"Why should no one be allowed not to rebel? If it were me, I would be the opposite! ”

In late February, in the morning, the spring was shining, and Sima Lang was holding a clay pot filled with water standing outside the side door of the hall of the official temple. There was a big red flower with green leaves on top of the clay pot, and as far as he knew, there should be two tadpoles and a green shrimp in the jar, which was just made by the most favored lady in the entire official temple, and asked the servant woman to ask him to send it to the master of the entire official temple.

This kind of work is already commonplace for fifteen-year-old Sima Lang.

In the same way, standing and waiting outside the hall of the official temple is also a common thing for Sima Lang. After all, years of education had forced him to avoid such obviously rebellious words, which had been too many lately.

Of course, it was just to avoid it, because even Sima Lang would not think about admonishing and reminding him...... In other words, even Sima Lang, as he gradually gained more information, he also had a trace of anger towards the divine Son of Heaven in Luoyang.

In the middle of the day, with the order of the Son of Heaven to be enriched, thieves broke out in Hebei and the Central Plains almost instantly, and people's hearts were in turmoil. How many ordinary people finally survived the spring ploughing and escaped the epidemic, but they threw down the green seedlings in the field without hesitation, followed those strong people to rob their homes and houses, and wandered around.

At this time, the hall seemed to be discussing the bandits in Hebei, and then Huangfu Song's ineffective suppression.

"What the prince said is very right!" In the lobby, Lou Zibo continued to openly spread some rebellious remarks following Gongsun Xun's words. "For the people of Jizhou, since February last year, the war that lasted for seven or eight months has lost more than half of the population and more than half of the autumn harvest; Then came the difficult winter days, and countless people froze to death and starved to death; Finally, I heard that I was free of money and food, so I went home and borrowed seeds to plant the land, but the plague came again; And the plague has just had a tendency to dissipate, and it is actually going to be reversed and given again...... Why not? Everyone, please put yourself in their shoes, if you are a good family in Jizhou, in such a situation, you will not rebel? ! ”

"As for Huangfu Song's ineffective suppression?" Xi Zhicai was also there, and the yin and yang were weird, and he kept talking. "Who can suppress it? Shall we just go? This time, is it really that the people are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death? Chaos is all over Hebei, and the gods can't save it! ”

Lou Gui and Xi Zhong sang and harmonized, and their words were extremely rebellious and rude, but from Chang Lin and Zhang Cheng down, all the Hanoi scholars were just pale, but no one refuted, let alone the people in the shogunate who had followed Gongsun Xun for a long time.

"Huangfu Yi is really afraid that he is leaving." In the silence, Gongsun Xun suddenly said thoughtfully. "The day before yesterday, there were rumors in Luoyang that he wanted to ask Huangfu Song to quell the Xiliang rebellion, I thought it was because the center didn't want to see him control the military and political affairs of a state for too long, and now that I think about it, maybe he can't wait to escape from Jizhou!"

"yes." Xi Zhong continued to shake his head and laugh. "No matter how the emperor is righteous, he will have to face after all, last winter he asked for the exemption of Jizhou money and grain, for which there are songs to praise him, and now he wants to order to collect this additional endowment...... What if you don't go? ”

The rest of the group became more and more speechless.

"Don't talk about anyone else." Seeing that the momentum of the local officials in Hanoi was hit to the extreme, Lu Fan suddenly stepped forward and said with a straight face. "The county has already calculated, and Hanoi needs to pay more than 50 million yuan to Luozhong for repairing the palace...... So for now, how should we deal with this matter ourselves? Ladies and gentlemen, there must always be a conclusion and an explanation for this matter! ”

Hearing Changshi's formal inquiry, everyone in the hall, whether it was Yuan Cong's people or Hanoi locals, all became more and more complicated, and most of them were embarrassed.

Because this question is too difficult to answer.

As far as the people of Hanoi are concerned, of course, they are extremely resistant to such a thing...... Not to mention that this kind of increase of ten yuan per mu is tantamount to a huge economic pressure on the people of Hanoi, and even for some children of families who run their families innocently. Just talking about Shilin Qingyu and the evaluation of the villagers, they would never be able to openly say such a thing as letting Gongsun Xun do what he wanted.

But on the other hand, is it necessary to encourage General Wei to openly resist the decree?

The things and rules they have learned since childhood do not allow them to do so.

And Yuan from that side, it's more complicated...... Some people talk about conscience, some people talk about power schemes, and some people talk about gains and losses, but no matter what, they must make a meticulous and reasonable plan for Gongsun Xun. However, Gongsun Xun is also in a dilemma here! Do you say that you want to resist the will and disrespect it, or do you want to help the abuse?

Sima Lang was silent for a moment, shook his head gloomily, and then raised his foot again and walked into the hall with a clay pot.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Gongsun Xun immediately smiled, and quickly got up and beckoned: "Come on, come on, put it on this case!" ”

Sima Lang did as he said, and carefully stepped forward to put the clay pot in the silence and gaze of everyone, and reminded him by the way: "Junjun, there are still tadpoles in here...... Please be careful not to let the toad climb onto the official document last time. ”

Gongsun Xun nodded again and again while leaning over to clean up a few cases, and he didn't know if he had listened.

And after some tossing, Sima Lang retreated to the corner of the lobby, and someone in the hall finally stepped forward to make the first statement, and sure enough, it was Chang Lin Chang Bohuai: "Junhou, my subordinates have a word." ”

"Bohuai, please speak." Gongsun Xun lowered his head and fiddled with the flowers, and simply responded.

Chang Lin didn't care about Gongsun Xun's rudeness, but still stood neatly, and his words were clear and unmistakable: "When the edict was just delivered a few days ago, Lu Changshi once said that if the prince received money by the edict, he would lose his trust in Hanoi, in my opinion, this is very right!" ”

Lu Fan couldn't help but glance at Chang Bohuai.

