Bright Spring

Everyone followed Li Zheng, and Li Zheng talked a lot along the way, and talked about Tang Sai'er's family again.It is said that her family was not poor in the local area before, but in Tang Saier's generation, there is no male in the family, so the family situation is getting worse and worse.

Li Zheng asked Hou Hai again, how did he know the name of this little girl Tang Sai'er.Of course Hou Hai couldn't tell, so he found an excuse, saying that there was a servant who had been helped by Tang's father in other places.If you look for it temporarily, of course it will be full of loopholes.Li Zheng quickly said something, Tang's father went out to work as a corvee coolie, how could he know noble people?

Zhu Gaoxu finally opened his mouth and said, "There is only one male in her family, her father, why does she still have to serve corvee?"

Li Zheng hesitated, glanced at Hou Hai quietly, and said: "How many servants are transferred in an ordinary county? The small ones just pass on the word, and the local elders are the ones to find."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered that, with the current rules, such things as apportionment of corvée must depend on the moral cultivation of the local elders and gentry to ensure relative fairness; but with so many officials and elders in Ming Dynasty, morality is not reliable at all. It is inevitable that such favoritism and burden-shifting will occur.

He can cure the village elders and Li Zheng in one place, but he can't rely on such a stupid method of personally interrogating such people in the whole world.

So Zhu Gaoxu's tone was not too harsh, but he just said calmly: "In the future, the list of recruits, the officials of the county government, and Li Zheng must supervise more, and don't force the poor people to death. The imperial court has ordered reductions and exemptions. The three years of corvée and grain tax in Shandong made the county bring Tang Saier's father back so that he can farm at home with peace of mind."

The magistrate of Binzhou prefecture hastily bent over and said, "Yes, yes."

The official glanced at Li Zheng with extremely dissatisfied eyes.Zhu Gaoxu guessed that after he left, this Lizheng, the local elders, and even the county magistrate here would all be unlucky.Officials of the Ming Dynasty had direct jurisdiction over the county seat, but a few clerks could find many ways to rectify a specific villager.

Seeing the posture of the green-robed officer, Li Zheng felt that something was wrong, and he was observing Zhu Gaoxu from time to time.

But Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just rode forward slowly.

935 Chapter Zilu Receives the Bull

Li was leading the way, when Zhu Gaoxu and a group of ten or so people arrived at the place, they saw a group of people gathered outside a dirt courtyard, all surrounded by an old man in a long robe.

This place should be Tang Sai'er's house. The roof in the yard is covered with tiles. Sure enough, her family doesn't seem to be very poor.Because along the way Zhu Gaoxu saw occasional thatched cottages in some villages.

Zhu Gaoxu and others got off their horses and walked over, the old man in robes brought several people to kneel down on the ground, and said: "My surname is Tang, and I am an old man from this village. My lord is passing through the village, so I am far away from you. May I ask your lord Gao's name?" ?”

However, the surrounding villagers did not salute or kneel, they still stood around, watching the village elders and officials talking like they were watching a play.Ashali, who was traveling with her, was a perverted person, which was rare in the village of Daming. Many villagers paid attention to Ashali instead, probably out of curiosity.

Hou Hai turned his head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu raised his chin slightly as a signal.

"Old man, please get up." Hou Haihai went to help him, and said, "I am Hou Hai, the left envoy of the censor, and this is Tian Xiuyuan, the prefect of Binzhou."

The old man said: "I have admired you for a long time. Master Hou is an official of the capital, isn't he? I heard that the sage was lucky to be in Binzhou. Could it be that lord Hou came here with the sage?"

Hou Hai smiled and said, "The old man is very knowledgeable."

Zhu Gaoxu also felt that this old man knew better than Li Zheng, and he was also a person who had read books when he spoke.At this time, the richer local landlords were mostly willing to read and write.

The old man turned his head and looked at it, then waved: "Come here quickly, your father is having an affair with a nobleman."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately looked behind the old man, at this moment he saw a tall young lady walking over, she was probably Tang Sai'er.

Li Zheng said that she was only 15 years old, but she was about the same size as the man around her, with regular features and slightly high cheekbones.She was not wearing a skirt, and she wore trousers in a long, ill-fitting dress that was tied at the waist with cloth cords and looked a bit bulky.Although her clothes are very old, she still looks quite heroic.The young lady has good skin, but her hands are big and rough.

In Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, Tang Sai'er was not very beautiful, but he was not disappointed, he only felt that her temperament was really different from that of ordinary village girls.

It is said that in history, Tang Saier disappeared after the failure of the rebellion. In order to find her, Zhu Di searched all over the world and arrested a large number of nuns and female Taoist priests, but still found nothing.Now this woman who might want to overthrow the Zhu family dynasty is standing in front of Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxu's mood is a bit complicated for a while.

"Minister Tang Sai'er pays homage to all the adults." Tang Sai'er bowed.

Hou Hai said, "No courtesy."

Tang Sai'er said: "My lords and neighbors, don't stand at the door, please sit inside. My father is not at home, and the women will make some coarse tea for everyone."

