Pig Killer

Chapter 282

"It depends on where you are standing. If all you see are these civil and military officials and these nobles, then you will naturally side with someone no matter what you do." Shen Hui'e said, looking at him with her bright eyes.

A political group is a collection of classes and interests, so you represent the interests of that class!

There are similar sayings in ancient times: a monarch should not raise an army out of anger. A monarch should think from the perspective of his own interest group rather than relying on personal emotions.

Class and interests determine the behavior of an individual, a team, or an army. The larger the number of people, the weaker the humanity and the stronger the class nature.

Accurately grasp the class, grasp the fundamental interests, grasp the core contradictions, grasp people's behavior, and ultimately grasp people's hearts.

"What is military?" Shen Hui'e asked them with clear eyes.

"To win!" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with amusement and said, "Need I say more? We must use all means to win. All those military books and strategies are for winning."

"Fight if you can win, run away if you can't." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright dark eyes and said.

Huang Zhongchang touched his nose embarrassedly and said confidently, "I'm very good at this."

"The ultimate goal of war is to safeguard the interests of the majority." Shen Hui'e said profoundly and thoroughly. In fact, it is politics. "For example, if the forces resisting the imperial court unite, they must have many ulterior motives."

"I know! No one is willing to charge into battle and have their forces destroyed." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking.

"Seek common ground while reserving differences! Make more friends and fewer enemies." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright dark eyes.

Huang Zhongchang nodded in agreement and asked, "Should we contact other forces now?"

"Let's talk about it after we stabilize ourselves!" Shen Hui'e blinked her clear eyes and looked at him and said, "East City and West City are still in a stalemate!"

"Tsk..." Huang Zhongchang rolled his eyes and said, "They are nothing to worry about." He blinked and said, "We have been trapped for a few days. It's time to take action! They can't just sit there and wait for death."

"General Shen, General Shen." Chen Qingyun hurried over and saluted, "Mr. Huang! Someone outside the gate reported that the former Hezhong Prefecture garrison, General Fu, and his soldiers were shot dead by our people."

"Him! Why did he die just now?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in surprise and said.

"He lives in the city, not in the barracks outside the city." Shen Hui'e stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look." She looked at the Da Chong brother and sister and said, "You guys wait at home. It's better not to watch the bloody scene."

"Oh!" The big tiger brother and sister responded obediently.

The Da Chong brother and sister sent their father and mother out the door, watched them leave before turning around and returning home.

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Shen Hui'e and the other person jogged all the way to Xicheng District, and saw from afar a hundred or so people lying on the ground.

"Where are the people?" Shen Hui'e walked forward and asked.

"Here." Shen Penglai bowed and said, "Mr. Huang, General Shen, look."

"Why is he wearing a soldier's clothes? Are you sure it's him?" Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at the guy whose chest was stabbed like a hedgehog.

"Yes! I compared it with the portrait given by General Shen and confirmed it is identical." Shen Penglai cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Huang!"

"There's no need to be so polite when talking to family members!" Huang Zhongchang said somewhat embarrassedly.

"No! This is a public matter, not a private one." Shen Penglai clasped his hands together and looked at the two of them and said, "Public and private matters must be distinguished! Without rules, there will be no order."

Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she heard this, this kid.

"You want to disguise yourself as a soldier and get away with it." Shen Hui'e said sarcastically.

"Look at how bloated he looks. He doesn't look like a soldier!" Shen Peng pointed at the dead soldier and said, "Just look at his body shape. He's far from that!"

"Bury them!" Shen Hui'e said directly.

"Don't parade them through the streets of West City to intimidate the people in the city and tell them not to resist stubbornly." Huang Zhongchang blinked his dark eyes and looked at her and said.

"No, just take out his general's uniform. Bury him early! The dead are the most important. Don't torment him." Shen Hui'e frowned and looked at him and said, "I can't do something like hanging a corpse on the city gate tower."

"Okay then! I'll listen to you." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his deep and dark eyes, then looked at Shen Penglai and said, "Do it!"

"Yes!" Shen Penglai responded with his hands clasped together.

"Beat the gongs and drums to notify the people in the city. This will be the end for those who dare to resist." Shen Hui'e said with cold eyes.

"How are the people in the city now?" Huang Zhongchang said as he glanced at the deserted streets.

"The door is closed and no one dares to come out. Everything is quiet." Shen Peng reported.

"What about us? We are just wasting time like this." Huang Zhongchang looked at his wife and asked, "We are so tired. It's too cold today."

"You can sit in the center of the city and invite them to come out and confess their crimes!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with curved eyebrows and said, "Try to get leniency."

Huang Zhongchang blinked his dark eyes and looked at her and said, "I really did that!"

