Chapter 9 Being a "Good Man"

Dong Liang took a hundred cavalry and rode fast horses to the land around Luoyang, and then watched as many of these people were working on the autumn harvest. And they are actually all tenants of the Wei family. They make a living by renting the land of the Wei family, and then give most of the land to the Wei family, who has the property rights to the land, and then they can only get a maximum of 40% of the grain, and then this little food can still survive in normal times. But in this troubled era, especially the troubled times promoted by natural disasters, An can't survive at all. And now most of the grain they harvest does not belong to them, so they can only hand it over to the Wei family.

There are even many more tragic places in that once they have no money to pay off their debts, they have to sell their sons and daughters, and even they have to be slaves to the Wei family. You must know that in troubled times, ordinary people either join the army to gain fame, or they go to take refuge under the big family, and then go to live in the world. And these big families owned a lot of land, and then they collected these people to cultivate them, and exploited them to survive. Moreover, these people are their slaves, and they are not protected by the law, and they can be disposed of by their masters, even if they are executed. And why is it that every time there is troubled times, the population is decreasing? In fact, it is not necessarily the troubled times, the troubled times will certainly reduce a large number of people, but the vast majority of them are those who have taken refuge in the big families, and those who will not be counted in the population. And the population of these large families does not have to pay taxes, so the population is getting smaller and smaller, and the princes' finances are getting worse and worse. This is also the reason why after the world is peaceful, it is necessary to clean up the hidden population.

"Tenant farmers of the Wei family, I am Dong Liang, the nephew of the current Emperor Dong. I came here this time to see that everyone's life is too hard, and the Wei family is exploiting you with profit. In the end, these interest rates were as high as more than ten times, not only that, but even one bucket of millet became thousands of buckets of grain, which is simply exploiting and not giving the people a way to live! And our Dong Liang is very dissatisfied with this, I can't get used to the Wei family's cruel exploitation. They also claim to be famous and academic, but this kind of behavior of exploiting the people and not giving the people a way to live makes me very indignant. So I raided the Wei family's other courtyard in Luoyang today, and found a lot of deed of sale, as well as all kinds of interest money borrowed from grain. And these are the biggest evidence of the Wei family's exploitation of you, so I came here today to liberate you. ”

Soon, the cavalry behind immediately took several large chests, and then opened them and fell to the ground, these are the deeds of sale and other evidence of the exploitation of the people. And these proof documents are also criminal evidence, representing the ironclad evidence of these clans exploiting the people, and these people saw these things, and their eyes were a little red.

"Ladies and gentlemen, should you burn these things?" Dong Liang shouted.

And suddenly someone shouted excitedly: "It's burned, it should be burned!" ”

"Burn, burn!"

The tenants were excited, because they didn't expect that someone would snatch these things, so that they all saw hope. If they could burn all these things, then they would not have to continue to be slaves of the Wei family, and then they would not have to continue to pay off the debts that they had not been able to pay for generations. If they can burn these things, then their lives will be much easier for the rest of them, and they will not have to pay attention to those debts. And everyone watched this scene and began to shout excitedly.

And Dong Liang smiled, these thousands of tenants had been provoked by Dong Liang. They are now very excited about being able to be free and not have to pay their debts. And the reason why Dong Liang dared to do this was because he thought that now Luoyang was in chaos, and no one could suppress Dong Zhuo. And Dong Zhuo didn't want to be pressed, and Dong Liang was Dong Zhuo's nephew, so naturally no one could do anything to him. So now Dong Liang can do anything wrong, and he doesn't have to worry about what those scholars think. It is impossible for him to urinate in the same pot with the scholars, so naturally he has to deal with those scholars well. The nobles are the absolute enemy of their own future, the greatest enemy. So Dong Liang naturally won't let them go, these things are definitely going to burn down.

"Let's smack ......"

There was a burst of flames, and the deeds of sale in several boxes, as well as all kinds of IOUs and other things, were burned. And those ordinary people all felt a sense of relief, this kind of relief was not those physical relaxations, but a kind of relief from the inside out, they felt that the mountain that was pressing on their heads had completely disappeared, so they were now more relaxed than ever. I didn't feel like I was tired from a hard day's work, but my mother now felt like she had more energy to work with.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that I have burned these things for you, what will you do then? When the time comes, the Wei family will not let you go, you people are not the opponents of the Wei family at all! Dong Liang asked.

