Chapter four hundred and sixty-eight the number one traitor
Wang Shuangxi didn't know what other people were thinking and where they would go, but he knew that he could not go back to Wangjia Village!
But it didn't matter. He had already had his family's gold, silver, soft goods and other frivolous wealth shipped away overnight, and even sent away most of his direct family members together.
Although he clamored to swear an oath to conquer the Tang Dynasty, he was not stupid enough to drag his whole family to be buried with him. After all, even if he captured Huaiyuan County, he would be able to hold Huaiyuan County when the puppet Tang rebels came back.
Wangjia Village cannot be defended, and the whole family will inevitably be massacred.
So he sent away all the gold and silver and his direct family members in advance. Therefore, Wang Shuangxi didn't know what the other families thought, but he, Wang Shuangxi, thought very thoroughly.
Raising the flag to attack the Tang Dynasty is just a helpless move!
In fact, he regrets it now. If he had known it, he would have spent money to buy peace like other families, but it was only a few hundred taels of silver.
When the imperial army comes back, life will go on as usual!
But on impulse at that time, an armed anti-tax team came, even though the people under his command killed a member of the tax inspection team of the pseudo-Tang thief army.
Killing someone this way is tantamount to completely creating a gap. There is not much room for redemption, and the only option is to fight to the death.
However, now that even a desperate attempt has failed, it is time to consider a retreat. The only solution now is to go south to Liuzhou, or even go further south to avoid the war.
This farm is just a matter of sending some slaves to look after it. Even if it is confiscated by the puppet Tang rebel army, when the imperial army returns to Huaiyuan County in the future, the Wangjia Village will still be his, and the land will still be his.
Even if it's not his, there's no telling if some of it will be his when the time comes.
It’s not that easy to get the fields from his old Wang family!
It is even more impossible for his old Wang family to pay taxes!
Wang Shuangxi, who had already planned a retreat, saw that the opportunity was not good, and did not dare to stay at the foot of Huaiyuan City. After all, hundreds of troops of the puppet Tang rebel army were more than a mile away. If he did not leave at this time, it would be too late.
Besides, if everyone else ran away but you didn’t run away, wouldn’t it make you look stupid?
Wang Shuangxi also ran away with hundreds of people!
Ever since, the rebellion in Huaiyuan County, which had been very lively at the beginning, was completely over, and interestingly, not even a single battle broke out from beginning to end, no matter how big or small it was!
I thought that these so-called Huaiyuan Yi Division of the Ming Dynasty ran away immediately after seeing the arrival of the 19th Garrison Battalion of the Tang Army, and did not give the puppet Tang rebels a chance to fight!
By the time the people from the 19th garrison battalion arrived at Huaiyuan County, Wang Shuangxi and the others were already far away. The bald battalion commander did not enter the city immediately, but sent someone to let the city continue to defend the county seat.
People went after these deserters.
Needless to say what happens next, even if the 19th garrison battalion is just an infantry battalion composed of Ming army soldiers, these Ming army soldiers are also troops, and they are all equipped with standard cold weapons, armor knives
There is no shortage of shields, spears, bows and arrows.
The guards could not resist the young men organized by the powerful landlords. After catching up with several groups of deserters, the 19th Guards Battalion also broke into the manors of these rebellious landlords and seized a large amount of loot.
Not everyone is as careful as Wang Shuangxi and has been prepared in advance. Although several other landlords who rebelled also made similar preparations, they were short on time and did not send much gold, silver, jewelry and family members.
The unlucky family was just about to send away Jinyin Xiruan and several direct family members, when the sound of fighting rang out outside the door. Needless to say, the puppet Tang bandits must have come to kill them.
As a result, the family was turned upside down!
This counter-insurgency operation lasted until the morning of the next day. The 19th garrison battalion returned to the dock station in the west of the city one after another. When they returned, they brought a lot of loot. How much was it? Anyway, all those who participated in the rebellion were captured.
They copied everything, not even a hair was left.
But the county tax collector Lin Chaotian is not dissatisfied at all. What those big-headed soldiers can take away are gold, silver, soft goods, grain and other physical goods, but can they take away the land? Can they take away the houses and shops?
For local tyrants, how much gold and silver can they have? It’s just a small head. These landlords and wealthy people all like to buy more land, houses, and shops. These things are the big head, okay?
So, following closely behind the garrison camp, the tax inspection team once again showed off the combat effectiveness of the elite divisions of the Tang Dynasty, and quickly confiscated all the fixed assets of several rebellions, well, including the population!
Those who participated in the rebellion were all wealthy families. Those who participated in the rebellion became prisoners of war, but some who did not participate became prisoners of war.
There are many women among them!
Needless to say, for these people, just throw them all to the Ministry of Industry!
The Ministry of Industry is now planning to set up a large number of workshops in Liuzhou. Liuzhou has not yet been captured, but officials from the Ministry of Industry have already arrived in Liuzhou Prefecture and are now in Rong County. They heard that workers are being recruited and they are starting to
Train ordinary employees and a large number of free coolies.
