Moreover, it seems that the people in the imperial army are not well fed, because they are sallow and thin. On the contrary, Linlang's patrol team, and even the reserve personnel, are well fed, and they are tall and powerful. Even if they don't need to be harassed, Directly speaking, the other party would probably not be able to defeat Linlang.
The people in Linlang were right. The imperial army was indeed not well fed, because the imperial court not only deducted military pay, but also deducted grain and grass, so that everyone did not have enough to eat.
Not only was there no food, the weapons, armor, and clothes on hand were all inferior or worn out. Why is this happening? Because military supplies and oil and water are huge, this kind of position is controlled by people from aristocratic families. The treasury is already out of money. The little money allocated to the army is still being used by aristocratic families to gain profits and water, causing the army to become This way: Ordinary soldiers don’t have enough to eat, don’t have enough clothes to wear, and don’t have weapons. The weapon on Linlang's side is still a low-quality sword that will break with just a slight knock. This is simply... funny. It's no wonder that such an army can have combat effectiveness. It's no wonder that many times it collapses at the first touch with the rebels. It's really How can we fight if we are hungry and our equipment is not good enough?
That’s right, with 100% profit, capitalists can do anything, so it’s not surprising that those wealthy families even dare to embezzle things from the army.
Knowing that if this kind of thing is greedy, the imperial army will be in trouble, and the imperial court will be destroyed in the future, and they will not have any good fruits to eat. However, looking at the interests in front of them, they can't bear it. I want to be greedy.
Of course, the main reason is that there are always some people who feel that even if the imperial court falls, their property will not be in trouble and they will still be able to live a good life in the new dynasty, so why not be greedy.
They knew that they might be unlucky, but their greed made them more willing to believe in the slim chance that nothing would happen. In the end, the streets trampled all the ministers, and on the day the imperial city was destroyed, all their property was robbed. Yes, many people were killed.
Obviously if they didn’t do this, because the army was so powerful, something like this wouldn’t happen, but they did it anyway.
So now, Linlang will discover that the imperial army is vulnerable, which is normal. It is estimated that in the original world, the imperial army is also vulnerable in this way, which will eventually lead to the rebel army becoming more and more vulnerable. More, after all, if the imperial army is powerful, it can suppress any uprising immediately, and the uprising army will not spread everywhere later.
So they harassed them all the way. After this group of people had been frightened enough, they saw Linlang's large group of people near the border of Dongshan Mansion. Each of them had strong soldiers and horses. As soon as they made contact, Linlang and the cavalry were there. Launch a round of charge and a round of rapid fire , they broke up at the first touch. Even if the supervising team used knives from behind to force the soldiers to fight, those soldiers would run away without a trace, so that the supervising teams no longer dared to supervise the battle. They ran away. After all, if they didn't run away, they would be killed. They were the ones hurt by the rain of arrows on Linlang's side.
It's normal for these sallow-looking soldiers to run away. The treatment given by the court was so poor. Many of them were captured by the court and forced to come to the battlefield. Naturally, they would run away if they had the chance.
After all, the imperial court treated them like this and asked them to work for the imperial court. What good things could they think of?
What's more, when they came to Nanshan Mansion, they didn't go to war right away. They also stayed in the Nanshan Mansion camp for a while. They heard about the Queen's affairs and the people there. Everyone is divided into land. Ordinary farmers do not need to pay taxes. Only those with more fields need to pay taxes. When farming is slack, they can still pay taxes. They were paid for building bridges and paving roads for the queen. The life was so beautiful, so when they heard this, they were moved. It happened that they couldn't beat them, so they ran away quickly and prepared to escape to Dongshan Mansion. The queen's men are living their lives, fighting for the court, they are almost starving to death, and they are being forced to die, they are stupid.
I heard that many people here in Nanshan Mansion have gone to the rule of the female queen. Although the prefect is a good person, he can't keep people here despite all his efforts. After all, he can't give tax exemptions to the people. , then the Queen’s place is tax-free, it’s so attractive, who wouldn’t want to leave? In the end, there was no other way. The magistrate of Nanshan Prefecture chose some refugees who had just arrived here and didn't know the Queen's situation to settle down, so that Nanshan Prefecture was not turned into an empty mansion.
However, these refugees could not be kept. After hearing about the situation at the Queen's side, the idea of being grateful that there was still a good official here disappeared immediately, and I wanted to leave.
After all, no matter how good an official is, he still has to collect taxes, and they collect a lot of taxes - there is no way, the court imposes a lot of miscellaneous taxes, even if the prefect of Nanshan Prefecture is not that kind of corrupt official, the common people cannot bear so many taxes. Finally left.
This naturally made the magistrate of Nanshan Prefecture very angry, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he claimed to be a good official, but he could not control the people and prevent them from leaving.
If he dares to do this, he will probably become a bad official in the hearts of the people, and he may even give a message to the people in Dongshan Prefecture to cooperate inside and outside and sacrifice Nanshan Prefecture.
This is not a lie, but there is such a movement. I want to offer Nanshan Mansion so that Zhao Linlang can get more benefits.
This is not the idea of ordinary people, but the idea of some gentry. They want to maintain a high status with Linlang. They feel that it is not worthwhile to go and settle down like other people without having a status, so some people want to invest. I wanted to get an official position from Linlang, so I wanted to offer Nanshan Mansion.
They don’t know that he already knows. They are thinking about it every day. The magistrate of Nanshan Prefecture wants to vomit blood. He thinks that Zhao Linlang does not give tax exemptions to ordinary people. In the name of a wealthy person, as long as you pay a small rent fee, you can avoid paying taxes. Why are you dissatisfied? You still want to surrender to Dongshan Prefecture. It is simply hateful.
It’s okay if the common people vote in it. After all, they are not friendly to the common people and impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. But for those who have a lot of land, as long as it is under the name of someone with a good reputation, they don’t have to pay taxes. It's already good for them, but isn't it hateful that they still want to vote for the rebels even if they are not satisfied?
The magistrate of Nanshan Prefecture doesn’t know why things have developed to this point. Obviously because of tax exemption, the court cannot receive a penny from them, but they are still not satisfied and want to leave. The court needs to know This is probably going to make you mad.
Let the gentry of Nanshan Prefecture say it. They must say it. Under the rule of Nanshan Prefecture, although it is stated that there is no need to pay taxes, it is risky to be affiliated with the names of those who have fame and fame. Well, the cost of renting crops is not low, and there are many fields People who don't have so much land soon find out that if they go to Linlang's place, they will pay less, and the land can still be in their own name, and they don't have to worry about being swallowed up. Naturally, they want to go to Linlang's place, so why would they want to stay here? On the other hand, it’s very scary to put the fields under someone else’s name.