Sima Zhao, who was wearing a staff costume outside Chang'an City, stepped down from the carriage, and the butler followed respectfully. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe ground in front of me is arid, revealing dry cracks.

A farmer looked at his field, his eyes reddening.

Seeing this, the housekeeper looked unbearable and worried, and looked at Sima Zhao: "My lord is now in the four countries, and they will send troops together." , with the intention of carving up our dynasty, the situation is already critical. Now with the addition of the great drought in the Kannai, I am afraid of ......".

"Your Majesty personally conquered to fight with Western Xia and Tibet. Li Miao went to Liao to delay the time for Liao to send troops. The eldest princess of Dali returned to Dali and heard that troops had been dispatched. At this time, the war was raging, and the treasury was already empty. Natural disasters suddenly came, and there was nothing to be done about it". Sima Zhao thought of the situation inside and outside the court, and sighed, the people were afraid that they would suffer.

The housekeeper squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil on the ground with his hand, and then shook his head: "Master, look at it, there is not a trace of moisture in the soil on the ground." It's not a solution to sit idly by and ignore the disaster all the time."

Sima Zhao looked at the dirt in the butler's hand, his eyebrows were filled with sorrow, and he was not busy replying, but walked forward.

Several peasants sat together with heavy faces, their words full of despair.

"The earth is dry, and there is no harvest, so what can be done in the future?"

"I really can't live this day."

"You may not know that there is a great drought in the whole Guanzhong."

"It seems that we are also counting on the help of the imperial court, and maybe we can barely be starved to death."

"Salvage? Do you know that the alien races are attacking our dynasty now? The imperial court sent a large army to meet the enemy, and this treasury was already empty."

"It stands to reason that the past few years have been good, and the wind and rain have been smooth. It's just hateful, those officials. Enforce the so-called Seedlings Act and force us to borrow. I just used this as an excuse to snatch all our food."

"Your family is fine, at least there has been a good harvest. Look at my family, even if you meet a good year, what can you do? Two years ago, the government forced my son to serve the rich. The immunization law is high-sounding, but all the money is in the hands of the official, so what is the matter with us."

"None of these officials are actually good. As long as there is benefit, the official will immediately stretch out his hand, and the result will be full of us civilians".

"Originally, three years ago, I heard others say that our Taishou is a rare good official. As a result of the advocacy, the recall of the new law led to a reappointment. At first, I was glad, but you see, what has he done in the past three years? This day is still this day, and we poor people will continue to suffer the sins we deserve. Seedlings, immunity, what it was before, and what it is still now."

"Officials protect each other, and the crows in this world are naturally generally black."

"What do you say these officials do? It's boring, no".

"Let me tell you, as far as I know, this major drought in Guanzhong, my Chang'an is still the least affected, and the rest of the places are almost there, to the point of changing children and eating."

Sima Zhao walked slowly and saluted the group of farmers: "I am a businessman in Chang'an City, and I heard that there was a great drought outside the city, so I came to take a look."

"You don't know that the drought has been in place for three months, and there is no grass, let alone the banker. If you are interested, continue westward in less than three days. I'm afraid that what you see will shock you."

"Hey...... Seeing that the day of collecting interest and paying taxes is coming for the imperial court, I really don't know how to do it."

"If you want me to say, the suffering of this natural disaster is still not comparable to the suffering of this new law. After enduring natural disasters, it will pass, but this new law, how is it a head."

Sima Zhao's heart suddenly ached, and he wanted to continue to ask about the disaster and the new law. But listening to this group of people, they began to talk about themselves. Then he gave up and walked silently to the carriage.

"Sir, these people are illiterate farmers. If there is a conflict between words, do not go to your heart." The housekeeper saw Sima Zhao's gloomy expression, and immediately persuaded him.

Sima Zhao shook his head and led the butler to the carriage. The coachman flicked his whip and galloped westward.

Half a day later, the carriage walked out of the Chang'an territory. Sima Zhao lifted the curtain and looked out.

Countless victims, with the old and the young, rushed to the direction of Chang'an. The sound of noisy discussions came to my ears.

"Mother, I'm hungry, I've been walking for so long, the child is tired, I really can't walk, can we rest our feet......."

"Father, please hold on for a while, and we will be in Chang'an right away, right away."

"Son, obedient and obedient, it's okay to walk for a while, and when we enter the realm of Chang'an, we will have a place to sleep and something to eat."

"Look at it, there are so many people behind here, can the Shantang of Chang'an really place all of us properly?"

"Father, don't you know, my child traveled to study last year, and I learned that this good hall is not in one place, but all over my world. In the north, Luoyang and Chang'an are the largest, and in the south, Jiangling and Jinling are the largest. If Chang'an can't be resettled, it will naturally be able to resettle us in Luoyang, Jiangling and Jinling, and even the whole world."

"Uncle, if it weren't for the fact that there is a good hall in the world, I would be afraid that I would have been forced to death by this world."

"Son, you read a lot, and you're a talent. But you know, although we poor people are illiterate, we also know the truth that the grace of a drop of water is repaid by a spring."

"The child will remember the teachings of his father."

"Well, you can know these things yourself, and we'd better hurry up. Strive to go to Chang'an as soon as possible, find Shantang as soon as possible, and settle down as soon as possible."

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Sima Zhao looked at the boundless and ragged victims in front of him, listened to the noisy discussion in his ears, silently lowered the car curtain, and was speechless for a long time.

"Old man......". The housekeeper looked at Sima Zhao silent and wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know how to say it, so he could only stop talking.

Sima Zhao's eyes were blank, thinking of what he had done over the years, and his heart was full of melancholy: "Am I really wrong?" The poison of the change is so violent, and now it is coupled with natural disasters, if you don't speak up for these victims, wouldn't it be a violation of the promise of the gambling house in the past. But now that the situation is difficult, the disaster of destroying the country is just around the corner, but is this a reason for yourself to ignore it? What is the situation, and what is the matter with these people? What is the sin of the people of the world?"

"The old man's court urgently reported ......". A family member came on horseback, panting.

The butler lifted the door and motioned for the family to get into the carriage.

"The lord just received an urgent report, two months ago Zhou Bo, the prime minister of Dali, led an army of 150,000 and 230,000 soldiers and horses in the Battle of Xianghe. In the first war, more than 200,000 enemies were annihilated, and the land of the three groups was cut off to seek peace. When all the nations of the world heard the news, they were all terrified. Tubo withdrew its troops from Western Xia overnight. His Majesty was overjoyed when he heard the news. Ten days ago, the Western Xia was broken. and the army of Dali State, flanking Tubo, and now the states of Longyou have all recovered." Jia Ding's face was overjoyed, such a big victory was enough to make His Majesty have a tendency to overshadow the light of Emperor Ren.

A hint of surprise appeared on Sima Zhao's face, and he suddenly slapped the table in front of him, swept away the dullness just now, and commanded the housekeeper and the housekeeper: "Good, good, good, now that the external troubles are gone, it is time for Your Majesty to know the true situation of the people." You two, move down the table, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. The official should draw the scene in front of him and ask His Majesty, but he still remembers the original promise."

When the housekeeper and the housekeeper heard the order, they hurriedly began to carry the table and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Sima Zhao picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to paint. After a while, a picture of a refugee gradually appeared on the paper. (To be continued.) )