Wen Huanzhang looked at the old friend in front of him and smiled, "My brother is stationed in Hedong, but I don't know what the situation is in Shandong now." ”

"Ever since the Kuotian Institute has set its sights on the fertile soil around Liangshanbo, Jingdong has no day of peace." Let's look at Dengzhou, which was the first to be targeted by Kutian, there are "hundreds of hectares" of official fields in the account alone, and the rent of Natian is more than 10,000 yuan. However, these 'hundreds of hectares' of official land are actually all barren land near the beach, and the annual land tax of more than 10,000 yuan is passed on to the local people. And this is only the mildest side of the company. Compared with the law of "suppressing the people from inheriting tenants and forcibly expropriating public land money", what the people are most afraid of is that their own beautiful fields are accused of being desolate. It is not surprising that such a person who is a beggar in the city for his proud surname is not surprising.

Think about how many fertile fields are around Liangshan Bo in 800 miles, and how many people live there, and the benefits of the Puyu lotus root are also calculated daily and monthly. You know how big the public outrage will be in this matter.

Xu Jing was taken aback, but it was the handiwork of Yang Jian and Cai Jing, "No wonder Mr. said that Jingdong is so eventful." Even if he is only a military minister, he knows: "Lonely yin is not born, and solitary yang does not grow." Yin and yang rotate, and the opposite is mutually reinforcing. ".

Gentleman, boat also; Those who are familiar with the people, the water is also. The water carries the boat, and the water capsits the boat. If you haven't heard of Xunzi's words, you should know the 'famous words' of Tang Taizong Li Er, right? Is there any reason in the world to just take and not to take?" Eight hundred miles of water, millions of people live and work in peace and contentment. Didn't all the princes in the court think that those were wood-plastic clay tires? This matter must have been written by the thief and eunuch. ”

Wen Huanzhang did not answer, but said to Xu Jing, an introverted and forbearant envoy who was persevering in battle: "The official family connived at Gao Yu to take you to the end, and they are already determined to level the water and sweep away the thieves." ”

"Ten festivals, and the famous generals of the forbidden army, except for the northwest border army, the imperial court can be said to be elite. I think that the Son of Heaven is going to sweep away the grass with the power of thunder. Above the court, everyone must think that the victory is in their hands. ”

Xu Jing's chin was slightly raised, and he said, "Of course." There are such generals and famous ministers, how can they not sweep away the puddles and grasses! ”

"yes. Famous generals gathered, elite gathered, more than 100,000 horses will be suppressed, since it is boiling water and snow, Mount Tai is overwhelming. And it is precisely because of this that some people in the court have moved the idea of unkindness, injustice, and disloyalty. ”

Wen Huanzhang is not a white-clothed scholar with no merit, as early as when Xu Jing was still a teacher in a nursing home, he was sentenced to a state.

I didn't expect that Zhang Shouli of Zhizhou got a glimpse of the beauty of Xu Jing's lady, Yun Niang, and conspired with the owner of the Zhuang surnamed Guo surnamed Xu Jing to order Yun Niang to go to the state capital to perform, and wanted to occupy Yun Niang, Yun Niang committed suicide. Zhang Shouli was angry with Xu Jing, and ordered the owner of Guo Zhuang to frame Xu Jing for colluding with the bandits, and was arrested in prison to be sentenced to death. Wen Huanzhang, who was the chief bookkeeper at the time, loved Xu Jing's character and martial arts, and mediated from it, so he changed it to distribution, and the two also formed a friendship. On the way to exile, Xu Jing was rescued by his friend Li Congji, escaped the shackles, returned to Zezhou, and killed Zhang Shouli and the entire family of the owner surnamed Guo. Later, he was recruited, repeatedly made military exploits, and the official supremacy party Taiyuan Festival envoy.

This Xu Jing wandered in the rivers and lakes in his early years, tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and was tortured in prison, introverted and forbearing, and silent. The battle was persevering, and he repeatedly fell into danger and escaped death, so the rivers and lakes gave him the nickname "four-legged snake". When he was old, he was extremely agile, and he was called "Xu Lao Ape".

