After Li Xuandu was promoted to his post, he summoned the sect leaders to conduct a brief discussion. After determining the goals and plans again, Li Xuandu led everyone away from Penglai Island and headed to Qizhou.

Today, Qizhou is far from being peaceful and prosperous. After the Qingyang Cult, everything is in chaos. However, compared with other prefectures, Qizhou and Liaodong are across the sea and cannot survive. They can cross the sea to Liaodong, so they will not become a purgatory on earth.

In response to this situation, Qin Daofang proposed the slogan "equal land and exemption from taxes" based on the proposals of Li Xuandu and Qin Qing. It was just four words, but it was even more powerful than any artillery cavalry. Wherever he passed, the people welcomed him wholeheartedly, and some even took the initiative to open the city gate to welcome the royal army.

However, these four words really touched the interests of the gentry and the powerful.

Strictly speaking, the gentry and powerful people in the world can be divided into two categories: one is the old gentry, with land as the foundation, and the other is the emerging gentry, with commerce as the foundation. The attitudes of the two gentry are completely different about the "equal land and exemption of taxes" of the Liaodong army. The emerging gentry has a wait-and-see attitude or welcome attitude, and the worst result is that it is not up to oneself. However, the old gentry has an opposing attitude, and he wants to get rid of it and be quick. After all, it is like killing his parents.

In fact, these two types of gentry are microcosms of Confucianism and Taoist sect. Confucianism is the largest landlord in the world, while Taoist sect has flourished because of sea trade. For example, Qing Weizong, Cihangzong, Wudaozong, Butianzong, etc. all started with trade and depended on the Qin family, Li family, Zhang family, Qian family, Su family, etc., which are also aristocratic families based on trade.

Li Xuandu seems to represent the interests of the Taoist sect, but in fact Qin Qing truly represents the interests of the Taoist sect. However, in the short term, Li Xuandu and Qin Qing's goals are consistent, and Dao can be planned, that is, to overthrow the old gentry represented by the Confucian sect, redistribute the land, and liberate productivity. Only when the people are rich can commerce and trade develop further.

On this point, Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu, Xu Wugui are the same as Li Xuan and Qin Qing, which is also the fundamental reason why Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu and Qin Qing forcefully promoted the unification of the Taoist sect. However, everyone had differences, and in the end, a big battle was inevitable.

Li Xuandu was able to become the leader of the Taoist sect because Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu, Xu Wugui and Qin Qing compromised each other. Only Li Xuandu could take into account the interests and ideas of the four people at the same time. In fact, Li Xuandu did do it and initially integrate the Taoist sect based on his predecessors.

In the deduction of the "Tian Chess Game", Situ Xuance was appointed as the governor of Qizhou, and Zhang Haishi succeeded him. With the strength of the Qing Weizong, he was naturally like an iron barrel and could form his own army. However, the current situation is that Situ Xuance died early, and the Qing Weizong was frustrated by the saint's mansion and failed to manage Qizhou. Although Qin Daofang was the governor of Qizhou, he was not a vassal king who had been in charge for many years. In addition, the situation in Qizhou was complicated, so Qin Daofang could not fully control Qizhou. At the critical moment of life and death, especially after the court clearly ordered the deposed position of Qin Daofang as the governor, many local gentry and powerful officials at all levels no longer obeyed the orders of the governor and directly raised an army to resist Qin Xiang's army.

Qin Xiang arrived on the bank of the river on April 21, and the Qing Weizong sent more than a thousand small ferries to help Qin Xiang's army cross the river. Qin Xiang's army went to several cities to capture the entire territory of Lanling Prefecture, killed Lanling Prince, and collected his family's wealth. On April 24, Qin Xiang led his army to Beihai Prefecture and attacked Zhangqiu County. Qizhou Deputy General Niu Kui supervised 5,000 soldiers to fight and died. On the eighth day of the lunar month, he defeated the city with the defender Cai Xiong as an inward, and the prefect Zhang De hanged himself to death.

Qin Xiang arrived at the prefecture of Beihai Prefecture, where the Li family’s ancestral home and the Governor’s Office were located. There was sufficient food, so the Qin Xiang army was able to rest for several days. On April 27, Qin Xiang led his army to cross the river again, and the officials and citizens of Keqihe County were welcomed.

On April 30, Qin Xiang attacked the territory of Dongping Prefecture and attacked Qingping Pass. Zhou Ji, the general guarding the pass, defended the city. Because Qin Xiang's army did not carry artillery and failed to break the city, the two sides were in a stalemate for several days. Zhou Ji finally retreated to defend Qiping County because he had little food. After Qin Xiang conquered Qingping Pass, he attacked Qiping County without stopping. Zhou Ji refused to defend. In the end, he used up all his gunpowder and died when he opened the door and fought hard. His whole body was like a hedgehog, and the whole family also died in a raging fire and vowed not to surrender.

On the night when Qin Xiang conquered Qiping County, Jiang Chengen, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, surrendered, and Wang Yin, the commander of Qizhou, also surrendered. Wherever Qin Xiang's army passed, the prefectures and counties surrendered. On the second day of May, the Dashun army entered the prefecture of Dongping Prefecture. The city was filled with an uproar, and they were all happy. They were burning incense to welcome them. The officials and gentry representatives in the city personally brought wine to welcome the general.

Qin Xiang reiterated the land plan set by Qin Qing and Li Xuandu, remeasure the land under the name of major gentry, clean up the land of donations, re-register it, and then pay the taxes that have not been compensated for over the past years. The tax arrears that cannot be compensated will be offset by the land under his name. The remaining land is the legally owned land of the large households, and the official approval certificate is given. From then on, taxes are paid according to law, and they are still rich.

