The rise of the president in the harem

At this time, the leaves in the forest are withered and yellow, the crops have been harvested, and even the grass on both sides of the official road has turned green.The way Gao Yue and his group came out of Pingjing was very eye-catching. Because the guards cleared the way, ordinary people avoided one after another. Naturally, no one would be in a hurry to run into the bad luck of the government.

But after leaving Pingjing, this battle also shows that this group of people is worth a lot, especially those sitting in the carriage.Ordinarily, the law and order in Pingjing these years has been good, no matter whether it is the suburbs or the northern mountainous area, there are very few green forest people.Therefore, when Liang Xiao saw a group of people and horses appearing in front of him, his first reaction was to think of the passing people. It wasn't until those people rushed forward and showed his waist that he was alerted immediately, and ordered the guards to draw their bows. Arrow, shouted loudly and asked the other party: "Who is it?"

Those people didn't answer, they rushed over and slashed wildly with their knives.

The guards shot back immediately, and the two parties didn't bother to talk at all.

The carriage stopped abruptly, and there was the sound of fighting outside. Gao Yue lifted the curtain to look outside, and saw that An Ri had stood up from the shaft of the carriage, throwing hidden weapons at the 'thugs' approaching the carriage from time to time.

It's just that those gangsters...

After Gao Yue took a closer look, he only felt that some of these gangsters were very kind-hearted, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them.But the more this happened, the more uneasy he felt, and he always felt that this interception happened a little too strangely.

Just now, he heard Liang Xiao's shout, but he didn't hear the other party's answer, and the sound of weapons colliding came to mind outside.And when the fight started, the well-trained guards on weekdays clearly had the upper hand. Dealing with the 'thugs' who kept rushing up was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables. In just this moment, there were already corpses lying on the ground. ——

In this situation, no matter how you look at it, it looks like those gangsters came here to die on purpose!

wrong!

Something is wrong!

"Liang Xiao!" Gao Yue shouted. After he realized this, he immediately called Liang Xiao to the front and asked loudly, "What's going on? Don't you find that there is something wrong with these people?!"

After being awakened by Gao Yue, Liang Xiao also saw the problem, so he didn't bother to answer Gao Yue, so he quickly ordered: "Keep alive!"

After the guards got the order, they no longer used ultimate moves, but changed to subdue them or knock them out. However, the difficulty increased in this way, and some people accidentally got close to the carriage, and even almost got killed several times. The 'rogue' climbed into the carriage.

Liang Xiao took the opportunity and hurriedly said to Gao Yue: "Ji Xiang, hurry back to the carriage, the sword has no eyes, I'm afraid it will hurt you!"

"It's okay." Gao Yue remained unmoved, staring at the familiar faces, trying to remember where he had seen these people.Seeing this, An Ri followed Gao Yue's line of sight, and suddenly his expression froze, and he kicked the shaft of the car hard, and flew out, and the person who locked Gao Yue's line of sight was picked up among the chaotic fighting crowd!

The man was held by the collar by An Sun, and he was still waving the long knife in his hand trying to fight back, but of course it was impossible to succeed.The weapon was snatched away by the dark sun, and the blade was reversed, and it was placed on his neck.The man carrying the knife around his neck finally stopped.

An Ri carried him to Gao Yue's carriage, and in order to prevent him from making trouble again, he directly removed his two arms and kicked his knees, and the man knelt down on Gao Yue's knees with a 'plop'. before.

Gao Yue was sitting on the carriage, staring down at this man from a high position, and saw that this man's eyes were full of anger and hatred, as if Gao Yue was his father-killing enemy, and even spat at Gao Yue, calling him a "dog" official'!

"You are..." Gao Yue remembered who this person was, "You are from Father Zhao's village..."

