Wang Ba grinned and said: "As soon as I saw that no one listened to me, I moved my eyes, and I set the tail of a horse on fire, and the horse rushed towards the crowd in pain, and then rushed away from both sides." Then I took the opportunity to jump out and yelled, 'Lao Tzu is the king of Shicheng County, all fucking stop Lao Tzu, whoever dares to move again, Lao Tzu will also point his hair, whether it is a soldier or a refugee, one is counted as one.' ’”

Speaking of this, Wang Ba tilted his chin proudly, and said: "Don't say it, this humble position really suppressed everyone present, so I listened to me honestly." Then the lowly officials moved them with affection and reason, and only then did a riot be quelled temporarily. ”

Li Guanqi listened to what he said simply, but he also knew that the actual situation was definitely not simple, otherwise he wouldn't have to spend most of the day there, so he asked again: "Where did so many refugees come from?" Why haven't I heard of a disaster? ”

"Oh, my highness." Wang Ba patted his thigh and said, "In these years, except for our Jiangnan Province, where are there no refugees?" The refugees had nowhere to go, so they had to rush to Gangnam Province. I'll tell you the truth, there are refugees here every year, but this year there are a little bit more. ”

"Refugees every year?" Li Guanqi said with a look of disbelief, "How is this possible?" Where is the reason for disasters every year? ”

Wang Ba pursed his lips and said, "Your Highness, do you think that only natural disasters can have refugees?" More refugees are the result of man-made disasters. This is also the reason why you can't hear the news in Beijing, there is a natural disaster, you can ask the emperor for money for disaster relief, but how can you ask for money for man-made disasters? So naturally no one played. ”

"Man-made disaster?" Li Guanqi frowned tightly and said, "The surrounding countries have been quite friendly over the years, except for the Western Turks who violated the border once a year ago. There's no war going on, is there? Even in the war a year ago, the Western Turks did not break through. Where did any man-made accidents happen? ”

"Your Highness, you haven't been down there, so naturally you don't know the situation below." Wang Ba shook his head and said, "What you said is all a disaster outside. That thing is just like a natural disaster, you can take the opportunity to ask the emperor for money, and the real man-made disaster is an internal disaster. ”

"Internal trouble?" Li Guanqi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"There are a lot of ways in this, not in one sentence or two, it is clear." Wang Ba wanted to speak and stopped.

"I have called you here today to hear you. You just say it. Li Guanqi said in a deep voice.

Wang Ba hesitated again, and saw that Li Guanqi's eyes were full of eagerness, so he said in a deep voice: "There are many reasons for man-made disasters. But mainly because the taxes are too heavy. ”

Li Guanqi frowned, and asked suspiciously: "I use the tax rate of 15 taxes and 1 for my big cadres, so it can't be said to be a harsh tax and miscellaneous taxes, right?" ”

Wang Ba rubbed his nose and said, "Your Highness, what you said is the tax rate of the imperial court, in fact, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of local officials at all levels are endless. The common people could not stand it, so they could only sell the land to the rich gentry, and then become tenants. In order to avoid taxes, land annexation became more and more serious. More and more people are without land and food. Land is the iron rice bowl, with land can there be food, without land, without food, naturally become refugees. ”

Li Guanqi took a deep breath. Nodding slightly, when he was in Beijing, he already knew that land annexation was already very serious, so he deliberately accelerated the pace of land reform, but he didn't expect to go to the local level, only to know that land annexation was more serious than he imagined.

Wang Ba is the commander of Shicheng County. He was only thinking about the problem of one city and one place, but Li Guanqi, as the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, had to think further.

As a person who has traveled from modern times, Li Guanqi knows very well what is the main reason for the peasant uprisings that changed dynasties in history? The main reason was the polarization caused by land annexation and the exorbitant taxes that forced the peasants to have no way out, so they rose up and staged an uprising. It is hoped that after the rebellion, the aspiration of equal land and equal wealth and poverty will be realized.

This can be understood from the slogans shouted by the rebellious people. For example, the slogan of the Huangchao Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty known to Li Guanqi in his previous life was "Heaven makes up for equalization"; In the Song Dynasty, the slogan of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising was "I am sick and rich and poor are uneven, and now you are equal"; The slogan of the Song Dynasty's Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo's uprising was "The law divides the noble and the low, not the good law; I practice the law, and I should be equal to the rich and the low, rich and poor"; In the Ming Dynasty, the slogan of Li Zicheng's uprising was "Juntian is free of grain"; During the Qing Dynasty, the slogan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising was "There is land and ploughing, there is food and food, there is money and envoys, everywhere is uneven, and no one is not full of warmth"......

Li Guanqi tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said, "Although you solved a problem today, more than 20,000 people are trapped in one place, and after a long time, something will happen sooner or later." When the time comes, it will become a scoop in the water tank, pressing this end and rising that end again? By the way, there are porridge shacks in the refugee camps, right? ”

"Look at what Your Highness said, after so many days, if you don't set up a porridge shed, then you will all starve to death early?" Wang Ba said with a grin.

"There is ready-made porridge to eat without money, why do you want to make trouble? In my opinion, these sub-victims should also be pressed hard. Nameless interjected.

Li Guanqi glared at Nameless, and before he could speak, Wang Ba had already taken over and said, "Nameless brother, this matter can't be forced. It is true that there is a porridge shed, and the porridge in the porridge shed is not fake for money, but it is enough for you to live, and people are still hungry and uncomfortable. There are also the shedmen in charge of the porridge shed and the master in charge of the food, who eats and takes, this is what the emperor can't manage! If you press again, there is a possibility of mutiny at any time, so you can only appease them and coax them as much as possible. ”

"It's not an option." Li Guanqi rubbed the jade pendant on his waist, and said contemplatively, "What about the dog jumping off the wall when he is in a hurry?" How much more are people hungry? ”

"Then why don't you set up more porridge sheds and distribute more food?" He Ziming asked suspiciously.

Wang Ba sighed and said: "This brother, the treasury has a lot of grain in stock, and it can't meet the living needs of so many disaster victims. ”

Li Guanqi couldn't sit still anymore, suddenly stood up, and said, "I'm going to go to the scene to have a look, and I feel like it's a torment to sit here for a while." ”

"Childe, let's wait for tomorrow, right? It's getting late. As soon as He Ziming heard that Li Guanqi was going to the refugee camp, he immediately jumped out and blocked him.

"Wouldn't it be later to wait until Ming'er?" Li Guanqi said angrily. (To be continued......)

PS: This month's reward has been updated by 2 chapters, and I hope the monthly pass can catch up.