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When Shen Xin arrived at Anqing from Luzhou, the sky was already dark. Although it was hot in early August, the sun still set earlier than in June. At around 8 pm, he arrived at Wang Mingshan's place. When he saw Wang Mingshan, the first thing Shen Xin said was, "Mingshan, you can't kill people like this!"
Wang Mingshan was stunned at first, but he quickly figured out the reason. He sneered, "If you're afraid of being talked about, then start with my house!"
Shen Xin was a smart person. When he saw that Wang Mingshan wasn't being angry, he immediately guessed the reason. He pulled Wang Mingshan to sit down and Shen Xin asked, "What's going on?"
"Nothing! These people aren't good people. Kill Qing Jing! "Wang Mingshan gritted his teeth and said with a relieved expression.
Shen Xin calmly tried to convince his old classmate, "Mingshan, some of these people did take the initiative to collude with the Xiang Army and Huai army. It's fine if they organized a rebellion, but they should be killed. But you're suggesting to kill all those who have dealings with the Xiang Army and Huai army. These people weren't willing to collude with the Xiang Army and Huai army. Many of them were forced to have dealings with the Xiang Army and Huai army. I don't think it's appropriate to kill all these people! "
"Is that so? They were forced to do so? Hehe! " Wang Mingshan sneered, "The Xiang Army was about to attack Anqing. My family sent my sister to my uncle's house to seek refuge. When the Xiang Army crossed the border, my uncle was forced to collude with the Xiang Army for his own safety. He offered his women. Of course, his two daughters didn't. But he tied my sister up and sent her. What a helplessness! "
Shen Xin came to a sudden realization, but understanding didn't mean he had something to say. Shen Xin really couldn't think of how to comfort Wang Mingshan. After a moment of silence, he asked, "What about your family in Anqing?"
"They were all killed!" Wang Mingshan turned his head away, his eyes filled with tears.
After pondering for a while, Shen Xin continued to ask, "Is there any news about your sister?"
Wang Mingshan wiped his tears and choked with sobs. "I don't know. He was taken away. I also didn't know if my sister was sent back to her hometown by the Xiang Army, or if she was brought to Huaibei by the Xiang Army. In terms of time, the Xiang Army had no time to go back to his hometown. So you think it's too much for me to kill him? Shen Xin. We're old classmates, old brothers. Don't you think someone like him deserves to be killed? "
Shen Xin was speechless. After a while, he reluctantly said, "Mingshan, you can sue him. Our court will support you!"
Wang Mingshan was furious when he heard this. He stood up and pointed at Shen Xin. "Shen Xin! It's already embarrassing enough for my relative to do such a thing! You want me to sue him? Do you want me to throw him in public? Do you know what he said when I asked him? He cried and said that he had no choice. If he didn't do it, he would've died! Is that really the case? The Xiang Army robbed the place, but because they were going to war, they only robbed the money and food, but not the women. The entire place was robbed, but that bastard's wealth was preserved! When I investigated this matter, he couldn't deny it and even said that the elders can decide who to marry their daughters to! Shen Xin, what's the point of letting such a person live? "
Shen Xin opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything else. Indeed, he still felt that Wang Mingshan's uncle was extremely hateful, but now it seemed that he didn't deserve to die. And according to Wang Mingshan, the standard of killing had been raised to a considerable level. The landlords who tried to use all kinds of means to protect themselves would also be included in the list of people to be killed. If they were killed in this way, the whole range would be too big.
More importantly, Shen Xin already understood that Wang Mingshan's reason for killing was not pure. He was more interested in revenge for himself than in doing things according to reason. From Shen Xin's point of view, it was fine to punish Wang Mingshan's uncle, but it was too much to kill him.
However, Shen Xin also knew that he couldn't refute Wang Mingshan now. If he did, his friendship with Wang Mingshan would come to an end. Wang Mingshan was only thinking about revenge now. Other considerations were not within the scope of his consideration. It was hard to say if Wang Mingshan would regret it in the future, but if Wang Mingshan's uncle didn't die now, Wang Mingshan wouldn't be able to eat or sleep in peace.
"Commander! What are you trying to do! "Shen Xin complained about Vézé in his heart, which was rare for him.
Wang Mingshan had vented his anger and calmed down a little. He said bitterly, "We can't let these people go. We can't let these people go! They're all harmful insects! In the past, Commander said that he wanted to build a new country where no one can bully and eat people. I still don't understand. Now I finally understood how these pests ate people. I finally understood how these people bullied people! How bad are these people?! Shen Xin, these people are people who eat people. We can't let them go just because they didn't commit murder or arson! These people will do bad things sooner or later! "
Hearing Wang Mingshan's rebuke, Shen Xin was shocked. Wang Mingshan's painful rebuke did point out many things, but these were the problems of the entire social system. The Liberation Army recruited many young female soldiers. As the political commissar of the corps, Shen Xin found that these female soldiers almost all did not want to go back to their former homes.
After joining the Liberation Army, these girls gained freedom, were respected, learned all kinds of skills, and could rely on themselves to support themselves. More importantly, the employment arrangements after retirement allowed these girls to see a whole new world. They could break free of all the shackles on them and obtain a new life that they might not even be able to imagine in their dreams.
Vézé had said before that rebellion was nothing more than using force to open up a way to survive. Relying on the plunder of military power could allow these people to escape the fate of being oppressed and enslaved. But that was just rebellion. The revolution was to open up a whole new world, and in this new world, all slavery and oppression were smashed to pieces. Not only those who participated in the revolution, but also those who were passively involved in the new world created by the revolution could be liberated.
Although he fully understood that Shen Xin's passion for killing came from his own experience, Shen Xin found that Wang Mingshan began to pursue justice and liberation in the revolution led by Vézé. This understanding even made Shen Xin waver. Originally, he thought that Vézé was too indulgent to Wang Mingshan. But without mentioning the specific methods, was the passion represented by Wang Mingshan really wrong?
Good and evil, progress and backwardness, such a contradiction made it difficult for Shen Xin to sort out for a while.
As a political commissar, he also had the work to fight against religious superstition. In order to attack the religion of God, Shen Xin naturally had to read the Christian scriptures that the religion of God borrowed. Looking at Wang Mingshan's pain and uncontrollable passion, Shen Xin suddenly remembered a passage in the New Testament.
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace to the earth, but to bring war to the earth.
For I have come to say, 'A man is estranged from his father, a daughter is estranged from her mother, a daughter-in-law is estranged from her mother-in-law.'
A man's enemies are his own family. '
Those who love their parents more than they love me are not worthy of being my disciples; those who love their children more than they love me are not worthy of being my disciples.
Those who do not carry their cross and follow me are not worthy of being my disciples.
Those who gain life will lose it; those who lose their life for me will gain eternal life.
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Since the justice that Wang Mingshan pursued could not be denied, it could only be admitted that the new era that Vézé wanted to create, in the eyes of the old China, would undoubtedly shatter all the previous order. Then, everyone would obtain freedom that was unimaginable in the old era. And in this old era where "heaven, earth, monarch, and teacher" was worshiped, everyone's old relationships with each other would become estranged. Not only was it considered a crime for elders to betray their children, but it was also a crime for elders to arrange their children's future according to their own will.
What would such a world look like?
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