Fengyinyi, Qiu Mansion.

"The old man greets the king, An Pingjun." Qiu Rong, the head of the Qiu family, has reached his sixties, but because he is good at caring for the elderly, although he has gray hair, his eyes are bright.

Tian Jian nodded lightly.

Wei Qing, who came casually, whispered in Tian Jian's ear: "Qiu Rong is also the last doctor of this Fengyinyi, and now his son Qiu Ren is in the position of doctor. ”

After the Zhou people gained the world, they relied on blood relations to establish a number of vassal states, and according to the Zhou rites, these nobles were Shiqing Shilu, the son-in-law inherited the title of his father, and the title of the second son was reduced by one level.

The Qiu family is the hereditary family of Fengyinyi!

"Qiu Rong, there is a woman in Fengyinyi who died tragically in the Chao family's husband's family of thirteen people overnight, it is rumored that the Chao family poisoned and died, is there anything wrong?" Wei Qing let out a low snort, and he was wearing armor and deliberately pulled out his sword slightly!

Chao's husband's family is the son of Qiu's branch, so this matter must be related to Qiu's main lineage, even if it is not related, then these inside stories are also known.

"Your Majesty, this woman of the Chao clan is extremely vicious, it is simply intolerable, and the minister implores the king to punish her to death in order to comfort the soul of the clan brother in the sky." Qiu Ren, who was next to him, touched a handful of tears and cried.

"Presumptuous, the king is free to assert this matter, how can you speculate wildly!" An Ping frowned and said in a stern tone.

When everyone heard this, they were suddenly quiet, Anping Juntian was cautious in Qi State, and this sentence calmed everyone, including Qiu Rong, the head of the Qiu family with a smile on his face, and Qiu Ren, the doctor of Fengyinyi with tears.

Anping Jun Tianshan also has his own considerations, now that the king has decided to meddle in this case, this case must be solved perfectly, and it must not leave any stain on the king.

"An Pingjun's words are very good, this matter has the king's decision, Ren'er, don't hurry up and ask the king for guilt." Qiu Rong gestured slightly to his son Qiu Ren, and then his face returned to calm.

Qiu Ren immediately saluted Tian Jian and said: "The king's closeness to the people is the blessing of the Qi country, but this daughter of the Chao clan is deeply guilty, and please don't show favoritism to the king!" ”

Tian Jian glanced at Qiu Ren calmly, and said lightly: "The merits have their own judgment, it's too early to say these things!" ”

Qiu Ren's face was shocked, but he immediately noticed his gaffe, and quickly lowered his head, but his hand still clenched his shirt.

"Your Majesty, the Chao clan is in prison, it is better to summon her to the first trial!" Qiu Rong smiled faintly, his face was wrinkled, but his smile was as bright as a chrysanthemum.

Tian Jian nodded lightly, and then looked at Wei Qing.

"The minister will leave now, and the Chao clan will come." Wei Qing said to Tian Jianyi.

After speaking, Wei Qing took a group of palace guards to the prison in Fengyinyi.

"Your Majesty, An Pingjun, it's better to go to the old house first." Qiu Rong reacted quickly, and kept letting Wang Shang and An Pingjun stand at the gate of the city, which made his heart go up and down.

"Yes!" Tian Jiandao.

Qiu's main house is a very old building, the door frame is freshly painted, the marble stone steps are polished smooth, and the earthen house that is more than one person tall does not look like the room of those country people. The sandalwood door frame, the well-decorated horizontal wood, the beds, the desk, and the floor are also wooden.

That's hundreds of years!

Although Fengyinyi is very small, that is, with a population of more than 3,000, which is about the same as a modern village, as an old aristocrat, their background is difficult for anyone to think of.

During the period of the Republic of China, those town-level landlords were likely to pull up a security group of several hundred people, closely relying on the grain production of those families, how long did it take to accumulate it, but I have to admire these people, they eat very frugally every day, at most they are polished rice and fine noodles, and the family property is accumulated step by step.

"Qiu Rong, don't you know how much tax you usually pay? What is the life of the people? Tian Jian asked.

"Your Majesty, this tax is not too heavy, and the people's lives are okay." Qiu Rong hurriedly replied.

But Tian Jian didn't believe this sentence, before he came to Jimo, his memory of the old man, the woman, and the child was still vivid, if he didn't say that he was poor?

This is a joke, after the beginning of the Warring States period, the living standards of the people directly declined, because all the people had to serve the war, which was completely different from the life of the old man in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after the people paid the taxes, the remaining grain could survive at most a year.

The current Warring States monarchs are squeezing the surplus value of the people as much as possible, because they don't do it, and other countries do the same, the most famous of which is the Qin State, and the whole country is at war!

It's terrible to think about, the amount of people and material resources invested in each war is incalculable, and these wars break out every few years, can the people still have a good life?

The military strength at the peak of the Tang Dynasty was only five or six hundred thousand, but the number of troops in the Warring States alone was about the same as these armies, if this is an exaggeration, but the combined army of the six countries was definitely several times that of the Great Unification Dynasty.

And now in the world, iron ox farming has just emerged, and the yield of grain is not very high, which is a big gap with the Western Han Dynasty, not to mention the development of the Tang and Song dynasties in the south.

Living in the Warring States Period, if you are not a nobleman, then you should live a life without enough to eat all day!

Every year during the winter, it is not normal for a few hundred people not to starve to death!

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"Your Majesty, the Chao clan has brought it." Wei Qing walked in in small steps and whispered to Tian Jian, who was kneeling in the lobby.

Tian Jian glanced at Tian Dan with a smile, "Uncle Wang, now that the Chao clan has brought it over, you can show the widow whether this Chao clan is wronged or something is true!" ”

Tian Dan, who was sitting at the bottom, squinted his eyes slightly, and sighed: "Since the king is like this, Shan will do his best. ”

After a while, Chao was brought up.

Tian Jian took a closer look at the Chao family, this Chao family was a little beautiful, but compared with the maids beside him, it was far worse, the clothes were quite torn, the stains on the white linen clothes could be seen everywhere, and the sallow face looked very haggard.

"Chao, this is the king, and I am An Pingjun, if you have any grievances, just speak out, don't be afraid!" An Pingjun's white eyebrows revealed a deep majesty, and he said in a deep voice.

A glimmer of hope flashed in Chao's eyes, An Pingjun saved the Qi country in distress, and he should be trustworthy. As for the king, she automatically ignored it.

It's a pity that if it weren't for Tian Jian's insistence, the kind An Pingjun she thought would not interfere in such a thing, if someone begs, maybe the officials can give some money and food, but there are unjust cases, and most officials can hide as far as they can.

They are afraid, afraid of trouble! The most important thing in being an official is not to seek the well-being of the people, but to get to the top and get into as little trouble as possible!