On a small village in Nanjiang Prefecture in the south of the Jing Dynasty.

An old man looked at the crops all over the ground with a hoe, and said to his neighbor, Old Man Wang, "This year's wind and rain are smooth, and the harvest should be good." I'll go get some grass manure to fertilize the fields, do you want to come with me?" Old man Wang was full of sadness, patted the old man Han's shoulder, and said, "Old man Han, how can you have the heart to make grass dung now!" Didn't you listen to the government say that the counterinsurgency tax will be increased this year! ”

Old man Han didn't have much heart to make any grass manure when he heard it, he raised taxes every year, apportioned every year, and he didn't know who he was busy with after a year of hard work! sky

Among the various walks of life, only the peasants are the most bitter, and the risks are great, and the peasants have worked hard for a year, not to mention, but also to see whether God is worthy of harmony.

The peasants did not necessarily receive a few dollars a year, and the ruling minister issued a decree saying that taxes would no longer be collected in kind, but only in silver.

As a result, there are unscrupulous and black-hearted businessmen who manipulate the market, and the price of grain plummets sharply when grain is harvested every year, and when there is no grain, the price of grain rises sharply, and many peasants are even poorer under their exploitation.

The tax of the Jing Kingdom is divided into spring and autumn taxes, and the autumn tax can still be paid by selling grain, and the spring is the time when there is no grain, where can the peasants get a lot of silver money to pay taxes.

Under the hard work, many peasants whose families were originally well-off have gone bankrupt, and now they have to raise taxes, how can they not make the two old men troubled!

Just when the two old men were troubled, they heard a commotion in the village.

Zhao Deli, an 18-year-old young man, heard the news today: a few scholars in the city have joined forces with several businessmen to organize thousands of people to petition for a reduction in taxes this year.

Most of the old people in the village were indifferent when they heard the news, and the young people were all excited, and they all shouted to petition together, after all, the tax was too heavy.

The next day, the square of the state capital of Nam Giang was full of people.

The people who came were all kinds and very complicated, merchants, scholars, farmers, small townspeople, and it was not a big deal to see the excitement.

Thousands of people were bustling around, and Zhao Deli and a few people from the same village stood in the crowd, looking around excitedly.

Around the square were the tolerance of the government, and these tolerances were mostly pale looking at the dense crowd, and their task was to come to maintain order and avoid disturbance in the world.

Thousands of people crowded on the square, waited for a while, and did not see the initiator come out to speak, and the people next to him were all holding knives, with a fierce and vicious look, and no one dared to ask.

I heard someone shouting, "Let's go to the gate of the government and hand over the petition!" ”

I heard the leader next to him pull out his knife and shout: "Who dares to make trouble!" Everyone didn't dare to move when they looked at this, and after a while, maybe they didn't want to think about going home, or maybe someone took the lead.

Everyone saw a few scholars walking towards the government's side, and a group of people walked towards that side one after another.

The tolerance didn't know if they didn't see it or couldn't squeeze in, but they didn't stop the crowd anyway.

When thousands of people arrived at the gate of the official mansion, the gate of the official mansion was closed, and they didn't know if Ma Tianyun, the governor of Nanjiang Prefecture, was inside.

Zhao Deli saw a scholar and a businessman walking up to knock on the door together, and after knocking for a long time, no one opened.

A scholar in a blue robe couldn't bear it anymore and shouted for the people inside to open the door, and the merchant next to him was very nervous and hurriedly covered the scholar's mouth to prevent him from shouting.

At this time, the middle-aged man next to Zhao Deli shouted loudly: "Why didn't the government come out to see us?!"

As a result, thousands of people heard this sentence and looked at it, and Zhao Deli just wanted to say that it was not me, but the middle-aged man next to him disappeared.

I heard the scholar who knocked on the door break away from the merchant's hand and shouted to Zhao Deli: "What a righteous man!" ”

The people next to him didn't know who was leading the way, and they also shouted together: "The government is open!" "Maybe because the crowd shouted that it wasn't Sesame to open the door, and the people weren't Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, or they didn't see the door of the government open, the crowd was quite excited.

Someone next to Zhao Deli shouted: "Let's go, let's go." Chief Ma is not going to see us! Zhao Deli gasped, looking at this person, he felt that he was really unwilling to come this time and not even see Chief Ma, but so what!

At this time, I don't know who pushed him, or that it would be more appropriate to squeeze him, because the people on all sides were squeezing this way.

Zhao Teli was pushed and hit the person who shouted away, and was about to get up and say sorry, but who knew that the man scolded: "Why are you beating me!" Do you want to stay here and rebel! ”

The people next to him were so frightened by this sentence that they scattered and retreated, for fear that they would rebel.

In this way, Zhao Deli and the man were vacant around him.

It was the first time for Zhao Deli to be looked at by so many people, and he was nervous and excited, but the man looked at him with slanted eyes, as if to say Do you want to rebel.

Zhao Teili didn't know where he got the courage, as if he wanted to fight against that person, he stretched out his hand and said in one fell swoop: "The government must come to see us, we want to reduce taxes!" ”

The scholar who knocked on the door looked very heartfelt, and said to Zhao Deli: "That righteous man raised his arms and shouted, he was really arrogant, and Ma Tianyun was obviously afraid of us when he hid in the official mansion!" The crowd seemed to be agitated after hearing this, and they all raised their hands and shouted in unison: "We want to cut taxes!" We want to cut taxes! ”

However, at this time, I saw that the tolerances around me had drawn out their knives, so that everyone was not afraid, everyone knew the tolerances in the city, and they would not really use the knife if they looked down and did not look up.

Unexpectedly, there were four teams of garrisons with spears running around the side, and everyone became nervous at this time. again

I don't know who shouted: "Look, the ironclad army is coming!" Then everyone stared at the intersection in fright, and heard the sound of running, the clash of iron tools, and the sound of military orders.

At this time, the crowd could no longer collapse and fled in all directions.

The four garrisons set up their spears to stop them.

Where can it be stopped, it is overwhelmed by the fleeing crowd before it can be formed in formation.

One of the captains was knocked to the ground by a strong man, trampled on his feet twice, dragged his spear and finally stood up and shouted: "Rebel kill!" The garrisons were originally scattered by the crowd, and they were holding back their breath, so they listened to the order, and those who had guns drew their knives and went to slash and kill them.

Zhao Deli and several of his fellow villagers were scattered, and no one could be found anywhere, so they were running alone, and when they looked up, they suddenly saw a garrison soldier holding a big knife at him, preparing to cut it down.

At this time, a woman next to her kicked her foot and hit the body of the garrison, knocking the knife crooked, Zhao Deli didn't know where the courage came from, stepped forward and grabbed the knife, and slashed at the garrison several times, until the intestines of the garrison soldiers were cut into several pieces before he gasped and stopped.

Then Zhao Deli helped the woman who saved his life with his foot in his foot, and when he saw the woman's appearance clearly, he seemed to forget the noise around him, and only one sentence repeatedly swirled in his head: "This woman is so beautiful!" ”