Some people say: In this turbulent world, only by force can make great achievements and protect one's life and family.

Nowadays, many people in the Beiyuan Kingdom believe that if you believe in a person and believe in a right person, you don't have to work so hard and tired, and your life can slowly get better.

These days, Prime Minister Huangfu Yulin and other ministers of the Cabinet Department have been working tirelessly to deal with the follow-up work of human trafficking cases.

Over time, all the bandits involved in human trafficking cases were eradicated by the army. The persecuted girls and young men were sent back to their homes in batches.

During this period, many places in the entire Beiyuan Kingdom were soaked with tears, and the mood that had been longing for many years was like a flood that broke the embankment.

In every city, in every township, there are girls and men who have been sent back from other places. How many families thought that their children were gone, and I don't know how many tears were shed in those years. Now, the old people look at the children who disappeared back then, and the mist in their eyes is constantly rolling: "Baby...... Baby! ”

"Lord Qingtian is gracious! Thanks! ”

Seeing their relatives returning, some people who couldn't believe it knelt on the ground on the spot, looking up to the sky and crying and shouting.

The entire Beiyuan Kingdom seemed to be filled with a deep joy, and the people seemed to have completely forgotten the pain caused by the mastermind of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Human Trafficking.

No matter whether it is a troubled time or a prosperous time, there will always be people happy and some people sad.

Those squire families are undoubtedly the most troublesome, because the tax reduction promulgated by the Great Emperor Jun Yuyi of the Northern Yuan is half of it, which will cost the lives of these landlord families.

Half of the tax was reduced, not only did the imperial court get half less from the people, but the landlord family also had to be reduced by half. If you have one acre of land, you can't see anything, but a thousand acres, ten thousand acres, how can those landlord families agree with peace of mind?

This is not a headache for the squire landlord family, the most headache is that it will take three years to carry out this order. Half of the tax was cut for three years, and the accumulated wealth was astronomical.

It's all money! It's all a status symbol! There are so many squire landlord families in the Northern Abyss Kingdom, how can they compromise like this?

So, the high-ranking members of the squire's landlord family secretly gathered in a city and began to discuss how to deal with this matter.

In an extremely luxurious mansion, twenty or thirty richly dressed middle-aged men sat in the hall. These twenty or thirty people were all wealthy merchants who were second to none in their respective cities, and they could be said to represent the squires of their respective cities.

If the twenty or thirty people sitting here at this moment disappear in an instant, then the entire Beiyuan Kingdom will tremble a few times, and if it is not handled properly, I am afraid it will also cause a grassroots riot.

"We must not be able to compromise like this, we must resist the imperial court, otherwise in the end, we people will not get anything." In the hall, a man in a brown brocade shirt slapped the table fiercely and said sharply.

"Whew!" Within a second, a sneer was heard. Everyone looked at it and saw a middle-aged man in a crimson robe standing up: "Dare to ask everyone, how can we go against the imperial court?" Don't forget, not long ago, because the squire of the Ten Cities was involved in a human trafficking case, he was directly killed, and he was merciless! ”

"That's true, there is no good end to going head-on with the court." Hearing what the middle-aged man who stood up said, more than a dozen people in the audience nodded solemnly.

"Then should we be at the mercy of the court like this? I can't do that. Immediately afterward, another cry of revolt spread throughout the hall.

The middle-aged man dressed in crimson retorted: "Then you just want to die!" If you go against the imperial court, I am afraid that your huge estate will be gone. ”

"You!"

"Okay, let's be quiet, we're here to discuss, not to quarrel." Suddenly, an old man in a sixtieth armor sitting in the main seat of the hall gently slapped the table, and the entire noisy hall instantly fell silent.

As soon as the old man spoke, the middle-aged man in crimson didn't say anything and sat back down.

"What Boss Xu said just now is right, we must not be able to go against the imperial court, otherwise we will definitely be the ones who will suffer. What's more, what happened a few days ago, presumably this Lord Qincha of our Northern Yuan Kingdom will focus his eyes on us. Therefore, during this time, everyone should be at ease, and don't offend this Qincha, otherwise if something happens, no one will be able to save you. ”

The old man held a reddish-brown tiger-shaped cane in his hand, and said majestically: "The behemoth of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been played with between the palms of this Qincha, some of us should clean my eyes and don't go to death, understand?" ”

"Got it, Elder Sun." More than two dozen people responded in unison.

"In addition, this year, according to the order issued by the imperial court, we will reduce the tax by half! We will have to see how the situation plays next year. The old man, who was called Sun Lao by everyone, knocked on the floor with a tiger-shaped cane and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, just follow what Elder Sun said, it's a little safer." The middle-aged man dressed in crimson nodded in agreement.

There were more than twenty or thirty people present, and none of them opened their mouths to refute. For them, what Elder Sun said and did, as long as it did not affect the foundation of the family, would not contradict it.

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South City

After Xu Muchuan rested in Nancheng for a few days, after handling all the tedious things, he was already planning to leave here.

Yun Changqing waited next to Xu Muchuan, quietly pouring tea and water for Xu Muchuan.

"Changqing, Nancheng lacks so many officials all of a sudden, do you want to serve in Nancheng? Or do you want to go with me? Xu Muchuan couldn't guess Yun Changqing's thoughts, so he had to ask questions to understand the decision that Yun Changqing wanted to make.

"Teacher, I'm ......" Yun Changqing flickered his eyes a little hesitantly, not knowing how to speak.

"I see." Xu Muchuan gently patted Yun Changqing's shoulder and chuckled: "Everyone has their own way to go, you can find it, that's the best, don't be afraid of me getting angry or something." ”

"Teacher, Changqing has been taught. All along, the teacher has been taking care of it, and Changqing has kept it in mind. Yun Changqing bowed to Xu Muchuan very solemnly, and there seemed to be a mist in his eyes.

"Don't say these things, it's your blessing, and it's not mine." Xu Muchuan also seemed to be a little reluctant to Yun Changqing, and muttered: "Since this is the case, you should be in the position of Zhizhou in Nancheng!" Do things well. ”

"The disciple will live up to the expectations of the teacher."

After a year and a half of getting along, the relationship between Yun Changqing and Xu Muchuan is also a teacher and a friend, and a strong emotional foundation has been established. At this moment, the separation really made Yun Changqing, who had always been pampered and not surprised, have red eyes.