"Xu Delin." A shout was heard. The guard of the Revolutionary Army Cadre School waved at the gate. "There's a new rule. People must register when entering and exiting. Come, sign here. "
A young man was about to walk out of the school gate. He was stunned when he heard that. "I'm just going out for a stroll, and I need to sign?"
"Cut the crap. The rules must be followed. Otherwise, my salary will be deducted. If the teacher finds out, you'll be punished too. " The guard at the gate was not flexible at all. He stood at the gate and opened a tattered book in front of the young man. "I've written the time. Just sign."
The young man looked at the autograph book and frowned. After a long time, he awkwardly wrote his name with a brush. After he finished writing, he snorted and cursed in his heart, "What are these rebels thinking? Why are there so many rules? "
Xu Wangshan, the second disciple of Xu Hongru, the leader of the White Lotus School, disguised himself as Xu Delin and sneaked into the Revolutionary Army. He was a scholar from Laizhou, Shandong. He had been cultivating with Xu Hongru for almost 20 years. He was good at seducing women, kidnapping children from rich families, and swindling farmers.
The women who were seduced by this beast all lost their wealth. After being violated, they were pushed into a brothel and died with grievances. The children of rich families who were abducted were asked for a huge ransom and then had their eyes gouged out and their hands cut off. They were then thrown on the streets to beg for money. It was like falling into hell. The families of the farmers who were swindled were often ruined and killed. They even had to pay a murder lawsuit. After the bones were extracted and the marrow was sucked out, they were lucky to be left with a broken house.
Xu Wangshan had always been proud of his ability to harm people. He had done evil in Shandong for many years and had never failed. He was quite famous. Xu Hongru sent him to Jinzhou City this time because he wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the city to swindle some rich families' money for his own use.
Xu Wangshan was full of confidence. He pretended to be a young scholar and sneaked into Jinzhou City. When he arrived, he found that the city was peaceful and the people were happy. This was because the Revolutionary Army had tried and executed all the officials in the city, cleaned up many unjust cases, and even exempted two years of taxes and debts accumulated over the years.
There were many poor people in the city these days. They were fooled by the officials and bullied by the local ruffians. Every family must be in debt. The New Year was the end of the year. Those who were forced to pay their debts would either sell their children or commit suicide. The hardship of the people's livelihood was increasing year by year.
He was waiting for the Revolutionary Army to come and announce that there was no need to repay all the usury loans and provide low-interest loans to the residents. Just this alone was enough to make the people submit to him. The people were freed from the blood-sucking chains of various usury, and they could get the necessary funds to continue production and living. The market became more and more active. No one wanted Daming to return from the imperial court, and the people supported the Revolutionary Army from the bottom of their hearts.
Xu Wangshan's idea of making friends with the officials failed, and he immediately faced the identity registration system of the 'Revolutionary Army'. That day, when he was staying in an inn in Gold State, a group of Revolutionary Army soldiers came in and forced him to apply for a certificate. He clearly had an extremely high cultivation, but he could only hide it. Unable to defend himself, he was forced to apply for an identity card. In the end, they had to check their IDs on the streets, so they couldn't do anything shady.
Xu Wangshan was furious, but there was nothing he could do. He found that the Revolutionary Army was still recruiting students for training. After thinking about it, he felt that this was a messy path. He was quick-witted, smart, and quick-witted. After entering the school, he easily obtained the elementary and intermediate diplomas. For further training, he chose to enter the cadre school that trained the backbone of the Revolutionary Army.
In the end, when he arrived at the cadre school, Xu Wangshan realized how powerful the Revolutionary Army was. The various rules and regulations formulated by the administrative department were orderly and highly operable. After studying it carefully, he was even more terrified. He felt that the White Lotus Society couldn't resist these social management regulations at all and had nowhere to escape. Compared to the rough management of the Daming government, the Revolutionary Army was much more meticulous.
At first, Xu Wangshan intended to learn a few things from the regulations of the Revolutionary Army. However, he soon discovered that these management concepts of attacking the officials, strengthening supervision, multiple checks and balances, and improving education were completely opposite to the tricks of the White Lotus Society. One wanted order, and the other wanted chaos. To put it bluntly, the White Lotus Society couldn't teach. If they learned, they would be the first to die.
As a scoundrel who had committed numerous crimes, Xu Wangshan hated these management regulations to the bone. One day, the retired Old Man Sun came to the cadre school for classes and mentioned that many of these regulations were made by him. Xu Wangshan immediately hated the old man. After following the old man a few times, he poisoned him.
Before poisoning him, Xu Wangshan only thought that the Old Man Sun was an ordinary traitor professor. He felt that it was fine if he killed him. However, when the Old Man Sun died, the reaction of the Revolutionary Army was beyond Xu Wangshan's imagination. The entire city was under martial law, and arrests were made everywhere. Everyone in the city was checked repeatedly.
Xu Wangshan had always relied on his ability to escape capture. He had always looked down on the constables of the imperial court and the peddlers in the marketplace. However, when he saw the people of the entire Jinzhou City discussing how to catch the murderer, he felt an inexplicable fear. No matter how powerful a person was, he still had to eat, drink, and poop. When everyone around you would report your whereabouts, you wouldn't even be able to escape.