"It's you?!" The man also recognized Gao Yue, and the expression on his face changed from initial shock to doubt, "Aren't you the daughter-in-law of the Chen family? Why are you with these dog officials?! "

Earlier, Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi visited Zhao's father's village in private, and An Ri and his younger brother An Yue also followed.Therefore, after listening to Gao Yue's half-sentence, Anri remembered who this person was. This person was a neighbor of Mr. Zhao's family. Yue chatted with almost everyone in the village. He was always by Gao Yue's side, and this Liu Sanqi also followed along as a 'guide', so he still had some impressions—isn't this a very enthusiastic young man?

Where did Gao Yue bother to explain this to him?At this moment, his mind changed, and he thought of a certain possibility, and asked directly: "These people who are causing trouble now are all villagers in your village?!"

"So what?!" Seeing that Gao Yue didn't answer his question, Liu Sanqi raised his vigilance again. With red eyes, Liu Sanqi yelled, "Anyway, you dog officials don't care about our lives. !Then we will go all out and fight with you!!!”

"There must be a misunderstanding!" Gao Yue hit the nail on the head, but said loudly to Liang Xiao, "Don't hurt anyone! They are all people from Zhaojia Village! They are not gangsters!"

Liang Xiao hastily responded, but Gao Yue said to Liu Sanqi again: "If you don't want these folks to die in vain, let them put down their weapons immediately, and let's clarify the matter face to face. what happened?!"

"Why should I believe you?!" Liu Sanqi's guard exploded, looking at Gao Yue with a full face of guard.

Gao Yue said: "Because I am Lord Bi Yan, the Young Master Chen you have met is His Majesty today! Don't you even believe His Majesty?!"

"What?!" Liu Sanqi was taken aback, "Are you really Lord Bi Yan? Isn't that the treacherous official who came to the village to search for food?!"

"What treacherous officials?" Gao Yue frowned, and said to Liu Sanqi, "Quickly persuade the folks to stop!"

Liu Sanqi stared at Gao Yue, as if he was weighing things up, and after a while he said: "Let me just believe you once, if you lie to me, I will never let you go!" He gritted his teeth and said to The surrounding villagers who were still desperately fighting with the guards shouted: "Folks, stop beating, stop beating, we beat the wrong person!"

The villagers who heard his shout hesitated slightly, and the guards immediately seized the gap and knocked these people unconscious.Seeing this, Liu Sanqi immediately questioned Gao Yue: "Why don't your people stop fighting?"

"Liang Xiao!" Gao Yue shouted, "Tell the guards to stop."

"Don't hurt the people, stop!" Liang Xiao executed Gao Yue's orders much more efficiently than Liu Sanqi.

Fortunately, Gao Yue found out that something was wrong in time for this tragedy that almost happened, and when both sides took a step back, it was temporarily suspended.

The villagers and the guards still confronted each other, eyeing each other fiercely, still guarding against each other changing their minds at any time.At this time, Gao Yue got out of the carriage, and An Ri connected Liu Sanqi's arm.Gao Yue stood on the official road, and Liu Sanqi was pushed in front of him.

"Now, in front of the villagers, tell me what's going on?" Gao Yue said.When he said this, several people came down from the carriages behind.These people are all good-looking men, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are brothers.He came to Gao Yue's side and stood behind him. At this time, everyone's faces were solemn. It could be seen that after the accident, several people probably understood that something happened to the village designated as the experimental field. .

However, just as Liu Sanqi was about to speak, a person in the crowd rushed out suddenly. With a dagger in his hand, he rushed out of the crowd and went straight to Gao Yue. Still shouting: "I killed you dog officer!"

Wanting to kill Gao Yue in front of An Ri and Liang Xiao is undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg. Gao Yue remained calm, but said to Liang Xiao and An Ri who had stepped forward to stand in front of him: "Don't kill him!"

Naturally, the man failed to touch a piece of Gao Yue's clothes, so Liang Xiao beat him down three times, kicked the dagger in his hand, and Liang Xiao took off his arms, hanging limply on his sides.

Gao Yue didn't urge Liu Sanqi to explain the situation, but looked at the mad man thoughtfully - because after the man was subdued, he was still saying the words 'I killed you dog official! 'In this situation, it seems that the body and mind are controlled by something, completely fascinated the mind.

