Lin Yi furrowed his eyebrows, arched his hand, and asked curiously, "Which ...... Uncle, how do these three evils harm the people? With that, he pulled over a bench and invited him to sit down at the table and speak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The old man sat down unceremoniously, and said with a look of hatred on his face: "These three evils are all great thieves of the people, and the people of Zhengding Mansion are forced to live by them. After a pause, he said: "Let's talk about the first evil, the bandits of Qinglong Mountain." Five or six years ago, this group of people came out of nowhere, and on the Daxing Mountain in the west, they dominated Qinglong Mountain, robbed houses, killed people and set fires, and did countless monstrous evil deeds, and they were harassed by them within a radius of five or six hundred miles. The imperial court also sent a large army to encircle and suppress, but they all escaped, and they became more and more rampant, and their power became bigger and bigger, and now there are no less than a thousand people and hundreds of good horses. The officers and soldiers of Zhengding Mansion no longer dare to go to the conquest and suppression. They deceived the officials and the army to be incompetent, and even openly collected the protection money in the locality, and the common people had to take out a part of the grain every year and give it to them, otherwise they would send troops to harm the villagers and neighbors, so they were a great harm to the Zhengding Prefecture. ”

Lin Yi nodded, and then asked, "Which is the second evil?" ”

The old man's face was miserable, and he said: "This second evil is the harsh taxes of the imperial court. When our grandfather was in Zhengdingfu, when Grandpa Sejong was there, there were many yeoman farmers, and after the people paid the land endowment, their lives were not bad. However, in the last decade or so, land annexation has been very serious. In order to complete the task and see that the common people are easy to bully, the officials of the imperial court will apportion the taxes that should have been paid by the landlords and old wealth to the poor people. Today, the people's taxes are more than twice as high as in the days of Grandpa Sejong. Many people are not burdened, so they have to flee or go to the homes of some big landlords, so the miscellaneous taxes of the imperial court are the second evil. ”

Lin Yi's eyebrows were deep, and his face showed a solemn expression. The income of the people in Zhengding Mansion is not high, and they have to bear excessive taxes, and which landlords and old rich people refuse to pay taxes, but they are afraid that the hearts of the people will definitely not be balanced, and when they really can't survive, there is only one way to rebel.

The old man sighed again: "Now which yeoman farmers are having a hard time, that is, the poor people who rent and farm landlords and old rich families, and their lives are also extremely sad. Like the old man, I rented five acres of land from the landlord Zhou Laocai's family in the village, and the land rent alone took up sixty percent, and it had to be handed over to the bandits in Qinglong Mountain, and the taxes of the imperial court were one percent, and the remaining one percent was only enough for the family to eat for half a year, and the rest of the days could only eat bran and vegetables, barely satisfying hunger. Speaking of this, he pointed to the sorghum field on the side of the road, and said with tears in his eyes: "I thought that this year was a good harvest, and I could collect more grain and live a better life at home." Unexpectedly, Zhou Laocai released words again, saying that he wanted to pay off the rent arrears of previous years, and all the food I worked so hard for was taken by him, and the family lived a more difficult life than in previous years! ”

The people are looking forward to a bumper harvest year, but they didn't expect to expect a disaster! Lin Yi let out a long sigh, his eyes were already red, and tears were rolling in his eye sockets. This is the people under his rule! They are literally living in hell! Now that they have been squeezed into dry firewood, it is only necessary for people with ulterior motives to light a fire on it, which must cause a storm of popular upheaval.

"The people are living such a hard life, they will definitely seek spiritual comfort, presumably there are many people in the village who believe in Maitreya, right? There are many of us who are taught wherever they are! Lin Yi hooked him and said.

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, this Maitreya sect is all good people!" They went from house to house and spread their teachings. Whoever can't open the pot will send rice and noodles. When a relative is sick and has no money for treatment, they ask a doctor to provide free medicinal herbs. Without them, I don't know how many people would have starved to death! ”

And so it was! This Zhengding Mansion is really a big mess! The eighth prince recommended me to come here to take office, and he put me on the fire to roast me hard, which is really insidious and vicious. Lin Yi scolded the three generations of the ancestors of the Eighth Prince's family in his heart, and asked, "Which third evil, and how did it harm the township?" ”

