The creatures in the world are very strange. Some animals understand human nature and value friendship more than humans. If you don’t believe it, you can read "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" written by Pu Jun. However, some people understand animal nature and do things worse than animals. p>
Jiading Prefecture is a good place, surrounded by mountains and rivers. There are Sangui Mountain, Jiuding Mountain and Dajiang River in the east; Yangjiang River in the west; and Qingyi Water in the southwest. The water source is sufficient and the land is fertile. The former commander-in-chief Yang Zhan recruited refugees, restored production, and allowed
The people had enough to eat. In troubled times, this was a great blessing! The people of Jiading regarded Yang Zhan and his wife as their parents.
At this time, the two major bandits of the Huang Thirteen Family, no, the two major vassals, Yuan Tao and Wu Dading defeated Yang Zhan's son Yang Jingxin and became the new master of Jiading.
"Brother Yuan, Jiading is so rich, is it going to make the brothers happy for a few days?"
Wu Dading asked Yuan Tao cheerfully. What could make the bandits happy? Naturally, it would be burning, killing, looting and robbing women.
Among the Thirteen Yao Huang, Wu Dading and Yuan Tao have the best relationship. Both of them are from landlord families, educated and educated, and they look down on the other eleven uneducated bandits.
Educated bandits are often worse and more vicious than uneducated bandits!
Yuan Tao, the "King of Fighting for Heaven", is as thin as a monkey and as strong as an ape. Among the bandits who shake Huang, he is the most powerful and can stabilize Wu Da. Among the two, he is the leader.
"Brother, we now have a stable territory. We can't grab it as hard as we did before, which will damage our reputation."
"Brother Yuan, aren't the brothers going to be hungry?"
Yuan Tao smiled: "If a thief doesn't escape, how can there be any reason to enter the treasure mountain and return empty? Let's do this, tax. Let the people hand over half of their property to avoid death; if they don't hand it over, they will be killed!"
"But Brother Yuan, how do we know who is rich and who is poor, and how much is half of the family property?"
Yuan Tao was delighted: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool, I have already thought about it. We don't need to collect this tax, let the old people from Changxiang collect it. They are familiar with the local situation. Half of the 10% will be given to the village chief. If you encourage unruly people to complain,
, If any village chief dares to show favoritism and reduce the tax burden, he will be killed."
Wu Dading thought for a moment and was extremely impressed, "Brother Yuan, this is a great idea. It doesn't harm our reputation, and it also solves the problem of brothers' food and salary. It's high, it's really high!"
The two divided the territory: Jiading City was shared by them; Meizhou Prefecture and Hongya County were assigned to Wu Dading; Jiajiang County was assigned to their adviser Li Qiande; Emei County, Qianwei County, Rong County, and Weiyuan County were assigned to Yuan Tao.
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Divide the territory and impose exorbitant taxes and expropriations, until the situation becomes a mess and the people are in dire straits.
After these two men were defeated by Yu Dahai and Li Zhanchun, they ran out of ammunition and food. Most of his men starved to death and fled. Fortunately, Yang Zhan generously supported them and provided them with food, wages, and a place to stay. Yang Zhan showed great kindness to these two men, and most of them fled.
If you have some humanity, you should repay your kindness.
However, these two men were born with the nature of jackals. Not only did they not repay their kindness, but they pretended to be sworn sworn brothers to Yang Zhan. The eldest brother and the eldest brother shouted short, taking advantage of Yang Zhan's unpreparedness, luring him into the camp and killing him, and seized Yang Zhan's Jiading Prefecture.
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Among the vassal towns in Sichuan, Wang Xiang has the most troops and horses, but Yang Zhan has the strongest overall strength. "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty" records: "Zhan Zhan is the best among the generals in wisdom and bravery, and those who raise troops in the east and west of Sichuan rely on Yang Zhan.
"For the Great Wall".
