For the people of Jintian Liu's family, the food in the field is just a little, no matter how hard you try, it will not surge all at once, and every increase in taxes will mean that the food in your mouth will take away a point, and seeing that you have to bear more and more taxes and labor, can you not be anxious and sit like pins and needles?

When Liu Dekui heard this, he gritted his teeth, his face sank like water, but he didn't have half a way to deal with it.

His identity as the patriarch can be said to be calling for wind and rain in Jintian, sometimes that words are more effective than the government, just like the "soil emperor", but as soon as he came out of Jintian Village, he was white, and he didn't speak loudly, not to mention the officials, an ordinary catcher could also pinch him tightly, not to mention Liu Yuan, who is now in a high position, and Liu Yuan didn't put him in his eyes at all, not only that, but now he is pushing himself to the cusp, which is simply difficult to ride a tiger.

The elder Liu Desheng on the side wanted to say something, but when he saw Liu Dekui's gloomy face, his mouth opened a few times, and he didn't say anything after the last moment, and those clansmen didn't speak, staring at Liu Dekui one by one, he was the patriarch, and this kind of thing was naturally his idea.

Even if they had opinions, they didn't dare to mention them, after all, Liu Dekui had been in the patriarchal position for many years, and he had accumulated great power.

"The time has come, the closure of Jintian, taxes and labor will be increased by 20 percent" Where did the waiting army pay attention to the mood of these people, and as soon as the time came, he immediately announced loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was even more gloomy, many people were so sad that they were dripping with water, staring at Liu Dekui one by one, many people had resentment and dissatisfaction in their eyes, Liu Dekui also felt unprecedented pressure, he couldn't help shouting at Hou Jun: "Dissatisfied, Liu is dissatisfied, although we are closed, this family cannot be levied at will." I want to appeal, and I want to sue Liu Yuan for wantonly oppressing the feudal people. ”

"What's the use of saying, go" Hou Jun said lazily: "However, this general advises you to still save the province, and also think about what your identity is, and what is the identity of our general, go and sue, can you afford to sue?" Yangzhou Thorn History, is the person of the Qinghe Cui family, and according to the law. The Feng family can collect and pay taxes to the closed households at their discretion, and it is useless for you to sue the emperor, and you don't want to think about it. You didn't like the subtlety? ”

Generally, the fiefdom will not be sealed to the place of origin. There is a saying that rabbits don't eat the grass around the nest. Because the tax is collected from the land, the villagers are all their own people, and it is not easy to start, and they rarely seal back to their hometowns, like Li Er sealed Liu Yuan back to his original place. It is indeed very intriguing, and the history of the fiefdom can be traced back to ancient times, prevailing in the Zhou Dynasty, different periods. There are different characteristics, the original fief can not only collect taxes, but also establish their own army, equivalent to the country within the country, later the emperor felt that it was not conducive to his rule, and slowly canceled a lot of privileges, to the early Tang Dynasty, the fiefdom was changed to "food feudal", the eater is called "Feng Jia", and the fief on the contribution of taxes is called the fiefdom, although it can no longer have an army, but the power of the Feng family is still very large, you can collect taxes by yourself, to the middle Tang Dynasty it was changed to the state collection, Feng Jia to the government to collect, of course, this is a later story.

Liu Dekui was speechless all of a sudden, a common man fighting with an official, obviously using a mantis arm as a car, and he couldn't do anything.

In fact, Liu Dekui is also self-aware of this, but he is just gambling, betting that Liu Yuan attaches importance to this period of incense, and it will not be too much if it is an official reputation, Liu Yuan's old patience gave him infinite imagination, so he is like a gambler, betting on his chips, looking forward to getting rich overnight.

Unfortunately, he pressed it wrong.

"The time has come, the closure of Jintian, taxes and labor will be increased by 30%" Hou Jun's loud voice sounded ruthlessly again.

Thirty percent?

This sentence is like a hit wood, all of a sudden hit on the hearts of the people, although now in the Zhenguan rule, the abundance of the people, there is surplus money in the bag, there is surplus grain in the tank, but it does not mean that everything has no limit, one into two, the problem is not big, each household can afford it, but all at once added three percent, that definitely has an impact, and it is not only three achievements to be satisfied, half an hour plus one, a quarter of an hour to add two percent, when is this a head.

If it is at a critical juncture or a moment of life and death, it is okay to show integrity, the problem is that now it is just a sacrifice, worship and worship, or the relationship between father and son, which is reasonable, does not damage face, does not hurt, and does not consume his own silver and food, but Liu Dekui only wants to force Liu Yuan to return to the sect with Xing theory, and deliberately provokes trouble, Liu Yuan is right, you are just a patriarch, and you can still be the master of the dead?

One general is incompetent, killing the three armies, and the head of a clan is incompetent, dragging down the whole clan.

