"The light fur is gentle and handsome, and the splendid bushes are still riding ......

It is the so-called southeast scenery, the rivers and mountains are picturesque, the scenery is beautiful, after being accustomed to seeing the majestic and majestic of the north, then calm down and feel the southeast scenery, the beauty and delicacy of the mountains and rivers are also unique.

Although it is still a similar route, compared with the thousands of miles of exile many years ago, the escape of the wolf bèi all the way incognito to the south, this time it can be regarded as a "spring breeze proud" style of returning home.

Therefore, you can put down your feelings and steps a little, feel the people and customs along the way, and enjoy the public hospitality of the places along the way as a big vassal.

By the way, I bought some local flavor specialties such as sugar lotus, oil crab, water chestnut cake, poria cake, and honey-roasted small fish, and gave them to the women at home as souvenirs.

Well, at least I can go home, to be honest, once I have been able to relax for so long, I wonder I miss the women of the family a little.

Especially after holding back in the army for a long time, all kinds of longing and longing are like surging rivers out of control, and with a line that is about to be outdated, my big axe is already hungry and thirsty.

It's just that the fly in the ointment is that since that time when I made a mistake and couldn't help but taste it, the three have reverted to the conservative style of the past, and I have tried to keep it at a distance.

Even when I have to be alone at close range, I have to find a way to keep Gaga by my side as a shield and a means of protection to stop my harassment and incursion.

Although I didn't have much discipline, I couldn't do it for a while, and I forced the bow in front of the little girl, so the strange relationship between us was so deadlocked.

After leaving Jiangning Mansion, he traveled all the way through Jurong, Yanling, Qu'a, and especially in the nearby Jintan County, the famous Maoshan Mountain.

It is known as "the first blessed land, the eighth cave heaven", and it is also the ancestral court and birthplace of the Shangqing school founded by Ge Hong and Tao Jinghong hundreds of years ago.

Therefore, there are many relics of historical sites up and down the mountain, and all dynasties have repaired and built.

It is said that in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty, there are more than 300 Taoist buildings of various sizes such as palaces, temples, halls, and Yu in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more than 5,000 Taoist priests, known as the southern holy land of "three palaces, five views, and seventy-two thatched hermitages".

Although many of them have been destroyed after years of turmoil, there are still many relics of great shape. It's just that the Maoshan I know is mainly from later generations, and various Hong Kong-style ghost-hunting movies and online novels are far-fetched.

Anyone who has anything to do with gods and strange things, if you don't say that you are from Maoshan origin, you are embarrassed to take it out and be embarrassed.

Therefore, after receiving the hospitality of the local palace envoys, I could not help but be a little disappointed after a few cursory tours.

Because it is located in the rich southeast and close to the prosperous resort of the Six Dynasties gold dust, the vast majority of them are Taoist cultivators with official bodies, but there are not many real hermits.

There are no so-called supernatural means at all, most of them are daily rituals such as praying for blessings and sacrifices, and using lively and grand scenes to fool people.

After spending a few hundred dedications, the only thing I gained on the mountain was a few small talismans that looked delicate and tall enough to take back to coax the little girls at home, and a set of precious ancient books related to Qi training and said to be able to assist in improving the art of the house.

After walking through Maoshan Mountain, Fangshan Mountain, Jiangyan Mountain, and Zhanggong Mountain, which are low and undulating, but can be called a small piece of mountains with good scenery, you will enter the Hangjiahu Plain, which is known as the southeast granary and the land of fish and rice.

This is also the most developed area of water conservancy and irrigation in the southeast, with river networks and bridges all over the country. And at this time,

In the late autumn harvest, near Taihu Lake, there is a common scene of "the fragrance of rice flowers says a good year, and the sound of frogs is heard", and the fields that have been harvested early are full of straw stacks. It looks like a silent watchman,

Along the edge of Taihu Lake to the south, you can see the sparkling waves, the fishing boats singing at night, and the lights are not embellished at night. Fish catches are piled up at all kinds of ferry terminals of all sizes.

Then at a very low price, buy some fresh fish, shrimp and crabs, just boiled and steamed without any flavor, it is enough to feast.

It's just that after crossing the boundary of Changzhou and entering the territory of Wucheng in Huzhou, this kind of leisurely style of painting suddenly changed.

Outside the gates, there were all sorts of people who had been flailed for more than half a mile, men, women, and children, while others, apparently old and weak, of their families, gathered in the surrounding lowlands and wailed for something.

"Go see what's going on......"

I was in the car, and I was instructed to go to the left and right.

Then I rode away from the team and took the answer I wanted with me in a short time.

The soldier asked the doorman a little and found out that these were not ordinary prisoners, and they were actually accused of tax arrears. Among them, the typical elements who resist taxes and do not pay have been punished by the Ming Dynasty, and they have been put in wooden cages to hang their heads in the city, and they are full of black pressure.

This result made me, who was in a good mood all the way, feel a little uncomfortable. This is a land of fish and rice that is always familiar in all seasons and suitable for both water and drought.

In a normal year when there are obviously few disasters, this kind of thing can happen, which shows how far the exploitation and exploitation have become, let alone other places.

Therefore, I declined the invitation of the local officials to entertain me, and only replenished my feet and horses in the official post, and continued on my way, and then I found out in other cities and towns that this phenomenon was not an isolated or local problem.

On the rest of the journey, I just sent someone to understand a little bit and carefully questioned the guards who had returned from visiting relatives, and I already felt a little shocked.

It is said that in order to support the Northern Expedition and clean up the mess after the defeat, in the past six months, more than a dozen donations under various names have been repeatedly levied, and it has reached the point where there is no tax for more than ten years.

therefore

Nowadays, in the southeast provinces, in addition to the normal household money and field endowment, as well as the taxes on tea, salt and wine, there are also traditional names such as rice consumption, folding silk, branch distribution, and basketry, and the new front branch, charging piles, military payment, and subsidies and other irregular additional patterns have reached as many as thirty or forty kinds.