Soon, the Yanzhou Army stationed at the four gates of Juancheng opened all four gates according to the previous agreement after receiving the order. 】eight】eight】reading books,＠∞o
All the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army were waiting respectfully near the city gate, preparing to wait for the Qingzhou Army outside the city to enter the city.
Outside Juancheng, the Qingzhou Army, which had been well prepared for a long time, immediately entered the city gate, first controlled the four city gates, and then began to take full control of Juancheng's defense along the city wall.
After everything was arranged and Juancheng was completely under control, Liu Yu led the subsequent troops into Juancheng.
However, the scene in Juancheng far exceeded Liu Yu's estimate. Many lanes and lanes in Juancheng had been looted by the rebels, the ground was full of messy things, and many places had been burned into ruins.
Fortunately, the houses in the Western Jin Dynasty not only had rammed earth foundations, but also had walls between each lane. This prevented the fire from spreading indefinitely. After Liu Yu arranged for manpower to extinguish a few scattered fires, the fire was basically avoided. The whole city was in flames.
However, Liu Yu soon received information from the Qingzhou Army entering from the north gate.
"General Qi, there are nearly ten thousand rebels in the east city, and they are besieging several powerful compounds. These people simply ignored our army's warnings." said the young man who entered the Qingzhou Army through the north gate.
When Liu Yu heard this, he turned around and asked Yao Hui and other Yanzhou soldiers and generals beside him.
"Why, you and your subordinates are so arrogant, how dare you ignore our army's command?!"
When Yao Hui and others heard this, they waved their hands in panic and denied it. Yao Hui took the lead and said.
"Generals and generals all obey Qingzhou's military orders wholeheartedly, and all our men are respectful and do not dare to disobey in the slightest."
"It's just that these people in Beicheng are not members of our Yanzhou Army, but refugees who are causing trouble in the city."
"Then why didn't you suppress it earlier?"
"The soldiers and horses of the little people are only 2,000, and the refugees are nearly 10,000. Later, the prodigal children in Juancheng joined us. They are no longer controllable by us."
Later, Liu Yu learned that after the Yanzhou Army opened its arsenal, the refugee army in Juancheng had become a force that no one could control. The refugee army, caught up in the excitement of looting, was like a snowball. , not only the number of people is getting bigger and bigger, but also the destructiveness is getting bigger and bigger. The Qingzhou Army in Beicheng responded that the damage caused by these refugee armies in Beicheng is much more serious than in other places.
"Are many of Juancheng's powerful men gathered in Beicheng?" Liu Yu asked Yao Hui.
"Yes, General." Yao Hui replied quickly and neatly.
When Liu Yu heard this, he thought to himself that it was no wonder those refugees had been near Beicheng for so long.
However, it was already time for the Qingzhou Army to show off, and Liu Yu would not feel any pity for the rebellious refugees because of their poor background.
Liu Yu called several capable generals and ordered them to lead their soldiers and quickly go to Beicheng for reinforcements, and use the fastest speed to quell these out-of-control refugee armies.
"Anyone who disobeys orders can be shot without mercy!"
If these refugee armies, like Yao Hui and the Yanzhou soldiers, are led by relatively authoritative leaders, then the Qingzhou Army can also use co-opting methods to make the leaders of the refugee armies lead the refugees to give up resistance.
However, these refugees are a group of young people who do not lead each other. If you want to quell their dong'an as quickly as possible, you must use thunderous means. ⊕eight⊕eight⊕read⊕book,◇o≮
After receiving Liu Yu's military order to kill anyone who disobeys the order, the Qingzhou military generals immediately led their soldiers and attacked Beicheng with great momentum.
Half an hour later, when Liu Yu got the news that Beicheng was basically calm, he finally led his guards to check.
Sure enough, the thunderous methods used by the Qingzhou military generals, Li Feng and Zhao Kun, were bloody enough. The alleys of Beicheng were filled with hacked corpses.
However, Liu Yu took a closer look and found that many of the corpses were not dressed in clothes commonly worn by refugees. Instead, they were clothes commonly worn by powerful slaves.
Facing Liu Yu's inquiry, Li Feng and others said carelessly.
"Our soldiers arrived and after killing a few people, the refugees basically became honest. On the contrary, these powerful dog slaves saw that the refugees were honest, but they took advantage of the human power and rushed out of the yard to kill and chop the refugees. .”