Aware of this, Gao Yue looked at the villagers again, and found that there were still a few people like him in the crowd, but those few were hidden in the crowd, and it was not easy to find that their eyes were empty without careful observation. It's like the soul is out of the body.

"Liang Xiao, that, that, and this person, bring them here!"

The few people named by Gao Yue were quickly escorted out by the guards.Gao Yue observed the reaction of these people when they were arrested, and it was obvious that they all swallowed. This scene reminded him of the Dongying ninja couple whose identities were exposed by him on the spot when he was in Gucheng. He quickly ordered: " Liang Xiao stuffed their mouths with something!"

After giving these instructions, Gao Yue thought to herself that she would have to send someone to the Chiyun Temple for a while, and invite a Taoist priest to come down to see if these people have been infected by Gu insects.Ordinarily, after experiencing the great tribute, Gu worms would not reappear so soon. After all, the biggest Gu leaders, Gong Zibao and Bai Yu Mingxuan, have already been killed, and all the hidden stakes left by the Bai family in the capital have also been removed. , Gu worms shouldn't appear in the suburbs of Beijing anymore.However, there are no absolutes in the world, if these people are really infected by Gu, it can only mean that the Bai family is active again—could it be related to the war in the East China Sea this time?

After dealing with all this, Gao Yue asked Liu Sanqi again, "Now we can talk, what's going on?"

But Liu Sanqi stared at the people who were named by Gao Yue, and said: "Yesterday, people from the government suddenly broke into the homes of these people." The men were taken away. Even the family’s cattle were taken away, just because, just because they couldn’t pay the autumn tax!”

"Can't pay the autumn tax?" Gao Yue was taken aback. If this happened in other villages, he wouldn't be so surprised. The key is that Zhaojia Village has been designated as an experimental village. The payment policy should have been issued to the county government. No matter how courageous the county magistrate is, he wouldn't dare to resist the order, right?Hearing Liu Sanqi's words, Liang Chen was taken aback for a moment, Cheng Zhang and Chen Wushui looked at each other, and there was a word of confusion in capital letters on their faces.

"Don't you know that the autumn tax in your village can be postponed?" Gao Yue asked with a frown.

This question really hit the point, and the crowd immediately became excited, and the villagers shouted: "We know it, and it is because we know that the government is still here to arrest people, so we come here to kill the dog official!"

"Isn't the arrester someone from the county government? Even if you want to kill the dog officer, you should go to the county government. Why did you come here?"

Liu Sanqi said with tears in his eyes: "The officers and soldiers who arrested people were not from the county government. They said that their official lord was the new Sinong imperial envoy. From now on, the autumn tax will not be under the county government's control. It is the imperial envoy who has the final say. He also said that today the imperial envoy will enter the village through the official road. If we dare to reveal half a word, the imperial envoy will starve everyone in the village. Originally, we came here today just to ask the imperial envoy to take it back I was ordered to let people back. Unexpectedly, before dawn in the morning, another group of officers and soldiers came and snatched away all the food stored for the winter in every household in our village! Isn’t this forcing us to rebel? !"

After listening to his words, Gao Yue's face was as dark as black charcoal. He sneered twice, suppressed his anger, and turned his head to tell An Sun: "You report the situation here to His Majesty immediately." Then he said to Liang Xiao: "Send someone to Go to the county government office and invite me the county magistrate to come to Zhaojia Village!" Finally, he said to the villagers in front of him: "I am Lord Biyan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and also the Minister of Household Affairs! Zhaojia Village was proposed by me, Your Majesty The first new tax reform village approved by the whole Dazhou, the reason why your village was chosen as the first pilot of this world-breaking example, is because your Majesty and I have visited in secret and had a relationship with all the villagers. Your Majesty saw Everyone’s daily life, after returning to the palace, deeply felt the suffering of the people and couldn’t sleep at night, so I came up with a tax reform policy, the purpose of which is to let you live a better life! But, I never expected that there would be such a black heart The villains actually made trouble secretly, obstructed the tax reform, and implicated all the folks. Today, I promise that the court will make up for all the losses of the folks, and your family and the court will help you find them. Also, today The crime will not be pursued!"

