The squires in the counties saw that the second brother Gao's face was solemn, and Lu Fujun also had a straight face, and they immediately panicked, thinking that Li Zicheng was coming.

Millions of rogues poured into the land of Yifu, the number of people was almost close to the original population of Runing, so many thieves came to eat and drink, who could afford to raise it? Moreover, they don't just eat and drink, they eat and drink well, they also have to take money, and they also rob women, and the squire can't stand it.

Seeing that everyone in the hall was panicked, the squires were a little restless, and their faces were full of anxiety, so he waved his hand and said to everyone in a deep voice: "You also know that Ben General didn't want King Chuang's army to enter Runing, and wanted to protect the peace of the people of Runing." For this reason, Ben General moved all the treasury of Chongwang's Mansion and gave them all to King Chuang, in order to buy peace for everyone. ”

"In order to protect everyone, the general handed over all the money and grain from the domain treasury and transported a hundred carts." Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan looked at Chen Yexiong, the squire of Fucheng, "Chen Yuan should know this when he is outside the city, you can ask him if Gao is lying!" ”

"General Gao is benevolent and righteous, and he did transport the money and grain from the domain treasury to Nanyang, when I was in the city, I saw more than 100 carts out of the city." Chen Yexiong hurriedly spoke, and then asked anxiously: "General Gao, is it so difficult that King Chuang has received the money and grain from the Chongwang Mansion, and he is not satisfied, so he still wants to come to Nanyang to collect grain?" ”

Many squires looked nervous, this Li Zicheng is too greedy, can't he buy a way to live after hundreds of years of accumulation in Chongfan?

The second brother glanced at everyone in the hall, and felt that the foreplay was already in place, so he straightened up, and continued: "Although I transported the money in the treasury of King Chong's domain this time, the hundreds of thousands of troops of King Chuang are nested in Nanyang, and the food is not enough to eat. King Chuang originally insisted on leading the army to Runing to collect grain, but in order to protect everyone and let everyone avoid military disasters, Gao stood up and told King Chuang that the army would rest in Nanyang, and I would collect grain for him and transport it over. ”

"In this way, it will prevent King Chuang's army from marching into Runing, but King Chuang asked me to levy 20,000 stone of grain!" The second brother looked embarrassed, glanced at everyone again, and sighed: "Although the general has captured a lot this time, he also said it." These seizures have been sent to Nanyang. Now the general has very little food in his hands, and he can't even make up 20,000 stones, so he summoned everyone. ”

When the squire heard that Li Zicheng would not come to Runing, his heart was a little relieved, but after listening to the words behind, his heart tightened again. When General Gao said this, the meaning was already obvious, that is, let everyone share the grain of 20,000 stones.

Many squires suddenly became bitter on their faces, the three salaries of the imperial court, plus the repeated wars, the landlords and squires did not have much surplus food. Some time ago, Ding Qirui went to Zhuxian Town to suppress thieves, and they had already sponsored a batch of grain, and now they had to share 20,000 stones, and the squires immediately stopped talking.

Seeing this, the second brother spread his hands and stood up, "It seems that the task given to the general by King Chuang will not be able to be completed." The general had no choice but to ask King Chuang to ask for guilt and let King Chuang send someone to levy it. ”

"General Gao can't help it!" Chen Yexiong hurriedly exhaled, and many squires were almost forced to cry. Let Li Zicheng come over, even if you don't just want food, you have to ask for money, plus you have to die.

At this time, Lu Yifang glanced at Gao Yihuan, Li Zicheng clearly said that he wanted 10,000 stones, but this guy's mouth became 20,000 stones, which was really tight.

