Three officers and soldiers came to Woniu Village who notified them to pay the shelf tax.

Zhang Chengde led the horses to the three officers and soldiers.

These three officers and soldiers are all dusty all the way, and they can pounce on half a catty of ashes.

At the entrance of Woniu Village, they were teased by Liu Sheng, and the three of them were unhappy.

said to Zhang Chengde, "The world of the Tang Dynasty is not peaceful, if a stranger comes to the village, he must report to the court." ”

Zhang Chengde should be, lead the horse to the three of them.

Zhang Gong's house, Song Huai is a guest.

The two of them were talking in the courtyard.

Song Huai faced the door, and he saw Zhang Chengde leading three officers and soldiers to Zhang Gong's house.

Song Huai, "Brother Zhang, look. ”

Zhang Gong was talking to Song Huai, and what he was talking about was the story of the Three Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty, and he was talking about spitting foam, listening to him, I don't know what to say.

Following Song Huai's eyes, he was stunned at a glance, "Is it an official army?" ”

Song Huai was far away and couldn't see clearly, "It seems to be." ”

Zhang Gong sighed, "Our Woniu Village is not peaceful. ”

In the last poll tax, many people hated the imperial court, even Zhang Gong.

Li Zheng is not a court official, unlike a court official, who provoked a bunch of rotten rotten patted his ass and left, out of sight and out of mind.

He is a local "official" in the village, and he is a villager in the peasants on weekdays, and he doesn't look up and look down.

The last time the imperial court levied the poll tax, he offended a lot of people in the village, and there was no consciousness in that era, people hated you, smashed a window, blocked your chimney, and the cows ate grass in the grass to make people kick their feet, this kind of thing is common.

Although he was unhappy in his mouth, he still greeted him out of the courtyard, and when he was far away, he clasped his fists at the three soldiers, and his face was full of smiles.

The three soldiers came to the gate of the courtyard on their horses, and they did not dismount.

Zhang Gongchong hugged his fists and arched his hands at the three of them, "The little old man is lying in the village, I don't know that the three military masters are coming, and they are far away." ”

When I got closer, I saw three officers and soldiers, and they all recognized that they were the soldiers who had been notified to pay the poll tax last year.

In those years, the officers and soldiers went to the village to eat and drink, and they had to extort money before leaving, and the three officers and soldiers were still fine. Zhang Gong thought to himself.

The faces of the three officers and soldiers were not good.

The eldest brother sat on the horse and pointed at Zhang Gong with the whip in his hand, "Are you here to be right?" ”

Zhang Gong, "No, exactly, last time, the three military masters came to my Woniu Village to collect the poll tax, and I entertained the little old man." ”

The eldest brother's face softened a lot, "We are the officials of the imperial court, and we came to you by the order of Lord Shi, the governor of Gyeonggi Province, my family." Our brother and brother have been in the dust all the way, you quickly prepare some meals, we haven't eaten at noon, and now we are hungry. ”

"Yes." Zhang Gong agreed.

Three soldiers dismounted.

Zhang Gong turned his head to the daughter-in-law in the house, and the daughter-in-law instructed to cook, "Officials from the imperial court have come, you hurry up and cook, kill our chickens, and I will entertain the three military masters." ”

Put down the dining table in the courtyard.

The three servicemen entered the courtyard and sat down in the courtyard.

Song Huai ordered to make water.

Zhang Gong and Song Huai are accompanied.

Someone made tea, and the three soldiers poured themselves a drink.

Zhang Gong, "Dare to ask a few military masters, come to my Woniu Village for something?" ”

Three soldiers, "We are the officers and soldiers of Gyeonggi Province of the Imperial Court, and we have come to your Woniu Village to notify you to pay the interstitial tax." ”

Zhang Gong's family, Song Huai, the brother-in-law of his father-in-law, was also in the courtyard, Song Huai was bold, "Three military masters, the temporary tax last year was a poll tax, is this time the intershelf tax a temporary tax?" ”

The three soldiers took the lead, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Gong, "This is my daughter-in-law's uncle, my uncle." ”

Take the lead brother, "Are you an official here?" ”

Song Huai, "No. ”

Guanjun, "Didn't you say anything?" "Swearing in his mouth.

Zhang Gong and Zhang Chengde's faces changed.

Zhang Chengde's hand pouring tea for the soldiers was shaking.

The three officers and men saw it clearly.

According to ordinary people, when others come to your house, you are well entertained, and when others offend you with words, are you angry?