Hearing that she spoke clearly and behaved generously, Zhu Gaoxu felt that this woman should have a bit of commanding ability.Even if you want to lead a group of poor peasants to revolt, you need some ability. People who can't speak clearly and shrink back in words and deeds obviously can't do it.

So everyone walked into the yard together.Tang Sai'er led the way at the front, and as soon as she stepped into the courtyard gate, she turned around and asked, "How did my father know you?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, he thought he was the emperor, so of course he didn't want to lie easily in public, even if it was just to make excuses.Besides, the person who fooled Lizheng earlier was Hou Hai, of course it is time for Hou Hai to make things right

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Hou Hai pondered for a while, and said: "Our family has a son from the same clan who went to Beijing to take the exam. There were a few bandits on the road. They didn't know he was a scholar, so they blocked the road and hijacked him. At that time, there was a Shandong hero who saw the road was rough. Helped out. Afterwards, the hero reported his family name, saying that he was from Binzhou, and that there was a girl named Tang Sai'er in the family. I happened to pass by this place recently, so I stopped by to look for it."

Tang Sai'er asked: "Lord Hou, when and where did that happen?"

Hou Hai turned his head and said, "Mr. Hong, Tian Tongzhi, please." He pretended to be courteous with Zhu Gaoxu and others, ignoring Tang Saier's words.If you answer this question, you will definitely go through the gang on the spot. How does Hou Hai know when and where Tang's father has been working?

Fortunately, Tang Sai'er was not too embarrassed to ask repeatedly, so he avoided embarrassment temporarily.

Everyone went to sit in the earthen house in front of the yard, other villagers still hadn't left, some stood in the yard, some found a place to squat and watch the excitement.The village elder brought a box of tea to Tang Sai'er, and she said that the water had been boiled beforehand, so she went to make tea.

Sure enough, after a while, Tang Sai'er came up to entertain the guests with tea bowls, and went out with a few thick bowls and a pot of tea soup, asking the villagers to drink tea together.She was so busy, she thought of everyone within the limited conditions.

The accompanying Duan Xuehen drank the tea in front of her first, and after waiting for a while, she changed Zhu Gaoxu's bowl with her own.

The small details made the old man stare blankly.While talking respectfully with Hou Hai, the old man cast his gaze at Zhu Gaoxu frequently, observing Zhu Gaoxu all the time.

There are two women in the group, besides Asari, who is seductive, and Duan Xuehen who is disguised as a man.Even Hou Hai, a high-ranking official in a red robe, can't be served by a female companion; and what is the identity of "Mr. Hong", so that anyone can taste anything that is so expensive that someone else eats it first?

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his identity had already been guessed by the villagers.It is not possible to stay here for a long time, it is not that there is any danger, but it will be more embarrassing to stay here.

He glanced at Tang Sai'er again. It is not sure whether Tang Sai'er has anything to do with the White Lotus Sect, but she obviously hasn't rebelled yet.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered that Tang Sai'er might have played a limited role as an important factor in the Shandong Uprising.He thought to himself: One of the reasons is that the local people were too burdened and their livelihoods were difficult, and the other reason was the organization of the White Lotus Sect. If there was no organization, people would obviously not be able to resist the government.

He finally made up his mind and said, "Thanks to the hospitality today, we have prepared a small gift. I heard that Mrs. Tang has been engaged to the Lin family. When your father returns home, I have the right to add some dowry to your family."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Sheng, the commander of Jin Yiwei, got up immediately, took off a kit from his waist, and put his hands in front of Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu held it in his hand, and heard the sound of metal colliding "cracking" inside, there should be some silver and copper coins.

Zhu Gaoxu handed Tang Saier the direction.

Tang Sai'er said: "My father taught me that women dare not accept favors for no reason."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "My father is not at home, you should take it for him, you should."

Tang Sai'er said: "My father helped me on the way, not for reward."

The village elder said, "Zilu rescued the drowning man. His people worshiped him with a cow, and Zilu received it. Confucius said that the people of Lu must save the drowning man."

Tang Sai'er looked bewildered.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The old man means that your father helped others in an emergency, and you have benefited. In the future, everyone will be willing to help. This is a good thing for the people. I hope that after your father returns to his hometown, your family can live in peace. Day, the villagers can also be safe."

After hearing this, Tang Sai'er stepped forward to accept the kit, and bowed to thank him.

So Zhu Gaoxu got up and said, "I'm sorry for the trouble, we have to say goodbye."

Tang Sai'er said: "I haven't asked the hero Gao's name yet."

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "No need, I will accompany my friend for a walk. You can recognize this Hou Zuo envoy and Tian Tongzhi."

Everyone walked out of the room, asked the guards to bring their horses over, and walked out of the courtyard under the watchful eyes of a group of villagers.The village elders, Li Zheng and Tang Sai'er were all sent outside the gate of the courtyard.

At this time, the sun was already in the west, and the group rode back in the direction of the barracks, and soon found the main road.