Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty kicked the table in front of him away and said angrily: "These damn silverfish!"
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Zhang asked Zhao Zhong to tremble aside. Over the years, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, and it was rare to see the emperor angry.
The reason why the emperor was angry was not the bad news that came from various places in the border areas in the past few days.
After all, border incidents are normal. Qiang chaos in Liangzhou, Xianbei in Bingzhou, Nanman in Jiaozhou, Wuhuan in Youzhou, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also experienced great storms. In his reign of more than 20 years, how many incidents should not happen in any year?
Even the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which was so powerful and almost dealt the most painful blow to the Han Dynasty, was put down by him. Does Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty still care about the rebellions of foreign tribes at the border that come from time to time?
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was angry because in the past few days, officials inside and outside the imperial court had been filing memorials like crazy, not only discouraging him from collecting taxes, but even obstructing him from collecting taxes.
Local officials refused to fulfill their obligations and were really pushed into a hurry, so they colluded with local powerful people, deliberately concealed the land, transferred the land, and deceived the superiors and subordinates. As a result, they started collecting taxes in October, and it is now the end of the year, two months later.
, the tax collected is actually less than 10 billion.
Although the tax revenue of tens of billions has been overfulfilled in the past few years, after eating marrow and understanding the taste in the past few years, Emperor Han Ling was no longer satisfied with this small amount of money, but was fascinated by the huge tax revenue of more than 70 billion.
His eyes were staring at the money like a jackal.
You know, how did Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty collect taxes in the past? The oral tax, land tax, and a series of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes amounted to less than 10 billion a year. This money basically paid out the salaries to the officials all over the world, and there was very little left. There was not much left.
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At that time, officials' salaries were half money and half grain. Not only officials from various places, but also the Northern Army also had countless mouths to eat at all times. Money was needed for governance in various places, military expenditures, etc.
In order to solve the remaining financial deficit, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty basically tried every means to plunder, such as selling his official position, using money to atone for his sins, and taking out the horses from the stables in the Sanhe area and selling them for money.
In addition to ensuring his enjoyment, most of the money was stored in the West Garden. Emperor Ling's character of treating wealth as his life was exactly the same as that of a hamster.
Now there is finally a way to collect taxes and make a lot of money. Not only the officials of the imperial court are blocking it, but officials all over the world are opposing it. The chancellery is almost full with memorials. After the central government issued the decree to the local government, local officials actually refused.
Execution, how could this not make Emperor Han Ling furious?
"Your Majesty, now local officials are unwilling to carry out their errands. I suggest that we postpone this matter and follow Chen Zigui's advice to reduce taxes and set taxes on good, bad and third-grade fields. Next year, we will return to oral tax calculations to appease the resentment of the world.
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Wang Jun stood up and suggested.
However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not happy and said angrily: "The powerful officials from all over the country are plundering the people's wealth and anointing. What's wrong with me taking money from them? At worst, after taking the money, I will use half of it to govern the world. It's a balance."
Needless to say, if the tax is collected, I don’t believe what those silverfish can do to me?”
If all the taxes this year were collected, it would be 70 billion, half of which would be used to govern the world, and the remaining 35 billion would be taken by Emperor Han Ling who wanted to take it for himself. You can imagine the greed of the emperor.
Chen Mu was also well aware of his character and knew that he would not let go of this piece of fat easily, so he flew away.
Otherwise, once the powerful people in the world shift the conflict to him, a few lives will not be enough.
Unless Chen Mu is able to dominate the world in the end and write his own history books, otherwise the history books will record that he will probably become a sycophant like Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong who brings trouble to the country.
After hearing the words of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Wang Jun did not dare to give any more advice, so he could only say cautiously: "It's just that now there are complaints in the world, and fighting has started again on the Youliang border, especially at the Liangzhou border. Han Sui has gathered more than 100,000 people and threatened three people.
What should we do if we are in a auxiliary place?”
"Humph, how about Huangfu Song's side?"
"The war is going well."
"Where's Dong Zhuo?"
"Still in Hedong."
"What's the matter with Dong Zhuo? You've been working so hard, even if you travel ten miles a day, it's time to reach Shangdang now."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was about to burst out of anger from his nostrils.