And Chang Lin still didn't care, but continued to say bluntly: "Although the prince did not ask for the people under his rule in advance to be exempted from the calculation of the levy like the general of the left chariot cavalry, but since he took office, the policies of the prince and the prince have all been based on the word calm, and the meaning of recuperation with the people is self-evident. Besides, it is 50 million yuan in name, but in fact, when it is collected, the officials work hard up and down, and the people are struggling, so what is really lost is not only 50 million yuan? Therefore, even if there were no explicit three chapters of the law before, the sudden increase in land endowment this time was enough to make the people of Hanoi turn from gratitude to resentment towards the prince. ”

"Well said!" Gongsun Xun finally raised his head. "What else?"

"And ......" Chang Lin hesitated slightly, but still reluctantly said. For the sake of the prince personally, no matter what, he must not use private property to pay taxes, that is the next policy, which will cause suspicion. ”

"So what should I do?" Gongsun Xun sat back in the first seat, his face was as usual, and he asked curiously. "We can't exploit the people with a clear conscience, and we can't use private property to buy people's hearts...... Bohuai, what should I do? You can't tear up this document, right? ”

"There are only two ways to do this." Chang Lin's voice became more and more difficult. "One is to gather the wealthy and powerful families in the county and let them come out with this money......"

"Isn't that a breach of trust?" Gongsun Xun asked lightly. "In the past, in order to resettle the displaced people, I have asked them to contribute as soon as possible, vacate the land, release the displaced people, and the farm tools and seeds lent by the county are also actually accepted by them, and they have no intention of shirking these things. Later, when I was in the Spring Society, I specially invited them to watch the debate together, didn't I tacitly make a pacification and agreement? ”

Chang Lin pursed his lips: "What the prince said is very true, but I am not considerate...... Then there is only one way to go. ”

"What way?"

"The prince can follow the example of the general of the left chariot cavalry, leave Hanoi, and become a non-pro-people official...... Entering the dynasty as a minister, and going out of Liangzhou to quell the chaos, roughly so. Chang Lin replied helplessly, but at this point, he still couldn't help but add one more sentence. But if this is the case, if it is replaced by another official, Hanoi will still have to levy it......"

Gongsun Xun smiled dumbly, and Chang Lin retreated in shame.

However, Chang Lin stepped back, but no one stepped forward to speak for a long time...... After all, in any case, Chang Bohuai still analyzed the matter very well, and the current situation is that the Son of Heaven is in chaos, and if he does not obey, he will rebel against the Son of Heaven and take huge political risks.

This matter is destined to not have a good outcome.

"Is there anyone else to talk to?" Gongsun Xun sat at the top of the lobby, looking at the full hall of talented people with a smile, but he also knew it. "I know that this kind of thing is destined to have no way to do both, or to damage my reputation, or to bear the wrath of the Son of Heaven. Bohuai has already said it very well...... If you really can't collect money, you will find a powerful household to collect it; If you really can't do it and want to resist the decree, then change the official as soon as possible...... These are the best two ways to do it, right? ”

The house was silent.

"Why do you have to act like that?" Gongsun Xun suddenly retracted his smile and sighed slightly. "It's a matter of choosing one or the other, and I'm the only one who needs to make the decision...... As a staff member to do this kind of work, you have done your best, go your own way, and I will do it. ”

From Lu Fan downwards, everyone said goodbye one after another.

Then, within a day, everyone asked for a private meeting, either to persuade Gongsun Xun to levy Haoqiang's family property, or to persuade him to withdraw as soon as possible. That's pure statement. Because, the expropriation of Haoqiang's family property is beneficial to Hanoi but not to Gongsun Xun; And withdrawing early is beneficial to Gongsun Xun but not to Hanoi......

Of course, don't look at what Gongsun Xun said to Chang Lin there, but in fact, he just wants to show his embarrassment through this kind of analysis, so as to create public opinion, further demonstrate his sacrificial spirit, and weaken the negative impact......

That's right, in the past few days since the arrival of the official document of the imperial court, he himself has already made a decision with a few henchmen, that is, to find local tyrants to start, the so-called fight against local tyrants and eat big households.

It can't be helped, it can only be so!

However, just when Gongsun Xun dragged on for two days, ready to take the local big family with half a push...... A new page of official documents flew lightly from Luoyang to Hanoi across the river, and placed it on top of Gongsun Xun's case with a jar of dead branches and leaves.

"I've made up my mind, I won't take any money!" Gongsun Xun read the new official document and immediately sneered. "I don't ask for a dispatch anymore......"

Everyone didn't know why, but they saw Gongsun Xun suddenly get up, and he was full of color: "I'm just here to do nothing and wait for him!" I want to see if Beigong wants to kill me for this matter or if he wants to drive me into Luo? ”

As for this, Gongsun Xun suddenly got up, kicked the few cases in front of him, and walked away.

The clay pots were sparse, the sewage was splashed, and it was a mess.

Everyone didn't know why, but Wang Xiu ignored the dirt on the ground, leaned over and pinched off a small frog with a tail, and then took out the wet official document from the water stains.

And Wang Shuzhi only glanced at it, and he couldn't help but sigh, and then explained to the people in front of him who were still dazed: "The center ordered that all states and counties should send wood and aragonite to the ministry...... I don't know how many businessmen and wealthy families are going to die. ”

Everyone turned pale, and Lu Fan didn't say a word, so he went straight inside to chase Gongsun Xun.

And on the same day, south of the river, Luoyang City, at night, Liu Kuan, the former lieutenant who was sick in bed, suddenly asked people to call his son Liu Song and two other students who had been serving in front of him recently, that is, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan.