Chapter 846 Killing the Chicken

Doing things always needs a role model as strength. There are positive and negative role models.

Liwang Village, Gaojia Village, Chenjia Village, Wangxiang Village. These four villages located on the edge of Lianfeng City in Jingxi became a role model, and a negative role model.

In the meeting hall of the yamen of the Black Banner Battalion Commander in Fengri City, Tang Qingyuan, Chen Sheng, Wang Yiming, and Wang Jian gathered together, with Shen Haoduan sitting at the head, each with serious expressions.

Just now, Tang Qingyuan, Chen Sheng, and Wang Yiming first reported the situation, and then Wang Jian made supplements. But the situation that a few people said is actually almost the same.

"Whether it is missions or copper cabinets, there is great resistance. The local people don't pay attention to us at all, and don't want to give us some sweets. They stay away from disasters."

"There is also Mengxue. At present, Mengxue is only useful in some smaller villages. The larger villages themselves have clan-run Mengxue. Now that we have stimulated it to increase the scale, it can basically guarantee most of the children in the village. Go to school."

"It is much more difficult to ban those customs of worshiping gods than we expected before. The people simply sneered at the concept of monks, and used "false tricks" to reverse the means of the missionary team, but the "God" they believed in But I don’t doubt it.”

Shen Hao has not made a sound, but his brows have been furrowed from the beginning.

The evil plan is a long-term plan aimed at eradicating the evil cultivators in the old Jing Dynasty. It should be implemented slowly rather than urgently, and it will take a lot of time for the effect to slowly take root. The soil for survival has completely disappeared.

Therefore, Shen Hao was mentally prepared to encounter resistance. He even gave some suggestions and strategies to Wang Jian and others before, but he still underestimated the customs and generations of worship that the people in remote mountain villages have long been accustomed to. The stubbornness of the "god" in the past even misses the essence of what seems to be "customs" but actually "interests".

"Speaking of which, the chiefs of the villages are all decorations, and the local government offices seriously lack jurisdiction over these remote villages. They have even followed the ancestral hall and family laws of each village, not the laws of the country?" Shen Hao opened his mouth and tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

"Yes, my lord. This is the current situation. The head of the village is elected by the elders of the ancestral halls in each village. It can be regarded as a mouthpiece for dealing with local yamen. In the village, there is no ability to influence the behavior of the villagers. The people in the village are still the ancestral hall and the patriarch.

And because the distance is too far, it is impossible for the yamen in various places to take care of those villages, and they will not show up for half a year or even a whole year all the year round. The conflicts in the villages are all about clan autonomy. No one cared about the law in those villages at all. "

Shen Hao nodded, and then asked again: "It is the clan forces in those villages that hinder the evil plan, right?"

"Yes my lord."

One of the main contents of the evil plan is to reverse the custom of "worshiping gods" among the people in remote villages, because it is the soil that breeds evil monks, and it is very easy to be secretly used by evil monks, or lure or threaten, or brainwash. Coupled with some evil means, many seedling-like reserve forces can be infected from a large number of ordinary people, and then selected from them can be "cultivated".

However, this "custom" has also become the biggest obstacle to missions. The small favors and benefits alone could not make the villagers let go of the "greeting" of the ancestral hall elders' meeting and cater to the mission of the Black Flag Camp. Instead, they chose to ignore it and pretend that the mission team did not exist. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the evil plan .

According to the reports of the people in front of him, Shen Hao realized that he had thought too simply before, and even fell into a cliché. He instinctively equated the people in the mountains with "ignorance" and "primitive", and ignored A very important aspect of human nature: the desire to control.

The desire to control can also be said to be the "desire for power". This can be seen in many people. Up to the emperor, down to the petty official, and even the so-called "elderly dignity" that the elders in the family have for the younger generation is actually a kind of desire.

Since it is an aspect of human nature, it naturally does not differ because of the living environment and the quality of life, but exists equally.

It's just that the way of displaying the desire for power will change due to the living environment, but the essence will not.

Shen Hao already understood the twists and turns when he heard it. I also understand that if I want to continue to push forward the evil plan, I must break through this most basic and essential contradiction.

The custom of "worshiping gods" is similar to a kind of spiritual sustenance. It entrusts the people in remote villages with their expectations for good weather in the coming year, their desire for good health, and their prayers for the prosperity of their children and grandchildren. Of course, there are also some selfish desires that cannot be uttered, but can only be kept in the heart.

At present, it seems that this kind of spiritual sustenance is not only used by evil monks to recruit disciples, but the clan forces in these villages are also using it as an effective means to further control the villagers.

This almost benefits both the evil cultivator side and the clan power side in the case. Evil cultivators can hide in the dark with more peace of mind and choose disciples slowly. The clan forces can use "god likes and dislikes" to reward, punish and control the clansmen in the village more unscrupulously, which can even give a more glamorous reason to the various family rules in the clan.

Now the Black Flag Camp is going to start the custom of "worshiping gods", which will affect the interests of those clan forces by mobilizing one-third of an acre of evil cultivator's land.

"In the final analysis, I still don't want to put down the things in my hands." Shen Hao paused, and continued: "What are you going to do?"

Tang Qingyuan looked at the few people present, and seeing that none of them had the intention to speak first, he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, this subordinate believes that the clan forces have irreconcilable conflicts with the plan to kill evil, even if you don't take the risk this time, the next There will be problems just the same time. The best way is to break the surface and uproot the root of the problem.”

"go on."

"The subordinates think that one group can be killed and one group can be established. It will not let the clan forces obstruct the evil plan, nor will it completely oppose them. After all, the evil plan is a slow work according to your idea. Influence is actually good for the plan itself.”

"Kill one group and set up another group?" Shen Hao was thoughtful when he heard the words.

Tang Qingyuan continued: "My lord, we can secretly get rid of the elders of the ancestral halls in various villages who are against us, and then stand up those vain chiefs, let them be the fists or talkers of the clan forces, and then Add benefits to them little by little, and let them move closer to our side.

Anyway, their purpose is nothing more than relying on "customs" to strengthen their control over the tribe and consolidate their position. I think they will agree to replace "customs" with "laws", as long as the execution power is still in their hands .”