Overlord!
Chapter 348: Armed Resistance to Taxes
The effect of Zhuge Liang's massacre of Wuhuan can be said to be extremely significant. To be more precise, it shocked the whole world.
Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Zahu from Youzhou and Bingzhou all immediately sent envoys to Jiankang and sent envoys to pay tribute.
Within three months, the tributes sent to the Song Dynasty from various tribes included more than 8,000 war horses, and tens of thousands of leather, ginseng, fox skins, mink velvet, etc.
This wave of massacres really scared these alien tribes to death.
Including Kebineng, the most talented and strategist leader of Xianbei in central China, he was also worried that the Song army would do the same thing to them and kill them all.
After all, the Song Army's marching route passed through their pasture.
If the Song army can launch an attack on Wuhuan, they will definitely be able to impose all this on them.
If Mobei hadn't been too cold, these barbarians would have wanted to abandon their pastures in the south and run back to Mobei to huddle up.
The Central Plains unified dynasty in the south is really unlucky!
Even if it's not a unified dynasty, they can't afford it. The martial ethics of this land are a bit too scary.
The Central Plains in the eyes of the foreigners from all over the world is completely different from the Central Plains in the eyes of the Central Plains people!
"When there is civil strife, everyone can swarm in and feast on the lamb? (x)"
"The 'Eye of Terror' can kill a random group of rebels/bandits/returning valuables during civil strife! (√)"
"The great Blood God will never betray his followers!"
Whether it is the remnants of the Xiongnu, the defeated Turks under the flourishing Tang Dynasty, or the Yelv Stone of the Liao Kingdom, they are all terrifying first-level existences of the Whip of God when they reach Europe.
As for the defeated troops from the Central Plains who ran to the south, needless to say, it was simply the arrival of heavenly troops.
The barbarians from all directions suffered terribly when facing these remnant soldiers. They were ravaged and ravaged by each other and ruled for hundreds of years.
Not to mention facing directly the unified dynasty that had just founded the country in the Central Plains and was prosperous in military virtue.
This was only the first year of the founding of the Song Dynasty, and more than 200,000 Wuhuan were slaughtered in two battles.
If they continue killing like this, I am afraid that within three years, all the Xianbei, Xiongnu and other barbarians within the Great Wall will be wiped out.
Yi and Di are afraid of power but not moral. They would never dare to resist at this time.
Especially the barbarians within the Great Wall, they had no place to run.
The Xiongnu was the first to weaken at the knees, and he knelt down decisively to beg for canonization, and begged Jiankang to send a middle man to protect the Xiongnu, who would go to Xihe to ravage their Chanyu.
Although the generals who protected the Xiongnu were nothing since ancient times, they shouted and shouted at their chanyu, and even worse, hacked their hanyu to death without asking for instructions.
But crying together is not like crying as a family?
Da Shanyu will suffer a little more, at least the other Xiongnu tribes will be a little safer and will not be driven out of the Hetao area by the court and return to the desert outside the Great Wall. Not to worry, when I woke up, I found that hundreds of thousands of Song troops had appeared on the Hetao Plain. I, all my wives, children, and herdsmen were tied up and were driving into the pit.
Since Zhuge Liang's power in northern Xinjiang, the Xiongnu ministers have really had trouble sleeping and eating. Countless people were awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night, breaking out in cold sweats.
Now as long as the Song Dynasty court is willing to accept their worship and send envoys to canonize them, they will accept it even if the Xiongnu is divided into five tribes.
It's better to be dismantled than to be slaughtered!
The current Song Dynasty is no longer the Han Dynasty. It has just experienced troubled times. The current Song army can really bring out 100,000 elite infantry and cavalry to enter Bingzhou and kill all the miscellaneous people in Bingzhou.
It is not that the Xiongnu did not have a young faction, which advocated that they would rather be with the Song Dynasty than to live in ruins.
But the elders of the Huns did a little calculation, and soon their hearts became cold and cold.
When the Xiongnu were in Bingzhou, including all the miscellaneous barbarians, the most they ever attacked and killed Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, was that there were more than 100,000 miscellaneous barbarians.
But that was still the period of Emperor Ling's dynasty, when the Hu people were comfortable and had a large population.
After more than twenty years of war, the Huns were also deeply devastated by the troubled times. After all, no one, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, or even Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, was a good person.
Who among these people has not taken advantage of the Huns at will?
The population of the Xiongnu also increased and decreased. Several of the Huns' Chanyus were killed.
Moreover, even if the Xiongnu could gather more than 100,000 people in Bingzhou, how could they defeat the 100,000 Song army?
Now is the time when the Song Dynasty's martial virtues are flourishing and they are expanding their territory.
It is normal for the dynasty's army to dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops to fight foreign wars.
Once the two armies clashed, how could the fate of these hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu be any better than that of Wuhuan?
Perhaps the Huns rebelled in the first month, and the grass on the graves was already several feet high in March. The weeds spread, and the entire pit was submerged in weeds.
