Li Su has eaten pork and seen the butcher run, but the people of Guanzhong are not polite to the butcher...... He really didn't know about it.

The current scene is very embarrassing, not only because Li Su found out that he had arrested the wrong person, but also because the person who was wrongly arrested was also crooked, and slowly brought a matter closely related to the country and the people to the people's attitude towards the butcher, okay. Professional habits are excusable, but Li Su still wants to beat people.

The unkind gaze turned to glare at Wang Zhuan, and Li Su hated it so much that his teeth itched.

It's all the sins created by this guy, the sentence "Everyone salutes to Master Qian", what a misunderstanding this sentence has, but in the ears of normal people, most people will think that this Master Qian must be an old teacher who is loved by the people of the city, right? Who knew that it was a butcher who was scrambling to please him just because he was afraid that he would be short of catties and pounds?

The joke is too big......

Li Su was a little hesitant, or ...... Hang the king stake and smoke it?

Wang Zhu didn't realize how unkind Li Su's gaze was, but grinned and smiled silly.

"In addition to bullying the people, what else did the government do to the people?" Li Su asked slowly.

Qian Fuzi thought for a while and said, "Taxation and forced labor are too heavy...... Does this count? ”

Li Suleng paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Of course, come, let's talk carefully, how much is the tax in Xizhou?" ”

Qian Fuzi hesitated, obviously having some concerns, although it is a matter that everyone knows, but after it spreads, who knows if the government will pursue him?

After hesitating, he looked up at Li Su inadvertently, but saw Li Su smiling like a spring breeze, looking at him like a gentleman.

Yes, the government's investigation is a matter for the future, if you don't say it now. It's just the time to die.

Licking his dry lips, Master Qian said: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the tax has been paid in accordance with the rent system of the Sui Dynasty, that is, each household pays two stones of rent to the government every year, and the land is transferred to the country, or two zhang of silk. Or two taels, and in this place of Xizhou, there is neither suitable land for growing grain around, nor does it produce silk cotton, so the Thorn Shifu ordered the tax to be offset by silver money, the city of Xizhou is too barren, the government can not refer to the tax system of the Tang Dynasty, so it simply privately set a tax system, that is, two taxes per Ding per year. The conscription was determined by the fortifications of the state city in that year. ”

Li Su's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Two taxes and one? Half of the people's annual income should be paid to the government? This ......"

Wang Zhu also opened his mouth in surprise: "It has never been heard of since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, such a heavy tax is too harsh." ”

Zheng Xiaolou was the calmest, but he snorted coldly with his arms around him, and a murderous intent appeared in his eyes, and said, "This dog official ......"

Li Su was stunned and speechless, two taxes and one. The tax system is very simple and rude, and Li Shimin had to jump up when he knew about it...... Celebrating your wealth?

"Such heavy taxes. The government is so chaotic, why does no one in Xizhou report it? Li Su asked in a deep voice.

Qian Fuzi showed a helpless look: "Sue? Who to sue? From Xizhou to Guanzhong, it will take half a year on the road, even if you get to Chang'an? I heard that in the past two years, there has been a lot of criticism among the courtiers of Chang'an, and the court is still considering whether to give up Xizhou, and the people in the city are already panicking. When we arrived in Chang'an, people didn't necessarily regard us as the people of the Tang Dynasty, after all, the city of Xizhou was too complicated, with Han people and Turkic people. There are Qiuzi people, even Tubo merchants often come in and out, the Tang Dynasty got the original name of this city, and there are these foreign tribes in the city, when we go to Chang'an, what kind of people will the court think we are? ”

"Even if the imperial court thinks that we are still Tang people, then what about the evidence that the government is exploiting the people? The people sue the officials, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, the first is a major crime, and the road is far away, the road is full of bandits, and the future is unpredictable. But if you are not forced to have no way to live, you can endure it, try to endure it. ”

Li Su's expression became more and more gloomy.

"I can endure it, try to endure it", in just one sentence, the people of the country have been disposition for thousands of years, the people are really content, and they don't even need to mention the requirements for food, just don't starve to death, it is a way to live, with a way to live, no one will do that risky thing, one after another uprising in history, which time is not forced to completely lose a way of life, left and right to die, simply reversed.

"The tax system of two taxes and one was set by Cao Tingshi?" Li Su asked this crucial question.

Qian Fuzi hesitated again, did not answer, but nodded lightly in an imperceptible manner.

Li Su was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, what a history of Xizhou Thorns, I have learned it!" Master Qian, I have one more thing to ask you. ”

"Sir, you say."

"The neighbors around Xizhou maliciously peep and covet, there should have been a lot of foreign invasions over the years, relying on this little force stationed in Xizhou, and the almost complete loss of popular support, how did the government defend this city?"

Qian Fuzi sighed: "What the official said, the villain really doesn't understand, the villain was originally from Lingzhou, Zhenguan nine years of Lingzhou drought, the fields were not harvested, the villain had no choice but to be a homeless with the villagers, and then the court had an arrangement, and all of us were moved to Xizhou, which was settled in Xizhou, the villain was the same as the people in Xizhou City, and his eyes were only staring at two meals a day, the official said what foreign enemies invaded, and the soldiers guarded the city, but the villain really didn't understand......"

Li Su sighed in disappointment, and asked a butcher these questions, it was difficult for a strong man, Li Su secretly made a decision, and asked Zheng Xiaolou to assassinate the Shi Mansion tomorrow night to rob a petty official.

Just when Li Su was disappointed, the money butcher said a very valuable thing.

"The official said about defending the city, the villain remembered one thing, from the ninth year of Zhenguan to this year, the Turks and Gaochang people attacked my Xizhou four times before and after, each time the troops were not less than 10,000 people, and General Xiang, who was defending the city, was so anxious that his face turned white, but he still relied on the strength of two thousand people to repel them......

Li Su's eyes lit up, and he finally talked about the meat.

"What methods did they use to repel the enemy?"

Qian Fuzi hesitated: "Seriously speaking, in fact, it is not repelled by General Xiang's command, every time the siege reaches an emergency juncture, two elite cavalry will emerge in the north and south directions of Xizhou City, one left and one right to charge the flank of the besieging enemy, often two rounds of sprints down, the enemy army will be frightened, panicked and retreated......"

Li Su was surprised: "Who led these two elite horses?" Are there any other prefectures or prefectures in the vicinity of Nishishu? ”

Qian Fuzi shook his head slowly: "The villain doesn't know who the leader is, there is no other capital within a radius of eight hundred miles from Xizhou, the nearest reinforcements are in Yumen Pass, nearly a thousand miles away from Xizhou, and the villain vaguely knows that the two elite horsemen who support the soldiers of Xizhou to defend the city are not Han, but Turks." (To be continued......)