Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 676
Chapter 89 hosts the overall situation to suspend the people and crack down on crimes
Chen Ying left, leading the Tang Dynasty's [-] troops.In fact, of the [-] troops, except for the [-]-odd new army from Hebei who later returned to the establishment, the rest were descended from various tribes.

Of course, Chen Yingquan's army now has a name called Anxi.In the meaning of the west of the Tang Dynasty.

As for Qu Boya and Qu Wentai, they embarked on the road of returning east.Although the father and son were captives, they enjoyed extremely high treatment. Not only did they not have a prison cart, but they even enjoyed a four-wheeled carriage.

Looking at the army escorted back from the east, Qu Wentai's eyes flickered with contempt, and he whispered to his father, Qu Boya: "Father..."

However, just as Qu Wentai opened his mouth, Qu Boya interrupted him: "Wentai, now you and my father and son are already prisoners, not even as good as a grass-roots citizen. How can you be so overstepped."

Qu Wentai looked around and found that the soldiers of the Tang army guarding them were a little far away.Only then did Qu Wentai feel relieved, and said with a faint smile, "Father, do you really think that the Tang Dynasty can stabilize the Western Regions?"

Qu Boya said: "Why not? Chen Ying defeated the 20 troops under the command of Ye Hu Khan, the Western Turkic Commander. Who in the Western Regions would dare to be an enemy of Chen Ying!"

"I don't dare to disagree with my father's opinion!" Qu Wentai smiled even more: "Because of Chen Ying's policy, he will definitely lose, and he will die without a place to bury him."

Qu Boya was confused: "What policy?"

"There are many Hu tribes, and they are all tough and powerful." Qu Wentai said: "When the Gaochang Kingdom was in chaos, the ancestor King Taiping took the opportunity to rise up. In order to win over them, the Hu Han ruled differently. According to the decree For the Han people, the law is strictly enforced, while for the Hu people, it is mainly appeasement. The Han people pay more taxes. The Hu people pay less tax or even no tax. Presumably, the father is also very clear, why did the ancestor King Taiping adopt this policy?"

Qu Boya nodded and said: "This father knows that the Han people are diligent in farming and doing business. The families are relatively rich and can pay more taxes. The Hu people are nomadic. Many families are not even self-sufficient and can pay less tax. And the Han people Settling down, farming and doing business have a logical path to follow for the wealth generated. Field acres will not run away, and shops are concentrated in the dozen or so markets. It is easier to collect taxes. Tax collectors only need to measure the field acres and see The goods in the shop can basically raise taxes. The barbarians live on herding, and these people are free-range. Today on this hill. Tomorrow on the other hill, the tax collectors raised by the ancestors will run all over the hills of Gaochang, Count the number of extra sheep born to each household in the 48 towns of the [-] counties in the four counties of Gaochang every year? In fact, why didn’t the ancestors try to let them collect taxes collectively by tribes, but every time they collected taxes from the Hu tribes If there are troubles, the taxes collected are not worth much but they will cause all kinds of troubles, so in the end, they simply collected less or no taxes, not only did they not collect taxes, but they also subsidized them when there was a drought and heavy snowfall!"

"This is the crux of the problem!" Qu Wentai said with a smile: "As the saying goes, from the simple to the extravagant, from the extravagant to the shallow. The various ethnic groups in the Western Regions have been scattered for hundreds of years, and they have also enjoyed the 140 years of our Qu clan's Gaochang. It would be strange if they didn't make trouble if they were suddenly forced to pay the tax privilege! Chen Ying's army was in the high chariot, but he was using his army to intimidate all sides. But now that Chen Ying continues to march west, can they not go? Are you making trouble?"

In fact, Chen Ying's policy for the Western Regions was the opposite of that of Gaochang State, with Han people as the mainstay, and the taxation of cultivated land was different from that of the Central Plains.

Datang adopted a tax system, in fact two sets of bills.Both rent and mediocrity.The Tang Dynasty stipulated that middle-aged men (21 years old are Ding men) and above were granted [-] mu of land each, of which [-] mu was allocated to the mouth and [-] mu was allocated to Yongye.Shoutian Dingnan is responsible for paying taxes and serving corvee.

Every Ding pays two stones of millet to the state for rent every year; if it is transferred from the local land, it pays two feet of silk (or silk) and three ounces of cotton every year; in places where cotton is not produced, that is, two feet and five feet of Nabu and three catties of hemp.In addition, every Ding has to serve [-] days of corvee every year, plus two days in the leap month; if there is no corvee, it will be replaced by silk or cloth, which is equivalent to three feet of silk or three feet, seven inches and five cents of cloth every day, which is called Yong.

If the burden of the people of the Tang Dynasty is calculated, it is actually not light.Calculated in normal years and months, a hundred mu of land can produce at least 150 shi of grain. If you pay two shi, two shi of rice grain is naturally not much, but the cloth in the Tang Dynasty was very expensive. It ranges from six hundred to three thousand dollars.It is about four feet long, and if it is sold, it is equivalent to more than 30 stone grains.

However, farmers in ancient times had a great ability to resist natural disasters. Drought and floods basically resulted in no crops, and there were also disease and insect disasters, so on average, it was equivalent to about 15.00% of their annual income.

However, in the Western Regions, Chen Yingke did not stipulate one hundred acres per square, but a division system.Even if it is a large area, whoever reclaims it will own it, and the government will make a land deed for you.Tax exemption in the first year, half tax in the second year, and full tax in the third year.

However, there is no such treatment for herdsmen of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions.How many sheep, how many cows, how many horses you have, the people in the tribe know very clearly, and the deception is doubled.

