34. Raise troops
Don't blame Zhang Xiu for thinking like this, after all, it is not easy to persuade Yin Jian to raise taxes, although Yin Jian is a greedy person, it does not mean that anyone's idea will be obeyed. At least although Zhang Xiu has recently become a guest of honor of Xu Jian, if Zhang Xiu goes to persuade him, and does not say whether he will succeed, maybe Xu Jian will suspect that Zhang Xiu's motives are impure and have bad intentions, so he will miss a big thing.
And even if it succeeds, Zhang Xiu, as the head of a sect, if the following sect members know about this kind of thing, it will have a fatal blow to Zhang Xiu's reputation, which is a bit more than worth the loss. So now we need people who can really persuade the thrifty.
In fact, there are suitable candidates in front of him, but Liu Lan has already done so much, do you want Liu Lan to risk ruining her reputation to do this kind of thing, even the thick black Zhang Xiu is a little unspeakable.
"Senior brother, don't think about it, who else can I do this kind of thing?"
Looking at Zhang Xiu's tangled expression that wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Lan couldn't guess Zhang Xiu's plan, and smiled lightly and took the initiative to speak.
"Whether it's about family background or getting close to Yin Jian, I am the best choice to persuade Yin Jian, not to mention that I am still a child of the Liu family, I will definitely not have other thoughts when I come forward."
"It's so good, it's just that I wronged my junior brother."
Seeing that Liu Lan took the initiative to speak, Zhang Xiu naturally would not refuse, and hurriedly agreed, and then found that he had agreed too quickly, and pretended to comfort Liu Lan.
"It's just that if that's the case, I'm afraid I won't be able to get into trouble with my senior brother, otherwise I will be seen through by Hao Jian, and exposing the inside story of the tax increase will probably also have a blow to our reputation."
"This..."
Although he knew that what Liu Lan said was very reasonable, if Liu Lan really didn't participate, Zhang Xiu still had a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, after all, Liu Lan knew all the inside information, and it would be dangerous for him to be hit by Liu Lan's backhand when the time came.
After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xiu still made a decision.
"Senior brother is the backbone of our 'Five Bucket Rice Sect', how can this kind of thing be lacking junior brother, so persuade the candidate of Xu Jian to think about it in the long run, if it doesn't work, even if we start things directly, we can't just wronged the junior brother."
"This old fox."
Liu Lan couldn't help but curse secretly in her heart, although Zhang Xiu seemed to believe in himself very much, he was actually still wary of himself. And I'd rather give up this plan than pull myself into the water together, it's really difficult.
However, after getting along with Zhang Xiu for so long, Liu Lan, who already knew something about Zhang Xiu's character, naturally would not give up like this.
"Senior brother thinks too much, what grievances are not wronged, everything is for the sake of the parables of the gods, but also for my own practice, as long as my cultivation can go further, then I will be satisfied."
"But don't worry, senior brother, I will fully support my senior brother's uprising, and I will let people prepare weapons for military use or something."
"Although I can't do the right thing for heaven with my senior brother at that time, I won't just sit idly by, I will always be with my senior brother, and I have one more person of my own on Hao Jian's side, I think it will be more convenient for my senior brother."
"Then it's hard for the junior brother, everything is free from the junior brother."
After getting Liu Lan's vote, Zhang Xiu didn't bother with anything, as long as Liu Lan didn't stay out of the matter, then there was nothing wrong with everything. And Liu Lan didn't plan to stay out of the matter, if he was defeated, then Liu Lan, who secretly provided himself with property and weapons, would not be able to get out of it. In this case, even if Liu Lan can't show up publicly to support herself, she has to make sacrifices for her own career, what more can Zhang Xiu say?
Liu Lan went to the Assassin's Mansion in one afternoon, and after the daily politeness, Liu Lan began to tell the meaning: the Yellow Turban is in chaos everywhere, and the momentum has affected most of China, although Yizhou is still safe and sound, but it is impossible not to plan early.
