Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 175 Riot (the chapters are sorted incorrectly, read this one first and then the previous chapter)
After a night of noisy fighting and farce, Mr. Li escaped back to his home in a state of complete embarrassment. Fortunately, he had also killed Khitan people before, so he still had martial arts skills with him, and the armor he wore was real. It was so strong that those unscrupulous people had no heavy weapons or blunt weapons, so they failed to break through the defense, which allowed him to finally fight his way back home.

"Rebellion, rebelling, this bunch of unruly people are so fucking rebelling. Send me people immediately to the county government to ask for reinforcements. Damn it, under the feet of the majestic emperor, can this bunch of unruly people turn the world upside down? No, damn it, keep ruling, everyone is wearing armor, spread the word, I will kill them all!"

After all, it seems that although the local tycoons who came from the Five Dynasties period are incomparable to the powerful families of the Han and Tang Dynasties, their combat effectiveness is by no means comparable to that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, or the gentry and landlords of the peaceful and prosperous times.

In fact, he still holds an official position in the Jin Dynasty. He is a serious sixth-grade military attache. He can bend a bow, mount an arrow, carry a spear, and mount a horse. He is not ambiguous about these things at all.

On the other hand, Diao Min's side was just a bunch of mobs. They chased him and surrounded him, but they were helpless outside their house. Obviously, the house was not very high, but it was only a tiny bit taller. There is no way.

There were only a few people who were really courageous. In their excitement, they carried ladders and tried to climb the wall. As a result, they were shot to death by arrows at the slightest sign.

This Uburg has seven archery towers at the top, a parapet outside the door to block the road, and even trenches dug inside the parapet. Their family also has other crossbows, city guard vehicles, and even trebuchets, which are used for defense. Although their abilities are not comparable to those of the great tycoons of the Han Dynasty and the nobles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is absolutely a dream to say that these rabble-rousers, who do not even have a leader or an organization, want to break through this place.

"Hmph! They're just a bunch of snakes, insects, rats, and ants. You guys will protect the Ubau here, and I'll go back to the house and have a nap."

In fact, what he thought was indeed correct. The mob was indeed a mob. Throughout the night, this mob was still blocked by his Uburg. When he got up and strolled on the wall, the people surrounding his Uburg The number of unscrupulous people has been reduced by [-] to [-]%, and there are only a few dozen people who are still trying their best to throw lighted straw into his courtyard.

He scoffed disdainfully: "You're not even professional about setting fires. Open the door and I'll go kill them."

Then, Mr. Li used only one charge to disperse the unruly people outside the door. He couldn't help but laugh loudly. After returning home, he even favored a new girl.

"Rats!"

Then they continued to close the door and wait for reinforcements from the court.

As a result, after waiting and waiting for two days, the imperial reinforcements never came, and the riot in Zheng County continued like this.

Gradually, Master Li finally panicked.

"What is the Song Dynasty court thinking? The mob is rebelling at the feet of the emperor, but why is there still no action? Xiaotian, go to the county government and ask what is going on."

Unexpectedly, the nephew came over soon and said: "Uncle, I just came back from the county government, and the county government said... that there will be no reinforcements."

"There will be no reinforcements? What do you mean, the 20 imperial troops stationed in Kaifeng are just decorations?"

"It's just that... I won't come. Zhao Pu personally approved it, just two words, I won't come."

"Ah... is Zhao Pu crazy? Is the King of Qin crazy? Are the officials also crazy? This is a rebellion, are they ignoring the rebellion? In order to implement the New Deal, they actually... dare to do this? Aren't they afraid that the country will be unstable? "

Mr. Li, who was so high-spirited just now, stumbled and fell to the ground. He rubbed his temples vigorously, and there was no longer any proud smile on his face.

Of course, those unscrupulous people couldn't capture their Wubao, but the problem was that they couldn't just stay in Wubao without going out. It was already time for spring plowing, and their nearly [-] acres of land were still empty. Haven't started planting yet.

Besides, his family has properties in the town and county. He doesn’t know what happened to those properties now. As for killing them, he doesn’t even know who he will kill.

"Aren't they afraid of chaos in the world if they do this? What did King Qi say? Didn't he say that His Highness King Qi has always supported us and opposed the New Deal?"

"This...His Royal Highness King Qi is said to be ill. All the current affairs of Kaifeng Mansion are handed over to his official Shi Xizai, but he...he can't control anything. It is said that many things in Kaifeng Mansion are handled by Zhao Pu It's being done, and...not to mention the Kaifeng government doesn't care about it, not even the county government cares about it now."

"The county government doesn't care?"

"Kaifeng Prefecture is recruiting a large number of subordinate officials. Veteran officials of more than five years in each county can go to Kaifeng Prefecture as subordinate officials. I heard that they are registered in the Ministry of Personnel and have a fixed salary. The minimum is four or five guans per month, and every year Several people who are skilled in officialdom are selected to take part in the palace examination. If they can pass the assessment of the King of Qin and the officials, they can be granted the same background as Jinshi. Now, the interview is going on, and every ten of the county officials have gone to Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Mr. Li blinked when he heard this, and he didn't recover for a long time.

"Damn it, this Zhao Song is really evil. Are the three brothers of the Zhao family mentally ill? Or are they just talented people? If we let these unruly people continue to cause chaos, the entire Zheng County will be destroyed. ah."

In fact, Zheng County is about to be abolished, and the entire 22 counties under Kaifeng are about to be abolished.

Violence is the most contagious thing. It quickly spread from one township to several townships, several townships to one county, and one county to several counties. Now, it has basically spread to the entire territory of Kaifeng.

The mob, which had no organization, no program, and no leader, could not conquer Wubao, let alone the county town. However, the people who had weapons in their hands were completely crazy.

At the beginning of the uprising, it was mainly the 1 people who came back from road construction. The demands of this group of people were actually very simple. At least half of them just wanted to bring their families into the city.

Then soon, a single spark started to start a prairie fire, and all kinds of chaos started, including smashing, looting, and looting. At least 10 people participated in the riot. They couldn't take down Wubao, so they went to attack the big landowners, and the big landowners robbed everything. Then they went to rob small landowners. Next, when these thugs began to loot ordinary farmers, the nature of the rebellion had actually changed.

The entire Zheng County, and even the entire Kaifeng, were full of flames, and there were chaotic fights everywhere. Rich people like the Li family all closed their doors tightly in Wubao and did not dare to go out at will. The smaller landowners were all unscathed.

The landless and propertyless tenant farmers are unleashing their anger wantonly. At this moment, everyone who is richer than them, has a decent house, wears decent clothes, and has land at home seems to be a villain, and they are all responsible for violence. object.

Especially since Kaifeng Mansion has not sent reinforcements for two days, this is simply a deliberate indulgence of them. Many places have become hell on earth.

For those mobs who didn't even have an inch of land, nothing in this county originally belonged to them, and those wheat fields that had not been harvested in time were eager to light up the wheat fields to add to the fun.

An unkempt landowner's wife climbed up to the attic in a daze, still muttering someone's name in an indistinct tone, but a huge dirty hand grabbed his hair and pulled her away. Coming back: "Where are you going? I am your husband." "Ah~~~"

Behind him, the pitiful wailing and the animal-like laughter formed a sharp contrast. Objectively speaking, even when the Khitans entered the Central Plains, they were nothing more than this.

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Kaifeng.

"Third brother, eldest brother! We have to send troops. Letters for help from all counties are here. This is the emperor's feet. This is the county under the jurisdiction of my Kaifeng Mansion! There has been a complete riot. If all this riot If we can’t calm down, what dignity can we, Zhao Song, have?”

In Duanwen Hall, Zhao Guangyi, who was said to be "seriously ill", was also very active at this time.

He really couldn't pretend anymore.

With this new policy, he had somehow screwed himself up. He had already decided to play dead until the end, but...

Lao San and Zhao Pu really went too far this time.

After all, he is the governor of Kaifeng. The counties where the riots are currently taking place are not under his jurisdiction, and the people who died are all his people.

He still has some sense of responsibility after all.

Of course, there were not many people in the Duanwen Hall at this time. Apart from the three brothers, there were only a few prime ministers left. It was an internal closed-door meeting, and there was not even a secretary.

Although Zhao Kuangyin looked serious, he was not gloomy and not impatient at all. Zhao Pu was expressionless, but Zhao Guangmei actually seduced the palace maid openly!They were chatting and laughing, making it look like Zhao Guangyi was crazy when he yelled.

