Chapter 8: The Mysterious Old Man (1)
Kept moving forward, walked more than 100 steps, Zhang Yue's tense heart, only then did he relax, and the hand that had been held on his waist dared to put it down.
If you look closely, your palms are already covered with sweat.
Just now he was ready to draw his sword.
He looked back and saw the carriage slowly start, heading for the other side of the gallop.
Took a deep breath.
Zhang Yue sneered: "You really look up to me!" ”
"Fifty thousand dollars!"
At this time, the price of rice, stone rice is only 100 yuan.
This is also because of years of war, domestic waste, and boiling prices.
If you put aside the time of the first emperor, the stone rice in Guanzhong was only sixty yuan.
50,000 yuan, enough to buy 500 stone corn, enough for 100 young people to eat for half a year!
That said, it may not be enough to be imageful.
For example, in the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Li Ling defeated Junji Mountain, and Ma Qian of Taishi Company was sentenced to death for helping Li Ling speak.
At this time, there are only three ways to go in front of Tai Shi Gong.
First, accept death calmly.
Second, pay money to atone for your sins.
Third, he asked for a corrupt sentence to die instead of him.
Tai Shi Gong finally chose the third path.
He was brutally tortured, wailed in pain in the silkworm chamber for a hundred days, and then dragged his disabled body, endured the cold eyes and ridicule of the world, as well as the torture and depression from the depths of his heart.
So why didn't he choose the second path?
The answer is that even if he sells all the belongings of the entire Sima family, he will not be able to make up the money for the redemption.
So, what is the amount of this ransom money?
500,000 bucks!
In other words, just now, Zhang Yue gave up one-tenth of Taishi Gong's life.
The life of a Han Tai Shi Ling is only worth 500,000. But just now, someone casually threw 50,000 dollars worth of gold in front of Zhang Yue like garbage.
This is the smell of Zhumen's wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road!
In this era, the rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand. It's not just the words in the history books, but it's really true!
Looking up, the farmer in the middle of the strange, dressed in patched clothes, led his family to work in the fields.
One year old has worked hard, and he can't fill his family's stomach, and he may even have to owe a lot of debt!
Even if it is a landlord like Zhang Yue, the family has three or five hectares of land and several tenants.
However......
In the memory of the original owner, life is not easy. Sister-in-law and Rou Niang haven't eaten meat for a long time......
This world has collapsed!
In his mind, what the original owner saw and heard kept surging.
Since Yuanguang, the state has frequently used troops abroad.
The burden on the people is constantly increasing.
Yuan hunting four years, the beginning of the levy of the mouth, children over three years old, twenty dollars a year, and a horse mouth money, three dollars a year.
Since the Yuan seal, the Son of Heaven has been fortunate in the world, patrolling thousands of miles, east to Mount Tai, west to Jieshi, north to the Great Wall. The Son of Heaven inspected the brine, often thousands, tens of thousands.
Since its founding, the palace has continued to expand, and to date, the imperial gardens and palaces have more than tripled.
Inside and outside Chang'an City, Mingguang Palace, Jianzhang Palace, Gui Palace, are resplendent and magnificent.
When Jinzi even established Dinghu Shou Palace in Lantian Valley in order to support a warlock.
All these expenses were eventually distributed to the people.
What can ordinary people do?
The common people are also desperate!
And above the court, what are the Confucian scholars who uphold the government doing?
Look!
Right!
You read that right, they're just watching!
Watching from the sidelines.
Faced with the dilemma of the people's livelihood in the world, they did not dare to go to the emperor to admonish, second, they were unwilling to take action to solve the problem by themselves, and third, they did not want to reform, so as not to harm their family interests.
Oh, they did something about it.
For example, throwing the pot on foreign wars.
Well, now the people in the world are suffering, all because of the war.
So, bread and not war.
But they forgot that until now, there are still hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers, confronting the Huns in Shuofang, in Jiuyuan, in Luntai City, and in the Western Regions.
