"Oh, it's impossible." The pig-headed squire sighed: "The beggar said that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is now their chief gang leader. Their gang leaders were all promoted by the prince to court officials, and they are now also his watchers and propagandists.
I’m sorry!”
"Wherever they hang out every day is arranged by the beggars. If they don't go back before dark, the beggars will come looking for them right away." Another squire, who looked like a thin monkey, answered: "A bunch of beggars gathered in front of the door.
They were noisy and yelled that if they didn’t let him go, they would let us all get out of Jiangxi!”
"Isn't that true? Beggars can threaten us. What kind of world is this?" the squires and elders said angrily.
"It's a world where a beggar can become an emperor..." the bald squire said bitterly: "So the beggar turned over and sat on the heads of us people, shitting and peeing!"
"Be careful what you say." A timid elder said worriedly, "If those people find out about this, we will all lose our heads."
"What are you afraid of? Will you tell the truth?" The bald squire was used to being arrogant and glared at the man.
"Of course not." The man shook his head quickly.
"Will you tell the truth?" Baldhead looked at Pighead again.
"of course not."
"Is this going to end?" the bald squire curled his lips.
"Okay, the more you talk, the farther you go from the topic." Xia Dan finally couldn't listen anymore and stopped them from continuing their meaningless nonsense.
"Come here, are you just talking nonsense?"
"Of course not." Everyone hurriedly shook their heads and said, "We are here to ask Duke Dan to make his decision."
"Yes, we all listen to Mr. Dan. We are trying our best, but we must withstand it!" the bald squire also said loudly.
"Hey, how can I resist?" Xia Dan said with a sad face:
"In the past, there was Xiong Fantai, and Zhang Tianshi was in front. It was enough for us to follow along and beat the drums and cheers. Now Xiong Fantai has been skinned and grassed, and hung on the top of Nanchang City, and Zhang Tianshi has also been deprived of the title of Tianshi.
, are under house arrest in Nanchang City. I heard that more than 200,000 households in Zhengyi will be moved out of Jiangxi and resettled in Huguang."
As he spoke, he let out a long sigh and said: "Alas, the imperial court this time wanted to capture the thief first, and cut down our two pillars as soon as they came up. Alas, what can the hozen do if the tree falls and the hozen is scattered?"
"What's going on, do you think this is what Duke Dan means?" The faces of the leading squires changed. "Are you going to let him slaughter you?"
"Alas..." Xia Dan sighed again and said: "People are cutters, and I am fish meat. Now we fish on the chopping board, even if they jump up, they will hit the knife edge, and they will only die in an ugly way. Why bother? Or?
Just lie down and let them do whatever they want, it's just a matter of paying more royal rations, no one will die."
"Dang Gong is confused, it's not a matter of paying more taxes!" Several leaders tried to persuade them: "After clearing the land, it will be compiled into a yellow book; with the yellow book, you can do Lijia! What about the Lijia system?
It’s too deadly!”
"Yes, if Li Jia is involved, we will stop farting." The squires said depressedly: "Those poor devils are just sitting on our heads!"
Because the organization method of Lijia is that every one hundred and ten households are divided into one li, and the ten households with the most Dingliang serve as li chiefs, and the remaining 100 households are called the heads of Jia.
Every year, ten chiefs led by a li chief are responsible for serving and are responsible for 'managing the affairs of the li'.
In the second year, another director will be replaced and he will lead the other ten chiefs to take charge of the affairs. This will happen once every ten years.
This is Boss Zhu's most proud invention. As a result, ordinary people only serve once in ten years, and they don't have to worry about anything in the other nine years, just farm and live in peace. The burden is naturally greatly reduced.
Secondly, it has greatly changed the power structure at the grassroots level.
Originally, there were more than a hundred households in a village, and one or two big households had the final say on everything. After the Jia system, the leadership of the village suddenly expanded to ten households, and the poor people also became the heads of the Jia.
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As the saying goes, if everyone is an official, it means that everyone is not an official...
For example, these people here, with their financial resources, are 100% able to become a li chief, but what can that do? There are nine li chiefs who are equal to them within one li, and it is their turn to be a errand only once every ten years. The other nine are
Years ago, he could only accept the management of the other nine obediently. Wouldn't it be hard for him to kill them?
Moreover, the original influence of large households like them was far more than just one village or tunnel, and even the whole township had the final say. But now they are forced to be reduced to the rank of village chief, so how can they extend their hands elsewhere?
Everyone is the boss, why should we listen to you?
Those clan elders were also extremely uncomfortable. They were a large clan with at least a few hundred or more than a thousand households. They used to have to obey them obediently. But now they have to be divided into li by li by the government.
When the time comes, any disputes such as lawsuits, property disputes, neighborhood disputes, etc. will be decided by the tribesmen themselves. What else will they do to the clan elders? Who will provide for them?
Therefore, paying taxes per acre only caused them pain, while the Lijia system really allowed them to break their defenses.
Originally they thought that if the Lijia system was implemented, county officials would not be able to go to the countryside, so how could corrupt officials stay in the countryside? So the government would definitely stand up for them and disrupt the Lijia system.
Unexpectedly, after a big prison sentence, officials and errands in the prefecture and county, as long as they have anything to do with household registration and field registration, will be confused...
Moreover, Zheng Yiyi also surrendered. They had no hope at all and could only rely on themselves.
The wealthy people wanted to repeat their old tricks and let the teachers and failed scholars set the pace to trick the common people into going against the government. But unexpectedly, they were met with a strong resistance from the Beggars Gang.
Thanks to the vigorous publicity by the beggars, those vernacular words about fortune have become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. After the common people have heard it too much, it will be difficult for them to deceive them again.
The scholar said: "The purpose of clearing the land is to make you pay more taxes!"
The fellow villagers will ask: "Isn't it said that 'more fields pay taxes, less fields pay taxes'?"
The scholar said: "There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. When the big households don't cooperate, the government will still have to fall on you for the extra taxes."
"After Li Jia, officials will no longer go to the countryside. We will take turns to be errands and collect taxes ourselves. If anyone does not cooperate, we will never agree!" the fellow villagers shouted.
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"In the past, how could an old farmer say something like this?" The pig-headed squire said gloomily, "It's all because of those beggars who went around talking nonsense and deceiving the public, making the people's customs unsophisticated."
"Yes, Mr. Dan." Everyone urged: "If we don't resist this time, we will be doomed!"
"Well, what do you think we should do?" Xia Dan sighed helplessly.
"This..." All the squires were suddenly speechless, and the bald heads said sarcastically: "Aren't they just here to find a solution to Duke Dan?"
"I'm at my wits' end." Xia Dan stood up slowly, holding the handrails with both hands.
"Where are Mr. Dan going?" everyone asked hurriedly.
"Let's go to a meeting." Xia Dan took the cane and walked out slowly: "I advise you all to come with me. Your arms can't hold your thighs."
"I won't go, whoever wants to go can go!" The bald squire said angrily: "Xia Dan, I really despise you!"
