Peach Blossom Song

The words have come to this point, and it is logical to ask further questions.

Li Sheren passed the conversation along the way, pretending to be puzzled and said: "Could it be that there is some difficulty at home?"

The old man sighed: "It's not just my family, the entire county is in trouble."

The candle flickered twice, at first the man came back and called out: "Father."

The old man said: "It's packed, the two of you should go and rest soon."

After finally asking about the clues, how could the King of Han be willing to rest here, and hurriedly said: "No hurry, Ah Weng just said that the entire county is in trouble, so what's going on?"

The old man didn't feel sleepy, but he wasn't sleepy. Hearing the King of Han's question, he didn't urge the two of them to rest. He sighed and said, "What else could be going on? The imperial court has come, and every household has to pay the money and food."

All the people in the room were sitting, the man was originally standing beside the old man, when he saw that they were about to start talking, he sat down casually.The old man had been rough all his life, maybe he was used to it, when he said it, his face was full of sorrow, but he didn't feel much anger, but most of them were helpless, but the man showed anger and injustice.

Li Sheren noticed it, and turned his gaze to the man: "I have heard about this. The court is going to fight, and the ministers will be sent to the states and counties to collect military funds. But," he paused, pretending to be puzzled: " There is an order from the imperial court, and there is a limit to the collection. At most, it should not exceed half of the annual tax. It is still a wealthy state and county. Ordinary, it only collects one-tenth of the tax, and the poorer ones are exempted. The people live without food. Why is Dongcheng County harvesting so badly?"

More specifically, the official department has the number of how much each county collects, and it has been totaled, so as not to embarrass the people.Li Sheren didn't continue talking.

The old man waved his hand and said dumbly: "How can you explain the affairs of the officials? If you want to pay, you have to pay, otherwise you are breaking the law. How can you bear this crime."

The king of Han was angry: "Disrupting the law? Where did the law come from? Who made the law?"

Their Xiao family has never promulgated such a law that does not live with the common people!

The King of Han was angry: "It's just a county, and a grain requisition officer, where does he have the guts?"

It is to tarnish the reputation of the court.

The old man was startled, and hurriedly said: "Xiao, Xiao Lang, you don't dare to talk nonsense, you will be punished for making false comments on the government."

The king of Han became even more angry, and he was afraid of frightening the old man, so he kept silent, his whole body was full of anger.Seeing that His Highness was angry, Li Sheren wanted to comfort him, so he heard the man who had not spoken just now, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Ordinary officials dare not behave like this, but Lord Ji is different. He is the uncle of the Queen of Han, and they act like this." , was ordered by the King of Han."

King Han stood up abruptly: "Where did you hear this?"

The man looked at the King of Han in amazement, feeling a sense of fear for some reason, lowered his voice, and said in a low voice, "Everyone in the county is spreading the word."

Is it spreading in the county?Now it's all right, the people in the whole county thought she was the one who did the bad things, that she was the one who was greedy and extorted Ji Wen violently, forcing people to die.The King of Han was so angry that his eyes were red.

Li Sheren hurriedly lowered his voice to comfort him: "Don't be in a hurry, the one who cleans up will be cleared up by himself."

Not comforting at all.The King of Han was sullen and did not speak.

Li Sheren saw that His Highness had stopped talking, and thought that he had already comforted him. His Highness Xin Dao was still very wise, and understood that it was not the time to be angry.

He asked a few more questions, which gradually led him to ask more about the situation.

For example, the man here is Lizheng, who is very prestigious in the village. There are more than a hundred households in this village, and there are nearly five hundred people. Lizheng's family is not bad. If it goes on like this, you must starve to death.

"If it's just that, it's fine, the autumn harvest is only in February, the life of the common people is cheap, the roots of the trees, the turf, the Guanyin soil, and something stuffed in their stomachs, they can always live until then..." When the old man said this, he covered his face and drooped. Tears, choked up unspeakable.

The man took over the conversation: "Because of grain requisition, every family is busy with pawning money to raise money, running here and there, and the fields are a little bit neglected. In addition, there is little rain this year, so the crops will not look good. Half a month ago, the emperor called the imperial envoy to Come, the imperial envoy couldn't see the uneven seedlings, so he pulled up all the wheat in the nearby fields, picked the good ones, and planted them in the fields outside the city. In this way, the imperial envoy saw neat and orderly crops along the way. "

The king of Han was silent, no wonder the wheat field he saw yesterday was growing so gratifyingly.

