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Zhang Puwei and Ma Liaoyang, two demon Taoists, secretly founded the Tantric Sect in Qianshan Mountain, and landless farmers and tenants continued to join.

Eunuchs collected taxes wantonly in Qianshan County, and the losses were passed on to farmers and craftsmen, which led to a sudden surge of followers of Tantric Buddhism.Moreover, it has been spread to other states and counties, and even spread to Fuzhou by several disciples.

Jiang Yi and Zhou Ba were preaching in Nanfeng County, and they gathered at the foot of Junfeng Mountain not long ago.

The countryside near Fengshan has been occupied by Tantric followers.Qiu Chun, who the two are in contact with, is also a demon, occupying the villages and towns around Yunshihu.

They killed the landlords and refused to pay taxes to the court. The only difference is that they did not openly rebel. The situation is similar to that of Zhao Han.

"Futai, the monster is a big deal, it should not be underestimated, it should be wiped out immediately!" Li Zongxue suggested.

Xie Xuelong had a terrible headache, and sighed, "Pingxiang County, there is also civil unrest."

"Pingxiang is also in chaos?" Li Zongxue was extremely shocked.

Xie Xuelong said: "Tian Younian, the magistrate of Yuanzhou, is considered a soldier. Without the permission of the imperial court, he set up a camp at Huanghua Bridge and sent soldiers to block the throat of Xichu. Tian Younian wrote, begging me to dispatch troops quickly Suppression, if the Huanghua Bridge is broken by the rioters, it will be difficult to clear it up in the future, and the rioters can flee to Huguang at any time."

Li Zongxue was silent, not knowing what to say.

Although the mob in Ruijin was defeated, one of them fled into the mountains, and it is estimated that they will come out to make trouble again in winter.

Halfway there, there was another large-scale riot in Luling County.

Xie Xuelong hurried back to Ji'an, and was about to plan to quell the chaos, when the demons rebelled again in Qianshan and Nanfeng.

There is also news of peasant uprisings in Pingxiang, which is the real throat, the military and commercial artery connecting central Jiangxi and Hunan!

There are civil unrest everywhere, which road should be suppressed first?

Xie Xuelong is actually a great man. Historically, he had no regular army under his command, but he wiped out all the Jiangxi rebels.What's more, it's not just the above. Later, there was a riot around Poyang Lake, which was also quelled by Xie Xuelong.

It's a pity that I met the small imperial court of Nanming and got involved in endless party disputes.

Dismissed from office to live idle, sell property, donate military funds.

The city of Nanjing was broken, and he threw himself into the river to die for his country.

It took Xie Xuelong a year to slowly build the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang. Wanting to leave a name in history is only one of them. The deeper intention is to clear up the relationship network of gentry.

Otherwise, where would he get the money to suppress the bandits?

"Master, there is a Zuo Xiucai outside asking to see you."

"Bring him in!"

A scholar dressed in noble style walked in with a scabbard hanging from his waist, and the long sword was taken away.He cupped his hands and bowed: "Late student Zuo Xiaocheng, I pay my respects to Mr. Shi Fan."

The Zuo family belonged to a large family in Jiangxi, Xie Xuelong couldn't be negligent, so he greeted him with a smile: "A talented person, he is a pillar, he is worthy of being a disciple of the Zuo family."

Zuo Xiaocheng cut to the chase and said, "Wansheng went to Huangjia Town, but now the rebels have renamed it Wuxing Town."

"Oh, sit down and talk." Xie Xuelong immediately paid attention.

Zuo Xiaocheng sat down and said: "Mobs spread across half of Luling County, killing landlords and forcibly dividing the land. But all townships have nothing to fear, and they will jump into the ears of clowns. But Zhao Yan in Xuanhua Township must be wiped out quickly, otherwise it will be declared a crime." I'm in serious trouble!"

Xie Xuelong asked: "Then what is so strange about Zhao Yan?"