Moreover, Chen Ying had no tax collectors, so he directly asked the army to follow the tax collectors to a certain location. As long as the people grazing in this area, they would automatically come to pay taxes. If they did not pay taxes, they would resist the law and be dealt with strictly.

Qu Wentai said: "My father doesn't know, because this tax collection, anyway, the Western Turks collect taxes on all ethnic groups so simple and rude, these people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions can bear it, but let them learn Tang dialect as a whole family. Are they abandoning their traditional assimilation? Do you think they can bear it?"

Even Qu Boya sighed, "Chen Ying is still young!"

Qu Wentai gritted his teeth and said, "This is nothing, there are even more excessive things!"

Qu Boya asked in surprise, "What's too much?"

"Chen Ying asked that bastard Ma Mengming to formulate a series of laws, which are completely random!" Qu Wentai said indignantly, "Father, you also know that all ethnic groups in the Western Regions have a tradition of agreement and customs!"

Qu Boya said, "You mean robbing the bride?"

"That's right!" Qu Wentai said: "The Western Regions are martial arts, and of course beauties also love heroes. They often use martial arts to win beauties. Now, Chen Ying has abolished this custom and said that the marriage protection law only requires both husband and wife If you are willing to get married and get a marriage certificate issued by the government, as long as you snatch the marriage again, you will be breaking the law. Just last month, Chen Ying, a beast, executed thousands of people in Gulhai in one go, and even the lake of Gulhai was dyed red!"

In fact, Qu Wentai completely turned black and white at this time.Chen should respect the traditions of all ethnic groups, but this tradition is limited to each ethnic group, such as snatching marriage, within the same clan, or between other Hu ethnic groups, it is still the same as usual.

However, Hu people cannot snatch the wives of Han people, even if they are unmarried women, as long as the woman does not agree, it is against the law to snatch them away.

Qu Wentai went on to say: "Hu people in the wild are generally not under the jurisdiction of the law. Our Gaochang country just let it go. The Han people are either in the city or in the village, and the control is stricter. If there is a fight between the Hu and the Han. Han people who kill Hu people are generally severely punished. If Han people kill Hu people, unless there is a big disturbance. Otherwise, they will be dealt with leniently, or they will be locked up for a few months. When the situation subsides, they will be released. Now, if there is no one who suffers from the murdered Han people, sometimes they don’t even have a trial. It’s just that the Han people died in vain.”

Qu Boya nodded.

Qu Wentai said: "But Chen Ying, that bastard, now he has completely changed the laws of our Gaochang country, saying that once the other party strikes first, he can defend himself justifiably. Father, you know that we Han people like to quarrel, but Hu people like to quarrel." When they can do it, they will never make any noise. In the government of the Tang Dynasty, as long as they are barbarians who do it, they will be dispatched to the army, serve as dead soldiers, and beheaded directly. Just a few days ago, in Gaoche City A Han man without eyes blocked the way of the barbarian uncle, and the barbarian man was just a whip when he went up. What would happen to the unsightly pariah with a few whips? But Chen Ying actually gave the order to shoot and kill..."

As soon as I said this, a shrill cry suddenly sounded from outside the carriage: "Enemy attack!"

Qu Boya trembled in fright.

However, Qu Wentai remained calm. He smiled softly and said, "Father, don't panic. The people who save us have come. Our Qu family has enjoyed the country for 140 years and has won the hearts of the people in the Western Regions. Now there are warriors coming to save us. As long as Father When Wang Zhenbi called out, warriors from all races in the Western Regions would respond, let's take advantage of Chen Ying's departure from Gaochang to restore the country. As long as we unite the warriors from all races, my father and Chen Ying will not be powerless!"

Just after the sound of "enemy attack" sounded, the soldiers of the Tang army who were guarding the prisoners got on their horses one by one, whipped their horses frantically, and rushed towards the enemy.

Qu Boya looked at these Tang soldiers reacting so quickly, and couldn't help thinking of a word in his head: "Stay like a virgin, move like a rabbit!"

Qu Boya looked at the attacking enemy, and saw only three to five hundred horsemen, he couldn't help being a little disappointed.The 20 Western Turkic cavalry did not defeat Chen Ying's 3 horses, and now these rescuers are not as many as the Tang army soldiers guarding them, so there is no reason for success.

Qu Wentai said calmly, "Father, don't worry, this is just a bait ahead to attract the Tang army to pursue. As long as they dare to pursue, they will be greeted with thunderous blows!"

Sure enough, the two sides met each other.These rescuers left dozens of corpses and turned around and ran away.

Seeing that the enemy was about to run away, these soldiers of the Tang army rode their horses and chased after them.

Both sides chased me and ran, and went farther and farther.

The sound of tearing and killing came faintly, and Tang Jun clearly had the upper hand.Only the generals of the Tang army shouted: "Don't let them escape, don't let them escape!"

Qu Wentai said with a proud face: "You can play fools like these foolishly, father, let's kill them!"

At this moment, the originally flat sand suddenly seemed to come alive.

I saw the sand dunes rolling, and from the sand dunes drilled out one by one majestic big men of the Hu nationality. The number of these big men of the Hu nationality exceeded five or six hundred.

There were less than 100 soldiers of the Tang army left in custody. Seeing these majestic barbarian men roaring and killing, they turned their horses' heads and galloped away towards the distance.

Looking at the soldiers of the Tang Army who were fleeing in embarrassment, Qu Wentai bowed down in front of Qu Boya excitedly, and shouted loudly, "Father, you are free now, and now you are our King of Gaochang. People of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions hope that you will come forward to preside over the overall situation, so that you can mourn the people." Sin!"

All the warriors of the Hu nationality yelled in various languages: "I hope King Gaochang will take charge of the overall situation and lead us to punish the people and punish crimes!"

(End of this chapter)