"Tax, open the door!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! If you don't open it again, it will be anti-decree and anti-tax! ”

In Yangzhou Mansion, the former Nanjing Ministry of Rites Shangshu Jia Cunren's house.

Luo Shangzhi, the commander of Jin Wuwei, led his officers and soldiers to come here on the order of Hu Shouren.

However, after Jia Cunren's slave saw that the Son of Heaven's pro-army was coming, he directly hid in and closed the gate, so that the officers and soldiers had to slam the door and shout.

Luo Shangzhi couldn't help it when he saw this, so he said: "Push the cannon up, fuck it!" ”

Rumble!

Not long after, there was a loud bang.

A light iron-core copper-tired cannon remodeled by Qi Changguo on the basis of the Franc machine gun spit out a six-kilogram shell when it retreated backwards.

Suddenly, when a puff of white smoke rose and choked Luo Shangzhi into tears, the dark gate of Jiafu suddenly collapsed to the ground.

The house slaves inside were immediately frightened and fled in all directions.

"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! ”

"Lao Tzu's family is also what you shabby military families dare to break into casually, and call Lao Tzu out!"

At this time, although Jia Wuliang, the grandson of Jia Cunren, who had rushed to hear the news, had read, because his grandmother and grandfather doted on him, and he had always been a gentleman who did not know the height of the sky and did not even take killing seriously, and the military households in the southern guards were now of a very low status in the south, and were looked down upon, and were called broken households, he scolded him even more disdainfully at this time.

Soon after Jia Wuliang scolded, the Hao slaves under his command all rushed out with spears and knives.

"Yangzhou Nanzong Bojia Mansion made a rebellion against taxes, and reported to the general and the ministry to know!"

Seeing this, Luo Shangzhi hurriedly commanded the herald soldiers beside him, and then pulled out his knife: "Array and release!" Destroy these thieves for me! ”

Luo Shangzhi's firearms team immediately stepped forward.

At this time, Captain A skillfully took out the tinder jar and blew up the tinder without hurrying.

At the same time, the firearms who had loaded the ammunition in advance and compacted the gunpowder with a stabbing strip came over quickly and orderly to light the fire rope, and then came to line up to shoot at the Jia Jiahao slaves who rushed on the opposite side.

So, suddenly, a volley of bullets hit.

Jia Wuliang's silk robe suddenly appeared with several large holes.

Jia Wuliang himself also took a few steps back, and couldn't help but look down and see blood gushing from his chest, and then he felt frightened.

But it was too late, and he himself fell to the ground not long after.

And the evil slaves of Jiafu also fell in rows, swords and guns rolled down to the ground, and there were casualties everywhere for a while.

"Minister Jia Cunren doesn't dare to rebel! There is no heart to rebel, and please see the heavenly soldiers! ”

Jia Cunren also came on crutches at this time, with a group of servants and maids, and because he heard Luo Shangzhi say that his family had rebelled, he had to kneel down and deny it, after all, if this is really in the name of rebellion, the entire Jia family will be beheaded.

"Why did you go earlier, Lao Tzu reported it, and the words were said, how can there be any reason to take it back!"

After Luo Shangzhi said, he said: "Everyone is arrested for the crime of treason, and those who resist will be killed!" And then raid the house! ”

After Luo Shangzhi gave this order, a soldier skillfully came over and cut off Jia Wuliang's head first.

Jia Cunren saw that his grandson was cut off by a soldier, and the bloody head was not long after being lifted in the hands of a soldier, and he was suddenly stunned aside, as if he had been soaked in ice water, shaking like chaff, and after a while, he suddenly cried out in pain: "My grandson! ”

Then, Jia Cunren sat on the ground and couldn't help scolding: "You arrogant soldiers, you abuse the gentry so much, it's simply lawless!" ”

……

Meanwhile.

Wang Rulong, the general manager of Jin Wuwei, was ordered to come to the house of Qian Xingyu, the former governor of Henan, and also smashed open the door of his house with a cannon.

Then, Wang Rulong ordered the officers and soldiers to rush in, and personally came to Qian Xingyu.

Qian Xingyu also trembled when he saw this, and pointed at Wang Rulong: "You, how dare you, how dare you trespass into the mansion of the scholar?!" ”

"Lao Tzu was ordered, why don't you dare!"

After Wang Rulong said this, he ordered: "Copy it for me!" Remember to copy according to the amount of tax they owe provided by the government, first copy the grain, then copy the silver, if the silver is not enough, copy the silk and silk! ”

"Yes!"

