During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a pattern for Yao people's uprisings.
The Shuyao rebellion is generally caused by excessive government oppression, which is no different from the peasant rebellion.
Shengyao rebels usually go down the mountain to plunder. Just like the nomadic Kou Bian people, because the living environment has become harsh, they come to steal money, food and supplies. When they reach a large scale, they are extremely destructive.
All the Bapai Yao in this uprising belong to the "Shu Yao", that is, the Yao people who have been registered as households and must pay taxes every year.
Liu Xinyu took the Yao people from Qianjiadong to contact the Badai Yao rebels. Badai Yao immediately led his troops to join them.
"Brother... General Zhang," Liu Xinyu introduced, "these three are the leaders of the Youling platoon, the leader Tang Fayin, the leader Pan Chengyun, and the leader Fang Zhirenfang. These three are the leaders of the Nangang platoon, Li Liangyong and Li
The boss, the boss Pan Enhao..."
Zhang Tieniu was a little dizzy after hearing a lot of recommendations for the boss. Fortunately, the names were all normal.
Zhang Tieniu couldn't figure out what the boss did. After asking about it in detail, he felt that the management style of these Yao people was very strange.
There are eight large settlements in Babaiyao and more than 20 small settlements.
If "Pai" is compared to a big village, "Chong" is a small village, and "Dragon" is a small group in the village.
Yao people must first elect Yao elders, which is equivalent to electing members of the villagers' autonomous committee.
From among these Yao elders, we continue to elect cadres. There are Tianchang Gong (big leader), Touhou Gong (small leader), Shui Gong (managing water resources), Temple Master (sacrifice and education), Burning Incense Gong (offering incense),
Steward (directing battles).
Tian Changgong is elected every two years, and the Yao elders take turns to serve.
Equivalent to a member of the village committee, he serves as the village chief on a rotating basis, changing every two years.
The boss is replaced every two years, one is new and the other is old.
Equivalent to each village group, there must be two group leaders. They are elected every two years, with an old group leader as the leader and a new group leader as the deputy.
These Yao people not only practice the electoral system, but also practice monogamy.
And it must be a small family. Within one year of marriage, the young couple must separate.
There was an uprising in more than 30 Yao people's villages. Tian Changgong (the big leader) stayed in the mountains because he was too old. However, he sent many ringleaders (little leaders), and he elected Tang Fayin as the temporary big boss, leading more than 20,000 Yao people.
Bing came to contact Zhang Tieniu.
Everyone sat down and began to discuss matters.
Tang Fayin asked directly: "We Yao people rebelled because the government did not abide by the agreement and collected more and more land taxes every year. General, if King Zhao Tian becomes the emperor, how should the taxes be collected here?"
Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "You don't believe me even if I tell you. You can send people to Jiangxi to inquire. King Zhao Tian's land tax collection is very light. There was a severe drought in Jiangxi last year. Not only did he reduce taxes, but also distributed food to the victims."
"Does King Zhao Tian have a son?" Tang Fayin asked again.
Zhang Tieniu said: "There is one."
Tang Fayin asked: "Have you ever gotten married?"
"No." Zhang Tieniu said.
"That's good," Tang Fayin said, "the Eight Pai Yao people agreed to choose the most beautiful Yao woman to marry the son of King Zhao Tian. As long as both parties get married, the Eight Pai Yao people will always be loyal to King Zhao Tian.
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Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult to get married. King Zhao Tian's son still doesn't know whether he is weaned or not."
As soon as this statement came out, all the Yao leaders were stunned.
The Yao people do not prohibit intermarriage, at least among the Bapai Yao people.
According to the ballads passed down orally by Babai Yao, we can probably guess its origin.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo led his troops to the south. In order to consolidate his territory, he encouraged his sergeants to marry locals.
Fang Liuliu, the leader of the Sanmiao Army in Huainan, married King Pangu (the female leader) of the Yao ethnic group and gave birth to three sons, who were the ancestors of the Fang family of the Yao ethnic group. Fang Liuliu also recruited a son-in-law named Tang Huangbai, who was the first son of the Yao ethnic group.