If you do not follow the situation and use various means to fight against each other, you will strongly suppress it, confiscate all your property and put it in the national treasury.

This was the case with the gentry who had risen up and resisted. Not only did the land confiscate, but their family wealth was used as military food and salary, and even their lives could not be preserved. They were all executed and their bodies were displayed in public.

As for the land that was taken back, Qin Xiang did not take it for himself, but distributed most of the land to the people who did not have arable land, and a small part of the land was used for military merit rewards.

After the news was released, it was really the will of the people. Many military households in the court came to vote, and countless people from good families joined the army. The people sincerely welcomed each other, just like the spring of the four seasons, where everything is in full swing and full of vitality.

People are illiterate, may be ignorant and easily deceived by gentry, but they are not stupid. They try hard to squeeze themselves and distribute land. There is no need to say much about who the people are looking for. Even if the gentry and master go to the world, they will not believe it. Can the sages compare to the visible and tangible land crops?

The people's voice suddenly changed. A few days ago, the barbarian bandits in Liaodong were like this. After redistributing the land, they became the king's heavenly soldiers. According to the word of mouth, Qin Qing became the Heavenly Emperor and descended to the earth to save the suffering. Qin Xiang was the heavenly general around the Emperor, and Qin Daofang was the star official around the Emperor, and some even set up a temple for the three of them to worship.

For a time, it seemed that the Liaodong army was the local fellow villagers, but the local official army became foreign bandits.

In just over a month, Qin Xiang's army expanded from 60,000 to 100,000, and received a large number of weapons and firearms. Unlike the Great Wei official army that was about to collapse at one touch, their spirits were completely different.

On the contrary, many officials and soldiers kept appearing. Especially after hearing that the fields were distributed in their hometowns, they often defected to the Liaodong army in groups. No matter how the officers restrained them, they could not resist them.

In fact, this method has been implemented in a small range for a while, and the Li family and Qin family took the lead in cleaning up the land and paying taxes. However, the Li family does not have much land and does not accept investment. As long as the taxes are paid, some taxes are a drop in the bucket for the Li family, so when this policy was implemented, no one in the Li family opposed it.

The foundation of the Li family is all about dividends from sea trade, and they have long looked down on the soil for digging food. Even if they donated them all, they wouldn't care.

However, the other gentry did not have the confidence of the Li family, and they all complained secretly. They measured the land again and cleared the land to be donated. They could only be considered as spitting out the excess food, which was not considered a damaging force. If they could pay the tax again, they would cut the flesh and let blood be released.

The gentry did not pay taxes, but it was decided by Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty. It has been two hundred years, and it has been more than two hundred years at once. How many people can easily bear the tax? Moreover, the taxes are paid based on the actual amount of land you have. No matter how much land you had in Qin Xiang, it was just asking for the taxes that were paid for nearly two hundred years with the number of fields under your name. It was not enough to sell the goods. It would inevitably be offset by the land under your name. In this way, the great gentry became a small gentry, and the little gentry directly became a settlement.

The gentry was determined to oppose it or spread rumors and slander, but the guns, cannons, swords and swords of the Liaodong army were unreasonable. Those who dared to resist had no chance to become a dilapidated person and directly confiscated their families. So many gentry could only grit their teeth and recognize them.

After all, the gentry and wealthy families rely on Confucianism. Without the support of Confucianism, they are the fish on the chopping board and can be slaughtered. What can they do at this time? They can only recognize it, at least they can save the lives of the whole family and some family business.

Dongping Prefecture is located in the southwest of Qizhou, located at the junction of Qizhou, Chuzhou, Zhongzhou and Luzhou.

This place is the holy land of Confucianism. The most holy and sub-saints of Confucianism were all born here, and the Grand Canal also passes through this place, so Dongping Prefecture is quite prosperous.

The saint's mansion is naturally located here.

At this time, Qin Xiang's army was only a short distance from the saint's mansion.

Qin Xiang did not launch an attack rashly, waiting for Li Xuandu to lead the Taoist people to come.

Qin Xiang's army is beside him, how can the saint's mansion not know?

In fact, since the Qin Xiang army landed in Qizhou, the Saint Mansion has been paying attention to the movements of the Qin Xiang army. Even the gentry and defenders from all over the country raised troops to resist the Qin Xiang army were planning behind the scenes.

However, these gentry in Qizhou could not even stop Qingyang Sect. How could they stop Qin Xiang's army? As a result, Qin Xiang broke through most of Qizhou and came from the East China Sea to Dongping Prefecture, located in the westernmost part of Qizhou.

Now the saint's mansion is in a bleak cloud.

In the courtyard of the front hall of the inner house, there are tall pines and tall fish ponds, which are lined up from east to west, quiet and elegant, and it feels like moving the scenery.

The Duobao Pavilion in the east room is Mrs. Jiang’s residence, and the two of them sit and stand in the hall.

The sitting woman was looking at the banner hanging on the wall: "The heart of a saint is like a pearl in the abyss, and the heart of an ordinary person is like a ladle in the water."

The person standing is a middle-aged man, the Yanshenggong of this generation.

Mrs. Jiang's face was as deep as water, and she asked in a low voice: "What's going on outside?"

Yan Shenggong smiled bitterly and said, "We underestimated Liaodong. The situation outside now... If we want to describe it in four words, it is... the people's hearts can be used."
Chapter completed!