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Zhong Jinwei nodded to Wang Jiayin and said, "Please tell me."

Wang Jiayin had never seen a high-ranking official of the imperial court treat him so politely, so he was a little surprised. He also remembered that the Marquis hadn't noticed what he said to the lamp just now, so he felt that this Marquis was different from ordinary high-ranking officials, so he just Slightly relaxed his resentful expression, and narrated to Zhong Jinwei: "Our people in Qin land have ended up like this, not only because of natural disasters, but also because of corruption."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, he paid special attention, interrupted Wang Jiayin's words and asked, "How do you say it?"

"Because of natural disasters, there was no harvest in the field. Not only did the government not provide disaster relief, but they also collected taxes and paid Liao pay. This is not the more ruthless thing."

As soon as Wang Jiayin fell into memory, the anger that had slowed down a little earlier began to accumulate slowly, and his voice became louder.

"It's about how much tax a household pays, but because of the famine, only one or two households end up with one or two households, and these one or two households are required to pay the money and food for each household. Only one or two households survived in Yijia. Let the remaining one or two households pay the money and food for one mile. There are only one or two Jia in one mile, so let the remaining one or two families pay the money and grain for one mile, etc. In this way, who can afford it? , the slightly wealthier families are also forced to be ruined by taxes, and if they want to survive, they have to flee with hatred and drift in other places."

When Wang Jiayin said this, he snorted coldly and said: "There is no place to live in peace after running away, so I can only turn into thieves. Do you think we are willing to be shameless thieves?"

Zhong Jinwei didn't sound right. Daming Finance had been in a state of bankruptcy all along. If it followed this method of collection, it wouldn't be so embarrassing.After thinking about it, he realized that these taxes were probably intercepted by the local government, and finally flowed into the private pockets of some officials.

After Wang Jiayin finished speaking, before Zhong Jinwei and others spoke, Zhao Shengxian said: "That's not all, all the money, food and taxes have to be converted into cash to collect. But in our land of Qin, the annual taxes have to be paid in cash, then There are still so many taels of silver! Especially in recent years, the price of silver has soared. In the past, a goat could be exchanged for thirty or forty cents of silver, but now there is only ten cents of silver. Taxes have to be exchanged for taels of silver first, and they are stripped several times out of thin air, and we ordinary people still have food to keep!"

"Yes, yes, not only did they not provide disaster relief, they did not cut taxes, but they doubled the taxes in a disguised form. Do we still have a way to survive? Is there any way to survive!" Hearing this, Mr. Hui Deng, the fellow who lit the lamp, issued a message to Zhong Jinwei. shout.

Although Zhong Jinwei didn't hear any specific cases about how this or that official oppressed them, he could understand the words "officials force the people to rebel" from the complaints of these people.

"Isn't there a good official?" Zhong Jinwei asked with a hint of luck.

"With a good official, would we risk losing our heads to live through this precarious life?" Wang Jiayin asked back first.

Zhong Jinwei stopped talking, and asked after a while: "Why do you kill officials and rebel when you are from the frontier army?"

Li Wanqing, who claims to have shot down the sky, is from the frontier army and has the most say.

Now that everyone has communicated, he will naturally not shut up. Hearing that the Marquis of the court asked about the frontier army, he said loudly: "Our frontier army does not say that we will face the Tartars, it is our duty. But what’s the point of not paying military salaries for several years?”

"How many years? Did you remember wrongly? The court received the news that there will be no military pay for three or four months." Zhong Jinwei interrupted Li Wanqing's words when he heard it. He suspected that the leader of the peasant army was exaggerating.

"Hahaha..."

Unexpectedly, Li Wanqing burst into laughter, laughing until tears came out.The laughter died away slowly, and finally wept.

When Zhong Jinwei saw it, he was a little confused. He turned his head to look at Gu Baichuan, Ma Xianglin and others, and saw that they also looked puzzled.

Only Hu Hao, who was behind them, looked thoughtful and looked at Li Wanqing with a little sympathy on his face.

Li Wanqing just cried for a while, then stopped crying, raised his face full of tears, looked at Zhong Jinwei and shouted: "Can I remember correctly? My family lives on my military salary. Because there is no military salary, the family The mother-in-law and the two children were starving. There was nothing I could do. First, I secretly went to hunt some prey and went home. But later I couldn’t find any prey, so I had to sell my leather armor, knives, bows and arrows in exchange for some food. But it was like this, and I couldn’t last for a few days, so I sold my mother-in-law for some food, but in the end my two children were still not kept, and they starved to death. Is this just three or four months without military pay? ?!"

