Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

The rebellious tribe immediately became angry when they saw Ping An leading his troops.

Their herdsmen picked up weapons such as bows, arrows, knives, and immediately lay on the wall to confront Ping An and the others. Perhaps they considered how powerful the Ming army was, so they were all prepared and nervous at the same time.

When Ping An saw that they were still resisting, he frowned.

Generally speaking, those small tribes who want to cause rebellion will be frightened by the strength of the Ming Dynasty as long as they see Ping An leading troops to attack them. They will not dare to do anything. They will surrender when they see the Ming army coming.

Still thinking about resisting now can also explain their unruly nature.

Ping An felt that they had embarrassed themselves in front of Zhu Xuan.

"General Ping, I have something to say."

At this time, the leader of the tribe stood on the wall and shouted.

He didn't know who Zhu Xuan was, but he definitely knew Ping'an. Ping'an was in charge here, and almost all the herdsmen who came here to submit had seen Ping'an.

"Go ahead!"

Zhu Xuan just watched from the side and had no intention of intervening in the affairs here.

Since Ping An is the person in charge here, let Ping An handle everything. Zhu Xuan has no need to intervene.

"Yes!"

Ping An responded, led his troops forward, and came to the earth wall.

The soldiers who followed fixed the mortars and waited for Ping An's order. If necessary, they could fire into the tribe at any time to knock down the rebels.

"General Ping."

The leader of the tribe was overjoyed when he saw Ping An coming forward, thinking that there was a possibility of chatting.

They would do this. In fact, they didn't really want to rebel, but they were just impulsive and felt wronged, so they did it. If Ping An wants to appease them now, they are still willing to drop their weapons and surrender.

As Ping An said just now, how could they be willing to give up their current good life?
The Ming army could not be defeated again and again.

"What do you have to say?"

Ping An asked coldly, with no intention of persuading him to surrender.

These people did not rebel early or late, but they rebelled when Zhu Xuan arrived. This was causing trouble for themselves and gave Zhu Xuan the feeling that he was incapable of governing.

The leader said: "We don't really want to rebel. It's just that someone forced us to rebel. Please give General Ping a warning."

Ping An didn't want to talk too much with them. According to his plan, he just came, called directly, cleaned up the inside, and then asked about the reason.

However, with Zhu Xuan watching, he didn't dare to mess around.

You still have to go through the process and give them a chance to defend themselves.

"Who dares to force you to rebel here?"

Ping An asked with a cold snort.

"It's those dog officials from the Taxation Department."

The leader snorted dissatisfiedly, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with the officials of the Taxation Department.

The tax department is the official responsible for taxation.

Not only in Guihua and other places, but also in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the tax issues of various prefectures, states, and counties.

In naturalized and other places, whether it is trade or breeding, you need to pay taxes. These are the same as those within the Ming Dynasty, and there is no intention to deliberately harsh these herdsmen.

Farming in the Ming Dynasty requires a land tax, and breeding taxes are also collected here, and the ratios are similar.

Hearing that they rebelled and were related to the Taxation Department, Zhu Xuan was a little surprised. He waved Yan Guan over and said, "Bring the officials from the Taxation Department here. I want to see what they do." Something happened."

Collecting taxes is a lucrative job.

Officials collect taxes from their subordinates, and sometimes charge more. As long as they can hide it, the extra money belongs to themselves. Or you can collude with people who pay taxes, collect some money, and let them pay less taxes.

Whenever I reach out and touch it, my hands are full of oil and water.

Yan Guan received the order and arranged for several Jinyi guards to catch people.

"Zhang Mi from the Taxation Department?"

Of course Ping An knows the official in charge of taxation here, his name is Zhang Mi, he was naturalized and took up the post a year ago.

The leader said angrily: "This dog officer has been collecting taxes in our tribe since he came to take office last year. He has asked us for seven or eight more sheep every time. We could give it to him the first time, but they wanted to do it the second time. Asking for benefits, huh!"

He paused for a moment, then continued in a super dissatisfied tone: "How can we keep giving him benefits? Time after time, it got worse and worse. We didn't give it and drove him away. But, he brought people here to find us. After settling the accounts, they were all beaten away by us, so we rebelled!"

Their tempers are like this, and for the first time they can bear it.

If the situation gets worse the second time, you will definitely not be able to bear it and must stand up to resist. Any disagreement will be a rebellion.

Use violent means to save your own interests.

Ping An frowned. If there is really a problem of official corruption, it is quite serious.

That Zhang Mi is also very courageous. Under the premise that Ming Dynasty cracks down on corruption with such high pressure, he still dares to be so greedy. This guy is not an economical person.

"You can come to me and make it clear instead of rebelling."

Ping An said again.

The leader said: "It's so troublesome to find the general to deal with it! As soon as we rebelled, Zhang Mi, the bad official, didn't dare to come. General, this is probably the case for us. It's all Zhang Mi's fault, not ours."

They still don't think they are wrong.

He even quite rightly believes that it is appropriate to use violent means to protect one's own interests.

"You see, this is an example of disregard for the law."

Zhu Xuan looked at the leader and said calmly: "In the grassland, they are used to the principle of using hard fists. No matter whether it is right or wrong, they just care about whether they can fight. If there is really a problem with the Tax Department, it is because the government's governance is not in place. .”

Jing Qing said: "It's like this for the people who are outsiders and haven't been educated."

Although the leaders of the Yuan Dynasty also came from the grasslands.

But not all grassland people were able to follow Kublai Khan into the Central Plains back then. There were still many ordinary herdsmen who stayed on the grasslands to herd horses and sheep without legal restrictions. Even if there were, it would not be of much use to them.

The surrendered tribe in front of us is the best example.

After hearing what the leader said, Ping An almost laughed out of anger.

When something goes wrong, you don't want to go to the top, but instead rebel first and push yourself to a dead end.

Ping An had no choice but to look at Zhu Xuan and ask for instructions on what to do.

Zhu Xuan said: "I sent someone to catch Zhang Mi."

Hearing this, Ping An nodded and said to the leader: "Wait a moment, I will arrange for someone to capture Zhang Mi. When he comes, I will confront you."

"it is good!"

The leader has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. Even if he is indeed right and is forced to rebel, as long as he goes the other way, the consequences will not be good.

He thought that as long as Zhang Mi was captured, Ping An would let him go.

"I only trust General Ping."

The leader said loudly again.

Ping An has been here for so long, and still has a certain reputation that can convince the surrendered herdsmen. (End of chapter)