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In August of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Province, Qi County. ●⌒，

The government has been collecting taxes for nearly a month, and bad incidents have emerged one after another, because in the process of collecting taxes, more than 100 people have been killed and imprisoned as rogues.

Of course, the officials of the county government are willing, especially those officials, who finally seized the opportunity to go to the villages and towns to collect taxes, which consumes a lot, and they can greed some silver from the middle, which is enough to live for several years, and the people do not dare to resist, the county government has killed more than a dozen people, all because of the people who resisted in the process of collecting taxes, the reason is very simple, that is, colluding with the rogues, anyway, no one will come to review such a crime.

It's the common people who suffer, and finally they have a little food at home, but in the face of vicious officials, they can't keep it at all, not only can't keep the food, don't think about being able to keep the valuable things at home, the food is not enough, the officials start to raid the house, and all the valuable things are taken away or robbed.

The officials will not care about the life and death of the people, anyway, the county lord has also pressed down the task, if the officials are not able to collect the taxes, they will also be punished, and they will be put in prison if they do not do well, and they will be put in prison if they do not do well, and besides, the autumn harvest has just begun, and the people still have some food at home, as for whether the people can survive if they take all the food, they will not think.

The villages and towns of Qixian County have become a powder keg, which can be ignited with the slightest spark.

In such a situation, a person who raised people couldn't see it, and he had to go to the county office to find the county magistrate directly. He told the people about their suffering, and demanded that the government could no longer continue to impose taxes.

This person is Li Xin, the person who tried to lift people in Henan Township in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

Li Xin has a warm family, and his wife Tang is also a beautiful girl, gentle and virtuous.

After Li Xinzhongju, he took the entrance examination many times, but unfortunately he did not have high school. However, his family background is still good, there are hundreds of acres of thin fields left by his ancestors, and there are hundreds of stones of grain stored at home, and his life is worry-free.

It is said that Li Xin does not need to worry about these things such as collecting taxes, he can study with peace of mind and strive to pass the high school entrance examination, which is the main task, but this Li Xin. It's really a little different from ordinary readers, he is generous and bold by nature, willing to give, often helping the poor, loves to fight injustice, and likes to stand out when he encounters injustice, and his character is like a chivalrous warrior.

Li Xin's prestige in Qi County is very good. Although he is not very old, he is very respected by the common people. He is called Li Gongzi.

However, Li Xin's character is also disliked by some people, that is, some scholars and doctors in the city, as well as Song Feng, the county magistrate of Qixian County.

Song Feng is the county magistrate, and he should be the most respected person in Qi County, but it is a pity that he has been in Qi County for nearly two years. Living in a simple house, there is almost no prestige, and to be honest, it is not as good as Li Xin, which must make Song Feng uncomfortable, as for the doctors in the county. The interests between them are almost the same, they all want to protect their own interests, and sometimes Li Yan, as a member of the scholars, actually helps the people to talk to the mud legs, of course they are not happy.

The collection of arrears of agricultural taxes over the years, that is the requirement of the imperial court, is the will of the emperor, Song Feng in accordance with the above requirements to implement, can not be regarded as a mistake, as for the process of collecting taxes in such and such conflicts, it is also normal, of course Song Feng will not particularly care, he will be in Qixian County for three years, the imperial court will soon send personnel to assess, this time if you can collect enough taxes, it will be a great credit, maybe you can be promoted immediately.

Under such circumstances, Song Feng asked the officials to use all difficulties to collect taxes, and it was reasonable, Li Xin, who was unreasonable, actually came to help the people intercede and asked for a moratorium on the collection of taxes, isn't this a big joke, considering that Li Xin is a person and has a meritorious reputation, Song Feng still held back his anger and met Li Xin in the lobby of the county government.

It can be regarded as Li Xin is not smart, according to reason, Song Feng should have seen him in the wing, no matter what, Li Xin is the identity of a person, there are not many people in Qixian County, that is the top existence in Qixian County, Song Feng does not dare to completely offend the scholars in Qixian County, and when he meets someone like Li Xin's identity and asks to see, it is all to be interviewed in the wing room or even in the study.

Li Xin talked eloquently in the lobby, talking about the suffering of the people, talking about the nonsense of the officials, etc., which made Song Feng's face very ugly.

Finally waited for Li Xin to finish speaking, Song Feng coldly replied a few words, meaning that this tax collection was the will of the emperor and the will of the imperial court, and Qixian did not dare to disobey it.

Song Feng's words made Li Xin's face pale, and Li Xin was not qualified for the time being, although according to the rules of the imperial court, Li Xin, who was a lifter, could write a letter to the imperial court, but no one would care about such a letter, and it was thrown aside as waste paper.

