Xuande

Chapter 806 Huang Chengyan Doesn't Plan to Help Huang Zu

Before the slave restriction order, Nanyang County had destroyed most of the powerful clan forces by Zhang Ji, so when the Dutian Order was launched, Nanyang County was quite stable and there was no large-scale turmoil.

Some small-scale turmoil was easily suppressed by the soldiers of Nanyang County, and the situation was quite stable.

Nanjun and Jiangxia counties also belonged to the places where the field order was to be implemented. After the news spread in early June, the local forces in Nanjun and Jiangxia counties began to stir.

Previously, through the cooperation of the Kuai family and the Cai family, Liu Bei successfully inserted his cronies Zhang Ji and Du Ji'an into Jingzhou to become the local sheriff. However, compared with Zhang Ji's success, it was relatively difficult for Du Ji to seize power.

The reason is very simple. Zhang Ji's success is based on the fact that Nanyang County is a part of the central system. Compared with Jingzhou, Nanyang County is obviously closer to the center of Luoyang, relying more on the relationship with Luoyang to survive. The relationship is more subtle.

Therefore, after Luoyang Central was cleaned by Liu Bei, the local forces in Nanyang County became rootless duckweed, and were swept away by Zhang Ji's grass and beating rabbits, without causing any other chain reactions.

But South County is different.

The location of Nanjun is farther away from Luoyang, and the local forces themselves have nothing to do with Luoyang. They are born and bred, and their social networks are all rooted in the local area. They are more connected with Jiangxia County and several counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

If it moved Nanjun, the whole Jingzhou would be shaken.

Du Ji wanted to do it many times, and asked Liu Bei many times for instructions. Liu Bei instructed Du Ji not to act rashly because of the actual situation at the time, and by the way, added more quotas for the county soldiers to Nanjun.

In the case of a general shortage of county soldiers across the country, Liu Bei allocated [-] high-quality county soldiers to Nanjun as a priority, which strengthened the power in Du Ji's hands. Therefore, during the slavery restriction period, Du Ji successfully attacked a number of local soldiers. power.

Even so, the situation in Nanjun was far less clear than that in Nanyang County, so much so that Du Ji used "zong thieves" to describe the local forces in Nanjun.

According to Du Ji's research, he believes that there are actually two opposing forces in the local area, one is the sect thieves, and the other is the real sect thieves hiding behind the sect thieves.

The sect thieves who stand on the bright side are all small and medium-sized families or bandits and bandit leaders. They are cannon fodder responsible for bloodshed in battles. very simple.

But the problem is that they are all standing behind them are the local powerful families of Jingzhou. Without the support of these rich and powerful families, these sect thieves will not be able to stand at all, and they will be wiped out by the Jingzhou government army in minutes.

Fundamentally speaking, these sect thieves are actually bargaining chips for the game of power between the wealthy clan of Jingzhou and the Jingzhou government.

If the governor of Jingzhou is more inclined to the wealthy clan in Jingzhou and pays attention to the interests of the wealthy clan, then the wealthy clan will properly abandon some disobedient sect thieves to do meritorious service for the chief, allowing them to accumulate meritorious deeds, so as to get promoted and make a fortune.

If the governor of Jingzhou wants to limit the power of the wealthy clan and suppress the interests of the wealthy clan, then the wealthy clan will use these thieves to launch a rebellion, or carry out sneak attacks, making the chief unable to guard against and annoying, and finally the chief will lose his post because of improper handling.

Of course, there are also some officers with strong abilities and deep background who can deal with these Jingzhou sect thieves, but such people are a minority after all. Although Du Ji is one of them, when the core interests are in full conflict, no matter how deep the background is. does not work.

Originally, Du Ji used the deterrence of the county soldiers to achieve a delicate balance with the strength of the local sect thieves in Nanjun, but this delicate balance was broken after the Dutian Order was issued.

From the perspective of the sect thieves, it was originally a relationship between eating more and less, but after the land-duling order, it is not a relationship between more and less, but whether there is a relationship. I don't know how many people will face life downgrading and class decline.

Can they bear such a thing?
If Du Ji hadn't informed the soldiers of the county to defend Jiangling City, which is governed by Nanjun County, Jiangling City would have been difficult to preserve during the first wave of attacks by the thieves.

Generally speaking, the power of Jingzhou thieves is not as good as that of Jizhou Zongwang's rebellious forces, but the difficulty is that almost every county has zong thieves to rebel against Dutian.

At least the northern part of Jizhou is stable. If there are some problems in the southern part, the soldiers from the northern prefectures can be mobilized to help put down the rebellion. However, except for Nanyang County, every county in Jingzhou can be regarded as a problem.

