Lingqu is an artificial canal built in the pre-Qin period, the original purpose was for the logistics support of the expedition of the army, its length is only more than 100 miles, but it will flow through the two major water systems of Jinghu Lake and Guangxi, Xiangshui and Xijiang are connected together, the 500,000 troops of the Qin Dynasty will go south until Jiaozhi, laying the farthest end of the Chinese territory. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Regardless of its original intentions, water conservancy facilities are often inseparable from agriculture, and dozens of rivers in Jingjiang Province have also divided these lands into fine hydroponic fields, which, together with Champa rice from the Indochina Peninsula, eventually become a grain of rice in the barns.

It was not Lingui County that had a civil uprising, but Xing'an County across a Lingchuan County, and further north was Quanzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Jinghu South Road, which was the traffic artery of the two roads, and also the intersection of Xiangshui and the large and small Rongjiang rivers.

"Chengyu, your injuries are not yet healed, in fact, you don't need to be so busy."

"It's okay, Fu Shuai will entrust all the civil affairs to the lower officials, this is the right thing, how can you not be there, but you have just arrived in Fucheng, and you can't rest for a moment, it's better to listen to it in Fucheng, such things happen every year, it's not surprising."

On the official road leading to Jinghu, Liu Yu and his own soldiers were hurrying at a speed that was not too fast, not to take care of Hu Youhuang's body, Jiang Cai's cavalry had already rushed over, and what should have happened happened anyway, how to deal with it had to wait until there to know, so there was no need to be too anxious.

He still has some curious elements in such a trip, exploitation, oppression, official coercion, and rebellion against the people, and those things written in middle school political textbooks, which are now happening vividly in front of his eyes, so that this person from the 21st century wants to see it with his own eyes, of course, he is now the oppressor, the spokesman of the feudal dynasty of big landlords and big capitalists.

"Is there a lot of this kind of thing?" Hu Youhuang's words aroused his interest, it is very boring to hurry, and with something to talk about, the time will be faster.

"All the way to Guangxi, although there are many mountains and rivers and many acres of fields, but because of its remote location, the powerful forces are still rampant. Except for the official land, which accounts for about 20% of the land, the rest are mostly in the hands of large households, and the lower households and customers can only make a living by renting land. If it is rented according to the official land of five or five, in such a year, the family can eat and have a slight surplus, and life is better than elsewhere. ”

Listening to Hu Youhuang's explanation, Liu Yu's eyes swept over both sides of the official road, as he said, both sides are good watered land, ditches vertical and horizontal, although it is not yet the rice planting season, as long as the wind and rain are smooth in the coming year, there is no major disaster, the harvest will be good, after all, the climate and soil here are more suitable for the growth of the species of 'Zhancheng rice'. The Song people have been tending to the crops for thousands of years, and they have worked hard and conscientiously, but their hard work cannot be exchanged for a full meal.

"How much do local tenants have to hand over to the owner?" Liu Yu knew what he wanted to say as soon as he heard it.

"Sixty percent." Hu Youhuang's eyes were erratic, and his tone was extremely low, as if his illness had not fully recovered: "In the village where the dispute occurred, they had to hand over seventy percent of the harvest a year, and they also had to bear the burden of errand labor, pay the money, two taxes, and miscellaneous items such as the salary, additional consumption, conversion, and transfer, and they also had to pay errands for the main family, and they had to be exploited by the big bucket and the small bucket, which was already miserable. ”

"That's why Chen Shunyu said in the previous dynasty, 'Why is the people poor? In the hometown of a thousand people, there are 900 people who plough the fields, plough cattle and grain tools are all rented to people, and the horses and women plough in the corner, and the strength is not 100 acres, and the harvest of the happy year is five, and the field takes two, the cattle take one, and the grain takes one, and only eats one. Unfortunately, he is middle-aged, and he is compensated and does not support. Next year, the interest rate will be raised, and although there will be a bumper harvest, there will be nothing to win and eat. ’”

The person in Hu Youhuang's mouth is an official of the Shenzong Dynasty, more than two hundred years have passed since now, and at that time it has reached the situation where 900 of the 1,000 people are tenants, and it is conceivable that as the merger intensifies, this situation will only become more common, what will happen to the peasants if they don't have enough to eat? In later generations, he had countless examples in his heart, and without exception, there was only one result...... Unveiled!

