Chapter 406

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The ship set off from Guangzhou and entered the Yangtze River by sea. They changed ships and entered Chao Lake. Then, they changed to a small boat from the entrance of Chao Lake and went straight to Luzhou. In Wang Mingshan's plan, this was a good plan. However, along the way, Wang Mingshan and his comrades spent the rest of their time bragging and playing cards besides eating, sleeping, and enjoying the scenery.

In the first few days, Wang Mingshan felt that he was too frivolous. A few days later, he simply "gave up on treatment" and let himself relax without caring about anything else. As a staff member of the Commander-in-Chief's Office, he was very busy on weekdays. There were also various classes, lectures, and policy training. Now, no one cared about him. Not only was Wang Mingshan immersed in entertainment, but the cadres on the same ship were also the same.

At the end of the ten-day journey, everyone suddenly realized that they were about to reach their destination, Luzhou, and got ready to get nervous. At this time, everyone found that they were used to this lazy life. They couldn't concentrate on books and documents no matter how hard they tried.

Therefore, everyone simply discussed the efficiency of the brand-new shipping system. This group of comrades had basically participated in the south expedition from Zhenjiang to Guangdong seven years ago. At that time, there were no obstacles along the way. Coupled with the reorganization, the troops still traveled for more than two months. They didn't expect to be able to cover a longer distance in 12 days. With regards to the convenience of shipping, everyone was full of admiration.

At the Luzhou pier, Shen Xin and Lei Hu were waiting for Wang Mingshan and the others. Even such a fast means of transportation was still not as fast as the telegraph. The Liberation Army had spared no effort to build a simple telegraph network. Wang Mingshan and the others had only set off for a day when Shen Xin and the others received a telegram.

Old classmates and old friends met again. The emotions they felt were naturally indescribable. Wang Mingshan jumped up and punched Shen Xin a few times. He shouted happily, "Shen Xin, we finally meet again. I missed you so much!"

Shen Xin laughed and returned the punch. "At that time, when you went to the Ministry of Finance, I was worried that your temper would cause a scene there. But I was thinking too much. You've finally taken on a heavy responsibility! "

Although Wang Mingshan was excited, he didn't put his own thoughts above official duties. He introduced his comrades to Shen Xin, Lei Hu, and the other local cadres. Everyone shook hands and Mandarin sounded on the pier.

When they entered Luzhou City, Shen Xin said, "We'll arrange for everyone to close their doors for three days. After one day of rest, we'll have three days of military training to adjust our state."

"Oh! That's a good idea! " Wang Mingshan said happily. He was also very worried about his current state of exhaustion. It couldn't be better to have closed-door military training. Wang Mingshan praised his old classmate's ability. "Shen Xin, how did you come up with this idea?"

Shen Xin smiled and said, "The troops of the two lakes are in a mess after being mobilized so many times. Hearing this, Wang Mingshan nodded. "I didn't know how I was inferior to you. The more I think about it, the more I understand how capable you are!"

Hearing this, Wang Mingshan nodded. "I didn't know how I was inferior to you. The more I think about it, the more I understand how capable you are!"

Shen Xin smiled bitterly. "Don't say that." He didn't continue.

After entering Luzhou City, the group of comrades went straight to the encampment. After walking for a while, Wang Mingshan couldn't help but ask, "Why don't we see any civilians?"

Because the Military Governor Of Vaize valued the construction of cities, the Viceroy's Office naturally paid great attention to the construction of cities. Of course, no one knew how magnificent the Military Governor Of Vaize was. However, everyone had seen the city where the Viceroy's Office was located with their own eyes. The civil servants who worked for the government, enterprises, and institutions quickly gained the advantage in numbers. Just by relying on the population advantage of the city itself, the power of the Viceroy's Office increased rapidly.

However, the situation in Luzhou City was too strange. In other cities, when a large number of people poured into the city, it would lead to a lack of housing and the expansion of residential areas. However, Wang Mingshan saw a large number of empty houses in Luzhou City.

"Sigh! After the Xiang Army conquered Luzhou City, they killed almost all the civilians there. "Shen Xin sighed.

"Massacre the entire city?" Wang Mingshan was dumbfounded. Of course, he had heard rumors about massacring the entire city. However, when he saw a city with only a few civilians, Wang Mingshan was still shocked.

After a day of rest and three days of military training, the people who arrived at Luzhou City had finally recovered to their basic state. The information that needed to be communicated had already been communicated. All that was left was to discuss how to carry out the work in Anhui.

Wang Mingshan already knew that the Xiang Army had carried out a massacre in Anhui. It was not just in Luzhou City. Wherever the Xiang Army went, the civilians in Luzhou, Anqing, Lu 'an, Shouzhou, and other places in Huainan were basically killed. The cities in Southern Anhui were also massacred. Almost everyone was killed.

When Shen Xin was in Anqing, he had also investigated the situation of Wang Mingshan's family. The news he received was that the Wang family seemed to have been ruthlessly robbed. There was no one left in the mansion. Whether the people of the Wang Clan were all killed, or whether they had already escaped the city, this was not certain. Knowing that his family had been so ravaged, Wang Mingshan was boiling with the passion of revenge. If not for Shen Xin stopping him, Wang Mingshan would have asked for leave to go to Anqing.

