In the second year of Tiancheng, in the huge empire, there were many things that were different from the past, and the local servants no longer levied harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but together with the squire, they helped repair the ditches in the fields, and also brought ploughing oxen, which could help the difficult peasants plough the land for a few days, although those ploughing oxen did not look strong and a little old, but they were also "heavy machinery" anyway, and they were still very useful.

In the past, the arrogant and domineering rich families were no longer aggressive and showed off their might everywhere with thugs, and their eyes were red when they saw someone's good land, and they wanted to take it into their pockets in every possible way, even at the cost of coercion, because the yamen no longer colluded with them.

I heard that the new county commander is not very old, but he is also an official in the court, and there are two poems hanging in the main hall of the county government: take the Qiji to gallop, and come to Wudaofu first. Be vigilant at this time.

There are more county sword archers, but they are no longer as powerful as in the past, and when they are fine, they no longer do this kind of thing of robbing the people's daughters, although they are still walking around the township with their waists upright, their eyes do not fall on the small people, but they are staring at the big families and local ruffians and hooligans, once they find that they have quarrels with the villagers, they immediately rush over, without saying a word, they will beat the big families and local ruffians and hooligans violently, and say to the villagers that they should not be afraid, and then ask the reason for the matter.

In the second year of Tiancheng, some things have changed, but some things have not changed, such as the sun in the sky.

Yingzhou is not the hinterland of the Central Plains, Yingshui from the north to the south in the state, converging into Huaishui at the border, along the confluence of the two waters to the east seventy or eighty miles, there is a county seat, named Xia Cai, it is a name, there have been some characters in ancient times.

Further south of Xia Cai, wading through Huaishui, is the former Huainan Road, which now belongs to the State of Wu, which is regarded as an "enemy territory". The city of Wu that is forty or fifty miles away from Xia Cai is called Shouchun, that is, Shouzhou City, which is said to be the most important military fortress in the north of Wu, and a large number of elite Wu are stationed in it.

These two have little to do with ordinary people, what they expect is that the empire had better not go to war with the state of Wu, otherwise, the army will pass everywhere, the grass and trees will not grow, and they will have to suffer from the pond fish.

After all, this year is my own natal year, I wonder if it will be smooth sailing? Li Rong, dressed as an ordinary villager, walked outside a cottage in Xia Cai, looked up at the hot sun, and suddenly a strange thought arose.

"Commander, not far south is Huaishui, our map will be drawn here, and if it continues, it will be the boundary of Wu State, according to the rules, it is the scope of Zhao's authority to draw a map of Wu State." Next to Li Rong, a young descendant who had been tanned by the summer sun said.

This old scout, who followed Li Congjing when he led 500 soldiers to attack Gongcheng and Qimen, listened to the words of his subordinates, muttered for a while, looked at the south and said: "Yesterday, I heard the villagers nearby mention that there is a period of Huaishui in this territory that is dry in winter, and the water is very thin, and everyone can pass it. This is an extremely important thing, and it has to be figured out. ”

"It's also simple, find a villager and ask for directions, and I'll go to the field to check it out, and it won't be difficult to know." The MI young man said.

As they spoke, several people looked around, trying to find a villager.

The summer is scorching, and it is the beginning of the hour, not to mention that there are few pedestrians, even in the fields, the dust on the dirt road seems to evaporate under the scorching sun, the air is burning, it seems to be distorted, and the shade of the trees next to the road makes people particularly hot.

A scholar in plain clothes, carrying a bookcase on his back, appeared on the other side of the road, with the scorching sun above his head and his feet on dust, and walked towards the direction where Li Rong and the others were. On the ground of a flat river, the figure of the scholar seems thin and small.

However, it is precisely because of this reason that the figure of this scholar falls in the eyes of Li Rong and others, and his steps are extraordinarily firm.

Several people exchanged glances and walked towards the scholar.

The scholar was a little tired from the journey, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and when he looked up, he could see the heroic spirit between his eyebrows, especially the small eyes, which could not tell whether they were deep or sharp, and they were very bright. And the degree of tanning of this person is almost not weaker than that of Li Rong and others.

Such a scholar full of vigor and sharpness, but the etiquette is very strict, the two meet, Li Rong learned that this person's surname is Su Yuqi, hearing the questions of Li Rong and others, Su Yuqi showed his white teeth, and smiled, "That place is not close to here, about fifty miles to the east, that's it." ”

Li Rong clenched his fists to express his gratitude, and then asked seemingly casually: "It is the hot time now, Lang Jun is in a hurry at this time, but where is he in a hurry?" ”

Su Yuqi replied: "It's not that I'm in a hurry to go elsewhere, but I want to return home after a study tour." ”

Li Rong was in awe, he had doubts in his heart, and continued to test this scholar, "I heard that there are many Hongru in the south of the Yangtze River, bachelors and talents gather, Lang Jun is going to study, presumably he went to Wudi?" ”

"Wu Di just went." Su Yuqi replied with a smile and politeness, "It's just that compared to Wu Land, the Northern Land is more worth visiting, especially the Land of Youyan, which makes people feel intense." ”

"Oh? Why? Li Rong seemed puzzled.