Li Xin left the county government in disgrace, he could not refute the county order, the people did things according to the requirements of the above, and besides, the imperial edict and the emperor's will, the officials below must implement it, if they do not carry it out, they will encounter impeachment.

Li Xin, who had no choice, gritted his teeth and took out 300 stone of grain to help the people who had no food at home.

Three hundred stones of grain is already a lot of food for a family, but for the people of Qixian County, this bit of food is really nothing, not enough to relieve the people, but will cause greater jealousy of the Qixian scholars.

Li Xin probably couldn't have imagined this, once his character of helping the poor and giving was stimulated, he didn't care about the feelings of other scholars and doctors.

Song Feng never imagined that according to rumors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who were entrenched in Henan, did not make a rebellion, but a little-known woman instigated the people to rebel, and the momentum was quite huge.

This woman is the Red Lady.

The red lady is a juggler, the identity belongs to the lowest, belongs to the typical three religions and nine streams, it is precisely because of the low status, so in the process of performing arts, suffered a lot of bullying, which also created the unyielding character of the red lady. The Red Lady rebelled in Jigong Mountain, Xinyang, and within a short period of time, it was echoed by a large number of jugglers and ordinary people, and its team was like a snowball, with more and more people.

What is even more surprising is that the red lady is not very old, it is said that she is less than twenty years old, and she is not yet married.

I am afraid that it is precisely for this reason that the government at all levels does not attach much importance to the rebellion of the Red Lady, a woman who is not yet married, and belongs to the three religions and nine streams, how much of a situation can be made.

Xinyang was originally under the jurisdiction of Runing Mansion, and there was still a certain distance from Kaifeng Mansion, no one thought that after the Red Lady rebelled in Xinyang, she would lead the team directly into Kaifeng Mansion, and took the lead in launching an attack on Qi County.

This was something that Song Feng never expected, and he was also caught off guard.

Fortunately, the sergeants under the command of the Red Lady have not received formal training, and they are very unfamiliar with the battle of attacking the city and pulling out the village, although Song Feng was caught off guard, and the defense is very rusty, but the Red Lady was not able to seize the opportunity to capture the county seat in one fell swoop, and the battle lasted for more than a day.

This should be the end of the matter, but unfortunately it is far from that simple.

After the Red Lady evacuated Qi County, someone immediately went to the government to report it, saying that there was a connection between Li Xin, a person from Qi County, and the Red Lady.

It turned out that when the Red Lady attacked the county seat of Qixian County, Li Xin went to the ancestral house in the countryside to have a look, and happened to meet the Red Lady, and I don't know what kind of conversation the two had, but the Red Lady did not violate Li Xin's ancestral home, and some people saw Li Xin and the Red Lady walking together, with a smile on their faces, and the Red Lady respected Li Xin very much.

This is worth it, Li Xin, as a lifter, has a meritorious reputation, and when he sees a rogue like the Red Lady, he should be reprimanded with righteousness and awe, and he is actually angry with the rogue Kou, isn't this a rebellion.

Song Feng immediately imprisoned Li Xin in the prison and interrogated him personally.

Li Xin did not deny the conversation with the Red Lady, but he was out of concern for the people, and warned the Red Lady not to harass the people at will, as for the Red Lady's later attack on the county seat, he was completely unaware.

How could Song Feng believe what Li Xin said, originally the Red Lady attacked the county seat of Qixian County, as the county commander had to find out why the Red Lady would attack, at this time, it happened to be said that Li Xin colluded with the Red Lady, and the inside should be combined with the outside, as the county order, Song Feng was able to resist the attack of the Liukou, which made a great contribution.

Li Xin was immediately convicted, stripped of all his fame, exiled for 3,000 miles, and reported to the above, waiting for the final result.

The news that Li Xin was imprisoned spread quickly, after all, in Qi County, Li Xin's fame was too great, and the red lady who withdrew from Qi County also knew about it, and quickly led the army to attack the county seat of Qi County again.

This time, the Red Lady broke through the county seat of Qixian County and rescued Li Xin from the prison.

Song Feng, the county commander of Qixian County, had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape and went to Kaifeng Mansion to complain.

At this point, Li Xin couldn't defend himself, he simply joined the team of the Red Lady and became a veritable leader, and because of Li Xin's joining, many people in Qixian County also entered the rebel army, so that the ranks of the rebel army grew rapidly.

Li Xin changed his name to Li Yan and began the process of cracking down on the gentry to make a living for the people. (To be continued......)