Therefore, during the land reform meeting, Wang Mingshan completely carried out Vézé's idea. He said fiercely, "There's nothing to say to those big landlords. Just kill them."

"Isn't it a bit too much to kill them?" Some comrades felt that it was not appropriate.

Wang Mingshan said loudly with an extremely tough attitude, "Did these people collude with the Xiang Army? Did they collude with the Huai army? It doesn't matter what they pretend to be now. If they can collude once, they will definitely collude again. What's the point of keeping them alive if we don't kill them all? "

Everyone's attitude towards the big landlords, as well as those regimental trainers who have been in contact with the Huai and Xiang armies, is also not very clear. Vézé's Huai River defense line was completely different from the Huai River defense line of the Taiping army. The Taiping army only occupied the area between Shouzhou and Hongze Lake. The Liberation Army's troops really moved eastward along the Huai River and completely occupied the south bank of the Huai River. At this time, the troops were basically fighting in all directions to expand their territory. They had no time to determine how to deal with the landlords in Huainan.

Now that Wang Mingshan was so fierce in his demand to kill all the big landlords, for a moment, no comrades could raise any objections.

Shen Xin finally spoke up, "Isn't it a bit too much to kill them all? After all, many of their relatives did not participate in these things. "

Wang Mingshan immediately began to refute Shen Xin, "How can they not participate? Did some of those big landlords' families defect to our Liberation Army? Or did some of them defect to the Taiping army? Why didn't they join our side? Why did they immediately respond after the Xiang Army and the Huai army arrived? Is there a need to talk so much about this? "

Shen Xin frowned slightly. It seemed that he did not agree with Wang Mingshan's proposal. However, Wang Mingshan's heart was surging with passion. He firmly believed that without the support of the big landlords, the Xiang Army would not have been able to seize Huainan so easily. If the Xiang Army had not seized Huainan and Anqing, then Wang Mingshan's family would not have died. Therefore, Wang Mingshan insisted on his own logic, "The big landlords are the firmest supporters of the Huai army and the Xiang Army, so the big landlords must die!"

The simpler the logic, the easier it was for people to understand it. The simpler the logic, the more powerful it was. The big landlords were bad, so they had to be killed. Such a logic could be used to explain countless specific things. Moreover, the Liberation Army had left Huainan for too long and was not familiar with the local situation.

"This matter is not that simple." Shen Xin was still trying hard to convince his comrades.

"Then why do you think it's complicated? If we want to carry out land reform, we should take all the land. Can we not get rid of the big landlords? If we want the small and medium landlords to listen to our orders, we have to kill the big landlords to scare the monkeys. When we carried out land reform in Guangdong, didn't we get rid of the Thirteen Lines first? Didn't we get rid of the big landlords first? The big landlords in Guangdong sold cigarettes in Guangdong. The big landlords in Huainan colluded with the Manchu Qing and killed the people. They are all the same! "Wang Mingshan said with a tough attitude.

"I still don't think it's right to deal with it this way. If it's just for this purpose, we don't have to kill people! "Shen Xin tried hard to explain.

"After killing so many people in Guangdong, we have to let them go when we reach Anhui? Do you think the Commander-In-Chief handled the matter wrongly? "Wang Mingshan immediately retorted.

This made Shen Xin frown immediately, but he really couldn't refute Wang Mingshan immediately. After all, Vézé had carried out the massacre in Guangdong. In fact, everyone knew that although the Thirteen Lines and the big landlords were involved in the big tobacco business, Vézé had long decided to kill them because of the land reform. In the end, he only used the selling of the big tobacco as an excuse to kill them. If these people hadn't sold the big tobacco, Vézé would have found another dignified reason to kill them.

Therefore, Wang Mingshan's attitude made Shen Xin feel very helpless. In fact, Wang Mingshan was the same as Vézé. They both decided to kill people and who they wanted to kill first, then found an excuse to kill them. In Shen Xin's opinion, Wang Mingshan's attitude towards killing was much worse than Vézé's. Vézé's reason for killing was not because of personal grievances, but because of practical benefits. Without the land reform, the Liberation Army wouldn't be able to stand in Guangdong. Wang Mingshan's reason for killing was because he was impulsive and couldn't help but burst out with killing intent when blood rushed to his head.

However, publicly criticizing Wang Mingshan like this would be too disrespectful to Wang Mingshan. Moreover, this kind of criticism wasn't targeted at work, but at a person's personality and character. This kind of words couldn't be said so easily.

Just as Shen Xin was trying to find a better reason to dissuade Wang Mingshan, Lei Hu said, "Kill! Kill! The battle had finally come to a halt, so why couldn't they just let everyone relax a little? Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about something more important. Comrade Wang Mingshan, you're from the central government. What's going on with the Hua Dynasty? Tell us first. "

With Lei Hu helping to smooth things over, Shen Xin was sincerely grateful. He didn't want to fall out with his good friend, nor did he want to fall out with the comrades sent by Vézé to supervise the land reform in Huainan. Either way, it would be torture for Shen Xin. R1058