What are the Baochang and A chiefs of the Republic of China doing? Tell it clearly with four true stories from my ancestors

During the Republic of China period, I still know a lot about baochang and jiachang. There used to be a baochang in our village named Yuan, who lived next to my house, was my neighbor, and I saw him when I was a child. And my grandfather was a captain. Although he died near liberation, my mother often told us about him.

I will tell two stories about my grandfather, the chief of the first, and at the same time tell two more stories of Yuan Baochang, and everyone may have some understanding of the situation of the chief and the chief of the armor.

The first story about my grandfather was that my grandfather had a sister who, by generation, should have called her aunt. My aunt didn't study well at that time, so my grandfather used to take a musket and chase after her. The so-called "not learning well", in our current words, is actually free love. At that time, free love was seen as a manifestation of moral corruption, and my grandfather would never allow it. Because I stopped her many times, but I couldn't stop her, that's why I did such a thing. Of course, Grandpa chased after his aunt with a gun, not to say that he wanted to kill her sincerely, but to show an attitude, that is, in his family of chief a, such unconventional things were not allowed to happen. Later, my aunt ran away with the stickman and finally disappeared. The so-called "sticks" are actually bandits.

The second story about my grandfather is that my grandfather's house was robbed by a stickman. Where the stickman is, no one knows. These people may be farmers who work during the day and become stickmen at night. Because these sticks were robbing, they all carried a bucket hat with a horse lamp tied to it. Thus, the marquee can shine in front of it, but the stickman's face is invisible. In addition, when they rob, they never speak, so even if the stickman robs someone, he does not know who the stickman is. When my grandfather's house was robbed by a stickman, my mother once said that the stickman first pulled up the quilt, covered my mother and these children under the quilt, and did not allow them to see it, and then robbed them. Because my grandfather wanted to resist, he was finally slashed by a stickman. This knife caused my grandfather to be seriously injured, and before he could be liberated, my grandfather died.

There are also two stories about the Yuan Baochang in our village.

One story is that this Yuan Baochang, in addition to being a Baochang, is also a master. ShiGong is equivalent to both a Taoist and a wizard. In addition to being a baochang, this Yuan Baochang also treated people and solved disasters for people. Even when I was a child, I saw him many times to solve disasters for people. For example, he can drink hot oil in his mouth, spray it out, spray it on burning wood, and burn it. For example, he can burn the plough red, and then go barefoot into the plough and walk forward with the plough, but his feet will not be burned. All in all, he can do a lot of very amazing things.

There is also the story of him who arrested my grandfather to be a strong man. The chief of staff had a job of conscription. At that time, there was a saying in conscription, that is, three draws and one. In other words, if there are three brothers in the family, one of them must generally be a soldier.

At that time, people were reluctant to become soldiers, and described being a soldier as "cannon fodder." As everyone knows, the Kuomintang army at that time had a very general ability to fight wars. If you really go to the army, you are mostly cannon fodder. So almost everyone is reluctant to go.

My grandfather's family was in a peculiar situation, very poor, with only one thatched nest in the house. My great-grandfather was three brothers, but only my great-grandfather got married and gave birth to only one child from my grandfather, which is equivalent to three generations. Such a person will certainly not be caught. But he happened to be caught.

My father once told me that at that time, my grandfather and my grandmother's main job was to rely on gray. Ash is quicklime, piece by piece, and is used to make paper. Of course, it's not my grandparents who make paper, they don't have that skill, it's the rich people in the village who make paper, they are the hired workers of the rich people.

Just when they were carrying the ash, they were putting their backs on the ridge to rest, when they suddenly rushed up to several people, holding bamboo sticks in their hands, and involuntarily, a few bamboo sticks knocked my grandfather to the ground, grabbed it and tied it up, and left. Ash spread to the ground.

Later, when my grandmother arrived at the county seat, my grandfather had been taken away by the military vehicle. There was no more news, and he was probably killed on the battlefield. After all, the war was very cruel at that time, even if my grandfather was killed, no one reported a letter to the family.

After my grandmother returned, I learned that it was yuan baochang who colluded with the above to arrest my grandfather. Yuan Baochang and my grandfather had a very good relationship, but after all, at that time, my grandfather's family had no power and no power, so he was arrested. It's just that Yuan Baochang is not good at coming forward, so he teamed up with the people above and intercepted and arrested my grandfather halfway.

From the above four stories, we can roughly see who bao chang and jia chang were in the Republic of China period, and what their income was. During the Republic of China period, although the baochang and the first chief were also considered local officials, their salaries were certainly not high. Otherwise, that Yuan Baochang would not have gone to tell others fortunes and earn money. At the same time, they are actually powerless, otherwise my grandfather would not have been powerless when he was robbed by a stickman.

In addition, in their thinking, it can be said that they are conservative and helpless. The reason why my grandfather chased after my aunt with a musket was a manifestation of his very conservative thinking. In addition, under the orders of their superiors, they have little autonomy. Although Yuan Baochang had a good relationship with my grandfather, his superiors asked him to arrest my grandfather, and he could only arrest him.

The above is the real situation of the Baochang and Jiachang in the Republic of China period, and their lives.