Mama Yang and Mama Liu went to see Zuo Xiang with a complicated face.

Hua Lang saw that their faces were already clear, "Go down, you don't need to go any further." ”

"However, the prime minister ......" Mama Liu wanted to say something more.

Hua Lang waved his hand and turned his back.

It's been half a month since I came out, and when I just left the Northland, the situation on the road was quite reasonable.

After all, no matter how strict the management of the Guannai Road Guide is, there is still some business to do near the north.

But the further you go inside, the heavier the color of retreat.

The hundreds of officials who came from the north were eager to move from the beginning, and they couldn't show their skills immediately, but now, they also feel that it is very tricky.

The state where they rested was called "Weizhou" and belonged to Hebei Province.

Along the way, but I saw that Baicao was deserted, and there were no rafters. In the middle of the country, there are less than 1,000 households. There is a lack of military reserves and fresh manpower......

There were a few children who followed behind their grain trucks, and whenever a grain of rice fell, there was a scramble.

"Lord Hua, Lord Wang, this is the Great Chu you left to this king?" Mu Jingyi's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"This king remembers, it wasn't like this a few months ago!"

"Lord Wang", Zuo Xiang stepped forward and covered his face full of embarrassment, "Please be kind to Lord Wang." ”

"Say!"

"In the war years ago, Da Chu was hit hard by Liaojin. In order to maintain the expenses, the military and political chiefs in various localities were allowed to arbitrarily apportionment miscellaneous taxes, and the land annexation was even more severe, and the peasant households could not stand it, so many people rebelled, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress it, and the treasury continued to be emptied...... So, so ......"

"The lower officials are ashamed", the right minister Wang Huaxin also stood up and hung his head silently.

Ge Zhengtong listened, and his heart slowly sank, is this the once rich Da Chu?

Now it's like this?

"Report! Lord, someone stopped the princess's sedan chair! ”

As soon as the guard's voice came out, Mu Jingyi immediately stood up, "What's the matter?" Check it out! ”

The ministers looked at each other, and did not dare to disperse, so they watched the tall man step out of the threshold.

Luo Xiaoqiao just came out to relax, thinking about understanding the people's feelings, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.

"The people in the sedan chair come down!" The voice of the official was heard outside.

"Who?" Luo Xiaoqiao lifted the sedan curtain and asked Zisu.

"Princess, it is said that it is from Weizhou Mansion and wants us to pay taxes."

"Interesting!" Luo Xiaoqiao asked the sedan chair to stop and walked down, "A few adults, I don't know what kind of fee you charge?" ”

"See clearly, this is our Weizhou Yin Liang Bozhuo's "door-to-door donation", all those who come to our Weizhou must be handed over according to the head. ”

What is a "door-to-door donation"? If we want to pay taxes, we have to make it clear, right? ”

"If you want to pay, what's the fee?" The officer's attitude was very impatient.

"Over there, you two are poor, come and pay the money!"

"My lord, we have already taken out the fields yesterday, and we will be tenants in the future, so we don't need to pay any more land tax," the two croppers asked flatteringly.

The squinted-eyed official saw him hand over a few pennies and filial piety, and sneered, "That's it?" What do you send to beg for food? ”

"My lord, be accommodating", the man nodded and flattered.

"Let's go!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Bring it!" The official continued to reach out to Mingyi.

"My Great Chu Law, there is no such tax as you say!" Ming Yi didn't give in.

"Phew, in my Weizhou territory, that's what my government said, let you pay it!" As soon as the squint-eyed servant beckoned, more than a dozen people came up.

"My lord, what's wrong?" The chains in the hands of the new officials rattled.

Looking at these people, in addition to donating at the door, let them hand over the "straw sandal donation". The squint-eyed servant said arrogantly.

"What straw sandals donate? Is it possible to pay taxes when you wear shoes? Ming Yi was very angry, he had never seen such an unreasonable place.

"You're really right, you have to pay "straw sandals donation" for wearing shoes, "barefoot donation" for slippers, and I will ask you to pay "drinking water tax" for drinking water, don't you have to bear it? ”

"Strangers, give them quickly", two old men walked behind them, kindly reminded, "Don't get into trouble!" ”

"What if I just don't give it?" It was the first time that Luo Xiaoqiao had faced this ancient harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it was really so absurd.

"Yo, the little girl's skin looks very iconic, take it back and be a foot-washing maid!"

It's not that the officials didn't see a dozen of them, but there were too many guards, and in the end, they didn't have to bow to them!

"Who are you going to take back?" A cold male voice came.

"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Luo Xiaoqiao raised his head and asked with a smile.

"Wang ...... Rajah! As soon as the squint-eyed man saw Mu Jingyi in black, he immediately trembled like a sifting chaff.

Others can not know each other, this Jing Wang Ye is the future emperor, where will he not know?

But I only heard that people were about to arrive, but I didn't expect to commit it in front of me.

"Lord Wang, I don't know Mount Tai if I have eyes, Lord Wang spares my life!" A cadre of officials suddenly fell to their knees, and the bluestone slab road with their heads banged.

"Who taught you how to make a name?" Mu Jingyi's voice did not carry a trace of emotion.

Pedestrians on the street are rarely seen, there are black holes on both sides of the door frames, there is no trace of anger, the officials force the people to rebel, this is death!

"Yes, it's Lord Liang!"

"Really? Mingyi, go and bring people over! ”

The yamen is not too far from here, and it doesn't take much effort to get a fat Fu Yin who is full of brains and intestines, and he is dragged over.

"The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life, and the lower officials know that they are wrong!" Liang Bozhuo could only care about repeating these few sentences.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Mu Jingyi asked.

"Knowing mistakes, knowing mistakes", Liang Bozhuo was frightened at the same time, he was a little happy in his heart, and he was not the only one, which state capital of Dachu is not the same now! If he doesn't do this, how can he maintain the county government dispatch?!

"Good, pull it down, cut it!"

"What?!"

"Spare your life, Lord Wang", as the big knife fell, the sound of howling was stopped in the howling north wind.

The squint-eyed servants and others who were watching had their legs softened, and after a while, there was a puddle of liquid on the ground.

"Very good, this is the country you want to hand over to this king!" Mu Jingyi sat upright in the mansion and looked at the dejected officials.

"What do you have to say?" Mu Jingyi looked at the left phase.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials are incompetent!" The left phase whispered, and the head hung even lower.

"Give you three days, think! How to improve the situation in front of you! Three days later, give this king an answer! ”

"Yes, yes".

Is three days long? Sometimes it's long, but it's too short for a hundred officials.

If they had a way to change the status quo, where would they wait until now?

"Say it", Mu Jingyi sat on the top, the invisible pressure was released, and everyone's hearts were shocked.

This is not the original emperor who focused on fighting and checks and balances! If you can't satisfy him, this is a figure who will be beheaded at any time!