It can be imagined how angry Zhang Chengde was at that time.

Here, the three officers and soldiers came to Woniu Village, Zhang Chengde was sitting with Liu Sheng at the entrance of Woniu Village, they knew, looked at each other, and made a look.

The eldest brother who took the lead, "It turned out to be my uncle, I still think of myself as an outsider." Recently, the Tang Dynasty is not peaceful, many places are troubled, you Woniu Village is located near Chang'an, if there is a fringe and hairy thorn, you must tell us in time. ”

Zhang Chengde, "The three military masters don't know, the imperial court promulgated taxes, and they dare to ask, if it is a temporary tax, our peasants can barely pass, if it is a constant tax, we have to find a way to tell the people, so my uncle has this question." ”

The eldest brother who took the lead had a much better attitude towards young people, "The tax is the tax law of the imperial court, and we only notify the soldiers of the tax, and we don't know the specific content, we only know that it is called the intershelf tax." ”

Zhang Chengde, "Oh, the imperial court collects taxes, of course we have to pay as the people of the Tang Dynasty, but what is the specific name of the tax, what kind of tax is it, we must ask clearly, and we can also give an explanation to the villagers." ”

Soldier, "We can't tell the specific content, we only know that it is called the shelf tax, which roughly means a tax for a house." ”

At this time, the people in the village heard that there were officials and soldiers, and many people came to Zhang's courtyard to watch the excitement.

Someone was furious, "The court collected the poll tax according to the head last time, and this time the tax was collected according to the house, and the court tax was greater than the sky, which made it clear that we would not let the people live." ”

The three soldiers glanced at the crowd, and they all stood up from their seats, swords in their hands, "Which Luo?" Stand up and speak! ”

No one in the crowd answered, let alone stepped forward.

Zhang Gong, "The mountain village man doesn't know how to count etiquette. ”

The three soldiers sat down again, poured themselves a drink, and the eldest brother in the lead glared at Zhang Gong, Song Huai, and Zhang Chengde with his eyes, and those eyes could stare people to death.

"Recently, the court has not been peaceful, there are thieves near Chang'an, if there are thieves in your place, you must report to the court immediately. Otherwise, the court will ask you for the crime of collusion and banditry. ”

Zhang Gong, Song Huai nodded, and replied yes.

When it was not big, the meal was served, there was wine and food, and the three soldiers ate by themselves in the courtyard.

I thought that the three soldiers would leave after eating, but who knows, the three soldiers will not leave after eating, and take the lead eldest brother, "Woniu Village is Zheng, the three of us brothers have been informed from village to village along the way, people are now sleepy and tired, I want to sleep in you, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

The three soldiers strode into Zhang Gong's house.

The lady in the house saw three soldiers with fierce faces and came out of the house screaming.

Zhang Gong and Song Huai were stunned.

Zhang Gong asked his family to rest at the house of his two sons.

Seeing that the three soldiers did not leave, they entered Zhang Gong's house.

Song Huai took Zhang Gong's hand, "In-laws, you are not in vain here, the three military masters have come to your house." ”

Zhang Chengde asked Zhang Gong, "Father, the three soldiers are at our house, let's eat and entertain, why don't they leave after eating?" ”

At this time, an officer came out of the house again, "Your village will prepare some plates for us again, and our horses will be destroyed by hunger on the way." "Go back to the house.

Zhang Gong sighed, "In these years, the officers and soldiers are not as good as Caokou, they eat and drink in our house, didn't you hear them say that they have to pay for errands?"

Zhang Chengde went to find his four brothers.

The four brothers were waiting for him to hear from him at the moment under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village.

Liu Xi, "Brother, these officers and soldiers came to my Woniu Village to speak disrespectfully, how can you lead the way for them, live like a dog." ”

Zhang Chengde, "The three officers and soldiers came from afar, although the words are ugly, but we are from Woniu Village, after all, we want to enter the friendship of guests and hosts." ”

Liu Sheng ignored him.

Zhang Chengde told the four of them about the fact that the official army was staying at his house.

Deng Chang, "I was a soldier in the army, and whenever something happened in the court, these soldiers came nonsense. The common people are like fish on the board, to be slaughtered. When officers and men come to the countryside to eat and drink, they stay at your house and do not leave, and this is to extort money from us. There is something, and the officers and soldiers are not even as good as the grass cowards. ”

Zhang Chengsi, "What, you're going to be the king of the mountain too?" ”