There is the Song Dynasty, the most boasted of later generations, is nothing more than that there was no major peasant uprising, there is a history of Fang La or Yang Mi uprising is only within the way, the impact is far less than that of other dynasties, but behind these superficial phenomena, is the deep oppression of the peasants, under this oppression, as long as the peasants have a bite to eat, they will not take risks, however, this kind of forbearance has become an excuse for the big households, repeatedly challenging their bottom line.

Liu Yu, who has experienced thousands of years of historical facts, knows that no matter how many dynasties have changed, as long as its essence has not changed, this phenomenon will appear again and again, land ownership, production relations, these once boring things, are so vivid in his mind at the moment, suddenly, he is a little confused, which class does he belong to? Whose interests are represented.

In this way, until they arrived in the county seat of Xing'an, the two did not speak again, and the county seat was surprisingly closed, obviously to prevent something.

"How far away is the place of the incident?" Liu Yu stopped Hu Youhuang's moves, with Jiang Cai's cavalry, there was no need to rely on a city to protect it.

"Less than five miles, just west of the city." Hu Youhuang pointed to the opposite side, a little puzzled.

"So what are you waiting for, go."

Hu Youhuang glanced at the townsfolk with flashing eyes on the city, sighed, and urged the horses to follow, knowing in his heart that this Xing'an County was afraid that he would bring trouble to himself, and Lu Chen couldn't manage the state capital, and it was a matter of one sentence to take down the county governor directly under him.

A village less than five miles away from the county seat of Xing'an, in a valley where Xiangshui and Lingqu intersect, on both sides of the river bank are full of fields that are longitudinal and horizontal, winding up along the hillside, covering the entire mountain layer by layer, this is the famous terraced rice fields.

At this moment, the whole village was surrounded by officials and officials, and at the outermost point, there were 500 cavalry troops that seemed to be loose but were actually waiting for them, and at the entrance of the village, a group of family members surrounded a middle-aged man dressed as a master, and were shouting towards the opposite village.

"You poor sour, don't look at it, the army of the court is outside, all on horseback, that is the same as the Tartars who have seen blood, just rely on you, dare to resist? Phew, ploughing the land and paying rent, it is justified, with you to make trouble in Beijing, Li'er is also on the side of my family's officials, gathering people to resist, that is the end of rebellion and the punishment of the family. God has the virtue of a good life, my family's big officials Nian Er and others are the first offenders, as long as they hand over the few people who are the head, and then make up the rent and miscellaneous, they will intercede with the government, forgive the rest of the cadres, etc., if they are obsessed, then it is no wonder, a last time to ask, you should not wait? ”

Separated by about a few dozen paces, he also lost a lot of voice, and shouted a lot of energy, and the entrance of the village on the opposite side was crowded, obviously a group of people also gathered, but they just listened to his shout, and did not make any response, and the two sides were silent for a long time, until a voice burst out.

"Straight lady thief, left and right is a death, but the opposite is the opposite."

"It's the other way around!"

The man who looked like the master seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, hehe sneered a few times, led people to walk a few steps back with his hands behind his back, and came to a big tree, where there were several men who looked like sergeants, although the big man led by was not tall, but he was born with a tiger's back, his eyes looked at the distance casually, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

"Will ...... General, you also heard it, Diao Min refused to listen to persuasion, gathered a crowd to rebel, how to deal with it, but with the general's orders, the small ones are willing to attach themselves to the tail. ”

"How many people are in that village?" Jiang Cai asked unconsciously, without even looking at him.

