"The reason why the Ba people rebelled was because the government was untrustworthy first?"

The sky gradually darkened, the torches at the head of the city were lit, and the preparations for the battle of Yidao were carried out in an orderly manner under the organization of the county officials, and the county officials watched the upper reaches of Yishui nervously, and Heifu also learned a little about the "inside story" of the rebellion of the Yidaoba people from Ba Zhong.

Ba Zhong said: "However, the leading monarch Fan Yu claimed that the officials of Yidao had originally agreed with the local Ba people's tribes, and each ministry counted the number of people, and each Ba person paid 56 wen (cóng) money as a levy, so that they did not have to be conscripted to do conscription......

Heifu knew that the so-called "money" was the name of the Ba people, and this money was levied as a levy. In addition, the export endowment of each household is eight feet and two feet of cloth, which is worth about 113 yuan if converted according to the "Golden Cloth Law", which is less than half of the 240 yuan per person of the poll tax of the Qin State. As for the 30 pheasant feathers used as the tail of the arrow, it is not difficult for the Yidaoba people, who mainly fish and hunt.

The economic burden borne by the Yidaoba people was much easier than that of the ordinary Qi people, and this was also the Huairou method of the Qin State in order to stabilize the frontier, ensuring that there had been no major rebellion in Yidao in the past few decades.

Ba Zhong continued: "However, last year, Qin and Chu fought in Qingyang and Xiaoling, and Yidao was short of manpower, so he temporarily recruited various troops to be garrisons and fight against the Chu people. At that time, there was a little gentleman named Fan You, who was serving in Xiaoling, and when he heard that his wife was going to give birth, he fled with 50 of his men. Afterwards, the county lieutenant of Yidao led people to arrest Fan Yu and bring him back to Yidao to be tried by the county and the prison. ”

Prison Peng was right in front of him, Heifu asked him to come over, and when he talked about it, Prison Peng's face was a little embarrassed: "This case is indeed my trial, since Fan You and his subordinates have been recruited as garrison guards and have accepted the recruitment documents, whether they are barbarians or not, they should be regarded as soldiers and under the jurisdiction of the captain." Before he arrived at the cantonment, he fled halfway, which was a violation of military law. ”

Although he didn't understand the law, he found a "Xia Zi" who understood Qin law to defend himself, and they moved out of the "Dependent State Law" and "Barbarian Law" used by Qin to manage ethnic minorities to talk about things, thinking that the law clearly allowed the Ba people to be exempted from military service, and the gentleman's violation of the law could also be reduced, so even if he wanted to punish, punish lightly, and fine the money......

Prison Peng said: "Having said that, the "Barbarian Law" only says that you can be exempted from military service, but it does not say that you can be exempted from military service, and the "Law of the State" does not forgive capital crimes. Moreover, the government has ordered the requisition, Fan You and others are pawns, and they should be managed according to the "Military Law", and they will be guilty if they die, and they will be severely punished! In the end, the case could not be decided by the county court, so it was reported to the county court and asked the county to adjudicate ......"

As soon as Prison Peng said this, Heifu can be considered to have figured out the ins and outs of this matter, and throughout the whole process of the trial of this case, it is procedurally legal and fair. After Fan You's arrest, the Yidao officials interrogated him, interrogated him (cross-examined and argued), and interrogated (the judge read out the conclusion of the trial investigation), and confessed (reported to the agreed criminal offense), all of which focused on the parties' "death" behavior and the relevant provisions of the "Military Law".

The defendants invited to help defend themselves invoked the laws of the Barbarian Law and the Law of the State to defend themselves. Finally, when the officials of Yidao could not determine the defendant's guilt and punishment, they reported it as a suspected case according to the procedure of proclamation.

On January 3 of this year, Nanjun Juncheng made a verdict, ruling that Fan You should be beheaded in half, and the 50 people who fled with Fan You were all arrested and beheaded as deserters......

This case is like throwing a big stone in a pond that could overflow at any time, and it immediately caused an uproar!

In the eyes of the officials of the southern county and Yidao of the Qin State, they just executed a group of deserving people according to the law, but in the eyes of the Ba people, this is simply unreasonable, they only feel that they have been deceived by the Qin State, and the benefits of exemption and commutation are all fake.

The envoys of the State of Chu saw this opportunity and entered the various ministries to lobby, and the monarchs of the Ba people heard that the Qin State was defeated last year and seven captains died. So he was heartbroken, and he rebelled against Qin and attached to Chu.

In this way, it is a bloody case caused by a big lawsuit......