Therefore, in order to preserve the entire Xiongnu race, the Xiongnu elders fearfully sent envoys to Jiankang to pay tribute.
In November, Jiankang also received rare snowflakes. Reflecting the beautiful scenery, "where six flowers are flying in the air, there is a picture of a person born lying in the snow."
A furnace was also set up in Sun Ce's Chui Gong Hall, but the furnace burned charcoal, not coal.
There are also a lot of forests in Jiangnan, especially near Jiankang.
Charcoal sellers can make a lot of money just by selling charcoal and firewood during this season.
After the charcoal fire was lit, the palace was warm, but compared with this gentle environment, the palace people standing around were as if they had fallen into an ice cave, trembling in fear, and did not dare to take a breath.
Several prime ministers, assistants and generals who were standing by the emperor's bank also had cold sweat on their heads.
Even though the official rituals of the Song Dynasty had not been revised yet, no general dared to hook up with Sun Ce and yell in the palace, which was a breach of etiquette before the king.
Before the official positions of the Song Dynasty officials were determined, the emperor first revitalized the Yushitai system, but it was different from the Yushitai system of the Han Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty unified Taijian into one, that is, Yushitai and Jiangguan merged.
Xiangzhe's censor was responsible for inspecting and correcting hundreds of officials, while the admonishing officer was responsible for admonishing the emperor. The division of responsibilities was very strict.
Nowadays, the censor can speak out and give advice, and his authority has been greatly enhanced. It has become the third independent system after government affairs and taxation, and has complete control over supervision matters.
Even with the dignity of being the prime minister and assistant, he has to be subject to the position of admonishment.
Previously, Bu Zhao was fined for half a year because local officials did not increase the amount of grain in the warehouse without any reason.
Lu Fan, the censor Zhongcheng, impeached him: "Use the leftover money from the world to buy the capital of Changping Yicang, and increase it every year. If it does not increase unless there is a flood or drought, the official will fine him a salary and write an examination. The prefectures and counties will use it as a pretext, and it will be considered as a violation of the law."
The examination under the book means that the examination is the palace
Bu Zhi, as the chief official in charge of finance, was discovered by the censor last year and this year. In all states and counties in the world, the government has done nothing, and the food supply in Changpingcang has decreased but not increased.
In fact, this matter essentially cannot be blamed. The world was initially settled, and many states and counties still followed the old Han Dynasty system, where the county prime minister and the county prime minister were in charge of the warehouses and wealth of the counties.
The duties of the three envoys have not yet been implemented in all states and counties.
But Yushitai needed to establish his authority, and the three envoys also needed this opportunity to extend their authority to more than a thousand counties across the country.
Therefore, Bu Zhi, the third minister, bore the heaviest punishment since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
He was fined half a year's salary for his position as Prime Minister and Assistant, and achieved the prestige of Yushitai.
This made Yushitai famous in the first battle, and all the officials and military officers of the Song Dynasty respected Lu Fanfeng's authority.
Today, everyone is trembling with fear as they resume the war, because there is another serious rebellion in the Song Dynasty. This year is the first year of Kaiyuan. When the imperial court was first established, it encountered a rebellion. There is no doubt that it was a disgraceful thing for the imperial court.
Especially when the generals were shaking the northern Xinjiang, this kind of thing happened in the south, and the civil servants were probably to blame.
Yes, while the Song army was powerful in the north, there were people in the south who boldly launched a rebellion, and they were also barbarians.
This seems really incredible.
But it's so normal.
The motherland is so vast that it is beyond the imagination of most ignorant people.
The great victory in the northeast in midsummer shocked northern Xinjiang.
But in southern Xinjiang, the news of this great victory had not spread at all.
There may be rumors and good news in the city, but when they enter the deep mountains and old forests, Hu Yi Man Yue has no idea who Zhuge Liang is and what kind of existence Wuhuan is.
In the face of the rebellion, Sun Ce's mentality was still very peaceful.
When he was a prince, he knew one thing very well.
The position of Lord of the World is really not something that ordinary people can hold.
Facing various situations, if you don't have a good attitude, you may lose more than ten years of your life.
So after Sun Ce read the letter from Yizhou, he took a deep breath and looked at the ministers and ministers in the palace: "The barbarians in Banzhen, Ba County rebelled and gathered tens of thousands of people to attack the county. How do the ministers regard this?"
Ba County is not Badong County. It is often called the land of Sanba together with Badong County and Pasir County.
They are all counties and counties separated by Liu Zhang. The current geographical location does not require much attention, and the civil and military ministers of Jiankang do not pay much attention to this Badi.
But its location is still very prominent in later generations, that is, where the mountain city of Chongqing is located.
The mountain city of Chongqing supported more than 30 million people in later generations.
At present, the climate here is also very suitable. Back then, Bajun alone had a population of more than one million.
However, 60 to 70% of them are Qiang and barbarians, that is, Qiang, Di and Zhi people.
The Banzhen barbarians are also another name for the Mi people. The Mi people of this tribe mostly live near the water and are naturally brave. In the early Han Dynasty, they were the vanguard of the Han Dynasty, trapped in battle, and they were energetic and happy to dance.