"Damn it, these dog slaves are just killing them all, and the refugees who had calmed down all started to become agitated again."
"So, we first killed all these powerful dog slaves and then brought the situation under control."
Liu Yu looked at the tightly controlled refugee prisoners again. These people were all strong and healthy men. Otherwise, when Wang Mishile besieged the city, Yanzhou Governor Yuan Fu and others would not have taken these prisoners. Refugees were recruited into the city.
"Bring all these refugees to me and take them under guard outside the city. Tell them that as long as they are honest and honest, when they arrive in Qingzhou, they will all be able to share the fields and houses. From now on, they will be our soldiers and landowners in Qingzhou. ”
These strong and healthy refugees were the best labor force. At this time in the Western Jin Dynasty, even the hinterland of China like Qingzhou did not lack land, but rather lacked labor force.
Nowadays, Qingzhou, which has just implemented the land-based military system, still lacks enough soldiers to farm the land for the government soldiers. Even during the busy farming season, many soldiers have to go to the fields to cultivate the land themselves. In this way, for The military armament training of the government soldiers was seriously delayed.
Therefore, these refugee captives became guests on the Qingzhou military field.
After dealing with these refugee prisoners, all the powerful people in Juancheng still stayed behind closed doors. Facing the Qingzhou Army that had taken control of the entire city, this was simply a naked disregard.
Liu Yu thought to himself that the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army worked so hard to enter the city to pacify Dong An. The powerful men in Juancheng were too ignorant.
However, Liu Yu had already prepared a response. He had just met Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, who had been sent to you as a prisoner in the governor's mansion of Yanzhou.
After getting the seal and ribbon from Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Yu ordered his men to find a lot of documents, write the names of the powerful men of Juancheng on them one by one, and then stamp them with the bright red seal of the governor of Yanzhou.
Later, Liu Yu sent the documents he brought with him to the generals of the Qingzhou Army one by one.
"General, what is this?"
"Yes, General, shouldn't we rob those big dogs? Why are we handing out such things?"
Facing a group of uninformed generals, Liu Yu couldn't help but be speechless.
"These are household transfer orders stamped with the seal of Yanzhou Governor."
"House transfer order? What is that?"
Liu Yu continued.
"This household transfer order is also a tax collection order."
Liu Yu took a so-called "household transfer order", pointed to the text on it and said, "It says that a certain household needs to immediately make up for the household transfer tax for the past ten years because the number of tenants who occupy the land exceeds the limit. .”
"Oh, and also, any customers who exceed the number must also go to the government to register their households."
"As for which household should have what standards, it is clearly written on the household transfer order each of you received."
So it turned out that these Qingzhou Army generals realized that these household transfer orders allowed them to "lawfully and compliantly" punish those powerful people.
"General, why is this stamped with the seal of Yanzhou Governor Yuan?"
Finally, a literate Qingzhou military general understood some of it.
"Nonsense, we are in Yanzhou now, and this is Juancheng. We are all guest soldiers working for the governor of Yanzhou. This kind of good deed that benefits the country and the people must of course leave Yuan Fu's name."
"Remember, you must collect taxes and debts from these powerful people according to the amount stated in the household transfer order. You are not allowed to add or subtract at will."
The Western Jin Dynasty implemented the land-occupying Yinke system. The land-occupying system stipulated the maximum number of fields that each Dingkou could own. Men were entitled to occupy 70 acres of land and women were entitled to 30 acres. This is the quota of land that should be cultivated, not the actual amount of land granted. In actual practice, ordinary farmers are far from owning that much land, but those powerful people, large and small, all own far more than the land occupation system stipulates. Number of acres.
The Yinke system means that people have the power to exempt a certain number of people from taxes based on their status. Although Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty issued edicts several times, saying that he would vigorously rectify the Yinke system and eliminate any overcrowding of Yinke, but that is During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, this system was completely broken. Powerful people, big and small, had clients who far exceeded the regulations, and the amount of tax evasion was even more astonishing.
When Liu Yu made these household transfer orders, he already knew the real strength of each household based on the descriptions of Juancheng officials. Although these household transfer orders, that is, the taxes recovered in the "robbery orders", were enough to make These tycoons feel distressed, but they are all amounts that can be cashed out on the spot. Otherwise, even if Liu Yu and the others ask for a sky-high price, these tycoons will not only be unable to show it, but will also become impatient.
