After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

As the notices about fixed tax rates continued to be posted, the peaceful days of Lan County were finally broken.

According to the allocation method proposed by Xu Zhenying, one tael of silver would be allocated to each refugee.

Don't underestimate this one tael of silver. For many refugees fleeing alone, it is the straw that breaks the camel's back.

The paradise-like atmosphere in the city suddenly dropped, and there was a vague sense of tension.

The first people to cause trouble were the Demonstration New Villages, and now they are refugees in Gaoxin County.

Gaoxin County is very special. There are no indigenous people. Almost all of them are refugees from behind.

The land was finally cleared, fertilized, and sweet potatoes were planted. The matter of the fixed tax was like a thunder from the sky, destroying their already shaky family almost instantly.

In the county government office, Xu Zhenying was listening to Qian Zhenniang's situation report.

"The people in Gaoxin County had the biggest reaction. Dozens of them stole the sweet potatoes and ran away. One or two hundred people packed up and left Lan County. Yesterday, hundreds of people surrounded the temporary government office in Gaoxin County and demanded Wang Sanniang to give an account. "

"Are there any casualties?"

"That's not true. Although the people are quite excited, most of them come to inquire about the situation."

"Add some more manpower to Gaoxin County. If someone makes trouble, take them down first. Don't use drastic measures. Let Wang Sanniang stand in front and be scolded for a few days to appease the people. By the way, what's the attitude of those wealthy households? "

"It's just a coward. According to our quota plan, each of their families only has a few thousand taels of silver, which is less than in previous years. They have gotten a bargain, and they dare not speak out. Naturally, they can only be grateful."

"You can't say that, and you can't catch a sheep with wool. The big households have money, and they earned it themselves. They can't be blamed for any trouble. If things go on like this, who is still willing to do business? Who is willing to develop business and how to promote social and economic development?”

"The city lord is right. I shouldn't look at things from the old perspective." Xiao Qian, who was criticized by Xu Zhenying, admitted his mistake sincerely. As an old member of the Xu family's government affairs team, he naturally knows how important business is to the development of a country. .

Only a society where commerce, industry, and agriculture develop together is a perfect closed-loop society, which can create more social value and increase the wealth of both people and the country at the same time.

"You will be punished by copying the economic knowledge in the intermediate class twice."

Qian Zhenniang nodded and continued to report the information sent by her subordinates.

"In addition to Gaoxin County, the people in Lan County are also very excited. They have been shouting and cursing outside the county government for several days." Thinking of this, Qian Zhenniang became a little angry, "We gave it to the people during such difficult times. After distributing food, the fixed taxation issue has not yet been fully implemented. They crossed the river and demolished the bridge so quickly, completely forgetting the grace of the city lord that day! In other words, the city lord was kind. If it were another county, the people would not even dare to go to the county government. Come closer, how can anyone dare to surround the county government?"

"That's just a minority." Xu Zhenying didn't seem to care. "Besides, we have been operating here for so long to get rid of the servility of the people, let the people fully participate in government affairs, and let the people dare to speak and dare to speak out for their own rights. Of course, this must be There will be a mixture of dragons and snakes, and there will even be people adding fuel to the flames. It depends on how we control the balance."

Qian Zhenniang's heart skipped a beat. She recalled her secret talks with Fang Xun and the others a few days ago, and her tone became nervous: "The city lord is saying that there are rumors in the city that our previous food was stolen from official food?"

"This matter..." Xu Zhenying's expression was so unclear, "Other than Hu Wei, no one else would have thought of it."

But this played into her own hands.

If the fire doesn't burn any brighter, how can she let the Xu family, Fang family, and all the people in Lan County and Ye County rebel with her?

For things like rebellion, of course the more people the better!

Qian Zhenniang was a little confused about Xu Zhenying's attitude. The city lord didn't seem to blame Hu Wei. Thinking of the city lord's resignation to this public grievance, she suddenly had an idea and seemed to understand something.

The city lord...is really planning to cause trouble this time!

Compared to the seemingly calm county government office, the bulletin board was crowded with people watching.

The most explosive news these days is undoubtedly the issue of full taxation.

Even if the final announcement has not yet been posted, it concerns everyone in Lan County, so everyone's attention to this matter has reached an unprecedented level. Countless people wait in front of the notice board early every day just to get this first hand message.

