Zhao Xing made a trick and pretended to say: "The minister of Yulin County ordered so-and-so, the emperor played, the new emperor ascended the throne, the sky is auspicious, not only the wind and rain in Yulin are smooth, but also the unicorn stone breaks out of the ground." ”

This was not made up by Zhao Xing, that's what Di Bao said at the time.

"At that time, Longyan Dayue praised the official, and he was directly promoted to the prefect of Yan'an." The little fat man followed the trick.

Huang Gongzi's face turned red, but he also argued strongly: "The inspection of the imperial history was verified at that time, and it should be correct." ”

Zhao Xing smiled, walked directly to the door, and opened the door of the lobby.

Everyone didn't know what he was going to do, and the guards were nervously holding the guy on guard.

Zhao Xing turned around, smiled at them, and then stood at the door and yelled outside: "Old and young masters, are there any displaced people from Shaanxi, please come here, I have something to ask." Then he tightened his sentence: "I am Jinyiwei, I just ask about things, no matter how I arrest the homeless." If you tell the truth, there are meat buns, if there is deception and impersonation, hehehe, there is still a place in my Jinyiwei prison, I can eat and drink, and there is a bamboo board massage, think clearly. ”

There were almost all beggars on the street, and when they heard that there were meat buns, they were eager to try it for a while, but when they saw Zhao Xing wearing a brocade shirt and a sweatshirt, coupled with the last reminder, all the people retracted their necks at that time.

After Zhao Xing shouted three times, there was a gray-haired old man, holding a girl with a straw mark on her head, who was hungry and dying, and knelt down for Zhao Xing on the street: "The little old man is from Yulin, Shaanxi, and now he will return to his father." ”

Zhao Xing took a few steps forward, hurriedly pulled up the old man, and then shouted loudly to the back: "Xiufen, hurry up and bring a bowl of rice soup over and feed this child first." ”

The intestines are hungry, and if you eat well, you will kill this child, and taking rice soup is the right way.

Xiufen came over with a bowl of gruel, squatted down, and fed the dying child, tears already flashing in her sympathetic eyes.

Seeing that his granddaughter was taken care of by well-wishers, the old man trembled and followed Zhao Xing to Huang Gongzi. Zhao Xing introduced with his hand: "Old man, this is Huang Gongzi, my father is a good official of this Ming Dynasty, because I want to investigate the affairs of Shaanxi, I specially appointed the son to visit the people, to find the truth about the drought in the northwest, today, in front of this son, tell the truth about the 1510 you know, don't exaggerate or conceal, if it is beneficial to Huang Gongzi, I will be rewarded." ”

Facing Huang Gongzi, the old man didn't kneel, but only bowed his hand with a flat body: "In Yan'an County, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, Guo Guangsheng, I have seen Huang Gongzi." ”

Huang Gongzi's face was a little unhappy at that time, then he was surprised, and finally shocked.

Chongzhen was displeased that this old man named Huazi didn't kneel in the face of himself, but he knelt down to Zhao Xing.

What is surprising is that this old man is a young man, at least a showman, and it is natural for Xiucai to see officials and not worship himself, he is the backbone of a literati.

But what shocked him even more was that the people who were supported by Daming's money and grain had become begging for food along the street, so what had become of the northwest.

In shock, Chongzhen said to Guo Guangsheng: "Why did the old gentleman fall like this, please tell me in detail." ”

Guo Guangchang sighed, cried before he said, wiped his tears with his tattered sleeves and said, "Hey, Shaanxi and the old man are bitter." ”

This bitterness is full of endless sadness and suffering.

"I was a talented man when I was young, but I didn't rank in the imperial examination until today."

In the imperial examination, millions of people crossed the single-plank bridge, and it is not surprising that Guo Guangsheng is everywhere.

"Originally, the emperor still had a few buckets of rice a month, hundreds of firewood and grass money to take care of, plus the exemption of my two sons' forced labor and the exemption of taxes on land, although I was still poor, I also had no worries about food and clothing."

The Ming monks were the most generous, not only giving a certain amount of money and food to the scribes who failed to be officials above Xiucai every month, but also exempting the family from five places of forced labor, and at the same time exempting them from taxes on the land under their names. In fact, if a scholar has not frozen to death and gained fame after ten years of cold window, it is enough to obtain a well-off life just by relying on the land rent paid by the local people in his name. Other gray income, such as not kneeling in front of the county order, helping people fight lawsuits, etc., even if it is difficult to improve, you can enjoy a lifetime of happiness.

