During the Zhengde period, there was a saying: Hebei suffered from horses, and Jiangnan suffered from grain.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhang Shicheng was overthrown, the lands of his important ministers were all taken over by Zhu Yuanzhang as official land. Together with the official land from other sources, there were countless official lands in Jiangnan, and at one time there were even more official lands than civilian lands.
Since there is no need to pay rent or perform corvee on official land, the land tax is three times that of civilian land, which is equivalent to land tax, land rent and corvee in one.
This was very cost-effective during the Hongwu and Yongle years. Many small landowners voluntarily donated their private land to the government and became tenants of the official land for generations. They only needed to pay land taxes every year, and then they didn't have to worry about anything. They lived a very comfortable life.
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After Xuande, Tianzheng became increasingly corrupt.
Countless official lands have become private lands inexplicably. Not only are land taxes still levied at three times, but tenants also have to pay land rent and be drafted for corvee service. Countless people have gone bankrupt and sold their sons and daughters. Emperor Hongzhi’s attempts to reform have failed because there are too many involved.
Honorable relatives and dignitaries.
This is Jiangnan suffering from food!
The reason why Hebei suffers from horses is also because of the corruption of the system.
Zhu Di once said very proudly: "The north raised 200,000 troops and conquered Mongolia for years without costing the people a grain of rice."
This is a fact. During the Yongle period, the northern troops only needed to use the grain produced in the military camps in the border areas. Even the grain in the military fields was not finished. Grain officials often reported to the court with great pride: "Oh, my granaries here are full.
The food from three years ago has not been used up yet, so it is a waste to rot in the warehouse."
What about now?
Once a war breaks out, not to mention the border provinces, even the people in Hebei and Henan need to pay food and serve (act as civilians to transport food).
This resulted in the imperial court not daring to fight a major war and could only passively defend itself.
But the cabinet bosses still have clear ideas and have been accumulating capital for active attack. This includes raising horses!
The horse administration in the Yanzhao area was particularly cruel. Under the exploitation of officials at all levels, almost every household in some prefectures and counties raised horses. They were not raising horses for themselves, but for the imperial court. Bad horses were used to transport grain, and good horses could be trained into war horses.
Although the idea was good and the horse policy was well formulated, it was completely deformed at the grassroots level, and the people responsible for raising horses were miserable.
As a result, the Liu Liu Liu Qi uprising broke out.
This kind of civil unrest is different from the uprisings in Jiangnan and Southwest, because many states and counties raise horses. Thousands of rioters are thousands of cavalry. Although they are incomparable with regular cavalry, they can run so damn fast!
The rebel army was only halfway through the counter-rebellion when the rebel army had already fled on horseback. Often the official army arrived in County A, the rebel army captured County B, the official army came to County B, and the rebel army went to County C. The scale of the uprising became larger and larger.
He came to the greater Qing Dynasty and joined forces with the Shandong rebels. Now there are rebels everywhere in northern Shandong and south of the capital.
At this moment, even Boye County (under Baoding) was besieged, and the nearest rebel army was only a few hundred miles away from the capital.
These rebels have many horses. The horses are galloping in the northern plains, and they can enter the Kou capital in a blink of an eye.
Therefore, some people shouted, "Liu Liu Liu Qi is coming," and the people in the southern suburbs all believed it, and they turned into a mess.
Wang Yuan held the torch high and galloped on horseback. Before he reached the place where the bandits were making trouble, he found the bandits taking advantage of the fire and plundering him halfway.
The thieves fought with open fire, shouting "Liu Liu Liu Qi" as they rushed into private houses and shops.
"The thief deserves to die!"
Wang Yuan clapped his horse and came, slashed out the dragon bird sword in his hand, chopped off a head, and then shouted loudly: "Guizhou Juren Wang Yuan is here, the bandits surrender quickly, otherwise they will not be killed!"
While he was talking, Wang Yuan hacked two more to death, scaring the thieves around him into giving way.
"There is only one person, surround him and beat him to death!" some thieves shouted.
Seeing the thieves and bandits surrounding them, Wang Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense and charged into the streets with his horse. In just one round and round, he hacked to death five of the thieves and bandits, and the rest either ran away or knelt down to beg for mercy.
It was only at this moment that Zhou Chong, Zou Mu and his book boy finally arrived on horseback.
"Tie them all up and send them to the official tomorrow!"
Wang Yuan was sure that the surrendered bandits had thrown away their weapons, so he ignored the place and let Zhou Chong and the others handle the situation.
Further south, flames were blazing into the sky. Wang Yuan went straight there, only to find that a manor was looted.
The thieves I encountered on the way were all gangsters from the southern suburbs who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. The real thieves here were probably horse thieves from neighboring counties, pretending to be Liu Liuliuqi and looting the manors of powerful people - there was a high wall in the core area of the manor.
The bandits used the name of the rebel army to frighten the servants of the manor so much that they did not dare to resist. Some servants even turned against the bandits on the spot.
Countless wheat fields in the manor were trampled and broken, and the thieves were gathered inside and outside the mansion, transporting various stolen goods. It looked like several carts had been filled.
Wang Yuan was riding on his horse. Without saying a word, he shot an arrow and directly connected the two thieves.
All the thieves were shocked and raised their weapons one after another, and some fired arrows at Wang Yuan randomly.
There were more than a dozen thieves outside the gate of the house. Wang Yuan stood up with his sword drawn and shouted: "Guizhou Juren Wang Yuan is here, why don't you surrender quickly!"
A bandit leader came out of the courtyard and asked, "What happened?"