Liu Yuan was so angry, but the people of the Liu family in Jintian couldn't hold their breath, when everyone saw that Liu Dekui was still indifferent, everyone couldn't help it anymore, a woman about forty years old walked up to Liu Dekui at once, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Okay, you Liu Dekui, what kind of heart do you have, you alone have the final say, do you want to kill the whole clan?" ”

"Liu Cheng's family, you are a woman's family, what are you arguing about here, when will the matter of Jintian Liu's family talk about you, a woman's family, there are so many things, there are no rules, let me go." Liu Dekui's face was angry, and he glared at the woman and said.

Liu Yuan is a high-ranking official and has a knighthood, he speaks coldly to himself, ridicules and sarcasm, Liu Dekui dares to be angry but does not dare to speak, but unlike the woman before, she is just a widow, even she dares to point at her nose and scold, seriously challenging her authority and status, which makes him furious, and even the anger that Liu Yuan gave him just now seems to be vented on this woman.

Liu Cheng's family also let go at this time, and said without hesitation: "What big things can't be managed by the slave family, now that the family is a big official and a Feng family, what are you doing?" Who hasn't seen that you are speaking for your niece and seeking benefits for her, okay, you don't have to care about the whole clan, your family has a lot of money, some are money and silver, what does my Liu Cheng have, my man died early, there is no pillar in the family, orphans and widows, is it easy to eat? Now that the tax has been increased by 30% all of a sudden, this is not a head, isn't this forcing us to a dead end? ”

If this continues, it is estimated that everyone will starve to death, Liu Cheng is a widow, there is no man in the family, she is all up to her to dig in the field, and she has to take care of her young son.

"You, you" Liu Dekui raised his slap, blushed and said loudly: "I'll beat you to death, a shrew, so as not to be embarrassed"

"Fight, fight" Liu Cheng walked up, raised his face and said: "Let everyone see how capable you are, that is, to bully our orphans and widows." ”

Liu Cheng's is such a "single", Liu Dekui hesitated all of a sudden, and wanted to say something about the scene, but before he could say it, those clansmen had already surrounded him and counted him down:

"Patriarch, don't make a fuss"

"It's just, you can't force us to death"

"It's added to three percent all at once, it's not a head, how is this good"

"That's it, if you offend the Feng family, don't say that the tax is heavy, that is, we can afford to pay the tax, but what about the labor, when the time comes, I will have to wait to deliver military rations or dig holes, these dangerous labors, who can guarantee that my life can be back"

"If your arms can't twist your thighs, why bother? Isn't this an egg knocking a stone? ”

"Since I became the patriarch, I haven't seen anything good, so I will toss blindly"

"Back then, I persuaded him not to expel General Liu from the family tree, but he insisted on going his own way, saying that it was for the good of Jintian Liu's family, but in fact, everyone could see that he was favoring his niece and himself."

"Caring only for oneself and not caring about our life or death, this kind of person is not worthy of being our patriarch."

"Yes, he should have been replaced a long time ago, or he would have exhausted us to death."

Even the elder on the side, who was also his cousin Liu Desheng, also said: "Big brother, this matter has gone too far. ”

I don't know when someone shouted "Strike the patriarch", and as a result, the clansmen who were fed up with his anger pointed at Liu Dekui one by one, while shouting to change the patriarch, and some people pointed to his nose and said that he was unfair, for a time Liu Dekui was pointed out by Wanfu, and it was difficult to argue, that is, his family and brothers, and a small number of them joined the ranks of accusations, most of them stood aside, watched from the wall, and no one dared to speak for him, as for Liu Guang and his wife, where did they dare to take the lead, and honestly pretended to be dead.

For a while, everyone betrayed their relatives and left, that was Liu De was angry and anxious, and after the most reluctant, in the midst of everyone's accusations, he vomited a mouthful of blood at once, and then fainted very "lucky".

At this time, when Hou Jun just wanted to say that the time was about to increase taxes, several men from the Liu family in Jintian saluted and said with a smile: "Master Jun, Master Jun, don't add it again, you really can't pay it again, then Liu Dekui's opinion does not represent our meaning, please wait a while, we will give General Liu a hand in immediately." ”

"Yes, yes, he's too selfish, we've all been deceived by him, so I've done such a stupid thing, please give the general a little time, let's discuss, and I'll give General Liu an explanation soon."

"General, you can do it."

If you move, you will add one into two, so that the landlord's family will have no surplus grain.

Hou Jun sneered and said: "You go to General Liu to talk about this matter, Hou is just acting on orders, and he can't be the master, you beg me, it is better to beg General Liu, what he said here is counted." ”

After saying that, regardless of the reaction of the crowd, he once again increased the tax and labor by one percent.

Everyone's faces changed, knowing that the situation was urgent, and they didn't care about saying anything more, several old and respected people in the clan immediately surrounded and discussed something urgently, as for the patriarch Liu Dekui who fainted on the ground, everyone didn't bother to pay attention to it, because his opinion was no longer important, only his family fed him water and rubbed his middle again

It didn't take long for Liu Yuan, who was sitting in the carriage, to hear Hou Jun whispering: "General, Liu Desheng, the new patriarch of the Liu clan in Jintian, asks to see you." (To be continued......)

PS: There is something at home today, I owe a chapter, I'm really sorry, the artillery will make up for it as soon as possible