Ba Zhong said helplessly: "So when Fan Yu instigated the Ba people to rebel against Qin, the excuse was treachery and revenge for blood relatives. ”

As a Ba person, Ba Zhong strongly advocated that the two sides should not fight, so he was still persuading Heifu: "Zuo Bing Cao Shi, according to my rough observation, the main thing is that Fan Yu's brother Fan Yu is trying his best to agitate, not all monarchs want to oppose Qin, if I am allowed to lobby again, it may make many people change their minds......"

"It's too late."

Heifu shook his head: "If it was before today, there might still be leeway, but now that the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are dead, this knot is completely dead, you have been running around for a day, go down to rest first, and talk about the persuasion later." ”

After letting Ba Zhong go down to rest, Heifu said to the hundred generals and county officials at the head of the city: "The Ba people have just won an ambush, killing the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, they will be proud of the victory, and at this moment sending people to persuade them to surrender has little effect, but it makes us look cowardly, and we have to wait for the Ba people to attack the city, and give them a headache!" Let the Ba tribes know that it is wishful thinking to break the city, and wait until the reinforcements arrive and the Ba people also feel remorse, and then send people to surrender, so that the tribes can fall apart......"

The officials thought so, and at this moment, someone shouted: "There is a fire in the distance!" ”

Heifu and the others looked up, but saw that there was a lot of light moving towards the upper reaches of Yishui, and every time they passed through a lilu, they set fire to it, and the villages were burning, as if they were lit beacons......

"Fortunately, the left soldier Cao Shi has sent people to bring those Qin people to the city." The county and the prison Peng and others had palpitations.

Heifu said: "The people of Ba are in good spirits, and with the help of the Chu people, they will definitely not wait until tomorrow morning to attack the city." “

As he spoke, he also counted the approximate number of those torches, there were nearly a thousand, according to the rules of one torch in the Qin army, I am afraid that there are four or five thousand people, right? The young and strong men of the entire Yidaoba tribe are just this number, right? Of course, it may also be a deliberate attempt to lengthen the ranks of the marching troops to make them appear larger in number and frighten the defenders of the city.

Prepared, Heifu said to the officials on the side: "Let the old people and women under the city wall hurry up and prepare the things to defend the city!" ”

There were only more than 1,000 people in the whole city, and it was still a little difficult to resist so many enemy attacks.

As he spoke, as the Ba people got closer and closer, under the reflection of the blazing torch, it seemed that the entire Yishui was burning. In a trance, the small Yidao City seemed to be in the boundless river of flowing fire, trying to resist its waves, and an indescribable pressure permeated everyone's hearts.

The Ba men who were in the vanguard also arrived outside the trench under the city, and their appearance was finally revealed, not much different from the Ba people that Heifu had seen on the boat of Ba Chung, all barefoot, with rudimentary cloth or animal skins wrapped around their waists, and their vertebrae or broken hair.

The warriors, armed with wooden shields and willow spears or willow swords, stopped in front of the trench under the loud shouts of the chiefs of the various tribes, but they were not as silent as before the Qin army attacked the city, but they did their best to shout the Ba language and dance with their hands and feet......

Although it looks chaotic, there are many people, and there is also an extraordinary momentum.

The faces of the people on the left and right were a little ugly, and even the last few people couldn't help but take a few steps back......

Heifu also became serious: "Thousands of people sing, ten thousand people are harmonious, the mountains are shaken, and the valleys are shaken...... Is this the Ba warrior who sang and danced before? ”

At this time, the Ba people automatically parted to the sides, and a Ba man on a horse came to the trench with a feathered crown and a leopard skin......

"That man is Fan Yu." The county man gritted his teeth and said on the side, rubbed his eyes again, stared at the human head, and said in horror: "That human head, it must be ......"

It's the head of the magistrate of Yidao!

Fan Yu shouted in the language of the Ba people, and at the same time laughed, and the Ba people behind him also laughed and danced, and made even more noise, as if they were not going to battle, but to a party.

A bilingual prison clerk on the side translated for Heifu: "Fan Yu said that he came today to avenge his younger brother Fan You, who was treacherously executed by Qin officials!" If the people in the city want to live, they must return quickly! ”

"Tell him!"

Heifu looked at the arrogant Fan Bird under the city, as well as the Ba people who sang and danced in front of him, and said to the people behind him: "Qin has a general who opens up the territory and expands the territory, and he will surrender to the barbarians without abandoning the land!" We would rather be broken than broken, and tonight's event is only a battle to the death! ”