Zhao Guangyi was obviously furious. He pointed at Zhao Guangmei and roared: "Third brother! Can you be more serious as a spoiled woman? This is a military and national event. It was you who caused it. Those weapons, those You issued the weapons, is this your purpose? Is this your new policy??!"

Zhao Guangmei smiled, first patted the palace maid's butt, and quietly arranged for him to go to the palace tonight, and then calmly explained: "Second brother, calm down, calm down, it's not a big deal."

"Isn't this a big deal? Then what is a big deal? Is this what you call the New Deal? Whose life are they trying to kill? I would rather they kill me, Zhao Song! Damn it, I shouldn't have listened Damn it, they are clearly rebels, worse than rebels! You should send out the imperial army and kill them all!"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "Second brother, do you think this is a bad thing? Oh, I think this may not be a good thing."

Zhao Kuangyin also said seriously: "Even at this level, is it within your expectation? Is it even intentional?"

"Yes, it was all within my expectation and on purpose."

Zhao Guangyi was about to go crazy. He was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Why? Why are you? What do these people mean to you? What do their lives mean to you?"

When Zhao Guangmei saw this, she finally stopped laughing, sighed, and then said seriously:

"In my opinion, the key to their success lies in whether after the smashing, looting, and burning, after the initial riot, a group of people can wake up and organize quickly, and then Can you refine your own political demands? If not, it is a farce. Before the situation gets worse, of course we also need to send out the imperial army to quell the rebellion and just kill them all. A group of ruthless bandits are left at the feet of the emperor. Can their development pose even the slightest threat to our Song Dynasty?"

"On the contrary, if they can organize themselves spontaneously and quickly, and clarify their political demands, and even establish a political platform, they will naturally be worthy of being recruited by me, and it will not be a bad thing for the people to rebel appropriately."

"what?"

That's what Zhao Guangmei really thought. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Shandong was originally the poorest and most oppressed region in the early Ming Dynasty. However, the White Lotus Sect here always rebelled, forcing the rulers to do light corvee and low taxes, so , Shandong has become the richest region in the north.

In the same way, the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to continue so well was closely related to the red flowers, green leaves and white lotus roots. With these rebel professionals, the ruling class at least would not be able to sustainably drain the water while squeezing the people.

The number of rebellions in the Northern Song Dynasty was too small, only more than 400 (the Ming and Qing Dynasties were far more than this number), and almost all of them had no program and their power was small, which is why they perished so quickly.It is a travesty that a 36-year-old thief like Song Jiang can go down in history. But a religious organization like Fang La can't even come up with any decent political goals and still changes its orders day and night. Compared with his The juniors are really inferior to each other.

So Zhao Guangmei really believed that as long as it was under the control of the imperial court, and the common people occasionally rebelled, killed some people and set fire to it, as long as it didn't cause too much trouble, it would actually be a good thing for the imperial court.

A society that is silent and without waves, a group of people who are cautious and no one dares to rebel, may be sweet poison to the court.

Zhao Guangyi still refused to give up: "Then if they continue to be chaotic like this without the program you mentioned, do you know how many people will die and what kind of turmoil it will cause to the court?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "Unrest? I don't think so. Zhao Pu, how many new immigrants have arrived in Kaifeng City in the past two days?"

"Going back to Your Highness, there are about [-] to [-] yuan. Among them, there are also wealthy landlords and powerful families. They have dragged their families into Kaifeng City and said that they want to sell their land in the countryside. Just give the money to the commercial bank, and I hope the commercial bank can help them open a business in the development zone."

"In addition to the official family, because so many people have entered the city, Kaifeng Mansion has become significantly more prosperous in the past two days. The merchants have made a lot of money, and the cost of labor has also come down. Even the cement factory now costs two hundred Wen a day. , we can also recruit very high-quality workers, but the houses are obviously not enough now, so I propose to build bigger and more slums."

Zhao Guangmei said happily: "Brother, with so many cheap laborers entering the city, there are indeed many wealthy people among them. I suggest that we tear down the south wall of Kaifeng City. In addition, we have been discussing before Yes, we can start changing the houses for the Forbidden Army soldiers."

Then he turned to Zhao Guangyi and said: "Second brother, this is all wealth. They have been in chaos these past few days. For our Kaifeng Mansion, I am afraid we can collect an additional 80 million yuan in tax revenue this year."

Zhao Guangyi: “…………”

(End of this chapter)