Where do these free coolies come from?
One is a prisoner of war, and the second is a variety of criminals, especially the family members of criminals who were implicated because their homes were ransacked.
The workshops of the Ministry of Industry also treat these free labor differently, and those with the most stubborn attitudes are directly assigned to the hardest and most tiring purely physical positions.
And some with a better attitude will let them do ordinary jobs.
If they are women or the elderly and infirm, they will be assigned some labor that does not require much physical effort, such as mending clothes, cooking, cleaning, etc.
It's always these free coolies who don't get paid and are forced to work.
Except for treason and other heinous crimes, prisoners and prisoners of war who were implicated in house raids were generally released as free coolies for two or three years. If they behaved well and showed great subjectivity, they were willing to contribute to the revival of the Tang Dynasty.
If you are loyal, you can gain freedom in advance,
However, these confiscated families did not include the Wang family!
Why?
I thought the Wang family had escaped early in the morning!
Although they also captured many members of the Wang clan in Wangjia Village, the closest ones were only a few of Wang Shuangxi's cousins, uncles and nephews, while none of Wang Shuangxi's wives, daughters, sons or even brothers were captured.
Moreover, not even much gold or silver was found. All that was found were some residues. The underground vault was empty, with nothing in it.
After asking carefully, I found out that on the eve of Wang Shuangxi's incident, he had secretly arranged for people to transport his direct family members and gold and silver items in advance.
As for Wang Shuangxi himself, he retreated without fighting at the foot of Huaiyuan City and ran all the way towards Liuzhou. He also bypassed both sides of the Liuhe River and specifically took the land route in the east direction, allowing the 19th Garrison Battalion to dispatch
The investigation team couldn't find it for a while.
However, people from the 19th Garrison Battalion have already sent a letter to Mei Pingdong, saying that they have informed Rong County of the relevant situation. As long as Wang Shuangxi dares to take people south to Liuzhou, there will be great dangers.
There is still a chance to intercept him.
After all, all directions in Liuzhou are now monitored by spies of the Tang Army. Although the garrison troops left behind in Liuzhou are not large in strength, they can still intercept a small group of troops from entering Liuzhou City.
Wang Shuangxi ran away, but the others could not escape, and this time the Tang Dynasty killed a lot of blood in Huaiyuan County, which made many people tremble with fear.
At this time, they remembered that the predecessor of the Tang Dynasty was a group of bandits. How could they be so merciful?
It is even more impossible to grant any kind of scholarly family status or privileges to scholars like the Ming Dynasty.
Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, no matter if you were a scholar, even if you were an official, you still had to pay taxes!
After such a rebellion, the subsequent tax collection work in Huaiyuan County went much smoother. The remaining powerful landlords calculated their own strength, that of the Wang family and several other people whose families had been confiscated and exterminated, and found that they were stronger than them.
It's not as good as that, so I just pay taxes honestly.
Compared with money and other things, life is still more important!
However, many people have begun to cherish the Ming Dynasty!
In the past, they were always saying that this dynasty was not good and that was not good, but now it seems that the Ming Dynasty was still very good. At least under the Ming Dynasty, they did not have to pay taxes!
But most of the people who miss the Ming Dynasty are powerful landowners, especially those from scholarly families with famous family members.
Scholarly family status these days is often linked to powerful landlords!
Because these days are the fantasy world of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and those who are officials are the most powerful, and who can be an official, a scholar!
Those scholarly families are actually, to put it bluntly, official families whose career is based on the imperial examination!
And after this kind of family gains power, the money will naturally follow.
And these people miss the Ming Dynasty the most.
However, those ordinary businessmen did not miss the Ming Dynasty so much. Although the Tang Dynasty also had to pay business taxes, and the rates were not low, they did not have to pay dividends up and down like the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this
All in all, the cost of doing business in the territory of the Tang Dynasty was actually even lower.
Some bold merchant families even dared to come over and actively do business with the Tang Dynasty!
They won't mention Old Man Sun. Now Old Man Sun's financial resources have vaguely made him the number one imperial merchant in the Tang Dynasty, or the number one traitor in the Ming Dynasty!
There were countless contraband items sold to the Tang Dynasty through his hands!
From the steel used to make swords, muskets and other weapons, to the copper used to cast cannons, the lead used to cast bullets, the saltpeter and sulfur needed to make gunpowder, and even grain, cloth, salt, etc., almost all the taxes in the Tang Dynasty were listed in the tax department.
He was able to find everything he needed in the purchase order and sell it to the Tang Dynasty at a high price!
In just one year, his net worth has increased countless times!
Its business network has spread all over Guangdong, Huguang, Jiangnan, and even Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces. It has more than ten directly affiliated caravans, directly employing thousands of people, and well, there is also a caravan with hundreds of people.
There are countless business partners who directly and indirectly cooperate with him.
This man is simply a successful example among businessmen. For money, he will buy anything, including nation and country!
Nowadays, such a person has appeared in Huaiyuan County. This person is Cen Chunlin, the largest grain merchant in Huaiyuan County.