"Emperor, the big and small families in the Central Plains have secretly sent people over, and wrote a letter of surrender as a proof, hoping that we can send troops, kill the tyrant, and restore peace in the world!" On the grassland, in a huge yurt, a middle-aged man wearing animal skins and a short knife hanging from his waist knelt on one knee and was reporting to Sihan Feiding.

When Si Hanfei heard this, he put down the scroll in his hand, smiled faintly, and said indescribably gentle: "The time is finally coming, although the Song Court was weakened, but in the end there is still some strength left, although we can win, we will definitely have to pay some price!" ”

"Originally, if the situation remained unchanged, the Great Song Dynasty would have twenty years of national fortune at most, how could Zhao Ming be too wise, too prodigal, ambitious, and want to change the world and calm the world!"

"But how did he know that in the last years of the dynasty, what the people of the world needed was not a wise and holy emperor, but a mediocre and incompetent emperor!"

"The subordinates are ignorant, dare to ask the emperor, for the people, isn't it better to be a wise and martial emperor, just what the subordinates have seen in the Song Kingdom these days, compared to the past, it can be regarded as another country, although the criminal law is ten times more stringent than before, but the life of the people is indeed much better!" The middle-aged man who knelt on one knee was puzzled, wondering why Si Hanfei made such a remark.

When Si Hanfei heard this, he smiled and said: "Zali, do you know that in this world, ordinary people are not people, but sheep, two-legged sheep, milked and cut when they are alive, and they will be bled and eaten after they die, they are not from the world!" ”

"In the turbulent times at the end of the dynasty, they can only go with the flow, and they have no power to speak, they are scattered, they are easy to shake, and a little benefit can make them crazy!"

Speaking of this, Si Hanfei paused slightly, and said: "I have studied the history of Middle Earth, ancient and modern millennia, from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to Song Zu Zhao Kuangyin, they are not real ordinary people, the two-legged sheep at the bottom are just sheep in the end, and they don't have their own ideas!" ”

"Now, the Ming Emperor of the Song Kingdom, who lives and kills the world, wants to be the first emperor of the ages, and has made unprecedented changes, which has violated the interests of many people?!"

"My brother once said that people are divided into classes, the rulers are one class, and the ordinary people are another class, and the Ming Emperor chose the ordinary people, who are destined to be suppressed by another class."

"And the most interesting thing in this world is that many people don't know their own class!"

"Ordinary people are the most ignorant, and they are the most easily shaken, they don't know what the Ming Emperor is doing is for their interests, as long as the families of the Central Plains release a little benefit, they will become the biggest force against the Ming Emperor!"

Si Hanfei said: "Zali, you let out your words and tell those messengers of the Central Plains that I need to see their sincerity!" ”

After speaking, Si Hanfei picked up the scroll on the table again and studied it carefully.

……

In September, it is the time of the autumn harvest, and all parts of the Central Plains are in full swing.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, although it was already autumn, but it was still hot afterwards, Erniu walked into the house shirtless, and did not care about resting, and walked directly to the well in the courtyard, and poured four or five cold well water in a row to relieve his breath.

He is the only laborer in his family, his wife is weak and cannot go to the field, and his father is already old, but he can't do it, the children are still young, and the family depends on him to support him.

In order to live, he rented thirteen acres of land from the Li family, and rented a seed by himself, barely making ends meet.

Although there are a lot of thirteen acres of land, fifty percent of it has to be handed over to the Li family, and two percent has to be handed over to the imperial court, and only thirty percent of what has fallen into his hands is only thirty percent!

"How should I live in the future?!"

Erniu was sad in his heart, now he is young and strong, and he will continue to work, and in a few years, his physical strength will not be good, but he will never be able to plant so much land.

In fact, his family originally had two acres of land of their own, but it was a pity that Erniu had a serious illness five years ago, and in order to treat the disease, he had to mortgage the land to the Li family at a low price, and now he can only rent the Li family's land.

Thinking about his heart, Erniu walked into the house, sat down and began to eat.

A pot of rice, 20,000 vegetables, is a very simple meal, but this can already be regarded as the most sumptuous meal eaten by Erniu except for the New Year.

It is also during the busy farming period, on weekdays, it is just a little pickle and gruel to get by, and as for dry rice, it can only be eaten when high-intensity physical labor is required.

I planted so much food, but I couldn't eat it, not only Erniu, but also all the hired households in the world.

Erniu's father was a thin old man, with gray hair, dark skin, and calluses on his hands.

While eating, Er Niu suddenly opened the conversation box and said: "Dad, have you heard, it has been rumored outside recently that His Majesty in the capital was occupied by the evil ghosts of hell, and those brocade guards are ghost soldiers brought by evil ghosts to help evil ghosts hunt for food!" ”

"I've heard that the evil ghost has a violent temperament, kills people at every turn, and likes to eat children raw, Jinyiwei is even more cruel and terrifying, the whole Zhang family in the three towns next door was captured by Jinyiwei, and Guojia Village, fifty miles away, I heard that it was also killed by Jinyiwei, Dad, do you think we will also suffer here?!" Thinking of the disaster suddenly befalling him, Erniu, who has always been bold, couldn't help but shudder.

Erniu couldn't help but sigh: "God has no eyes, and he actually let the evil ghosts run rampant, why don't you send heavenly soldiers and generals to collect this group of evil ghosts!" ”

When Erniu's old father heard this, he took a puff of cigarette fiercely, and then knocked the cigarette gun on the bluestone threshold, and spit out a puff of smoke, and the old man said unhurriedly: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, I have also heard what you said, but who has really seen Jinyi Weitu Village?!" ”

"I only know that since the traitor was killed, life has been better than before!"

"Look at it, this autumn harvest, if it was in the past, the Li family would have sent someone to collect the rent a long time ago, if the date passed, a severe beating would be indispensable, but now, the Li family is willing to give a few more days, as for the action, they dare not dare, the masters of the official family are staring, for fear that His Majesty will ask for guilt."

"As long as life is good, what if Your Majesty is an evil ghost today?!" The old man said, his eyes were very clear, and at the old man's age, he saw everything, and the only concern was only his children and grandchildren, and he saw things very clearly.

In the afternoon, Er Niu entered the house with a happy face, ignoring the hunger, thirst and exhaustion on his body, but said with a smile: "Dad, I heard that the hired households on the Jin side only need to pay 30% of the rent, and the Jin court's court only collects 10%, we can take 40%!" ”

"It is rumored in the township that the Jin people are heavenly soldiers, come and subdue the evil ghosts, and now the Jin people are about to fight, as long as the Jin people come over, life will definitely be much better!" Erniu smiled honestly, full of longing for the future, and couldn't wait for Jin Ren to call him immediately.

This time, Erniu's old father did not refute, and took a puff of cigarette fiercely, and the old man couldn't help but smile.