The old man said angrily: "The official name of this AP county is Zhou Dechang, and the ancestor was originally a general under Taizu Guo Wei, and later because of his military merits, he was named the AP county duke, and it has been passed on to his generation, which has been four generations. I heard that he married the daughter of the British prince in the capital, and relied on the power of his father-in-law's family to be domineering and do all kinds of bad things on the ground of Zhengding Mansion. It turned out that his ancestors left him 3,000 tilts of land, and in the past ten years, he has colluded with the government and seized more than 30,000 hectares of land, and more than a dozen villages, which is very arrogant! A few days ago, he broke Li Ergou's leg in our village, just because Li Ergou's chicken flew into his house and accidentally knocked his beloved pot of flowers off the ground and broke it, so he was angry and ordered someone to tie Li Ergou up and find him for a painful beating. Speaking of this, he attached his mouth to Lin Yi's ear and said, "I heard that I fell in love with the beauty of Li Ergou's daughter-in-law, so I deliberately framed her." Ay! It's a pity that he still has a sixty-year-old mother to support at home, and a three-year-old son who is breastfeeding? This is really an ugly daughter-in-law's treasure, and a beautiful daughter-in-law can't be married! ”

"Will the court officials let him do such nonsense?" Lin Yi stretched out his hand and slapped his hand on the table, and said angrily.

The old man opened his eyes and said, "Tube? How to manage? The ancestors of the people have Danshu iron coupons, and killing and injuring people does not pay for their lives, who dares to take care of it, and who can manage it? Besides, how powerful is his family, the prefect doesn't go to the pier first, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to do it in March? ”

"It's a please!" Lin Yi said helplessly.

At this time, the shopkeeper brought up a few small dishes and put them on the table, and when the old man saw that they were going to eat, he thanked them a few words and pulled his little grandson away.

Lin Yi beckoned Archie, Zhuzi and Chunyu to sit and eat together. The three of them knew that Lin Yi didn't have any concept of dignity and inferiority in his mind, and if he resigned, he would not be happy, so they had to sit down shallowly and eat with him. After eating a few bites, Lin Yi put down his chopsticks and pondered.

"This Zhengding Mansion is really a Longtan Tiger's Den! The bandits of Qinglong Mountain must be eliminated, otherwise the common people will not be able to live a peaceful life. The harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the imperial court must also be reduced or exempted, and the common people have already lived hard enough. There is also the AP county prince in the city of Zhengding Mansion, this guy has Danshu iron coupons on his ancestors, and there is a British duke standing behind him, I am afraid that I will not get along with him very happily, which offends him, it is an offend to the British duke! Which old guy is in the capital, and he is also a famous person! What a headache! Thinking of this, Lin Yi rubbed his temples vigorously with his fingers to relax his mood.

Liu Xinyi looked at him and smiled: "Husband, you are worried!" It doesn't matter, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be a way to come, now let's eat first, and then find a way to deal with them when we get to Fucheng! Then he smiled and said: "You can start from scratch in the capital and start a newspaper in Nuoda, I believe you can also solve the three evils of Zhengding Mansion." ”

"Madame really looks up to us! Right! We are the male god in her heart, but we can't fall into majesty and make her look down on her. Thinking of this, Lin Yi said with a smile: "What Madam said is that after your teachings, the husband will be full of strength again, what are the three evils, let them all go to hell!" When the husband arrives, he will destroy them! As he spoke, he picked up his chopsticks and ate them.

Liu Xinyi smiled and put a piece of red meat in his bowl, with a look of love on his face.

The store sent it again, Lin Yi took it, ate most of it in three or two bites, and beckoned others to eat it quickly. At this moment, I only heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and when I looked up, I saw three fast horses on the road ahead, rolling up a cloud of smoke and dust, galloping like a fly, and stopped in front of the small restaurant.

Lin Yi looked carefully and saw that the people who came were three strong men, all wrapped in red scarves on their heads, each wearing a green coat, and a waist knife under their ribs, looking very vicious. Led by a big man, in his thirties, with a big beard on his face, after Le Ma stopped, he shouted in a rough voice at the store: "Hey! The store, it's time to collect this month's protection fee, a total of three taels of silver, hurry up and take it out for me. ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran out of the store, bowed down and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the three heroes of Qinglong Mountain, this is the protection fee of the store this month, and please smile at the heroes!" With that, he took out a small ingot of silver from his bosom and offered it with both hands.

The leader of the big man laughed, stretched out his hand to take it, checked it with his hand, bit it with his teeth, threw it into a small cloth bag under his ribs, and said: "Remember this time next month, I will prepare it for the uncle, don't let the uncle and I will urge, you know?" ”

Which store quickly agreed: "Yes...... It's ......, three heroes, don't worry, I'll be ready on time. ”

The leader of the big man showed a smile on his face, praised the shopkeeper, and wanted to ride a horse, just after a few steps, his eyes fell on Lin Yi and the five people who were sitting around the table to eat, and his eyes glanced at the carriage they were riding in, and slowly walked towards them.