"Second Master, a Juren came over there, shot two of our brothers to death, and asked us to surrender quickly," said one of the bandits.
The thief leader sneered: "Kill him!"
More than a dozen thieves immediately mounted their horses and charged towards Wang Yuan under the blazing fire.
These were all farmers who were forced to rebel by the horse government. They fell into the trap and became horse thieves. They all had good riding skills, but they looked disorganized when charging.
Wang Yuan shot an arrow and knocked over a horse thief. He immediately hit the horse and ran to the side. After running for more than ten steps, he suddenly turned around and shot another arrow. There was no need to fully draw the bow. Xi Zhao bow was powerful after being fully drawn for five minutes.
Amazing.
After five or six people were shot to death by Wang Yuan in a row, the bandit leader finally panicked and shouted: "Stop chasing me, go back to the courtyard!"
Many houses in this mansion were already on fire, lighting up the sky. It is estimated that countless servants and maids inside were also killed and burned to death.
No matter what grievances the horse thieves had in the past, they killed innocent people indiscriminately and could no longer be considered heroes.
You can rob big houses, and even set them on fire. Even the riots on the streets outside the city were most likely caused by them - someone shouted "Liu Liu Liu Qi" outside the city, and the streets became chaotic, and the officers and soldiers in the city
He didn't dare to move out easily.
The horse thieves all retreated into the courtyard, not even caring about the carts of property outside the gate.
Wang Yuan didn't care and rushed in rashly. He could only shout: "Are you going to hide in the courtyard and wait for the officers and soldiers to leave the city at dawn?"
These words touched the heart of the horse thieves. Originally, they could have left through the back door, but all the houses over there were on fire. As a result, Wang Yuan blocked the front yard and could not get out.
If you do your own evil, you will not live.
In the courtyard, the first boss and the second boss were already quarreling.
The boss said: "There is only one person and one horse outside, so I'm afraid he's a bird!"
The second master said: "This man is very good at riding and shooting. He shot down several of our brothers and didn't even touch a hair on his head."
"We have more than 40 riders waiting for us. If we rush forward together, how many can he shoot down?" the leader asked.
The second master said depressedly: "He should be riding a BMW, and our horses can't catch up. If we chase him, he will run away. If we retreat, he will chase him. In the meantime, he will be cool and shoot a few arrows. Who can bear this?"
The boss said angrily: "What should we do?"
The second master suggested: "Ride out together and ignore this person. Just go to Boye County and join Liu Liuliuqi."
"How many carts of property do you want?" the head master asked.
The second master was quite speechless: "Then how should we transport it? The cart full of goods moves slowly, and this man is an excellent archer. He doesn't even need to shoot my brothers and so on. He can just shoot the horse pulling the cart to death."
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The boss gritted his teeth and said, "You can't come here tonight in vain!"
The second master said: "Everyone should bring some valuables with him, only gold, silver and jewelry, and don't need anything in the car!"
"fart!"
The boss suddenly shouted in the courtyard: "Who is the hero outside?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Guizhou Juren Wang Yuan is here and orders you to surrender as soon as possible!"
The leader actually wanted to instigate Wang Yuan's rebellion: "Brother Wang, a single person is of no use. Why don't you follow us and join Liu Liu and Liu Qi? The two generals of Liu are invincible and have defeated several groups of officers and soldiers. They will be able to become emperor in the future."
.You are a juren, and you will definitely be reused if you take refuge with the two generals Liu. From now on, when you go to the capital and change the dynasty, you and I will both be the heroes of Conglong. I am Chang Yuchun, and you are Liu Bowen!"
Wang Yuan stopped talking and was too lazy to talk nonsense with the mentally retarded person. Anyway, it would be in his own interest to drag it out.
The boss thought he had persuaded Wang Yuan and struck while the iron was hot: "Do you know whose manor this is? This is the manor of Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning. We found thousands of taels of gold and silver. Regardless of whether brother Wang has defected to the rebels or not, as long as you let go
When we leave, we will give you half of the goods!"
Wang Yuan still didn't speak.
The headmaster said with an angry tone: "Zhang Heling, this thief, relied on the support of the Queen (Empress Dowager Zhang) to encircle the entire land. I was a good citizen in the suburbs of Beijing, but I was forced to destroy my family by this thief."
, so I had no choice but to turn into a bandit. Today I am not only here to rob money, but also to take revenge. The heroes of the green forest have clear grudges. Brother Wang, do you think I did the right thing?"
"Fuck your grandma!"
Wang Yuan finally couldn't help but curse: "You have a grudge against Zhang Heling, why do you want to involve innocent people outside the city? You sent people to set fire to the streets and spread rumors, causing people outside Nancheng to panic. I don't know how many local hooligans took advantage of the fire to rob."
The big boss argued: "If I don't cause chaos outside the city, the officers and soldiers in the city will definitely send troops here if they see something happening to Zhang Heling's manor!"
"You're still fucking reasonable," Wang Yuan scolded angrily. "As a Guizhou native, I know that Zhang Heling lives in the city. Why don't you go to the city to find him for revenge? If you lurk in the streets of the city and look for opportunities to assassinate Zhang Heling, I will
I respect you for being a good man. Now you are killing innocent people indiscriminately just to rob property. You are really an unkind and unjust person! Now you are hiding in the courtyard and being a coward. You don't even have the word "brave". You are just a
You are a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong!"
After saying this, Wang Yuan drew his bow and arrows, and shot to death all the horses pulling carts outside the house.
The headmaster heard the noise and looked out from the crack in the door. He was so angry that he immediately said, "You've bullied someone too much. Get out of here! Kill him!"
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