Now Xu Jing is sixty years old, full of silver hair, you can see his degree of official position, you can know that the previous three or twenty years have not been wasted.

On the contrary, Wen Huanzhang, who was proud of his youth, is now only taught in Anren Village on the outskirts of Beijing. What a trick this encounter.

Some people think that he is just living in seclusion here, but the literati doctor, who doesn't have the heart to govern the country and level the world? Wen Huanzhang is in his early fifties, how can he retire willingly? But who told him to have a close relationship with the people in the old party, after Cai Jing took the opportunity to take office, he still had a critical attitude towards the new law. At the beginning, his life was written on the monument of the Yuanyou party, which is gratifying.

Over the years, there have been many relatives and friends of Wen Huanzhang's former classmates who are in high positions, such as Na Su Yuanjing, who is already the captain of the palace and a confidant of Zhao Ji. And he, a famous scribe who stayed on the edge of Tokyo, was full of old knowledge and knowledge, but there was no one to recommend a sage.

Today, Wen Huanzhang has long since extinguished his fame. It's just that his eyes are still very clear.

Xu Jing is not a stupid person, he has been tumbling in officialdom for decades, and he is also well-informed. Hearing Huanzhang's reminder, he was taken aback. "A heart of disgust, a heart of cruelty."

But after the anger, there was a wave of frustration. Cai Jing is a person who holds the country, and behind him is the current saint. The same is true for Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, and Gao Yu.

He is a festival envoy, but he is also an important minister, but compared to these few, it is the firefly that is far worse than Haoyue. No matter how angry and angry there is, there is nothing to be done. "Pity the innocent people, thousands of lives will be turned into powder with the thieves."

In a simple word, today's Liang Shanbo has turned into a garbage can in the eyes of the bigwigs in Tokyo. Any kind of garbage can be swept into it as much as you like, anyway, the imperial army will be crushed in a few days, and everything will be turned into powder. And after sweeping away the garbage, isn't it up to them to sketch the land and the clean and tidy ground?

In this way, tens of thousands or even more of the people who fled to eat porridge by the water in the cold winter months are afraid that in their eyes they are all worthless 'garbage'.

Xu Jing is not stupid. He comprehended the deeper meaning of Wen Huanzhang's words. His heart was furious, and his face was full of gloom.

When today's son has a frivolous temperament, since he succeeded to the throne, he has been extravagant, profligate, good voice, love dogs and horses, civil engineering, prayer shrines, armor soldiers, flowers and stones, and bribe millions of silver and silk in the north, and the treasury money and grain have not been as rich as when the emperor was there. Cai Jing, who has been in the country all the year round, is a despotic and spoiler, harms the people with money, corrupts the country, over-indulges in extravagance, and bribes lawbreakers. And Cai Jing wants to be the Son of Heaven as always, so he must be able to resist the expenses of the Son of Heaven. This is also the premise.

It is a sharp tool for collecting money and food. However, the world knows the magnitude of its harm. Yang Jian understood that Cai Jing also knew it, otherwise he would not have just chosen a rich place to implement this law.

However, if such an evil law is applied to the people, over time, the contradictions between the government and the people will inevitably be acute. Resentment is full, yin and yang are done, thieves breed, and people's hearts are carried with others, and the world will have many troubles. Therefore, the 'resentment' always needs to be released. Just like the more than 100 peasant uprisings that the old Zhao family has faced in the past 100 years.

Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty had not yet 'degenerated' to the point of Ming Confucianism. I can't make righteous words that I want the people to 'starve in peace'. Whether it is Cai Jing's first-class class, or Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng in the inner court, everyone knows the reason why rabbits bite when they are in a hurry.

"Serve the praying mantis" is the inevitable resistance of the people when they are cornered.