The ancestor of the Tang family.
Moreover, before the intermarriage between the Qin army officers and the natives, Badai Yao was probably in the matrilineal clan era of group marriage.
These leaders of Ba Paiyao began to whisper, seeming to be discussing what to do.
Suddenly, Tang Fayin asked: "How old is King Zhao Tian and how many wives does he have?"
Zhang Tieniu replied: "Not very old, just a wife."
Tang Fayin actually handed over his hand and saluted: "General Zhang, the Yao people hope to marry King Zhao Tian himself."
"I can't decide this. You can send people to Jiangxi." Zhang Tieniu said with a smile.
Tang Fayin nodded and said: "Okay, we will send people to Jiangxi."
It was too far to take the detour from Huguang to Jiangxi. In order to save distance, everyone decided to open the main road directly.
These Yao people in the mountains have mastered the technology of terraced fields. The main responsibility of the Water Releaser is to preside over the release and storage of water in the terraced fields. If it were not for the excessive exploitation by the court, the life of the Bapai Yao would actually be pretty good, and it would even be relatively easy to collect land taxes.
Their weapons are farm tools and some weak earthen bows.
Zhang Tieniu led Liu Xinyu, Tang Fayin, and the logistics troops to besiege the capital city of Shaozhou with a total of 30,000 people. Liu Zhu led a partial division to attack Renhua County.
"Shoot the arrow in!"
Dozens of letters were sent in. The content was very simple: Lianzhou Bapaiyao had revolted, and the western counties had been captured. Zhao Tianwang captured the entire territory of Huguang, and General Zhang led his troops to kill from Huguang and ordered the Shaozhou defenders to surrender immediately.
After the surrender, only high-level generals, middle and low-level officers and ordinary officers and soldiers were killed, and all were paid back their travel expenses and returned home.
The person responsible for garrisoning Shaozhou Prefecture was a general named Li Yingsheng.
When he saw the letter that came in and looked at the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, his face turned pale with fear, thinking that Zhao Han had really taken over the entire Huguang area.
Li Yingsheng put away the letter and sent people out of the city to investigate at night. Sure enough, all the Yao people in northern Guangdong rebelled.
How about a spanking?
Shen Youlong's military defense line was designed to guard against the Jiangxi direction. Zhang Tieniu suddenly rushed out from Huguang, which was equivalent to going around from the side and running to poke the chrysanthemums of the Shaozhou defenders.
Moreover, tens of thousands of Yao people rebelled, and it was impossible for the officers and soldiers to win.
Li Yingsheng was agitated and went to the government office in a sedan chair, where he ran to meet the prefect Xiong Shikui who was under house arrest.
Why put the prefect under house arrest?
Because Xiong Shikui is from Xinchang (Yifeng County), Jiangxi Province, and most of his relatives are under the rule of Zhao Han. What if the prefect brings someone to dedicate the city?
"Master, I have been offended a lot recently." Li Yingsheng smiled apologetically and handed over his hand.
"Haha." Xiong Shikui sneered in return.
Li Yingsheng explained the purpose of his visit: "King Zhao Tian has captured Huguang and is dividing his troops from Huguang to attack northern Guangdong. Tens of thousands of Yao people in northern Guangdong have revolted and have joined forces with King Zhao. Why don't we become thieves together?"
"What?"
Xiong Shikui said in shock: "Zhao thieves have already occupied Huguang?"
"It's absolutely true." Li Yingsheng said.
The Xiong family belongs to a large family in Jiangxi, and Xiong Shikui's family is relatively weak, but it has also produced several Jinshi. Two years ago, he was transferred to the prefect of Shaozhou and immediately took his family over, and took away a lot of belongings, directly to Shaozhou itself.
Forced purchase of land.
As for the relatives who stayed in Jiangxi, Xiong Shikui was helpless. He could only take care of his own family.
"It's over, it's over."
Xiong Shikui was in despair. The Zhao thieves occupied Jiangxi and Huguang. It was only a matter of time before they captured Guangdong.
If you had known this, why would you have brought your family to Shaozhou?
