It was a swift storm, although it only lasted a whole day. But for everyone who lives in this small mountain basin, it has become a real disaster.

At noon the next day, after knowing that the rain had stopped outside, all the men of the Wu family hurriedly went out.

They need to pack up their things and they need to check the inside and outside of the yard.

When they opened the door, they found that the courtyard was already in shambles.

Many of the leaves on the trees they had transplanted had been blown down.

Seeing this situation, Wu Guifang covered her chest and said with some joy.

"Thankfully, when you transplanted the trees, the pits were dug deep. Otherwise, after yesterday's storm, they would have been blown to pieces. ”

Wu Hongsheng pursed his lips before he said slowly. "I always feel that there have been too many natural disasters in recent years."

Wu Guifang listened to it and thought, isn't this normal?

This is the time of the Xiaoice River!

Although Wu Guifang's score in each history exam was not very high, she still listened to the history teacher say that the Ming Dynasty fell because of the climate.

Because it has entered the Xiaoice period, the temperature every winter is much lower than in previous years. Summer again seems to be hotter than usual. Therefore, the grain crops in various places in the Ming Dynasty began to show a large-scale reduction in production.

In addition, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, officials were corrupt, and there were corrupt officials everywhere. The taxes of the people are too heavy to be forced to live.

Therefore, refugees from all over the world have risen up.

In order to suppress these refugees, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty had to send troops, and sending troops required a lot of military expenses, and military expenses had to be collected from the people.

The further increase in taxes on the people has led to more refugees.

More refugees can't survive, and more refugee uprisings arise.

In this way, a perfect closed loop is formed.

Wu Guifang remembers that he once read a paper saying that it was the last years of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the reign of Emperor Chongzhen. There are more than 100 uprisings in various parts of the country every year.

These more than 100 times are still an average.

It can be seen that when the dynasty ruled in decline, various places were already full of holes.

Wu Guifang didn't know much about the Great Dragon Country he was in now. However, she always had a vague feeling that if there were more and more victims like them, the dynasty would be in jeopardy.

……

At this moment, the Liu County Order of Jishui County, where the Wu family is located, has already been received, the above newspaper, and the approval of the boss.

Liu Xianling put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth in the study of the county office.

Every step he took was like a thousand pounds. stepped heavily on the heart of Liu Haiping, who was standing cautiously on the side.

Liu Haiping is the uncle of Liu County's family.

In the past, he also served as a county clerk. Later, he committed a taboo from his boss and was forced to resign.

But later, his virtuous nephew accidentally handed over good luck. Attracted the eyes of the nobles. It became the prefectural order of Jishui County.

Liu Xianling personally visited him and asked him to be his own criminal master. For more than a year, there are 100 taels of silver. It was enough to feed his family of more than ten people.

For this reason, Liu Haiping has considered all aspects for his nephew.

Just to repay him well.

Moreover, he also thought in his heart that if his virtuous nephew did something in office. was further appreciated by that nobleman. After he is promoted, he may be able to make a county order in the future.

Speaking well, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

Liu Haiping served as a county official.

He himself knew best how to make money.

"Uncle, what should I do if you say I'm doing this now?"

"The people above said that when the refugees came, we had to open a warehouse to put grain. However, I don't have much food left in my hands......"

Liu Haiping raised his eyes lightly and observed him carefully.

After thinking about it, he said sincerely.

"Owner, in last year's drought, the people of our Jishui County ran almost thirty percent. The remaining seventy percent are all a group of poor ghosts who have long been unable to squeeze oil and water. If it continues like this, it is very likely to provoke a popular uprising. ”

"Once the people's resentment is aroused, it will be difficult to protect your life and mine!"

Speaking of which, Liu Xianling had a special headache.

According to the rules of officialdom, every five years, the officials will make an assessment of the county order of him according to the reaction of the governor, the governor, and his old boss.

There are three levels of criteria for this assessment.

Good, good, bad.

Those who are rated as excellent are often the kind of people who are very capable, very connected, very capable, and have made some achievements.

Such people will be promoted.

Those who are rated as good will either move to other counties. Or, stay where you are.

And those who are rated as inferior, don't think about promotion in this life.

Last year, when such big things happened, he then tried not to let them affect his evaluation.

He spent a lot of money again to give gifts to his superiors. Shangfeng's three festivals and two longevity, Shangfeng's old lady's three festivals and two longevity, Shangfeng's wives and two birthdays, he is a person who dare not miss it.

Because as soon as he misses someone, he immediately offends someone. When the time came, those people put on little shoes for him. Then in his life, don't think about moving up. Don't try to live comfortably.

Liu County Commander has been a county magistrate in Jishui County for almost six years. He now feels that he has not had a good day, he has not had an easy day.

It's hard to be an official!

He felt that he would never be able to be a clean official in his life.

He was an official, and his salary for a year was only 45 taels of silver.

What can 45 taels of silver do in these years?

He casually hired a master for himself, and it cost him a hundred taels of silver.

It also costs 30 taels of silver every year to invite his son to Xixi.

The most important thing is that he has to do it every year. Filial piety to those who are above is enough. He also has to allocate a part of the money every year to stop the mouth of the lower head.

If you eat meat yourself, you have to let them drink soup, right?

Last year's situation was so serious, in order not to lose his dignity, he still collected heavy taxes.

He had already heard that this year's harvest was not very good. But he couldn't help it.

Under such circumstances, he must also collect a little more food and a little more tax from the common people!

Otherwise, he would no longer be able to act as a county order.

However, if he collects more taxes this year,...... It really caused the officials to force the people to rebel.

Then when he arrives, he will not only be unable to become an official. His head may also fall to the ground.