Cheng'an County Ya, the Qing court county magistrate sat in the county ya. Originally www.biquge.info winter wheat harvest season was the season for paying taxes, but the war was imminent, and the county magistrate didn't have the heart to collect taxes. Obviously, the small Cheng'an County didn't want to stop the attack of Wu Sangui's army at all, the county order had already made up his mind, and as soon as Wu Sangui's army came, he would open the city gate and surrender. Since he is ready to surrender to Wu Sangui, what taxes will be collected from the Qing court?

The officials under the county commander are also listless, they don't know that the county commander has made up his mind to surrender, isn't this nonsense, Wu Sangui's army has not yet arrived, if the county commander exposes his intentions too early, he may be cut off, and the head will be sent to the Qing army for merit.

If it was before, the county magistrates and the officials would still use the opportunity of collecting taxes to make a little money, and it would be good to make a little money before the war. But now when you make money, you can only get a worthless Qing dragon banknote, and when Wu Sangui's army arrives, all the Qing dragon banknotes will be turned into waste paper, although it is almost the same as waste paper now.

Since the Qing Dynasty dragon banknotes are useless, it is better to wait for the surrender of Wu Sangui before collecting taxes, at that time the collection is the exquisite silver dollars issued by the Nanyang Company, even the banknotes of the Nanyang Company are much stronger than the Qing Dynasty dragon banknotes.

The officials did not know the mind of the county order, and they did not know whether the county order intended to surrender or resist to the end. If you resist to the end, maybe the guy who eats on your neck will be gone.

At this time, who can care about collecting taxes? Anyway, the peasants outside the city did not enter the city to sell grain, and the grain stores opened by the merchants of the Eight Banners in the city had been withdrawn, and the grain merchants ran out, and even if the peasants came to sell the grain, no one would collect it.

Just as the county magistrate in the county government and the petty officials and officials below were making their own calculations, a large group of Qing soldiers suddenly appeared at the gate of the city, with green battalion soldiers wearing uniforms and red tasseled hats in front of them, followed by a group of Eight Banner cavalry wearing bright armor and riding war horses.

Seeing that the Eight Banners were coming, the Qing soldiers at the gate did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly put the Eight Banners into the city. Although these Qing soldiers have already planned to surrender, but now that the Eight Banners Master has not left, they can't afford to offend.

Bahai took Goshha and the golden knife horse to approach the county ya.

"Collect taxes?" Hearing that Bahai was coming to collect taxes, the county order's face was longer than a bitter gourd, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that the officials don't collect taxes, it's that the banner people and grain merchants in the city are gone, but the imperial court stipulates that the tax collection must collect the Qing dragon banknotes." When the grain merchant is gone, who is the wheat grown from the mud legs sold? If you can't sell grain, how can you collect taxes? ”

Bahai laughed: "Who said that you must collect the Qing Dynasty dragon banknotes to collect taxes?" The old man is here today to harvest the wheat! There will be a war here soon! What other Qing dragon banknotes are collected? I don't take any money! What the old man wants is food! This year, the old man will collect all the grain harvested in your county, and not a single grain of wheat will be left for those mud legs! All levy for military rations! ”

The county commander was taken aback: "My lord, are you trying to force those mud legs backwards?" ”

"Humph!" Bahai sneered, "Forced to rebel? Even if Lao Tzu doesn't force them, they and our court are not of the same mind! These mud legs keep the food and don't hand it over, Wu Lao Dog is here, isn't it for Wu Lao Dog? ”

Bahai personally came to urge the grain, the county order was helpless, he secretly cursed in his stomach, but he didn't dare to say it on his mouth, so he had to agree: "Please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely find a way to collect military rations." ”

"You don't need to ask for food! As long as you send Minzhuang to help! We flag people go to the village to collect grain by ourselves! Bahai waved his hand.

In desperation, the county commander had no choice but to agree to send the people in the county to assist the Qing army in transporting grain.

Groups of Qing soldiers rushed to the countryside outside the city, with the Green Battalion soldiers fighting for the tiger in front and the Eight Banners cavalry on horseback. Along the way, most of the wheat fields have been harvested, and only wheat stalks remain in the fields. After the Qing army had walked three miles, a small village appeared in front of them, and the village was full of freshly beaten wheat.

"Sons, we have robbed the barbarians of their food and burned down their houses! But remember one thing, try to kill as little as possible, and drive the barbarians to the south to eat poor Wu Dog and Wang Rebellious! Unless it is a rebel, the others are not killed. Bahai rode on a tall horse, opened his voice and shouted.

Crowds of Qing soldiers shouted and rushed into the village. The infantry of the Green Battalion in front broke into every peasant house, searched from house to house, and drove all the villagers out of their homes.

"Get out! I haven't paid my taxes this year! The Lord of the Eight Banners has come to collect military rations! The Green Battalion soldiers shouted and drove out the young men, women, children, old and weak in the house.

Although the villagers were angry, they dared not speak out, and in front of the murderous green battalion soldiers, the unarmed villagers could only walk out of the houses honestly.

After the green battalion soldiers drove the villagers out of the house, they searched through the boxes and cabinets in the house, although these peasants' homes did not have anything valuable, but these wolf-like Qing soldiers refused to let go of even a copper plate, and the copper plates, silver jewelry, paper money, and even a little furniture that was passable were put into their pockets by the green battalion soldiers. However, the green battalion soldiers did not dare to mess with the food, it was to be handed over to the Eight Banners Master.

The villagers were gathered on the threshing floor, and a leader of the Eight Banners raised his voice and shouted: "Be bold and make a fool of the people, the time to pay taxes has passed, and no one has paid the taxes!" Now that I, the Qing Heavenly Army, have come to collect military rations, you Diao people, we will take away the taxes owed as military rations! ”

"Do it!" One of the Eight Banners staff member waved his hand.

Under the command of the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion began to carry food from every household. The Green Battalion soldiers brought out the grain and threw it on the cart.

Seeing the green battalion soldiers who moved the grain from their homes, the villagers standing in the middle of the threshing floor had their hearts sinking to the bottom, but they still held on to the luck that as long as the Qing army moved the grain according to the amount of normal taxes, they could still leave a little bit of it. But when they saw the Green Battalion soldiers coming in and out, moving non-stop, the villagers began to feel hopeless.

Finally, an old man with all white hair mustered up the courage to stand up: "My lord, your people have moved away too much, and we don't have to pay so much taxes, so leave us a little food." ”

The Eight Banners snorted coldly: "Leave a little food? Hum! We, General Bahai, are merciful and have left you barbarians to die, which is already very forgiving! Grain? This year, all the grain will be handed over and used as military rations! In order to prevent you from starving to death, General Bahai pointed out a way for you to live: you go south and go to Wu Sangui! ”

Seeing that all the food for their lives was about to be removed, several bold villagers stood up to resist, and they were all cut off by the Qing soldiers mercilessly.

"My lord, the food in the village has been emptied!" An Eight Banners soldier came back to report.

The leader of the Eight Banners nodded: "Okay, let's get ready to light the fire!" ”