At this moment, everyone was already a little impatient with waiting!

"Hey, how come this fixed tax and how it's distributed hasn't been announced yet?"

"Yes, let us know how to collect it!"

"Haven't you heard the news? It's said that there are a total of two hundred thousand, and it will be at least one tael for everyone, and the rest will be made up by the rich!"

"One tael?! How to collect this tael? The undivided family is not counted as a head, the unmarried daughter is not counted as a head, and what about the unmarried daughter? If it is divided according to the method when dividing the land, that is All you need to breathe is one tael, so after all, a family has three taels of silver!"

Everyone had never thought about this before, and when they heard this, they all became anxious, "How can we collect taxes like this! In the past, the capitation tax only counted the adult men in the family, but now it is levied on both the old and the young. , God, how can this happen?!"

The man said: "When the city lord divided the fields, all men, women, old and young were given a bowl of water. I didn't see any objection from you at that time. Now you only want to pay the taxes to adult men. How can it be so cheap in the world?" thing!"

"But... how can we get so much money! You can't get so much money even if you sell me as a slave!" Someone asked in panic, which attracted a chorus of echoes from the surroundings, and what's more The person's face looked like someone weeping in mourning.

"Money? It's better to ask you to pay for it!" The local people in Youlan County gnashed their teeth with hatred when they thought of those eunuchs. "Maybe I have to send my daughter there. The year before last, they went to Lan County and took her away. He married more than 20 young girls, the youngest of whom was only twelve years old! His parents complained to the county government, but County Magistrate Sun couldn't punish them, so he could only watch his daughter being sent away!"

The new refugees were shocked, and some even subconsciously covered their daughter's ears!

The little girl bit into the candied haws and looked at the crowd with confused eyes.

Someone asked tremblingly: "How dare they?"

"Why don't you dare?! The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is so confused that he can even think of a fixed tax. Is there anything surprising about anything that happens?"

"This taxation matter is not decided by the city lord, but by the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty! Those dog officials are trying to charge us two hundred thousand taels of silver, not to mention that our Jinzhou Mansion was severely affected by the disaster last year! Just wait, the eunuchs from the Transportation Department have already arrived in Jinzhou Prefecture, and will come to our Lan County soon. By then, these dogs will not care about our difficulties, nor will they care about our life or death. Come out and treat us all as bandits. In their eyes, we ordinary people are nothing more than livestock!" "God, this is not leaving a way for us ordinary people to survive -"

Before the people could cry out, someone came with another stick, "You know the food we distributed in the spring, right? At that time, Lan County was out of food, and there were tens of thousands of mouths waiting for food. Do you think that food fell from the sky?"

"Didn't you say...it was created by the city lord's magic?"

"Fart, do you really think the city lord is a god?! Why don't you stay the same? The city lord is really a god, why do you need to be forced into this by the two hundred thousand taels of taxes? Couldn't she just conjure up the silver?"

"That's true..."

"Then where do you think the food comes from?"

The man had a mysterious face, and whether he wanted to say anything or not, everyone around him looked at him.

Then the man lowered his voice and said: "That grain is shipped by the imperial court to the front line of Qianzhou! All we eat is official grain! We have already committed a capital crime!"

This statement immediately caused an uproar!

Some people simply don’t believe it, “How is that possible?!”

But someone immediately retorted: "How is it impossible? There is a waterway from Jinzhou Prefecture that can go directly to Qianzhou. The soldiers in Qianzhou are fighting with the natives, so it is impossible not to escort food and grass!"

"Oh my God! This...is using military rations. Isn't it a capital crime?"

"Damn it, if you advance, you will die, if you retreat, you will die. I think it's better to just rebel!"

Someone immediately came and covered his mouth, "Be careful what you say! Be careful what you say! Those who rebel will be beheaded!"

The man pulled him away and said with a ferocious expression: "We are all dead now, so we might as well fuck him. If you ask me, if that bitch from the transportation department dares to come, I will stab him in the face." Hole! If the imperial court wants to send troops to attack Lan County, I will be the first to charge into the battle!"

"Yes! Anyway, wars are going on everywhere outside now, and even those who don't know how to call them dare to call themselves kings and emperors. There are people in Lan County who have food. I think it's better to do the opposite to find a way to survive!"