"There are more than 700 people, and there are yacha guards everywhere at the exit, and the general's people can rush in directly and ...... with one blow"

"You want to teach Lao Tzu to fight?" Jiang Cai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then interrupted.

"Don't dare, I'm too talkative, I ask the general for forgiveness."

The man retreated, Jiang Cai looked at the village not far away, raised his hand to glance at the hands on the watch, and stretched out his hand to summon a personal soldier.

"Order everywhere, wait for the official to order, rush in together, if there are those who resist, kill them, and hand over the others to the officials for disposal."

Without waiting for his personal soldiers to respond, a group of people galloped from the direction of the official road, Jiang Cai glanced at it, his face changed, and he pulled back the personal soldier who was about to give the order.

"Slow down, slow down."

Hu Youhuang didn't even have time to jump off the horse, so he beckoned and shouted, although this person Jiang Cai has not dealt with him, but after listening to Liu Yu's introduction, he knew that he was the new Jingjiang Mansion General Judge and was responsible for handling civil affairs, and he was finally relieved to see that he had arrived.

Before he took up his new position, Hu Youhuang was wearing a long shirt, looking like an ordinary scholar, of course, this is already an identity in itself, the master saw that he stopped the actions of the official army, and he was a little drumming in his heart, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see where the other party came from.

"How's it going?" After jumping off the horse, he looked at Jiang Cai and asked.

"There was a group of customers who hijacked several people from the main family, and I heard that a villager had died, so someone shouted at them, but there was no response, and it looked like they were ready to resist to the end."

"What's going on?" Jiang Cai tilted his head and stared at the master.

"The little ones are just going to urge the rent, it's almost December, and it's the end of the year, and this year's harvest should be paid anyway. But they said that they had already paid the tax, and they wanted to wait until next year, so how to make it, the master's side could not pay it, so to put it bluntly, it was still a no, so ......" Master's eyes were a little evasive.

"So you used force to rob their family's food, didn't you?" Hu Youhuang is the landlord himself, what kind of means have he never seen, seeing that he was exposed, the master simply didn't hide it, anyway, it was on their side, since it was the people of the government, they could still help the mud legs.

"Renting land and paying grain, and making a contract in black and white, is to use strength and seriousness, this Shangguan, don't you understand, these Diao people are used to fighting against the master's family, if they indulge them, there may be many incidents."

"I understand, not only did they rob the food, but they also planned to rob people, which provoked them to do it, so I didn't say it wrong." Hu Youhuang didn't care about his rudeness at all,

"It's just a yellow-haired girl left and right, I said that I would be worth a few dollars, go to the master's house to be a subordinate, and there is a monthly money to take, and it is not a death deed, our master's family is also a well-known good family in Zuo, Shangguan can inquire and inquire, and will never do such a thing as bullying men and women. But this gang of Diao people not only did not appreciate the feelings, but also gathered to fight against each other, even so, originally did not intend to arrest them, according to their intentions, invited the villagers to make peace, set a date, due to not hand over and then do more calculations, who knows that this will also go wrong, the matter was not negotiated, the person also fell one, and they were out of breath on the spot, so they detained our people, threatened to ask our master to come forward, and the government as a guarantee, how did this make it, now it has become like this. ”

The master chattered for a long time, Hu Youhuang frowned when he heard it, there are naturally all untruths in this, and the only thing that matters is that there is a dead person, and he is not an ordinary person, the old man of the township, that is, the old man who is highly respected in the neighborhood, is the maintainer of order outside the government, and can be regarded as half an official, no wonder there is such a big trouble.

"What was the cause of death, and did those people do it?"

"I didn't see it clearly, the scene was a little chaotic at that time, and there should have been pushing." The master said very vaguely, Hu Youhuang understood as soon as he heard it, and he didn't ask any more questions at the moment, asked Liu Yu's personal soldiers for something, and walked straight towards the entrance of the village with people.

