When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

This proverb is the perfect way to describe Taihu City.

Taihu City is located in a remote location, with many mountains and hills, so that agriculture and animal husbandry are poor, and there are no profit-making industries such as mineral resources, so it has been relatively poor in the previous dynasties.

But since Su Hanlin ascended the throne and became emperor, Taihu City has been transformed into a phoenix that flies on the branches. Not only does there be no need to pay taxes to the empire every year, but the national treasury will allocate a large amount of gold, silver, money and grain, so that Taihu City, which is not rich, will be rounded up at once.

The walls were built tall and tall, the roads were built in all directions, and the houses were built bright and spacious.

If you want to say which city in the south caused the least disaster by the drought, it must be Taihu City, because the people have grain in stock, as long as they are not lazy people, the grain stacks at home are full, if you can tighten your belt to save food, it will not be a problem to eat for two or three years.

As soon as the drought showed its fierce appearance, they immediately ordered the irrigation of farmland to be stopped and abandoned to conserve water.

There is nothing else, the official granaries in the county capital and state city are full, and the officials have confidence in their hearts, that is, they can't starve the people if they don't farm for a year, but they don't have water to drink for a year, which is definitely a big disaster.

Facts have proved that the decision of the officials of Taihu City was extremely wise and saved the lives of thousands of people in Taihu City.

Since the drought, the drinking water of the people of Taihu City has never been cut off, although a person can only receive a bowl of water a day, but everyone is still alive, and there is hope when they are alive.

Although the people were worried, they still lived a stable life, no one made a fuss, and no one rebelled, because everyone had hope in their hearts, and the actions of the officials also gave them the confidence to survive the drought.

In the final analysis, it is because there is food at home, and I don't panic.

"If every family in Dayu can live and work in peace and contentment like the people of Taihu City, what kind of prosperous world will it be?"

"If everyone in the people is well fed and clothed, has surplus grain in their warehouses, and has money in their hands, why should I worry about the instability of the country?"

"It's a pity, it's a pity, these lights are just a dream, they are piled up by the money I allocate every year, and once I stop paying for its grain and restore its taxes, it will not be a few years before it will be beaten back to its original shape. ”

"Hey, can't the poor people of the world live to suffer and suffer in the world, and they deserve to be hungry in the world, so that they can't live a happy life with rice and noodles, fish and meat?"

Su Hanlin stood on the wall of Taihu City, looking at the lights of thousands of homes in the city, and sighed with emotion.

Dressed in coarse linen clothes, he didn't look very special.

If you walk down the street in this dress, at most some people will look at him twice, thinking that this gray-haired and emaciated old man is quite powerful, and those who are curious may guess his identity.

That's all.

Emperor Su, who stepped down from the dragon chair, took off his dragon robe, and changed into coarse linen clothes, was an old man who was quite powerful.

His height was slightly half a head taller than Su Hanju who was standing on the side, his body was extremely thin, his skin was dull and rough, his beard was pale, his face was wrinkled and deep, his eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were slightly cloudy, and his face collapsed because he was too thin.

There was a breath of death in his body.

"Big brother, you've done enough and done enough. Put it down and enjoy two years of good fortune. Look at you, what has all this become?" Su Hanju said distressed and concerned as he stood beside Su Hanlin.

"Oh, you're embarrassed to say. Su Hanlin sneered and said, "Let you go to the imperial capital to chat with me to relieve your boredom, have you ever been there? In the end, Lao Tzu dragged his half-dead body all the way to see you." ”

"Isn't that afraid of causing trouble to you, big brother? Su Han touched his nose and said with a dry smile.

"Add a fart trouble, whoever likes to talk about it will let whoever says it, they say that they are tired and annoying, so they will naturally shut up. Su Hanlin said angrily.

"Hanju, you say—"

"Huh?"

"Is it really impossible to achieve prosperity like this?" Su Hanlin asked, pointing to the lights of thousands of homes:

"Don't you think it's a ridiculous and sad thing for such a big behemoth as the empire to need the poor people at the bottom of society to carry it forward? Is there really no way to exempt the people from paying taxes and let the people live a stable and prosperous life? Not to mention that there are big fish and meat every day, it is not too much to eat one meal for three to five days, right?"

Su Hanju frowned, and said: "If there is no tax, there will be no money, how can the empire raise soldiers and horses? How to build canals and pave roads? How to relieve disasters and release grain? If there is no money, they can't even afford to pay officials, and if officials don't have money, they can't eat enough, so don't they all go home and farm?"

"Therefore, we have to change, change from the roots, abolish this dilapidated and unreasonable system, and establish a new system that is truly good for the people. Su Hanlin's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up.

"How to abolish it, how to establish it?" asked Su Hanju curiously.

Su Hanlin was silent and did not answer Su Hanju's question.

Because it was an extremely complex problem, it took him more than 30 years to figure out a path that he didn't know if he could do.

It's a pity that his life has come to an end, and he has no time to verify the feasibility of this path, so he can only leave this important task to the next emperor to practice, and all he can do is to remove obstacles for it as much as possible before he dies.

"I've heard about Su Yang. After being silent for a long time, Su Hanlin suddenly spoke.

"I have no way to teach my son, and my son Su Yang has insulted the reputation of the Su family, disgraced the ancestors and ancestors, please punish the eldest brother severely!"