"Brother, if you want to rebel, take me with you! If the conditions for being a soldier in Lan County were not too harsh, I would have served the city lord long ago! If we really want to fight this time, we will definitely recruit more soldiers, so I will take the exam again once!"

"That's right! Being a city lord is a good soldier, not to mention how much you earn. If you are disabled, there are doctors from the medical school who will treat you for free. If your mother-in-law and child die, you won't have to worry about no one caring about you. Even if you risk your life, it's worth it!!"

"Yes, what this brother said is so good! I think we should go to the city lord and ask him not to care about the court's taxes. If the court really dares to fight, we, the 100,000 people in Lan County, can unite and fight openly and openly. ! Didn’t the city lord encourage us to participate in political affairs? For such a big matter, we might as well write to the city lord to express our opinions! If you can’t write, just write pinyin. You can master pinyin! In short, for our homeland, for our Lan County, in order that we will no longer be bullied, and in order to be able to live upright and upright, we must also remonstrate with the city lord!"

"Yes, fuck him, if brother goes, I will go too!"

"Let's go, let's go. If you don't want to be a pig or a dog all your life, just follow me!"

There was a shout from the crowd, and people immediately followed like a fish in water. However, some people still hesitated, looking through the autumn water, waiting for the announcement, and seemed unable to make the final decision.

The black-faced man who had been hiding in the crowd to talk at the beginning now left the crowd, crossed the street, walked to an inconspicuous stall somewhere, and exchanged information quickly and calmly, "Mr. Hu, please tell me. Everything has been done, and I have said everything that needs to be said."

The man only showed his back, but he was thin and tall. He was sitting alone in the stall, seemingly isolated from the bustle of Lan County, and seemed a bit cold.

"Lin Er, you did a good job." He took out a few pieces of silver from his arms, "Gather your brothers again and tell them that the people from the Transportation Department are already on the way. Now we are asking Lan County to serve Fifty young women."

The man was stunned for a moment, but then he didn't ask any more questions. He simply took the money and disappeared into the street.

There was a lot of restlessness here in Lan County, and the eunuch of the Transportation Department was sitting in a wooden carriage, driving slowly on the official road in the mountains.

Spring and summer alternated. Although there was wind in the mountains, it was still sweltering under the sun during the day. Several maidservants sat on their knees and carefully fanned Eunuch Zhou.

Eunuch Zhou was very young. If he hadn't been relying on the big tree of Li Ping, the court had been troubled by the rebellion of King Ming a few months ago, and he used money to clear the way. He would not have been able to take the position of the transportation department.

With the clatter of horse hoofs, the supervisors who went to explore the road returned on horseback and reported the situation: "Eunuch Zhou, ahead is Lan County. Sun Qingchen was the county magistrate before. It is said that this place was occupied by rebels last year. There has been no one in Jinzhou Prefecture. Free up your hands to suppress the thieves. Now that we are passing through this place, why not just do a favor to the Lord of Jinzhou Prefecture and suppress them along the way, and bring peace to the local people, which is also a meritorious deed! Then we can also write it in Show it to Your Majesty in the booklet!"

Eunuch Zhou was not interested in suppressing bandits, he was only interested in how much money he could earn from this trip.

After all, this fat job in the Transshipment Department cost him thousands of taels, so he had to take advantage of this trip to make money.

So he sat up with the help of his maids and said in a high-pitched voice, "Our escort is less than a thousand people, so it's better to be careful."

Wang joined the army but was not afraid, "Eunuch Zhou, I have seen many people like these who dare to call themselves kings and emperors when a few hundred people are called emperors. They are just a bunch of rabble! When the time comes, we will just go and read out the imperial edict. If they obediently pay their taxes, Of course, we can't let him go. If he doesn't obey, Eunuch Zhou can do whatever he wants. Lan County is said to be extremely rich, and there are so many big families in the city. They must expect us to do justice for heaven!"

The two people's eyes met, and then they both smiled slightly.

A place with many large households is better.

Supervisor Zhou was not very lucky. He was only assigned to the southwest area. The people in this area were poor and there was little to gain. Now that he has come to Lan County, why don't he stay a few more days to see the scenery?

As for rebels?

What are the rebels to be afraid of?

Nowadays, the Zhou Dynasty is full of rebels. Sometimes the rebels are more knowledgeable than the county magistrate!

The two of them couldn't help but look forward to their trip to Lan County.

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