This man was both civil and military, talented in politics, and capable of fighting. He defeated the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong many times. His martial arts skills were unparalleled, and he ranked third among martial arts scholars in the country. He was able to subjugate fierce horses, shoot nine times in a row, and so on.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Daxi army attacked Chengdu, and one man beheaded more than twenty enemies. Later, he was captured after the city was broken. Several Daxi soldiers tied his hands and took him to the river to behead him. A normal person would have his hands tied.
He had no ability to resist. But his martial arts skills were amazing. He kicked the soldiers over with his legs without using his hands, and broke free from the ropes to escape.
If we were to fight with real swords and guns, Yuan Tao and Wu Dading together would not be a match for Yang Zhan. It is a pity that a generation of heroes died in the conspiracy.
After Yuan and Wu plundered the people of Jiading, they frantically expanded their army. They originally had 40,000 troops, but they suddenly expanded to 80,000 ragtag troops.
The money robbed was quickly spent.
"Your Majesty!"
Yuan Tao was nicknamed "The King of Fighting for Heaven", and the old bandits under his subordinates all called him "The King".
Yuan Tao glared: "Call me Marshal!"
After occupying Jiading, he had the ambition to dominate the world and liked his subordinates to call him Marshal. Jin Shengheng, nicknamed "Yidousu", was called Marshal Jin; Wang Deren, nicknamed "Wang Zamao", was called Marshal Wang; Li Chengdong was nicknamed "Shuai Wang".
"Li Hezi", Marshal Li. I, Yuan Tao, am nicknamed "King of Zhengtian", which is louder than their nicknames. Why can't I be called Marshal?
The subordinates quickly changed their words: "Commander, we don't have much money and food."
After Yuan Tao and Wu Dading occupied Jiading, they originally thought that the place was rich and the treasury must be filled with gold and silver. Who would have thought that Yang Zhan treated the people very well and collected very low taxes, but there was actually no money or food in the treasury. What will happen when the money is spent? The two of them have already levied heavy taxes once, and they cannot levy them again.
Yuan Tao thought for a while and asked: "Where is Mrs. Yang?"
"Always locked in the back hall".
After Yuan Tao captured Jiading, more than a hundred of Yang Zhan's family members, except for the eldest son Yang Jingxin, escaped, fell into the hands of thieves.
"Bring her up."
Mrs. Yang was escorted from left and right, and Yuan Tao forced out a smile.
"Sister-in-law, how are you doing lately?"
Mrs. Yang had a grudge against Yuan Tao for killing her husband, so how could she give him a good look and keep silent?
"What happened to my brother was not my intention, but the actions of my subordinates. It was a misunderstanding."
"Humph", Mrs. Yang snorted coldly.
Seeing that Mrs. Yang was too soft to eat, Yuan Tao didn't waste any time and went straight to his original intention.
"Sister-in-law, my eldest brother has been in charge of Jiading for several years. Why haven't we found anything valuable in your mansion?"
After taking Jiading, Yuan Tao sent troops to search Yang Zhan's mansion, even the cellar, but found no money.
"Bah", Mrs. Yang was furious, "My husband loves the people like a son and is as honest as water. How can there be any money left in the family? Do you think they are all the same as you, a pig or a dog?"
Yuan Tao sneered: "Sister-in-law, don't lie to me. Are there any officials who don't care about the common people? You must have hidden my brother's property. Hand it over quickly to avoid suffering!"
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"Damn it, if you don't believe it, you can search it."
Yuan Tao's face turned gloomy, "Sister-in-law, do you know how Mr. Yuan dealt with those merchants who refused to pay ransom when he was a bandit in the mountains? Since you don't have to pay the ransom for the toast, don't blame me for not remembering the old relationship! Come on!
Yeah, hang him up and beat him!"
Mrs. Yang was hanged from left to right, and the sound of crackling whips and the screams of women could be heard. In a moment, Mrs. Yang fainted and passed away.
