Chapter 299: The Consequences of Violent Tax Resistance

Early in the morning, Cheng Da'an took people to the countryside to collect taxes, two young little catchers, plus Yan Tienan, Tang Tiantian and Shishi, Wang Pu and Xu Chongyang originally wanted to send a master to accompany the guard, but after the stone showed his hand, the two no longer insisted, and only let the selected master pretend to be a village man and follow from a distance in case of accidents.

The county ordered Luo Tingfang to complete the specified tax task, but also did not dare to offend those gentry and strong, so he could only put pressure on his subordinates, and the head catcher could only pressure his subordinates to catch fast, and the gentry and wealthy businessmen in all townships and villages had to be taxed, and dozens of fast officials were divided into several groups, Cheng Da'an's group originally had six people, but three of them had been injured and could only lie on the bed, and there were very few people in his group.

The two young Xiao Catchers trembled, the first two days of beating are vivid, who is not afraid, but Cheng Daan is as excited as if he has been beaten with chicken blood, and he accompanied Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian all the way to talk, pointing and pointing from time to time, introducing some local situations.

He knows the inside story and participates in the whole process, this time going to the countryside to collect taxes is actually a big pit, Lu, Zhang, and Wang are doomed to be doomed, not only to help their brothers avenge, but also to be promoted, who is not happy about this matter?

Lu Village is not far ahead, however, as soon as Cheng Da'an and the others walked into the entrance of the village, they were surrounded by a large group of villagers with flat wooden sticks, all kinds of insults and pushes, and in the chaos, a group of Lu Jiazhuang Ding intentionally or unintentionally Cheng Da'an and other three fast officials were separated from Yan Tienan, Tang Tiantian, and Shishi.

Cheng Da'an and the two young Xiao Zhukuai were beaten by the villagers so that their heads were broken and bleeding, their green noses and faces were swollen, and they were thrown into the rice field outside the village entrance, looking very embarrassed.

Cheng Da'an supported the ground with his elbows, propped up his upper body, looked at the scolding villagers, and sneered in his heart, the officers and soldiers of the brigade will be killed soon, see how long can your Lu family be arrogant?

Wang Pu and Xu Chongyang selected more than a dozen elite veterans from the army to dress up as villagers, and followed them from a distance to protect them.

Wang Puqin led a thousand Datong soldiers hid in the nearby woods, as soon as they saw the signal, they immediately acted, and persistently killed Lu Village with knives and guns.

The villagers of Lu Village and the Zhuang Ding of the Lu family were gathered at the entrance of the village, pointing at Cheng Daan and others all kinds of insults, and suddenly seeing the dense killing of officials and soldiers, they were all stupid, and they were so frightened that they screamed in fright, threw away the guy in their hands, fled home with their heads in their hands, locked the door, and hid under the bed in a trembling manner.

Wang Pu commanded his subordinates to surround the entire Lu Village, how dare the stupid villagers resist, they all threw away the guys in their hands under the strong shouts of the officers and soldiers, and honestly knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, looking at the wolf-like officers and soldiers in front of them in horror.

Xu Chongyang did not embarrass these villagers, in the final analysis, they are just ignorant and ignorant, instigated by Lu Yuanwai's instigation to make trouble, the real culprit is Lu Yuanwai who violently resisted taxes, he and Wang Pu led the army to surround the entire Lu family's mansion, although it is a pit and a trap, but the two princesses, their Royal Highnesses, in case of any accident, they can't afford it, if it weren't for Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian's insistence, the two would not agree to this action plan at all.

The three sons of the Lu family are all standard gentlemen, eating, drinking and having fun, bullying men and women, and having all five poisons, they are the notorious little devils in the county, and they met Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian a few days ago, and they were shocked, but unfortunately they were called home by their father before they had time to start, if it wasn't for something at home and couldn't go out, they would have sneaked out to tease the two girls.