Dong Zhuo followed Zhang Wenping's rebellion and made meritorious service, and was promoted to Zuo Fengyi, which was equivalent to the official position of Liu Bei, Henan Yin.
Last month, the front line in Bingzhou was tight, so Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Dong Zhuo to go to Bingzhou to fight, but now he is still in Hedong County. This is not how the foreign workers work.
Many of the ministers and favored ministers did not dare to speak out. Now the courtiers are all focusing on taxation and there is a tendency to go on strike. Chen Mu has resigned again. The emperor can now only handle the affairs of the court himself.
Dong Zhuo took advantage of the emperor's lack of time to pay attention to him, and stayed for three days without knowing what he was doing.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was so angry that he originally wanted to let Dong Zhuo go to Xiliang to quell the rebellion. But Dong Zhuo turned out to be such a thing, which almost made him angry to death. He hesitated for a moment and asked: "Zhu Jun should also be in mourning."
It’s almost done.”
"It's been three years."
Wang Jun has a good memory. In the second year after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, that is, in 185, Zhu Jun's mother passed away. He had to resign and go home to mourn. This year happened to be the third year and he could continue to serve as an official.
"Move Huangfu Song as a chariot general and lead the Northern Army to Chang'an, move Dong Zhuo as a former general, move Gai Xun as Jing Zhaoyin, and let them and Huangfu Song guard the three auxiliaries. Youzhou will ask Gongsun Zan to put down the rebellion. If Gongsun Zan can't do it,
Let Liu Yu or Lu Zhi go."
"Then Bingzhou..."
Wang Jun hesitated. The war with Xianbei was now in full swing in the north. If the elite of the Northern Army were transferred away, Ding Yuan alone would not be qualified to fight Xianbei.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said without hesitation: "Move Zhu Jun to the position of General of the Guard, and ask Wang Fen to recruit county troops from Hebei to him, and let him go to Bingzhou."
"only."
Wang Jun took the order and went to the Chancellor's desk to write the edict.
After handling the government affairs, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty thought about whether there were any problems in it. He found that there was no problem at all in letting Huangfu Song go to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion and Zhu Jun to go to Bingzhou.
These two men were also capable of conquering and fighting, and with the support of the court and elite soldiers, it was easy to resist the rebellion.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Thinking of this, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty felt proud. He suddenly felt that Jiang Taigong was reincarnated and had great sexual interest. He said to Zhang Rang and other Chang Shi: "Go and get three pills of Shen
Here comes the shirt glue."
After that, he turned around and headed to the West Palace, preparing to visit the beauties in the harem.
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The emperor in Luoyang still felt that the world was peaceful, but Liangzhou was already in chaos.
Han Sui and his kingdom revived, and gathered more than 100,000 people. They quickly captured the two counties of Wuwei and Jincheng, killed the prefects of the two places, and directed their troops towards Hanyang County.
The governor of Hanyang County is Fu Xie. He and Gai Xun both have high prestige in Liangzhou, and both the Huns and Qiang people obey them.
This time when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty collected taxes, only Fu Xie and Gai Xun did not persecute the Qiang people. The county guards in other places were just like the cruel officials in the past, arbitrarily oppressing the Liangzhou ethnic minorities and forcing them to rebel.
After Han Sui and the kingdom's army captured the two counties of Wuwei and Jincheng in just one month, Gai Xun, as the governor, had the power to recruit soldiers and horses, so he recruited soldiers from the six counties of Xiliang, with a total strength of about
More than 20,000 people retreated to Hanyang County.
Hanyang governed Hebei County. Hanyang County was basically the barrier of the Sanfu Land. Hebei County was to the east of Gangu County in later generations, only more than a hundred miles away from Shanggui, which was later Tianshui City. After passing through Shanggui County
, you can directly enter Chang'an.
In order to keep the rebels out of the third auxiliary, Fu Xie wanted to continue recruiting troops, but unfortunately he had no money. Fortunately, Gai Xun had two friends who were wealthy and sponsored Gai Xun a large amount of money.
, help him recruit troops.
One of these two local tycoons was named Shisun Rui, and the other was named Yang Ru. Shisun Rui's family was a well-known wealthy family in Chang'an. His uncle's assets once aroused the covetousness of Liang Ji, so he was persecuted by Liang Ji and took away the family property.
