On September 29, in the middle of Migu Street in Tangyin County, Boss Wei led four squads of soldiers into the county government office.
Seeing more than 30 heavily armed Tiger and Guard troops charging in, the county government officials panicked. They didn't know what these murderous Tiger and Guard soldiers were doing when they came in with swords and guns.
The government servants and subordinates heard yesterday that these 200 tiger soldiers and horses were ambushing in Wagang Township. They eliminated a bandit bandit that had been causing trouble in Tangyin County for several years and killed thousands of people in one go. Then this
After the Huben troops returned to the east of the county, they punched and kicked the gentry servants who cut in line to buy food, and even shot and broke the leg of a servant.
So today these soldiers rushed in with guns blazing to kill the county magistrate?
The Huben army has been rampaging throughout the Ming Dynasty in recent years. The governors did not know how many they killed. Killing a county magistrate is really not a big deal.
The subordinate officials in the yamen did not dare to resist, and they hid in the six houses on both sides. The subordinate officials who were working in the lobby and the second hall had no place to hide, and when they saw the soldiers coming in, they plopped down one by one.
Kneeling on the ground, he was about to kowtow to Boss Wei.
Boss Wei walked all the way in and caught the county magistrate in the third hall. The magistrate was discussing things with a few gentry there, but Boss Wei broke in and broke in.
Looking at the astonished magistrate, Mr. Wei said arrogantly: "County magistrate, on behalf of Duke Hu Benjun of the State of Jin, I ask you to hand over the tax roll of Tangyin County!"
The county magistrates looked at the fire blunderbuss in the hands of the Tiger Army soldiers, their faces turned pale, and they secretly wondered where this was from?
But the county magistrate was not so pushy. He plucked up the courage and said: "The tax collection is an important literary document in this county. How can you guest soldiers use it at will?"
Boss Wei said: "The gentry is shameless and makes the servants line up repeatedly to buy cheap grain. We need to use the yellow book to verify the identity of the grain buyers and make sure that everyone only buys grain once."
The county magistrate did not have a good impression of the Huben Army. Although the Huben Army lowered the price of food and defeated local bandits, the county magistrate was a Jinshi after all and was a great gentry himself. He deeply hated Li Zhi, who was bent on opposing the gentry.
Which official these days has not annexed thousands of acres of fertile land in his hometown? The county magistrate's family relies on the manor in his hometown. If Li Zhi's tax equalization system continues to be implemented, the county magistrate's main financial source will be cut off.
In addition, yesterday the Huben Army prevented the gentry's servants from jumping in line to buy grain, and the county magistrate, who represented the interests of the gentry, became even more dissatisfied with the Huben Army.
The county magistrate glared at Mr. Wei angrily, slapped the table, and said loudly: "Don't tell me that you have more than thirty soldiers coming to me. I won't agree to it. Even if your company commander comes in person, I can't give you the tax roll!"
Boss Wei snorted coldly, raised his gun and fired a shot towards the roof.
Several tiles on the roof were suddenly shattered into pieces, exploding into the sky like flowers, and then the broken tiles fell to the ground, leaving debris all over the ground.
That shot frightened the county magistrate so much that he sat down on his chair and almost peed his pants. He only knew that the Tiger and Ben army were also soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so how could he dare to be rude to him, an official of the imperial court? He really didn't expect that there was something in Boss Wei's gun.
It's loaded with bullets. Is this a posture where you really want to shoot if there is a slight conflict?
The sky is huge and the fire is the biggest! How dare the few gentry next to them dare to show off? One by one, they jumped up from their chairs and fell to their knees on the ground.
Before Boss Wei put away his gun, a soldier from the Tiger Army walked up with a rifle and pointed the loaded barrel at the magistrate's head.
Boss Wei snorted coldly and said: "Guan Guan, let me ask you again, where is the tax record?"
The county magistrate was so frightened that he could not speak a complete sentence. His mind was full of those officials who had been shot to death by the Tiger Army. He stammered and replied: "I give it to...Bingye...Bingye
Don’t worry...I’ll hand over the tax roll..."
The county magistrate was pointed at by the rifles of the tiger soldiers and did not dare to move. He was afraid that if he moved, he would be shot by the soldiers. He waved his hand to the master to get the tax roll. Not long after, several subordinates asked Boss Wei for it.
All the files were taken out.
There are more than 100,000 people in Tangyin County, and there are more than 20 yellow books of taxes and servitude.
Boss Wei lifted up a yellow book and flipped through it. He saw that it recorded in detail the number of people in each household, the date of birth, and the taxes and services to be paid. Boss Wei nodded and said: "Check the records through this yellow book of taxes and services.
The gentry's servants would not have the opportunity to queue up to buy food again."
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On the third day of October, all the 1,600 shi of grain were sold, and the Huben Army company in Tangyin County embarked on its return journey.
The people of Tangyin County chased them out one by one, crowded to stand outside the company's camp, and watched the soldiers and horses that benefited the people leave.
For the people of Tangyin County, this Tiger Army company is a life-saving soldier.
These soldiers and horses lowered the price of food in Tangyin County. The citizens in Tangyin County worked hard every day to earn a little money, so they finally had enough to eat. The people in the countryside originally had a bad harvest, but with the Tiger Army
With affordable food, they can avoid starving to death during the lean period.
This army even defeated the bandits running rampant in Tangyin County, gradually restoring order in the entire Tangyin County. Farmers can boldly go out to farm, and merchants can also dare to go to the countryside to sell goods. Tangyin County's
Price levels continue to fall.
The company packed all the baggage and put it on the carriage and was about to leave. Several village elders came up with water from the well and presented it to the company commander, Old Man Han.
Old Man Han raised his water bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
A village elder who could no longer see anything raised the well water to Boss Wei. Boss Wei took the well water seriously and drank it cleanly.
The half-blind village elder grabbed Boss Wei's hand and said: "General Wei has been organizing cheap grain sales in the eastern suburbs of the county these days, and has sold all the cheap grain to the poorest people. We, the people of Tangyin County, will never forget it.
General Wei."
When the village elder called him General Wei, Boss Wei laughed loudly and patted the village elder on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, fellow villagers. We will bring food again in a few days, and we will definitely restore order in Tangyin County. Maybe it is not our company that comes to Tangyin, but it may be another company, but as long as it is a company of the Huben Army, it will be
the same!"
The village elder grabbed Boss Wei's hand with both hands and nodded.
After a few seconds of silence, the village elder suddenly said: "I heard that three hundred miles east from Tangyin to Yanggu County is Shandong. I heard, I heard that since the Duke of Jin came to Shandong
, the people in Shandong make white rice noodles, eat cheap fish from the sea, live in brick houses, and wear fine cloth clothes. They have quilts in winter and mats in summer, and their lives are better every day.
a prosperous life."
"I heard that after the people of Shandong had the Duke of Jin in charge, there would be no thieves in Shandong, and the powerful gentry in Shandong would no longer dare to bully the people. I heard that with the Duke of Jin, the people of Shandong would no longer be afraid of locust droughts and floods.
Even if there was a drought and the rivers stopped flowing, no one would starve to death."
"We, the people of Henan, who are hungry and have enough to eat, and who pawn our clothes and quilts to avoid starving to death, are really envious!"
After hearing what the old man said, the people in Tangyin County standing behind all started crying. They wiped their tears and looked at Boss Wei longingly.
"General Wei, please tell Duke Jin that we, the people of Tangyin County, really hope that Duke Jin will expand our jurisdiction to Tangyin and make decisions for us." chaptererror;
