It is impossible to collect 62 million yuan in military expenditure for a while.

Not for a year!

The officers and ships and horses went out in all directions, and the order was given as quickly as possible, and all the transfer envoys received the task.

Cai Yi put down the official document that was urgent for four hundred miles, and his face was a little ugly.

According to the number of dingkou, Guangxi needs to levy 600,000 guan. Spread evenly, regardless of the main customer, each Ding mouth is about 450 yuan.

How can the people at the bottom take it?

In the remote areas of Guangxi, many people are still bartering, and they can't get a hundred dollars!

What's more, even if all the officials are not greedy, the officials still have to take the opportunity to make money, and it is impossible to let the officials do it in vain.

If Guangxi wants to collect 600,000 guan in full, the people must at least come up with a million guan.

And even more.

Cai Yi called all the officials of the Guangxi Transit Department, took out the official document and said: "Wait and arrange, the imperial court is going to fight, and all walks of life must pay free money." ”

When the officials read the official document, they all felt a headache.

Guangxi is too poor, and the richest man in some remote prefectures and counties is only worth a few thousand. Even if the rich are allowed to apportion, it really won't be much.

But the court has already assigned a task, and no matter how much they lie down, they have to act like they carry out the order.

If the collection is really insufficient, wait for the punishment.

Cai Yi's psychological expectation is to collect 400,000 yuan, and he will have to complete more than 60% of the quota.

Within a month, all the prefectures in Guangxi received the order, which was then conveyed to the counties. Layer by layer of pressure, level by level, and constantly increasing, after all, state and county officials also have to eat kickbacks.

The task of taxation is ultimately pressed on the grassroots armor chief.

The chief of the armor can only force the farmers to death, and if they really can't complete the task, they have to pay for it themselves.

A large number of armor guards and wheels fled in front of the ya, and they couldn't live this day, and they couldn't take care of any family property, so they hid in the mountains as a fugitive.

Fang Qifo took the remnants of Fang La's uprising and traveled all the way to Daozhou and the Blue Mountain.

Due to the miasma, only a few hundred people were left dead. The government forcibly levied free money, and immediately provided a source of troops for Fang Qifo, and even wingmen, Yao people, and Wuxi man joined.

At the border of Jinghu South Road, Fang Qifo actually pulled out thousands of troops, and the uprising soon spread to the northeast of Guangxi.

Guiling and Fuzhou were successively broken by the rebels of various ethnic groups, and more than 20,000 rebel troops surrounded Hezhou, and the governor of Hezhou urgently asked Cai Yi for rescue.

Guangxi also has a famous general, called Li Heng. Wu Jinshi was born and moved to Rongzhou Zhizhou because of his merits, and he also has a false title of Zhongzhou Assassin History.

Historically, Li Heng recruited 3,000 soldiers and led the troops halfway.

He traveled all the way north from Guangxi, and when he arrived in Hengyang, he had less than 2,000 troops. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers occupied Hengyang, and Li Heng could only retreat to neighboring prefectures and counties, but the civil officials did not let him enter the city, and only offered a little grain and grass.

The generals persuaded Li Heng to withdraw his troops, but Li Heng insisted on resisting Jin and finally died in Hunan.

At this moment, Cai Yi finally collected more than 100,000 yuan, because Hezhou was surrounded by the rebel army, he could only take money out to quell the chaos, and urgently dispatched Li Heng to suppress it.

……

Seven Star Academy.

More than 200 students, regardless of class, gathered cross-legged around Zhu Ming in a circle.

