"Grandpa, you can't let the emperor do this, otherwise Da Chu will bleed." Ouyang Ming said something similar to Gu Jinli: "Although Jianghuai, Jiangnan, and Zhili are rich, they are only rich and wealthy merchants, and ordinary farmers are still living a hard life. You also said that if it weren't for that kind of soybean oil, most of the people in Jianghuai would be reluctant to put oil all at once if they lived a life of eating boiled vegetables. ”

"I can't even eat oil, where is the money left to pay double the money grain tax and anti-war tax?"

Ouyang Ming was very angry, she learned to ride and shoot since she was a child, read the military books, and her temper was more chivalrous, and she couldn't see the people suffer this kind of great suffering.

When Mr. Ouyang heard this, he frowned and looked at her, his face turned a little colder, and he said, "Ming girl, how did the old man teach you?" You can have a chivalrous heart, but such words of disobedience to the emperor's orders are stupid to say. ”

Ouyang Ming was stunned for a moment, and immediately admitted his mistake: "Grandpa forgives his sins, it's his granddaughter who is impulsive." ”

As a daughter of a family, even if she knew that what the emperor did was wrong, even if she sympathized with the people, she should not be so impulsive.

You know, a word can harm the whole family.

"It's good that you're wrong." Mr. Ouyang looked at the sun outside and was about to speak, when he heard the neighing of horses, sighed, and came impulsively: "You go to the inner room to avoid first, grandpa wants to see the guests." ”

Ouyang Ming also heard the hissing, it was a blessing, and he went into the study to take shelter.

After a short time, Ah Song brought Gu Jin'an with him.

As soon as Gu Jinan saw Mr. Ouyang, he immediately knelt down: "Please save the people of Dachu!" ”

Mr. Ouyang was very helpless, looked at him and said, "Before you came, the old man's granddaughter also came to beg the old man, do you know what the old man said to her?" ”

Ouyang girl? She also came to Mr. Ouyang because of the tax increase, and she was really a high-righteous girl.

"The students don't know." Gu Jinan put down Miss Ouyang's stubble, looked at the look on Mr. Ouyang's face, and already faintly felt that Mr. Ouyang didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Mr. Ouyang repeated what he said to Ouyang Ming, and said: "This is an order from the emperor himself, before the imperial decree was issued, there were already many adults in the capital who admonished him, and even some people died, but in the end, he just asked the emperor to change the imperial decree, and failed to let the emperor take back his life." ”

He looked at Gu Jinan again and asked, "Do you know what the emperor's previous imperial decree was?" ”

Gu Jinan frowned, shook his head and said, "Students don't know. ”

Mr. Ouyang: "The people of the whole Great Chu have to increase the money and grain tax and the anti-war tax, even in the barren and disaster-stricken places like the northwest. In the end, it was under the advice of the ministers that the anti-Rong tax in the northwest, northeast, and Zhongzhou was exempted, but the taxes in Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Zhili and other places were added. ”

"Do you think it's right or wrong for the emperor to do this? Do you think the anti-war tax should be collected? The Rong people broke through the Longshan Mansion, ransacked a city, and hundreds of people died tragically. ”

It can be said that the emperor's reason for raising taxes and collecting anti-Rong taxes is very reasonable, and the only thing that is unreasonable is ......

"But if the people in Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Zhili and other places are asked to pay twice the tax, it will directly scrape the prosperous township into a land of extreme poverty!" Gu Jinan said: "The Rong people broke through Longshan Mansion, the imperial court should indeed send troops to fight against the Rong people, and the tax can also be raised, but the premise is that it must be added reasonably, the anti-Rong tax of one person and one or two silver, except for the rich family, which family can afford it?!" ”

Gu Jinan wanted to become an official, but he didn't want to be a dog official who ate the flesh and blood of the people, so he was very excited and begged: "The student wants to ask Mr. for help, let Mr. Ouyang Hong face the saint, and persuade the emperor to take back his life in order to save Li Min and to secure Sheji, otherwise once something happens, the consequences will be unbearable for the entire Great Chu!" ”

Mr. Ouyang did not interrupt Gu Jin'an, but after listening to what he said, he said, "My brother has already met the saint in person, but the saint insists on this, and my brother can't help it. ”

A few days ago, he received a letter from his eldest brother, informing him of the tax increase and the advice of the ministers, and finally explained to him, don't be angry, don't be sad, let it be.

The eldest brother said very vaguely, in fact, he is no longer optimistic about this Chu Emperor, let him toss it, if the dragon energy of Da Chu is still there, there will naturally be a new emperor to turn the tide, if not, it is also fate.

There is a big age difference between him and his eldest brother, and when he was born, his eldest brother was already an adult and had experienced war, so he has always seen it very thoroughly.

This time, I will write to him to tell him this, in fact, I am explaining to him, don't care too much.

"What do you mean, sir?" Gu Jinan looked at Mr. Ouyang, he was shocked, Mr. doesn't want to care, wants to give up?

Mr. Ouyang looked at Gu Jinan and said, "Let it be, whether it's good or bad, it's all destiny." ”

"Sir actually believes in his fate?" Gu Jinan smiled, with three points of coldness and three points of sarcasm in his smile: "The student thinks that Mr. Yi is a person who disdains fate, and it seems that the student is wrong." ”

These words were very disrespectful, but Ouyang Hu was not angry, but looked at Gu Jin'an, with a little sympathy and distress in his eyes, and sighed: "The old man knows that you have great ambitions and want to do things for the people of Limin, but the world is like this, you are on the table, we are all on the table, what can we do?" Can you still fight against the sky? ”

On this day, Mr. Ouyang was referring to Emperor Chu.

The emperor is such an emperor, even if they have great ability, if the emperor wants to die, they can't help it.

Is it possible to pull the lives of the nine clans to fight against the emperor? How many people in your family are dead?

"Why can't you fight?!"

"Why can't you fight?!"

The two voices sounded at the same time, Gu Jinan and Ouyang Ming were stunned, and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and it was each other who caught their eyes.

Mr. Ouyang had a headache, but seemed to be relieved, and asked them, "Then how do you want to fight?" ”

Ouyang Ming came to the outhouse of the study and said to Mr. Ouyang: "Grandpa, we don't have to fight with the emperor openly, we can take a detour, there are many ways, and we can't give up at the beginning." ”

If you give up if you can't fight, then what are you still alive for?

"The girl is very right!" Gu Jin'an's heart, which had fallen to the bottom, returned to its place again, and looked at Mr. Ouyang: "Sir, there are thousands of difficult things in the world, and there are thousands of solutions, there will definitely be a way, and please ask Mr. to help, don't give up." ”

Mr. Ouyang glanced at him and said, "What you said is equivalent to not saying it, you are not without a way now?" In this way, the old man is not such a ruthless person, as long as you can come up with a way, I can still help you. ”

"Thank you, sir, for relenting!" Mr. Ouyang was also willing to help the people of Liming, which made Gu Jinan's eyes light up again.

"Thank you, Grandpa." Ouyang Ming solemnly saluted Ouyang Hu.

Ouyang Hu said angrily: "You just did it on purpose, you have to force the old man...... The old man is getting old, and he really doesn't want to pay attention to these things that can kill the whole family. ”