Nanjun is still good, Du Ji has been on guard for a long time, and Jiangxia County is unlucky.

After the Dutian Order was handed down, Jiangxia County also experienced a wave of internal disputes. The major wealthy families and ordinary landlord and powerful families all went through some internal struggles. They were distressed by the stepped tax system requirements of the Dutian Order, and internal disputes were fierce.

Take the largest and most powerful Huang family in Jiangxia County as an example, it is very divided within.

First of all, Huang Wan, who is currently serving as Wei Wei in Luoyang, is from the Huang family, and is also a member of the main line of the Huang family. Grandfather Huang Qiong and great-grandfather Huang Xiang are all famous people in the world.
The status of such a wealthy family in Jiangxia County can be imagined.

However, Huang Wan is a person who is very knowledgeable about current affairs, and he stated that he would follow Liu Bei's order to save the land, but he also said that the Huang family is a big family with many branches, rich and poor, and he has been away from home for a long time. Having settled in Luoyang for a long time, it is hard to say that he still has some influence on the family.

Liu Bei is not a devil either, it means that Huang Wan can know how to turn back when he is lost, there is nothing good about him, there is no requirement for him, as much as he can persuade, it is your ability to persuade, if you can't persuade, I don't blame you, but you want Make sure they can't fight against the court.

Huang Wan only said that he worked hard, but he didn't dare to promise anything. After that, he sent his son back to Jiangxia to worship the ancestors. He took this opportunity to find the representatives of the various branches of the Huang family, and discussed the matter with them, so that they could make the right decision. , Don't put your family in danger.

But, the so-called correct decision mainly depends on where the buttocks sit. The law that the buttocks determine the brain, few people can counteract it. The reason why Huang Wan can ignore the taxes that need to be paid is more or less concerned about his official position and income. and future political interests.

He has nothing to hope for, but as the Nine Ministers, he can expect his descendants to take up positions of real power. This expectation offsets the helplessness and dissatisfaction of paying taxes.

But other people are different, they can only do simple arithmetic problems, and calculate whether this Dutian Order is good or bad for them.

The big family is more or less a little expert in mathematics. Everyone can see how much tax they need to pay according to the detailed rules of the Dutian Order announced by the court.

The poor clansmen made a calculation and found that the land-duling order was actually beneficial to them. It could also increase their family property and gain benefits. The tax they paid was very small, which was nothing compared to their income.

What's more, it's so cool to watch those bastards who get rich and bully them around.

So the impoverished Huang clan decided to support Dutian Order.

Some other members of the Huang clan who didn't have a lot of family property also did some calculations and found that according to the algorithm of this stepped tax system, and the court's calculation of different tax rates for different types of land, the taxes they need to pay are actually not too much.

Although paying taxes is a very uncomfortable thing for them, compared to being questioned by the court and being attacked by Liu Bei's army, they feel that paying these taxes in exchange for a peaceful and stable life is not unacceptable.

They felt that what Huang Wan said was reasonable.

Finally, there are the top Huang clan members who occupy a large amount of land and wealth. The size of the land they own matches the requirements of the Dutian Order, which is tantamount to stealing money, so they don't have to count it, and it is impossible to accept it.

They loudly opposed the Dutian Order at the clan meeting, loudly reprimanded Huang Wan as a lackey of the court, and did not consider the emotions of the tribe at all, and then called on the tribe to resist and fight against the Dutian Order.

The impoverished clansmen only wanted to see their misfortune, and it was impossible for them to work for them. They watched them barking and barking coldly, and couldn't help sneering in their hearts.

After much deliberation, the middle-class people feel that the risk of resistance is too great. Compared with it, paying that little tax in exchange for a stable life is quite cost-effective. After all, the worst thing is to have money and die.

The wealthy members of the Huang clan felt embarrassed and uneasy when they saw that their call had not received a collective response.

Why didn't the clansmen respond to my call?
Huang Zu is the representative of the wealthy Huang clan. He loudly expressed his dislike of Du Tian Ling, and asked the family to gather all forces to oppose the system of Tian Ling, and to form a strong military force to ensure the interests of the Huang family. succeed.

"Before the imperial court promoted the slave restriction order, we did not oppose it. At that time, I remembered that many people said that as long as the land saving order passed, everything would be better. What happened?"

"Not only did the situation not get better, but it got worse! Du Tian Ling is for our good? That means the court, the emperor, wants to snatch the family property from us! Snatch the family property accumulated by generations of ancestors!"