Zhong Jinwei was speechless, thinking that for the sake of his wife and children, he sold the leather armor he used to save his life on the battlefield, and the knives, guns, bows and arrows he used to make contributions.When it was time to sell their wives, the husband and wife must have cried in each other's arms.The people who stayed together for a lifetime separated from now on, just because of the force of life, so that the children can live.

Then I watched the money from selling my wife dwindle little by little, but my own military pay was gone, and finally watched the child starve to death because he didn't eat.

Even if Zhong Jinwei had never experienced the pain of parting from life and death, he could still imagine it, and his heart suddenly became extremely heavy.

After Li Wanqing finished his narration, the leader of the peasant army did not speak, and none of the officers and soldiers spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.

After a while, Zhong Jinwei suddenly called out: "Hu Hao."

"The subordinate is here." Hearing Zhong Jinwei calling him, Hu Hao agreed while urging his horse forward to come to Zhong Jinwei's side.

"You are also from the frontier army. How is the situation there, you have to answer truthfully." Zhong Jinwei turned his head and looked at Hu Hao and asked.

"Back to Lord Marquis, your subordinates won't be able to get all their military salaries, but they won't lose any." Hu Hao replied with his fists clasped.

Zhong Jinwei nodded, and commented: "It seems that Guan Ningjun still knows how to measure."

When Hu Hao heard it, a look of disapproval appeared on his face, but he hesitated to speak, but he didn't say anything in the end.

But Zhong Jinwei saw his face, his heart moved, and he said: "What do you want to say? Just tell me, anyway, you will not go back in the future. After I return to the capital, I will form a new army, and you will be under my command." , don’t be afraid of retaliation.”

Hu Hao is actually a member of the death camp and does not belong to the Guan Ning Army.However, when he heard Zhong Jinwei say that he would always be under his command in the future, he was overjoyed, so he had no scruples, and clasped his fists and replied: "Master Hou, according to my subordinates, the world is as black as crows, and there is no general who cannot withhold his salary. It's just my subordinates." The Guan Ning army we are in needs to face the Jianlu. If someone deducted the military salary like that, it is estimated that the Jianlu would have entered the Guan long ago. Their deductions must be because there has been no war for a long time, and they are not afraid of these soldiers rebelling."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, it seemed that what Hu Hao said made sense, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart. As long as these generals could, they would suck as much blood as possible.

I used to think that no matter how embarrassing the army was, it would give the soldiers a way to survive. After all, the army is different from the peasants.But I also wanted to miss one element. The soldiers are all flesh and blood, with families and mouths, and they also have to support their families.

Zhong Jinwei looked at the leaders of the peasant army in these cars. Although some people didn't say anything, he could feel that each of them had a tragic past.

He saw a leader of the Peasant Army rubbing vigorously on a companion next to him, as if trying to scratch an itch.

So, Zhong Jinwei ordered: "Come on, untie the rope that binds their hands."

Gu Baichuan was startled when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Master Hou, are you going to let them go?"

When the peasant army leaders heard this, they all looked at Zhong Jinwei in surprise.Including the leader who rubbed itches, he stopped rubbing and paid attention to Zhong Jinwei.

"Who said that, I just asked you to untie the rope." Zhong Jinwei couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it. Gu Baichuan heard that the wind was like rain, and he didn't say that he would let him go.

"Master Hou, I really frightened my subordinates, thinking that after hearing what they said, you were going to release them." Gu Baichuan himself would be wrong, and he was a little embarrassed, so he explained.

"Master Hou, this has untied the rope, what if they run away?" Jin Yiwei Qianhu Xie Dong reminded a little worriedly.

Zhong Jinwei turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "Among this army, let them run to me."

Xie Dong thought so too, it would be a miracle if he could escape from this army.

After Zhong Jinwei finished his orders, he didn't listen to the words of thanks from the leaders of the peasant army. He urged his horse and ran to the front of the team.He felt a little stuffy and needed some air.

His guards followed him, and they didn't say a word just behind him. Only Ma Xianglin approached Zhong Jinwei and asked, "Master Hou, what are you going to do with them?"