Zuo Xiaocheng explained: "It is said that this man was born as a scholar. He founded the Datong Association in Xuanhua Township, taking the meaning of Datong in the world. He killed the landlords, equalized the land, released the servants, lightened the tax, practiced the courage of the group, and even changed the 'township capital system'. ' is the 'town and village system'."

"Although this man is a bandit, he doesn't take money for his own use. He donates the land he robbed to Wuxing Town as public property; the money he robbed donates to Datong Association as property."

"When the land is equalized, it is fair and not favoritism. Foolish men and women are willing to die for them. All the surrounding people are tenants. After killing the landlord, they also voluntarily invite him to divide the land. Now, half of the rebels in Luling County are all Follow the so-called 'Mr. Zhao'."

After hearing these words, Xie Xuelong immediately knew that the matter was serious. This is not an ordinary traitor!

Zuo Xiaocheng took out a few more sheets of paper: "This is the chapter of the Datong Association and the script of "The White-haired Girl"."

The chapters that Zuo Xiaocheng obtained were not complete, they were all copied from hearsay, and they were nothing more than the ones that Chen Maosheng propagated to the peasants.

Xie Xuelong quickly took it over to check, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he was.He sighed: "This person is really a talent from the countryside, but it's a pity that he can't be used by the court."

Zuo Xiaocheng also suggested: "You must send troops quickly. Now, although half of the rebels in Luling County regard 'Mr. Zhao thief's deployment. If Zhao thief is given another half a year, he will definitely be able to annex all the surrounding rebels. At that time, I am afraid that he will have to call in soldiers from other provinces!"

Li Zongxue, the staff member, has also read the rules and scriptures at the moment, and he clasped his hands and echoed: "Futai, this thief is used to demagogue people, so be sure to wipe him out quickly!"

"I also think so." Xie Xuelong deeply agreed.

Therefore, the governor of Jiangxi ignored the rebels in Pingxiang and ignored Qianshan and Nanfeng Yaodao, and began to plan how to destroy Zhao Han.

Instead of sending troops immediately, he contacted the gentry in Luling County and asked the gentry to contribute money and efforts to recruit Xiangyong.

The gentry in Luling County were overjoyed, they had long wanted to recruit soldiers.

It's a pity that the imperial court does not allow group training, and the gentry's recruitment of soldiers is tantamount to rebellion, so they must borrow the name of the government.

Now, the governor grants them permission to recruit local bravery. These are soldiers from the hometown, and they are not afraid of being ransacked by foreign officers and soldiers during the war.

Xie Xuelong quickly got the three thousand heroes of the village. The previous "[-] army" was too bad.

After more than a month of practice, the township warriors were able to line up, and Xie Xuelong immediately led his troops to the expedition.

He didn't dare to continue training troops anymore, because Zhao Han's development was too fast, and the speed of the violent soldiers was estimated to be frightening.

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Zhao Han actually had a headache, peasant riots followed one after another.

Jiangxi has many mountains but little land, coupled with numerous officials and gentry, the degree of land annexation is one of the best in Ming Dynasty.

This place has been a powder keg for a long time. He succeeded in rebelling in Wuxing Town, but the government has not come to suppress it for a long time, and immediately attracted surrounding villages and towns to follow suit.

An incident in one village can infect several villages, and half of Luling County can be infected within ten months.

Villages that are close to each other are willing to ask Zhao Han to preside over the division of land, and are willing to submit to Zhao Han's rule.

But those who were far away, while using Zhao Han's signboard, ignored Zhao Han, and all the political cadres they sent were driven back.

After a lot of work, Zhao Han's territory expanded to twelve villages, with a population of about 7800 (excluding children), four of which belonged to poor mountain villages.

Organized and trained 800 soldiers, a total of eight brigades.

There are seventeen scholars who have joined, but they are all schoolchildren and students, and scholars have not been recruited yet.

"At the meeting, all business trips have been cut off. There hasn't been a single merchant ship in the past few days. Unless the chaos is settled, the goods we ordered will not be delivered at all." Huang Shunfu came to report.

