At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

After figuring this out, Cai Mao could understand what the emperor did and thought.

To be honest, he was a little upset.

But for the sake of power, in order to better realize his dream, he can accept paying some taxes.

Especially in the current situation where paying taxes has a political future, and not paying taxes has no political future, exchanging taxes for future is a good deal.

Of course, it is limited to officials. Those landlords who have not joined the government will not have such thoughts. They will only feel that they have been exploited.

Are you kidding me?

We have always exploited the mud legs, when will it be our turn to be exploited together with the mud legs?

Then what qualifications do we have to be called exploiters?

Identity is going to be subverted, okay?

They believe that they will not accept this condition, and they also believe that there are not many powerful landlords in the world who will accept this condition.

Wealth has always accumulated more and more, and the more you have, the less you hand over. If you want them to pay taxes and bleed, it is better to kill them and grab them.

With such a firm will, and such trust in all landlords and powerfuls, the landlords and powerfuls of Nanjun and Nanyang County are not worried at all that they will be regarded as typical.

Big deal, let's rebel directly, take Jingzhou, and call on everyone else to rebel together.

The flames of war are burning all over the world, not afraid that the emperor will not compromise.

How did the scholars fuel Zhang Jiao's flames back then, and now, they are doing it again.

All in all, it is a sentence, if there is no tax, there is one life!

Negotiations broke down, and Cai Mao did not get any promise from them to pay taxes.

They also said that if officials who cleared the land went to their manor to clear the land, they would directly use force to expel those officials, and there was no guarantee that no one would be killed.

As long as you dare!

Cai Mao was quite annoyed by this. This was a blatant contempt for him, a disrespect for imperial power and a provocation to the court.

If this situation spreads, let alone the imperial court, no one will listen to what he, the governor of Jingzhou, has to say!

Cai Hao originally wanted to play a few classics to the emperor to inquire about crimes, and then kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, but he did not expect that the news of the powerful rebellion in Xuzhou spread from Yangzhou to Jingzhou along the Yangtze River.

There was also a certain scale of rebellion among landlords and powerful landlords in Yangzhou. After the powerful landlords in Jingzhou got the news through business travellers, they were immediately overjoyed.

It turned out that someone had already walked ahead of them and started rebelling!

OK!

If we all rebel together, we can force the emperor to give in. This time, we will never give in to the imperial power!

So under Cai Mao's horrified gaze, the landlords and tyrants began to arm private soldiers and tenants in their manors, and forced the tenants to fight for them, using private soldiers as officers, and soon pulled up a decent army. team.

The number of people is less than a thousand, and the number is as many as 5000. The weapons and equipment are even made in the former Han Dynasty.

There are armor, crossbows, shields, knives and spears, and even small cavalry.

Lin Lin finally calculated that the number of people has already exceeded [-], surpassing the number of Jingzhou garrison.

Cai Mao was shocked, and immediately sent people to mediate, telling them not to be impulsive, there is something to discuss, if you really do something, it is not far from Luoyang to Nanyang County through Wuguan!

There are also [-] troops in the Jiangling camp, but none of them are vegetarians!

Who knows that the tyrants are not afraid at all.

They feel that the bustling world has already started a full-scale rebellion. No matter how many imperial troops there are, can they still quell the rebellion all over the world?

Today we will let the emperor know why we can not pay taxes!

Cai Mao has become a traitor and can no longer represent their interests. They decided to attack Jiangling to show Cai Mao a little color and let Cai Mao know where his butt should sit.

By the way, those things they are not used to, such as villages, officials with mud legs, tax collectors, etc., are all cleaned up in one go.

Let Jingzhou become the Jingzhou of our Jingzhou people again.

chapter 1286

In Nanjun and Nanyang County, there are no villages, no grass-roots governments, only powerful manors and county-level governments.

If there was anything to prove that this place belonged to Wei, then there was a high probability that it would be the [-] Wei army commanded by General Zhu Ling in the Jiangling camp.

The [-] troops of the Wei army who had put down the barbarian rebellion in Jingnan were left behind by Guo Peng to deter the centrifugal forces in Jingzhou and to use it to go south to Jiaozhou in the future.

But right now it's coming in handy.

Jingzhou's powerful allied forces united to rebel in Nanyang County and Nanjun, and soon took control of many important cities in Nanyang County and Nanjun, and even Xiangyang was occupied.

They quickly swept through the two counties, achieved military occupation, and then advanced aggressively to the city of Jiangling.

Because of the large-scale coercion, the number of powerful rebels in Nanjun reached a terrifying number of 7.