Without the protection of these brave and fearless heroes, would they be able to talk so loudly at home?
Besides, now that there is a truce, the Huns will die of laughter.
They could immediately come out of the shackles and restrictions of the Han army.
Then, recovering the lost territory and recuperating their strength, twenty years later, the iron hooves of the Hun cavalry will appear on the Great Wall again.
Therefore, Confucian himself knows that there is something wrong with throwing all the blame for the war.
So, they grabbed another target and went crazy.
Sang Hong sheep and his salt-iron system.
So, the world was peaceful.
The Confucian scholars were triumphant - the disadvantages of the times have been found by us, as long as the war is stopped and the Sanghong sheep is cooked.
World harmony must come, and the rule of three generations can be expected!
Your Majesty, you have to believe me!
"Heaven has brought me to this time...... gave such a golden finger and identity ......" Zhang Yue held the hilt of the sword and thought in his heart: "Do you want me to end this chaotic and ridiculous era?" ”
The rule of Confucianism has now proved to be a failure.
Compared with the period of Taizong and Emperor Xian.
Confucian ministers have no ability to speak of, let alone any character to speak of.
As soon as the emperor struck, he kowtowed like pounding garlic.
What kind of minister is this?
The real minister is Zhang Shizhi, Zhou Yafu, Zhang Cang, Zhou Bo, Chen Ping, Cao Shen, Xiao He, and even if it is not good, it must be Ji Di!
Instead of facing Shi Qing, who was faced with millions of displaced people gathered outside Hangu Pass, but sat on the prime minister's throne trembling and not saying a word.
What's more, when he learned that he was going to be the prime minister, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran to Weiyang Palace, and Gongsun He, who kept resigning in front of the emperor.
really responded to Han Feizi's words: his scholars said that the way of the first king was based on benevolence and righteousness, and he was decorated with arguments, doubting the law of the world, and the heart of the master. In order to set up false claims, those who speak about it use external forces to gain their own personal interests and leave behind the interests of the community.
It's just that......
"I am now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to ......protect myself," Zhang Yue sighed in his heart.
He must first overcome the difficulties in front of him before he can speak of a future.
Otherwise, it will immediately be ashes.
At this time, a man dressed in brocade rode a horse to Zhang Yue, bowed and said: "Foot, my old master is invited, and I hope to go to the next for a while......"
"Honorable driver?" Zhang Yue was slightly stunned, there are so many moths today!
The man was humble and polite, and said very gently: "The golden reward for the contemptible ......."
Zhang Yue also hurriedly returned the salute: "Nanling Zhang Yi has seen my brother......"
"My old master heard the singing at his feet and liked it very much, so he sent me to invite him to come and go for ......a while," Jin Xian said with a smile.
"Oh, it was sent to the door to give me prestige?" Zhang Yue thought in his heart, such a good thing can't be missed!
You have to know that in this day and age, if you want to be famous and climb up, you have to seize every opportunity to gain prestige!
And these people seem to be spirited, heroic, and murderous knights.
Being able to use such a knight as an entourage shows that the person who comes is either rich or expensive!
So what are you waiting for?
Zhang Yue immediately smiled and bowed: "Elder, please, how dare you resign?" Please lead the way! ”
"Do you know how to ride a horse?" Jin Xian smiled and waved his hand behind him, and a knight immediately dismounted and handed Zhang Yue his reins.
Horseback riding......
Absolutely.
Zhang Yue took the reins, turned over, and fell on the horse's back.
Let those knights see it, they are all amazed.
"Foot riding skills are good......" Jin Xian smiled and applauded, these days, riding is quite a popular skill.
"It's okay......," Zhang Yue replied with a smile.
In fact, the original owner's riding skills can only be regarded as average.
But Zhang Yue has space!
Through memory retrieval, he can grasp almost everything he has ever learned.