After the social contradictions intensify to a certain extent, great social changes will inevitably take place. This is put in the classical feudal society, that is, the peasant uprising; At the end of feudal society, it was the bourgeois revolution; If there is a contradiction, it must be released, and it is better to release it in advance than to accumulate it in the end, and to burn all the jade.

The more than 100 peasant uprisings that came from the founding of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the total amount of rebellion was amazing, but they broke out more than 100 times, not one outbreak, and the result was a disease of ringworm and scabies, which did not harm the country.

This truth, the bigwigs of the Northern Song Dynasty have not summarized it in place, but they all have a clear understanding. China is the country with the most detailed history in the world, and we can know the rise and fall by taking history as a mirror, and Li Er's sentence is not false at all.

And the wind and water that can be mixed in the court of the old Zhao family, except for the lucky people who fall from the sky such as the second year of high school, Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong, Liu Zhengfu, Deng Xunwu, and even Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng in the inner court, which one is not a smart person?

It is better to pick up an abscess early.

In this way, with the tacit cooperation of all the forces in the court, they worked together to make this scene outside Liangshan Bo now.

The effect is that as the end of the year approaches, the number of refugees gathered outside Liangshanbo has not decreased by half a point, but has been coming in an endless stream, and there is a tendency to gather more and more.

The daily cost of grain and rice used to make porridge in the cottage has increased to 1,000 stones, which is not a small amount, although it is not worth mentioning for the reserves in the Liangshan village. But it made the Manichaean people in the village stunned.

Everyone knows the wealth of Liangshanbo, but they are not always deeply touched by what they have seen with their own eyes.

Thousands of stones of grain and rice, as well as firewood, coal, clothing, and even matching medicinal herbs. Spending money like flowing water, it is Fang Tianding and his gang, and one of the deepest impressions of Liang Shanbo in recent days.

In the upper district, Zong Ze lived.

The school has already been on vacation, and the father and son of the Zong family have ushered in a rare break after being busy with the final exam evaluation. So much so that the meal time at home has been changed.

At the end of noon, it was close to one o'clock in the afternoon. Zong Ze, who was just about to eat, heard someone shouting outside, Zong Ying put down the dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly ran out to greet him. But I saw that it was an old acquaintance of his family, Liang Shanbo, who was in charge of the tension of food and clothing in the upper district, and led a strange strong sergeant, waiting outside the door.

Since the father and son of the Zong family have both served in the academy, the status of the Zong Ze family in the previous district has been increasing day by day. Anyone who is bumped into by Liangshanbo people must greet Mr. The benefits of teaching in the academy are not only material, but also spiritual.

"Mr. Xiaozong, the tension is disturbed." Very respectfully greeted Zong Ying, and the latter even called it.

Then he greeted Zong Ze, who came out later, Zhang Li patted the shoulder of the descendant next to him, and said to the father and son of the Zong family: "So that the two gentlemen know, but this young descendant insisted on coming to thank the two gentlemen." The tension was not emotional, so he had to bring someone here. It's also close to each other, and it's not a good thing, this guy is on duty at the forage yard in front. ”

As soon as he spoke, he saw the offspring in the armor on his body, and solemnly bowed to the father and son.

Bow down and salute. The push hand is the hand, and the lead is the su.

From Zong Ze's point of view, this worship, that is, the bowing of the hand, is not faulty. He just wondered how he had a kindness with this unmasked person when he rarely stepped out of the back mountain? At the moment, you have to avoid it, and you are held down by tension.

"Mr. Lao Zong, this gift is worthy of you. It's not the medicinal materials and clothes donated by your family, this man's wife is afraid that she won't be able to meet him and die. ”

Zhang Li's eyes were full of envy as he looked at the afterlife. His mother also died on a cold winter night, when there was no Yangsanbo in Jeju, men and women, old and young, but anyone who came to the water's edge was given a bowl of thick porridge in the morning and evening.

These two bowls of porridge are life-saving food. It can't make people eat warmly, but it can always make people live.

