Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

The people of the entire Tang Dynasty, especially the people in the area around Chang'an City, all suffered disasters.

To put it bluntly, this warehouse is an irresponsible move by the imperial court to divert the country's financial difficulties.

What is a warehouse?

It is that all the people in the Tang Dynasty, after contributing the taxes, corvee, and military service they should bear, have to contribute an additional amount of food.

With the state and county as the unit, build warehouses to store these grains.

Then wait until the country is in war, a disaster year, etc., and then use up the grain in the warehouse.

This is a disguised and unreasonable increase in taxes for the people.

——There are two more chapters later——

Chapter 229 That's Our Last Bread

As Luo Kexin said, like these yamen, county yamen, and state capitals around Chang'an City.

It is full of relatives and relatives of the royal family with backgrounds, powerful and noble families.

It's close to Chang'an City, it's convenient to go home, and all kinds of benefits are good.

Without connections and background, it is absolutely impossible to enter such a good Yamen.

Not to mention the county magistrates and magistrates, even the yamen servants and official messengers inside are all arranged by connections.

So in the eyes of these people, they despise these common people very much.

Like before, Zhang Yungu, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, is upright and loves the people like a son.

Even Li Ke, the king of Shu, dared to enforce the law impartially, and offended and contradicted him for the sake of justice, let alone the following states and counties.

Therefore, during his tenure, the surroundings of Chang'an City were harmonious, and the people below did not dare to mess around unscrupulously.

Otherwise, once these common people sued them to Jingzhao Mansion, Zhang Yungu would be ruthless and punish them severely.

Zhang Yungu's title of Zhang Qingtian among the people is not for nothing.

But now, as soon as Zhang Yungu left, this Jingzhao Mansion took over a new official with long sleeves and a good dancer, who was also a member of the noble family.

And thin mud, is his specialty.

But if you let him offend those relatives of the emperor and the sons of the gentry just because of a few ordinary people?

He just refuses!

After all, this example of Yungu was right in front of his eyes, and he was almost beheaded.

In the end, he was exiled to Youzhou.

It is impossible for him to repeat the same mistakes anyway.

Therefore, with his acquiescence and connivance, the officials of these subordinate states and counties became more and more unscrupulous.

Governance and law enforcement are becoming more and more barbaric and rude, without respect for law and order.

Nowadays, the imperial court has issued a decree to establish righteous warehouses in units of prefectures and counties.

This is a great time to show off your achievements.

Therefore, almost all the states and counties around Chang'an City are secretly competing to establish the warehouses under their control as quickly as possible.

Collect more food than others.

So with their mentality, the government servants below are like chicken blood.

All in order to complete the task and please the Shangguan, completely disregarding the life and death of the common people.

In Niu Niu's family's village, the rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

They all rely on the ration relief sent by the Furong Garden every month, barely living.

As for those in the village who are in good health and have the ability to work, most of them have already gone north to Youzhou with the big team.

Refugees like them who cannot protect themselves and are on the verge of life and death, ordinary people, you come to collect their rations.

Isn't this just forcing people to die?

But the government servants in these prefectures and counties have noble backgrounds and extraordinary backgrounds. They care about everything except the life and death of these refugees.

"Hey, little girl, where's your adult?"

"Today is already the deadline."

"The rations that should be paid for the construction of the warehouse, you have to pay it, and you have to pay it if you don't!"

Seeing these six or seven officials with fierce looks in front of them.

Niu Niu, who was only five or six years old, showed a timid look on her face, and then tightly hid a small doll crocheted with wool in her arms.

"Master Guancha, my father, died on the front line the year before last."

"My grandfather went to Youzhou with everyone."

"Now it's just me and my mother left at home."

"This month, the food that Prince Li Qiu and Sister Kexin sent us has not arrived yet."

"Now my mother is also sick, Niuniu is reluctant to drink porridge every day, and saves it for my mother."

"We don't have food to hand over..."

These few officials, at this moment, only think about how to complete the tasks in the yamen.