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Don't worry, just do what you have to do."

The merchant ships were not intercepted by officers and soldiers, but by the mobs downstream, who even rowed boats to rob merchants after killing the landlords and dividing the fields.

The corn and sweet potatoes that Zhao Han ordered were all scared away by these water bandits!

While dealing with military and political affairs, someone suddenly came to report: "Mayor, there is a scholar named Zuo asking to see him."

"Scholar?" Zhao Han was overjoyed, "Quickly invite him...I will welcome him personally!"

Zhao Han ran out quickly, but saw a poor scholar standing at the door with his arms folded waiting.

In the cool autumn season, this person was still wearing unlined clothes and a pair of straw sandals.

"But Zuo Xiucai?" Zhao Han laughed, "I am Zhao Yan, come in quickly!"

The trick of walking backwards was very useful to this scholar, he cupped his hands and said: "Zuo Xiaoliang, the character is great, and I pay my respects to Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Han pulled Zuo Xiaoliang inside and said, "In my place, there are many children and scholars, but they just hide and refuse to see me."

Zuo Xiaoliang pointed out something: "If my family has a lot of land, I won't come to see the husband."

"Haha, I made Dashan laugh." Zhao Han didn't answer directly.

Zuo Xiaoliang said: "To tell you the truth, my brother and I have been observing in Wuxing Town for many days, and we have a little understanding of Mr.'s methods."

"Where's your brother?" Zhao Han asked.

Zuo Xiaoliang replied: "I went to the governor. His family has a lot of land."

Zhao Han shook his head amusedly: "It makes sense."

Passing through the corridor, Zuo Xiaoliang did not enter the house, but stood at the door and said: "I offer a plan. If the husband can adopt it, Xiaoliang is willing to drive away. If the husband does not adopt it, Xiaoliang will leave immediately. The way is different. seek."

"But it's okay to say, I like to talk quickly." Zhao Han thought this person was very interesting:

Zuo Xiaoliang commented: "Mr.'s purpose is originally excellent, and I also strive to seek the harmony of the world. It is too rough to do something, and it cannot be a long-term solution."

"You said you can't just kill the landlord and divide the land?" Zhao Han understood.

Zuo Xiaoliang explained: "The land must be divided, but it is not necessary to kill the landlord directly. Among the landlords, there are also benevolent people, not all of them are bad people."

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Indeed. What do you think should be done?"

Zuo Xiaoliang suddenly said in a low voice: "I think Mr. Datonghui can mobilize the people. Every time we go to a place, we first station the army, and then make the people resist the rent and interest. When the landlord can't bear it, the government will come forward and lower the rent." buy the land and distribute it to the people.”

Zhao Han asked back: "Where does Yen have so much money to buy land?"

Zuo Xiaoliang cupped his hands and said: "There is no need for the government to pay for the redemption, but to redistribute the land to the tenants, and let them pay some grain to the landlord every year, which can be regarded as payment for the land purchase in installments. After ten or eight years of tenancy, the land was bought. .”

This method, to put it bluntly, is to put a real knife on the landlord's neck, and then use a soft knife to slowly cut the flesh and let the blood out.

Zhao Han thought about it carefully, and said: "You can try it, and correct it if the effect is not good. However, the most vicious landlords must be killed quickly! Every time we go to a village (about a few villages), at least one of the worst landlords will be killed. Otherwise, the common people would not be willing to follow me.”

Zuo Xiaoliang was afraid of one size fits all, at this moment he suddenly laughed, cupped his hands and said: "I am willing to serve my lord!"

Chapter 105 [Actual combat training]

Zuo Xiaoliang's decision to join Zhao Han was not hedging his bet.

Both the Huang family and the Zuo family belong to the Ji'an family.

The Huang family in Huangjia Town and the Zuo family in Huangba Village are just remote branches of the big clan.

