The Zhao family, in the Youzhou territory is a large family for hundreds of years, the power from the court to the locality, is really intertwined, in this place, the other gentry and wealthy families are all looking forward to the Zhao family, even the previous Youzhou Taishou, to this Zhao family to give three points.

After several generations of construction, the Zhao family's manor has become a solid fortress, several generations of accumulated slaves, there are also three or five thousand, Lu Peng led the team down the Black Mountain Thief Village not far away, the obscene housekeeper who led the team, pointed to the land under his feet and said: "From now on, we have already walked on the land of the Zhao family, from here to the Zhao family's mansion, there are still 100 miles to go." ”

Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh: "The family is so rich, where is there a place for the people in this world?" ”

As a result, the obscene housekeeper directly despised this dirt bun: "The people here have a saying, saying that if you eat the Zhao family, you have to return it to the Zhao family." ”

Lu Peng asked puzzledly: "How do you say this?" ”

The obscene housekeeper explained: "What this sentence means is that a passer-by enters the territory of the Zhao family, eats breakfast, and travels all the way along the road, and when it is convenient at night, the feces and urine are still placed in the territory of the Zhao family." ”

Xi Zhen couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "Then how many acres of land are there in the Zhao family." ”

The obscene housekeeper replied with envy: "The land of the Zhao family cannot be calculated in mu, but should be calculated in li, that is to say, from our starting point now, the straight-line distance is more than two hundred miles, even if our army marches, it will take at least four or five days to get out of the territory of the Zhao family." ”

Such a land area makes everyone gasp, this is a country within a country.

Lu Peng sighed that when he was in the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court also tried every means to curb land annexation and crack down on those wealthy families, but Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty started with these wealthy families and got the support of these wealthy families, so he overthrew Wang Mang who seized the throne of the Han Dynasty and restored the Han Dynasty, almost all of them represent the major families, because of this layer of intricate relationships, Liu Xiu wants to suppress the world's wealthy families to consolidate the central power, but he will never be able to do it, so this vicious circle continues to continue, reaching the current land in the world, nine times out of ten has become the private property of the wealthy family.

In fact, this is not the most terrible, what is terrible is that the forces formed by these big families in the government and the opposition, they have begun to control the appointment and dismissal of officials, and the officials recommended and recruited are all the sons and nephews of their own families, and there are many officials at all levels, such as Hongnong Yang's family, and even the prime minister is a son inheriting his father's business, not to mention the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes. In fact, at this time, the Han was no longer the emperor's Han, but the Han of these families.

In this way, there is a great desire for poverty and luxury among the officials, the people are wailing and displaced, and the general trend of the world has long been raging.

The power of the wealthy family is a stubborn disease, and the current Zhao family controls more power than the local county order, and almost all the local county officials are owned by the Zhao family. The government is happy to be ready-made. Therefore, the surrounding area has become the world of the Zhao family, and the area has spanned three counties, which can really be described as a country within a country.

Moreover, the Zhao family is also directly in their own territory, and every intersection and every bridge is a point of tax collection. Ordinary people go out almost one step at a time. One mile and one donation. So much so that the common people do not get along with their relatives in the village. Because I can't afford to pay the tax on the bridge on the road.

???? This comes in second. Zhao Jiawo Ye Qianli. Someone needs to plow. But the Zhao family was very oppressive. In the beginning, it was a fifty-five rent. And then June Fourth until the present Ninety-One. Not only that. The people of this place are interested in the Zhao family. But it is an endless servitude and an endless hard work. Endless gift money. It's a cat in the Zhao family, and the cubs have to be congratulated by the villagers. Otherwise. That's the end of the family. You can imagine how desperately squeezed. Slightly dissatisfied. The Zhao family's water prison is a place where there is death and no life.

???? In order to prevent the peasants in their sphere of influence from evading the payment of taxes for labor. He implemented the law of long-term workers sitting together within his sphere of influence. It was stipulated that each household should have qualified able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 25. Three draws of one. Two out of five; Later, it was changed to 18 to 30 years old; Again. change to 18 to 40 years old; At last. Withered by youthfulness; It was changed to 12 to 50 years old.

???? First of all, press the strong Ding to draw. Later, it was changed to a Ding draw. i.e. the father is qualified. There are young sons at home. That is, double ding. It's the so-called "big with small. The method of calculating "small lifting big" is that the old one is seventy, the small one is seventeen, and one point is forty-two, and the strong man is ah. The old ones can catch the big car on the village. The small backyard acts as a small servant. The slightly crippled ones were caught as grooms and men.

???? The peasants struggled with forced labor. Unable to live. There are also those who run away with their families regardless of the consequences. There were also whole villages that ran away.

???? There were several brothers of the Ma family. Abandon all houses, furniture, and land. The small landlord surnamed Qian in Qian Village was asked to merge the land to the Zhao family many times, and the Qian family did not obey at first, which led to the fact that the Zhao family wanted the Black Mountain thief to kill his whole family, and the wind has been released, the Qian family was frightened, and they thought about the New Year, and the family ran away with a soft one.

A Zhuangzi passed by Lu Peng's army, there were hundreds of original Zhuang households, and by this time the house had collapsed, leaving a few lonely widows who could not escape.

???? To prevent escape. The Zhao family began to unfold the joint sitting system on their own ground. In feudal times, the village level was mainly managed by delegating local gentry. Implement the armor protection system. Of course, this armor fell into the hands of the Zhao family. So the Zhao family stipulates. One person escaped. The tax on his conscription is replaced by the whole family. When the whole family escapes, ten families sit together. If ten families escape, the whole village will share the burden. So there was a family that couldn't help but want to escape. But their neighbors either begged or denounced. None were spared. The white bones and skeletons in the back mountain of the Zhao family are the fate of the escapees.

???? And those who denounce the escapees will be rewarded with a hundred pounds of wheat. Therefore, no family dared to abandon the land and flee rather than starve to death. Fix all the peasants to their land. You can't move half a minute.

???? Even if you do a long job. It is also exploited. One of the means is to drive these long-term workers to a dead end. Let's talk about wages first. Wages are not given in kind. Rather, what the Zhao family wrote is equivalent to writing money. It's that your salary is a white slip written by the Cao family. But said okay. This white strip can be exchanged for what you need in any of the Zhao family's shops. But it's actually a blank slate. Where can it really be circulated. Even this is the case with a deferral of issuance.

???? At that time, there was a limerick poem, "A family of several people. It's hard to get two meals. The three relatives do not recognize. Four friends make less friends. Five inside like burning. The six spirits are hungry. Seven thieves on fire. Eight knots in vain. A narrow escape. Ten realities are hard"; "I got a ticket with a 7% off. He wears a hat with angry hair. Wear down-to-earth shoes. Socks lined like never before. Dressed in pants with thousands of sewn facets. Lived in a crooked house. It is covered with a quilt with air circulation. Live a life of lack of rice and noodles. What I'm afraid of is the post of the Zhao family's treat. The four seasons are sad faces"