Zhu Ming said: "Today, I will meet with all living beings, and if I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about a rich country and a strong army, a benevolent government and love for the people." Why did Mencius say that the people who can open up the territory and enrich the treasury for the king are not good ministers but thieves? Who can tell? ”

Chen Dong stood up suddenly: "Expanding the territory is at the cost of reckless military force, and enriching the treasury is a means of exploiting the people. It seems that the rich country and the strong army, but in fact, it is brutal and unkind, and it is overbearing for a while, and it is the royal road for a hundred years! ”

Zhu Ming nodded and said: "I often say that the words of the sages cannot be speculated, and they must depend on the era in which the sages lived. The great principles are all the same, and they will not change forever. But there are some truths that need to be adapted, three emperors and five emperors, small countries and widows, can they be the same as now? ”

Mencius said that there was no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period, just because all the princes were all Xia. If they fight, just like Guangdong fights Guangxi, what results can they achieve? It's nothing more than working hard and losing money, in exchange for its own hegemony. ”

"The battle with Yidi is different, it is to fight against foreign tribes, protect the Chinese etiquette system, and open up land for the descendants of China."

So Zigong said that Guan Zhong is not a benevolent person. Confucius said that Guan Zhong is the world, and the people have been favored by him so far. If there is no Guan Zhong, the people of China can only wear their hair and be enslaved by those Yidi, and it is not known that they committed suicide in the ditch. ”

"Do you understand?"

Lei Guan said: "It is not a righteous war internally, but a righteous war externally. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "The imperial court plans to attack Liao, is it a righteous war?" ”

Lei Guan replied: "Although Song Liao is a brotherly state, the Liao State has bullied me and the Great Song Dynasty. Cutting Liao is a righteous war! ”

"Can you fight a righteous war?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Wei Liangchen said: "Righteous wars must naturally be fought, but we must seize the opportunity. Now the country is tired and the people are poor, like people who are seriously ill. How can you fight with your neighbor when you are seriously ill? Even if you want to regain the land occupied by your strong neighbors, you should recover from your illness before leaving. The imperial court ordered the forcible levy of the husband's money, just like a seriously ill person smashing a pot and selling iron, even if he won the war, what could he do? The rice pot is smashed, what will you eat in the future? I was already seriously ill, I had no food to eat, and sooner or later I would die of hunger! ”

Zhu Ming clapped his hands and said, "This is very good! ”

Fu Yuanheng said: "If you smash the pot and sell iron, you can win the battle against your strong neighbors and regain your own property, and you can just endure it when you are hungry, as long as you live a good life in the future." But today's Holy Son of Heaven, will he really recuperate after the war? Before the remnants of Fang La were killed, they resumed the Huashi Class. Moreover, it has intensified its efforts to collect economic money in the southeast. The people of the southeast, life is more difficult, what did this person do? ”

Fu Yuanheng's rhetoric was the most intense, because his house was robbed back and forth by Fang La and the officers and soldiers, and after the war, he was levied by the government to make money. Huashigang has not stopped, and his family has to pay free money for Liao.

Zhu Ming said: "Mencius said that people have constant words, and they all say 'the country under heaven'. The foundation of the world is in the country, the foundation of the country is at home, and the foundation of the family is in the body. What does this mean? ”

Chen Dong quoted the "Book of Shang" and replied: "The people are the foundation of the state, and the foundation is solid and the state is solid." ”

Zhu Ming nodded: "So, you can connect the two paragraphs of "University" to interpret ......"

"One paragraph is, there are virtues, there are people, there are people, there are people, there are people, there are people, there are ......people, there are Therefore, when wealth is gathered, the people are scattered, and when wealth is dispersed, the people gather. ”

"A section is, there is a way to make money, there are many people who live, there are few people who eat, those who are sick for it, and those who use it are comfortable, then the wealth is enough."

"Those who make money are all the people, so it is said that there are many people who live. The people are the foundation of the state, and with the people there is land, and with land there is wealth. Why did the population of the Great Song Dynasty prosper, but the country was declining? ”

"It's because of the rentiers! The monarch gathers, and the officials are greedy. You have to lose the New Year's coins and feed the army. How can the treasury not be empty? ”

"Cai Jing and Wang Hao are prime ministers, and they use money. Before there was a conquest of Western Xia, and then there was a northern expedition to Liao, during which Fang La had to be pacified, what was the disease of those who used it? These battles should be fought, but they should not be fought in this way, without giving the people a chance to breathe. ”

"If you levy money today, you will gather money and the people will disperse."

