Chapter 537
Longli, Xintian, Weiqing, and the commander of the four guards of Pingba were present in a pallet and were taken into the banquet hall by four Han soldiers and sent to the crowd of chieftains who were attending the banquet.
It's something they really didn't expect.
More than 20 small local officials in Guiyang City were left to attend the banquet. Everyone was thinking about what reason to find and leave here as soon as possible to return to their territory.
But unexpectedly, after the Han army attacked Guiyang and killed the throne, they immediately made big moves. But this time they killed were not Yi people or Miao people, but Han people. They were also Han military officers from the Mingwei Institute.
The local officials looked at each other, and their eyes were deeply shocked.
This group of Han soldiers is so cruel. They will destroy the city if they disagree and kill people without saying a word.
The heads of Cao Xun and the other four were placed there, and most of the local officials present knew each other. Although these were Han people, they had long become big landlords in recent years. They each had many Han military households under their command, and their power was not weaker than them. Unexpectedly, the Han army general killed him as soon as he said he could kill him.
"Is this General Cao Xun, the commander of Longliwei?" A local official couldn't believe it and couldn't help asking. He was the local official in one of the chief lawsuits under Longliwei in the past.
"Yes, this person is Cao Xun, but he is not the commander of the Longli Guard. During the Chongzhen period of the previous dynasty, he had already removed the Tianxia Guard Office and removed the military officers of various local wards. This dynasty was established, and there were no commanders of the provinces, and the world no longer had a guard. Yang Xun was just a madman who was arrogant and arrogant, invaded the military garrison of the state, enslaved and bullied the people, and secretly communicated with the rebels, intending to resist the power of the heaven. As soon as the king's army arrived, he immediately killed this clerk."
The person who spoke was a staff officer, and at the end he added, "Xintian, Weiqing, and Pingba guards. The same is true for the snatching power, and the power is good at doing good fortune. He resisted Tianwei and was killed by the royal army. He was presented to the army."
The face of a local official is even worse now, and some people even feel a deep sense of fear.
The Han army's methods were too ruthless and there was no room for anything.
The local officials had never seen such a Han army. In the past, the Han army they dealt with were all Ming army, and they did not dare to be so tough towards local officials. Most of them were mainly to win over, so how could they start such a big killing?
An old man stroked his beard and looked at the heads of those who died with his eyes, and the southern Xinjiang was about to change.
Liu Qiao waved his hand and the four heads were placed next to the local officials and placed in the last seat in the hall.
"The will of Your Majesty's emperor cannot resist, and the power of the imperial court cannot resist. Those who dare to resist, Shuixi'an clan is the lesson of the past, and these four people are the lesson of the past."
"According to the emperor's order, I have set up the four guards including Longli and others into four counties, and sent troops to establish a county government. The next step is to measure the fields in the four counties, send officials, establish schools, etc.."
Liu Qiao smiled. "The county will also establish townships, appoint township leaders, establish villages, and establish Baojia."
Regarding these small local officials who surrendered, Liu Qiao said that the court would ensure the safety of their property.
The implication is that if nothing has come, the safety of this property may not be guaranteed.
The staff officer told the ending of the resistance of the Han officials from the four guards of Longli in a timely manner. After Cao Xun and others were executed, their property was confiscated and their families would be taken overseas for exile.
The staff officer also said, "According to the court system, slavery is abolished. Slaves are not allowed. All slaves must be given freedom."
The local officials were all stunned.
A major feature of the chieftain system is slavery. The chieftains are all slave owners. There are many free people under them, but there are more slaves.
Now the imperial court abolishes slavery and does not allow slavery to be stored, but it is a punch that hits them seven inches.
The court also had to clear the land and collect taxes based on the land and break the past agreement between the court and the chieftain.
In the future, will this toast still be a toast?
"Next, the court will send troops to suppress all the rebellions that resisted the heavenly soldiers. You can send people back and deliver letters immediately. Now our troops are here to assist the heavenly soldiers in the court to suppress the bandits. I here assure you that you will share your rich spoils after you assist the court in suppressing the rebellion and breaking the thief camp."
"Behead the rebellious young and strong barbarians or capture a young and strong man alive, and reward two silver dollars and one old and young women."
The land of Guizhou is located in a remote place, especially within 50 years. After two major rebellions, its population has dropped sharply and its economy has declined. Two silver dollars are quite attractive to them. If you kill one person, you will be rewarded with two yuan, even if one young or old has one, this reward will make them excited.
What's more, Uncle Liu also promised that after breaking through the rebels' fortress, he would still have the spoils to share.
After Liu Qiao said that, more than 20 local officials' eyes shone in their eyes.
In fact, it is already obvious how to choose.
On the one hand, they resisted the position of the heavenly soldiers and the Han officials of the four guards, and now they have become ghosts under the sword. Their property is confiscated and their wives, concubines and children are exiled. If they cooperate, their lives can be saved, their property can be saved, and they can also be saved. Why not do it with the powerful Han army?
