The real Taiyi came here for a visit

Chapter 72 Taxed
Liang Lianzhan ignored those stinky young ladies and walked towards the living room. Granny Bai and the great witch Hemiao came to present gifts.

As soon as I walked to the door of the living room, I heard Granny Bai complaining: "Master Niu, it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and I only brought you a small gift, don't be offended."

"Ah! That's right, the officials don't know why, this year's harvest is so loud, and when the autumn harvest arrives, they guard the gate of the village. The harvest is even more than last year's." The black seedling wizard also complained angrily about the tax. too heavy.

Last year it was three out of ten, and this year it was five out of ten!The people in the entire Miao village almost got into a fight with the tax collectors. Since the village was established, they have lived a self-sufficient life. In the past two years, the court has suddenly collected taxes!
"If you don't give it, you will hit it when you come." Liang Lianzhan strode into the living room.

Niu Zhenzi glanced at Liang Lianzhan who came in, and didn't speak, just waiting for his next words.

"We can't fight, we are not as large as the Zhuang people, and even the current Zhuang people are going to fight." The great wizard Hemiao also wanted to fight, but there were [-] standing soldiers guarding Guizhou.

"In the eighth year of Xining, Li Changjie, the Taiwei of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, led a large-scale invasion of Guangxi with 10 troops. Su Yan defended Yongzhou (Nanning) for 42 days and broke the city. Afterwards, he was driven away by the army of the Song Dynasty. He set up the Jingjiang Jiedu Envoy in Guizhou, with regular troops and horses. 4 to [-] people, most of whom are two strong men." Granny Bai looked at Liang Lianzhan, saying that if she didn't pay taxes, she would be rebelling, and you said it well, the imperial court's soldiers and horses were not vegetarians.

Liang Lianzhan didn't directly reply to Granny Bai's words, but drank a pot of tea and continued, "That means you only have bravery but no battle armor and no army."

"You really want to go against it? Why? Let's just talk about it here. The court is still very powerful." Bai Granny looked at Liang Lianzhan in horror. Although she didn't have any good feelings for the Song Dynasty, she was already a As a Song person, she knew that Song was still powerful.

"Reverse, I never thought about it, why should I rebel, but it is possible to have a semi-militarized army!" Liang Lianzhan shook his head, his eyes rolling.

"Then just say it straight, do you have any good suggestions? It is impossible for the imperial court to allow private troops to be set up privately." Wizard Hei Miao looked at this elder brother who was full of bad taste.

Liang Lianzhan, who only said two words of "Li Zheng", drank a pot of tea again in the presence of the old god.

"Lizheng?"

"Lizheng?"

Grandma Bai and the witch Hemiao looked at Liang Lianzhan in puzzlement.

"Is there a small official named Lizheng in the Song Dynasty? Most of these small officials were held by landlords, and the fields belonged to them. Didn't the imperial court collect their taxes every year, and then they collect yours? If you don't pay the taxes, you will call Xiangyong Do you want to kill and rob? Do you know how young the court wants you to be friends? Doesn’t the bigger landlord become the emperor of the land?” Liang Lianzhan combined the knowledge of later generations and looked at the two people who fell silent after hearing his words.

"Then, isn't our tax being overcharged?" Granny Bai was the first to react, and said angrily.

Liang Lianzhan said again and shook his head. He knew that the tax from the minorities in southern Xinjiang would not be collected until the Southern Song Dynasty.

It's not that they charge too much, but they shouldn't. The Miao people also have their own land, which is obtained from their own land reclamation. Who will come to measure the land of [-] mountains with high mountains and far away roads, and who will collect the tax?

Seeing that the black seedling witch was still puzzled, Liang Lianzhan threw out another three words.

"Nong Zhigao"

During the reign of Huangyou in the Northern Song Dynasty, Nong Zhigao, the leader of the Zhuang nationality in the 36th Cave, resolutely launched an uprising at the border to resist the oppression of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, but it was the Song Dynasty who attacked.