"I gave Zhang Xiaopu a Son of Heaven Command Arrow, so that the kid can rest assured to take revenge. Su Hanlin said.

"It is appropriate to let the family take revenge, and Su Yang deserves to die in the hands of Zhang Xiaopu. Su Hanju said.

Although he knew that Su Yang was innocent of his death, just talking about his life and death, Su Hanju still felt irrepressible sadness in his heart, and he couldn't let go.

After all, Su Yang is his son, and the tiger poison still doesn't eat children.

But it is also equivalent to giving Su Yang a chance to live. Su Hanlin said again.

"What do you say?" Su Hanju frowned.

"I give Zhang Xiaopu and Niu Dawa a chance to take revenge, if they get revenge, then Su Yang deserves it. If they fail to take revenge and are beheaded by Su Yang, then this blood feud will disappear with the fall of his two lives, and the evil deeds done by Su Yang will not be known with the death of his two lives, and I will take Su Yang to the imperial capital at that time, so that he can live this life honestly. Su Hanlin said.

"Doing so is inevitably unfair to Zhang Xiaopaw and the others. Su Han said.

"The world is not fair. Su Hanlin said.

......

Looking at the bonfire burning vigorously in front of him, thinking back to Qi Yoyo's whispers in his ear, Zhang Xiaopu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

He also thought that the one on the dragon chair was really so holy and willing to redress the grievances of the people who died tragically in Liujia Village, but it turned out that he was just pretentious and painted a big, round and beautiful cake for him.

And the painting is still a discus, if you bite into it, you will accidentally lose a mouth full of teeth, and you may even take a small life.

What old prince is old, let the old man go quietly, it turns out that the real intention is to let them not publicize Su Yang's evil deeds everywhere.

To put it bluntly, just take revenge on the two of you quietly, and don't tell anyone else.

Will Su Yang be killed obediently?

Definitely not.

So that means that if he and Niu Dawa are killed by Su Yang, no one will seek revenge from Su Yang, and no one will seek revenge from Su Yang, and this matter will naturally be over.

Zhang Xiaopaw was on fire in his heart, if it weren't for Qi Yoyo and telling him to tell him, he would still be holding the discus and happy.

He couldn't help but have a terrible thought in his heart, wanting to use the soles of his shoes to slap Su Hanlin's mouth, and snap two soles to him, to see if he could explain things neatly in one or two sentences, and he had to take the bend of the ditch, is it interesting?

Syllable!

A bone suddenly flew into the air, smashed accurately on Zhang Xiaopaw's head, smashed his body sideways, and rolled on the ground for more than ten turns before stopping.

Zhang Xiaopaw got up calmly and slapped the dirt off his body.

He was used to such attacks.

On the way out of Fuzhou City, Rakshasa has always been happy, beating him, scolding him and humiliating him, just to see him angry, but powerless and helpless.

At first, he was indeed extremely angry, almost widening his eyes, gritting his steel teeth, and desperately fighting the Rakshasas, but in exchange for more ruthless humiliation and ridicule from the Rakshasas.

Gradually, he calmed down, and no matter how much the Rakshasa beat him and humiliated him, he suppressed his anger and did not show it on his face, and he did not ask for hardship or humiliation.

He had to admit that the strength of the rakshasa made him feel powerless. He boasted that he would find an opportunity for revenge, but in the face of absolute strength, such an opportunity was too difficult to find.

"Boy, didn't you say you were going to find an opportunity to kill me? Why don't you poison the barbecue? You can't even catch the opportunity given to you, it's too wasteful!" Rakshasa sneered from afar.

He deliberately took out the meat just now and ordered Zhang Xiaopu to roast it, so as to give Zhang Xiaopu a chance to poison him, and then he would eat the poisoned meat under Zhang Xiaopu's pee, and finally die in front of Zhang Xiaopu.

When Zhang Xiaopaw thought that he had to avenge his revenge and cried with joy, he would pat his ass and stand up like no one else, and tease Zhang Xiaopaw fiercely, seeing how angry and angry he was.

He admitted that this was a very boring low-level fun, but he didn't feel bored at all when it was used to trick Zhang Xiaopu, because Zhang Xiaopaw's stubborn and cold eyes aroused his desire to conquer.

Zhang Xiaozhu is like an unruly wild horse, and he wants to tame this wild horse and make Zhang Xiaozhu surrender to his feet.

In this way, after Zhang Xiaopaw joins the six doors, he will be able to use it.

But Zhang Xiaopu, a wild horse, seems to be not easy to tame, and every time Zhang Xiaopaw looks at him with that kind of forbearant and flat gaze, he can't help but feel palpitations, which makes him very uncomfortable.

In addition, Zhang Xiaopaw behaved more and more calmly about his various humiliations, which also made him uncomfortable.

Just like now, he smashed Zhang Xiaopu out of the distance with a bone, and also ridiculed and provoked with words, but Zhang Xiaopu didn't say a word from beginning to end, and didn't even look at him, as if he was airy.

He was about to get angry and give Zhang Xiaopu a little harsh, when footsteps suddenly sounded in the night in the distance.

Rub Rub –

In the silent night where there are no insects and beasts, the sound of empty footsteps can be heard from afar.