PS: I have a cold in the past two days, the state has declined seriously, and the quality is insufficient, please forgive me!

Zong Ying took Zong Ze's family letter and looked at it excitedly, in this era of attaching importance to filial piety, even the murderous demon Li Kui heard that there was an old mother in Ghost Li's family, and he gave up killing Ghost Li who pretended to be him to rob, which shows what position the old man is in this era!

At this time, Wu Yong came out behind a big man, wearing regular clothes, and his appearance was the same as most military generals, with a beard, a Chinese face, and a height of one meter eight or nine.

"The last general, Sun Li, has seen my brother!" Sun Li clasped his hands into fists and saluted respectfully!

"Haha!"

Deng Long smiled heartily, helped Sun Li up, patted his shoulder affectionately and said:

"Elder Zong has praised the general, and I have admired him for a long time, and when I saw the general today, he was really a tiger general!"

Sun Li's face flashed with joy, but he had followed Zong Ze for several years, and he was well versed in the principle of shooting the first bird, so he immediately retreated: "Don't dare, the last general is just a reckless man, thanks to the support of the sect elder, he has sat in today's position, where do you dare to call the tiger general!" ”

Deng Long nodded secretly, Sun Li's martial arts may be slightly weaker than Luan Tingyu, but in terms of dealing with people, he is indeed more than a step higher.

Otherwise, he can survive to the end, and the official will be reinstated, and continue to be free, this is the twenty-seven people who survived, the scorpion rake, the only one!

The two said some nonsense that didn't make much sense, mainly because Sun Li was too cautious, as long as Deng Long said something that crossed the border, he was skillfully resolved by Sun Li, and Deng Long was also quite helpless.

Wu Yong talked to the others, and when he saw the embarrassing scene here, he hurriedly ran over and said, "On this hot day, my brother should go to the city to rest!" ”

Deng Long agreed with a smile, and none of the people in the group rode horses, watching the situation in Dengzhou while walking.

Deng Long's first impression was 'poor', really poor!

Not to mention the dilapidated thatched houses on both sides of the road, even the passers-by walking on the street, none of them look a little whiter!

It's not that Zong Ze is here to kill corrupt officials, make decisions for the people, and let the people live a happy life, why is it still like this?

Zong Ying quietly glanced at Deng Long, seemed to see what Deng Long was thinking, and said:

"When we came here five years ago, we starved to death by an average of one to two people a day!"

Deng Long nodded, the land in Dengzhou was forcibly divided by officials and gentry, and the people could only rent land to survive.

The harvest year is fine, the stomach is not full, but barely alive, but there is not much problem.

But once it comes to a disaster year, starving thousands of people to death is like starving thousands of chickens, this is the idea in the hearts of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

The territory of the Great Song Dynasty is not as large as one-fifth of that of the former Tang Dynasty, but the population has reached its peak in the past dynasties.

According to incomplete statistics, there are no less than 70 million registered people, plus homeless people, black households, and foreign population, and the population of more than 100 million is not an exaggeration at all.

There are more people, but less land. In particular, the meritorious scholars above the show can be exempted from taxes.

This policy, which stabilized the rule and harmed the people, was especially favored by scholars in this era.

In the early years, it was okay, and few people dared to buy and sell fame. But since Song Huizong ascended to the throne, as long as the money is paid, it is not a problem to know a state, let alone a small talent!

In this way, the people planted the least amount of land, but carried heavy taxes on their shoulders, as long as their stomachs were not full, some people took the lead in coaxing, and it was no wonder that they did not rebel.

Deng Long also consciously asked people to count the number and purpose of the imperial court sending troops in the past ten years.

More than ninety percent of the anti-thieves exterminated were a group of peasants, who could not eat enough, and could not wait for the imperial court's tax-free policy, so in desperation, they made a living by carrying hoes and robbing.

Most of the generals promoted in the army in recent years have relied on the extermination of peasant rebel groups to sit in high positions.

The remaining one percent is an endless stream of plagues in various places, there are more people, the health is naturally poor, mosquitoes and flies breed, one is not good, is a large number of deaths.

In order not to spread on a large scale, the imperial court sent troops to slaughter villages at every turn!

This is a terrible fact, there are too many people, the imperial court does not have a vast land to resettle, and there are no appropriate measures to prevent the plague from happening, as long as something similar happens, the people of the whole village or town disappear, not once or twice!

These are all dark things, contrary to the way of the saints, naturally not visible and historical, only circulated among the people!

Therefore, the imperial court does not care about how many people die, as long as they can live with fine clothes and food, even if the monstrous waves shoot a large piece of death, these saint disciples only whispered two sentences in the Qinglou, "Heaven and earth are not kind, and all things are used as dogs." The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. ”

continues to fight against the Qing officials' poems, what should they do, and they will definitely not have the slightest pity.

This is the real situation in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the chaos of the war and the displacement of the people are not enough to explain the situation at this time.

Because the history books only record how prosperous Wendao is, how developed science and technology are, how much the population is, and how much this year's taxes have increased.

No one has ever cared about the life and death of the people, even if it is a little true, it is not recorded in the history books!

The robbers of the Great Song Dynasty also knew the truth of robbing large families and protecting the people, that is because without the people, who will grow food for themselves?

However, the officials were in cahoots with the rich and bullies, encroaching on the good land, forcing the good to become prostitutes, looting the people's fat and ointment, and forcing the kind people to Liangshan!

This is a sad era, the most real era that the traveler has seen, if you want to live well, dream!

Dengzhou was cleaned up by Zongze, but that's all, there are fewer incidents of starvation to death, and the people barely survive, but it is impossible to go further!

A few people chatted while walking, Deng Long's face became worse and worse, and when he walked in front of a beggar, he asked sharply:

"The cottage never wanted Dengzhou to ask for money and food once, and I even asked you to adopt abandoned children and put them in the academy to feed, tell me, what's going on with these children?"

Deng Long was full of murderous energy, and Wu Yong, who was excited, shivered, organized a language and said: "The academy has adopted thousands of orphans and widows, and the place in the city is too small to support them, so they can only be put outside the city. My brother doesn't believe it, so he can check it out now.

I dare to say that Dengzhou is a hundred miles away, and there is no outcast anymore, these are these days, the outcasts who have only come, may have come from elsewhere, we did not deal with it in time, and please ask my brother to calm his anger! ”

Deng Long breathed a sigh of relief, Dengzhou is a remote county, and when he controlled this place, it was just for the port and a few minerals, this place is close to the sea, and there are not many grains produced in the field, and Deng Long never thought that he could get benefits from here.

After a general understanding of the situation, the group came to the yamen of the state capital, and Deng Long sat down in the seat of Zhizhou unceremoniously and began to understand the detailed situation. Even the reception banquet prepared by Wu Yong didn't go to see it. (To be continued.) )