This is only Nanjun, not counting Nanyang County. The number of rebels in Nanyang County is also terrifying, with 6 to [-] people. Adding the two aspects together, the largest rebel army in the world was born.

The tyrants belonging to the previous era were unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history. At the crossroads of history, they gave everything they had, and unleashed the power accumulated by generations in one go, bursting out with powerful power.

This powerful force led to the comprehensive and rapid fall of Nanjun and Nanyang counties, leaving only Nanyang County Zhiwan City and Nanjun County Zhijiangling City unconquered.

The rebellion broke out suddenly, and everyone responded.

Without the buffering, division, siege and counterattack of the grassroots villages, the rebels in Nanjun and Nanyang counties were at home, and they really took the posture of the Yellow Turban Army back then, sweeping the two counties in a very short period of time.

The weak official forces were wiped out before they even had time to react, just like when Zhang Jiao rebelled.

Of course, there are more forces that will not resist at all, and will only join with them and join the rebels together. The momentum is mighty. Many counties have taken the initiative to open their gates to join the rebels.

The ruling foundation of the Wei Empire in these two counties is no better than that of the Han Empire, and many people don’t know what happened. The rebels are preaching everywhere that Emperor Wei is innocent, and what God wants to end Emperor Wei. What will happen to the world? And so on, people's hearts immediately began to shake.

Some people even spread rumors that Guo Peng died and Luoyang was in chaos. This is the time when the heroes are vying for the throne, calling on everyone to rise up and rebel immediately.

They will still be worried if Guo Peng is alive, but if Guo Peng is dead, then...

Still worry about a fart!

Get up and do it!

Needless to say, there are really many people who believe that Guo Peng is dead, Luoyang is in chaos, the world is in chaos, and now is a chaotic world.

Without the coercive emperor, they would not worry about what they had. The only thing they feared was Guo Peng. Only Guo Peng suppressed the place with supreme prestige, and these centrifugal forces did not dare to act rashly. .

Now, he's dead?

Then what are you afraid of.

There was sudden chaos in the north of Jingzhou. After sweeping Nanjun and Nanyang counties, the rebels marched in the direction of Sili, Yuzhou and Jiangxia respectively.

On the other hand, more than [-] main forces of the Nanjun rebel army marched towards Jiangling in a mighty manner, with the potential to conquer Jiangling and wipe out the Wei army garrison in Jingzhou.

I have to say that after allowing them to recuperate for so many years, their strength is really strong, and they are really capable of arming their army.

Even if Guo Peng didn't set up arsenals in any city other than Jiangling City and Wancheng, they could produce a lot of weapons, most of which were made in the former Han Dynasty.

The will to rebel is obvious, without any concealment.

Things happened very quickly. In their base camp, their speed and efficiency were indeed very fast. Cai Mao didn't have time to deal with it, nor did he have time to do anything with the joint garrison. Nanjun and Nanyang counties were swept away.

Then the rebels really thought that the world was in chaos and attacked on all sides. Cai Mao was shocked when he heard the news.

As his base camp, and as the most important tentacles of the Wei Empire's rule in Jingzhou, Jiangling City cannot afford to lose.

Cai Mao immediately spread the news of the rebellion in Nanjun and Nanyang counties to Jingnan, Yizhou, and Yangzhou, hoping to get help from other parties, and then fully assist the Jingzhou garrison to guard Jiangling City.

Zhu Ling, the governor of the Jiangling camp, and Guo Lie, the deputy governor, quickly entered Jiangling City and negotiated with Cai Mao overnight on a countermeasure.

Of course, Zhu Ling's main point was to reprimand Cai Mao for not telling him what he knew as soon as possible.

"Since they have rebelled, the envoy should inform me immediately, and I will immediately send troops to destroy them, seize the initiative, and stifle the rebellion, so that it will not reach the point where it is today."

Zhu Ling was very angry and scolded Cai Mao enough.

Guo Lie was also very angry and reprimanded Cai Mao for his slow response, which caused a catastrophe.

Cai Hao knew that he was wrong, and he didn't dare to offend Zhu Ling. He also knew that Guo Lie was Guo Peng's absolute confidant, so he didn't dare to retaliate.

"The matter has come to this point. The safety of Jingzhou depends entirely on the general. The arsenal and grain depot in Jiangling City are at the discretion of the general. I also hope that the general will keep Jiangling. If Jiangling is lost, Cai will definitely die."

Zhu Ling sighed.

"If I knew this earlier, why should I take chances? Well, now that Jingzhou has entered a wartime state, according to the court regulations, all the defense and material transfers in Jingzhou will be in charge of this general, so you have no objection?"

Cai Mao shook his head again and again.

"I will definitely do my best to assist the general in suppressing the rebellion!"