"Splash her awake".
Taking water from left and right and pouring it on, Mrs. Yang slowly woke up.
"Sister-in-law, how do you feel? Find the hiding place of the silver quickly to avoid suffering!"
"Traitor, my husband has always been honest, how can there be any money left in the family? If you don't believe me, kill me quickly!"
"Okay, you dare to be so tough", Yuan Tao was furious, "Let you see Mr. Yuan's methods, come on, grab the stick."
Put down Mrs. Yang from left to right, tie her to the bench, and clamp her with sticks.
"Ah!"
With their fingers connected to their hearts, Mrs. Yang's fingers were bloody and bloody, and she fainted again.
The thieves splashed water to wake them up again.
"What, are you willing to recruit this time?"
Mrs. Yang kept scolding: "Thieves and beasts, they will not die a good death!"
"Okay, I won't cry until I see the coffin, I'll put the needle in her".
The thieves opened Mrs. Yang's fingers and inserted silver needles into the gaps between her nails.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
The severe pain caused Mrs. Yang to twist her body, cry and cry, and her facial expression became terrifying.
"How is it? You know how powerful it is. If you don't do it, someone will be more ruthless."
"Bah!"
Mrs. Yang endured the excruciating pain and spat.
Yuan Tao was extremely angry. After all these years, whoever saw him "fighting for the king of heaven" would not tremble with fear, but this woman dared to scold him.
"Okay, okay, okay, let her wear red embroidered shoes."
The so-called wearing red embroidered shoes means burning your feet with a red-hot iron. In the past, when rich businessmen were caught using this trick in the village, no one would dare not pay for it.
The thieves took off Mrs. Yang's shoes and socks and burned them with a soldering iron.
There was a "squeak" of smoke, and both feet were bloody and bloody, but no screams were heard.
I burned it several times, but there was no response.
Everyone came closer to check and found that Mrs. Yang could not survive the torture and had already died of anger.
If the money was not found through trial, the "Zheng Tianwang" would not give up, and took the Yang family housekeeper out again.
"Madam", seeing the tragic death of his mistress, the housekeeper mourned greatly, "Traitor, you have lost your conscience and will be punished!"
"Hmph," Yuan Tao snorted coldly, "You quickly find the hiding place of the treasure, and you can avoid death. Otherwise, this woman will end up!"
The housekeeper kept scolding.
"How brave", Yuan Tao was furious, "If you don't do it, I will roast you!"
They tied the stewards to thick wooden sticks and set up firewood to roast them.
"Dog thieves, beasts, dogs and pigs!"
But after hearing the curses, the voices gradually became smaller and smaller.
Yuan Tao asked with a ferocious smile: "Are you going to move or not?"
The butler breathed weakly and laughed at him: "Idiot, you can't even roast people. This side of me is already burnt, but the other side is safe."
"Okay, okay, okay, I told you to be tough. Today I will help you. Come on, turn it over and bake it."
They turned the butler over and roasted him again until he was roasted alive.
If you don't do anything, you won't stop. The big thief Yuan Tao showed up and killed more than a hundred members of Yang Zhan's family.
In order to solve the shortage of military pay, the two bandits Yuan Tao and Wu Dading dispersed to eat. Wu Dading went to Meizhou, and Yuan Tao stayed in Jiading. Bandit Yuan asked his subordinates to pretend to be bandits and robbed several wealthy businessmen in the city, and finally solved the problem.
solved the issue of military pay.
The news of the murder of Yang Zhan's family members spread, and public opinion was in an uproar.
The people of Sichuan hated Yuan Tao to the core. Even Yang Bingyin, Bai Jiaolong, and Jing Keqin, the former leaders of the Thirteenth Huang family who were bandits with Yuan Tao, said: Boss Yuan did this unjustly and ungratefully, killing his benefactor.
It shouldn’t be. Now even the orphans and widows are being killed, they are really nothing!
