Chapter 161: Xi Zhicai's Worries
Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Sun Yang didn't feel strange, among smart people, they often can guess many things at a glance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Hehe, Yang has seen Senior Brother Xi!" Sun Yang also showed a smile and bowed to Xi Zhicai, after all, in fact, Xi Zhicai was also his senior brother.
Xi Zhicai nodded, did not speak, but made a gesture of invitation to Sun Yang, signaling Sun Yang to sit in the same carriage with him, some words, it is not a good choice to say here.
"Please!" Sun Yang also made a gesture of please, and walked back to the avenue with Xi Zhicai, and after ordering to go down, he also followed Xi Zhicai into the carriage.
The convoy restarted and continued towards Wu County.
In the carriage, since Sun Yang sat down, Xi Zhicai's eyes never left Sun Yang, and he kept smiling, as if he wanted to see Sun Yang through completely.
Sun Yang naturally would not avoid Xi Zhicai's gaze, and he also smiled and looked at Xi Zhicai, many people could see how they were from their expressions.
For a long time, although neither of them spoke, Sun Yang clearly felt that Xi Zhicai had a lot more affection for him, because Xi Zhicai not only had a smile on his face, but also sat in a much more casual posture, and it could be seen that he had initially expressed his approval of Sun Yang.
"Hehe, sure enough, if you don't say anything from the teacher, Senior Brother Yang, your bearing is very extraordinary, admire, admire!" Xi Zhicai, who had been talking for a long time, finally spoke, although it was a compliment, but Sun Yang felt that Xi Zhicai's words were not hypocritical.
"Compared to Senior Brother, what is Young? Admire this sentence, Yang should say it! "Sun Yang is not modest, Xi Zhicai is a person who has experienced a lot of things, and he is from a family, so his bearing is naturally extraordinary, this kind of bearing, in addition to Sun Yang has seen it in a few elders, even Xu Shu has some gaps.
"Haha......" Xi Zhicai and Sun Yang smiled at each other again, quite a feeling of heroic sympathy.
Next, the two naturally praised each other modestly, and the atmosphere became more relaxed, they were from the same family, and there was a natural sense of closeness, and now they are more familiar.
didn't say these nonsense for long, Xi Zhicai deliberately led the topic to the main matter, after all, he didn't come to Wu County to talk about his master's relationship with Sun Yang, but to do something big!
"Senior Brother Yang, you must have heard what the old farmers in the field said just now, now I want to hear what you have to say." Of course, those old farmers have already said some of Sun Yang's policies, but they are still a bit one-sided, and there are far more things that Xi Zhicai wants to know, and at the same time, he also has a question in his heart.
Xi Zhicai cared so much about Wu Jun's affairs before he took office, Sun Yang was also very happy in his heart, he needed this kind of doer now.
"That's the case, Wu County experienced a big war before...... Sun Yang told Xi Zhicai some things in detail, he hoped that Xi Zhicai could understand more clearly, so that he could put forward his own opinions.
After listening to what Sun Yang said, Xi Zhi showed a clear look, no wonder these old farmers were able to get so many fields, it turned out that the great families of Wu County had been hit so hard! In his heart, he is also very satisfied with Sun Yang's approach, in the past few years, he has seen more officials who have obtained the hands of the people by unscrupulous means, and he has never seen anyone who can divide the land that could have been firmly in his hands among the people.
There is no doubt about this, because not only what Sun Yang said about the taxes collected in full accordance with the laws of the imperial court, but also those old peasants confirmed this, there is no doubt that Sun Yang is completely selfless in this! What made Xi Zhicai even more shocked was that although the tax set by Sun Yang was in line with the rules of the imperial court, in fact, this tax rate was far lower than the actual tax now!
This is what frightens Xi Zhicai the most, and it is also the point that admires Sun Yang the most! There are really not many people who can stick to their original intentions and think about the people in this chaotic era! Xi Zhicai thought that it was a very correct choice for him to come to Wu County this time!
"Senior Brother Yang, you can be so righteous and think about the people, Senior Brother, I am sincerely happy for you!" Of course, Xi Zhicai did not forget to praise Sun Yang.
"I think, Senior Brother Yang, your plan next must be to popularize this tax rate system to the entire Wu County, right?" Xi Zhicai knows very well that a person with lofty ideals like Sun Yang will not be satisfied with this, and his next goal must be to spread this policy of benefiting the people throughout Wu County!
did not deny the second Sun Yang, even if Xi Zhicai did not come to Wu County, his goal would be like this, but at this sensitive moment, Sun Yang would not rashly implement it. Except for Wu County and Fuchun, the rest of Wu County is far from being so easy, and the actual owners of those lands have not lost much in the hands of Xu Gong, and their strength is still there.
"That's right, senior brother, Yang's next goal is indeed like this, but this goal is not a simple matter, Yang's idea is that it will take at least one to two years before it is possible to complete, after all, it is very difficult for a strong dragon to overpower the ground snake!"
Sun Yang's meaning, Xi Zhicai also understands, Wu County is still very big, and the power of the intertwined family is of course not small, this is a common problem of the entire Han Dynasty now, the fields are neither in the hands of the imperial court, nor can they be in the hands of the people, and they have completely become the private property of the families everywhere!
This is the truest portrayal of what Xi Zhicai has heard and seen in recent years! The imperial court collects a tax, and the family that controls the land also collects a tax, and in the end, the food left by the people who have worked hard for a year is not enough to fill the stomach of the family! This means that the people who can't get by either mortgage the land in their hands to the family for food, or sell their sons and daughters to barely survive!
Alack! Xi Zhicai has been heartbroken more than once, and he has tried his best to save some people, but a person's power is very limited, and many times, he is powerless, he can only watch these tragedies repeat year after year!
If we don't make any changes, the big man will be ruined by these moths! The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people who couldn't survive would only remember this hatred to the court, and the Yellow Turban Uprising the year before last was a very bad signal! The drama that I have personally experienced understands very well that although these yellow turban thieves have been exterminated, the big man has also lost his vitality, and next time, I am afraid the ending will change!
Looking at the contemplative Xi Zhicai, Sun Yang didn't bother him, but sat quietly and waited for Xi Zhicai to figure out something.
It was not far from Wu County, and soon the convoy entered Wu County. According to the original intention, he was going to pull Xi Zhicai to the "Huiwei Xuan" for a drink, but considering many reasons, Sun Yang finally chose to directly arrange Xi Zhicai in the Taishou Mansion.
"Senior Brother Xi, the Taishou Mansion has arrived!" Sun Yang reminded Xi Zhicai with his words.