"Just don't be afraid of being scolded." Shen Hui'e looked at him calmly with a smile.

"They will scold me." Huang Zhongchang pointed at himself.

"You're angry because of shame! You can say anything. You will definitely make a fuss about your background. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go." Shen Hui'e slapped her thigh and laughed.

"Background?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with dark eyes and asked.

"They are nobles, wealthy people, and are used to riding on our heads and bullying us! What are we? Ants and common people, mud legs, and now they are the ones who are in the opposite direction and climbing on their heads. It would be strange if we don't go crazy because of this mental gap!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile and said teasingly, "Why don't you find yourself a famous ancestor?"

"No need!" Huang Zhongchang looked at her firmly and said, "You are truly powerful only if you are strong yourself. Finding a glamorous ancestor only shows that you are weak." He snorted and said sarcastically, "Shouldn't you be ashamed to be defeated by a peasant like me who can't read a single word?"

"There is no shame in their lives. They just hate us for not kneeling down and working for them like slaves." Shen Hui'e said with disgust.

"This is because in the eyes of these nobles, we are not even human beings." Shen Penglai said, looking at them with his dark eyes.

"With a knife on your neck, you'll lose all your dignity." Huang Zhongchang snorted coldly, "Then you'll be more cowardly than anyone else." He pulled the corner of his lips slightly and said, "I hope they can still be arrogant, then I'll respect them as real men."

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e chuckled and shook her head when she heard that.

"General Shen, there is a situation."

"What's going on?" Shen Peng came over and said to the visitor Wang Xiaomai.

"They raised the white flag." Wang Xiaomai said respectfully with a bow.

"So fast?" Shen Penglai said in surprise, "Only three days!" He looked at his second sister and her husband and asked, "What should we do?"

"What did they say?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"He wants to talk to us about food and fodder." Wang Xiaomai said respectfully.

"Wow!" Huang Zhongchang said in disbelief, "We have occupied all the government granaries in the city, and we are actually looking for food and grass."

"No one would complain about having too much food and fodder. Food and fodder is just an excuse." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him and said, "Among them, there are salt merchants, grain merchants, and some who mine minerals at home."

"Minerals? Aren't they owned by the imperial court?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her and asked.

"It's owned by the imperial court, but people are needed to mine it! It's normal to hand it over to the local authorities." Shen Hui'e said to him with a frivolous look on her eyebrows.

"Then put the square table in the middle of the road and invite them in! Let's see what they can say." Huang Zhongchang said calmly without a trace of emotion in his dark eyes.

Shen Penglai hurriedly made arrangements, put up a square table and a bench, and carried a teapot to pour hot water for his second sister and brother-in-law.

"Put two more benches in there," Shen Hui'e pointed in front of the square table and said, "For the guests to sit on!"

"Why are they sitting? Just stand!" Shen Penglai was stunned when he heard this, and then said rudely.

"Hey! You can't say that. He is a wealthy businessman, so we should give him some face. Don't fuss over trivial details." Shen Hui'e looked at them indifferently with her ink-black eyes.

"What does Mr. Huang mean?" Shen Penglai asked, his eyes falling on his second brother-in-law.

"Listen to you..." Huang Zhongchang stroked his forehead and smiled embarrassedly, "Listen to General Shen." After a pause, he said, "I'm not used to it yet."

"We too." Shen Penglai smiled foolishly, "I'll arrange it right away."

There were four benches in front of the square table, two on each side.

Shen Hui'e picked up the lacquerware cup and took a sip. "This water is not as delicious as the water from our well."

"It's not as good as the mountain stream water." Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips and said, "The mountain stream water here is sweet and refreshing, just like honey."

"There's a water quality problem in the plains." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her clear and bright eyes.

We chatted about this and that and waited for three cups of tea, but the person still didn't come!

"It seems like they are trying to intimidate us." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"You are still so arrogant, assuming that we dare not kill anyone." Huang Zhongchang said with a dark face, "It seems that we are not good enough at drawing blood."

"Are you going to wait any longer?" Shen Hui'e looked at them calmly, playing with a lacquer cup in her hand.

"Wait! I've been waiting for so long." Huang Zhongchang smiled and said, "Look how ugly their faces are."

"Report!" Wang Xiaomai came over and said respectfully with his hands clasped together, "Mr. Huang, General Shen and his men are here."

"Now that they are here, let them sit down!" Huang Zhongchang said, pointing to the bench in front of him.

The three people in the distance were really not the stereotypes, they were fat and bloated, with big bellies, dressed in fancy clothes, long gowns with wide sleeves, and fox cloaks, they looked at each other with contempt in their eyes.