Theoretically speaking, the nearly 800,000 mountain people in Badi are the indigenous people here.
But after the Song Dynasty completed the unification, it naturally affected the whole world, not the royal land. On the shore of the land, could it be the king's ministers?
What's more, a country like Bashu, a land of abundance, would naturally be under the strong control of the imperial court.
Although Badi is mountainous, it does not mean that the mountains and fields are not suitable for farming.
And this is the reason for this rebellion.
Bu Zhao was the first to speak and said: "I believe that this rebellion must not be tolerated. The barbarians have been dissatisfied with the king for a long time. They must be suppressed, all the rebels must be killed, and the capital must be built to police the four directions. If the imperial court compromises today, the whole world will rebel tomorrow. .”
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the palace looked sideways.
Sun Ce also raised his hand and asked, "Why do you say this?"
Don't always just kill and kill when trouble comes!
It sounds like the Song Dynasty is a group of butchers.
The reason why Wuhuan was able to be slaughtered in one fell swoop was because they had a royal court where more than 200,000 people gathered in one place, so Sun Ce ordered them to be killed in one fell swoop.
The entire tribe disappeared in an instant, so naturally no one would have any criticism, rumors or abuse against the Song family.
But people are different. They live dispersedly, which is decentralized.
And the population is huge, perhaps hundreds of thousands.
If the Song army really entered Bajun and started massacres indiscriminately, it would be infamous.
And this will lead to fierce resistance from the people.
Although the original fate of the Jin people was to be almost killed and disappear in the long river of history.
But after all, it didn't happen overnight, and it gradually disappeared during the war. No one cared about it, and there was no reputation.
Bu Zhi then opened his mouth and explained in detail: "This rebellion is ultimately due to land and taxes. The barbarians in Banzhen are the Yi people. When King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty, he carved a stone oath with them: The barbarians will not rent a piece of land and will have ten wives. It doesn’t count. Those who hurt people are judged to kill people for money. The alliance said: Qin invades the Yi, and loses a pair of yellow dragons; the Yi invades the Qin, loses a bell of sake. This way the Yi people feel at ease. The emperor of the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and punished the Qin people every year The levy of forty coins is for money."
"Today, our government has changed the Han system and ordered the barbarians in the world to serve in the Central Plains, just like household registration. Instead, we will check the acres of land of the people and collect money according to the acres."
"Because of this, the people rebelled and raised tens of thousands of people to fight against the officials. If the imperial court tolerates it now and softens its attitude, tomorrow Yizhou will no longer be owned by the imperial court!"
Zhang Zhao did not agree with Bu Zhi at this time, but asked: "Is this really so? Is the matter as simple as what Ji Xiang said?"
"I heard reports from officials that officials from the Third Division of Yizhou colluded with wealthy families, merchants, and large households to commit evil crimes and accept bribes. During the acreage calculation, a large number of land owned by the Han people was easily owned by the Han people."
"Overnight, the people were ruined, lost all their wealth, and countless people became slaves!"
Bu Zhi's face turned pale and he immediately denied it, saying: "That's nonsense! The officials of the Third Division and the Tiancao officials measured the land on the spot, and the heads of households pressed their fingerprints to seal it. How could they usurp the talents of ordinary people?"
Zhang Zhao angrily rebuked: "It is precisely because the common people are required to write the seals themselves that the petty officials are allowed to do it! The words are all in Chinese, and the petty officials colluded with local prominent families and elders to deceive the common people and make them unaware of the content. Transfer the fields to the wealthy families.”
"As a result, the local wealthy families are competing with each other, and the small people's families are destroyed! Such cases are common. It was only in October of this year that the tax collection led to the rebellion of the people."
Listening to the fierce quarrel in the palace, Sun Ce put his hand helplessly on his eyebrows. There was a rebellion, and now he was involved in the struggle for power among the prime ministers of the imperial court, and things became extremely complicated.
Do what Bu Zhi and Zhang Zhao said make sense?
Sun Ce closed his eyes and knew without thinking that each of the two people's words contained true insights and wise sayings.
From the perspective of both of them, they are both serving the country and the people, and they are absolutely in harmony with each other.
Should the rebels be killed if they rebel?
Don't think too much, no matter which general Sun Ce sends to quell the chaos.
These tens of thousands of defeated people will definitely be killed, and tens of thousands of heads will be built into the capital to intimidate the people so that they will not dare to rebel again.
Just like Bu Zhi said, if the court relents today, the people will not have to pay land tax.
All the southern barbarians in Bashu would follow suit, and rebels would break out and they would fight against taxes with arms.
Will the imperial court still rule Bashu?
You know, tax resistance is an absolute taboo minefield for Sun Ce.
But did the things Zhang Zhao said happen?
There is no doubt that this kind of thing can never come out of nowhere.
It is inevitable in any dynasty for officials to collude with wealthy families to seize people's land and exploit people's wealth. (End of chapter)
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