Two hundred and fourteenth: Shanzhou Bailian
Shanzhou is located in the western front of the empire. Compared with the southern states of the countryside of fish and rice, Shanzhou is an extremely poor place. In addition to the large prefectures and cities, commercial activities are extremely lacking. Many rural areas are still stuck in the way of things.
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Shanzhou was originally short of water, and it was all year round to eat according to the weather. Last year, the rain was extremely insufficient and the farmland was not harvested. The entire Shanzhou was actually in trouble. However, Zheng Changping boasted about the documents to the court.
After some of his own political achievements, he claimed that he had been vigorously promoting water conservancy during his tenure. Although the rain was not abundant this year, under his own governance, the entire state still had a bumper harvest. Zheng Changping naively believed that since it had been a year of drought this year
, In the coming year, there will naturally be plenty of rain and a great harvest.
Zheng Changping naturally received a strong reward from the court. In addition to himself, even his two sons were given a humble official.
But this year, the troubles have become great. The ideal year of abundant rainfall has not come. Instead, it is even more serious than last year. So much so that it has endured until winter, and there is no snow. Experienced farmers know that
If it doesn't snow this winter, next year's days will be unimaginable.
The entire state was on the verge of collapse. Originally, the imperial court had rescued the prefectures that suffered from drought, but after Zheng Changping reported the good news, Shanzhou naturally had no disaster relief supplies. On the contrary, the imperial court had to go from the harvest of Shaanxi Province.
It took Zheng Changping's life to transfer grain to other prefectures. In order not to let his lies be exposed, he became increasingly levied. Teams of tax collectors went from prefecture to subordinate counties, towns and villages to collect taxes.
Fu, paying money, paying food without money, paying food, paying goods, and the whole of Shanzhou is full of chaos and violent tax resistance, and many incidents of tax collectors being beaten up by angry people.
Zheng Changping was shocked and angry. With a command, teams of town troops began to be dispatched and protected by the army. Tax collectors went to the countryside to collect taxes, but if there were any resistance, they would be arrested immediately and put into prison. The victim would not be tormented and lost all his money.
, you will definitely not be able to escape.
The whole of Shanzhou is spent little by little in such an atmosphere. Although it is winter, Shanzhou is now like a pile of extremely dry firewood, and a little spark will ignite.
The sky-sky fire burned the entire Shanzhou to ashes.
The leader of the White Lotus Sect, Wang Xiang, was lucky enough to escape a life in Ezhou, and his important figures were arrested. {htt/Uploaded and updated by book friends} was killed and killed. His strength was greatly damaged. After learning from his mistakes, he finally discovered the development of the White Lotus Sect.
The model was really difficult to expand in the relatively wealthy southern states. I immediately led the remaining backbone forces to fight to the poor Shanzhou. God seemed to be helping him, connecting with the two-year drought. He also got a prefect like Zheng Changping.
As soon as the White Lotus Sect entered Shanzhou, it received a rapid response. In two years, it developed very rapidly. The social world blossomed everywhere in Shanzhou. So far, in Shanzhou, the White Lotus Sect has set up hundreds of branches. The subordinate congregations
It has exceeded hundreds of thousands of people. The influence has begun to expand to nearby Hezhou, Guizhou, Qinzhou and other places.
Wang Xiang is already forty-five years old this year, with a big body and a round waist, big and thick waist, and a bearded face, even if he wears a Taoist robe, he doesn't feel like a fairy-like appearance. He has suffered consecutive failures in Ezhou and is already discouraged.
But he met a master who, under the guidance of this master, turned to Shanzhou and achieved great success. Now he is proud and has hundreds of thousands of people under him, as if he is waving his hand.
In the meantime, you can reverse the universe and reverse the sun and the moon.
"Mr. Suo, you are indeed a magical plan. In just one year, we have had such a huge force. Now Shanzhou is on the verge of explosion. We only need to climb a high place and call us, and there will definitely be people who respond. Zheng Changping is a fool.
The Shanzhou Town Army is even more unbearable. I guess that as long as we move, we can quickly take down Shanzhou and then quickly expand around based on Shanzhou. Hahaha, the great cause of White Lotus will inevitably be carried forward in the hands of my Wang Xiang.
Mr. Suo, then, you will be the national teacher and prime minister of my White Lotus Kingdom." Wang Xiang touched Luo Hu's beard and laughed loudly while drinking.
A thin and slim man in blue clothes and dressed in a man in a trouser dress on the right side of his lower head grinned. Next to his chair, there were two crutches. This man turned out to be a disabled person who was not good at doing well.
"Now Shanzhou is indeed on the verge of an outbreak, but Chief Wang, we have to add a fire to him. The behavior of social circles in various places to resist tax collectors may be more intense. In this case, Zheng Changping will definitely send more troops to the towns.
There are only less than 50,000 town troops in Shanzhou. If the vacancy is removed, I estimate that the entire Shanzhou town troops will have up to 30,000 people. The more they are dispersed, the better they will be. They will be teamed up and whistle.