Listening to Zhang Li's story, the father and son of the Zong family knew what the reason was. But he was born in Mengzhou on the other side of the Yellow River, and there was a brother in the family. Most of the income from the past year has also been sent home. It stands to reason that his family should eat and drink this year. But there are unforeseen circumstances, and after Mengzhou City was patronized by the Liangshanbo army, the gentry and landlords of the government who suffered heavy losses turned around and frantically oppressed the people. For example, his family originally had one acre of irrigated land and four acres of dry land, and he rented ten acres of land from large households in the village, so that he could still take care of food and chew all year round. But not long ago, he was told by the government that all the records in the county were destroyed by the Liangshan thieves, and he had to go to supplement the records with the title deed, and then his family's acres of land were traced back to the source again and again, and before his brother came to his senses, the acres of land were recorded in the names of others. His eldest brother was naturally not angry and sued the yamen, but not only was it useless, but he was beaten by the government and fined a sum of money. All the money that was sent home in the afterlife was gone. At the end of the year, his mother fell ill again, and his eldest brother was desperate and angry, so he took the family and brought his old mother to Liangshanbo to join his brother.

Because his mother was very sick and groggy, and could not speak. So much so that the Liangshan military family voucher that was sent home by the man along with the silver money could not be found. And without a certificate, the younger brother can't confirm his identity. The stool can only be arranged in the shack area on the periphery of the porridge farm.

At this time, it coincides with the snowfall, and the temperature plummets. The conditions of the shack area are much worse than the grass hut area on the inner floor. Fortunately, they bumped into the medicinal materials and clothes donated by the Zong family - is it snowing, Zong Ze and his wife thought of the hardships of the people, and they have always been kind-hearted. The father and son of the Zong family know a lot about Liangshanbo, and when they donate, they are sent to the shack area by name. In this way, his mother's life was saved. Even if he can't produce evidence, he asked Liang Shanjun, who was guarding the porridge field, to take a look. Preferential treatment in shanty towns.

"Amitabha, Amitabha." Mrs. Zong, who came out behind, was very pleased to chant the Buddha's name. Saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, as a Buddhist believer, Mrs. Zong is not happy in her heart.

Zhang Zhang sighed and said, "It's not that the big leader of my family cherishes medicinal materials, but the number of refugees is increasing day by day. Even the ginger soup was ordered to go down, and it must not be wasted. "But I was afraid that the Zong Ze family would misunderstand Lu Qian.

"Brother Zhang, is the number of refugees outside the water still increasing?" The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Zong Ze's eyes flickered, and he opened his mouth to ask.

Zhang Li said bitterly: "That's not the case. Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the number of refugees outside the water is still increasing, which is strange. "It wasn't like that in previous years. Refugees begging outside the home is only a temporary difficulty, and if they don't return home at the end of the year, they will become homeless. Xue Shao of the Lijin Bureau said that a few days ago, the people outside this porridge field counted more than 100,000 people. Now I'm afraid it's 1230,000. ”

"The daily expenditure of grain and rice in each porridge field has exceeded 1,000 stones."

"It's also a shame that my Liangshan Bo family has a big business, and it can still support it. The leader of my family is also benevolent and righteous, and he can't bear to see the people eat sin. Otherwise, these hundreds of thousands of refugees would have suffered hardship. "Cold winter is a knife that kills without seeing blood. After a night of snowstorms, it is not uncommon for hundreds of people to freeze to death and starve to death in the ordinary state capital of the Northland. The peasants under the rule of the old Zhao family are really hard.

Tension and honor, what Liang Shanbo did was a great good deed, not only to make the leaders glorious, but also to their minions and everyone happy.

"It's also the head of the Xuan Zheng Division, Fan Leader, cheered up and played a good job." The cadres selected by the newly established Propaganda Department are all clever and alert. Now, in this cold winter month, among the hundreds of thousands of refugees, it is like a fish in water.

