Chapter 1593 1595【Offensive and defensive warfare】
"Miss Qiuxue, you don't have to be so inferior. My junior brother doesn't mind it at all. He told me in person that you are a good woman." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Furthermore, our old gentleman sees no one but our own people. Who will chew the root of the tongue?"
Hearing what he said, Qiu Xue couldn't help feeling a little bit moved.
Xiang Nan looked at his words and added fuel to the fire, "Miss Qiuxue, there is only one life in life, why bother to care too much about worldly perspectives. Only by letting go of your obsessions can you embrace happiness."
Qiu Xue was persuaded by him and nodded.
In the next few days, under Xiang Nan's persuasion, Qiu Xue took the initiative to attack, not only showing affection and greetings to Jun Bao, but even sewing clothes for him with her own hands.
Although Jun Bao has a pure mind and never thinks about love between men and women, he is not a heartless person. Facing Qiu Xue's affectionate style, she couldn't help being very moved.
Coupled with Xiang Nan and Xiao Donggua's continuous beating of the side drums, the relationship between the two finally achieved a sublimation, from friends to lovers, which can be regarded as a happy ending.
In the film, Jun Bao and Qiu Xue couldn't get together, which made Xiang Nan very regretful, but now it's finally made up.
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At the same time, tax collectors were killed all over Heluo Prefecture.
When those tax collectors went to the countryside and entered the city to collect taxes, they all lost their lives.
Either fell into a trap, or was hit by a cold arrow, or was assassinated... In less than half a month, hundreds of people died, and the remaining tax collectors were frightened, and they dared not go out to collect taxes.
When the common people heard about this, they secretly applauded.
Those tax collectors relied on their status as officials and led a large number of soldiers, so they often went to the countryside and cities to collect exorbitant taxes. Anyone who dared to refuse to pay, they would beat them severely, so everyone dared not speak out.
Now, hearing that these tax collectors have all been killed, the common people are naturally all happy.
"Okay, these eunuchs also have today, what a retribution!"
"God has eyes, these dogs are finally dead, retribution!"
"Which hero did it, it really made us angry!"
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The common people were all cheering, but in contrast, Liu Jin almost exploded with anger.
He intends to rebel and support himself, so he continues to expand his armaments. Originally, there was only an army of ten thousand under his rule, but he suddenly expanded it to an army of one hundred thousand.
For such a large army, if people eat horses and feed them, they will consume a lot of food and grass in a day. Not to mention military uniforms, weapons, armor, pay and so on.
The imperial court has limited allocation of money, which is allocated according to the quota of 10,000 people. For the remaining 90,000 people, Liu Jin had to find a way. That's why he collected so many exorbitant taxes, otherwise, how could he maintain the expenses of the 100,000 troops.
But now, all the tax collectors he sent out have been slaughtered, and the tax money cannot be collected, so Liu Jin has become a source of water. At that time, the army's food and salary supply will not be timely, but it will easily cause mutiny.
At that time, his grand plans and great career, the road to be king, will all be in vain. This naturally made him very angry.
"You trash, can't you do this little thing well?" He asked his deputy He Kun angrily, "If you don't collect taxes, I will kill you."
"Father-in-law, it's not that the lowly job is ineffective. It's just that the rebels are too cunning. They hide in the dark, set traps, shoot cold arrows, and poison... It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. It's impossible to guard against." He Kun immediately explained, "Furthermore, their whereabouts are erratic, whether east or west, or south or north, they gather and disperse suddenly, and their old dens have never been found out, so it is difficult to catch them all."
"It's a humble job and incompetent!" He Kun quickly knelt down and said.
"Send more people out, and increase each team to a hundred people." Liu Jin then said, "I don't believe that those rebels are so powerful. If a team of 20 people kills, a team of 100 people can also kill them."
"Yes." He Kun said immediately.
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However, the tax collection team of 100 people still cannot stop the joint assassination of heroes.
Especially Deng Chang, Zhu Gui and others from the Taiji school. They have high martial arts skills and are good at combined attacks, so it is no problem to deal with three or four hundred people.
Plus, the common people have learned to be good now, and they will no longer be submissive and kill at will. As soon as Shui Ding went to the countryside, they hid and returned to their hometown after they left.
The food, clothing, money, and livestock in the house are all taken away, so that even if these taxpayers go to the countryside, they can't find anything.
So after more than half a month, Liu Jin still hasn't received enough tax. In order to maintain his army, he has begun to pay out of pocket. After all, if soldiers don't get food or pay, once they mutiny, it's useless for him to guard the eunuch.
"Waste, waste, all waste. A team of hundreds of people will be killed. He Kun, how do you usually train soldiers?" Liu Jin cursed.
"Father-in-law, it's a humble job that is ineffective. But those rebels are indeed powerful, with high martial arts skills and agility. Our soldiers are no match for them." He Kun explained, "From the perspective of the humble job, should we increase the number of people? How about five hundred people, one thousand people?"
"Mobilize a team of 500 people to collect taxes?! Wouldn't it be ridiculous to spread the word?" Liu Jin said in a cold voice.
"What's your opinion, father-in-law?" He Kuan asked hastily.
"Since those rebels are all from the rivers and lakes, martial arts masters, then use martial arts to rule martial arts." Liu Jin ordered, "Find more martial arts masters and let them mix in with the gangsters. They caught them all."
"Father-in-law, that's a great idea, I'll do it right now in a humble position." He Kun said immediately.
"He Kun, you have already failed two major events. If you can't handle it this time, you can come and see me." Liu Jin said coldly.
He Kun's expression froze when he heard this.
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Subsequently, He Kun began to recruit martial arts masters.
The so-called learning of civil and martial arts, sells goods to the emperor's family.
Not all people in the martial arts are righteous, so they quickly recruited a group of scum from the rivers and lakes, willing to be the minions of the government.
They pretended to be tax servants and went to the countryside to collect taxes. Those heroes in the rivers and lakes thought they were just ordinary soldiers, but they hit a wall.
In less than ten days, more than a dozen heroes were arrested and imprisoned. They were put in large prisons and tortured severely, which also severely damaged the anti-eunuch campaign.
"Elder-in-law is really good at predicting things. He saw thousands of miles away, and caught them with only one move. I really feel ashamed of my humble job, and I have no place to be ashamed." He Kun flattered him repeatedly.
"Don't say such beautiful words, He Kun, you know my character, what I want is not a dog that can only wag its tail." Liu Jin glanced at him and said, "Those rebels must have accomplices, we must interrogate them as soon as possible to avoid They fled."
"Elder-in-law taught me a lesson. But those people are very stubborn. For a while, I really can't pry their mouths open." He Kun said quickly.
"Trash, do I need to worry about this?" Liu Jin said coldly, "You guys in Dongchang are all vegetarians?"
"Yes." He Kun said immediately.
(end of this chapter)