Cochin people are not stupid, they don’t fight Cochin. In a country with only mountains and forests, people in the mountains know better than anyone the reason why you can’t enter the forest. To fight the Song Dynasty, you must have food, people, and cities. city.

In the beginning of the uprising, it was indeed a siege, and the rapid progress shocked the government and the public.

Occupy Yongzhou in the north and Guangzhou in the east!
The Great Southern Kingdom was also established in Yongzhou.

Later, he was killed by Di Qing and Yang Wenguang and retreated to Yunnan, where he eventually died.

After this battle, the Song Dynasty greatly strengthened its gentle policy towards minorities. Basically, it did not collect food tax, and at most it collected some business tax, but only minorities could do business to collect it!
I am afraid that they will engage in rebellion. In dealing with the large-scale invasion of Jiaozhi, it is only expulsion, not annihilation.
Will you still collect taxes from your minorities?
It is really strange that the minorities who received Liaoxiang from Guangnan West Road were not big families. The first time I heard them received Liaoxiang was a year ago when Liang Lianzhan first arrived here.

One year later, they are still harvesting, and they are still harvesting more. There is only one possibility here, that is, the officials are exploiting the people, even minorities.

It is true that there is a sound of closing the Liao, but Song Ting should still be deciding whether to attack the Liao at this time. During the hesitation period, it is impossible to greatly increase the military equipment. It must be the landlords, that is, Lizheng, who bully the mountain people and accept them without knowing the situation. of.

Landlords with a legitimate name can be regarded as officials. They are just officials who collect taxes on behalf of the court and do not need to pay wages. It seems that it is a thankless task to maintain local law and order.

However, there was an unwritten rule in the Song Dynasty that the township warriors they hired were not subject to imperial restraint, and they could keep as small as they liked, provided that you could afford it yourself, which allowed landlords with some capital to run amok.

Although the court did not limit the number of people, the premise is that the war equipment stipulated by the court, such as continuous anger and strong crossbows, cannot appear on Xiangyong's body, otherwise it is a crime of treason!
Hearing the words "Nong Zhigao", the black seedling witch was so angry that he knew that he was being taxed!The imperial court has long been very gentle with the minority tribes because of the anti-bond boy uprising like Nong Zhigao.

The land of one's ancestors was taxed by others. This is a big joke.

How did Liang Lianzhan know about the history of Li Zheng and Nong Zhigao?For more than a year, he has already traveled to the Song Dynasty, so it's strange that he hasn't turned on his phone to watch Song History!

"Ah, ah, we were all slaughtered as pigs, I must kill them." The black seedling witch finished and walked out.

"Wait, let Lien Chan finish his sentence!" Niu Zhenzi immediately stopped the angry Heimiao witch.

"That's right! Lien Chan pointed out the problem, let him talk about how to solve it." The white mother-in-law who held the black seedling witch with one hand looked at Liang Lianzhan.

"Lizheng! Isn't Xiangyong established? You can do Lizheng yourself, and you can report to the county magistrate. If you add some money, you will definitely be able to do it." Liang Lianzhan said with certainty that this bird In a place that doesn't shit, the magistrate doesn't dare to provoke minorities, how small can it be?
In fact, for minority ethnic groups, they don’t care about being upright at all. Everyone carries weapons anyway. The reason why Liang Lienzhan wants them to find someone to be upright is to make a fuss about tax collection; It is convenient for the future, the source of the army must have a name.

"As for the people who took you Liao Xiang, take a knife and point at their land deeds and land deeds, won't it be over?" Liang Lianzhan made a gesture of cutting his throat on his neck.

understood!

Granny Bai and Heimiao suddenly realized on the spot that there is no need to worry about whether there is a big army or not.As for murder, if you kill, you will kill. It’s not a big city or town. As long as the officials collect enough tax and filial money for them, who cares who pays the tax? It’s just that they are taxed. .

(End of this chapter)