After the truth came out, they begged me not to die.

Outside the mirror.

Everyone felt incredible after hearing what the middle-aged woman said.

With such exploitation, how can the people survive.

Someone said angrily: "With such heavy taxes, the land has fallen into the hands of the landlords. If you want to farm the land, you have to rent it. How can ordinary people survive?"

"That's right, I only saw the taxes collected from the people. What about the taxes from the landlords and officials? Who will collect them?"

"I heard that Da Qi's system is like this. As long as you have official status, you can be exempted from the tax on handymen."

Everyone started talking.

Ge Moshi said: "The policy of establishing the country of Da Qi includes a stipulation that scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor rule the world together. This means that those powerful people have privileges and do not have to pay taxes. Empress of Da Qi, am I right?"

As the ruler of the Qi Dynasty, Han Youjin was naturally familiar with the laws of founding a country, so he nodded and acknowledged it.

"There is indeed such a national law. However, when Taizu founded the country, the ministers had merit and it was appropriate to give them some privileges. This emperor does not think there is anything wrong with this provision."

Ge Moshi chuckled, and then asked: "The Queen of Daqi has been in the Dabao for many years, but has she ever heard of land annexation?"

"I heard a little bit." Han Youjin's eyes flashed, and she was still troubled by this problem.

"I also understand this."

"Pavilion Master, what is land annexation?"

Some people were confused and started shouting.

Ge Moshi stroked his white beard, narrowed his eyes, and explained.

"Land annexation means that land is increasingly concentrated in the hands of big landlords and big bureaucrats, while farmers are increasingly losing their land, or even having no land at all."

“In order to own more land, large landowners use all kinds of despicable means. Especially in disaster years, landlords resort to extortion to make land-owning farmers sell their land and properties and become tenant farmers. In addition, complicated taxes are collected from the fields. All the burden falls on the people, which will only make the people less and less able to survive, and eventually they can only embark on the road of rebellion."

"The experience that the woman suffered just now is a microcosm of land annexation."

At this point, he gave the example of a middle-aged woman, which immediately became vivid and vivid, and everyone quickly understood what land annexation meant.

In this case, solving the current problems of the people is not the focus, but lies with the rulers of the Qi Dynasty.

Because all taxes come from the people, and the privileged class gets something for nothing. Eventually, the solidified class contradictions become more and more serious. Eventually, the government forces the people to rebel, and it is only a matter of time before they rebel.

Thinking of this, Ge Moshi remembered the biggest crisis since the founding of the Qi Dynasty a thousand years ago, when King Ping rebelled, and he suddenly understood.

He said sincerely: "Empress, I believe you also remember that incident, which involved the rebellion of half of the common people in the Daqi Dynasty. From this point of view, what you said about the so-called benevolent government of the previous Daqi Emperor was just a nice word. .”

"Times have changed, and it has been thousands of years. Classes have solidified again, and conflicts have become more and more intensified. But be careful that disaster will come back again."

Ge Moshi was originally the Pavilion Master of Qianqiu Pavilion. He was a historical record sect and was familiar with world affairs. Therefore, his words were quite authoritative.

Han Youjin took it very seriously. She nodded, listened to the words, and said seriously: "I will bear in mind the words of Master Ge Pavilion, and will not let history repeat itself again."

However, it is still a little hard to accept in my heart. The amiable father and emperor have boasted about their achievements in power. Now it seems that they can't blame the people for following King Ping in the rebellion.

……

Inside the mirror.

Chen Zun and others stayed at Da Niu's house for a while, treated the middle-aged woman's illness, and left more than a hundred taels of silver before walking out of the hut.

We walked around the village again, treated some patients casually with Monk Wanfu, gave them some property to help them survive, and then prepared to leave.

The big girl leads the way.

He walked for a while and reached the entrance of the village. When he looked back, he saw a large group of people standing in front of his house to watch.

However, his eyes fell on the low and shabby thatched hut, and he still saw the middle-aged woman holding a baby and sitting at the door of the hut, watching them leave from a distance.

His heart felt a little heavy.

The three of them didn't say anything, and followed the big girl to the entrance of the village. A woman with no clothes on, holding something wrapped in rags and straw in her arms, sat on the big rock at the entrance of the village, staring blankly outside the entrance of the village.

Shen Ruoyan asked: "Who is she?"

"She is Uncle Li San's wife."

Chen Zun remembered that the middle-aged woman had said that the man named Li Sange had been arrested for three years and had not come back.

"I heard from people who came back from the next village that Uncle Li fell to his death from a height less than a year after he went to build the city.

The child who was born in the same year also died because she was ill and had no money for medical treatment. The third aunt could not bear the blow and went crazy. She relied on the help of people in the village to avoid starving to death. She only ran to the entrance of the village every day to see if Uncle Li San was back. No. "

The eldest girl explained in a low voice, then walked up, pulled the woman's sleeves, and called out: "Auntie, why are you sitting here? It's windy here, go back quickly."

Aunt Li just shook her head and muttered to herself.

"I won't go back. Guanyin Bodhisattva gave me a dream last night, saying that Li San will be back today. If I go back, he will be so anxious if he can't find my mother and I. I will wait here with my baby for his return."

After she finished speaking, she held the straw bag in her arms, laughed, and said softly: "Dog, your father is coming back. How about we wait for him to come back."

After she finished speaking, she hummed a tune, as if she was lulling the baby to sleep.

When Chen Zun and the others left, Aunt Li was still sitting on the stone, looking into the distance, looking forward to her husband's return.

……

The three of them returned to the official road and walked towards the city.

Shen Ruoyan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "How about we go to the city and release the poor people who were forcibly conscripted today?"

What she saw and heard today opened her eyes and shocked her heart.

Especially when she thought of the crazy Aunt Li, holding a fake baby at the entrance of the village looking forward to her husband's return, it made her extremely uncomfortable.

Among the people who were captured and sent to hard labor, in the end it was not known how many of them could return safely.

"Amitabha."

Monk Wanfu recited the Buddha's name and said, "Miss Shen, this is absolutely impossible."

Shen Ruoyan thought that his brilliant idea would be approved, but he didn't expect that Monk Wanfu would not agree, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied in his heart.

She said coldly: "Why? Could it be that it's your immortal sect's set of rules not to interfere with ordinary affairs again?"

"How can the rules of the Immortal Sect be broken? This is one."

Monk Wanfu was not angry or denying it. He looked at Shen Ruoyan seriously and said, "Has Miss Shen thought about the consequences of rescuing them?"

"What are the consequences of saving people?"