Walking to the tree, Innis found Zeon, who had been sitting on the tree watching the show, and shouted, "Your Excellency doesn't have to hide it, you can come out." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Hearing this, Qingli looked left and right, "Who?" ”

As he ascended, a tall figure jumped down from a tree and stood opposite Innis.

Qingli looked at the man with wary eyes, "Who are you?" ”

Innis glanced at Zenn, "You seem to like stalking, huh?" ”

Zeon opened the folding fan and smiled on his lips, "Innis, long time no see, how are you today?" ”

"You know each other!" Qingli asked.

"You threw those two rocks just now!"

"Miss Innis has good eyesight, she can't hide anything from you." Zeon laughed.

When Qingli heard this, he bared his teeth and grinned, "You helped me just now?" Eh, thank you so much. It's a pity that there is not much silver on my body, so I can't give it to you. ”

Zeon said, "It's just a gesture. ”

Yue didn't have a good airway, "Complicit." ”

Zeon explained, "Innis, I think you should see where Brother Qingli took you, perhaps, you can understand his troubles?" ”

Innis kept silent and glanced at Qingli, "Lead the way." ”

Qingli was surprised by Zeen's words, "What do you call this brother?" ”

"Zenn."

"Under Qingli!"

"Brother Zenn, how do you know I'm in trouble?"

"Honestly, I stalked you!"

"Why?"

"Curious." Zeon said as he looked at Innis.

Innis said impatiently, "Stop grinding, let's go." ”

Qingli snorted at Yueshi Nunu dissatisfied, and took the two to a remote village.

The village is small, but crowded and dense. The roofs of the houses are made of thatch, which is very dilapidated, and if the roof leaks happens to rain overnight, it will really hurt the people. Some thatched huts are being remodeled, replacing roofs made of thatch with tiles.

The three of them walked to the muddy road, and from time to time they bumped into the villagers, their clothes were very tattered, and the patches were patched one after another, and the layers of patches revealed shabby and sloppy, and they greeted Qingli warmly and familiarly one by one.

"Qingli, you're back, I'll come to my house for dinner later, I'll make you your favorite meat bun."

"Aunt Zhang, I'll go over later." Qingli said with a grin.

"Qingli, you're back, what kind of gift do you have for Xiaoling this time!"

Qingli smiled, "It depends on whether they are well-behaved or not." ”

……

Qingli said, "This is the most backward village in the capital, although it is poor, but the neighbors are very harmonious and friendly. This year's drought has caused no crops, and the surplus grain of the previous year has been taxed by the government, and this year every household has to go into the city to buy food, but they will not do anything but farming and weaving, and cheap textiles are not worth much money when they are sold in the city, so everyone lives very frugally. ”

Innis looked at the surrounding scenery, and everywhere she could see was a scrawny person wearing patched clothes, and even the drooping teenager was unkempt and grizzled, with a low spirit, not at all innocent, carefree, and carefree as a child. At such an age, they should have gone to a private school to study.

Innis suddenly felt a little sad.

Suddenly, a group of children ran to Qingli's side and looked at Qingli with expectant eyes, "Brother Qingli, is there anything interesting this time?" ”

Qingli touched their heads, glanced at Innis, and gave the silver taels on his body to the child, "Take these to the village chief, there is not much food in the village, let him buy them." ”

As soon as the children saw the silver, their eyes were hot, and they ran happily to find the village chief with the silver in their hands.

The two little children who hadn't left yet took Qingli's hand, "Brother Qingli, you're so amazing, we can eat delicious food again tonight." Brother Qingli, I want to hear your heroic story. ”

Qingli touched his head a little embarrassed, and laughed dryly, "Next time~" He is Yueshi's subordinate defeat, how dare he brag in front of her?

The child looked at Innis and Zeon, who were dressed brightly and gorgeously, and swallowed, "Brother Qingli, their clothes are not patched, they are so beautiful!" Are they friends with Brother Qingli? Aren't they very rich, aren't they hungry every day like us! ”

The child's unintentional words pierced the hearts of Innis and Zenn.

