Peach Blossom - Chapter 58

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

    The old man sighed: “Not only my family, but the whole county has difficulties.”

    The candle flickered twice. At first, the man came back and called out, “Dad.”

    The old man said: “Pack up, you two should go and rest.”

    It was hard to ask questions, how could the King of Han be willing to rest there, and said hurriedly: “No hurry, A Weng just said that there are difficulties in the whole county, what is going on?”

    The old man felt less sleepy, but he was not sleepy. Hearing the King of Han’s question, he stopped urging the two to rest and sighed: “What else is going on? have to pay.”

    Everyone in the room was sitting. The man was standing beside the old man. The old man had a lifetime of hardships, maybe he was used to it. Speaking of which, his face was full of sorrow, but he was not much resentful. It was mostly helpless, but the man showed anger and injustice.

    Li Sheren noticed it and turned his eyes to the man: “I have heard of this matter. There is going to be a war between the DPRK and China, and the minister will be sent to the state and county to collect military funds. But,” he paused. , pretending to be puzzled: “The imperial court has orders, and the collection is moderate, at most not more than half of the annual tax, which is still rich in the prefectures and prefectures, and ordinary, only 1/10 of the tax, even poorer, more It is exempted. It will not cause the people to live without food. How can Dongcheng County be harvested so fiercely?”

    Li Sheren didn’t say anything.

    The old man waved his hand and said dumbly: “How can you tell the affairs of the officials? If you want to pay, you have to pay, otherwise it will be a violation of the law. “

    The King of Han was furious: “The law is disordered? Where did the law come from? Who made the law?”

    The Xiao family has never issued such a law that does not live with the people!

    The King of Han was angry: “Just a county, a mere grain collector, where did you get the courage?”

    It is to ruin the reputation of the court.

    The old man was taken aback and hurriedly said: “Xiao, Xiaolangjun don’t dare to talk nonsense, talking about the government is to be punished.”

    Han Wang was even more angry, and afraid of scaring the old man, he kept silent, and the whole person was angry. Seeing that His Highness was angry, Li Sheren wanted to comfort him, so he listened to the man who had not spoken until now, and suddenly said solemnly: “Ordinary officials would not dare to act like this, but Master Ji is different. , at the order of the King of Han.”

    Han Wang stood up abruptly: “Where did you hear this?”

    The man looked at the King of Han in disbelief. For some reason, he felt a sense of fear. He lowered his voice and said, “It’s spreading in the county.”

    It’s spreading in the county? It’s all right now, the people in the whole county thought it was her bad deeds, that she was insatiable greed, made Ji Wen reckless and forced people to lose their way. The king of Han was so angry that his eyes were red.

    Li Sheren hurriedly lowered his voice of consolation: “Don’t be in a hurry, don’t be in a hurry, those who are clear will clear themselves.”

    No comfort at all. Han Wang kept his face calm and did not speak.

    Seeing that His Highness stopped talking, Li Sheren thought that he had been comforted. His Highness was still very wise and understood that now is not the time to be angry.

    He asked a few more questions, little by little he asked him more about the situation.

    For example, the man is Lizheng here, and he is quite prestigious in the village. There are more than 100 households and nearly 500 people in this village. It’s all done. If it goes on like this, I’ll have to starve to death.

      Here, weeping and choked with tears.

    The man took over the conversation: “Because of the grain requisition, every family is busy raising money from pawns, and they are running around, so they can’t take care of the fields, and because of the lack of rain this year, the crops will not look good. Half a month ago, the lord of the government announced that the imperial envoy was coming. The imperial envoy could not see the uneven seedlings. He ordered all the wheat from the nearby fields to be pulled up, picked and planted in the fields outside the city. In this way, the imperial envoy came all the way to see It’s a neat crop.”

    The King of Han was silent, no wonder the wheat fields I saw yesterday were so gratifying.

    The old man wiped away his tears and sighed: “The people who were plucked from the seedlings suffered from the seedlings, and this winter must be unbearable. That imperial envoy is really a sin.”

    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 things, but he did not refute it when he heard this.

    Han King’s face flushed red, and Li Sheren hurriedly said: “His Royal Highness Han King is far away in the capital, how do you know that someone is using his banner to do something wrong? What’s more Your Highness has nothing to do.”

    Li Sheren looked at King Han’s expression and explained: “King Han never communicated with his father-in-law, let alone support, this matter is well known in Beijing.”

    And said: “Since the imperial court has sent the imperial envoy, it can be seen that they know what is going on here.

     Crop, life will go on, if you go into the city and expose it, I’m afraid there will be no way to survive.”

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

    That’s all, it’s hard to say more.

    Han King and Li Sheren went to rest.

    The next day will dawn, and the whole place will be seen clearly. At first glance, the houses are mostly thatched huts, with a few mud huts occasionally, which are already luxurious. In the morning people go out to farm.

      But every household scoured it cleanly, and they couldn’t raise the money to buy seeds, so they borrowed money from wealthy households in neighboring villages, and repaid it three times after the autumn harvest.

    It is so unfair, the people are still working hard, and only working hard.

    Han Wang was walking in the village, and a child ran past, dirty, yellow-faced and thin, like a little clay figurine. Seeing her whole life, I looked at her curiously. King Han didn’t think he was dirty, so he beckoned him to come, and the little boy approached step by step. King Han waved his hand to signal the attendant who wanted to stop her to step back, and took the dry food from Li Sheren’s hand, squatted down, and handed it to him. Him: “Eat it.”

    Han Wang watched without saying a word, did not leave, did not speak, just watched the child devour.

    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 get rid of the sticky crumbs at the corners of his mouth. When he touched it and ate it clean, he was obviously very hungry. Why did he stop now, and asked, “Why don’t you eat?”

    The child looked at her, a little frightened, and stammered: “I want to give it to grandma.”

    Han Wang’s eyes were red, and he almost burst into tears: “You eat, grandma also has.”

    The child continued to swallow, but this time he ate more quickly. The King of Han patted his head and ordered his attendants to give him some more dry food before standing up.

    The suffering of people’s livelihood has always been only in books, and in the words of the minister, she has never seen it with her own eyes. The first time I saw it in person, it was so devastated.

    Han Wang walked over as if he didn’t hear him.

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

    The king of Han returned to the room and saw the princess there.

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

    At the entrance to the King of Han, she raised her head and smiled: “His Royal Highness.”

    It’s just like the palace of the Han Dynasty in Beijing.

    Han Wang endured all the tears before falling down, throwing himself into the arms of the princess and crying so sadly.

    She couldn’t tell whether she was angry that Ji Wen had behaved against the common people, or was saddened that the common people were living so hard, or was wronged that Ji Wen took the blame for it. Many emotions are intertwined and come to my mind, and the five flavors are mixed.

    The author has something to say:

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