Chapter 1162(2/2)
So, they just sent a governor and some troops.
They asked these chiefs to pay taxes, so the chiefs had the right to tax.
Behind them are the foreign troops supporting them.
When the Ming Dynasty first arrived in the Middle East, they did the same thing.
After all, Ming Dynasty did not have enough talents to manage the Arabs.
This resulted in the rampant corruption of Arab officials. The chiefs used the excuse of collecting taxes from the Ming Dynasty to continuously exploit the local people.
Over time, Ming Dynasty became the scapegoat.
As a result, a massive civil movement emerged. The Rose Revolution was just their representative.
Now the Ming Dynasty's policy has changed, and Wu Ciyou, with the support of Marine Corps Zuo Liangyu, mobilized enough troops.
The property of those sheikhs was confiscated, and then their properties were distributed to ordinary Arab people.
They also published the account books over the years, telling them that not only did the Ming Dynasty not collect taxes from them, but it also invested large sums of money into the local Arabs, building hospitals, bridges, and roads to help orphans, the elderly, and poor children.
The reason why they did not enjoy the money was entirely because the local chiefs and local officials jointly embezzled the money.
Although Arabic numerals are popular around the world, Arabs are almost the same as the Ming Dynasty people twenty or thirty years ago, and most of them are purely illiterate.
They couldn't understand the Ming Dynasty's account books, and no one wanted to understand them.
They only look at the people of Ming Dynasty to see if they will give them real money.
As for the officials and the hungry chiefs, when they announced the bills, they were torn to pieces by the angry citizens and farmers.
Others were placed directly on the firewood.
This is the normal treatment of vampires all over the world.
Many people say that the people of Ming Dynasty were so greedy and that so much money must have been confiscated because they were just pretending.
But I didn't expect that Daming would really bring everyone together.
Send out real money!
Everyone's eyes widened, not expecting that Daming would really be so generous.
Not only money is distributed, but land is also distributed.
All land is distributed to local people. Every year, they only need to pay 20% of the land income as taxes.
This tax rate is much more merciful than those chiefs. In most years, they will take half of the income from the land.
Not only that, those who are particularly grateful to the Ming Dynasty and cooperate with the people of the Ming Dynasty will also go to get their wives.
That's right, just go get your wife.
Those chiefs and corrupt officials also have wives and daughters.
The older ones are discarded directly.
Those who are younger are directly regarded as prizes and distributed to those who have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty.
Among these people, there are those from the Leading Party who work hard to propagandize the Ming Dynasty...
Others betrayed their guerrilla brothers.
There are also people who sincerely love the Ming Dynasty and admire the life of the Ming Dynasty with all their hearts.
Anyway, all those who have contributed to the Ming Dynasty will be assigned one or more wives.
For example, old man Abdulle successfully persuaded his nephew, a guerrilla captain, to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because he actively worked for the Ming Dynasty, and helped the Ming Dynasty destroy other guerrillas.
Wu Ciyou directly rewarded him with four wives with a stroke of his pen.
Wu Ciyou respected the local religion very much. Their teachings stipulated that one could marry four wives.
Then simply give him four wives, no one too many and no one too few.
The old man Abdul, who had experienced manna after a long drought, was filled with gratitude to the Ming Dynasty and promised to the great Allah that he would be as loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future as he was to Allah.
There are many such things, and the consequences are significant.
In half a year, the area of the security area has greatly increased. Correspondingly, the non-security area is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When Wu Ciyou once again issued a reward order for those guerrillas who refused to surrender.
After tasting the sweetness, the Arab brothers who knew that there was meat to be had with Daminggan broke out with great enthusiasm.
Whenever a distant relative comes to a neighbor's house, countless people will check it openly and covertly, and then report it to the local sheriff.
If it is found that this person has calluses on his hands that are used to using guns, then the fate of this guy will most likely be that he will be pulled out, his head chopped off with a knife, and he will be rewarded by Ming Dynasty.
In the joint telegram between Wu Ciyou and Zuo Liangyu, they agreed that security from Egypt to Damascus would be restored in half a year.
As for Baghdad and Mosul in the north, which are occupied by the Kurds, they are the targets to be cleared in half a year.
There have long been no Arab guerrillas outside Basra.
The Kurds, also because of the withdrawal of the Hebrews, had to withdraw from the battle and retreated to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River, waiting fearfully for the Ming Empire's revenge.
Regarding the Kurds, Ming Dynasty will definitely take revenge, but it has not yet spared its hands.
On the island of Crete, Li Xiu is planning a campaign to march to the Western Mediterranean!
Now he has three aircraft carriers in his hands, the Shandong, the Liaodong, and the latest addition, the Hebei.
Three aircraft carriers will attack Sicily and Corsica together with the fleet.
Then, their goal will be directly towards Marseille, France.
This is France's largest port in the Mediterranean, larger than the port of Toulouse.
Moreover, there is a railway connection between Marseille and Paris.
However, the Marine Corps soldiers are still staying in non-security areas to suppress them.
We can't draw out the troops yet, so we can only wait.
All the military forces of the Ming Dynasty are now gathering on the Russian battlefield.
The Marine Corps and Navy have been unable to receive large-scale troop reinforcements.
But the good news is that the Ming Dynasty began to recruit Sikhs and Gurkhas on a large scale.
At the beginning, only two divisions with less than 20,000 people were recruited.
Now, we might as well recruit 100,000 people at once.
Anyway, the people in these two places are tough and aggressive. Recruiting them to fight will also be good for local security.
The strange thing is that Li Xiao did not agree to recruit the Japanese people Li Xiu wanted anyway.
Compared with the people in these two places, although the Japanese people are smaller in stature, they are more cruel and easy to kill.
They also treated the local people even more cruelly.
Sometimes, all the dirty things that Li Xiu didn't want to do were left to them. These guys always enjoyed it and worked very hard.
Li Xiao did not say the reason in the telegram, and Li Xiu had no choice but to make do with these Indians who were not very bright-minded.
And still suffering from them, it takes an hour every day to wrap and unwrap the headscarf.
Li Xia knew that all future battles would be supported by the defense of Tsaritsyn.
If Tsaritsyn failed, he could only take the risk and let Li Xiu conduct a landing operation.
In southern France, a second battlefield was opened.
"Can Tsaritsin be defended?" Li Xiao hesitated and muttered accidentally.
"Yes! It must be possible." Suddenly a voice came, causing Li Xiao to turn his head.
It was Sun Zhijie. He came to report to Li Xiao. After the hearing, he went to take up his post in the Second Division of Fujian.
"Here we come! It's been a hard journey. Take a seat." Li Xiao pointed to the seat.
There is no habit of drinking tea in the army, so Li Xiao simply skipped the process of serving tea.
"The purpose of transferring you back from Georgia is to take over the position of commander of the Second Division.
You know, the Army is basically out fighting now.
In the country, only the second division remained.
During the Guangdong and Guangxi rebellions the year before last, the Second Division performed well.
Now, Guangdong and Guangxi are engaged in the dispute between natives and guests.
Your Second Division is the army that looks after Ming Dynasty. Now you are the only ones who can be transferred.
Xiao Zhan is the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and has already gone to Guangzhou to take up his post.
Your mission is to ensure that Xiao Zhan's decree is implemented unimpeded in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Now is wartime, and all Ming Dynasty's energy is on the European battlefield.
I don’t have the energy to take care of the affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi. I don’t care what methods you use. As long as you restore order in Guangdong and Guangxi as soon as possible and ensure that there are no large-scale fights between natives and guests, can you do it?”
Chapter completed!