The land spreads over the entire Shanzhou land. When we launch it, we can easily eat them and cannot give them any chance to assemble. Although these towns and soldiers are unable to fight, they will still give us the
Cause trouble. After all, they are regular soldiers. The lean camels are bigger than horses. There is always an elite army in each army, and their weapons and equipment are not comparable to us. But if we disperse, we will
It’s easy to deal with. Kill these town troops scattered all over the country and snatch their weapons, armor, and war horses. Then we can organize a real army affiliated with the leader and you. This is the foundation for our future development.”
Wang Xiang clapped his hands and said, "The military advisor is thorough, so we will do it like this. Let the troubles of the various places be even more fierce. You might as well kill some tax collectors, officials, and soldiers to attract more towns and troops to various townships."
"Chief, our main backbone forces must be preserved, and they cannot be allowed to participate in it. They have the power of life so that they can rise up at that time." Suo Wenhai added.
"Chief, in this case, I am afraid that some of the people who are leading the trouble will suffer. The town army is very bad, and the local officials are even more like wolves and tigers. When they fall into their hands, these people are afraid that they will not survive."
The man said frowningly, that this person was Huang Rui, who was a backbone force developed by the White Lotus Sect in Shaanxi Province. He was naturally reluctant to do so.
"The Lord of the Yellow Hall, if there is no great sacrifice, there will be great gains." So Wenhai gave a wink to the discolored Wang Xiang and said softly: "These people will be arrested in prison, but we will rise up soon.
Then we will rescue them. These people will of course be compensated after we accomplish our work. How could the leaders forget about the religious people who have contributed to the great cause of Bailian?"
"Why do you have to be so troublesome? We just rise up and fuck you, don't believe that the soft men in the Zhenjun will be our opponents." Huang Rui slapped the table and said.
"That's not what it means." Suo Wenhai shook his head and said, "First, no matter how bad the town army is, it is a regular army. To put it bluntly, we are just a group of mobs. There is no need to win against them when they are in the face of each other.
If we lead to our later great sacrifices for some small sacrifices now, Huangtanzhu, who would you say is more worth it."
"Secondly, now is not the best time to launch. The whole Dayue has not been in chaos. Although the Meng people have fought to Tanzhou, they have not yet started a large-scale war with Dayue. They can only wait until the two of them fight on a large scale.
Fortunately, Dayue suffered a big defeat, and the whole country was shocked. When people's hearts were fluctuating, it was a good time for us to launch. At that time, Dayue had to concentrate on its efforts to deal with the invasion of the Mongols, and a large number of elite troops were transferred to the border. When the country was empty,
This is the best time for us to do it. If we don’t move, we will make a big noise and make a loud noise, so that more people can see the hope of our success, and actively join us, it is like a snowball, we want to
Only when the cycle becomes bigger and bigger will it form a good shape cycle be achieved, and the final success will be achieved.”
Huang Rui sat down, "Military Suo's words make sense, and now he can only do this."
Wang Xiang stood up, "Dear Masters, after returning, we must vigorously mobilize the religious people from all over the country to violently resist the tax collection of tax collectors, but one thing to note is that they should not let them notice that this is an organized behavior, so these things are still
You have to make careful arrangements and not make any mistakes."
"As for your order!" In the hall, hundreds of altar masters from all over Shanzhou stood up and responded to their orders.
"When the time is right, I need you to launch the whole province at the same time at the command of the headquarters to take down Shanzhou in one fell swoop. The military advisor will be delivered to you after the specific action plan is formulated." Wang Xiangxiao
"Okay, after the important thing is over, everyone will drink a big bowl of wine, eat a lot of meat, and after a happy life, they will return tomorrow and prepare to welcome the arrival of a key battle. This will be a crucial step for us
, After passing this level, we will be invincible."
Shaanxi City, Zheng Changping's prefecture.
During these days, Zheng Changping was in a mess. In addition to the more than 10,000 town troops stationed in Shaanxi City, the remaining town troops sent to assist tax collectors. The court was tightly destroyed and forced him three times a day.
It was only a short jump, but when he was dispatching the town army, what surprised and angry was that the quota of the 50,000 town army was actually less than 30,000 soldiers, and the remaining 20,000 people were actually entrusted by their subordinates.
The generals ate the empty amount and thought that their money was put into their pockets by these greedy generals, Zheng Changping was so angry that he vomited blood. Twenty thousand people, how much money does this cost every year!
I wanted to kill a few to establish their authority and exert their anger, but now it is time to use people, so I have to swallow this anger. After this period, I have to clean up the army well, not kill a few people, not change it
A group of generals is not enough to revive their military prestige.
In the past few days, news of reports of unruly people's tax resistance has been continuously reported in various places. As a last resort, he has transferred nearly a thousand troops stationed in Shaanxi City, which makes him even more angry. He was furious in the hall, and an official stumbled.
Run in.
"Sir, sir, I have a master to see you." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!