As for whether these plunders in the name of household transfer orders would arouse resentment and hostility among the powerful gentry in Juancheng and even Yanzhou, Liu Yu had completely looked away after two days of thinking.
In the history of the Western Jin Dynasty without Liu Yu, Shi Le's siege of Juan City took only one month to capture the first city in Yanzhou. The Hulu bandits led by Shi Le looted Juan City, and the powerful people in the city also They all suffered disaster, but after Shi Le took control of Hebei two years later, these powerful men in Yanzhou all crawled under the command of Shi Le Jie Hu Zheng An, even though Zu Ti's army in the Northern Expedition had recovered most of Yuzhou in Henan, these Yanzhou Strong and powerful, but no one dares to respond.
Liu Yu has already looked away from these powerful people. If these powerful people join him for some reason, he can treat them equally, but before that, he must first get back his reward for saving Juancheng's life.
As for the means of collection, will it make Yanzhou powerful and hostile to him? Liu Yu feels that in his current situation, it is no longer possible for him to behave to the satisfaction of everyone. No matter what he does, he will inevitably offend someone. For some people, in this case, he can only benefit his most core subordinates and harm those with the most distant relationship.
Moreover, when Liu Yu leads the Qingzhou Army back to Qingzhou this time, he will not enter Yanzhou again for a while, not only because Yanzhou will be a big quagmire in the future, but also because he has to digest all these things in Qingzhou. The newly recruited population uses these labor forces to operate Qingzhou.
Therefore, as long as we can extort a sum of money from the powerful hands of Juancheng, it will be the most perfect ending.
Of course, the actual implementation process may not be so smooth, but these Qingzhou Army generals who hold "household transfer orders" to collect taxes on behalf of the Yanzhou governor all have swords in their hands, and they will not be afraid of these powerful people being disobedient.
After arranging these generals of the Qingzhou Army to lead their soldiers to smash the doors of powerful houses to collect taxes, Liu Yu ordered the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army who had just surrendered to begin to organize households in Juancheng according to their household registrations. He All the manpower that can be found in Juancheng must be brought to Qingzhou.
Anyway, Liu Yu knew that if he led the Qingzhou Army back to Qingzhou, if Juancheng was besieged by Hulu bandits again, it would be impossible for anyone to come to the rescue. At that time, whoever defeated Juancheng would be The population will become someone else's bag.
Instead of taking advantage of the Hulu bandits in the future, Liu Yu might as well move these people to Qingzhou immediately. In this way, the entire Juan City will almost become an empty city, and the powerful people in the city will have to leave the city and return to their respective Wubao. In this way, Liu Yu could invisibly save the lives of many powerful people.
When he thought that he had accidentally saved the lives of many powerful people, Liu Yu felt sorry for himself because he was about to face the powerful people's curses and curses.
Soon, after the Qingzhou Army entered the city, the people in Juancheng were noisy and noisy, even more noisy than when the Yanzhou Army and the Refugee Army were making trouble.
Every lane was filled with the sobs and cries of the poor people. These people were forced from house to house by the vicious Yanzhou soldiers. They packed their bags and wanted to leave the city to sleep in the open before dark, and then move to Qingzhou the next day. If it weren't for The bloody Dong An happened before, and the migration of these small households may not be so easy.
On the other side, the generals of the Qingzhou Army who were responsible for paying the taxes of various wealthy and powerful households were making extremely fast progress. Those powerful officials were all very cooperative when faced with the household transfer order to recover taxes for ten years. Not only did they immediately take out silk cloth coins , even Dingkou was worshiped in sufficient numbers.
After the generals of the Qingzhou Army, who had successfully collected the taxes from the powerful, came back and told Liu Yu, Liu Yu was not only very puzzled about what was going on, but he had expected that the powerful powerful would cry and lie, and even use force to resist the payment of this "robbery". The taxation situation has not happened at all. Why is this?
Liu Yu thought hard, but still couldn't figure it out. In the end, he even thought, could it be that he was still too soft-hearted and the taxes collected by each household were still too little? If this were the case, wouldn't he be treated as a beggar by these hateful Juancheng tycoons and be easily dismissed?
No, this won't work.
It seems that ten years is still too little.
In this case, let’s pre-collect taxes for the next ten years.
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