Ye An found gray-brown pills on the corpses of the believers of the White Lotus Society. These were the things he had seen put into the mouths of the believers of the White Lotus Society at critical moments.
After cutting it open with a knife, Ye An found a black lump. He picked up some on the tip of the knife and smelled it. Sure enough, it was the smell of urine deep in his memory. This was the lowest level extracted from the poppy.
poison……
I originally thought that these White Lotus Society believers were eating something like Five Stone Powder, but unexpectedly it was a drug with hallucinogenic effects. This discovery shocked Ye An and also made him feel deeply frightened.
Once it appears on a large scale, it will be like opening Pandora's box, which will definitely bring endless disasters to the land of China.
"Check every corpse carefully and burn it immediately if you find it. Anyone who steals it will be killed without mercy!"
Ye An issued the strictest military order. At this time, Fan Zhongyan and Wu Yu did not know what it was. Instead, they curiously asked: "What is this? Why does it make the White Lotus bandits not afraid of pain and fearless?"
die?"
"Kung medicine, poison, this substance is taken from the flower pulp of a kind of poppy in the south. Its effect is somewhat similar to Ma Fei powder, but it is highly poisonous. People who eat it will temporarily feel ecstasy, but then
After a few hours, it will be like a hundred ants eroding bones. Unless the poison is used again, once it is taken, it will no longer be able to leave the thing. At that time, the person who holds the thing will only need to say a word, and the person who eats the thing will be willing to be a slave.
slave girl……"
"It must be a cult! How dare you preach doctrines in broad daylight with such a method that charms people's hearts? I also ask two envoys to join me in signing a report to the government. I will write a letter right now!"
Wu Yu was shocked. As a local official, he knew all too well how much impact this kind of thing would have on local villages, counties, and even state capitals once it spread.
"The so-called romance of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is not just a combination of five stones. If this thing spreads in the country, the people will not think about land, the merchants will not think about buying and selling, even the soldiers will not think about protecting the country, and the scholars will not think about saints, wouldn't the world be ruined?
Big mess?!"
Fan Zhongyan was also frightened for a while. He also saw the crazy scene of the Bailian believers. It was a kind of madness that subverted his understanding as a scholar. Confucianism pays attention to order. Anything that breaks the order will make the scholar-bureaucrats instinctively afraid.
, discomfort.
Ye An was very pleased with the feedback from Fan Zhongyan and Wu Yu. Both of them could see the source of the turmoil in the White Lotus Society, but they were afraid that they would not pay attention to such a folk religion.
As long as we pay attention to it and crack down on it early, anti-government religious groups like the White Lotus Society will definitely not become popular, but it is impossible to completely destroy them. There were many such societies in the Song Dynasty, and they were extremely concealed.
But there is one thing that Ye An can't understand. Historically, cults like the White Lotus Sect and the Maitreya Sect need a basic environment to grow. The gap between the rich and the poor is too large, land annexation is serious, and the people are in dire straits.
It seems that the most worrying thing at the moment is not the existence of the White Lotus Society, but the miscellaneous tax problem that has existed for a long time in the Song Dynasty.
The first person Ye An met was Xuanchengzi. From that time on, he was no longer a tax payer of the Song Dynasty. Then he was awarded a title, locked up for examination, granted an official title, and officially entered the ranks of the Song Dynasty's nobility.
Class, in some aspects it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a scholar-official.
From the beginning to the end, he never paid any miscellaneous taxes, and even the entire Yunzhong County and Marquis Mansion were exempted from miscellaneous taxes. This is an invisible benefit, but it is also a real benefit.
Exploitation is always there and you don't feel it because you are not in it.
Ye An suddenly woke up and realized that under the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, in the peaceful and prosperous age of the Song Dynasty, the people turned out to be in dire straits.
The people in Tokyo City, Kaifeng Prefecture, and even Gyeonggi Road are considered good, because the miscellaneous taxes are relatively light, and there are many jobs that can be used to offset the miscellaneous taxes. The emperor always has to create a scene where all trustworthy people live and work in peace and contentment, so Zaza Taxes are not that scary.