But there is no time to listen to this little girl pretending to be pitiful.

So they pushed Niuniu away roughly, and six or seven of them rushed in aggressively.

At this time, he saw a sick woman with a yellow complexion lying on the bed.

They didn't bother to care, and directly lifted the lid of Niuniu's rice tank.

As Niuniu said, it has already bottomed out.

The remaining grain is probably not even half a bucket of rice.

"Hmph! What a poor ghost!"

"Forget it, that's all, search and search!"

After a few curses, they were about to grab rice.

At this time, the sick woman struggled and rolled down, hugging their legs tightly and begging.

"Guys, please take pity on us mother and daughter who depend on each other for life."

"Our family is the only food we have."

"You can't take it away."

"You took it away, how can we mothers live..."

Seeing her like this, these officials did not have the slightest compassion.

Immediately, he kicked the woman away heavily and spat at the same time.

"Refugees like you are better off dead."

"So as not to waste the food in this warehouse!"

Seeing them bullying her mother so much, she kicked her and vomited blood.

Niuniu's eyes were also reddened, and she rushed forward crying, and bit the official's leg hard.

The official servant suffered from pain, and at the same time became even more furious, and punched Niuniu hard on the head.

Her young body was thrown out.

Blood also immediately flowed down her black hair and petite face.

"Niuniu!"

Following the woman's wailing and crying, she quickly crawled up to Niuniu, her hands were trembling, and she was stroking Niuniu's face.

Distressed tears flowed.

However, she didn't even have the strength to take this sensible girl into her arms.

At this moment, she looked at her daughter's pale lips, bleeding more and more, so helpless, so bewildered.

At this moment, Li Qiu and Luo Kexin's team finally arrived.

"Niuniu!"

Seeing this, Luo Kexin quickly got off his horse and rushed forward.

Carefully holding Niu Niu in his arms.

"Niuniu, Niuniu, Kexin's sister is here, and my sister is here to see you."

"I brought you food and delicious candies."

"You must be okay!"

——There will be another update later——

Chapter 230 You, Damn

Seeing Niu Niu's situation here, Li Qiu also rushed to the front quickly.

He kept taking out bandages and hemostatic medicine from his arms, and bandaged Niuniu to stop the bleeding.

These were all temporarily redeemed by him with system points.

However, even so, Niu Niu's situation is still visibly deteriorating.

Niu Niu was too young, she was hit on the head by that bastard with all her strength, and she bled too much, so Niu Niu was directly sentenced to death.

At this time, Niuniu, whose consciousness had already begun to blur, was as usual after meeting Luo Kexin and Li Qiu.

She loves to laugh, but she squeezed out a pale smile.

"Sister Kexin, Lord Li Qiu, Niuniu finally saw you again."

"Before, sister Kexin said that she would come to see Niuniu before the New Year's Eve."

"But Niuniu...every day I stand at the door waiting for my sister..."

"Day by day……"

"But my sister didn't come..."

Seeing Niu Niu's deteriorating appearance at this time, the tears in Luo Ke's eyes could not stop rolling down.

"Niuniu, it's my sister's fault that I couldn't come to see you."

"We had originally agreed, and we checked."

But at this time, Niuniu shook her head with difficulty, and then tried to put her little hand into her bosom.

But the action is extremely difficult.

After seeing her intention, Luo Kexin helped her take out the blood-stained woolen doll from her arms.

"Niuniu, are you looking for this doll?"

When Niu Niu saw the doll, she burst into tears with red eyes.

"Niu Niu knows...Ke Xin and Prince Li Qiu are going to get married after the New Year's Eve."

"So Mother used the last valuable thing in the house to exchange for these wools for Niuniu."

"This doll... was woven by Niuniu with mother's help..."

"I want to give it to my sister as a gift..."

"This is also a wish of our whole family."

"But my sister hasn't come... I'm afraid it's too late..."

"Now... I can finally give it to my sister and Lord Li Qiu..."

"But it was polluted..."