Pig Killer

Chapter 247

"You are too straightforward!" Zhang Jixian said to Shen Hui'e with his eyes wide open.

"Although we can't generalize, there are many facts." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "People with families and jobs do have many concerns. After all, they have weaknesses and concerns."

Zhang Jixian opened his mouth, unable to refute.

"The fighting power of the poor depends on coercion, force, and material benefits such as food, silver, and women." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Aren't we the same? There will always be brave men when there is a big reward." Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"Of course I don't deny that there will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Who doesn't like money? I like it, I like it very much." Shen Hui'e said with a money-loving look on her face.

"Haha..." Huang Zhongchang shook his head and laughed, "People don't even mention it."

A small laugh escaped Shen Hui'e's lips. "It's my personal preference. I like it. There's no need to hide it. Of course, a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way." She quickly put away the smile on her face and said to them, "We have organized the young and strong men in the village and the young and strong men in the city to patrol and defend together, but not a penny is spent. It's all voluntary." She looked at them with warm eyes and said, "Who doesn't want to sleep with a blanket and have a good dream at night! Patrolling in the cold wind? Why? To protect our homes from being bullied."

"This is really true. I will fight you to death if it brings harm to my family." Huang Zhongchang looked at them seriously with his dark eyes, "I endured hardships just to make my family live a better life!"

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes and said, "The poor are afraid of death on the battlefield, they are red-eyed when they rob, they can't fight hard battles, and they are very brutal when the wind is favorable."

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang nodded, "I understand that very well."

"Poor people fight for themselves, whether it's to make money, to make a living, or because they are forced to do so, it's all for themselves." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "Farmers are different. They fight more for military merits for the court, just to try their luck."

"Are you willing to risk your life for an official position?" Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"Not only that, there are also tax exemptions, pensions, and arrangements for retired veterans." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her gentle eyes and said, "We must let everyone serve in the army for honor." She snorted and said, "We can't forcibly conscript men and force others."

"Is there?" Zhang Jixian raised his eyebrows and asked her.

"The conscription of civilians these times was forced upon them." Shen Hui'e said with a hint of anger in her eyes.

"This is too..." Huang Zhongchang couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "Is it so cruel?"

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded heavily, "Otherwise why would we rebel? It's because we can't make ends meet anymore."

"Did anyone in our family bully you after I left?" Huang Zhongchang asked with concern.

"No, she treated us very well." Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "She helped me a lot, chopping firewood! There is always firewood in the woodshed at home. She also helped with farming, summer harvest and autumn harvest. The three of us can't farm so much land."

"Before I leave, I'll ask A Niang and the others to take care of you." Huang Zhongchang looked at her gently and said.

"This is the farmer's family. They are made up of different families. The family protects the individual, and the individual brings glory to the family." Shen Hui'e said slowly, "Family growth strengthens the family's strength. Simply put: they are not one person, but are integrated with the interests of the entire family."

"Didn't you say that it's not good to do it for the family's benefit?" Huang Zhongchang suddenly said when he heard it.

"There are many terrible things that happen in big families." Zhang Jixian echoed, "Persecution, robbing widows, fighting with weapons, eating up the whole family! Anyway, they are said to be very horrible."

The feudal family represents corruption and darkness!

The good side is never publicized because it will be criticized.

"It is certainly not good to seek personal gain for the family and forget public interests for personal gain." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a cold gaze and said, "We rarely see descriptions of the family's kindness, because good things don't go out, but bad things spread a thousand miles, so let us remember! Doing good things doesn't go out, and the role of the family, I didn't give you a detailed record, many people don't understand it," and then said, "Everything has two sides." Slowly, "As the helmsman of a family, if he doesn't have a public heart, it will be sooner or later that the family will fall into decline." Looking at them with deep eyes, he said, "Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world! If you can't even manage your own family, how can you govern the country and bring peace to the world."

"It seems that if this man joins the army, he will have to rely on his family to protect his small family." Huang Zhongchang said with emotion.

"That's right!" Shen Hui'e nodded with a smile, "Take the ancestral hall for example. It is the government office of the family. When there is something, everyone holds a meeting to discuss it. Once the tone is decided, the family members will unconditionally execute it. It is used to settle disputes and adjust conflicts of interest. For many farmers, they don't trust the county magistrate. He is an outsider. If something is decided by an outsider, he will definitely take a share of the benefits."