"These properties are left to us by our ancestors. If we can't keep them, it is unfilial. After death, what face do we have to face our ancestors? What face do we have to face future generations?"

What Huang Zu said was full of passion and spittle, but only a few members of the Huang clan who were also wealthy responded to him, and more members of the other clan were hesitating or watching with cold eyes.

The reason is simple.

Everyone can't empathize.

Not everyone has so much ancestral property like you, and we don't have much ancestral property, and our ancestors are not so powerful. When we go underground, it's hard to say who will complain!
Seeing that no one responded, Huang Zu was a little embarrassed.

So he wanted to lobby Huang Chengyan, a very prestigious member of the clan, hoping to get Huang Chengyan's support. He felt that as long as Huang Chengyan expressed his support, he would definitely be able to win more clansmen to help him.

"Based on your reputation among the clan, as long as you speak out against the Dutian Order, there will be a large number of clansmen who will follow you to oppose the Dutian Order. The Dutian Order will make many clansmen pay a large amount of taxes. This is a blatant plunder by the court.

Things that have never happened in the past have happened now, things that the common people need to do, and now the emperor actually says that we should pay taxes with the common people, this is simply a matter of treating us as common people, this kind of thing, you Is it acceptable? "

Huang Zu felt that his thoughts and Huang Chengyan's thoughts should be similar, or that they should be similar to most people. Liu Bei actually regarded himself as the same existence as those ordinary people. Is there such a thing as insulting?
Indeed, Huang Chengyan felt uncomfortable about being forced to farm and pay taxes, but Huang Chengyan's attitude was also very ambiguous.

Huang Chengyan's family owns a lot of land, but not as many as Huang Zu.

Suddenly having to pay so much taxes, Huang Chengyan felt a little unhappy, and felt that Liu Bei really didn't respect them very much, which was a bit like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but he thought more about it.

Before considering everything, he must take into account Liu Bei's level of force, which is the most coercive in the world.

Can resistance be successful?
If the rebellion is unsuccessful, compared to the taxes that need to be paid, can he bear the danger of unsuccessful rebellion?

At its root, Huang Chengyan feels that his material needs are not very large, and the amount of land property is not too much, not the kind of level that needs to be broken to pay taxes.

Moreover, he himself knew that the essence of Huang Zu's jumping up and down was for his own family property of tens of thousands of mu.

For his family property, for his glory and wealth, and perhaps a little financial gift from Huang Zu, Huang Chengyan felt that this kind of thing should not be done, and it would not do him any good.

And speaking of it, Huang Zu's reputation in the clan is not very good, and he has a feeling of being rich and unkind. There are five people and six people in the family, and he likes to show off his power in front of the clan, showing off his family's wealth, showing off his status as the richest man in the Huang family .

Huang Zu didn't have much respect for an old man like him. If he met him on weekdays, he wouldn't see him saluting. Quite unhappy.

Do you usually not burn incense and worship Buddha, but only come to hug Buddha's feet when things are critical?

late!

The so-called villains have their own grind, Huang Chengyan felt that a villain like Huang Zu should probably be dealt with by a big bully like Liu Bei.

The taxes that need to be paid for 10,000+ mu of land are indeed not something that Huang Zu can afford, and he is not willing at all. It must be a fight. With Huang Zu's ability, can he fight against Liu Bei?
Huang Chengyan found it difficult.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, I still prefer to go to the tiger mountain?
Am I stupid?
"This is a big matter. I still need to think carefully. It is about the lives of the people. I can't make a decision at will. Let me think about it."

Huang Chengyan responded to Huang Zu with an ambiguous attitude, and then closed the door to thank the guests, complained to the outside world, did not see anyone, and received no courtesy.

In fact, Huang Zu's request was rejected.

Huang Zu couldn't get any promise from Huang Chengyan's side, so he was very depressed. He could only continue to lobby the people in the clan, hoping to get more support. Have a unanimous idea.

Later, the members of the Huang clan who did not want to resist expressed their wishes to Huang Wan through the relationship of Huang Wan's sons. In fact, they accepted the imperial court's request to save the land and expressed their willingness to pay taxes.

Huang Wan presented the list to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei nodded in agreement, so this part of the Huang clan was on the white list of the court.

The rest are not on the white list.

The clansmen who chose to resist because of their large family property and those who were moved by Huang Zu's bid decided to join Huang Zu in rebelling, and the split of the Huang family became a reality.

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PS: My NO.16 will never ask for leave!Yuanshin, dogs only play!
PPS: My NO.17 asks for leave, Wang!

(End of this chapter)