Chapter 84 The Military Household Tax Incident
The three princes wanted to implement benevolent government in northern Xinjiang and exempted the people of northern Xinjiang from military household taxes. This is his self-righteous benevolent government, one is to earn popular popularity, and the other is to win military power, this starting point is good, but the consequences are serious. Because he underestimated the importance of the military household tax to the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, most of the 50,000 soldiers in the Metropolitan Protectorate were supported by the military household tax, and if it was exempted, he did not predict how big the impact would be.
In the past few years, the Anbei Protector Army will fight with the Turks from time to time, although it is a small-scale war, but the loss of baggage is also very serious, not to mention the large and small drills for these battles, the consumption of the army is a huge amount, just with the military salary and materials issued by the imperial court, it is not enough to support the survival and development of Anbei 50,000.
Now the three princes want to implement the "benevolent government" of exempting military household taxes in northern Xinjiang, which is equivalent to cutting off the source of food and clothing for the soldiers in Anbei, and cutting off people's food and clothing is like killing their parents.
When the people of Northern Xinjiang gathered in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, these hot-blooded and irascible soldiers finally couldn't hold it back, and with hatred for the three princes and resentment against the people, they confronted each other in front of the Metropolitan Protectorate. Damn, Lao Tzu worked hard to defend the northern Xinjiang for you, how many brothers did Lao Tzu die in exchange for the peace of the northern Xinjiang, you are still yelling here, still making trouble here, really Lao Tzu is using paper paste? ! - This is the true idea of most of the Anbei soldiers, originally one thing for another, they worked hard to guard, the people provided money and food, they were all good, it was all this three princes messing around!
Gu Dazu had the heart to kill Shangguan Yongping, after preventing the conflict, after dissuading the people of Northern Xinjiang, he did not pay attention to Guan Yongping, but convened the officials of the Imperial Protectorate with the deputy protector Zheng Xian to discuss how to calm down the matter, as for what the three princes did in Northern Xinjiang, he would truthfully tell Emperor Changtai in the report letter, how to deal with it, it is up to Emperor Changtai to decide. As for the soldiers' resentful gaze at Shangguan Yongping, he should not have seen it.
"I really don't know how His Royal Highness could have such a genius idea, the military household tax, is that something that can be moved casually? It's just looking for death! I also want to pull up and press the Northern Capital Protectorate to find death together! Zheng Xian gritted his teeth when he said this, and being stirred up by the three princes like this, the minds of the people in northern Xinjiang changed.
Gu Zheng's operation in northern Xinjiang for several generations has also been criticized by the people, thinking that it is the "family protection" system, Zheng Xian dare not imagine, if such remarks reach Jingzhao, what kind of consequences will there be, more importantly, 150,000 people, that is the strong backing and source of strength of the capital protectorate, if the people do not support them, then ...... So...... The more Zheng Xian thought about it, the more frightened he became, if this was really the case, then Gu Zheng's exploits for several generations would be wiped out, and there would definitely be turmoil in northern Xinjiang!
Obviously, Gu Dazu also thought of this, and his already evil face was even more terrifying, and his angry eyes seemed to break free from his eyes, which made the officials present shudder. After a long time, Gu Dazu spit out a sentence: "Lao Tzu should have taken him to Subian a long time ago, I originally thought that he was sparse and mediocre, but I didn't expect to cause such trouble, careless, careless!" The tone is unspeakably remorseful.
"Now we must find a way to calm the minds of the people, and we must find a way to divert the attention of the people, so that the people realize the importance of Anbei soldiers, so that the matter of military household tax can be completely solved." This is Sima Shen Zesi of the Duhu Mansion talking, the matter has happened, no amount of remorse is useless, the key is to find countermeasures to calm this matter, but unfortunately he can't think of any way for the time being.
How can we divert the attention of the people? It didn't take long for Gu Dazu and Zheng Xian to exchange a look, and they made a decision together, after they signaled the officials to step down, they began to discuss, and the content of the discussion was so secret that even the mosquitoes in the council hall couldn't hear it.
"It's autumn now, and the Turkic horses are fat and ......strong," Zheng Xian didn't continue, but Gu Dazu already knew what he was thinking, because it was precisely this idea that he would rather sacrifice some of the generals and civilians than maintain the stability and security of the entire Great Northern Frontier.
"This is the only way to do this, and this is the only way to do it most effectively and quickly. You order to go down......" Gu Dazu made up his mind and began to instruct Zheng Xian to carry out this matter, and began to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses in Anbei......
Shangguan Yongping also felt the hateful eyes of the soldiers, and he felt restless. As for Xian Maoxin's life, it was even more difficult, the soldiers not only spat on their backs, but even the food they brought to them had a bad smell, and even a lot of white foam could be seen in it. They didn't dare to eat at all, so they had to cook something for themselves, and even in the middle of the night, when they were sleeping, suddenly rats and snakes would come into their rooms, and it was late autumn, and there were snakes there, and although the snakes were not poisonous, they would also frighten the people to the point of blue faces and white lips.
It didn't take long for Xian Maoxin and others to feel that this Anbei Protectorate really couldn't stay, and if they stayed any longer, maybe their insanity and little life would be gone, and they suggested that Shangguan Yongping return to Jingzhao. Shangguan Yongping was also frightened by Gu Dazu's eyes, which seemed to be looking at a dead man, and when he heard the advice of his staff, he hurriedly agreed, and he didn't care that Emperor Changtai's edict had not yet arrived, so he began to think about returning to Jingzhao.
However, before they could leave northern Xinjiang, the Turks invaded Dayong, and five or six towns next to the Turks in northern Xinjiang were looted by the Turks, and more than 6,000 people lost their lives in these five or six towns, and the rest of the people also fled their homes and began to live in exile in northern Xinjiang.
In the fierce battle with the Turks, nearly 500 soldiers were killed in the Anbei Protectorate, and the people in the rest of the northern Xinjiang were stunned by such a tragic situation, and they were used to living an average life for many years, and now they found that the threat was actually in front of them, and death could come at any time, if it were not for the desperate resistance of the Anbei soldiers, maybe they themselves would have gone into exile.
Therefore, when the soldiers of Anbei set up a sacrificial tent for the 6,000 people and 500 brothers, and wore linen, the people of northern Xinjiang also spontaneously went to the capital to worship the spirits, and saw that the tens of thousands of soldiers were wearing mourning clothes, and then saw thousands of urns neatly placed, the people were shocked by such a scene, and they couldn't help it anymore, and the cry shook the sky, and they deeply felt the price paid by the soldiers of Anbei for the people of northern Xinjiang, which was a fresh life! What is that little military household tax, this is all as it should be.
At this point, the military household tax incident has basically subsided.