Therefore, Liu Lan, on behalf of the local Haoqiang in Yizhou, hoped that Xu Jian could recruit soldiers to strengthen the garrison, and this proposal undoubtedly killed the greedy Yin Jian, after all, recruiting soldiers means paying to support these soldiers, and it is impossible to want Yin Jian to take money outside.
After knowing the intention of Liu Lan and others, Yi Jian immediately said that Yizhou was in financial difficulties and could not afford to expand the army. Moreover, Yizhou is remote, and although the Yellow Turban Thief is huge, it can't be affected here, so Liu Lan and the others just think about it a lot, don't mention this kind of thing again, let's disperse early.
And when Liu Lan said that financial difficulties could levy a tax against the yellow scarves to recruit soldiers, Xun Jian's eyes lit up, this idea was good, and he gave himself a fair reason to raise taxes. And the best thing is that this is proposed by Yizhou's Haoqiang, which means that not only will they not object, but will take the initiative to cooperate.
Where has Xin Jian, who has been thinking about making a few more money, encountered such a good thing, and immediately said that he would carefully consider Liu Lan's proposal, so that Liu Lan and them can rest assured.
Although Yin Jian promised to recruit troops after the new tax was levied, he felt that it was not up to him to decide how many soldiers to recruit at that time, and he only needed to do it when the time came, and the tax collected could fall into his own hands openly, which made Yin Jian a little sleepless with excitement, and even wondered if he would add a new tax to the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" that was gaining momentum?
I have to say that the motivated Xun Jian acted quickly, and the next morning in order to resist the Yellow Turban's tax increase began to be sent to the whole territory of Yizhou, although everywhere he passed was full of complaints, but the heart only had money in his heart Yin Jian could not see it at all, although there were people with lofty ideals to persuade Xu Jian, but he was thought that these people wanted to hinder his own financial path, and he was beaten out by Yin Jian.
When the people complained about the government decree of Yin Jian, Zhang Xiu began to send his henchmen and disciples to various places to prepare for the incident. With Liu Lan's reminder, Zhang Xiu, who was afraid that the player would leak his secrets, only sent people to organize the people, and never mentioned the matter of the army.
In fact, Liu Lan was also worried, long before Zhang Xiu discussed with Liu Lan, some players went to Yin Jian and Su Gu to inform, and they also swore that Zhang Xiu's time of starting the army, but at that time, the "Five Doumi Sect" was newly established, and Zhang Xiu's momentum in the upper class society was soaring, and it was not good for Yin Jian and Su Gu to turn their faces with Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan because of the slander of one or two people, and because of Liu Lan's existence, it also affected their views on Zhang Xiu.
The most important thing is that 'Tianma' thinks that it is reasonable for one or two people to go and report, and if there are too many people, it will undoubtedly change the original development of the situation in Yizhou, so the players who want to report in the future are blocked. In Yin Jian's place, he could only dance and do dumb words, and he couldn't say anything related to Zhang Xiu at all, and the players behind him would never have this kind of thought.
But this saved their lives, and after the days that the players who reported passed the day, Zhang Xiu saw that he was still only dedicated to developing the sect, and he didn't have the slightest intention of rebelling at all, and those players were killed by Yin Jian and Su Gu as rebels because of false accusations.
Just when the resentment in Yizhou reached its peak, people from all over the country began to stand up and resist, but they were soon suppressed by the people sent by Xingjian. Although the sporadic resistance was suppressed, there was no doubt that the people were even more dissatisfied in their hearts, and at this time, Zhang Xiu, the head of the "Five Doumi Sect", stood up.
Zhang Xiu held high the banner of "doing the right thing for heaven" and angrily denounced corrupt officials like Hao Jian. Emperor Yan was mediocre and allowed Zhang Rang and others to cholera the court, so that the people of the world were displaced and in dire straits, so the "Five Buckets of Rice Sect" was told by the gods to "cut down the way, the side of the Qing monarch".