Chapter 144 Out of Grass

Shengzu Kangxi recovered Taiwan. At that time, although Taiwan had been governed by the Zheng family and its development had begun to take shape, most areas were still in an undeveloped state and was an unclaimed virgin land. Therefore, there was a wave of immigration along the southeast coast. A large number of mainland residents entered Taiwan, pioneered and reclaimed, and gradually formed Taiwanese Hakka.

Taiwan Hakka are foreign populations. Their arrival has brought advanced culture and reclamation technology to Taiwan's indigenous people and has promoted the rapid development of Taiwan's economy. However, there will also be conflicts between foreign populations and indigenous people because of cultural differences, customs and living space. Conflicts in some places are still very fierce, and there are often vendettas between Han and indigenous people.

Wu Feng was originally from Ping County, Zhangzhou. He was a Hakka Han native and went to Taiwan with his father at the age of five. Wu Feng learned medical skills from her father. In her teens, she often followed her father to Alishan to treat the people, which was highly respected by the villagers of Alishan.

In the 61st year of Kangxi, Wu Feng served as Alishan General Affairs. As a parent and official, Wu Feng is fair, strives to maintain the peace and friendship between the aborigines and the Hakka people, and never favors the Hakka people. Under his rule, the aborigines and Hakka gradually resolved their conflicts and became more and more frequent.

However, the Alishan aborigines, mainly the Zou people, have an extremely barbaric custom, which has become an insoluble dead knot between the Hakka and the Zou people.

Whenever the Zou people have a rice harvest season, they will hold a "su festival" ceremony. There is a traditional horrible bad habit called "grass out" in this ceremony. It is to go down the mountain to kill a Hakka, put the hunted head on the table as a sacrifice of the millet sacrifice, and ask for peace and a bumper harvest. Many Hakka people who came to and from the mountain or strayed into the mountain were killed innocently.

Wu Feng knows that this is caused by the ignorance of the mountain people, and measures must be taken to eliminate such bad habits. However, once a custom is formed, it is deeply rooted. The Zou people firmly believe that if there is no "out of grass", the gods will sin Alishan, bring disaster to the people, and resolutely refuse to give up.

In the second year of Wu Feng's tenure, during the rice harvest season, the mountain people jointly went down the mountain to "get out of the grass". Wu Feng immediately went into the mountain and earnestly persuaded the chief to get rid of the bad habit of "out of grass". But no matter how Wu Feng broke her mouth and said all the good words, the chief still ignored it. Wu Feng had an idea and advised the chief to use Kangxi to pacate Zhu Yigui's rebellion in 60 years, and kill more than 40 skeletons attached to the rebels as sacrifices, one a year. Wu Feng was extremely prestigious in Alishan, and it was reasonable to say so. Therefore, the mountain people listened to Wu Feng's advice and stopped "grassing" in Alishan for more than 40 years.

40 years have passed. The old chief died and his son was elected as the chief. By the 31st year of Qianlong, the accumulated skeletons had been used up. The mountain people asked the new chief to resume "grassing". The new chief thought of his father's last words: "You have to listen to Master Wu Feng for everything", so he discussed with Wu Feng how to do it. Wu Feng thought about it and suggested sacrificing the god with the bull's head. The new chief agreed, so he sacrificed the god with the bull's head for three years.

However, three years later, there was a drought in Alishan, and the mountain people thought it was because there was no "grass" to worship God. God's disaster! Therefore, it is strongly requested to restore the "out of grass". The new chief couldn't resist the crowd, so he had to lead the mountain people to find Wu Feng and put on a "out of grass" posture.

Wu Feng realized the seriousness of the situation and thought about it. Early the next morning, he summoned the mountain people and said seriously and painfully, "I have served for more than 40 years, and I have never treated you badly. It is necessary to know that killing people is illegal. Besides, killing good people and sacrifices to gods, God not only does not bless them. Instead, it will be angry and bring disaster. Now, since I have an appointment with you, you are only allowed to kill one person. This man in a red scarf will wander in front of the official hall tomorrow. Don't hurt others in the future."

When the mountain people heard that Wu's colleagues agreed to "out the grass", they all cheered and encouraged. The next morning, Wu Feng put on his red coat, put on a red scarf, and walked out of the official hall. He was shot down by the ambush shooter. As soon as the mountain people rushed up and took off the red scarf, they found that the deceased was actually Wu Tongshi, whom they regarded as gods. They were immediately stunned and saddened.

When the chiefs of Alishan heard about it, they rushed to touch the corpses and cried, all of whom repented. Wu Feng's great benevolence and righteousness finally reformed the mountain compatriots. Everyone vowed together not to kill people and sacrifice to gods, and completely eliminate the bad habit of killing Han people. Since then, the Hakka people and the indigenous people have cultivated and intermarried with each other. In the Alishan area, Wu Feng was also respected as a mountain god by the mountain people. She worshipped at the end of her year and did not dare to neglect at all.