So, these Jinwuwei officers and soldiers rushed to the Qian family's treasury first.

"You guys, stop!"

Qian Xingyu shouted anxiously and stomped his feet on the spot, but Jin Wuwei's officers and soldiers did not listen to him at all.

For a while, Qian Xingyu cried bitterly because he saw that a large amount of grain was forcibly copied out by Jin Wuwei's taxing officers and soldiers, and after the bags were inspected and carried away on the scale: "Lawlessness, lawlessness!" ”

The officers and soldiers ignored him, and because they all knew how to read and write, they also learned arithmetic in the army, so they copied their homes in an orderly manner.

Coincidentally.

Hongzhi Dynasty Household Department Shangshu Ye Qi family.

Chen Ziluan, the general manager of Qian, rushed here with the officers and soldiers of the Jinwuwei.

The head of the family and Ye Cheng, who was the former right attendant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, took the initiative to order his house slaves to reopen the gate when Chen Ziluan led the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard, and waited for Chen Ziluan at the gate.

Chen Ziluan was also quite polite when he saw this, and said to Ye Cheng:

"Ye Shilang, according to the results of Qingzhang, your mansion has more than 33,000 mu of fields in Fengyang, Dongchang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang, plus 22,000 mu of land in the original hometown, a total of more than 55,000 mu, all of which were signed and pledged by yourself, and now the preferential exemption has been cancelled, so your mansion should pay the miscellaneous fees and overdue fees of more than 55,000 mu."

"I know, but I really don't have food or silver, you don't believe it, you can copy it as much as you like."

Ye Cheng put his hand behind the back of his patched cloth shirt as he spoke, and then stepped sideways.

Chen Ziluan laughed when he saw this: "Ye Shilang, why do you have to be like this, and you are specially wearing patched cloth clothes in front of us, can you not produce anything in this more than 55,000 acres of land?" ”

"Out of nature is out, but who makes the old man kind."

"Because I was worried that my tenants would not be able to live and could not afford to study, they basically did not charge them tenant rent, but only agreed that if they had a bumper harvest, they would pay it after they had a surplus to support their children to study and their own family to eat.

Ye Cheng said.

Chen Ziluan sneered.

He naturally didn't believe it, so he still waved his hand and said, "Copy!" ”

As a result, the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard under his command really copied it.

Not long after, a handful of people under Chen Ziluan's command came over and said, "Report!" Nothing was copied, only a few baskets of rags. ”

"These rags are from my neighbors to use as clothing for the people in the house, and if you think you can, take them to pay taxes."

Ye Cheng said with a smug smile.

"That's enough!"

Chen Ziluan replied.

Ye Cheng still smiled proudly, and said, "Then ask the general to take whatever value is worth at home." ”

"In this case, according to the order of the ministry, take away all the adult men of the Ye family!"

Chen Ziluan commanded.

"Yes!"

So, some soldiers took Ye Cheng up.

Ye Cheng was shocked, and hurriedly struggled and shouted: "You, what are you doing, the old man is also the ministry of Zhishi, you want to come to collect taxes, and let you come to collect taxes, why do you want to take me to prison, I haven't committed any crimes, but I really don't have any silver!" ”

"Ye Shilang, don't blame, this is an order from Haibutang, if you can't copy the money and food, you can only take someone to interrogate him personally!"

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Chen Ziluan said with a smile.

Hai Rui had already received a report of rebellion by Jia Cunren's family, the former secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and his face sank like water for a while, and he didn't say anything.

Hai Rui naturally didn't believe that Jia Cunren dared to rebel.

But he didn't question it, because he knew that Luo Shanggong would not confess the guilt of rebellion against the Jia family, and there must be something wrong with the Jia family itself.

Therefore, Hai Rui only planned to wait for Jia Cunren and others to be escorted before interrogating him carefully.

Not long after, Jia Cunren was detained.

Hai Rui also asked Jia Cunren: "Why did Jia Zongbo rebel?" ”

"How dare a contemptible person rebel, it's just that these arrogant soldiers under your Haigang Peak are falsely accused!"

"As soon as they broke in, they killed people, beheaded my son alive, killed and injured many members of my family, just like bandits."

Jia Cunren naturally didn't admit it, and he also beat him up, and sued Luo Shanggong and others, saying that Luo Shanggong and others were arrogant soldiers, no different from bandits, and then asked Hai Rui rhetorically:

"Hai Gangfeng, you are also a scholar, do you really want to connive at this group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals to abuse the gentry wantonly for the sake of the black gauze hat on your head?! Don't you kill them to vent the anger of the people?! ”