Zhe Yueru grew up under the education of three from four virtues, and she did not refuse Zhao Chen's words!

At the same time, for Zhao Chen's master Wang Chongyang, Zheyueru is very curious! She had heard of Wang Chongyang's name and knew that it was Wang Chongyang who saved Zhao Chen's life back then! Moreover, Wang Chongyang is also quite famous in Hanzhong, and others are rumored to be a miracle doctor! She wanted to meet the miracle doctor too!

Speechless all night, Zhao Chen came down from Dasan Pass early the next morning and headed towards Hanzhong!

This time, Zhao Chen only brought a dozen guards, including Zhi Yueru, Wang Shu, Kang An and others also followed him!

The snow on the mountain has not melted, and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful!

Zhao Chen was in a very good mood at the moment, they stopped in the mountain, and it took them two days to come down from the mountain!

When they reached the bottom of the mountain, it was already slightly dark, and they found a village around and planned to spend the night in this village.

When the people of the village saw their group coming, they all had surprised expressions on their faces. Zhao Chen can be regarded as a micro-service trip this time, so no one recognizes Zhao Chen's identity. They just think that Zhao Chen and these people are dressed up richly, although Zhao Chen himself is young, but he gives people a feeling of being on top, as if he often gives orders, as for Zhiyueru, it is extremely beautiful, many people have never seen such a beautiful young man in most of their lives under the mountain, Wang Shu, King Kang and others are also extraordinary, and the villagers immediately know that these people are extraordinary.

"Your Majesty, I've asked people to inquire where the biggest family here is, let's go to the biggest family here!" Wang Shu said.

"No need, just find a random one to live next to!" Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

At that moment, Zhao Chen strode towards a courtyard in front of him, this courtyard was very dilapidated, the courtyard wall had collapsed by more than half, and it was forked with branches, and the courtyard gate was also very dilapidated.

Zhao Chen knocked on the door, the door opened, and an old man with gray hair appeared in front of Zhao Chen.

"I don't know what happened to the officials?" The old man didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"I'm waiting to come down from the mountain, it's already dark, there is no place to stay, I want to stay here for a night, I don't know what the old man thinks?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"This ...... There are only two dilapidated rooms in the old man's house, and he is afraid that he will not be able to accommodate so many people. The old man was stunned and said.

"Only three or five people live in the homes of the elderly, and the rest go to the surrounding areas to spend the night." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

He spoke softly, and the old man was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but at this moment, he also put his mind at ease, and a smile appeared on his face, and said, "That is the case, son, please come in!" ”

Zhao Chen nodded, and he took Wang Shu, Kang An, and Zhe Yueru into the courtyard. When he arrived, he found it even more dilapidated. Both rooms are mud huts, with walls made of earth underneath and covered with wood and thatch, without a single brick or tile. In ancient times, bricks and tiles were something that only rich and noble families could use, and ordinary people had no money to use bricks and tiles.

"Old man, my son-in-law has been walking for a day, and now he is a little tired, do you have anything to eat here?" The crowd entered a room, Wang Shu said.

"This ......," the old man said with a look of embarrassment.

His house is surrounded by four walls, and there is almost no rice in the rice tank, and it is very difficult to entertain Zhao Chen and others.

"There's some silver here, you can buy some food!" Wang Shu took out a large piece of silver and said.

"Okay, Childe and you are waiting!" The old man took the silver and said with a smile.

At this moment, the old man had left, and only Zhao Chen and others were left in the room.

Zhao Chen looked curiously in the room, since he came to this era, this was the first time he had really entered the homes of ordinary people!

"It's so cold now, and there's no stove in this room?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, there is a fire pit here, I'll go make a fire!" Wang Shu said.

"No, you don't! I'm just curious, the life of the people here is too miserable! Zhao Chen said.

He stood up and walked around the room for a while, looking around! It seemed to him that there was nothing of value in this room, and there were no candles here, only oil lamps, and the oil lamps were very small, as if they were afraid of wasting oil! In the end, he still found the rice tank, there was only a thin layer of rice at the bottom, and those rice were already a little bad, Zhao Chen couldn't help but be stunned!

"Your Majesty, the lives of the common people are hard, and it is very difficult for us to see such a scene in the court!" Wang Shu said.

Zhao Chen nodded slightly.

Zhe Yueru also looked around in surprise, she was a daughter who was born rich and noble, how could she ever see such a scene?

After a while, Zhi Yueru gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, my lords, this place is really poor, I really don't know if there are people living here?" ”

Kang An is not surprised, his family life was also very hard back then, and it was not even as good as this one! It's just that he became rich later, and he hasn't been in such a poor family for a long time!

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After a while, the old man returned, carrying a large piece of beef, dozens of steamed buns, and a pot of wine!

The wind was still blowing outside, and the old man made a fire, and he brought the table over and put the things on the table! The table is also very shabby, it looks black and seems to be a little dirty! Zhao Chen, Zhi Yueru, Wang Shu, Kang An and others all showed a trace of discomfort on their faces.

"Son, my family is poor, please take care of me more!" The old man said with some trepidation.

"We'd like to thank you for hosting us!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

The crowd was indeed a little hungry, and they were eating there at the moment! Zhao Chen didn't pay much attention to eating, and the food they ate in the barracks was not as good as these! Zhe Yueru stayed in Dasanguan for a long time, and the food she ate every day was also the food of the army, and she was a little used to it at the moment, so she also ate lightly at the moment.