As soon as Zhou Charter's words fell, he heard a "plop". Yao Xi knelt down in front of the statue and knocked three heads: "Wu Shanshen is on the top, and his little eyes don't know Mount Tai. He talks nonsense and offended the mountain god. Please atone for his sins!"

Guo Erzao also sighed, "I killed so many Japanese and thought I was a hero, but in front of Mr. Wu, I can't bear the word hero!"

Zhou Charter said: "Taiwan has always been regarded as a place of foreign barbarians by the imperial court. Emperor Kangxi recovered Taiwan, but did not really regard Taiwan as his own people. For more than 100 years, the lives of the people of Taiwan have not been substantially improved. Liu Ming said that he has done some good things in Taiwan, but the court did not pay attention to it. Liu Mingchuan said that although a person is ambitious, he can only be a tiger head and a snake tail. We Zhangjun came to Taiwan not only to drive away the Japanese. More importantly, let the people of Taiwan live a good life!"

"And make Taiwan the base camp of our Zhang army!" Guo Er pole said, "Damn it, I won't be influenced by the Empress Dowager Buddha anymore!"

Zhou Charter nodded: "If Zhang Jun wants to gain a foothold in Taiwan, he must do two things. First, let the people of Taiwan live a rich life. Only in this way can the people support us. Second, to promote the unity between the aborigines and the Hakka people, only when we are internally stable can we be united externally. We Zhang Jun are Han Chinese. In the eyes of the aborigines, we are here to compete with them. They are wary of us. If they don't cooperate, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Taiwan. Therefore, I require Zhang Jun to strictly abide by discipline and not harm the interests of the mountain people after entering the mountain. You know, the Japanese are also trying to win the support of the mountain people. If we act improperly, we will push these mountain people to the Japanese side, which is too unfavorable to us!"

Only then did Guo Erba suddenly realize: "No wonder those barbarians guard the mouth of the gourd, and the eldest brother did not allow us to attack."

Zhou Charter nodded: "In any case, Zhang Jun can't shoot the mountain people. Otherwise, we have just arrived in Taiwan and haven't made friends yet. It will be troublesome to set up a group of enemies for ourselves first. Remember, when we were in North Korea, our Zhang Jun's situation was extremely difficult. To win the Japanese, it was just one thing: the North Koreans supported us. Now in Taiwan, our strength is much better than in North Korea, and those little Japan are no match for us at all. However, if we don't respect the Taiwanese people, then the end of the Japanese in North Korea will be the end of our Zhang Jun in Taiwan in the future!"

"Follow the teachings of the eldest brother!" Guo Erhuang and Yao Xili said.

As he spoke, he suddenly heard several gunshots outside.

Yao Xi was furious and shouted at the guards behind him: "Who is so bold that he dares to disobey the commander's orders and shoot at the mountain people!" Go and arrest me!"

The four guards answered and turned out of the temple gate. These guards are one of the best in the Zhang army. Everyone has the ability to bow left and right, wear two pistols, and are Zhou Charter's personal guards.

After a while, the guards ran in with several Mengnon, and several soldiers limped behind Mengnon. One of the long platoon's thighs were blood-stained and obviously gunshot wounds.

Zhou Charter was shocked to see someone injured and hurriedly said, "Hurry down and ask the military doctor to bandage."

With the help of Mary, Zhang Jun's medical security system is greatly improved. There are not only field hospitals, but also battalion-level combat units equipped with military doctors, which is much better than when he was in North Korea.

Meng Nong entered the temple and sat on a mound. His face turned blue and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Yao Xi shouted at the soldiers behind Meng Nan, "Which of you shot those barbarians?"

A soldier shouted, "No one shot. Damn, if I shoot, can I suffer this?"

"How dare you call yourself Laozi in front of the military commander!" Yao Xi said angrily.

The soldier hurriedly stood up to Zhou Charter: "Report to the commander that we didn't shoot. Those barbarians shot us. If Meng Neng hadn't pushed me away quickly, I would have died now!"

"You dare to call me the fucker!" Yao Xi shouted.

Zhou Charter waved his hand: "Forget it! This boy escapes from death, but he is also qualified to be an old man. Meng Neng, what's going on?

Mengnon has a green face: "Military commander, it is the rich man who guards the gourd."

"The rich man in Kana? Don't they and you Dabang people violate the river water?"

"That's true." Meng Nong said, "We Dabang people live in the south of Yushan Mountain and the north of the mountain, which is the territory of the rich in Kana. However, as long as we don't come here to hunt, it's just a general way, the rich in Kana has never been difficult for us. Today, these guys don't know what their nerves are. Even if I break my mouth, they won't let them go. These guys guarded on it, put their bows and arrows at the intersection. If anyone dares to approach the intersection, they will shoot arrows brainlessly.

"But I just heard the gunshot."

"Hmm!" Meng Neng said, "These rich people, I don't know where they got a few foreign guns, and they actually shot at me!"

"Didn't you tell them that you were the son of the leader of Dabang?" Yao Xi asked, "I heard that your father is also a celebrity. Why don't they give you face?"