"The people are the foundation of the country, and the people are scattered, and the country is in turmoil. That's why there is that sentence, a family is benevolent, and a country is benevolent; One family, one country; One man is greedy, and the other country is in turmoil. Who is the 'one person'? This monarch too! ”

The students nodded their heads, and they were all dissatisfied with the monarchs and ministers of the court.

Even local students were apportioned at home this time, and they really didn't have a good impression of the emperor.

But it can only be so, and I dare not say more.

Li Bao said suddenly: "I'm afraid I have to change the official family." ”

A few teachers who were sitting next to them suddenly changed color when they heard the words, and Fan Zhiming coughed: "Be careful!" ”

Zhu Ming bowed his hand to Fan Zhiming: "The country has changed, I want to go north, so I will leave today." ”

Fan Zhiming was puzzled: "If you are successfully placed in Guizhou, what can you do even if you go north?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Advise the king, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent." ”

"Soldiers' advice" is also advice, of course, if it is not successful, it will become benevolent.

Fan Zhiming was in awe and persuaded: "Why should success be like this, you should keep a useful body for the future." ”

Zhu Ming said to the students again: "I want to go north to help the world, and I hope that those who follow can go to it, and those who don't want to stay can stay." Seven Star Academy has a fan group to practice, and he can continue to study. ”

"I would like to follow Mr.!" Chen Dong was the first to stand up.

Fu Yuanheng was the second to stand out.

The twenty-seven expelled Taixue all chose to follow left and right.

And two local students are willing to follow.

When they find out what Zhu Ming wants to do, I'm afraid they will all have to drop their jaws in shock, and then they will face a real choice.

In the past year, Zhu Ming has been imperceptibly brainwashed and constantly instilled the idea that the people are noble and the monarch is light.

I heard that a husband was punished, but I didn't hear of killing a king. This sentence has also been mentioned many times, not to provoke students to kill the emperor, but to make students dilute their obedience to the emperor.

The effect is not bad, even Zhang Bo is often "disrespectful", and privately complains about Song Huizong's various operations.

The ship has been contacted, and Zhu Ming left with his entourage and students.

He didn't bother to go to the government to apply to go home to visit his relatives, anyway, the state and county officials were busy collecting taxes, so they didn't care about Zhu Ming's affairs here.

Zhu Guoxiang also sent someone to deliver the letter, but the letter was still halfway through, far less than the imperial court's 400-mile urgent official document.

When Zhu Ming left Guizhou, Cai Yougang went north with an army of 150,000.

He crossed the Lingqu and came to Quanzhou, and heard that Fang Qifo had revived in Daozhou next door. By the time Zhu Ming passed through Yongzhou, Fang Qifo had already captured Daozhou City and led the army straight to Yongzhou.

The ethnic minorities in Daozhou and Blue Mountain parted ways with Fang Qifo after the uprising.

Fang Qifo went north, and the rebel armies of all ethnic groups went south, and soon captured the county seat of Fuchuan.

It wasn't until Zhu Ming crossed Dongting Lake that Li Heng, a martial artist, finally led his troops to quell the chaos.

The two sides fought outside the city of Hezhou, and Li Heng defeated 20,000 rebels of all ethnic groups with fewer victories with 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers.

After recovering the county town of Bucheon, Li Heng stopped marching. Because the further north is the border of Hunan, without the permission of the Jinghu Road transfer envoy, he cannot lead troops across the border to fight with Fang Qifo.

In two months, Fang Qifo occupied Yongzhou, Quanzhou, and Daozhou, and owned the territory of three states and nine counties.

And also played the banner of Fang La.

Fang La's righteous army, which came back to life in Hunan, relied on Wang Huang's forcible war funds.

(End of chapter)