In fact, such a thing had already laid the signs of struggle when Jingzhou surrendered.

It just didn't explode for many years, but now it just happened to explode.

The emperor wanted to take back the power he had not obtained back then, and the powerful people were unwilling to hand over these powers and the huge benefits represented by them.

The contradictions become very sharp and irreconcilable.

In order to ensure his status and career prospects, Cai Mao tried to convene a meeting. Everyone spoke freely at the meeting, said everything they wanted to say, and reconciled as much as possible.

The meeting was held, but overall, no good results were achieved.

"What Your Majesty requires is to pay taxes in the land and the whole tax. The tax amount paid is not high. For those who are big and big, it is not an unacceptable amount, right? What's there to say? Besides, it's not only you who pay, but the whole world has to pay."

Cai Mao tried to persuade them to accept the emperor's request, but set an example: "The Cai family's land will be handed over to the court to clear the house, and then pay taxes as much as they should. Cai family has no complaints!"

Cai Mao felt that his statement could persuade them to accept the conditions.

But he was wrong.

"You are the governor of Jingzhou. You can make money as much as you want. What do you want? But Cai Jun, we don't have your status!"

"We have nothing except these land and household businesses, and we still have to pay taxes now?"

"Envoy Cai, please ask yourself, what happened in the previous dynasty has not happened, but I have to do it today. Is this a good condition?"

"What you want to do is your business. We don't want to do this. Your family is big and our family business has been accumulated by generations of ancestors, and no one can be left behind!"

The powerful landlords kept saying that they would never accept conditions that would harm their interests.

"So what can I do with a little tax? Will you be unable to eat?"

Cai Mao was very annoyed: "Who doesn't pay taxes? I have heard of all the officials in the central government. One of them counts and one of them reports their own land to the court. Why are you special?"

"That's how it is. Our family is 2,000 stones. Why should we pay taxes like those common people? Did our ancestors work hard to get us to pay taxes to the court?"

"They are officials, but I don't! I don't want an official position, and I just need no one to think about my family business!"

"Cai Degui! Now that you are an official in the court, you are just talking to the court. You are really a hawk in the court!"

The powerful people not only did not appreciate it, but also kept mocking Cai Mao.

They raised a core conflict, saying that this is not only a dispute of interests, but also a dispute of identity. Their identities are different, and they are different from those common people who pay taxes.

Their identities are the same as those of the ruling class. They are not ruled and they do not need to pay taxes like those of the ruled.

If you want to ask them about taxes, you must prepare for the price!

We will never pay taxes!

Cai Mao was very angry, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly understood why the emperor took the risk to do such a thing, knowing that this would cause widespread resistance or even more intense confrontation.

The emperor was telling them that they were also ruled, and even if they were in the ruling class, in the eyes of the emperor, they were the same and they needed to pay taxes.

The emperor had no eyes on them, only the people of the world. They needed to pay taxes like the people of the world, and they also belonged to the people of the world.

Only the emperor is the only one who is above and above.

What Cai Mao should have thought of long ago is that the emperor who can promote the common people to officials and replace scholars would not care about the saying "Governing the world with someone".

The emperor is a strong dictator and a rare only man in the world. No matter how high your official position and how powerful your power are, in the eyes of the emperor, you are a citizen who needs to pay taxes.

After understanding this, Cai Mao could understand what the emperor did and thoughts.

To be honest, he was a little unhappy.

But for the sake of power and to better realize his dream, he can accept it.

Especially in the current situation where tax payment has a political future and no political future, using taxes to exchange for future is a transaction that is not a loss.

Of course, only for officials, those landlords and powerful people who did not join the government would not have such a thought. They would only feel that they were exploited.

What a joke?

We have always exploited our mud legs. When is it our turn to be exploited with our mud legs?

So what qualifications do we have to be called exploiters?

Identity will be subverted, okay?

They believe that they will not accept this condition, and that there are not many landlords and powerful people in the world who will accept this condition.

The more wealth you accumulate, the less you pay. If you want them to pay taxes and bleed, it is better to kill them and grab them faster.

With such a firm will and such trust in all landlords and powerful people, the landlords and powerful people in Nanjun and Nanyang County are not worried at all that they will be regarded as typical people.

At worst, we can rebel directly, seize Jingzhou, and call on everyone else to rebel together.

The world is full of war, and I am not afraid that the emperor will not compromise.

How did scholars fuel Zhang Jiao? Now, they have done this again.

In short, it’s just one sentence: tax is not enough, but death is enough!

The negotiations broke down, and Cai Mao did not get any promise from them that he would be willing to pay taxes.

They also said that if officials who cleared the land went to their manor to clear the land, they would directly use force to expel the officials and did not guarantee that no one would die.

As long as you dare!

Cai Mao was quite annoyed by this. This was his naked contempt for him, his disrespect for the imperial power and his provocation to the court.

If this situation spreads, no one will listen to the words of the governor of Jingzhou!

Cai Mao originally wanted to report to the emperor several typical cases to question the emperor and then kill the chicken to warn the monkey, but unexpectedly, the news of a powerful rebellion in Xuzhou spread from Yangzhou to Jingzhou along the Yangtze River.

There was also a rebellion between landlords and powerful people of a certain scale in Yangzhou. After the powerful people of Jingzhou received this news through business travel, they were overjoyed.

It turned out that someone had already walked in front of them and started to rebel!

OK!

If we rebel together, we can force the emperor to make concessions. This time, we will never give in to the emperor’s power!

So under Cai Mao's shocked gaze, the landlords and powerful men began to arm private soldiers and tenants in their manors, forcibly recruit tenants to fight for them, and used private soldiers as officers, and soon formed a decent team.

The fewer people were more than a thousand people, and the more were four or five thousand people. The weapons and equipment were even in the Former Han style.

There were armor, crossbows, shields, ring-headed swords and spears, and even small-scale cavalry.

After all, the number of people has already exceeded 30,000, exceeding the number of troops stationed in Jingzhou.

Cai Mao was shocked and immediately sent someone to mediate, telling them not to be impulsive and discuss anything. If you really do something, it is not far from Luoyang to Nanyang County through Wuguan!

There are also the 30,000 troops in Jiangling Camp, but they are not vegetarians!

Who knows that the powerful people are not afraid at all.

They felt that the world was bustling with people and hustle and bustle had begun to resist in full swing. No matter how many imperial troops there were, could the world quell the rebellion?

Today we will let the emperor know why we can not pay taxes!

Cai Mao has become a traitor and can no longer represent their interests. They decided to attack Jiangling and give Cai Mao a little color to let Cai Mao know where his butt should be sat.

By the way, I will clean up all the things they don’t like, such as villages, mud-legged officials, tax collectors, etc. in one breath.
Chapter completed!