After several generations of emperors' discreet industry, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been in a peaceful and prosperous era, with harmonious politics and peace, and the country is rich and the people are safe. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, successive emperors have strongly advocated that everyone should have land and clothing. There is land and ploughing, food and food, clothes and clothing, and money and work.

The fields are divided into nine grades, and they are distributed according to the population, regardless of men, women, and children, a population has one acre of land a year, and if the family has a large population, it is not a problem to divide seven or eight acres of farmland into one acre of land a year.

The land tax is levied on the male population every year, and it is more than enough for ordinary farmers to make a living, and the commercial tax is simpler, each household only needs to pay 200 yuan per year, not counting the population.

Men between the ages of 20 and 55 can also choose whether to serve in official service, and although the monthly income of official service is not high, there is also 30 yuan, and those who serve in official service are exempt from tax.

Under such a national condition, it is rare for people to have no food, no clothing, and no place to live.

Obviously, the two beggars who were trembling on their knees were reduced to the point where they needed to grab food on the street, which was the most unexpected thing for An Chengluo.

"Why do you need to be on the streets?" An Chengluo asked slowly, his voice cold and low.

The two beggars fell to their knees, not daring to reply.

Wu Qing stepped forward a few steps, showed his sword, pointed directly at the two, and shouted coldly: "Say." ”

The two beggars' bodies trembled, they were the lowest pariahs in the Great Zhou, when had they seen such a high-ranking figure as the prince, they were already terrified, the young beggar had obviously never seen this face, and was intimidated by Wu Qing's voice, and he rolled his eyes and fainted directly.

When the old beggar saw that his son had fainted and was unconscious, he was immediately anxious, and kowtowed again and again: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life, it is me and other untouchables who have offended you, but it is also an unintentional mistake, please beg the prince to spare our father and son, the prince spares his life!" ”

"This king did not say that he would condemn you both, so why should you be so alarmed?" An Chengluo squinted his eyes and looked down at the two of them with an indifferent expression.

"Offended the prince, the crime is unforgivable, and the untouchables have the courage to ask the prince to be extrajudicial and spare our lives." The old beggar said in trepidation.

An Chengluo was silent for a moment and said: "This king is not an unreasonable person, this king asks you something, you only need to answer honestly, if there is half a lie, this king will not spare it." ”

"Wang ...... The prince asks, and the untouchables will know everything. The old beggar lowered his head and replied, although he wanted to raise his head to see what the current prince looked like, but he had heard that such a king and grandson nobleman did not like to be seen the most, and whoever dared to look at it would gouge out someone's eyes, and he could only bury his head all the time in horror.

An Chengluo's expression was a little gloomy, and the existence of beggars showed that some places were very barren, and even worse, there were local officials who suppressed the people, did not seek their own politics in their positions, and looted the people's fat and ointment, so that the people were miserable.

After a long time, he spoke: "There is no disaster in my Great Zhou this year, and there is no war, the country and the people are safe, according to the laws of my Great Zhou, everyone can receive good land, why do you two need to be reduced to such a state?" ”

"This ......," the old beggar hesitated.

"Answer honestly!" The tip of Wu Qing's sword was a little closer to the old beggar, and he was sweating profusely.

"Wu Qing, don't frighten him." An Chengluo raised his hand at Wu Qing and said.

When Wu Qing heard this, he glanced at the old beggar coldly, and withdrew his sword with a twist of his wrist.

When the old beggar saw that the sword hanging over his head was finally gone, he exhaled lightly as if relieved, and said euphemistically: "Lord Wang, if the untouchables answer truthfully, will you make decisions for us?" ”

"You say, this king will be the master for you, and you don't have to call yourself untouchables, my Great Zhou pays attention to the equality of all the people." An Chengluo said indifferently.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." The old beggar kowtowed a few times and whined, "Cheap...... The grass people are from Ruzhou, and the grass people are originally from Dingtai County, a county under the jurisdiction of Ruzhou, but in recent years, the county order of Dingtai County has raised taxes for no reason, and many people are overwhelmed by the heavy taxes and have been ruined. ”

"Last year, the county ordered Zhao Dengyuan to brazenly take back all the fields in the 100 miles and 10 townships of the subordinate county, and many people had no livelihood and could only leave their hometowns, intending to go to distant relatives."

The more the old beggar spoke, the more excited he became: "The grass people originally took a family of five people and planned to come to Beijing to join my father's friend and second uncle, but the road was far away, and his wife and children were infected with the wind and cold on the way, and he spent all his coils in order to cure the disease. ”

"Caomin and the only remaining eldest son, Zan Xiaoqian, finally came all the way to Jingshi by begging, but after inquiring, I learned that my second uncle had moved out of Jingshi a few years ago, and now I don't know where he went."

"The two of us are helpless, and the grass man's son is really hungry, so the grass man has no choice but to grab food on the street, just to fill his son's stomach."

The old beggar burst into tears as he spoke, and the people on the street were already filled with righteous indignation and shouted and cursed.

"It's too much!"

"Dog officer!"

"Why is the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty so rigorous, how can someone be so blatant, is there any royal law in their eyes?"

"As a parent official, he doesn't think about the people and the country, but he actually does such things that people are angry with, how can such a person still be alive!"

An Chengluo looked at the people on both sides of the street who were scolding, frowned slightly, and Feng Shi leaned into his ear and whispered: "Lord Wang, Ruzhou seems to be the fief of Zhengguang Hou." ”

An Chengluo raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he was discussing to take Zhengguang Hou in front of him, and now God happened to send these two beggars to him, it seems that Zhengguang Hou's evil deeds are really unbearable even to God.

However, just listening to what happened to the old beggar made an unwarranted anger rise in his heart, making him feel that he couldn't wait to put Zhengguang Hou to the Fa in time, not to mention the people who were deeply affected by it.

But he knew that if he couldn't help but be impulsive, he would ruin the good situation and even mess up his rhythm.

"The Dingtai County Order is so bullying the people, why don't you report it to the official? Isn't there still a Taishou in Dingtai County? Could it be that even Taishou can't cure him with a small county order? An Chengluo frowned and asked,

The old beggar shook his head and sneered: "As the so-called officials and officials are mutual, Zhao Dengyuan is just a county order, if there is no superior official to be ordered, how dare he be so blatant, our people are small, and we can't fight the magistrate at all, and in the end we will only end up with a bad death." ”

"It's unreasonable!" An Chengluo was really angry, and slapped the wooden handle of the wheelchair directly on the ground.

The people on both sides of the street couldn't help but shrink their necks when they saw An Chengluo being angry, and an invisible pressure seemed to linger on their heads, making it difficult for them to even breathe.