Chapter 466 Raising the flag and swearing to attack the Tang Dynasty
Although the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty often sent out to suppress various unrest, especially landlord rebellions!
But these are usually relatively large-scale riots. As for some small-scale riots, the bandit camp can often handle them on its own.
He, Mei Pingdong, has only been in charge of Huaiyuan County for a few days, and the aftermath has not even been resolved. There will be large-scale turmoil, and it will still require the dispatch of garrison troops. Will this make Shangfeng think that he is too incompetent?
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Regarding this, he couldn't help but feel a little worried!
Lin Chaotian on the side saw Mei Pingdong's expression, and he didn't know what Mei Pingdong was worried about!
He was born as a small official in Zhengtai County and had been working in the yamen all his life. After the puppet Tang bandit army rose up and captured Zhengtai County, he, like many yamen servants, joined the yamen in the blink of an eye!
These people are not afraid of any revenge from the court. Their families have been government officials in Zhengtai County for generations, in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and in the Zhu Ming Dynasty. The officials in Zhengtai County changed one after another, but
The old Lin family had always been yamen servants in the Zhengtai County yamen.
Even if the Ming Dynasty returns to Zhengtai County in the future, the old Lin family will still be the government officials of Zhengtai County.
But God is not as good as man. Even if Lin Chaotian wanted to break his head, he would not have thought that after joining the thieves, he would be promoted as fast as a rocket.
At first he was just an ordinary clerk in the Property Bureau of Zhengtai County, then he became the tax collector of a town under Zhengtai County, and then he was transferred to Huaiyuan County, which he had only heard of before, but had never been to.
The place.
However, when he first went to be the town treasurer, he was actually a little repelled, because he could make a living as a clerk in the Tang Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty came back, he could once again work in the county of the Ming Dynasty.
Hanging around in the office.
After all, no matter how the dynasties above change, people like them will always be needed to govern the place. Is it possible that those high-ranking officials can still deal with those mud-legged people personally?
But at that time, the Tang Dynasty had also conquered the entire Xingquan Mansion. He thought that they had all surrendered to the thieves anyway. Since they had all surrendered to the thieves, he might as well surrender more thoroughly.
Besides, the old Li family has been serving as government officials for generations. When it comes to his generation, it is hard to get the opportunity to be an official, so naturally he cannot let it go easily.
So he was cruel and agreed to become an official!
And then, and then he ran to Huaiyuan County!
Having been in the county government all his life, he is naturally very good at observing people's actions. He made a rough guess when Mei Pingdong spoke, and then said: "What Mr. Mei said is not unreasonable, but this armed resistance to tax
This is something that I, the Tang Dynasty, cannot tolerate. Currently, six gentry and landlord families are armed to resist taxes. If we do nothing, I am afraid that others will follow our example, and then how will the superiors view us in Huaiyuan County!"
As a veteran of the officialdom, he will naturally not pay any attention to it. He is just the county tax collector and is responsible for tax collection. As for suppressing armed rebellion, it is the responsibility of the local government and patrol yamen to arrest and steal the camp.
It has nothing to do with him as a tax official.
What? You said that this armed resistance to taxes was caused by their tax collection? So you, the tax officer, are also responsible for this?
What do you mean? Is it wrong for our tax officials to collect taxes legally and reasonably? Is it still reasonable for them to use arms to resist taxes?
This person must be a fake spy. Catch him, beat him, beat him hard. Don’t believe he won’t kill him!
Besides, the world is big and we tax officials only need to be responsible to Your Majesty. If you want us tax officials to be responsible for this, who do you think you are? Believe it or not, I will check your account later and give you a deduction.
Charge of tax evasion!
In this big world, no one’s butt is clean. Even if it is clean, the people in their tax inspection team are not hard-working people and will not forge evidence. When the time comes, they will still be able to catch them!
So if he can't collect taxes, he will only put pressure on relevant local agencies!
If the local agency does not provide help, then he will report it to the superiors, and then the superiors will be blamed. Everyone present, except him, the tax official, will not have a good end.
Can't collect taxes? Who is the most angry? Your Majesty, if you make Long Yan furious, you will have a good end. You think I, Lin Chaotian, have never seen the market!
What organization is most depressed when it cannot collect taxes? The military!
Because most of the tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty is now used for military expenditures. Less tax revenue means less military expenditures for the army. Those generals will have to threaten the big bosses in the cabinet with knives.
When a cabinet boss gets angry, it would be surprising if the officials below him are not unlucky.
Therefore, among everyone present, Lin Chaotian, who caused the trouble, actually has the most stable mentality. He is not in a hurry!
The one who is really anxious is not Mei Pingdong, but Fang Dongzhi, the commander of the bandit camp!
There was such a large-scale armed resistance to tax in Huaiyuan County, so he was naturally needed to annihilate it. However, his bandit-hunting camp was not strong enough. It relied on more than a hundred recruits recruited in the past few days, and even the landlords' families were afraid that
You can't even get in!
Seeing the hesitation of the people in front of him, Fang Dongzhi immediately said: "Although there are only six companies resisting the tax now, these people will resist the tax at the same time today. They must have communicated in series. This is no longer a simple armed resistance to the tax. This is
Organized and premeditated rebellion!"