"Yes! What do we do? When the time comes, the Wei family will come to persecute us again, so what should we do? "Suddenly some people hesitated.

At this time, the excitement just now became heavy again. They are ordinary civilians, and there were many people who were slaves of the Wei family before, but now although they have burned those deeds of sale and other bases for exploitation, they are now nowhere to go! These lands belong to the Wei family, and the power of the Wei family is countless times stronger than those ordinary people. If those Wei families are held accountable, I am afraid it will really be very miserable. After all, the Wei family is a big family, and if they want to capture these people, then these people will be exploited even more.

"Since everyone is worried about the exploitation of the Wei family, then I will show you a clear way! Our West Garden Army needs a logistics team that is specifically responsible for the logistics of our West Park Army. And we, the West Garden Army, will protect you, and will not take advantage of you. And oh we will not force you to work, you can do the work you like, and then give a tenth of the harvest to our West Garden Army as military expenses. Of course, we will not force you to go to war, you give us a tenth of your harvest, and we are responsible for protecting you people. And this is just like those people in the past, you pay taxes and let the court protect you. And now that the imperial court is unreliable, then our Xiyuan Army naturally has the obligation to protect the people and safeguard the interests of the people! Dong Liang said.

Dong Liang's fox tail was exposed, and he actually hoped to form some logistics teams to follow him. These logistics teams are responsible for the logistics in the army on weekdays, and then when Dong Liang moves to Chang'an with Dong Zhuo a few months later, they can make them their own people. Dong Liang knew that Luoyang would definitely not be able to stay, otherwise he would not be able to withstand those eighteenth route coalition forces at that time. And Chang'an is the place where you can play your own foundation, and the Xiyuan Army will be the foundation of your own force. And this logistics service team composed of ordinary people will become the people of Tuntian. In the Three Kingdoms, a kind of tuntian system was very popular, that is, the people were organized to farm, so as to provide food for the country, so that they could continuously supply the needs of the war.

So these logistics service teams are also the people who are going to carry out the tuntian, and they will provide supplies for their own army. As long as there is a steady supply of materials, then we can prepare for Dong Liang's struggle to dominate the world.

"Okay, since the Wei family is so bullying us, and the Xiyuan Army is so righteous and doesn't take too much advantage of us, so I'm willing to join!" One of the people shouted.

"We're all willing to join, as long as the West Garden Army can protect us and don't take too much advantage of us!"

Soon, under the pressure of the powerful warrior clan of the Wei family, and driven by a small number of ordinary people, those ordinary people also chose to take refuge in Dong Liang's Xiyuan Army, so as to avoid the revenge of the Wei family. What's more, the condition given by the West Garden Army is that it is only to charge ten percent of the harvest, which makes them feel very relaxed. You must know that in the past, the Wei family had to charge 60 percent, and there was even a trend of increasing year by year, after all, now food is getting more and more expensive, so the Wei family also hopes to increase the proportion, and then get a greater high profit.

And they took refuge in the West Park Army, only ten percent, which was enough to make them tempted. Even if the Xiyuan Army didn't collect only 10 percent, no matter how bad it was, how bad it could be, after all, it was impossible for ordinary people to choose the best owner, that is, to choose the most "not bad" owner. After all, people are in troubled times, and they can't help themselves, and it is already very good to be able to survive, so why do you want to be the same as in peaceful days? Rather be a peaceful dog, don't be a chaotic person, so everyone is willing to follow Dong Liang's Xiyuan Army, after all, who is it to do it with, anyway, Dong Liang is not as bad as the Wei family.

"Okay, everyone, come with me, go to the barracks of the Xiyuan Army, and no one will be able to do anything to you! Bring your whole family with you, and come with us! Dong Liang said.

Dong Liang immediately left dozens of soldiers, and then organized those civilians and prepared to go to the barracks, where they were responsible for some logistics. And these people are temporarily protected by the Xiyuan Army, and they will inevitably become Dong Liang's first batch of people in the future.

"Captain Dong, the captain asked me to call you, you hurry up and enter the palace, the captain has something important to do with you!" A person from Dong Zhuo said.

"What does Uncle ask me to do at this time? Could it be that what I did today, he did not approve? Dong Liang was a little surprised.