Zuo Xiaoliang's hometown is in Huangba Village, on the other side of the river from Wuxing Town, and the villagers spontaneously rioted to divide the land.At this time, Zhao Han had already taken over, and Zuo Xiaoliang was so poor that he only had a few acres of land left, so he escaped the catastrophe.

As for Zuo Xiaocheng, who defected to the governor, his hometown is Yongyang Town.

It belongs to the front line, and the west, north and south sides have all been occupied by mobs.Because of the prosperity of business and the relatively fertile land in Yongyang Town, the farmers can live on for the time being, so there has been no killing of landlords.

But the gentry were still afraid, and quietly summoned their clansmen and domestic slaves to train soldiers, always on guard against peasants who would rise up.

Zuo Xiaocheng and Zuo Xiaoliang didn't know each other at first, until both of them were admitted as scholars, and they knew that they were clan brothers just by their names, so their relationship quickly became close.

When the Xuanhua city rioted one after another, the two of them were taking an examination in Nanchang city.

Both candidates failed in the exams, and when they returned to their hometown together, they learned about the situation, and they made an appointment to go to Wuxing Village to investigate the truth.

After some inquiries, Zuo Xiaocheng was inexplicably terrified, and hurried to Ji'an to see the governor Xie Xuelong.

Zuo Xiaoliang, however, had mixed feelings. He continued to observe Zhao Han's administration, and gradually became convinced by it.

His family was already very poor, and he couldn't get enough to eat during the rural examination, so it was Zuo Xiaocheng who gave him some meatloaf.He was a 16-year-old scholar, but he failed in the provincial examinations again and again, and the imperial court canceled the preferential treatment, which made Zuo Xiaoliang very disappointed.

Zuo Xiaoliang felt that Zhao Han might succeed!

"Ah!"

Fei Ruhe slapped the knife on the table, sat down and said, "Is there going to be a war?"

"I don't know," Zhao Han said with a headache, "the mobs in the lower reaches are looting ships, and no merchant ships dare to come over, so the news will naturally not spread. I have already sent the boat to Fucheng, and I hope that the mobs will not rob me, otherwise our spies None of them will come back."

"It's time to fight," Zuo Xiaoliang said suddenly, "My clan brother has already gone to join the governor. He knows what Wuxing Town is like. As long as the governor is not stupid, he will definitely send troops to attack, but he must first fight the mob downstream. .”

Fei Ruhe glanced at Zuo Xiaoliang: "Which one is this?"

Zhao Han said: "Zuo Xiaoliang, with a great character, a scholar and a gentleman."

"Heh, finally a scholar has defected." Fei Ruhe smiled and asked Zuo Xiaoliang, "Will you lead troops to fight?"

Zuo Xiaoliang shook his head: "No."

Fei Ruhe said bluntly, "That's a civil servant, and we are not on the same side."

Zuo Xiaoliang smiled back and didn't care about this fellow.

Zhao Han said to everyone: "Li Jiaguai must be taken down, troops will be dispatched immediately tomorrow, and relevant personnel will follow. You all go back and make preparations!"

Lijiaguai is a large village, and even a market town has been developed. It is located in Jiziwan of Heshui, and the land is very flat and fertile.There are mountains to the north, and mountains on the other side of the river, which is the must-attack place for the governor to send troops.

Now it is occupied by a group of mobs. After killing the landlord, they turned into new landlords and formed gangs to suppress the tenants.

What's even worse is that these guys use Zhao Han's signboard and keep saying that they follow "Mr.

If Xie Xuelong led troops to attack, those idiots who occupied Li's abduction would most likely join the governor directly and help the officers and soldiers come to fight Zhao Han.

The next day, troops were dispatched.

Eight hundred soldiers marched along the river, and grain and grass were transported in small boats—Zhao Han was too poor to afford large boats for transporting troops, so he had to build some small boats for transporting grain himself.

Zuo Xiaoliang followed Zhao Han, looking at the army of beggars behind him, he felt very strange emotions in his heart.