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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 253

    "My lord, didn't you just pay the crop tax, why do you have to pay the tax again?"

    The admiral of the Lujiang Mansion ordered the tax officials to collect anti-thief taxes in order to raise military salaries to resist the Qinghe Army.

    Facing the tax official who came suddenly, some people were also puzzled, because they have always paid taxes honestly.

    "You have indeed paid the crop tax, but now you are paying the anti-thief tax."

    Facing these dazed people, the tax official in charge of tax collection said impatiently.

    There are more than one hundred kinds of taxes in various names in Lujiang Mansion, and there is even a city entry tax for entering the city, and the people have long been overwhelmed.

    They have been living in dire straits. In order to raise enough taxes to pay them, they can't even eat a full meal.

    Now hearing that the anti-thief tax will be temporarily levied again, these common people are full of bitterness, and they seem to be very embarrassed, because they really can't get it out.

    "My lord, I don't know what this anti-thief tax is?"

    "The thief chieftain Chen Ziang has arrived in our Lujiang mansion, and the admiral led the garrison to protect you and others. Are you going to pay taxes to reward the soldiers?"

    When the tax official saw these frowning people, he urged: "Don't worry about it, pay it quickly, I have to go to the next place."

    "Excuse me, my lord, how much is the anti-thief tax?"

    "Five hundred copper coins per person, and a bucket of grain."

    "ah?"

    "There are too many, where can we find five hundred copper coins?"

    "Please, my lord, we really can't get it out."

    ? I heard that each person had to pay five hundred copper coins for a bucket of grain, and the common people were blown away, because they could save a bucket of grain.

    But they have been looking for food in the crops, and they have no other source of income at all. Each of them has to pay five hundred copper coins, which they have nothing at all.

    ? In fact, the task given by the admiral of Shanglujiang Mansion was one hundred copper coins per person, but when it came to the specific collection, the tax officer still added a lot according to the old rules.

    After all, these tax officials can't run for nothing, they usually charge more, and then fill their pockets.

    "I can warn you, if you don't pay, you will be locked in prison!"

    When the tax official saw these people whispering and talking, he waved his hand viciously, and the guard with a knife on his waist stood up with a fierce look on his face.

    These people know very well that if they are really locked in a prison, they will have to shed a layer of skin if they don't die.

    "My lord, we really don't have any."

    Although the tax officials are threatening, these skinny people are indeed poor and have nothing to show.

    "Since you can't take out the tax money, you just need to use other things to offset it."

    Following the tax official's order, the wolves and tigers took action one after another.

    These servants came into the house and began to rummage through the boxes. They took away all the valuable things from the common people's homes.

    Although some people tried to stop them, they dared not stop them after being beaten up by these guards with knives.

    Soon, the whole village seemed to be ransacked by bandits. Not only cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks were taken away, but also all valuable things were looted, and the village was in a mess.

    Seeing the tax officials and servants returning with full load, some of the people were angry, some sighed, and some were full of despair.

    These people dare not speak out, because if they resist, they will be arrested and thrown into prison.

    Moreover, they didn't dare to turn grass into bandits. If someone in a village turned grass into bandits, the prefectures and counties would fail and the whole village would be ruined.

    Under the exploitation and oppression of the prefectures and counties, these people have almost nothing now. They are like a pile of dry wood at the moment, and a little spark can ignite them into a raging fire.

    With the arrival of Chen Ziang and the others, the Lujiang Mansion had to order the collection of anti-thief taxes, which increased the burden on the people and intensified the conflict.

    In just two days, several villages and towns resisted the tax, and several tax officials were killed in the conflict.

    Now that the enemy is at hand, and the people below are restless, the admiral of the Lujiang Mansion did not think about the reason, but felt that it was necessary to make an example of others.

    So he sent a team of soldiers to suppress the mob, and several villages and towns that resisted the tax were quickly suppressed, and many people lost their heads.

    AlthoughThe brutal suppression by the Lujiang Mansion quelled the situation, but it was only on the surface. The people who had suffered cruel exploitation were already full of disgust and hatred for the officials, but they didn't dare to show it.

    Although the tax officials were ordered to collect taxes very hard, they also earned a lot of money, and even those servants who worked together got a lot of good things.

    They don't care about the life and death of those people. What they care about now is how much benefit they can reap.

    Because they had enough money, even if the Qinghe army attacked, they would take the money and go to another place, and they would not starve to death. This was their thinking.

    The tax officials were busy collecting anti-thief taxes everywhere, one place collected it, and then went to the next place non-stop.

    "Is there anything else that hasn't been collected?"

    On the country road, the tax official sitting in the sedan chair asked the guards while drinking water.

    The guard hurriedly replied: "Reporting to my lord, there are still Wang Yuan's family in Chengdong Village who did not accept it."

    "You don't have to go to Wang Yuan's house." The tax official ordered after thinking about it.

    "My lord, why is this?"

    "Wang Yuanwai's nephew is serving as a thousand-man general in the garrison camp. You go to his house to collect taxes. Isn't it uncomfortable for you?" the tax official said.

    The guard didn't expect this level either, so he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for your reminder, my lord."

    "It's almost done today, let's go home."

    "No!"

    Soon, the tax collection team returned with a full load and turned back to the city, ready to go to work.

    When the tax collection in Lujiang Mansion caused anger and resentment, Chen Ziang and the others are also in trouble now.

    Because although they captured Wenshui County in Lujiang Prefecture without any effort, they encountered a problem.

    Because the common people regarded them as ordinary bandits, so when Chen Ziang and the others came, everyone who could escape escaped to hide, and those who remained were full of hatred towards them.

    Chen Ziang also thought that their army would go south all the way, and by the way, they would show off their Qinghe army and do some publicity along the way.

    But now they found that they were not at ease when they walked on the street without saying a word of welcome.

    The reason why these people hate Chen Ziang and the others is also very simple, because they have misunderstood them.

    ?Because many rogues have visited here before, the garrison will collapse at the first touch. Every time the rogues make a mess here, and the money and food that the people have worked so hard to accumulate will be wiped out, causing the people to hate the rogues.

    Although they are not welcomed here, Chen Ziang and his troops have strict military discipline and have done nothing to the people. This makes the people here a little confused, and they don't know what Chen Ziang and the others want to do.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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