Chapter 66: Chaos
The tax collection team came back in the evening, and Feng Fule's mood was even worse. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Under the rule of the whole county, plus Chengguan Town, there are a total of seven towns, but there are mobs in four towns to resist taxes, especially Xucheng Town, and the tax collectors have not even been able to enter the town, so they have been driven out by the mob.
Although Feng Fule had long expected that this tax collection would not go too smoothly, it turned out that he Feng Fule was still too optimistic before.
But what should I do, he Feng Fule really has no way to do it this time. After all, even if he wants to shirk responsibility, he can't find someone who can take the blame. "Do you want to use officers and soldiers to suppress those mobs," Feng Fule thought. But as soon as this idea appeared, he rejected it, after all, if the officers and soldiers were to be mobilized, there was a good chance that it would provoke a popular uprising, and if it really provoked a popular uprising, then he would not be as simple as being dismissed from his post.
And just as Feng Fule was sighing and thinking of ideas in the study alone at night, a group of people also came to Yangshui Town, on the avenue north of the town.
This group of people is very similar to the first batch of robbers that Zhang Shihua exterminated in the Inspection Department, but compared with the first batch of robbers exterminated by Zhang Shihua, the eyes of this group of robbers are more vicious and cruel.
Because it was night, and Yangshui Town was without the protection of the archers of the Inspection Division, this group of wolf-like robbers easily touched the outside of the town.
When there were still three hundred meters away from the town, Zheng San, who had excellent eyes, could already roughly see the outline of the town, and the long-term looting life also made the blood on Zheng San's body more and more hot at this time, and now he couldn't help but want to go to the town in front of him to vent well, thinking of those screaming women and men kneeling and wailing, Zheng San's excited breathing was a little heavier.
That's right, although Zheng San used to be a farmer who shaved food in the soil, but since he came to a dead end and picked up a knife and started to kill, Zheng San found that he was really stupid to be a farmer before, and he worked hard all his life as a farmer, and in the end, it was estimated that he would not escape starvation. It's comfortable to be a thief, as long as you give the other party a knife, everything he has is his own, and this feeling of controlling the fate of others is really too comfortable.
Whenever Zheng San sees others kneeling in front of him begging for mercy, Zheng San's twisted and perverted heart will get a great sense of satisfaction, so he Zheng San especially likes to abuse and kill others, thinking of the other party's wail when he is dying, Zheng San can't help but lick his lips excitedly, he is a little impatient now, but the leader has not given the order to attack, and he does not dare to move.
Because the leader was more ruthless than him Zheng San, even Zheng San couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the fate of those guys who didn't listen to the leader's orders, and then he came back to his senses and turned his gaze to the leader.
Monk Yang is the leader of this group of robbers, Monk Yang used to be a monk, but later because he offended the abbot of the temple, he knew that he couldn't stay in the temple anymore, so he gathered a few brothers in the temple and went down the mountain with weapons.
After going down the mountain, in order to make a living, their brothers and sisters started the businessless business of robbers.
Wouldn't it be a psychological burden for him to become a monk and a robber? But if you think so, you just don't know about this group of Yuan Dynasty monks.
Speaking of which, we have to mention those "monks" of Dayuan. We all know that in the Great Yuan Dynasty, the rulers were also the Yuan and Mongolian people, and they believed in Tibetan Buddhism. Perhaps it should not be said to be faith, it should be said to be obsession, it can be said that almost every emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was extremely obsessed with Tibetan Buddhism.
To what extent is it obsessed, let me tell you this, today's emperor often holds an uncovered meeting with the monk in the harem, and the monk and the emperor will cordially discuss Buddhism with the emperor's concubines together. This is not made up by the author, but it is clearly written in the history books.
Therefore, in the Yuan Dynasty, all the monks were high-flying and domineering masters, and the degree of domineering simply made the Buddha of the West Heaven feel guilty and want to die.
Let me give you an example, just a few decades ago, a monk and a princess fought for a road in Yuanda, and the monk directly ordered his entourage to pull the princess out of the sedan chair, and beat the princess violently on the street, and what is even more unimaginable is that when this matter was known by Emperor Yuanmeng, the emperor actually scolded the beaten princess.
The monks are so powerful, and the other monks are naturally not bad, maybe they don't dare to beat the princess, but they are very fluent in doing this kind of thing.
Therefore, this group of monks are all rich masters, and even now no one in the world knows how rich the monks are, only that the money spent by Emperor Yuanmeng on the monks every year amounted to 10 million taels of silver, and you must know that in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the annual tax was only 30 million taels.
High status and money, but do not have to bear any state responsibilities (in the current monks are exempt from taxes), do not harm the common people, what do you think they can do? It can be said that the Yuan Dynasty fell, and each of these Buddhist disciples was inseparable.
Therefore, Monk Yang did not have any burden from monks to robbers, because when they were warrior monks in the temple on the mountain, they did not do much better than bandits.
On the contrary, because Monk Yang and they are all ruthless, and their own martial arts are good, so the robbers let them do it like a fish in water, not long after going down the mountain, Monk Yang gathered nearly 100 people around them.
And although Monk Yang is ruthless, he is also very smart, every time he leads his subordinates to loot, he will step on it in advance, and pick large families to start, and for those ordinary people, Qiu is not guilty. Because Monk Yang understands that it is good for ordinary people to be able to eat by themselves, how can they rob anything, and the poorer the people, the more they will die, and it is completely thankless to rob ordinary people.
