After seeing that those landlords and businessmen were gone, Mei Pingdong, the county commander of Huaiyuan County of the Tang Dynasty, touched the short beard of his chin again, and then muttered: Today they are gone, I am afraid that they will not be easily willing, so they have to be guarded against, so as not to make any mistakes! ”

Immediately, he beckoned, and then one of his attendants trotted over: "My lord, what are your orders?" ”

Mei Pingdong said: "You go to the tax bureau and the patrol police station to send a message, saying that those landlords and businessmen have come to the county government and have been sent away by the official, but you must also prevent them from causing trouble!" ”

The taxation process of the Tang Dynasty was not so harmonious from the beginning, and basically every place accompanied by taxation would bring fierce bloody conflicts.

Especially at the beginning of the tax, there will always be those who do not give up or think that the Tang Dynasty will not dare to do anything to them, and there will always be people who have the mentality of not holding the law accountable, and there are many of them.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty knows that the law does not blame the public, otherwise they will kill all of them, who will they find to collect taxes?

But there is also a word called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys!

Now a group of Datang officials in Huaiyuan County are just waiting for the chicken to jump out stupidly!

Sure enough, the next day, when the members of the tax inspection team were collecting taxes in Wangjia Village, a few miles east of the county seat, they were resisted and even attacked by a mob, causing one death and one injury on the spot.

In this case, the tax officer who led the team decisively and quickly withdrew from this Wangjia Village!

Seeing a pseudo-Tang official in a strange-looking Confucian costume fleeing with a dozen doglegs, Wang Shuangxi grinned so much that his buckteeth looked a little terrifying.

"Just these doglegs, they dare to go to my Wang family to spread wild, and they don't look at what kind of family our Wang family is, how can those dog legs be compared!" After Wang Shuangxi said this, a young man next to him immediately said: "Dad, will it cause trouble if you beat these pseudo-Tang thieves like this?" ”

Wang Shuangxi was faceless: "What can be the disaster, it's not just our Wang family who is doing this, look at it, just today, no family in Huaiyuan County will pay taxes!" ”

"Our Wang family has been working in Huaiyuan for hundreds of years, and the foundation is deep, I am afraid that he will do something, and even if this pseudo-Tang Dynasty wins the world and comes to this Huaiyuan County, this Shangguan wants to govern the place, and it is indispensable for gentry like our Wang family, it is difficult for them to personally govern those dogs with the county order of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty!"

At this time, someone next to him also answered: "What the eldest brother said is right, since ancient times, the imperial power has not gone to the countryside, and now what kind of town office does the surnamed Mei do, and what village chief does he set up, this clearly shows that he wants to intervene in the internal affairs of our clan, how can family affairs let them be mixed with officials?"

Besides, if we follow what they say, how much tax do we have to pay as a royal family? I'm afraid it will cost a few hundred taels of silver in another year! Even if our Wang family has a big business, we can't stand such a toss! ”

Hearing the elders above say this, the young man could only sigh and stop talking.

At noon on the same day, Mei Pingdong got the news from the county tax bureau that the six tax inspection teams sent out today had all been subjected to violent resistance, and instead of collecting a penny in taxes, they had also injured a person.

Not long after, Mei Pingdong saw the two directors of the county taxation bureau and the county patrol police bureau, and after these two directors came to the county office, they immediately said as subordinates: "The lower officials meet the county respect!" ”

Mei Pingdong naturally didn't know how to put up any Shangguan's score, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Lord Lin, Lord Feng, you're welcome, come, take a seat!" ”

Although the county taxation bureau, the county patrol police bureau, and the inspection institute are all part of the subordinate institutions of the county government, everyone knows that the taxation and patrol police and the inspection institute in the Tang Dynasty are independent.

In addition to the county government, their respective direct superior departments can also lead them, so Mei Pingdong also does not have absolute power to command these three institutions.

In terms of grade, the chief officials of these three institutions are only one level lower than him, Mei Pingdong, and they are from the seventh grade.

Therefore, Mei Pingdong naturally does not treat ordinary subordinates like that, but steps forward to speak kindly!

"The two adults came together today, presumably for the gentry's tax resistance?" Mei Pingdong didn't wait for them to speak, he already took the initiative to say: "The official has just learned about this matter, these people really think that our Datang is as cowardly as the pseudo-Ming, just kidding!" ”

Seeing Mei Pingdong's attitude, Lord Lin and Lord Feng were also relieved!