“Hehe…” Zhang Jixian shook his head and chuckled when he heard that.

"Don't laugh. Rural society is a society of favoritism. When disputes arise, people always look for respected elders to judge." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "The family can prevent the elderly from being exterminated, can protect children who have lost their parents, can concentrate financial resources to support the smartest children to study, can help you occupy a well, a mountain, or a river to prevent them from being taken away by other forces, and can protect your interests from being seized by outsiders." She raised her index finger and said, "Of course, if your family cannot handle things fairly and impartially, it will fall sooner or later."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Jixian nodded vigorously after hearing this, "I deeply understand this." He then continued, "If the family is strong, its members will live a good life. When encountering a disaster or famine, everyone can work together to overcome it." He then continued, "On the contrary, if the family is weak, its members will find it difficult to survive and become poor. The poor also have families, but the family is weak, just like a disabled person who has lost a leg, with few people, no one cares about what they say, and no sense of belonging. People live without a purpose."

"Why isn't the farmer's boy afraid of death? He has never even killed a chicken when he was at home." Huang Zhongchang asked curiously.

"Of course you are not afraid, but now that you are on the battlefield, don't hesitate or regret it. It's best to treat yourself as dead. It's lucky to be able to return home alive. Otherwise, you will lose more and the mental burden will be heavier." Shen Hui'e said bluntly, "In the army, strength is respected. You will know whether you are a mule or a horse after you take them out for a walk. To be honest, cowards are discriminated against the most here. Those who have their own schemes, play tricks, and are submissive can only be at the bottom of the army. They don't eat well, and they don't have weapons. They go to war just to die."

"No, no." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his eyes wide open and said, "Then why do you ask them to work together? Even when running, you still need to look at the overall results."

"There's no conflict!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep, clear eyes and said, "Because we are comrades in arms!"

"I share the same robe and spear with you, and I share the same hatred with you! I share the same water with you. I share the same spear and halberd, and I will work with you! I share the same clothes and armor with you, and I will march with you!" Zhang Jixian said slowly after hearing this.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with bright eyes and nodded, "Poor people are willing to join the army because they really can't make ends meet. Most of them do it for the sake of survival, wealth, and food."

"You can't be so absolute!" Zhang Jixian retorted.

"I know that most of the poor people live to survive, a small number live to get rich, and only a very small number of them set goals, not for themselves." Shen Hui'e said truthfully, "People die for money, and birds die for food. Why do they say that there must be brave men under a big reward? This is the charm of gold and silver." Then she changed the subject and said, "But for the poor people who want to get rich, if you die, the wealth you robbed will be gone. So those who want to get rich cannot be afraid of death, nor can they face death calmly."

"Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?" Huang Zhongchang swallowed and said.

"I know that the poor people who join the army just for food or survival are cowards in themselves. They do it just for a bite to eat. It is difficult for such people to become qualified soldiers. They will only become vassals of others. They will not have the courage to face death head-on. They cannot face death calmly, and the final outcome is doomed." Shen Hui'e said, looking at them with a cold gaze.

"That's right. Poor people are afraid of death because they will have nothing after death." Zhang Jixian said with understanding. "His weak family and family will become weaker because of his death. But farmers are not afraid of death because they have their family to back them up. They bring honor to the family and their family will cover everything. They have no worries and they can become evil spirits in the eyes of their enemies for the sake of their family."

"Farmers work in the fields all year round. They are strong, hardworking and have high fighting capacity." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her warm eyes and said, "They can survive in any harsh environment."

"That's true. Our lives are already difficult." Huang Zhongchang rolled his eyes and said, "The imperial mausoleum is as big as a mountain. Look at our house. It's not even as big as their toilet!"

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at? I'm serious." Huang Zhongchang looked at her in confusion.

"Nothing?" Shen Hui'e shook her head slightly.

"Why aren't you afraid, peasant boy?" Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "You didn't explain it clearly just now."

"That is, since I am going to die, if you think about it in a utilitarian way, then my death must be meaningful." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear and bright eyes and said, "Since you have taken my life, there must be a reward. I am already dead, but my family must be protected!"