Cai Hao wished that someone would take the blame for him now.

Zhu Ling is so brave, and there is Guo Lie, the absolute confidant of the emperor, by his side, so of course it depends on their performance.

Zhu Ling nodded.

"Don't worry, even if the rebels come with an army of [-], I can still clean them up. Can a group of mobs and a makeshift army be able to compete with the army? If it is possible, then if I lose the battle, I have nothing to say explain."

Zhu Ling took a deep breath: "If you want to defend Jiangling, you must defend Dangyang. I will lead the troops to Dangyang to fight the rebels. Please make preparations for our army's logistics."

"Dangyang? Decisive battle?"

Cai Mao hesitated: "Our army has few soldiers, but the rebel army has many. Our army should shrink our troops and defend Jiangling, right? Jiangling is a fortified city after all."

"It is true that the rebel army has a large number of soldiers, but they are all mobs, vulnerable to a single blow. Although our army is small in number, they are all elites who can fight ten times, so I am not worried about defeating them at all. In this situation, the sooner The better the suppression of the rebellion, the sooner the rebellion is suppressed, the less culpable you and I will be."

Zhu Ling opened his mouth and said: "If the imperial court's reinforcements are delayed, you and I will be held accountable. In this case... Your Excellency, in order to be sure, I suggest that we mobilize the militiamen from Jingnan Wuling County and Changsha County to cross the border." Let Jiangbei defend Jiangling."

The Wei government did not arrange villages in Nanjun and Nanyang counties, but arranged villages in Jiangxia County and the four counties of Jingnan according to the routine, and established a militia system.

The militias in the four counties of Jingnan were created directly by the retired Jingzhou Army, and their combat effectiveness is still believable.

Relying on them as the tentacles of rule these years, the four Jingnan counties have been well controlled, and the taxes paid by the Jingnan four counties have become the main part of the entire Jingzhou.

The mobilization must start immediately. Once the situation changes, for example, if there is a slight possibility that the front line may be unfavorable, the militiamen need to use their strength to defend Jiangling and wait for the court's support.

As a result, Jingzhou entered a wartime state.

While Cai Mao mobilized grain and fodder to build logistics for Zhu Ling and Guo Lie's main force, he sent orders to Wuling County and Changsha County in Jingnan to mobilize the militia in Wuling County and Changsha County, and asked the two counties to mobilize at least [-] militiamen to cross the border. Jiangbei went to Jiangling to help defend Jiangling.

Then Cai Mao quickly issued the Jingzhou Proclamation, announcing that the rebels had rebelled, and Jingzhou had entered a wartime state.

Chapter 1287 190 The rebellion within the empire has come to an end

The Jingzhou rebel army is the most powerful rebel army, attacking from all sides.

Not only attacked Jiangling, but even planned to cross Wuguan and directly attack the Sili area, and also attacked Runan County in Yuzhou, trying to open up the second and third battlefields.

When the matter developed to this point, it was no longer a simple protest against clearing the land, but a real rebellion, a real subversion of the regime.

If such a rebellion broke out in Jingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou at the same time, Guo Peng might have to raise his eyes to look in the direction of Jingzhou.

But when the Jingzhou rebels were wreaking havoc, the Jizhou rebels had been wiped out, and the Youzhou rebels were dying.

When Guo Peng was about to send troops south to Jingzhou to help counter the rebellion, the rebels in Youzhou were also wiped out, and the rebels in Qingzhou were dying.

The situation of the rebels in Jingzhou is actually quite embarrassing, but they don't know it.

So Guo Peng thought about it, and originally didn't plan to go to war, and directly handed it over to the Jingzhou garrison to solve it.

However, he soon learned of the report from the army in Wuguan, and learned that the rebels were attacking Wuguan. He was quite angry, so he decided to send troops south.

He appointed Zhao Yun, General of the Guard Army, as the General of Conquering the South, and led [-] guards to go southward and pass through Wuguan to Nanyang County.

He has always regretted that he did not conduct a thorough liquidation of the Jingzhou gentry for the sake of the overall situation.

In this wave, no matter how many monsters and monsters there are in Jingzhou, he will find them all, interrogate them one by one, and clean them up. No one can escape from his grasp.

Those who were not liquidated back then will be liquidated in this wave, and those that were not resolved in the past will be resolved in this wave. Only by shedding the shackles of the old era can the new Wei Empire go further.

Otherwise, it is the Jin Empire of the Sima family, and its historical significance is to complete the unfinished historical process of Cao Wei.

The Wei Empire wanted to take an unprecedented path. How could it leave the manor economy, an economy that seriously did not conform to the autocratic monarchy?