Zong Ze's face was also full of smiles, "Leader Lu is benevolent and righteous, and he has lived for half a hundred years, and it is the first time I have seen such a person." ”

The pride on Zhang Li's face deepened. Happy goodbye to the father and son of the Zong family.

As for Zong Ze, after saying goodbye to Zhang Li and that posterior, his face immediately turned into ice, even Zong Ying felt that something was wrong. There were voices from the left and right neighbors, Zong Ze ignored his left hand, and shouted in the direction of the right hand: "Brother Ji Zhong, Brother Ji Zhong, have you ever heard it, dare to ask the younger brother's door to talk about it." ”

It's all a thousand-year-old fox, what are you talking to me about? Without the words of the superiors, how could the policy of "legislating the land deed" be launched on Jingdong without a sound? Monju is just north of Jeju and is separated by only one Yellow River. With the people of Mengzhou, it is indispensable to come to other state capitals. This is the strategy of expanding the field.

And at such a time, such a region, such a way, what is the court going to do?

Although Zong Ze has not yet understood the whole thing. But a familiar smell could not hide from his sense of smell.

Yes, Zong Ze has never experienced such a black-hearted thing as not taking human life seriously. Have you never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? And this Lu Qian and Lu Da Leader of Liangshanbo are really big hearts and courage.

After only a few moments, Uncle Zhang came to the door at night.

Both of them are extraordinary, and they put Lu Qian's affairs aside. In their opinion, such an invitation to buy people's hearts, this Lu Da Leader is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. And Zong Ze and Uncle Zhang didn't think that the foundation of the Zhao family had been moved. The inheritance of the Zhao family is only one hundred and fifty years, and it is ridiculous to be today, this world is a big ship, even if it leaks, it is still far from the shipwreck. The two of them only care about the innocent people outside the water, which is related to hundreds of thousands of lives. The two of them pushed each other from this, from small to big, and in just a few words, they had already outlined the outline of things.

"There are no two ends in the heart of man; The eternal way of the country is the same reason. The more than 100,000 people outside the water were not the good people of the court. Zong Ze was heartbroken.

"Born to the people and establish a king, I think the people are also. Born with the people, the shepherd of the tree, and the king to nourish it. The Son of Heaven is the son of heaven who loves the people like children, treats the people as hurts, is the parents of the people, and raises the people, so that the world is governed, the country and the people are safe, and they are happy. And today, he is arrogant, has a good voice, likes luxury, and likes immortals, for high talk, not caring for political affairs, and not caring for the people. The implication of his words is that Emperor Zhao will not care about the life and death of the people, and his anger is overflowing.

At the beginning, he was the magistrate of Ye County, Laizhou. The imperial court sent an envoy to buy the bezoar, and Zong Ze reported: "When there is an epidemic, the cattle are poisoned and turn yellow." Now that the faction is harmonious, how can the cow turn yellow? The messenger was furious and threatened to impeach him. Zong Ze was not afraid, and said bluntly: "This is what my Zong Ze means. And he wrote a separate book to the court on this matter.

Being close to the government and loving the people is one of Zongze's true colors. Now that I see hundreds of thousands of people suffering from the sword, how can we not be sad?

Uncle Zhang looked ashamed. Of these hundreds of thousands of people, I am afraid that at least half of them are from Jeju counties. And he is the former governor of Jeju.

"Brother Ji Zhong, I want to see Leader Lu now. Brother thinks he can ......? ”

Uncle Zhang was frightened at night, "This is a disease caused by the poison of the government and government, and people with lofty ideals in the world cannot solve it." Can Ru Lin solve it? And once you meet the land thieves, it will be difficult to look back. Ru Lin has to think about it. "The drawbacks of the field have long been familiar to the people of the world, and who can resolve them for many years?

Money and food are also physical goods. If the court takes more, the people will benefit less. And vice versa. is such a paradox, he Zhang Shuye can't think of a solution.

Zong Ze smiled calmly when he heard this, "The eldest husband is in the world, and he should do something and not do something." ”

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The left and right prime ministers of the lord of Lu Zhai have appeared.