But it's a different story for big families. In the present, how poor the poor are, how rich the rich are, robbing a large household is stronger than robbing a hundred ordinary people, and the most important thing is that the richer the more afraid of death, the difficulty of robbing them is really too low.
Just now, when the bandits turned their eyes to him Monk Li, Monk Li shook the steel knife in his hand, first glanced at them with a fierce gaze, and saw that no one dared to look directly at him, before he opened his mouth and said to this group of wolf-like subordinates: "Remember it all for me, this time we only grabbed which one to mark, and after we succeeded, we will withdraw immediately, if anyone can't restrain himself in the middle of the way and do other things, don't blame the labor and management for being polite." ”
After finishing speaking, Monk Yang saw that the group of subordinates did not dare to say much because of fear, and nodded with satisfaction, and then waved his hand and said to the bandits: "Do it." ”
Then he continued to lead his subordinates to Yangshui Town.
This group of robbers are all veterans, and they are very experienced in how to rob each one, so they are very careful before entering the town, although they are quite numerous, but they have not made any major movements, plus in this world, most people generally can't afford to raise dogs, so they didn't take much effort to touch the target's courtyard wall.
Although the courtyard wall is not short, and there are probably dogs in the yard, as long as they are allowed to approach the courtyard wall, then everything will not be a problem next.
At this time, I saw several robbers with relatively thin statures, skillfully took out the rope from the package they were carrying behind their backs, and then threw the rope to the side of the courtyard wall, and the iron hook on the other side of the rope tightly hooked the courtyard wall, and then these people held the short knife in their mouths, and pulled the rope tightly with both arms - with a force, they easily climbed over the courtyard wall, although their movements also ushered in a strong dog barking, but at this time who would pay attention to the two dogs.
The robbers who climbed over the courtyard wall didn't even look at the two barking dogs and the guards who were awakened by the barking of the dogs, but rushed to the gate with short knives in their hands, and before the subordinates could react, they removed the bolt and opened the gate, allowing the robbers outside to rush in.
And not long after the robbers rushed in, the miserable shouts of the Li family came from the courtyard: "The robbers are coming!" The robbers are coming! ”
But how could the Li family, who had only reacted at this time, be able to resist the group of bandits who had rushed into the courtyard, and after just a quarter of an hour, except for a few good-looking young women, all the Li family members were killed by the robbers who rushed in, and this also included Li Ran, the Li Zheng of Yangshui Town.
Li Ran was the last person to be killed, but no matter what, he still died, he was stabbed to death with a short knife by a small robber who first entered their house, and after the little man stabbed him to death, he also spat at his corpse and said: "Gouri's, your family has recruited thieves, but none of the neighbors have come to help, it seems that you are not a fucking good thing, so don't blame labor and management, all this is retribution." ”
After more than a quarter of an hour, the robbers left the Li family, and they left without a hitch. Although the townspeople now know that there are robbers in the town, but now the townspeople don't have the strength to deal with the robbers, because just two quarters of an hour ago, that is, when the robbers just entered the Li family, the others who stayed in the town set fires in the town, and most of the townspeople were busy fighting fires in the town, which is one of the reasons why no townspeople helped the Li family, as for the other reason, the townspeople are really ruthless to the Li family now, after all, Li Ran is really not a good thing.
The next day, Yangshui Town was attacked by robbers and killed Yangshui Town, and the matter of Lizheng kicked in the whole county, although it is not uncommon for robbers to kill people now, but this incident still caused a lot of panic in Taihe County, various towns and villages outside the county seat, after all, you see a murderer on TV, and you know that your next-door neighbor was killed yesterday, this feeling is completely different.
You must know that people's nerves have a limit to endure, and many people can't bear the pressure of work and life in later generations, not to mention now, you must know that the people are facing the pressure of life and death, and under such huge pressure, people will instinctively find a spiritual sustenance for themselves.
Then who will become the spiritual sustenance of the people, the answer is self-evident.
Xu Chengcheng, Xu Ming crossed a Erlang leg, lying comfortably on a chair in the courtyard, squinting his eyes and enjoying the mild sunlight, humming an unknown minor tune in his mouth, and a cup of tea on a small stool on his right hand, looking at the comfortable appearance, you can know that this White Lotus Hall Master is definitely in a good mood.
Yes, these two days are definitely the best days for Xu Ming, although there has been a lot of chaos outside in the past two days, but the more chaotic he is, the happier Xu Ming is, because the more chaotic it is, the more believers in the White Lotus Sect will be; The more chaotic they are, the greater the certainty that they will succeed in the uprising after three days.
Thinking of this, he clapped his hands, called one of his cronies, squinted his eyes and said to the subordinate: "Today, if those tax-collecting servants still dare to come, then don't let them go alive, understand?" ”
When the man heard this, he bent down and said, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will arrange it." ”
Wait a minute. Seeing that the subordinate was about to go out and leave, Xu Ming didn't know what he remembered, so he stopped the man again, and then said to the subordinate again: "I am summoning the brothers in other towns, let them make a bigger noise, and if they can do it, then don't show mercy."
When he said this, Xu Ming squinted slightly, his eyes were full of coldness, and his tone made people shudder.
When the man heard Xu Ming's words, he bent his waist down again, and said in a more respectful voice: "My subordinates understand." ”
"Okay, let's go down", Xu Ming said with a smile to the man. But although it was a smile, the smile made people feel a little chilled.
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