"Old man, why don't you sit down and eat together?" After a while, Zhao Chen saw that the old man was still standing aside, and he couldn't help but understand.

"These things are expensive and old...... Don't dare to eat. The old man hesitated for a moment and said.

"Hey, sit down!" Zhao Chen said.

The old man hesitated for a while, but sat down. At that moment, Zhao Chen put a steamed bun in his hand, he didn't eat meat, just gnawed on the steamed bun, and a steamed bun was gnawed down by him in three or two.

"It seems that the old man is also very hungry! Eat again! Zhao Chen said with a smile.

He handed over another steamed bun, and the old man took a big bite again.

"Old man take a drink!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

The old man hesitated, took a bowl for himself, poured half a bowl of wine into the bowl, and began to drink.

It was dark outside, the cold wind was howling, but the room was happy.

"Old man, are you alone here? Do you still have sons and daughters? Zhao Chen had already eaten enough, and at this moment he asked while taking a sip of wine.

"Lao Sheng still has two sons, and the eldest son went to his father-in-law's house and hasn't come back yet! The youngest son couldn't carry it in the winter and starved to death! The old man said.

"Starved?" Zhao Chen was taken aback.

Zhiyueru next to her also showed a shocked expression on her face! Wang Shu and Kang An's expressions changed slightly, but they quickly returned to normal.

"yes, starving! In the winter, when the family was running out of food, my youngest son was sick and hungry with typhoid fever, and died within a few days! The old man sighed.

He was visibly very sad, his eyes were wet at the moment, so he hurriedly turned his head to wipe away his tears, and after a while, he turned his head.

"Will there still be people in my Great Song Dynasty who will starve to death?" The moon is like an unbelievable way.

"This young lady, looking at your dress, must be from a rich family! How do you know what kind of life we ordinary people live? How do you know how much the people are suffering? The old man said.

"I'm sorry, I lost my words!" Zheyueru said hurriedly.

"How many acres of land does the old man have in his house?" Zhao Chen asked at this moment.

"The old man doesn't have any land at home, and he rents the land of the old official Liu! Now most of the people in the village are renting the land of the old official Liu! There are a total of ten acres, and I am busy working on these ten acres of land from beginning to end every year, but I still can't survive! The old man began to drink heavily at this moment, and said.

"Can't you survive with ten acres of land? Is it true that the yield of this land is so low? Zhao Chen said in disbelief.

"Son, the yield of this land is not low, but eighty percent of the annual harvest has to be handed over to Liu Laoguan! Sometimes when the year is bad, we have to borrow money from Mr. Liu, this usury rolls interest, and half of the income that belongs to us every year must be repaid by usury! Even now, we still owe a lot of silver to Mr. Liu! The old man said.

"This old rich man Liu is too dark, right?" Zhao Chen said.

"Who is not like this among the rich men of the world?" The old man shook his head and said.

The old man mentioned the sad thing, and kept pouring wine into his mouth, and after a while he seemed to be drunk, and leaned against the wall and snored.

"Wang Shu, Kang'an, have you ever seen such a thing in the people for many years? Have you ever seen such a ruthless rich man? Zhao Chen said.

He didn't ask Zhi Yueru, Zhi Yueru is a rich lady, it is absolutely impossible to know these things!

"Your Majesty, such things abound! The land in the world is in the hands of the rich, and the ordinary people are renting land, almost all of the land rent is seventy or eighty, and some even reach ninety! The people of the world have suffered so much! Wang Shu said.

"You tell me a good story about the people!" Zhao Chen said.

At that moment, Wang Shu spoke carefully, and the more Zhao Chen listened, the more uneasy he became! His brow furrowed tightly!

It turns out that the Song Dynasty was rich, and in modern society, it is often said that the Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty in ancient China, but the gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty was unprecedented in history! More than 90% of the country's peasants do not own their own land, and all the land is in the hands of landlords, officials or monasteries! Almost all the peasants were tenant farmers, which never appeared in the Han, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and only some of the peasants in the rest of the dynasties were tenant farmers, and many peasants still had their own land! The reason why the later Ming and Qing dynasties said that the Song Dynasty was "poor and weak" refers to the poverty of ordinary peasants! The poverty of the peasants in the Song Dynasty was an unprecedented phenomenon in history!

Because of poverty, the Song Dynasty was also the dynasty with the most peasant uprisings! From the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were 433 peasant uprisings recorded in historical materials, including the Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun uprising, Songjiang uprising, Fangla uprising and so on! In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty in history, the Jin State was eyeing the Great Song Dynasty, but even under such circumstances, there was still an uprising of Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo! Generally speaking, when the foreign threat is greater, the internal situation is relatively calm, and some later ruling classes often create border disputes in order to divert internal contradictions. It stands to reason that the Jurchens are about to exterminate the Han people, so how can there be an uprising within the Han people under such circumstances? But in the Song Dynasty, this happened! Those peasants were not unaware of the threat of the Jurchens, but they could not survive anymore and had to rebel against the rulers of the Song Dynasty!

"The people are living in such hardship! I think the main thing is that the landlords exploit too much! They want to take away the income of one acre of land, how can the tenant farmers live? Wang Shu, I want to reduce the rent, do you think it's okay? After a long while, Zhao Chen suddenly said.