Xu Wangshan wanted to escape, but he didn't want to give up his current position in the Revolutionary Army. The Revolutionary Army had occupied Hai Gai Fu Jin Wei for two months. The situation was constantly stabilizing, and they would no longer recruit people randomly. However, Master Xu Hongru ordered him to mess up the Revolutionary Army. If he escaped, it would be difficult to sneak in again.
After two days of martial law, Zhou Qingfeng ordered to lift the martial law during the day and only restricted the movement of people in the city at night. The people had long been used to this. Xu Wangshan could also leave the cadre school and come out to inquire about the news. When he walked out of the school gate, he saw a notice posted outside, but it had nothing to do with the murder. Instead, it was a notice from the Ministry of Education of the Revolutionary Army that was about to move to Jinzhou.
The internal running of the Revolutionary Army was too messy. The teachers were scattered, which led to the uneven level of teaching. Yin Hu, who was in charge of education, requested to centralize the running of the school. Early childhood education, primary education, and intermediate education were all based on foundation. Then, the advanced education would be separated into different departments to train professionals.
For example, the cadre school would be changed to the management department. The training courses of the Ministry of Agriculture would be classified into animal husbandry, water conservancy, agricultural product planting, and processing. In addition, there would be mining department, metallurgy department, mechanic department, finance department, and so on.
The advanced education would be called Jinzhou College. It would concentrate on cultivating the talents that the Revolutionary Army urgently needed. Many people gathered in front of the notice. There were people from the Publicity Department who were reading it to the people. When they learned that all education would be mandatory and that advanced education could also make money, the people started to talk.
Xu Wangshan frowned at the notice. This was another thing that the White Lotus Society didn't learn from. Running an education like this would cost money like water. He only stayed in the cadre school for a month, but the amount of paper used was equivalent to that of the past few years. The school also provided three meals a day, and the food was especially good. All the students had one or two taels of silver a month. After they finished their studies, they also had a job. This life was really good.
In contrast, the White Lotus Society only relied on the inheritance of master and disciple. Xu Hongru only had a few disciples in his life, and many of his skills were not easily taught. The school of the Revolutionary Army only hated that the students were too slow to learn. They almost forced knowledge into the students' heads like force-feeding ducks. Xu Wangshan felt a deep sense of crisis.
"Who is this Yin Hu from the Ministry of Education?" When Xu Wangshan saw the signature under the notice, killing intent rose in his heart again. He wanted to kill this Minister Yin just like how he killed Old Man Sun with poison. In his opinion, as long as he got rid of these evil leaders, the White Lotus Society would naturally be safe. He stood in the crowd and listened to the people's discussions, hoping to get some information. However, he heard something else.
"I heard that a big shot from our Revolutionary Army died two days ago. It caused a commotion in the entire city."
"Isn't that so? The Young Marshal was furious. He swore to catch the murderer."
"You guys still don't know, right? It's not just one case. It's two. There's also an assassin who tried to assassinate our Revolutionary Army's Minister Li. In the end, one of the assassins died and the other was injured. A female assassin was captured. She's now in prison and being interrogated day and night. "
"Is that so? That's too hateful. Who is it that wants to harm us? We've only had a few good days, and now there's someone who won't let us people live in peace. "
Xu Wangshan was shocked after hearing a few words. He was in contact with his Fourth Junior Brother and knew that Fan Wan'er was in Jinzhou City. He and his Fourth Junior Brother discussed to get rid of a few evil leaders from the Revolutionary Army in the next few days. However, communication was inconvenient in this era. It was up to them to decide when to take action. He really didn't expect that his Fourth Junior Brother and Fifth Junior Sister were also taking action when he killed Old Man Sun with poison.
However, when he heard that one assassin was killed and the other injured, and the female assassin was captured, Xu Wangshan couldn't stand it anymore. He knew that Fan Wan'er must have been captured. If she revealed too much of the truth, he would be in big trouble.
Xu Wangshan immediately thought of escaping.
Someone among the people under the notice said, "I heard that the female assassin was seriously injured. She's not in prison at all. Instead, she's lying in the hospital with ginseng soup hanging on to her life. The Young Marshal has ordered the people in the hospital to save her and interrogate her to find out who the accomplices are. I heard that the perpetrator is hiding in our Jinzhou City. "
"Wow …" The people were in an uproar and began to discuss again. Xu Wangshan, however, was not in the mood to listen anymore. He pondered for a while in front of the notice and decided to figure out what was going on.
Although the martial law during the day had been lifted in Jinzhou City, it was still tight on the inside. Xu Wangshan didn't even know where to go to find the news. He faintly understood that the Revolutionary Army was also spreading the news to stir up the situation, but he was really worried that he would be exposed.
Xu Wangshan was thinking of finding a scapegoat to ask for news for him. Before he could figure out what to do, the Revolutionary Army's new Minister of Security, Wang Kunpeng, passed by him.
Seeing that Xu Wangshan's expression was grave, Wang Kunpeng turned around to look. When he saw that the other party was a 17 or 18-year-old scholar, his suspicion was mostly dispelled. Xu Bing judged that the murderer was between 30 to 35 years old, which was very different from Xu Wangshan's current appearance.
This time, the death of Old Man Sun was treated as the first major case of the Revolutionary Army by Zhou Qingfeng. He mobilized all the elites in the organization to gather in Jinzhou City. The newly established Ministry of Security was naturally duty-bound. Wang Kunpeng personally went out to patrol the streets. Because according to Xu Bing's judgment, the murderer would not escape easily.
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