Peasants are very docile when they are not rebelling, but once they rebel, their riots are particularly violent, and their liquidation of oppressors such as bureaucrats and big landlords is particularly violent. Once they are caught, they will wipe out the whole family.
Just like the Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun uprising, the Sichuan people were bullied so miserably by the Song Dynasty that the outbreak almost overturned the Song Dynasty's rule, destroyed the entire bureaucracy, and forced the Song Dynasty to compromise with them.
This time too.
The officials of the Chengdu imperial court suffered a devastating blow. Most of the rebels had no compromise with them and would fight to the death once they encountered them.
They never had a good reputation anyway.
As a result, a large number of local officials were brutally exterminated. They died, their families died, and their clansmen died. They did not survive, and their deaths were very miserable.
There were even some officials who had lost their families and wiped out their families with great public dissatisfaction and were cooked alive in a pot, and then they were divided and eaten by everyone.
I don’t know if the bureaucrats who destroyed their families and destroyed their families felt even the slightest regret for their previous unscrupulous behavior at the moment they were put into the pot.
The ruling foundation of the Chengdu court was greatly shaken, and all this was not expected by the Chengdu court.
Zhao Buxi did not expect that his current policy of leeks would actually force the leeks to rebel, and he would do so many in one go.
He has obviously adjusted his policies, so why do so many people still rebel?
Could it be that his adjustment policy has also been violated by others?
Zhao Buxi had no time to consider this issue because the peasant uprising was imminent.
"Based on the information we have received so far, rebel thieves have appeared in Tongchuan Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture, Longzhou, Meizhou, Jiading Prefecture, Zizhou, Pengzhou, Zhongzhou, Langzhou, Suining Prefecture and other places, numbering as few as thousands. , a crowd of more than 100,000 people may gather!”
The head of the imperial court, Shangshu Zuocheng, Ma Yongkang, looked worriedly at Zhao Buji, whose face was almost dripping with tears, and whispered: "Your Majesty, wars are raging all over Sichuan and Sichuan, and there are rebels everywhere, and the scale is still expanding. Something bad is going on..."
"Why is this happening?"
Zhao Buji was panicked and furious, and finally said angrily: "How many people are actually disobeying the imperial decree? How many people are disobeying the imperial order? Don't these idiots know that this will push the farmers to a desperate situation? Why are they doing this? Doing this? Are you really greedy to the point of death?!"
Aren’t they the leeks you want?
Don’t you know that all the officials below are a bunch of jackals and tigers and leopards?
If you order to collect one cent of tax, they will charge you ten times more and then steal most of it and give you another cent.
Ma Yongkang knew the reason for all this, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
Zhao Buxi is still a decent person and wants to save face.
"None of this is important now. What is important is that once the number of these rebels increases, it will be extremely difficult. They will lead more people to resist the imperial court. The imperial court will be faced with a dilemma that is besieged on all sides and will be difficult to end!"
Ma Yongkang said anxiously: "Your Majesty, now is no longer the time to hold officials accountable, but to put down the rebellion. If we don't put down the rebellion, it's no longer possible! If we don't put down the rebellion, once the Ming Dynasty and the Lin'an Puppet Dynasty find out, they will definitely take the opportunity to send troops to attack Sichuan and Shu. of!"
Saying this, Ma Yongkang looked at Wu Lin, and Zhao Buxi also looked at Wu Lin.
At the critical moment, their firefighter and professional wiper Wu Lin is still their only hope. Violence is still the only possibility for the court to maintain its rule.
At this time, Wu Lin was looking down at the map.
"Xiangong Wu, can you deal with these rebels?"
Zhao Buxi asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Wu Lin put away the map and raised her hand towards Zhao Buxi.
"Although the thieves are numerous in number, like the rice thieves before, they are all a mob and cannot really threaten the imperial court. Currently, the important defense lines in the north and east are guarded by troops deployed by ministers. Even the armies of the Ming Dynasty and the Lin'an Puppet Dynasty It's not that easy to invade.
Moreover, I have more than 10,000 elite soldiers under my command who are still in Chengdu, and there are other troops in training. Although the training has not been completed, it can be used to deal with a group of rabble without completing the training, which is enough to pacify them all. "
Hearing what Wu Lin said, Zhao Buxi felt a little relieved.
"That's good, that's good..."
But Ma Yongkang still looked bad.
"Once the army is used, it will cost a lot of military expenses and food, and it will require a lot of logistical support. The government's finances are stretched thin, and the income from selling Shu brocade will not be available so quickly. When the rice thieves were suppressed before, the national treasury was already stretched, and now more needs to be mobilized. To put down the rebellion with troops, I’m afraid the treasury has already…”
After listening to Ma Yongkang's words, Zhao Buxi turned pale.
He immediately turned his attention to Jiang Fu, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who was standing aside.
"Qing Jiang, how much food can the national treasury provide to the army now?"
Jiang Fu swallowed, his face not pretty.
"Your Majesty, the previous increase in taxes has indeed increased a large amount of revenue for the imperial court. Now the treasury can still support the army in the war, but the problem is that the increase in taxes and this wave of rebellion have seriously affected spring plowing. I am afraid that all the money and food in the treasury cannot be invested now. Go in..."
"this……"
Zhao Buxi was stunned for a moment, then realized the problem.
When he raised taxes, it was during the traditional harvest season in order to plunder enough wealth for the court to survive the crisis. Facts have proved that he did plunder a large amount of wealth to enable the court to survive the current crisis, but this wave of leeks Obviously too cruel.
Now is the spring plowing season, which is the most important time of the year for production. However, there are not many places in Sichuan and Shu that are producing honestly. On the contrary, all the people are rebelling, destroying and plundering, plus the previous one The plunder of wave officials...
Zhao Buxi suddenly realized that the current Sichuan and Shu were almost empty, an empty frame that had been stripped of everything but not much was left.
The things in his treasury may be the last batch of property that can be obtained on a large scale in the past two years. If this runs out...
broken.
Zhao Buxi frowned, and fine beads of sweat seeped out of the skin of his forehead.
He was restless.
"How much can be invested? How long can it provide the army with food and money?"
Wu Lin also realized the problem and immediately asked Jiang Fu: "You can give me an accurate answer before I can arrange actions."
Jiang Fu wiped his forehead.
"If 30,000 troops are dispatched, it can provide food and salary for the army for about three months..."
"so little?"
Wu Lin was shocked: "The bandit army has swarmed, with at least 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers. If it cannot be put down quickly, the number will definitely be larger, 30,000, three months? Do you think fighting is child's play?"
Facing Wu Lin's scolding, Jiang Fu was also very depressed.
"Xianggong Wu, the state of the treasury is like that. I know that military matters are not easy, but it's useless for you to get angry at me. I can't conjure up food and salary for you out of thin air, right? There's only so much food and salary, and you can only take it out of the treasury. These are for the army, and the rest are useful!"
"You made such a big fuss before, forced out so many refugees, and got these things? Officials at all levels have been corrupted at all levels. How much has been corrupted? Or is it that you, the Minister of Household Affairs, are incompetent and are secretly embezzling?"
"Xiangong Wu! The conscience of heaven and earth! I am loyal to Your Majesty and only work for Your Majesty. How can I seek personal gain for myself? Just check me! If I am corrupt, just behead me!"
Jiang Fu immediately became furious like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and was very angry.
But the meaning of this statement is also very clear.
Wu Lin just watched and put a blame on Jiang Fu. Jiang Fu was very dissatisfied and directly told Wu Lin that the blame did not belong to him, but to the emperor himself.
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