It was only at this time that Jiang suddenly discovered Liu Yu's figure, who was also dressed in a long robe, and if he didn't look closely, he looked like a small official in the house, how could he have a little bit of the image of a big man with a lot of power.

"Why did you come here yourself?"

"From here, it is Jinghu South Road, if something happens, how can you be relieved." Liu Yu looked at Hu Youhuang's back, he was almost at the head of the village, and it was almost the position occupied by Master Fangcai.

"If something happens, you guys are one step late, and so-and-so will order to go in and arrest someone."

Liu Yu listened to his words and was silent, in Jiang Cai's eyes, these people are unstable factors, whether they are right or wrong, they must be calmed down first, of course he doesn't think there's anything wrong, Liu Yu doesn't think he's wrong, they just stand on different positions.

"Folks!" Hu Youhuang used this kind of loudspeaker for the first time, the sound was not well controlled, and the volume was so loud that he was startled.

"Folks, this official is the new general judge of the government, and I have heard about your affairs, and I am here to deal with it, which of you is the leader, can you take a step forward, so that the official can hear clearly." Hu Youhuang put down the horn and waited quietly.

There was a commotion at the entrance of the village, and some voices seemed to be arguing about something, and after a while, a figure stepped forward, and the two stood still about ten paces apart, and looked at each other.

"You official, are you bigger than the county town?" Looking at his outfit, the visitor seemed to be a little disbelieving.

"Naturally, if there is any illegal behavior in the county, the official can directly remove him from his post." Of course, Hu Youhuang didn't have this authority, maybe it was his peaceful attitude that made people feel good, so the person hesitated for a moment and continued to speak.

"We didn't rebel, the old man fell by himself."

"It's not a problem, the cause of death can be investigated, if you can't trust the county, the official can be transferred directly from the house." Hu Youhuang nodded, giving the visitor further confidence.

"They robbed my family of all the food, not even the seeds, but because we were not willing to farm for them, they added all the miscellaneous taxes to our heads, and they searched every house, and they were not satisfied, and they wanted to rob my little girl, but she was not yet ten years old, so there was a conflict."

"Why don't you want to be their employees?"

"According to their lease, I waited for a year, and in the end there was nothing left, and I may owe money, if it wasn't for someone in my family who joined the army and left a pension, I don't know how long it will take to pay back the money, I heard that Qiongzhou is recruiting people to work, and I will give as much as I want, and there will be no deductions, I have a lot of strength, and I want to go there to try."

So it is so, without the permission of the owner, the customer can not even leave the local area, this situation is more and more obvious in the later stage, the master will try to leave the hired household to work for them, in fact, it is a long-term work, the biggest reliance is usury, seeds, farm tools, cattle, why not use money? After deducting these, coupled with a lot of taxes, it is no wonder that a family with a large population like theirs can survive.

Looking at the other party's face, Hu Youhuang was silent for a long time, until a trace of surprise flashed in the other party's eyes, and then slowly opened his mouth.

"Your surname is Cen?"

"Xiao is indeed surnamed Cen, the second in the family, there is a big brother above, and there are a bunch of younger brothers and sisters below, if it is a last resort, how dare you do such a thing, if Shangguan is willing to let go of the rest of my family, let me bear this matter alone, whether it is imprisonment or exile, it is up to you." The person who came said calmly, obviously he had been mentally prepared before.

"You think about it, this official is not here to detain you." Hu Youhuang shook his head and continued: "Who are Cen Liu? ”

"Xiaoliu is the third brother of the younger, he joined the army at the age of twelve, a few days ago there was a murderous letter, saying that he died in Yongzhou, and the sergeant who passed the letter also brought a lot of money and goods, and the family can be more relaxed, otherwise I can't even go to Qiongzhou."

