and the child were gone, and the whole city became leaderless in an instant. state.

Then some relatives and dignitaries of the council came to the city, together with slaves and private soldiers trained in their fiefs and some young members of the clan, these people quickly controlled the center of the city, and announced a policy to let the entire city Shocking news.

"Red Fish is a demon girl from a foreign race. She bewitched Jixia to such an extent that Jixia violated the resolution of the council in Yucheng, liberated the slaves and allowed them to become citizens of the country. She will also return all the land as public property, and the slaves will also become citizens of the country."

Some lies are difficult to fabricate, especially in the face of Chen Jian's huge prestige, some lies cannot be fabricated too powerfully.

For example, if Chen Jian betrayed his clan, no one would believe him, which is not good.

It's hard for anyone to say whether she is a witch or not, but people are inevitably a little scared when she deliberately provokes that she is not one of the surnames who formed an alliance when Xia City was first built.

But the news that all lands had been communalized and all slaves emancipated did not cause the panic that the gossip-mongers expected.

Muma doesn't know what other people think, but at least in his opinion, this kind of thing doesn't affect him too much.He is a handicraft workshop owner plus a self-cultivator, and slaves are dispensable to him.

As for the land being taken as public property, Mu Ma finds it even more ridiculous. Why should it be taken as public property?There is so much land outside, if you want to reclaim it, you just want to reclaim it. Is it possible to turn it into food without people planting it as public property?Xiacheng is not so crowded that some have land and others have no land to cultivate.

For him, what he is more concerned about is how to sell the things made by his workshop when the city is temporarily paralyzed?

So he remembered that he stood there for a while, listening to some people talking on the high platform, but he didn't want to hear a word, and then he returned home with his money bag, thinking about finding someone to be a witness: It's not that I don't pay taxes, but that I have nowhere to pay.

"This money must be put away properly, and it cannot be used indiscriminately."

Even after such a long time, Muma still clearly remembers her thoughts at that time.

He trusted Ji Xia, the leader, and the clan council, both parties were people he could trust, so he didn't show any excitement or anger at this time, at least it didn't have any effect on him on that day at the end of May.

Things changed on the fifth day. The council members who had completely taken over the city's political power took out their seals symbolizing rights and began to look for rationality for their rights.

The secular source of Chen Jian's power is to lead the city out of the wilderness and gradually become prosperous, and the source of divine power is that the guidance of his ancestors is always correct.

The conspirators in the council thought for a long time, and there was no way to compete with Chen Jian on the point of national prosperity.Then it is better to let some people be rich to oppress the other part, sow conflicts, ignore the problem of the system, and turn it into a problem of ethnic groups and clans.

So they figured out the rationale for the existence of the regime.

"Xiacheng belonged to the thirteen clans of the Caohe League, not the wild people, slaves, slave farmers, and those clans who joined Xiacheng later. They shouldn't and have no chance to become citizens of the city. Confiscating their land and increasing their taxes should allow them to support the people of Xiacheng instead of being equal to us."

"We represent the right of pure Xiacheng people to take over Xiacheng. You are the same as us. You are the real masters of Xiacheng. We should be the masters of those people and let them work for us instead of being with them. Same people!"

"Jixia promised a prosperous future, but we can promise a richer and more comfortable future. Everyone in the conquered land is our slave."

"We're not against Jixia, but since Jixia wants those slaves to be like us, let Jixia toss around in Yucheng, but our Xiacheng must keep our blood pure."

"When Ji Xia returns, I hope you will tell Ji Xia everyone's choice. Since he is our leader, he should always accept the proposal of the people of the country."

"The real Xiacheng Wansheng!"

Chapter 73 First Steps

When Mu Ma heard these words, her heart trembled suddenly.

That night, he couldn't sleep.

These words are like a poisonous snake, devouring the concept of creating happiness through hard work instilled by Chen Jian bit by bit.

However, several years of indoctrination made Chen Jian's thoughts and numb heart connected together, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little heartache when devouring it, and the two thoughts in his heart were constantly struggling.

After late at night, Mu Ma finally couldn't bear it, kicked open the door of the neighbor's house, and gathered fifty families within a mile.

"My heart is very confused. What about you?"

Several people were silent, and finally someone broke the silence.

"Before we worked because we had nothing. Now that we have land and a workshop, why do we still work? Like those relatives and nobles in other cities, we control a few slaves and let them make us It’s great to have done what you’ve done.”

"Yeah, just like we farm. If we have fifty slaves, we can lie down and not work. We have everything."

"The lives of relatives and nobles in other cities, tsk tsk, how can we compare?"

"Other cities are like this, but our Xia City is not like this."

"If our dozen or so clans are really counted as Xiacheng people, it's actually quite good to have so many slaves left to work for us. I've been having this doubt for the past two years, but Jixia is in Yucheng again. , no one explained to us."

"Perhaps Ji Xia really did something wrong this time?"

Mu Ma frowned, listened to the discussion, and sighed: "I don't know either. But I think Ji Xia is right, everything is made with hands, we don't work anymore, There are still fewer things in the city..."

Such doubts are not understandable by numa, and when they are confused, no one comes to explain the doubts in their hearts, and their thoughts become more and more confused.

As for the next day, the numb last sentence of last night became meaningless.

Faced with Mu Ma's doubts about the overall production level of the city, a relative of the council gave such an explanation.

"Ji Xia always said that the city belongs to all the people in the country, but our city is so rich, why is our life not as good as those in other cities?"

"Yes, those people and we both work. The total product of the city is more, but there are more people who share it. The city is rich, but we are still the same. If we don't work, let the slaves do it It is true that there are fewer things produced in total, but we get more.”

"Jixia said that the development of cities is for everyone to live better. Isn't this the easiest way to make everyone's lives better? What's the use of having such a rich city? Public workshops are there, but we How much did you get? Where did the public property go?"

"Jixia promised to make people's lives better and better, and indeed they are getting better and better, but it's too slow. What we promised is to let people in our country live a very good life without working for a year. It’s really for the city and for the tribe.”

"Think about it, so much public land, so many public slaves, if you divide up every real Xiacheng person, you can get at least one or two or even more. All you have to do is wave your whip, but you don't need to Holding on to the plowshare, under the bites of gadflies and mosquitoes, the whole body was tanned by the sun!"

"Those mines and salt ponds that are strictly controlled by Ji Xia and are not allowed to be operated by the tribe can be released. It is said to be public property, but how much of this public property will we get? If Ji Xia does not build Yucheng... Uh, Of course, ironware is good, but if all the workers are slaves and the ironware is brought back, we can let other cities send food and money as long as we lie down."

"But what? But Jixia lied to you that hard work is glorious, shit! Jixia wants to be the leader of all the ministries, but what have you got?"

"If you want me to say, Jixia didn't betray the tribes of Dahe, but he betrayed our real Xiacheng people, are you right?"

What I said earlier was okay, Mu Ma nodded repeatedly, but after the last sentence was uttered, a group of people said angrily: "Don't speak ill of Ji Xia!"

But that's all. Almost no one refuted these words, and they were all thinking deeply.Chen Jian's direct descendants and outstanding talents who agree with Chen Jian's ideology either left Xiacheng for the fiefdom of Wolfpi, or were far away in Yucheng. The confusion of thoughts quickly spread in Xiacheng like a plague.