Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In 1931, the Japanese invaded China; in 2032, the three eastern provinces fell; in 33, Rehe fell; in 34, Chahar fell...

Although the land of Sanqin did not encounter war, taxes were increasing day by day.

In the past, only two or three buckets of grain and two yuan in taxes were paid a year. Nowadays, we have to pay four to five buckets of grain and four to five yuan in taxes a year.

After paying taxes, many families don't have enough food, money, or money left over to spend.

Even if there is a good year and there are no droughts, locust plagues, floods, etc., people still have to dig wild vegetables, eat leaves, bark, etc. to satisfy their hunger. It can be said that life is worse than before.

Bai Jiaxuan couldn't understand why the people's lives were not as good as the Qing Dynasty even though the revolution had already begun. Whose life did this revolution take?

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One day in 36 years, Bai Jiaxuan came to Xiang Nan.

Although Xiang Nan has been working outside these years, he still comes back to Bailuyuan every once in a while.

Accompanying Lu San, Zhang Ziqing, Tian Xiao'e and others, he also announced his presence by the way, lest everyone think he was dead.

"Hei Wa, I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed that the white deer went underground. Is this a good sign?" He asked hopefully.

When Xiang Nan heard this, he was stunned, knowing that Bai Ling might have died.

Bai Ling is the elf of Bailuyuan. In the play, when she died, Bai Jiaxuan dreamed of the white deer diving into the ground.

However, he couldn't tell Bai Jiaxuan the truth, so he waved his hand and said, "Uncle Jiaxuan, it is said in the Book of Changes that the terrain is uneven, and a gentleman should be virtuous.

It means that the earth has virtue, whether it is good people, bad people, clean water, or dirty water, this earth will carry it. Therefore, a gentleman should be like the earth, able to accommodate others.

The white deer is buried, which should be a good sign. However, the earth is like this, and only thick accumulation can flourish. Just like fertilizing, if you sprinkle it on the ground today, you cannot expect that the crops will grow taller tomorrow. You need to wait for the opportunity.

Therefore, I calculated with my fingers that it would take at least a month before I could see the effect. "

Bai Jiaxuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

It will take another sixty years to turn into a good omen. From this point of view, the next ten years will still be difficult.

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In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China in an all-round way, and the Anti-Japanese War also started in an all-round way.

In order to avoid the disaster of war, people in Yanzhao and Jin Dynasty fled their homes one after another.

Many people who fled came to Bailuyuan.

Lu Zhaohai's army also officially set off to join the war of resistance.

Xiang Nan also continued to contribute to the country, continuing to assassinate senior Japanese military officials, steal Japanese military intelligence, blow up arsenals, and burn military supplies...

In the 40th year, Lu Zhaohai died on the battlefield, killing forty-three little Japs during his lifetime.

This kind of feat greatly admired Mr. Zhu, so he and several old gentlemen from Bailu Academy who compiled county records prepared to go to the front line to join the army and contribute their part to the country.

"Every day, bad news comes. Province after province has been invaded. Tens of millions of people have been enslaved. Every city and village has been bloodbathed. All domestic and foreign affairs are in trouble!

They say that scholars are useless. Last night I discussed with a few old gentlemen and decided to join the army and go to the front line to fight the Japanese! Zhaohai is my student. All the young boys have died in the battle. What am I still doing with these old bones? "

Mr. Zhu’s words in front of Zhaohai’s soul deeply shocked people’s hearts. The "Sanqin Daily" published the next day prominently featured the news titled "Declaration of Resistance by the Eight Gentlemen of Bailuyuan" on the front page, which shocked the entire city of Xi'an.

Three days later, Hujiang's "Wenhui Po" reprinted the news in its entirety, with the title changed to "The Great Confucian from Guan Xue Pose His Pen and Join the Army", and its influence expanded to the south.