However, the nearly 200 million yuan that Liang Ji took away from his family was only his uncle's money. The Shisun family still had assets worth hundreds of millions. It was a famous family in Chang'an and had a good relationship with Gai Xun.
Another Yang Ru was born in Hongnong, so you should know that he was a member of the Hongnong Yang family. Although he was richer than the Sun family, which was not a scholar, it still had a lot of assets.
The two of them spent tens of millions of dollars, and Gai Xun recruited soldiers in the land of Sanfu and hired Xiutu people who were friendly to him to fight.
In the Prefecture of Hebei County, Gai Xun sat high on the throne and Fu Xie sat at the bottom.
In addition to the two of them, there are also scholars Sun Rui, Yang Ru, Du Yang Wei Jie, Jingzhao Du Kai, Changling Fifth Commander, as well as some local officials who escaped from the occupied areas and several Qiang and Xiongnu tribe chiefs.
Scholar Sun Rui came from a wealthy family in Chang'an, Yang Ru belonged to the Yang family of Hongnong, and Du Yang Wei Jie was a fellow disciple of Fu Xie and Gongsun Zan.
According to the Yin monument of Taiwei Liu Kuan, Wei Jie was a disciple of Liu Kuan and was also from a noble family in the late Han Dynasty.
Du Kai from Jingzhao was a famous scholar in Chang'an, the fifth most handsome man, and he was born in the fifth clan of Changling.
The surname No. 5 comes from the Tian family of the Spring and Autumn Period of Qi. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was afraid that the descendants of these nobles would return to the country, so he moved them. The Tian family was moved away in eight batches. Therefore, future generations use the surname Di, and the fifth surname is
A branch here has lived in Changling for generations.
Wu Jun also came from a famous family. His great ancestor Wu Lun was the Great Sikong during the Emperor Zhang of Han Dynasty, his great ancestor was Wu Jie, the prefect of Nanyang during the period of Emperor Shun of Han Dynasty, and his grandfather was the fifth minister of Gao Mi during the period of Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty. He belonged to a family of bureaucracy.
Among these people, scholars Sun Rui and Yang Ru were Gai Xun's financial backers, and Wei Jie, Du Kai and Wujun were powerful representatives of the scholars in Sanfu. In order to resist the Xiliang rebellion and attack Sanfu, they all came to support Gai Xun. .
After all, the Land of Sanfu has suffered enough harassment from the Xiliang rebels over the years. Even if the emperor wants to impose heavy taxes this time, the powerful class like them must protect their own interests.
In addition, in addition to these major figures, Yan Zhong was also among them. He was recommended by Chen Mu as the magistrate of Lingju County. Lingju County is in Wuwei and is Yan Zhong's hometown.
Now that Wuwei has fallen, Yan Zhong must either become a thief or run away.
Han Sui wanted to win over him, but Yan Zhong was not stupid, so of course he ran away to Hanyang.
Gai Xun sat on the stage, looked around, and said slowly: "Now that the rebels have attacked Yuzhong and their troops have entered Longyou, how should we deal with the enemy?"
Fu Xie suggested: "There are many rebels and we have few soldiers. We should store up food, build high city walls, and defend to the death."
Shi Sunrui worriedly said: "The enemy is coming fiercely, and there are few soldiers in Hebei County, so I am afraid it will be difficult to defend it."
Gai Xun thought for a while and found that although he had the support of local tycoons, he only had more than 30,000 men. Han Sui had more than 100,000 men. It was really not easy to resist, so he asked: "Does Junrong have any good strategies?"
"this......"
Shi Sunrui hesitated: "The emperor imposed heavy taxes, which caused dissatisfaction among the Qiang people, and they started to attack in groups. I am afraid that the Qiang rebellion will happen again in the past few years. The best strategy is to stop collecting taxes, annihilate them, and let the Qiang people recuperate. That’s the best way to go.”
Gai Xun was helpless. Of course he knew that this was the best policy. After all, the Qiang people did not want to fight. Not to mention being oppressed by the Han court in these years, they were wiped out and massacred every time they rebelled. Who doesn't want to live a stable life.