Immediately, Lin Chaotian, director of the Huaiyuan County Taxation Bureau, said: "Yes, the gentry pay taxes as one, it is my national policy of the Tang Dynasty, how can it be shaken because of the resistance of a few landlords, the lower officials think that it is necessary to use the most severe and rapid means to crack down on these pseudo-Ming spies who oppose the tax policy of the DPRK, and let them know that under the rule of our Datang, tax evasion is absolutely not allowed to occur!" ”

Saying this, he took a deep breath, and then said in a very serious tone: "Even if he dies, he has to get up and pay the taxes he owes!" ”

At this time, Feng Laoliu, director of the Huaiyuan County Patrol Police Bureau, said with a straight face: "What Lord Lin said is very true, under the rule of my Tang Dynasty, how can I tolerate these lawless armed confrontations, this matter must be severely punished, otherwise my Huaiyuan County will never have peace!" ”

Speaking of this, he paused, then took a few breaths before continuing: "Just this morning, I received an order from the Logistics Department of the Privy Council, ordering this county to improve the law and order in Huaiyuan County as soon as possible. ”

"Two adults, now the military is very dissatisfied with the public order in Huaiyuan County, the small-scale transport unit of the Logistics Division in Huaiyuan County has been attacked by local bandits many times, although there has been no actual loss, but this situation must be changed, otherwise, the military will think that the county has been unable to maintain law and order in the county, so it will send the regular army over!

And I have also found out that these people and horses who attacked my Wang Division's convoy are related to several big landowners in Huaiyuan County, one of which is the Wang family! ”

Feng Laoliu, like most of the directors of the county patrol police bureau, is a retired military officer, he was a lieutenant before retiring, but his lieutenant is not high, he was temporarily promoted before retiring, and he retired after being promoted.

Back then, he was an old bandit, because he was from Long Zao, so he mixed up the title of an officer, but later, with the regularization of the officers of the Tang Dynasty, he lost the opportunity to continue to be promoted, so like many people in similar situations, he chose to quit the front line, and then went to the local patrol police department.

Now that the various systems of the Tang Dynasty have been formalized, the messy titles of arresting fast, arresting thieves, sheriffs, and patrolling police have been unified and unified as patrol police.

At the same time, the manpower of the town level was increased, and several or more than ten patrol officers were allocated according to the size of the town, and the town magistrate was under the control.

The county has set up a patrol police bureau with a bureau chief and a number of patrol policemen under its jurisdiction, and the director is also the commander of the anti-theft battalion.

The government has a patrol police bureau with a director.

In the case of the province, there is no such thing for the time being, but it has been formulated in advance and a patrol police department has been established.

These titles are naturally all arranged by Li Xuan!

Although everyone sounds weird, it's okay to call it strange, as long as you know that this is an official organization, what is it for.

Feng Lao Liu retired from active duty, because he did not retire from active duty because of injuries and other reasons, but took the initiative to ask to quit and make way for the new officers below, so the military side gave him a temporary promotion to the rank of lieutenant before he retired.

At first, he worked in the Xiatou Patrol Police Bureau of Liping Mansion, and later he was transferred to Huaiyuan County to become the director of the newly established Huaiyuan County Patrol Police Bureau.

As the number one person in charge of maintaining law and order in Huaiyuan County, he naturally could not ignore the landlords who were armed to resist taxes.

He immediately continued: "I have also discussed it with the battalion commander of the county thief hunting camp, and he said that he has received a military order in advance, as long as our local government requests assistance in an official document, then they can send troops!" ”

The local robbery camps, because they are under the dual jurisdiction of the local government and the military, if they want to use them in any case, they must first have the permission of the military.

However, such an operation to maintain law and order can be regarded as the daily work of the theft camp on the ground, and in some troublesome places, the theft camp will often be approved in advance.

But after the military has given permission in advance, it still needs local officials to issue official documents, so that they can officially go out to suppress the armed tax resistance.

Of course, if there is a rebellion, the enemy army will not have so much trouble attacking the city, and the protection of the land will not be lost, especially the county order or other strategic points will not be lost, which is the military strategic significance of the existence of the county capture and robbery camp.

Hearing these two people say this, Mei Pingdong nodded slightly and said, "In that case, without further ado, let's go to the thief camp!" ”

Soon, these three people appeared in the Chengnan Church Field of Huaiyuan County, that is, the military camp of the Huaiyuan County Capture and Robbery Camp!

After hearing the words of these three adults, Fang Dongzhi, the commander of the Huaiyuan County Capture and Theft Battalion, frowned slightly: "I'm afraid this matter is a little difficult to do, now it's not a rebellion of two families, but six or more rebellions, relying on my newly established Capture and Theft Camp alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue, my battalion has just recruited soldiers for a few days, and there are less than two hundred people in total, and they are all new recruits, if you want to do this, I'm afraid you still have to ask for the help of the garrison at the west pier in the west of the city!" ”

Huaiyuan County, a traffic artery where three rivers meet, is naturally not at ease on the military side, and only let a thief hunting battalion in the city for a few days guard it, so a garrison camp of about 500 people was left here, and a few bowl cannons were also left.

"Asking the garrison for help?" Mei Pingdong hesitated a little when he heard this: "This is not good!" ”