Li Rong and the others in front of him were not scholars at first glance, but discussing these things with them, Su Yuqi did not mean perfunctory, he said: "Although Wu Di has many Confucians, but he works in history books and classics, and is good at poetry and singing. The people of Youyan, impassioned, the army of Youyan, drinking wind and eating snow, the land of Youyan, heroes come out in large numbers, the military exploits of the King of Qin are vivid, and the place of the bloody battle of the border army is eternal. ”

Li Rong clenched his fists again, and after admiring, he said: "Autumn is approaching, and now the imperial court is about to open a department, I don't know if Lang Jun has the idea of going to take the exam?" ”

Su Yuqi said with a smile: "When I come back today, I am taking the exam for Wen Shu." ”

Afterwards, the two said goodbye.

"Commander, how is this man?"

"I see that he came from the south, and he has a lot of wind and frost, so I can't help but worry that he is a secret agent of Wu State, but now I look at it, it is probably not."

An hour later, Su Yuqi had already arrived at home. After worshipping the elders, Su Yuqi took a break.

Su Yuqi is a solid house, although the house is not a high-gate compound, but it is not comparable to ordinary people.

At this time, there are still very few people who read on the four walls of the family, and these things are not cheap goods, not to mention that they want to reach the level of "full learning" and study tours, not that the landlord's family can't afford it at all, the difference is only in the amount of family property. The so-called cold door, "cold door" mainly refers to small and medium-sized landlords.

That night, Su Yuqi saw his father again, and the two sat opposite each other, and the former told the latter about what he had seen and learned from this study tour.

Speaking of which, Su Yuqi's life and knowledge are mostly inherited from his father, which can be called family learning. It is difficult to say when the family learned this thing, and it is impossible to say when it began, but it is undoubtedly a temporary phenomenon of the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is undoubtedly a temporary phenomenon.

"The study tour is to be discussed again, the child returned from Jiangnan this time, and since he entered Yingzhou, what he saw and heard was quite amazing, and he was waiting to ask his father for advice." Su Yuqi knew that his father had been a high-ranking official in the court, and he was very knowledgeable, so he talked about the doubts in his heart.

Father Su seemed to have expected his son to ask such a question, so he took a moment, "If you have any questions, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"When the children were at home, they could still see many thieves in the state and county, but when they returned, they saw that in remote places, there were no shortage of lonely walkers, may I ask my father, can there be any mountain bandits today?" Su Yuqi asked.

Father Su smiled calmly, "The matter of mountain bandits has not been heard of for half a year. ”

"Father, but why?"

"Without him, this spring, according to the order of the imperial court, the county will rectify the military affairs, put a capital of archers, a capital of knife hands, and a team of horse troops, and put them under the jurisdiction of the new county lieutenant, the new county lieutenant, the former hundred battle army, so he can lead the county sword archers and exterminate the mountain bandits in the territory."

Su Yuqi was surprised, and said: "In the past, there were water cowards above Huaishui, with hundreds of people, and no one could control it. ”

"Without him, the state army will come to the aid and set up an ambush to eliminate it."

", there was a military general in the township, arrogant and domineering, forcibly occupying fertile land, oppressing the villagers, fish and meat in the township, even the father hated not to control, but today the child sees his acres of land, which is assigned to the former tenants, why is this?"

"Without him, this army will be questioned by the county government, the family property will be confiscated, and the fields will be redivided to the villagers."

"Father, the child saw again, the irrigation ditches in the fields have been greatly expanded, and more than ten new water wheels have been added, who is doing this?"

"Without him, the county will lead the errand and do it with the people."

"The child also heard that this year's tax, 15 taxes per person, the child also saw that there was a grass market in the cottage"

"Hyun Seok, don't ask, come and see what this is?"

"This is a copper coin, how can the child not know, what does the father mean by this?"

"All you see is a copper coin, but you don't know where it came from."

"Thus coming?"

"The county government gave it to you."

"For the child?"

"Give you the entanglement to enter Beijing to catch the exam. The day before yesterday, the messenger came to ask, knowing that you were going to Beijing this autumn to participate in the autumn examination, so I gave it to you. ”

"It's unheard of!"

"Unheard of? There's so much more you haven't heard of or seen! Xuan Xi, this time you went out to study for more than a year, but you didn't know that Xia Cai had changed. Not only Xia Cai, Yingzhou, compared with the past, it is also very different! ”

Su Yujue's expression was several times, and finally returned to normal, and sighed: "Indeed, it has changed." ”

Father Su stood up, came to the outside of the courtyard with his hands in his hands, looked up at the moon, and said to Su Yuqi who was following him: "Tiancheng New Deal, these four words are the root cause of all changes." In troubled times, there are many thieves, and the county government gathers swords and archers to destroy them; In troubled times, it is difficult to take scholars, and the imperial court will issue road funds for those who enter Beijing to take the exam, Xuanxi, His Majesty's heart of hard work, there is no one before and no one after him, but the sun and the moon can be seen! ”

After that, Father Su turned around and said to Su Yuqi, who was full of expectations: "Learn literature and martial arts, goods in the emperor's family, as a scholar, if you want to show what you have learned in your life and your ambitions, is there a better era than this?" Xuanxi, enter Beijing for the autumn test, it's time for you to serve the country! ”

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PS: Yesterday I set up an automatic update.,I just looked at it.,Didn't change it.,Hurry up and send it.。 Today's update is in the afternoon and evening.

PS2: What? Only one chapter yesterday? Don't worry about these details