But the farther away you are from the city of Tokyo, the more exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes there are, even more severe than those of a tiger!
At this time, looking at Fan Zhongyan and Wu Yu's vigorous writings, denounced the harm of the White Lotus Society, Ye An only felt that it was extremely ironic. There must be a cause and a result. The Song Dynasty was famous for its harsh treatment of the Southeast and Sichuan-Shaanxi Fourth Road, including miscellaneous taxes. It is a big mountain weighing on the heads of ordinary people.
Fan Zhongyan seriously handed the note in his hand to Ye An, and said expectantly: "I have already learned the lesson from the immortal scholar. Let's see if there are any flaws in my note?"
"The boy can't accept Mr. Fan's praise. He doesn't dare to try his best. I can only say that he is asking for advice from his seniors. Mr. Fan's teacher is giving advice to the boy!"
Taking Fan Zhongyan's zhazi with both hands, Ye An was dumbfounded after looking at it carefully. He was really dumbfounded!
Fan Zhongyan clearly analyzed the existence of Bailian Society. The most important issue was the issue of people's lives. He boldly pointed out in his letter that there should not be so many victims of the Jianghuai drought. The vast majority of victims in Yingtian Mansion They came here to avoid miscellaneous taxes. They have land and property at home, but they don’t want to go back to their hometown. “It’s not that the people don’t want to, but it’s actually because the miscellaneous taxes are so heavy that they can’t make ends meet!”
Not only that, Fan Zhongyan also strongly advocated in his letters to repair water power, build irrigation projects, and resolutely crack down on and curb the behavior of cutting off water sources upstream.
Ye An couldn't move his eyes away as he looked at it. He only felt that it was hearty and comprehensive, and he saw it from afternoon to night. He took the empty note beside him and wrote some of his own additions on it.
All he could add were some details and a plan to supervise local implementation. Of course, Ye An also expressed his reasons for agreeing with Fan Zhongyan's abolition of miscellaneous taxes and the benefits it would bring to the people of the Song Dynasty.
Soon the three people's papers were neatly placed in front of Fan Zhongyan. Since it was a joint memorial, the contents of the three parties' papers must be unified. After Fan Zhongyan carefully looked at the papers, he stamped his official seal and secret code, and then He handed it to Ye An and sighed: "I have never seen Yehou's meticulous thoughts in his life. If such a talented person enters the clear stream, he can ascend to the position of prime minister!"
This was no ordinary compliment, and it was in front of him. Ye An didn't even dare to say it, but Wu Yu understood the deep meaning. He had also read Ye An's notes and thought carefully about them. He had even read them as the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion. I couldn't fault him, I even felt that he was much more thoughtful than I thought.
As expected of someone who had mentioned Gan and Liang affairs, Wu Yu also praised Ye An highly: "Ye Hou is so young and has such insights. I am ashamed!"
Fan Zhongyan's praise was completely different from Wu Yu's politeness. He regarded Ye An as a real young talent, a nephew of future generations, and considered him a civil servant of future generations who could be promoted.
From the beginning to the end, he insisted that Ye An should not pursue a military career, but should "shine and shine" among the elites of literary and intellectual circles.
Fan Zhongyan knew that if he wanted to reform the bad government of the Song Dynasty, he must have young talents like Ye An as his right-hand man. Ye An also had the willingness and ability to reform the bad government. This was why he tried his best to bring Ye An into his comfort.
Make the team a cause.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a world of difference between civil servants and military generals. No matter how good a military commander's title was, how powerful he was, or how highly he was valued by officials, in essence, you were still not as important as a civil official, and it was even harder to gain the respect of civil officials.
This is especially true in politics. Military generals are almost unanimously suppressed by civilian officials. Emphasizing civility over military affairs is the national policy of the Song Dynasty. Who dares to say no?