A trace of sadness flashed in the eyes of the people who came, but it didn't last long, because they knew that at the moment when they sent their little brother out, this result was almost doomed, and few people would live to the day when they were disarmed and returned to the field. It's something I don't dare to do in my dreams.

"His pension, the official remembers a lot, isn't it enough to get the Er family out of trouble?" Hu Youhuang's expression was grim, if someone deducted it, he didn't mind looking for their bad luck.

"It's really not bad, but more than half of the money my family owes to the master's family has gone, and the rest has to pay those miscellaneous taxes, and even the harvest is filled in, it's still not enough, poor third brother's life is in vain." The person who came shook his head, and heard that Hu Youhuang stayed there, but he couldn't say a word.

Dead in vain? That young face was swaying in front of his eyes, if it wasn't for that gear, how could he be where he is today, how could such a person die in vain, he only felt that his chest was tight, but he couldn't vent it.

"Who says they died in vain?" A voice came coldly, causing both of them to look at it in surprise.

"You just said that how many people in your village are like your brother who didn't come back in the end?" Liu Yu took a step forward and stood with Hu Youhuang.

"There were more than ten people who went out together, and none of them came back, and those who died in Yongzhou like my third brother, there are seven or eight people, all of them are in the same situation as my family, and that little money is only enough to repay the profits, and if you want to make a living, it is all extravagant."

"You are wrong, what your brother exchanged for his life was the assets that would allow your family to get out of trouble, not a person for nothing." Liu Yu waved his hand, and in the other party's puzzled eyes, he continued: "If you don't pay those miscellaneous taxes, don't have to pay the field tax, don't have to manage the errand labor, and save all this, how much is left, will you still owe the lord's family?" ”

"Naturally, it won't be, if it weren't for this, how would we owe the lord so much money, but this Shangguan, my family is just a customer, what you said, even the official household can't be exempted, how dare I think about it?"

"Don't think about it, it's a fact, your family is not just a customer now, and even the official household is not as good as you." Liu Yu took the horn from Hu Youhuang's hand and amplified the volume towards the other party and those at the entrance of the village.

"Those of you who have contributed to military service, from the day your family joined the army, you have an additional identity, the official calls it 'military dependents', all military dependents are exempt from land taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and those who sacrifice their lives for the country will be promoted from military dependents to a higher level, and this official calls it ......"

"Martyrs!"

"Martyrs, in addition to being exempted from all taxes, can also be exempted from servitude, exempt one of the children of the family from entering the official school, exempt from all the bundles of cultivation, and have rice to take every month." Liu Yu put down the horn and smiled at Cen Wu, who was already stunned: "Your Cen family is a martyr, and the money that the main family collects from you should not be, every penny will be returned, they don't give it, and the government will help you ask for it, so you don't owe anyone money, it's the money they owe you, do you understand?" ”

No one answered him, these customers seemed to have heard a dream that had been weaved, and the conditions that were offered were something they couldn't even think of, you know, only officials who have reached a certain level of grade will have that kind of treatment, and they are just the lowest farmers among the Song people, this young official's words, how to look at how unreliable, than letting them rebel, this is the thought of everyone, including Cen Wu.

"This official can testify that what he said is true." As a last resort, Hu Youhuang could only carry this pot.

"May I ask who this Qingtian is?"

"This official is not a blue sky, but this Guangxi sky is up to the official." Liu Yu waved his hand: "All this is not given by the blue sky, it is you, your family with blood and life in exchange, so you don't have to be grateful to anyone, just remember those relatives who left home." ”

After saying this, Liu Yu turned his head and walked to his horse tie place, and when he untied the horse, he found that Jiang Cai was standing there in a daze, as if he had not recovered from the shock.

"Da Song doesn't have such a statement." For his muttering, Liu Yu was a little funny.

"Of course not, this was decided by this official only a quarter of an hour ago." He stepped on his horse and glanced back at the village: "It will always be the law from now on." ”

And he walked away.