Li Yingsheng said: "Master Fu, please surrender."
Xiong Shikui said angrily: "You are leading the troops. You can surrender if you want. Why are you holding me back?"
Li Yingsheng complained bitterly: "I am the general in charge of the army. I am trying to persuade the surrender outside the city. I only promise to let ordinary officers and soldiers go home. The governor is a scholar. Can you go out of the city to help negotiate? Just say that I am willing to surrender the city and give the treasures in the army." Hand them all over, just to save one dog and return home."
"Oh, let's go." Xiong Shikui sighed.
Xiong Shikui hung down from the basket and went straight to the military camp, where he was tied up and taken to see Zhang Tieniu.
"Are you coming out to surrender?" Zhang Tieniu asked.
Xiong Shikui cupped his hands and said, "I am Xiong Shikui, the magistrate of Shaozhou. His ancestral home is Xinchang, Jiangxi."
Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "He is still a fellow countryman."
Xiong Shikui said: "The defender in the city intends to surrender and begs to save his life."
"Go back and tell him that if you surrender, you can make meritorious service, and if you make meritorious service, you can survive." Zhang Tieniu said.
Li Yingsheng received the promise, but he couldn't believe it. He asked Zhang Tieniu to bring only thirty people into the city to surrender.
Zhang Tieniu really led only thirty people and swaggered to the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly!"
Li Yingsheng was shocked and confused. He stood on the tower and shouted: "Why are there tens of thousands of troops outside the moat?"
Zhang Tieniu shouted: "When I enter the city to accept surrender, of course I must be prepared. If something happens to me within three quarters of an hour, tens of thousands of troops outside the city will immediately attack the city! Open the barbican, open the main gate, don't think about burning me to death in the barbican." Inside!"
Li Yingsheng saw that Zhang Tieniu only led thirty men, and the rest of the troops were outside the moat. He already believed Zhang Tieniu's sincerity. But he was still afraid and said: "Please, general, order the army to retreat another half mile!"
"You eggless coward," Zhang Tieniu ordered, "Send the flag!"
The flag was waved and the army retreated.
Li Yingsheng finally felt relieved and asked people to open the gate and main gate of Wengcheng.
A soldier entered the barbican to check, and came out and said to Zhang Tieniu: "The main door inside is open."
"Walk!"
Zhang Tieniu walked in with a smile, and Li Yingsheng came down immediately, preparing to surrender and present the city.
Zhang Tieniu led his troops through Wengcheng and arrived at the main gate. Li Yingsheng and his officers knelt down and shouted: "Welcome the general to the city!"
"good!"
Zhang Tieniu walked over with a smile, as if to help Li Yingsheng up, and Li Yingsheng also waited for Zhang Tieniu to help him.
Suddenly, Zhang Tieniu drew his sword and swung out: "Kill!"
Surrendering is a very complicated matter and will take at least several days.
Moreover, Li Yingsheng was too cautious and actually asked Zhang Tieniu to bring only thirty people into the city to surrender.
What would Zhang Tieniu be thinking?
He must be feeling very nervous. What if Li Yingsheng suddenly regrets his surrender before the surrender is completed?
Instead of trusting Li Yingsheng, it is better to trust the knife in his hand. Although there were only thirty people around him, Zhang Tieniu dared to take the opportunity to seize the city!
Li Yingsheng was kneeling on the ground when Zhang Tieniu struck out with his knife, killing him inexplicably.
"kill!"
Wu Yong also drew his sword and hacked another officer to death.
Thirty-one Zhao Han's personal guards, including Zhang Tieniu, slashed wildly at the kneeling officers.
The standing ones killed the kneeling ones, killing a lot of them in an instant, and the remaining generals were so frightened that they turned and ran away.
There are thousands of officers and soldiers in the city, how dare dozens of rebels kill people and seize the city?
Zhang Tieniu really dared to kill, and the officers and soldiers really dared to escape.
Seeing the army outside the city regrouping, seeing their own generals being killed and running around, the officers and soldiers on the nearby wall immediately collapsed.