As soon as the words came out, the people were stunned for a while, then threw away the weapons in their hands, kowtowed to Gao Yue on their knees, and shouted: "Thank you for your forgiveness, my lord!"

Gao Yue stared at the fallen weapons with sharp eyes, and asked Liu Sanqi, "Where do these weapons come from?"

"They were brought by the tinsmith in the village."

"Tinsmith?" Gao Yue's brows were twisted into twists.He carefully recalled that he hadn't seen any blacksmith in that small village last time, so he asked, "Why didn't I see him last time?"

Liu Sanqi said: "His family only moved here in the last month, and it is said that they escaped from the Weishui disaster area."

"Is someone else there?"

"Should be," Liu Sanqi hurriedly looked into the crowd, then said 'Huh', "He was there before?"

Hearing what he said, the villagers were busy looking for someone in the crowd, but unfortunately, after looking around, they couldn't find the blacksmith. Cheated!

Gao Yue then ordered Liang Xiao: "Send some good men and take him with you," he pointed at Liu Sanqi, "Rush to Zhaojia Village immediately and arrest Blacksmith!"

"As ordered."

Liang Xiao took Liu Sanqi to the side to order soldiers.

Gao Yue turned around and pulled Liang Chen over, patted him on the shoulder, and said to the villagers: "This is the imperial envoy appointed by the imperial court, Mr. Liang! In the future, except for his words being credible, nothing about taxation Don't believe the rumors. Do you understand?"

The villagers quickly paid homage to the imperial envoy again, and this time they really understood.

A farce seems to be over on the surface, but Gao Yue is very clear that this tax reform may be difficult, not only the Bai family has taken the lead again, it is not difficult to judge from the speed of the news, the court of the Great Zhou Here, I am afraid that many officials have been infiltrated by some forces, and I don't know who released the news of the tax reform.Obviously, he, Zhou Feiqi and even Li Shangshu are still experimenting with the matter of the Experimental Village in secret, without publicizing it.Even the order given to the county magistrate was directly announced by the father-in-law and the secret guard in the imperial study.

The decree was announced just a few days ago.It was only a few days before the villagers knew about it.But that blacksmith has lived in Zhaojia Village for a month.Only Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi knew about the agricultural reform in Zhaojia Village a month ago.Gao Yue did a three-hour plan, but that plan is still in the study of Jiyang Hall.

In the study room in the emperor's palace, there are only a few people who go in and out on a daily basis—thus, the possibility of news leaking out a month ago is almost zero.So, what caused the Bai family to bury a white blacksmith as a chess piece in Zhaojia Village a month ago?Also, what was the original purpose of this pawn? !

Behind the scenes, I can't see clearly now.Just looking at the appearance, the direct factor of today's riot is the inaction of the county magistrate!This person, Gao Yue is going to ask him carefully today, if he knows where the monthly salary comes from! ! !

Things have developed to the point where the villagers rushed up to try to "kill the dog officer" at the beginning, but they were killed by the guards without mercy.Liang Xiao counted and killed 11 people. The lives of these people were ruined in vain. They really can't be wronged anymore!

Now the villagers who clearly realize that they have been cheated and used see the dead bodies of their loved ones, crying really well.They regretted too much in their hearts, regretted that they were simple-minded, listened to rumors, no one was being used by others, and they did not listen to advice——

Obviously, old man Zhao advised them yesterday that everything should be discussed after the arrival of the imperial envoy, but not only did they not listen, they even mobbed together and wounded old man Zhao!Thinking about it now, I really regret that I want to jump into the river!

Gao Yue felt uncomfortable watching these villagers howl at the moment.But more anger!

He thought that from ancient times to the present, although he is very clear that every reform and change is the impact of the old and new forces, and there will inevitably be conflicts and sacrifices, but he really did not expect that after he and Zhou Feiqi fully considered this point After that, the reform that decided to start from one point will also encounter such great resistance from the very beginning.