The old man wiped his tears and sighed: "The people whose seedlings have been pulled out will suffer. This winter must be difficult. That envoy must have committed a crime."

The man sneered: "I heard that the imperial envoy is the King of Han, what a good thing it can be!"

The old man was timid and extremely afraid of getting into trouble, but when he heard this, he didn't refute it.

The King of Han's face turned red, and Li Sheren hurriedly smoothed things over: "His Royal Highness is far away in the capital, how do you know that someone is using his banner to commit crimes? Besides, pulling wheat is an order from the county guard, and has nothing to do with His Royal Highness."

"It has nothing to do with him? I would like to ask the next question, Master Ji is the concubine's uncle, without the support of King Han, how would he have the guts?" The man said indignantly.

Li Sheren looked at the King of Han's expression and explained: "The King of Han never communicates with his father-in-law, let alone supports him. Everyone in Beijing knows about this."

He also said: "Since the imperial court sent an imperial envoy, it can be seen that they know what's going on here, and they are upright. Why don't they lead the people under their rule to report this matter to the imperial envoy?"

The man was doubtful, and his expression was a little loose, but the old man panicked: "How dare you? The imperial envoy is His Highness the King of Han, and what the Fujun said personally, it can be seen that he has nothing to worry about, so bear with it, and the crops will be rectified in the coming year, and life will always pass. If you go to the city to expose it, I'm afraid there is really no way out."

The man showed resentment, but he lowered his head and acquiesced.

The sorrow of the ordinary people lies in this. When encountering injustice, there is only patience.

So much to say, no more to say.

The king of Han and Li Sheren each went to rest.

At dawn the next day, Fang could see the whole picture of the place clearly.At a glance, the houses are mostly thatched huts, and there are a few mud huts occasionally, which can be called luxurious.In the morning, the common people go out to farm.

After the seedlings are pulled out, it is necessary to replant a wave of viable crops depending on the season. At least some crops will be harvested to survive the winter.But every household was searched cleanly, and they couldn't come up with enough money to buy seeds, so they borrowed from rich households in neighboring villages, and repaid three times when they harvested in autumn.

Such injustice, the people are still working hard, and they can only work hard.

The king of Han was walking in the village, and a little boy ran by. He was dirty, sallow and emaciated, like a little clay figurine.Seeing her whole life, I looked at her curiously.The king of Han didn't think he was dirty, so he beckoned him to come, and the child approached step by step. The king of Han waved his hand to signal the attendant who was about to stop her to step back, and took dry food from Li Sheren, squatted down, and handed it to her with his own hands. He: "Let's eat."

At first the child looked at the thing in her hand curiously, and then eat it after hearing it, eagerly took it, opened the oil paper, and stuffed it into his mouth hungrily.

The king of Han watched without saying a word, did not leave, did not speak, just watched the child swallow.

The child swallowed for a while, then suddenly stopped and stopped eating.When the king of Han saw that he had just eaten, he couldn't bear to remove the sticky crumbs from the corner of his mouth. He touched it and ate it. He was obviously very hungry. Why did he stop now, so he asked, "Why don't you eat?"

The child looked at her, a little afraid, and stammered: "I want to give it to Grandma."

The king of Han's eyes turned red, and he almost burst into tears: "You eat, and grandma's also has it."

Only then did the child continue to swallow, this time eating even more urgently.The King of Han patted his head and ordered his attendants to give him some more dry food before he stood up.

The suffering of people's livelihood has always been only in books, but in the mouth of ministers, she has never seen it with her own eyes.The first time I saw it, it was so devastated.

Back in the county, it was already evening, and another staff member who stayed in the county office took the post and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Ji and the Fu Jun have a post, and I want to pay my respects to Your Highness."

The King of Han seemed not to have heard, and walked straight over.

The staff were at a loss, Li Sheren sighed, and pulled him back together.

When the king of Han returned to his room, he saw the princess there.

The princess is making a dress.She came quietly, and no one knew about it except the King of Han, but she was not afraid of being noticed by others, and she was calm and composed.

When King Han entered, she raised her head and smiled, "Your Highness."

Just like in the Han Palace in Beijing.

The king of Han endured the tears all the way, and then he fell into the arms of the princess and cried very sadly.

She couldn't tell whether she was angry that Ji Wen had abused the people like this, or felt that the people had such a hard life, or whether she felt wronged and took the blame for Ji Wen.Many emotions are intertwined and come to my heart, with mixed flavors.

The author has something to say:

His Highness the King of Han is the most determined little crying bag: one day I will attack (clench fist)