However, his numerous letters and suggestions have all come to nothing. Now it seems that the rebellion is a foregone conclusion. Unless the imperial decree can be issued immediately, it will be impossible to quell the rebellion so quickly.
Wei Jie, nicknamed Qi Qing, said: "Although Junrong's policy is the best policy, the emperor is afraid that he will not agree to it, so he still has to take care of the present."
"Qi Qing is right."
Gai Xun sighed and said: "Today...forget it, it's hard to say anything, let's just take care of the present."
Yan Zhong didn't say anything. He was just a county magistrate, with a low official position and no right to speak.
And even if Yan Zhong had a strategy, he was helpless in dealing with the current situation.
Because this is the general trend and cannot be changed. Either confront it head-on, or avoid its sharp edge, escape back to the Third Auxiliary Land, and use the various checkpoints and passes in the Third Auxiliary Land for defense. You can still fight.
It is a pity that Gai Xun has the responsibility to defend his territory and must stick to Liangzhou and cannot escape to Chang'an.
The final result of the meeting was to adopt Fu Xie's suggestion, continue to recruit troops, and at the same time ask Luoyang for reinforcements, hoping that reinforcements would come as soon as possible.
However, before the edict from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty reached Liangzhou, Han Sui's army had already entered Hanyang County first.
Learning the lesson from the last time, Han Sui decided not to occupy land this time, but to loot instead.
Along the way, they plundered resources wildly. The Qiang people and the Han people who had taken refuge with him were crazy with joy. They burned, killed, and looted everywhere. The troops were like locusts crossing the border. Except for Han Sui's hometown of Jincheng County, which was slightly better, almost all other places were reduced to scorched earth.
By early January of the sixth year of Zhongping, Han Sui's army had already entered Hanyang County. People in Pingxiang, Chengji, Lueyang, Longxian and other places abandoned their homes and fled, and the defenders also fled in panic.
For a time, Han Sui and the kingdom's army shocked Xiliang. Countless Qiang and Huns who had gone bankrupt due to taxation joined in with great momentum, and their troops were directed towards Ji County.
On the fifth day of the first month, almost as soon as the edict of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was delivered to Ji County and into the hands of Gai Xun, Tan Ma came to report it. Han Sui's army appeared more than 20 miles away from Ji County. It was estimated that there was less than one person.
In just a few hours, you can reach Ji County.
Gai Xun saw off the angel, immediately organized his troops and horses, and led all the city officials to walk up the city wall and look into the distance.
I saw that in the bleak spring breeze, last year's gloomy Xiliang snow had just melted, and the early spring grass couldn't wait to emerge from the soil. A dark cloud rolled in from the northwest with the force of thunder, quietly approaching.
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On the vast horizon, countless black figures galloped, and the earth seemed to be shaking. Thousands of horses galloped, trampling on the still wet swamp, crushing countless young grasses into the soil.
Ma Teng, who had been promoted to captain for his meritorious service with Zhang Wen in attacking Han Sui in February of the previous year, looked worriedly at the thousands of troops in the distance.
The people in the north are well aware of the terrifying fighting power of the Qiang people. Although the Han people in Liangzhou are not weak either, and every rebellion in Liangzhou is led by the Han people.
The problem is that Han Sui's troops this time were too many. In November they were only a few tens of thousands, by December they were more than 100,000, and now it is said to be more than 200,000.
Although Ji County also recruited troops and continuously increased its strength, the full force could only reach 40,000 people. It was almost impossible to resist Han Sui's army.
Ma Teng couldn't help but look at Shisun Rui and others around him. Shisun Rui and the others were recently recommended as captains by the newly appointed Jingzhao Yin Gaixun. They were the same as Ma Teng, but after all, they were born as scholars and could not lead soldiers at all. This was the first time they met
In such a formation, everyone's face was pale and pale.
Except for a few people such as Gai Xun, Fu Xie and Yan Zhong who had seen the world and could calm their minds, some so-called celebrities and officials were actually trembling all over, which greatly disappointed Ma Teng.
It seems that none of the officials in the imperial court are as reliable as Duke Yuan Gu and Duke Nan Rong.
If Duke Yuan Gu and Duke Nan Rong fail...
Ma Teng had to start thinking about his current slim future.