In the past few days, they have been forced to stay at home, and they can't go anywhere, which makes them feel so uncomfortable, and they are planning to sneak out to rob people without telling their father, and they don't want Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian to send them to the door, the brothers can't bear it anymore, and they forget their father's warning, and order Zhuang Ding to separate the two girls and Cheng Da'an and the other three catchers, and take advantage of the chaos to forcibly put the two girls and the stone into the house and lock them in their bedrooms.

The stone has been following Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian closely, the brothers forcibly robbed people, and the reason why even the stones were tied up together was just in case, although the three brothers did not learn and did not know how to do it, but their brains were not stupid, in case of any accident, the stone would be evaporated by the world, and there would be no proof of death.

The stone is straightforward, obedient to the eldest sister Dayan Tienan, and seeing that she didn't have a signal to start her move, he honestly let those Zhuang Ding bundle up and throw them into the utility room.

Although the three brothers of the Lu family are anxious, they can't wait to make a good thing immediately, but there are only two beauties, and there are three brothers, so they can only guess the boxing to decide who will go first, but before they have time to guess the boxing, the family has already come to report in a hurry, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade are killed outside, and the entire mansion is surrounded.

Lu Yuanwai was startled, and hurriedly went out to inquire about the reason, but the officers and soldiers did not give him a chance to speak at all, and rushed directly into the house, and ordered everyone to kneel with their heads in their hands.

"Official...... Unjustly ...... Hmmm......"

Lu Yuan, who was tied up like a big brown man, shouted wronged, Wang Pu was annoyed when he heard it, and ordered his subordinates to gag with rags, seeing that Yan Tienan and Tang Tiantian were fine, he was relieved, and the stone that was thrown in the utility room heard the movement, and the rope broke and came out.

Everyone in the Lu family was tied up, even all the big and small stewards in the grange were tied up, and hundreds of villagers were not tied, but under the persecution of iron swords and steel knives, they all honestly knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and no one dared to resist, they themselves were all honest peasants, how could they dare to confront the officers and soldiers.

The next thing is to confiscate and count the property, Wang Pu's subordinates are not clean, it is inevitable to do some things that are easy to do, Wang Pu himself protected the two most beautiful concubines outside Lu Yuanwai, and asked his subordinates to change them into soldiers' clothes and armor, and secretly sent them to the temporary barracks to hide. Of course, the two princesses were present to supervise, and Wang Pu did not dare to act arbitrarily, and he was quite restrained.

Yan Tienan knew all kinds of vices of the old army, as long as she didn't make too much trouble, she could only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, Xu Chongyang and his subordinates honestly didn't dare to come nonsense, and afterwards, Yan Tienan still gave them a little from the confiscated property, which made Xu Chongyang and other people from the Imperial Security Bureau smile.

The copying of the Lu family was just the beginning, and then, Wang Pu led the troops to copy the Zhang family, the Wang family and several other gentry and wealthy who took the lead in violently resisting taxes and making trouble, and for a while, the entire Guangchang County was shaken, and the news spread quickly like the wind.

Early the next morning, presided over by the county commander Luo Tingfang, a public trial meeting was held, and Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong, and Xu Chongyang, the director of the Datong branch of the Imperial Security Bureau, were jurors.

In fact, it is impossible for him not to be strong and decisive, Lu Zhangwang and several other families were charged with disobedience to the decree, violent tax resistance, beating officials, inciting the people to make trouble, kidnapping and kidnapping royal personnel, attempting to rebel and other crimes, any one of which is a capital crime of losing his head, all adding up to the seizure of the family and extermination, beheading, and confiscation of property.

Immediately after the verdict was announced, the execution was carried out, a bunch of heads fell to the ground, and the onlookers applauded.

The case of Guangchang County is not an isolated case, there are similar cases in some places, all of which are violently resisting taxes, beating officials and other reasons by the government to raid their homes, and the news soon spread all over the empire, so that those gentry and wealthy businessmen who want to resist taxes and do not pay them are frightened, and they dare not have any more ideas, and honestly pay the taxes.

When Xu Chongyang's secret fold was passed to Zhu Jian, he was complained about by Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou, but Zhu Jian didn't think so, he felt that the two Nizi had done a good job.