After the second brother Gao finished speaking, he gave Lu Yifang a look, Lu Fujun was very uneasy about the second brother Gao's abduction, the second brother squeezed his eyebrows for a while, Lu Yifang coughed kissed, stood up and saluted: "General, Henan has been fighting again and again, and natural disasters have been repeated, and it is not easy for the squires in each county, everyone has difficulties, and the general must also be considerate of the people's strength." ”

"That's what the prince said!" The squires below spoke one after another, "General, in recent years, Runing has been fighting every year, as long as there are soldiers coming, we have to take something out to reward the army, especially that Zuo Liangyu, if there is less, we will rob the army, which is worse than bandits, and our family has already been almost exhausted." In addition, the current year is not good, there is no harvest in the field, and 20,000 stone is really too much for us. ”

The situation in Henan is indeed not very good, natural disasters and wars, and it is impossible for the landlord's family to fill the warehouse with money and grain. These gentry and second brothers will rely on them in the future, and they can't be too miserable, and the food they share must be within the range they can bear.

"It's not that I don't understand everyone's difficulties, people who know me know that Gao is the most benevolent and righteous, and he calls Baoyi. This time, in order to protect Runing, Gao also used up his money. The second brother Gao was embarrassed and sighed: "But since Lu Fujun said it, then Gao is making some sacrifices, squeezing out 5,000 stones from the military rations, and sharing 15,000 stones. What do you think? ”

Fifteen thousand stone is not a small amount, Runing is already full of mountains and forests, and has fought and suppressed bandits again and again, and the burden of the people is still very large, but General Gao handed over all the money and grain from the domain treasury, and also took out the military rations, even if they are hard, they have to tighten their belts and gather all the food.

It's just that everyone is a little worried in their hearts, Li Zicheng is stationed in Nanyang, nearly a million people don't farm, 20,000 stone of grain can be said to be a drop in the bucket, they will have to eat it in a long time, and then they will reach out and ask for it, so what can I do?

Chen Yexiong discussed with a few gentry, and said with a melancholy face: "General Gao is benevolent and righteous, we all know it. It's just that everyone has gathered 15,000 stone of grain this time, and the grain depots are empty. If King Chuang finishes eating the food and continues to ask for us, then we will have to hang ourselves together. We can all trust General Gao, can General Gao give us an accurate word, will King Chuang still ask for it? ”

When the second brother heard this, he hurriedly promised: "You can rest assured that after our batch of grain is handed over, King Chuang will have to pull out the camp and go west to eat Guanzhong, so after this batch of grain is handed over, King Chuang will not ask us for grain again." However, although this kind of temporary forced expropriation is gone, starting next year, the acres of land will be re-liquidated, and the normal land tax will be levied to provide a stable income of money and grain for the army. ”

Everyone heard that Li Zicheng was going to leave the camp and go west to eat Guanzhong, although this hurt the people of Guanzhong, but everyone was relieved. As for clearing the acres of land and leviing normal taxes, that is an acceptable thing.

"If that's the case, then we're relieved." Chen Yexiong and several gentry couldn't help but feel a burst of joy on their faces after hearing this, as long as they could send away Li Zicheng, the plague god, then they would have to gather the grain by smashing the pot and selling iron. It's just that they smiled for a while, and they felt that such schadenfreude seemed to be a little bad, and it seemed that everyone had moral problems, Chen Yexiong hurriedly collected his face with joy, and sighed with a few squires, revealing a compassionate look: "We are safe, but we have suffered the people in Guanzhong~"

After a while, the squires of several counties discussed and apportioned the shares, and then rushed back to the county seat, and then went to gather the grain of the county to gather grain, and strive to send the grain to Li Zicheng before the New Year, so that the army could quickly pull out the camp, and everyone would have a stable year.

As soon as the gentry left, only Gao Yihuan and Lu Yifang were left in the hall.

Lu Yifang watched many squires come out of the hall and stood behind Gao Yihuan, he was a little disdainful of Gao Yihuan's taking advantage, so he said: "General, King Chuang obviously only needs 10,000 stones, but the general asked them to make up 15,000 stones, and the general did not produce a grain of grain, but earned 5,000 stones. Although the general gained some benefits by doing this, the general still had to win the hearts of the gentry and the people by taking Runing as the foundation. If the gentry found out, they would hate you. ”

"Hate me? How could it be! Gao Yihuan smiled, his face was red, his heart was not beating, and he said shamelessly, "Didn't Lu Fujun hear Chen Yuanwai praise me for my benevolence and righteousness?" ”

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