This is just a small village near the capital, and it doesn't touch anyone's interests at all. There are some people who can't stand it and don't like it, so rush to give them such a "dog killing officer" on their way in?

Hehe, the dog officer really deserves to be killed!But, you have to be targeted, just wait, he will definitely find out whoever is behind the scenes, and he will not let anyone go, and don't even try to run away! ! !

Gao Yue got into the car with a gloomy face, and Liang Xiao commanded the rest of the guards to guard Gao Yue and Liang Chen in the same formation as before.The people followed after them. When they came out, they were full of indignation, but when they returned, they were mournful and wept.

Gao Yue's carriage was full of people this time, Liang Chen, Cheng Zhang and Chen Wushui all got into his carriage.Several people looked very serious, Liang Chen said to Gao Yue as soon as he got in the car: "It's obvious that someone is tripping us up!"

Cheng Zhang rubbed his wrists and rattled, apparently extremely angry, and said: "Anyone who incites the common people to make trouble, pretends to be officers and soldiers to rob people's wealth, whoever can do such a thing, should be cut to pieces!"

Chen Wushui said: "However, the supervision of military materials in the Great Zhou Dynasty is very strict. The clothes of officers and soldiers are also controlled materials, and not just a tailor shop is qualified to make them. It is actually not difficult to track down this matter. But what I am worried about now is that, When we get to the village in a while, will there be any pits waiting for us to jump into?"

Gao Yue lowered her eyes to listen to their discussion. Hearing this, she said in a deep voice: "Even if there is a hole, the cover will not be removed at this moment. They must know that this kind of thing happened. Our vigilance is precisely When it was the highest, wouldn't it just happen to be caught by jumping out right now?"

"what do you mean?"

Liang Chen frowned and thought while asking, then he heard Gao Yue say, "What is the key to accomplishing the autumn tax payment and spring payment?"

Several people all looked at him, Gao Yue said: "It's the spring payment."

"I see." Liang Chen said, "It's the seeds."

"Yes. So, if someone digs another hole for us, the next step should be to target the seeds." Gao Yue said with certainty.

Cheng Zhang and Chen Wushui looked at each other and asked, "Let's not take that kind of seed over here. If those rare seeds are ruined by those villains, next year's spring payment will really be useless."

Gao Yue nodded solemnly, but said nothing.

When Zhou Feiqi received the Flying Pigeon Wearing Book sent out in the dark, he had just set his court.After reading the secret report, he went to the imperial study and called Bian Yi and Cheng Lie.Bian Yi was in command of the Beijing garrison, and Cheng Lie was in charge of the Nanchang Xuwei.Now that the two were called to the Imperial Study Room at the same time, some of the officials guessed that something serious might have happened in the capital.However, since the Great Tribute, Pingjing has been calm recently. There have been no major celebrations, nor any natural or man-made disasters. The only events that can be regarded as hot spots are the selection of elder brothers and the accounting department of the household department that have caused a lot of noise a few days ago.What's more, the horse-drawn convoy of Kei Division of the Household Department left Pingjing today. It is said that Ji Xiang personally took people to the eastern suburbs.

Many officials still don't know what Gao Yue is taking people to the eastern suburbs for. Of course, some well-informed people have found out early in the morning that Mr. Ji Xiang is going to go to the countryside to do agriculture this time.Could it be that Ji Xiang had an accident on this trip?

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. After that, the garrison battalion mobilized a thousand officers and soldiers to rush out of Qinglongmen, and rushed eastward all the way.Just looking at this battle, a fool would know that something went wrong.Because of this, the officials found out after a little inquiring that this morning, a group of villagers stopped Jixiang's frame and threatened to kill the dog official. The tax deferred policy - this time, many officials can't sit still!

Because if this policy is implemented, it may directly affect the tax system of the entire Dazhou, which will affect the fiscal revenue of various places, and then affect their personal vested interests!This is not a good sign!