Fang Dongzhi saw that these local officials were very confused, so he immediately threatened them a little!
But Mei Pingdong and the others are not intimidated, let alone those nerds who can only read rote books. To be honest, their backgrounds are different from ordinary officials. One is an accountant, the other is a yamen servant, and the other is a bandit.
It is unlikely that they were as frightened as the scholars.
Mei Pingdong immediately suppressed it slightly, and then said: "Although this matter is big, it is not enough to alarm the military. Everything is still under our control!"
"In this way, no matter how hard we plan," Mei Pingdong also used his title of county magistrate to forcefully make a decision!
Although these people in front of him are not all his subordinates, they are just dual leaders, but since they are dual leaders, he, the county magistrate, still has certain command authority over these people.
After hearing what Mei Pingdong said, several other people stopped talking and nodded their heads!
Then Fang Dongzhi said: "However, even if it is postponed, the county town still needs to be guarded. In addition, the six families participating in the armed tax resistance also need to be guarded. They cannot be allowed to easily join forces to avoid causing greater disasters!"
Mei Pingdong said: "This matter is quite reasonable, but if we send out the capture camp, I'm afraid they will be on guard. Let's let the patrol police below watch first!"
At this time, Feng Laoliu also nodded and said: "Okay, I will send people down right now to ensure that every family is closely watched and they will never be allowed to connect with each other!"
Then these people continued to discuss and see if they could solve this problem with Huaiyuan County's own local strength.
We discussed it for more than two hours and drank many pots of tea, but we didn't come up with any clues. We just came up with a few simple solutions.
One is to ask Mei Pingdong to come forward and summon the gentry of Huaiyuan County again to appease them appropriately.
The second is that the culprits cannot be tolerated, especially the Wang family who intervened in the killing of members of the tax inspection team. They must be severely punished. The murderers must be handed over and the taxes must also be paid.
The third one is to unite the patrol bureau and the robber battalion to prepare for armed suppression and request help from the garrison when appropriate.
But what they didn't expect was that Feng Laoliu's guarantee was tantamount to fart. As soon as he sent patrol police to monitor the people of the six families, there were already many people riding fast horses to report the news to each family.
From the Wang family in Wangjia Village, Wang Shuangxi didn’t quite believe the news he heard!
"What are you talking about? That person surnamed Mei already wants to send an army to encircle and suppress me?" When Wang Shuangxi spoke, he still had a look of disbelief.
"It shouldn't be. He just killed a dispensable government servant, and he was not one of their army sergeants. Besides, our Wang family is not the only one who is resisting tax. There are only six families who have not paid taxes today, and
More people are prepared not to pay!"
"Why does this person named Mei dare to directly send troops to suppress it? Isn't he afraid of provoking a popular uprising? Does he still want his official title?"
Wang Shuangxi didn't know that at this stage, the Tang Dynasty still had a relatively large delegation of power to officials, and it was inevitable that there would be a lot of rebellions in some newly conquered places, so so far, there has really been no public agitation against local officials.
Change and deal with it.
Today, the Tang Dynasty's standards for judging officials are still relatively low and primitive. The first thing is to ensure that no one under your rule rebels. If anyone rebels, they will be eliminated as soon as possible.
The second is to ensure taxation.
The third is to ensure public security.
Fourth, is the so-called people’s livelihood and other things.
As long as Mei Pingdong can keep Huaiyuan County under the control of the Tang Dynasty and continue to collect taxes, he can do whatever he wants, and the Ministry of Officials will not have much objection at this time.
It didn't take long before someone came to report that Huaiyuan County had been closed down and there were some unusual movements by the puppet Tang rebels in the city!
Half an hour later, another person came to report that there were a few people acting strangely in the village. The nursing home caught one of them. After interrogation, the person revealed that he was a patrol officer under the Puppet Tang Bandit Army. This time
I came to Wangjia Village to monitor the Wang family.
After this series of bad news appeared, Wang Shuangxi's face became even darker!
That night, after discussing with his brothers and uncle, he decided that the moment of life and death for the Wang family had arrived, and the puppet Tang thief army was afraid that he would send troops to surround and suppress his Wang family.
But do the Wang family have to sit back and wait for death? No, they must find a way to avoid this disaster. However, now that Huaiyuan County is dominated by the puppet Tang thief army, what can they do to avoid this disaster?
In the end, they came up with an unlikely solution. First, they secretly transferred all the money they had at home, and then summoned Qing Zhuang and several other powerful landowners and traitors from the Tang Dynasty. Maybe they could win a big achievement!
That night, Wang Shuangxi stayed up all night. In the middle of the night, he murmured to the cold wind outside the window: "The king's prime minister, Hou Ning, has the guts. His surname is Li, and he can become the emperor. Why can't I, Wang Shuangxi, do the same?"
Even if you can't become the emperor by then, you will still have to get a high official!"
The next day, the head of the Wang family, Wang Shuangxi, summoned the young men of the Wang family village and more than 200 people from the Wang family's own nursing home. They raised the banner of the "Huaiyuan Rebel Army of the Ming Dynasty" and vowed to fight against the Tang Dynasty.