"The reason why the Ba people rebelled was because the government broke its promise first?"
The sky gradually darkened, the torches at the top of the city were lit, and preparations for the Yidao war were carried out in an orderly manner under the organization of the county officials. The county officials nervously watched the upper reaches of the Yishui River, and Heifu also learned from Ba Zhong,
I learned a little bit about the "inside story" of the Yidaoba rebellion.
Ba Zhongdao: "However, the leading ruler Fan Qin claimed that originally the Yi Dao officials had made an agreement with the local Ba tribes, and each tribe counted the number of people, and each Ba tribe paid 56 copper coins as corvée.
, so you don’t have to be drafted into corvee service..."
Heifu knew that the so-called "訨" was the Ba people's name for money. This money was collected as a compensation for the corvee tax. In addition, each household's export tax consisted of eight feet and two feet of cloth. If calculated according to the "Golden Bull Rule", it would be worth approximately
113 qian, less than half of the 240 qian per person of Qin's head tax. As for the thirty pheasant feathers used as arrow tails, it was not difficult for the Yidaoba people who mainly fished and hunted.
The economic burden borne by the Yi Daoba people was much easier than that of the ordinary people who were registered as households. This was also the Qin State's gentle approach to stabilize the border and ensured that there had been no major rebellions in the Yi Dao in the past few decades.
Bazhong continued: "However, last year, Qin and Chu fought in Qingyang and Jingling. The Yi Dao people were short of manpower, so they temporarily recruited various tribes to serve as garrison soldiers to fight against the Chu people. At that time, there was a young prince named Fan You who was there.
When he was serving in Jiling, he heard that his wife was going to give birth, so he escaped with fifty of his men. Afterwards, the county captain of Yidao led people to arrest Fan You, and brought him back to Yidao to be tried by the county magistrate and the jailer."
The warden was right in front of him. Hei Fu asked him to come over. When he mentioned this matter, the warden looked a little embarrassed: "I am indeed trying this case. Since Fan You and his subordinates have been recruited as garrison guards, they have already
Those who accept the recruitment documents, regardless of whether they are barbarians or not, should be regarded as soldiers and placed under the jurisdiction of the captain. Those who fled before arriving at the camp have violated military law."
The ruler of the Ba people named Fan You did not sit still and wait for death. Although he did not understand the law, he found a "Xia Zi" who understood Qin's laws to defend himself. They moved out the "Attribution" used by the Qin State to manage ethnic minorities.
According to the Laws of the State and the Laws of the Barbarians, they believe that the laws clearly allow Ba people to be exempted from military service, and gentlemen can also be exempted from military service if they break the law. Therefore, even if there is a punishment, it can be punished lightly and the money can be fined...
The jailer said: "That being said, the "Barbarian Code" only mentions exemption from corvee, not the exemption from garrison service, and the "State Regulations" does not forgive the death penalty. Moreover, the government has ordered the recruitment of Fan You and others.
Even if you are a garrison soldier, you should be managed according to the "Garrison Law". If you die, you will be guilty and will be severely punished! In the end, the Yidao County Court could not decide the case, so it was reported to the county court and asked for a ruling..."
The jailer said this, and Heifu finally understood the ins and outs of the matter. Looking at the whole process of the case, the procedure was legal and fair. After Fan Yu returned to the case, the Yi Dao officials interrogated him, and cross-examined him.
, debate), Ji (the judge reads out the conclusion of the court investigation), and Ji (reports the crime for negotiation), all focus on the parties' "death" behavior and the relevant provisions of the "Garrison Law".
The people invited by the defendant to help defend themselves cited the legal provisions of the "Barbarian Laws" and "Bangbang Laws". In the end, when the barbarian officials were unable to determine the defendant's crime and sentence, they reported it as a suspicious case according to the memorial procedure.
On January 3 this year, the magistrate of Nanjun made a verdict, ruling that Fan You should be cut in half. The fifty people who escaped with Fan You were all captured and beheaded as deserters...
This case was like throwing a big stone into a pond that could overflow at any time, causing an uproar immediately!
From the perspective of the Yidao officials in Qin's Nanjun, they just executed a group of people who deserved to die in accordance with the law. However, from the perspective of the Ba people, this was simply unreasonable. They only felt that they had been deceived by the Qin State and agreed to be exempted from service.
The benefits of reduced crime are all false.
The envoys from the State of Chu saw this opportunity and went to various ministries to lobby. The rulers of the Ba people heard that the State of Qin was defeated last year and seven captains died. After a quick calculation, Nanjun only had three or four captains at most.
Ah! Then he suddenly rebelled against Qin and attached himself to Chu.
In this way, it was a murder caused by a big lawsuit...
