Chapter 1022: Thief Tax
Liangshan established the country as Qi, Sun Lei ascended the throne as the emperor, rewarded the ministers, and the matter of feasting the people soon spread.
There is one more country and one more emperor in the world all of a sudden, and this shock is no less than Zhao Ji's death.
Tokyo, Imperial Palace.
"It's all rubbish!"
Zhao Ji roared angrily, he still had the latest information in his hand, starting from Sun Lei, the official names of all the people in the Qi Kingdom were on it.
This can see that Zhao Ji is furious, a group of grass thieves dare to tear the soil and claim the emperor, this is undoubtedly to slap him in the face in front of the world.
"How is the grain and grass ready?"
Zhao Ji looked at Hou Meng, the head of the household department, the last court meeting had already made a plan, the army to conquer Liangshanbo and destroy the puppet dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the grain and grass are still being raised, and it will be a few months before ......"
Hou Meng said helplessly, now that spring has just begun, spring ploughing is imminent, it is the season of green and yellow, and taxes from all over the country cannot be collected, where can he raise money and grain.
"Levy taxes, tax thieves! Those who do not pay taxes will be punished as anti-thieves! ”
Zhao Ji looked at Liang Shicheng and shouted, it has been nearly ten days since the last court meeting, and Hou Meng has not raised enough grain and grass until now, how many months will he have to wait? When will this have to wait? Sun Lei exists for a day, then he is the joke of the world.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Liang Shicheng smiled and saluted, his face was proud, the emperor still took this step after all, with Zhao Ji's character, how could he let go of the ready-made money in front of him? Collecting taxes is the easiest way to get money.
"Zhang Bangchang, you write an essay and scold me for this group of dog thieves who have no father!"
Zhao Ji looked at Zhang Bangchang again, Liangshan not only established the country this time, but also moved out the set of the five virtues, and even threatened that the water virtue of the Qi country would destroy the fire virtue of the Great Song Dynasty, and Liangshan also chose to establish the country on the third day of the third month of March, and sacrificed to the sky and established the country by the water pool, which is to throw the face of the Great Song Dynasty on the ground and step on it fiercely.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Bangchang also saluted and received the order.
"Gao Yu, what happened to my 800,000 forbidden army?"
Zhao Ji looked at Gao Yu, as the captain of the palace marshal's mansion, he managed the Tokyo Forbidden Army, since the soldiers and horses from all over the country were mobilized to make trouble, then he directly chose the forbidden army to go over.
"Uh...... This...... Your Majesty, rest assured, the forbidden army is ready to fight at any time! ”
Gao Yu stubbornly agreed.
Where did the 800,000 forbidden troops come from in Tokyo today? There were indeed more than 800,000 during the Renzong period, but over the years, they have gradually been disarmed, and the number of forbidden troops has been less than 600,000, but it is only claimed that there are 800,000.
And among them, there are more than 100,000 empty salaries, the real forbidden army is less than 500,000, and the losses in the past few years in the conquest of Liangshan and Liaoguo are not small, and now the real ones who can fight are less than 300,000.
Gao Yu naturally didn't dare to say these words to the emperor, he received the full amount of military salary, equipment, grain and grass from the treasury every year, and this person was only half of his head left at once, how could he dare to say it.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Tong Guan returned to the Privy Council.
"When will the Jin country send troops?"
Tong Guan looked at the people around him and asked, the emperor is already very impatient today, with his understanding of the emperor, this is an obvious signal, the emperor can't wait.
"Tong Xiang, Jin Guo has just died, and now I am afraid that the funeral has not been dealt with, and Liaodong is bitterly cold, and the current Liaodong should still be icy and snowy."
An official opened his mouth and said, Liaodong is cold and snowy at this time, and the autumn fat posted by the war horse last year is estimated to be consumed, and the war horse is unable to resist the long-distance attack at this time.
"Tell Jin Guo that as long as they are willing to send troops, the conditions are good."
Tong Guan looked at the acting officer and said, Sun Lei and these people have made a mortal enmity with Jin Guo after killing Yan Agu, and the people of Jin Guo will never let Sun Lei go.
"Tong Xiang, the ambition of the wolf son of the Jin country is even greater than that of the Liao people, and joining forces with them is tantamount to luring the wolf into the room!"
The seed master opened his mouth and said, Yan Yun fought a battle, and the people of the Jin country obviously had the intention of annexing Yan Yun and continuing to go south.
"Then do you have a way to deal with that Sun Lei? Hmph, understand that the enemy of the enemy is the ally! ”
Tong Guan looked at the seed master and snorted coldly.
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In a butcher shop on the edge of Tokyo, Cao Zhengzheng waved the bone chopping knife in his hand, and divided five by two to unload the fat pig by eight pieces.
In front of the stall, the long-waiting customers instantly surrounded them, and began to compete for the parts they wanted.
After selling the two fat pigs, Cao Zheng smiled and returned to his small hotel, and went straight to the backyard to wash and change clothes.
"Brother Cao Zheng, business is good!"
Shi Qian appeared in the backyard with a smile.
"Brother Shiqian!"
Cao Zheng immediately laughed when he saw the times, since Sun Li entered Tokyo, he gradually faded out of sight, and no longer took the initiative to contact Ma Lin, Le He, Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law and others.
Although Sun Li has taken refuge in Liangshan, after all, he is in the Song Dynasty, and his heart is separated from his belly, so he still needs to take precautions.
Ma Lin is now in charge of intelligence matters in Tokyo, and Le He, Sun Xin, and Gu Sister-in-law are Sun Li's relatives, so they can't avoid Sun Li, so he went underground and moved the stall and hotel to the edge of Tokyo just in case.
"Isn't it all about concealment!"
Cao Zheng smiled and introduced Shi Qian into the inner hall.
"Brother Cao Zheng is well hidden!"
Shi Qian said with a smile, in order to hide, he didn't come to see Cao Zheng last time he came to Tokyo.
"Brother Shiqian, do you have a mission this time?"
Cao Zheng looked at Shi Qian and asked, his current task is to hide, and Shi Qian must have a mission when he comes to him.
"My brother asked us to spy on the situation in Tokyo."
Shi Qian said.
"Are they separated from Brother Ma Lin?"
Cao Zheng asked.
"Well, let's secretly gather intelligence! They gather intelligence on the surface. ”
Shi Qian nodded.
"Brother Shiqian, look at this!"
Cao Zheng took out a leaflet, which read: Thief Tax.
"Thief tax? Ten dollars per person? Small business 100 money? A thousand dollars for a big merchant? ”
Shi Qian looked at the rumor and was stunned, he had seen a lot of messy taxes, and it was the first time he had seen such a blatant robbery.
"What is sent today, someone will come to collect it tomorrow! People are already starting to flee the city! ”
Cao Zheng opened his mouth and said, this time the thief tax is very weird, and he didn't say how often, according to the practice of the imperial court, if you don't say how many times, it will be countless times, maybe it will become a monthly harvest, where can this ordinary family stand it?
And the place where those people fled was the country of Qi, a paradise with light taxes.
"Zhao Song is digging his own grave!"
Shi Qian sneered and looked at the tax slip in his hand. Zhao Song is already in turmoil, and now he is still so heavy on taxes, it is only a matter of time before the relatives are judged.
"Who says it's not, today's business is actually a lot worse, and there are more people on weekdays, but unfortunately, a lot of people leave when they see flyers."
Cao Zheng shook his head and said, Tokyo has been the most prosperous place in the world for many years, but now it is much more depressed, and with the flight of the people, Tokyo's decline is a foregone conclusion.