For a time, more than a thousand Neo-Confucian colleagues who responded to Mr. Zhu's work wrote books, newspapers and periodicals asking for justice to be transformed into benevolence.

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Time comes to four or five years.

Xiang Nan no longer remembers how many Japs he has killed, how many munitions he has blown up, how many military supplies he has burned, how many military secrets he has stolen...it is simply countless.

With the surrender of the Japanese army, he also returned to Bailuyuan.

But the days of peace did not last more than a few days. Although the Japanese army had surrendered, the civil war soon broke out again.

In order to fight the civil war and facilitate the recruitment of troops and food, the security station on Bailuyuan was renamed the Joint Security Office, Tian Fuxian, the chief township officer, was renamed the Joint Security Director, and the township officer was renamed Baochang. Twenty or thirty households are organized into a Jia, with a Jia chief, and in large villages there is a general Jia chief...

After the restructuring was completed, the Joint Security Office began to collect rations from every cadre. The stipulation was that every cadre was drawn from every cadre. In addition to official rations, military rations were also collected.

It was the first time that the people of Bailuyuan saw such a strict conscription system. Such heavy taxes were more than what they had to pay to fight the little devils back then. Even when the crow soldiers came to Yuanshang, they were not so cruel.

"I have neither passed nor seen such a large amount of grain and food collected. The emperor of the Qing family was not so cruel to the peasants..." Bai Jiaxuan said while biting his pipe and pot.

Mr. Zhu always talks about what is close and what is far away. He commented poignantly: "Businessmen have a saying: 'If you are ruthless, you will lose your money.'"

And just when the villagers were protesting, Lu Zilin was suddenly arrested.

The person who captured him was Yue Weishan.

Because Lu Zhaopeng is now a senior official in the underground party, Yue Weishan has no way to catch him, so he can only use Lu Zilin to tie up the raft.

Lu Zilin's arrest suppressed the villagers' protests immediately.

Because Lu Zilin has been the leader of the village for more than thirty years since he became the township leader in 2012. He has been controlling the wind and rain in Bailu Village and is extremely powerful. Except for Xiang Nan and Bai Jiaxuan, no one is afraid of him.

But now, he was caught like a chicken.

Seeing that he has been arrested, who dares to say anything anymore.

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After Lu Zilin was arrested, Bai Jiaxuan led people to the city to file a complaint and finally rescued him.

In fact, Yue Weishan also knew that it was simply impossible to expect Lu Zilin to force Lu Zhaopeng out. The reason for arresting him was just to show off.

So he got off the donkey along the slope and let Lu Zilin go.

After Lu Zilin was released, he was moved to tears by Bai Jiaxuan's righteous deeds.

For so many years, he had fought with Bai Jiaxuan for the position of clan leader. In order to vent his anger, he even taught Bai Jiaxuan's son a bad lesson.

But after he was caught, only Bai Jiaxuan in the village was willing to save him.

Such behavior made him really ashamed.

Therefore, after coming out of prison, Lu Zilin must have become wilted.

He was completely convinced by Bai Jiaxuan, the anger in his heart disappeared, and he no longer wanted to fight with him.

Instead, there was deep guilt and regret.

After that, his spirit became more and more depressed, and he always woke up from his dreams when he slept.

It was said that Bai Xiaowen came to him dragging his intestines all over the floor, and that the little widow was standing in front of him bloody...

Mr. Luhe asked Mr. Leng to look at it for him, but it didn't work, so he asked Xiang Nan to help him slay demons.

However, Xiang Nan knew that Lu Zilin had a heart problem and was not caused by some demon.

As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong in your life, you won't be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night.

Lu Zilin had done too many bad things in his life, so when he got old, he became frustrated and began to regret and be afraid.

This is normal.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so talented and strategic in his time, but he is still very scared when he is old; Empress Wu Zetian was so decisive in killing, and she is still very scared when she is old.

Therefore, Xiang Nan had no way to cure Lu Zilin and could only make him live in fear and regret.