Ba Zhong said helplessly: "So when Fan Qin encouraged the Ba people to rebel against Qin, his excuse was to betray his trust and avenge his blood relatives."
As a Ba man, Ba Zhong strongly advocated that the two sides should not fight, so he still advised Heifu: "Zuo Bing Cao Shi, according to my rough observation, it was mainly Fan You's brother Fan Qin who was instigating it, not all Jun Jun
The capital wants to rebel against Qin. If I are allowed to lobby again, I may be able to change many people's minds..."
"That's too late."
Hei Fu shook his head: "If it were before today, there might still be room, but now that the Yidao County Magistrate and the county captain are dead, this knot is completely dead. You have been running around all day, so go down and rest first. The matter of persuading surrender will be done later.
Say goodbye."
After letting Ba Zhong go down to rest, Heifu said to the hundreds of generals and county officials at the top of the city: "The Ba people just won an ambush and killed the county magistrate. The county captain will be proud of his victory. Now he sends people to persuade him to surrender.
The effect is not great, but it makes us look cowardly. We have to wait for the Ba people to attack the city and give us a head-on blow! Let the Ba people know that it is a wishful thinking to break the city. Wait until the reinforcements arrive and the Ba people feel regret.
Send people to recruit surrender, so that all the tribes can fall apart..."
The officials thought so, and just at this moment, someone shouted: "There is fire in the distance!"
Heifu and others looked up and saw a large amount of light moving towards the upper reaches of Yishui River. During this period, every village they passed was set on fire. Each village burned like a beacon.
…
"Fortunately, Cao Shi, the left soldier, has sent people to bring those Qin people into the city." The county magistrate, prison officials and others were still frightened.
Heifu said: "The Ba people are very popular and have Chu people to help them. They will definitely not wait until tomorrow morning to attack the city."
As he spoke, he also counted the approximate number of torches. There were nearly a thousand. According to the Qin army's rules of one torch for each corps, there must be four or five thousand people, right? The youth of the entire Yidaoba tribe
Is that the number of strong men? Of course, it may also be that the marching team was deliberately lengthened to make the number look larger, so as to scare the defenders in the city.
Being prepared, Heifu said to the officials on the side: "Let the old men and women under the city wall hurry up and prepare the things to defend the city!"
They summoned all the men in the city and only had about a thousand people. It was still difficult to resist the attack of so many enemies.
As he spoke, as the Ba people got closer and closer, under the light of the blazing torches, it seemed that the entire Yi River was burning. In a trance, the small Yi Dao City seemed to be in the boundless river of fire, trying to resist its waves.
, an indescribable pressure filled everyone's hearts.
The forward Ba people also arrived outside the ditch under the city, and their appearance was finally revealed. They were not much different from the Ba people Heifu saw on Bazhong's boat. They were all barefoot and had simple cloth wrapped around their waists.
Clothes or animal skins, buns or broken hair.
The warriors held wooden shields and willow leaf spears or willow leaf swords in the other hand. Under the loud shouts of the commanders of the various ministries, they stopped in front of the ditch. However, they were not as silent as before the Qin army attacked the city, but were completely silent.
Everyone’s loudest voice was shouting in the Ba people’s language while dancing...
Although it looks chaotic, there are so many people there and it has an extraordinary momentum.
Everyone on the left and right looked a little ugly, and even the few behind could not help but take a few steps back...
Heifu also became serious: "Thousands of people sang, tens of thousands harmonized, the mountains shook, the valleys rippled... Is this the Ba warrior who sang before and danced behind?"
At this time, the Ba people automatically separated to both sides. A Ba people riding a horse, wearing an exaggerated feather crown and a leopard skin, came to the trench. Although his appearance could not be seen clearly at night, the man could not be seen clearly.
One hand raised a willow spear high, with a bloody human head stuck on the tip of the spear...
"That person is Fan Qin." The county magistrate said through gritted teeth. He rubbed his eyes again, stared at the head, and said in horror: "That head, could it be..."
It is the head of Yidao County Magistrate!
Fan Qin shouted in the language of the Ba people and laughed at the same time. The Ba people behind him also laughed and jumped and danced with him, making it even more noisy, as if they were not going to a battlefield but attending a party.
A jailer on the side who was proficient in two languages translated to Heifu: "Fan Qin said that he came here today to avenge his brother Fan You who was treacherously executed by the Qin officials! If everyone in the city wants to survive, they must return quickly!
"
"tell him!"
Heifu looked at the arrogant Fan Qin below the city and the Ba people who were singing and dancing. He said to the people behind him: "Qin has generals who open up the territory and expand the territory, and they will not abandon the land and surrender the barbarian officials! We would rather be jade pieces than do this."
Wa Quan, tonight’s matter is nothing more than a fight to the death!”