Rise From the Humble

"Every day at Youshi, we have to take turns to go to the roll call. This is too troublesome. If someone in the family goes out or someone comes to visit, we have to make it clear. If you can't explain clearly, you will be reported to the official. This is too unkind."

"Oh, my God, isn't this just sitting together? My neighbor committed a crime, why should I be punished?! This is unjust."

"It's not like your neighbor commits a crime and you get punished. If you report it, you don't have to be punished. If you don't report it, you get punished."

"Isn't this forcing people to report? Then from now on, shouldn't we keep an eye on our neighbors? If there is any trouble in our neighbors' homes, we should report it. Otherwise, if something happens in the future, we will be blamed for it. What is this? !”

"Just watch, the relationship between neighbors will not be good in the future."

After hearing what the old scholar said, the whole village couldn't help but burst into mourning, and they started to complain about each other.

"Stop shouting. This matter was decided by our governor. It will be implemented immediately. There is no point in complaining." The village chief knocked the dry tobacco pole in his hand hard and said loudly to all the villagers.

"Oh, why are we just ordinary people? No matter what the above says, we can only do what we can. Our arms can't twist our thighs. If we are also officials, what nonsense is the ten-household protection law? It doesn't matter half a cent."

"What you said is right. Officials don't care about the lives of ordinary people. With the ten-household protection law, the people who are suffering are the people who are suffering, not the officials. They just want to keep the pressure down and don't care about our lives. ”

A group of ordinary people couldn't help but complained again. The ten-household protection law was too troublesome and strict.

"Fart, why only the state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps? Let me tell you, our governor has taken the lead in implementing the law of protecting the house numbers of ten households. The governor's family, including the maids and everyone in the nursing home, are still hanging on the gate of the governor's office. As for the house number, even our governor's father-in-law and two brothers-in-law came to visit the prefect's wife, and they were all registered on the house number. Our governor's eldest son and ten people from the governor's yamen formed a first class, which was composed of yamen clerks. Wang Zuo is appointed commander of armor."

"Not only our governor, but also all officials, all gentry, and all merchants, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you have, they all form a ten-household guarantee, and they are all equal. No one is exempt."

"The governor said that anyone who dares not to sign a guarantee will be punished as a Japanese invader and will be severely punished!"

The village chief knocked the pot in his hand hard on the baffle of the ancestral hall, and loudly scolded a certain villager.

"Ah?! The governor took the lead in forming a protective shield, and the house signs have already been hung up!!!"

"What?! No way, all the rich and powerful officials must implement these ten household registration protection laws!!!"

The common people were all shocked when they heard this.

"What's wrong? My nephew is in Shaoxing City. He just came back from Shaoxing to visit relatives. He said it himself. Anyone can go to the governor's office and have a look. The sign is hanging at the gate of the governor's office."

The village chief slapped his chest and spat out in agony, spitting on the faces of the nearby villagers.

"I am convinced by our governor. He is the local emperor of Zhejiang. He has already taken the lead in implementing the ten-household protection law. Why do we have the shame to shout? Can we be more valuable than the governor?"

"That's right. The governor takes care of everything and doesn't bother anyone. What do we have to worry about?"

"Well, this is also for the benefit of our common people. Japanese pirates are nothing more than animals. They have harmed many villages. They have killed men and women. It doesn't matter whether you are a child or a child. They have all harmed them. Ah, they wiped out every inch of my home, and robbed everyone who had money. Not to mention, before they left, they robbed the house that had been stripped bare."

"If we want to live a good life, we have to wipe out the Japanese pirates. Don't be greedy for the small advantages in front of you. If you liaise with the Japanese pirates, you will be beheaded. I will tell you the ugly story first and form a bond with me." , you should clean up the bad things in your family and cut off the Japanese pirates, otherwise I will report you to death."

When the common people learned that Zhu Ping'an, the governor's elder, had taken the lead in implementing the ten-household protection law, they all changed from resistance to support and support, at least they no longer openly opposed it.

Soon, under the organization and distribution of the village chief and village elders, all the families in the village formed ten households and one family.

"Village Chief, there are only six of our families left in our village, not even ten. How can we form a Baojia?"

"If we don't have enough people to form a Baojia, the notice just now said that anyone who dares not to form a Baojia will be treated as a Japanese pirate. My dear mother, you can't treat us as a Japanese pirate from all over the world, right?!"

The last six households in the village were anxious. They were at the back of the village, and they were the only six households around. All the other households in the village had formed a bond, and in the end they were the only six households left.

Seeing that the bond could not be formed, the six families couldn't help but panic, and their faces all turned pale.

"Why are you so anxious? The governor has long expected this situation. When each village forms a Baojia of ten households, less than ten households will be left in the end. Five or more households will form a Baojia. If there are less than five households, they will be We are close to Baojia. You have six households, so you can form one."

The village chief glared at them and said loudly.

"It would be great if the six of us families can form a team." After hearing this, the six families couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"I would like to emphasize to everyone again that our security protection is established, and this is not just for show. Anyone who has this idea will be imprisoned in the future. Don't say that I didn't warn you, the village chief! If you find anything suspicious, People, when you find something suspicious, you must report it to the officials immediately. Don’t hide it or fail to report it. Otherwise, if they reveal it, you will be punished in the same way. I tell you, those who liaise with Japanese pirates will be beheaded!”

"Even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your family. Think about your parents, think about your family, think about your children. No one who can escape will be implicated and beheaded!"

"Also, there are rewards for reporting. If you report wrongly, the superiors will not punish you. If you report correctly, because your report really discovered Japanese pirates and people who had liaisons with Japanese pirates, there will be many rewards from the superiors. Only one person who reports correctly will be rewarded." , the reward is five taels of silver, with no upper limit. If you report 100 people correctly, it will be five hundred taels of silver. From now on, your family will be popular, drink hot food, and have no worries about food and clothing. "

"There will be rewards for reporting, but if you don't report, the whole family will be affected. Therefore, if you find suspicious people doing suspicious things, you should report it to the official! If no one has liaison with the Japanese pirates, our governor can wipe out the Japanese pirates sooner, and we can live a better life sooner." Peaceful days.”

The village chief finally took the trouble to emphasize to the villagers the consequences of not reporting, as well as the rewards for reporting, and that all villagers should report to the officials when they find suspicious people and things, so that the whole family would not be implicated.

"Then we must report it. From now on, all of us will do well. Anyone who dares to communicate with Japan is my enemy!"

"Hurry up and find someone to write down the house number. There will be a roll call in the evening."

All the common people responded one after another.