One by one, the local officials raised the wine glasses in their hands and paid tribute to Uncle Liu.
Longli County.
Longliwei has been officially renamed Longli County. The four offices and three chiefs under the county have been changed to seven townships. The original Longli Acropolis was changed to Longli Town, becoming the county seat.
Wang Tongan has been dreaming these past two days, and he always feels a little unreal.
He used to be a tenant of Cao Xun and a military household in Longliwei. He had a disabled father who broke one leg during the She'an Rebellion. He also had three younger brothers and several sisters. In addition to his elder sister marrying a military family whose husband was born and whose sisters were young, four of them were all over 20 years old, and his fourth brother was still fifteen or sixteen, but none of them married. He used to be too poor and could not get enough for a year, let alone marrying.
Moreover, there are few Han people in Guizhou, so it is even more difficult to marry a suitable Han girl as a wife.
And now, he suddenly felt that he had turned over and that time was about to work.
The court destroyed Longliwei, killed Cao Xun, and changed the county to set up a town. He was assigned twenty acres of land, five males in the family, so he was assigned a full hundred acres of land.
A mu of land was rented and entitled for a year, and only one silver dollar was required to be paid. In total, it was less than fifty kilograms of millet. Moreover, the generals of the court also issued a zero-down payment mortgage for them to redeem the official land.
Pay an extra silver dollar per mu of land every year, and then seven years later, the land belongs to them. They don’t have to pay rent for farming, they just need to pay land tax and silver.
This is simply unbelievable, but their family had pressed the handprints on the contract, and the newly built county government even wrote their names on the 100 acres of land deeds. However, the contract was not handed over to them in the hands of them, and was handed over to the newly opened bank branch.
This means that before they spent a penny, the court gave them the land in advance. They just paid two extra interest on the price of five silver dollars per acre of land, but such a mu of land is only seven silver dollars, and the price is definitely not expensive, let alone you can get the land without spending money now?
In the next seven years, their family will have to pay a mortgage to the bank every year, with one dollar per acre of land. After seven years, after paying off the seven dollars, the land will be handed over to them, and the land will truly belong to them in the future.
In addition to this good thing that seemed like a big prawn falling from the sky, the army also waived all the debts their family owed Cao Xun in the past, and the principal and interest were all exempted. According to the officer, the interest paid by their family in the past was more than twice the principal, so the debt was exempted.
Not only that, the officer also gave them a sum of money, which was enough for about ten silver dollars. They said that this was the interest charged by the Cao family in the past, and now they are given back to them.
Like him, there were many military households who used to owe Cao Xun's debts. They went out every year, but they couldn't pay them back. This time, the Han army exempted their debts and paid them back the extra interest after liquidation.
In addition, the government army also distributed 200 kilograms of grain to each household and rented the Cao family's cattle and farm tools to them for free.
"I have never seen such a good official army, the king's army." Wang Tong'an's father received a twenty yuan pension that the Han army officer personally gave him, saying that it was a reward for his participation in the quelling of the She'an Rebellion and a pension subsidy for his injury.
When the Yi rebels attacked Longliwei, Wang Tong'an's father was summoned to resist and broke one leg during the battle. Cao Xun did not even give a pension afterwards. In fact, most of the debts owed by the Wang family were bonds borrowed from the Cao family because of his father's leg injury.
The military households in Longliwei felt that they had turned over and made the decision.
Cao Xun had many slaves from the Yi and Miao people in the past. This time the official army promised them that as long as they participated in this anti-rebellion war and served the official army for two years, they would be free.
If they can kill rebels for one year, the time will be reduced. If they can kill two, they will be able to obtain freedom in advance. If they can get more than three rebel heads, then the third one except two will be rewarded for two silver dollars each.
After hearing this announcement, the slaves all turned red with excitement. Many people wished that the official army would immediately send a knife, and then they immediately killed the chieftains who fought against the Heavenly Army.
Liu Qiao, who received the report, smiled brightly at the excitement of the military households and slaves.
The court did not give much, and giving a few pieces of land, a promise of freedom, and a reward, it would make countless people's hearts and countless people willing to charge for the court.
As for the field, it was originally in the hands of military officers and local officials in the garrison. In the past, the court could not even get a piece of tax. Now it was distributed to these military slaves. The court could still get taxes, and secondly, it would have to win the support of the people.
As for freedom, it was just a promise to the court, but for the slaves, it was worth fighting for life.
Liu Qiao thought it was too cheap for two silver dollars to one rebel head. If the tenants and slaves who turned over and the little chieftains could cut down 100,000 heads and send them to receive a reward, it would be only 200,000 silver dollars. For Liu Qiao, what is the 200,000 silver dollars?
Before going to the war, the emperor had already transferred 10 million silver dollars to the Eastern Army as military expenses. The emperor even said that as long as it was necessary military expenses, even if it was a necessary military expenditure, it would not be enough to withdraw it.
Chapter completed!