Xuande

Chapter 640
Although this is an all-out attack on unofficial local tyrants, which is essentially no different from bullying the weak, but because this is an action led by Liu Bei, some people still have different thoughts.

A group of people close to Liu Bei and those who are more concerned about the future political future think this is an opportunity to please Liu Bei.

They figured out Liu Bei's psychology and felt that Liu Bei seemed very dissatisfied with the existence of slaves, and further speculated that this might be the prelude to Liu Bei's next large-scale political action——

Those who abide by the slavery restriction are his own people, and they will definitely be promoted and have more political benefits in the future.

Those who do not abide by the slave restriction are his enemies. If they do not stand with him now, they may not stand with him in the future. The next large-scale political action may be the first to target them.

Maybe this is Liu Bei's characteristic obedience test.

Many people, including those around Liu Bei, came to corresponding conclusions, so they actively dismissed the redundant servants around them, keeping only three, and then went to the government to report with great fanfare to show their support for the restrictions on slavery. order support.

Even later, some officials started an "arms race" to dismiss slaves in order to please Liu Bei.

You dismiss ten, I dismiss twenty, you dismiss twenty, I dismiss thirty, you dismiss thirty, I dismiss fifty.

All in all, as long as Liu Bei is happy, remembers their names, remembers what they have done to comply with the slavery restriction order, and thinks that they are Liu Bei's own people, then they feel that this business is not a loss.

For example, even though Zhang, who lives in Sansuke, urged his family to release 630 seven servants to the government at one go, Du Ji, who was also from Sansuke, also urged his family to release 360 ​​servants to the government.

Zuo Fengyi and Han Hao, who was born in Hanoi County, urged the family to release 320 and [-] servants. They also reported the number of acres of land, the number of houses and the number of tenants of the family.

Yin Da, governor of Hongnong County, urged the family in Hanoi County to release 470 and seven servants. He also reported the specific amount of property of the family along with him, asking the family not to hide private matters, and to report in full to express his support and loyalty to Liu Bei.

Although Ruan Yu was from Chenliu, he also asked the Ruan family to respond to Liu Bei's call and take the initiative to release 260 family servants, and also dismissed the servants in his house until only one old servant who had followed him for many years remained.

Xun You did not represent the Xun family, but only represented himself, and dismissed the servants serving in the house to only six people. The reason was that Liu Bei, as a general, had only ten servants in the house, and he absolutely had no reason to keep more than ten servants. .

Represented by Ruan Yu and Xun You, subordinates of some families who were not in the Sili area also began to involve.

Starting from themselves, they dismissed the redundant servants around them one after another, and only kept three or five people to serve them. They also fully stated that they could not have more servants than Liu Bei to show loyalty and respect.

As for the production and management problems faced by the family, there are still some miser's cries...

It's not that they can't afford the money to hire free people to work, it's just that the cost is more or less. Could it be possible that people can really starve to death?Eat a few less dishes for a meal, and you will get all your money back!

And compared with the political benefits that can be obtained later, aren't these expenditures a drop in the bucket?

When can't money be earned?

Can officials be promoted if they want to?
I can't tell the priority, this is it!

Because the introversion behavior of the group of young officials close to Liu Bei was so frenzied that in the end, a group of old bureaucrats including Ma Rizun followed.

They dismissed the servants of the government one after another, and followed them to the government to register to show their support for Liu Bei's slave restriction order.

The number of slaves they released was not too large, but they ensured that they were on the united front with Liu Bei politically, which showed that they were a group of people who supported the slavery restriction order.

So when there was news in the local area that some people gathered to rebel because of the slavery restriction order, there was no voice of opposition. Instead, they collectively asked Liu Bei to suppress the rebels forcefully, kill chickens to warn monkeys, and implement the requirements of the slavery restriction order.

We high-ranking gentlemen have already expressed our attitude and even made compromises. We have already released our servants and are ready to spend money to hire people. You guys dare to resist?