"But with the death of the Apocalypse, the grace of this court is gone."

Chongzhen was furious at the time and knocked on the table: "What? Nothing? It's impossible. Seeing Zhao Xinghe's surprised expression, he felt that he was in a goof, and immediately explained: "I have relatives in the household department, but he deducts the rice grain from the taxes handed over to the household department from all over the country every year. The same is true for Shaanxi, how did this happen? ”

Guo Guangsheng smiled bitterly: "Who knows about officialdom, I went to ask a few times, and finally was beaten with a stick, losing all my dignity." ”

Chongzhen knocked on the table again: "For hundreds of years, even the emperors and the current emperors have to respect Mr. Confucianism when they see it, he dares to do this, the county order should be damned." ”

Guo Guangsheng ignored the anger of this son, and continued: "The rice is gone, but it has caught up with this year's drought year after year, and in the end, more than two years of rain have not fallen, the seedlings do not grow, the cattle and sheep die of thirst, and there is no water for people." ”

"What?" Chongzhen suddenly got up in surprise and dropped his chopsticks on the ground. That Wang Chengen ran over as soon as possible and wanted to help, but Chongzhen pushed him away: "Didn't the governor of Shaanxi Yansui and the political envoy of Shaanxi say that the new emperor ascended the throne, the sky was auspicious, and the wind and rain in Shaanxi were smooth for three years, this, this, this, how could it be like this." ”

Guo Guangsheng lamented again: "It was because they deceived the new emperor to curry favor with them, and under the natural disaster, it was because of this that there was a man-made disaster." ”

"What's going on?" This is a Shaanxi homeless person, it was caught by Zhao Xing, this should definitely be true, for this reason, Chongzhen was already a little deflated, and after sitting down, he was a little listless.

In order to curry favor with the new emperor, officials at all levels not only did not provide relief under such natural disasters, but continued to urge the people to force the emperor's grain and national taxes, and even more importantly, they had to pay off the original arrears. For a while, the entire northwest was in a miasma, and I don't know how many people were killed. In one of my villages alone, less than 100 households, five people were forced to die, and 70 mortgages were taken away, even if the emperor did not pay for food and labor, I was not spared, and my only son was also arrested to pay off debts, and was sold into slavery somewhere else, and when I escaped, I did not know whether I was alive or dead. "Speaking of this, it is already old tears and crying.

Zhao Xing hurriedly comforted, and Chongzhen was silently speechless with his head in his hands.

Because of the rebellion in the southeast and the war situation in Liaodong, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has long been empty. When my brother was back then, there was also Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who was powered, and he was searching everywhere for money.

However, Wei Zhongxian, who brought disaster to the country and the people, was eradicated by himself, and those who harmed the people, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes born by Wei Zhongxian were of course abolished. As a result, not only was there almost no income to the state treasury, but even domestic revenues were greatly reduced.

But the places where money is spent have increased a lot, and Yuan Chonghuan's Liaoxi is a huge bottomless pit, not to mention anything else, just a brother's funeral is a terrifying expense.

Although his brother repeatedly told him to be simple for the people before his deathbed, his sister-in-law, Empress Zhang, was also sympathetic to herself and repeatedly reduced the plan she had reported. But his brother lives on each other, and his brother treats him like a father, how can he let his brother lose his dignity and dignity behind him?

Therefore, I heard that the northwest wind and rain were smooth, and at the suggestion of the ministers, there was no amnesty for the world to pay taxes without the new emperor ascending the throne.

But in order to show the grace of the new emperor, he issued a holy decree to forgive the money and food owed by the people of the world.

But, but, who would have thought that this world would be like this. The officials have already reached this step in deceiving their subordinates and concealing their superiors, and are the officials of the world, especially the imperial historians, really as credible as they claim to be?

At this time, Wang Chengen came over in small steps and muttered a few words in Chongzhen's ear.

Chongzhen struggled out in a frustrated mood, and he was in no mood to ask any more, looked at the sky outside, and said to the little fat man: "It's not early today, let's go here, fortunately, there are still two days to rest, and I'll talk about it tomorrow afternoon." ”

Zhao Xing said yes again and again.

Chongzhen said to Zhao Xing: "You can take this gentleman back to your house to settle down." ”

Zhao Xingyi grinned, his home was small and cramped, how to settle it? But how dare you disobey the emperor's orders, so he can only agree.

Chongzhen nodded at Zhao Xing: "Very good, very good." Then he walked away.