Zhao Dangti was originally a prince of a secular dynasty, and his father passed the throne to him when he was old, and Zhao Dangti, who became emperor, did not inherit his indecision and inaction.

Emperor Zhao Dangti worked hard, was thrifty and loved the people, and was a really good emperor.

One day, when he was observing the people in the imperial city, he saw a scene in front of the gate of a green building that he absolutely could not tolerate.

The emperor saw with his own eyes that the evil slave of the Qinglou actually whipped two children in the street!

And there are so many people on the street, but none of them dare to save the two children, which is really outrageous!

At that time, Zhao Dangti wanted to stop this funny tragedy, but he was stopped by a person, an old man in the palace.

Even if the emperor gave an order, saying that no one needed to follow him on this private trip, this old man would not listen to him.

In Ji Hongguo, who dares not to listen to him, the emperor? It's ridiculous to say, there are quite a few, and the old man is just one of them.

Also, people are immortals who have survived the catastrophe, why should they listen to a secular emperor?

At that time, the old man who had protected his Zhao family for many years stopped him and said this:

"Yichun Courtyard is supported by the Wu family behind it, Your Majesty can't take care of the affairs of the Wu family, if you anger the Wu family, the old slave can't protect Your Majesty..."

So this lord of a country in Ji Hongguo, on the street of his imperial city, opened his eyes and saw that there were wicked people committing murder but could not do anything.

Zhao Dangti somewhat understood what his father told him when he was drunk:

"In this world, strength is always the most important, as long as you have the strength, you can do everything you want, but if you don't have the strength, you can only be like me, even if you are the head of a country, you want to make great achievements but are restrained everywhere..."

Seeing that His Majesty did not insist on stepping forward without listening to dissuasion, the old man stopped talking, and after a long time, Emperor Zhao Dangti said "very good" with a blue face and ended this private trip.

The emperor who returned to the palace issued a holy decree to the whole country:

From today onwards, the tax payable by all civilians will be reduced by 30%, and the tax payable by merchants will be increased by 20%, and the families and relatives of the emperor who did not need to pay taxes before will all have to pay taxes according to the law in the future!

As soon as this holy decree came out, the entire Ji Hongguo was no longer calm.

The common people are naturally very happy, and the merchants of Ji Hongguo are at most complaining and admit it, and the tax is increased by 20% compared to the original, which is nothing to them.

Only the "great families" and "relatives of the emperor" mentioned at the end of the holy decree have different performances.

Ji Hong's Wu family, the largest family in China, invited friends that night, and the eldest son of the Wu family said bluntly at the banquet

"The emperor wants our money, I'm afraid it's not crazy! I think Zhao Dangti, the emperor, is about to come to an end!"

As soon as this statement came out, the other families put on a good show, and several small families who originally planned to pay taxes in the future saw the posture of the Wu family and dispelled the idea of paying taxes.

No, who would think that they have a lot of money?

So, in the spring of the first few years after the decree was issued, a tax was collected, and none of the children in Ji Hongguo's treasury belonged to those families.

"None of them are paying taxes this year?"

The emperor asked again, and the rectifier wiped the sweat from his head, and Nuo Nuo replied:

"Back to Your Majesty, this year's tax collection, all the families who have not paid taxes before, this year..."

"Enough"

Zhao Dangti interrupted the planner and waved him to step back.

"Whew..."

The emperor closed his eyes and was weak for a moment.

After a while, he opened his eyes again

"If you don't give it, I'll send someone to ask for it!"

The emperor clenched his fists as he said this.

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Later, when Zhao Dangti assigned Ji Hongguo, the chief of the underground palace of Ji Hongguo, who was in charge of taxes, was in charge of taxation, when he went to Wu's house to ask for money, his limbs were broken, his tongue was pulled out, and he was thrown at the gate of the palace.

Da Situ Kong Lingfei grew up with Emperor Zhao Dangti since childhood, and Zhao Dangti of the entire Ji Hongguo also believed in Kong Lingfei and the "Heavenly Immortal" old man who protected his family.

"Ruyi..."

Looking at his miserable childhood friend, Emperor Zhao Dangti couldn't cry.

Ruyi is Kong Lingfei's milk name.

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Later, Zhao Dangti begged the "Heavenly Immortal" old man to cure his small hair.

Kong Lingfei, who had recovered as before, complained to Zhao Dangti

"Brother Ti, that Wu Jiata is unreasonable, as soon as I explained my intentions to them, they directly did it to me, and there was no king's law!"

"Reason, law, it turns out that in Ji Hongguo, the law is really not up to me..."Zhao Dangti laughed at himself

Kong Lingfei said anxiously

"Brother Ti is now the lord of Ji Hongguo..."

"So what?

Before Zhao Dangti finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old man of Tianxian

"The killer of the Wu family is here, the old slave will resist for you for a while, Your Majesty should flee for your life, don't go back to Ji Hongguo in the future"

Zhao Dangti couldn't believe it as if he had heard a tale from the Arabian Nights, but it was Kong Lingfei who said anxiously

"Brother Tier, I'll go with you..."

Emperor Zhao Dangti woke up like a dream

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Later, Zhao Dangti, the lord of Ji Hongguo, and Kong Lingfei, the chief of the underground palace, became mourning dogs.

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A few days later, the two fled to a place called Mt. Truth.

"Brother Ti, I've grown so big, I only know the taste of hunger today..."The hungry Kong Lingfei said sadly

Zhao Dangti was also hungry, but he could only comfort his childhood friend

"At the beginning, my father told me that if one day I suffered, I would come to Daoshan Mountain three thousand miles north from Ji Hongguo, and now we have finally arrived here, let's hold on a little longer..."

Seeing that Kong Lingfei was miserable and did not speak, Zhao Dangti was also infected by it and mourned

"I only knew that I had always been too simple, and the Wu family dared to kill me... If it weren't for the fact that my Zhao family has always been protected by an old man, I'm afraid Ji Hongguo would have changed his surname..."

Seeing that Kong Lingfei still didn't squeak, Zhao Dangti had nothing to say

"Ruyi, what do you say is strength?"

"Is it strength? is it force, family background, status, money, connections... Luck should also be considered strength..."

Zhao Dangti asked again

"Then how can we improve our strength? Now that I have been driven out of Ji Hongguo, you who are still harmed will suffer with me, I will always go back... I don't know what happened to my father in the Jihong Congress... and my people..."

Seeing that Kong Lingfei seemed to have fainted from hunger, Zhao Dangti regretted that he had released the two of them into the wild yesterday.

I'm starving to death, and I'm worried that two horses will suffer if I follow me?

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Dragged his childhood friend onto his shoulder, Zhao Dangti looked firm, and climbed up step by step along the mountain road...