This is no longer an ordinary rebel, he must punch hard!

So after the relevant news reached the imperial court, the old and new bureaucrats made a statement to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to authorize the general Liu Bei to take full responsibility for suppressing the local "rebels" who violated the slavery restriction.

For these fellows who resisted the restriction of slavery, the attitude of the gentlemen was unprecedentedly consistent.

kill them!

Basically, there is nothing impossible for the ruling class to reach an agreement, but anything that cannot be done is caused by too many internal conflicts.

On May [-]th in the second year of Jian'an, nine families including the Zhao family, Wang family, and Xue family in Pingyin County, Henan Province, gathered together to resist the government's slavery restriction order, and spread the word that if the government forces them to do something, they will have to use force to protect them. the property of.

They believed that everything they had was obtained formally, and the slaves were also bought with money, and there was no violation of the laws of the court, so they resolutely resisted this request and did not accept the slave restriction order.

After Liu Bei got the news, he immediately instructed his general Xu Huang to lead a team to rush forward.

Xu Huang acted very quickly. On the afternoon of May 21st, the second year of Jian'an, all the joint boycott forces of these nine families were wiped out. The entire family of the nine families was wiped out. Five thousand slaves.

On May 23, news came from Xingyang County that several families jointly boycotted the slavery restriction order. Liu Bei instructed Zhang Fei to lead the troops to solve the problem. On May 25, the boycott was physically terminated by Zhang Fei, and eight families were wiped out. Fei found more than 6000 slaves from these eight families.

On May 29th, many families in Liang County resisted the government’s slave restriction order by force, and injured several officials. The rebellion ended and more than 8000 slaves were acquired.

On May 5000th, many families in Shanxian County, Hongnong County resisted the government’s slavery restriction by force. More than [-] slaves were obtained.

Also on May [-]th, several families in Yiyang County, Hongnong County jointly resisted the government’s slavery restriction order. Yin Da moved to Yiyang County on the [-]rd of June, resolved the rebellion on the [-]th of June, and won There are more than [-] slaves.

On the second day of June, several families in Yewang County, Hanoi County jointly resisted the government’s slavery restriction order. Liu Bei dispatched his troops to lead troops northward with Zhao Yun, and resolved the rebellion on the sixth day of June, killing more than [-] people. The number of slaves exceeded eight thousand.

On the third day of June, several families in Chongquan County jointly resisted the slavery restriction order. Zuo Fengyi and Han Hao led the county soldiers to encircle and suppress them. On the fifth day of June, the battle was resolved, more than [-] people were beheaded and more than [-] slaves were captured.

On the fifth day of June, several families in Wugong County of Youfufeng jointly resisted the slavery restriction order. Guoyuan of Youfufeng led the county soldiers to attack, fought hard for three days, put down the rebellion, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-] slaves.

Also on the fifth day of June, several families in Lantian County of Jingzhaoyin jointly resisted the slavery restriction order. Sun Qian of Jingzhaoyin sent troops to quell the rebellion, killing more than [-] people and capturing [-] slaves.

On the sixth day of June, several families in Duling County, Jingzhaoyin unitedly resisted the slavery restriction order. Sun Qian personally led troops to attack, quelled the rebellion, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] slaves.

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At the end of May and the beginning of June, as the slave restriction order was issued and the government began to enforce the order, a large number of families were afraid of Liu Bei's power and iron fist, and decided to compromise with the court, handing over the extra slaves, admitting cowardice, in exchange for a peaceful night sleep.

But at the same time, there are also many families who are unwilling to obey the government's orders. They ignore Liu Bei's prestige, resolutely disobey, and gather together to defend themselves and resist the government's coercion, either because of too much interest involved or because of their personal character. Execute and even injure officials.

Faced with such boycotts, Liu Bei certainly would not be indifferent to them. For problems that the local county and state officials could not solve by themselves, he dispatched cavalry from Luoyang to attack across the board.

The big man's iron fist slammed down.

(End of this chapter)