Qingli smiled smugly at the two of them, "Yes! They are rich! ”

Innis handed all the money to the child, "This is the money that your brother Qingli gave you to buy new clothes." ”

When the child heard this, he took the banknote with joy, and jumped up and down with the banknote and cheered, "There are new clothes~"

Qingli looked at Yueshi and smiled with satisfaction, and touched her head awkwardly, "I thank you on their behalf." ”

Innis looked at the impoverished village and asked, "You grew up here?" ”

"Yes! I have no father or mother since I was a child, and I was raised by my grandparents who have no blood relationship with me, and then they died, and it was Yang Village who took me in, I grew up eating 100 family meals, and after eating the east and the west family......"

Qingli's face was full of embarrassed and embarrassed smiles, and although the process was an understatement, Innis could still imagine the helplessness and sadness of his growth.

There are no relatives, the feeling of sending people under the fence and looking at people's faces, the pain in their hearts is only known to the person concerned. Even so, he was still grateful to them, risked his life to steal, and used the stolen things as living expenses in Yang Village.

As far as the eye can see, there is a dry and barren soil, and since the beginning of summer, the weather has been dry continuously, the crops in the land have not been harvested, and the soil has turned into fine gravel due to drought.

Natural disasters are merciless, and the people must also live! Doesn't the government know about this?

Zeen said, "Although Yang Village is poor and remote, the law and order is very good, and the government is too lazy to send people to manage it, but it is a thunderous tax every year. ”

It has been more than 30 years since Emperor Wu Zu's overhaul palace side, the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes are still not reduced at all, and the people are in a difficult situation because of the severe taxes. Holding the taxes paid by the people, he spent all his time drinking and drinking, and he didn't feel guilty at all.

Although the current Wu Dynasty seems to be peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, the court is divided into two camps, and the conservatives led by Taifu on the one side strongly oppose the reform of the existing system on the other hand; On the other hand, the radical faction, led by the Queen Mother, vigorously advocated reforming the existing system to adapt to social changes.

This is the helplessness of the imperial court! There was constant struggle within the imperial court, and the situation of friends was serious; The heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes made the people's lives miserable, which in turn seriously intensified the class contradictions, and the peasant uprisings continued; When the ruler and the ruled of a country have the phenomenon of centrifugal rebellion, the credibility of the court and the ruler will be completely lost, and the people will no longer be able to live and work in peace and contentment, then the rationality of the existence of the regime will also come to an end......

If the people are not rich, the country will not be strong, which will eventually lead to the demise of the country, which is the law of the change of every dynasty.

Innis looked at the people who were smiling around Qingli, although he was wrong to steal, but there was a reason and extenuating circumstances, and he was deeply loved by the people.

Innis and Zeon stayed for a while, then left Yang Village.

On the way back, Zeon asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

"I'm not a saint, I can't do anything!" innis said truthfully.

"You're going to ignore it?"

Innis asked rhetorically, "I'm just an ordinary person, even if I do something, it's a drop in the bucket and a symptom rather than a cure!" As soon as the imperial court did not pay attention to the reform of the tax system, the people lived in dire straits for one more day. In the end, the class contradictions were provoked, the people rebelled, and the court changed hands, but for the people, it was too lethal for the people to live and work in peace and contentment at the cost of rivers of blood and ruined families. ”

"Isn't it not there yet?"

innis shrugged and uncommittal. She is a woman, how can she interfere in the affairs of the imperial court? She is just doing what she can within her power and without being condemned by her heart.

"Who the hell are you, Zenn?" Innis looked at Zeon suspiciously, always feeling that the words and deeds of the man next to him revealed stability, exuded a mature temperament, and often smiled on his lips, and his identity was not simple, and his smile even made her feel that there was a knife hidden in her smile and a creepy illusion.

Zeon smiled slightly, and opened the folding fan with a snap, "Miss Yueshi, you have such a great ability, don't you think it's very boring to tell you directly?" ”

Innis raised her eyebrows with a sly smile, "Zenn? In three days, I'll be able to get to the bottom of you! ”

Zeon smiled, "Okay, I'll see!" After finishing speaking, he left first.

Innis looked at his proud back thoughtfully.......