Hua Yan walked out of the North Third Street Hutong, and did not go anywhere else, but entered the largest teahouse in Anyang Town.

Although Anyang Town is a small town, it is also prosperous, and most of the guests sit in the teahouse, drinking tea and listening to books.

The three of them came in, and the storyteller was talking energetically, and the tea guests were listening lively, and no one paid attention to them, so she took the two of them to find an inconspicuous place in the lobby and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea, a plate of melon seeds, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of nuts.

The fifth prince didn't know what he meant, and he didn't know what Hua Yan was doing in the teahouse at this time, but he knew that she must not be without a purpose.

The young man brought what Hua Yan wanted, glanced at Hua Yan, and secretly thought that this girl was really good-looking, although the color of the clothes on her body was not bright, it was very plain, but at first sight it was a good satin, he had never seen such a beautiful girl, presumably not a local.

Most people have a passion for beauty. So, he asked enthusiastically, "The girl doesn't look like a local?" ”

Hua Yan glanced at him, the young man was not very old, but he was very bright, she smiled, "Huh? How can you tell? ”

The young man smiled, "There is no girl as good-looking as a girl in this Anyang town." ”

Hua Yan smiled again, "You are right, my brother and I visited relatives and just came to Anyang Town. ”

The young man had already seen the fifth prince, and felt extraordinarily noble, so he arched his hand, lowered his voice and said, "It's not a good time for the girl and the prince to visit their relatives at this time, and now this Anyang town is not very easy to treat." Childe and girl are careful. ”

Hua Yan looked at him with a smile, this young man was enthusiastic, and she asked, "Why is it not good?" ”

The young man saw that Huayan was smiling all the time, and at first glance he was a good-natured girl, if such a girl got into trouble, it would not be good. So, he lowered his voice and said more enthusiastically, "The girl knows about the bursting of the embankment of the Heilong River, right?" ”

Hua Yan nodded, "I heard." ”

The young man immediately said, "Because the Heilong River burst its embankment, the flood washed away Fengcheng and Yuqiu, and there are several small places, hundreds of people have been affected by the disaster, there is no house to live in, no food to eat, and the yamen has no food for disaster relief, so we can only temporarily build a refugee camp for the victims, as far as the small knows, only seven or eight refugee camps have been built, and tens of thousands of people are detained in the largest refugee camp. One porridge a day. ”

Hua Yan nodded.

Seeing that Hua Yan was listening carefully, the young man opened the conversation, "Where is one gruel a day enough for food and clothing?" Therefore, in desperation, many people have gone to their relatives, if there are relatives in the Northland, then it is okay, it is necessary for the relatives to come and set up a shelter document, so that the person can be taken away for shelter, but if the relatives are not in the Northland, they are not allowed to leave the Northland. Some people forcibly or secretly left were arrested by the government and put in prison. ”

Hua Yan nodded again, when she heard the containment note, she felt fresh, it was the first time she had heard that a relative needed a containment note to collect someone.

The young man said, "If you have relatives and consciences, you will naturally come, but in these years, no one has a hard time." Half a year ago, the imperial court increased the tax by two percent, and it was difficult for ordinary people to live by themselves, let alone take in relatives? The day before yesterday, I heard that there was a riot in a refugee camp, and the people of the yamen could not suppress it, and the two sides fought, and many people died, and the people in the refugee camp ran out, ran to a mountain, became bandits, and went down the mountain to rob the county. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Hua Yan frowned, thinking about when the imperial court would increase the tax of 20% to the people? She hadn't heard of it. She turned her head to look at the Five Princes and Cai Qing.

The two of them were also surprised, and shook their heads in unison.

The young man showed a sad face, "That Linxian is close to Pingyang Town, maybe those refugees will come to Anyang Town in the blink of an eye after eating the food they have stolen from Linxian County in the past two days." Therefore, the little one reminded the son and the girl to be careful. ”

Suddenly, it turned out to be like this. She thanked her, "Thank you, little second brother." The words fell, and he motioned for Cai Qing to reward.

Cai Qing immediately took out a piece of silver and stuffed it to the young man, "Thank you little second brother, this is the reward that my girl gave you." ”

The young man originally looked at the beautiful face of the flower and said a few more words, but he didn't expect to get such a big kindness, he was suddenly panicked, "I can't help it......"

"Make. Keep it! After listening to your words, my brother and I knew that Anyang couldn't stay, so we left immediately. Thank you very much. Hua Yan said with a smile,

The young man hesitated twice, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation, reached out and took it, and thanked him a thousand times, "Thank you girl, thank you son, this ingot of silver is worth a year's salary." ”

Hua Yan smiled and waved at him.

The young man happily took the silver and went down, his heart was excited, he didn't expect to see the girl beautiful, he was afraid that something would happen to the unknown situation of people from other places, and he would get such a great good fate by saying a few more words, which shows that people still have to do more good deeds.

After the young man went down, Hua Yan's face sank.

The fifth prince looked at Hua Yan and said in a low voice, "Fourth sister-in-law, the court has never taxed the people, and it is impossible for the fourth brother to do this." ”

Hua Yan nodded, "But the young man won't be purposeful and fabricate out of thin air." After the words fell, she instructed Cai Qing, "You go out and find someone to inquire about this matter." ”

Cai Qing nodded, turned around and walked out.

Hua Yan stopped talking.

At this time, Mr. Storyteller is talking about the autumn test, this year's autumn test is different from the past, the whole world is open to Enke, and people with talent and ability are selected. Many students in the Northland have already signed up.

He said a few names, what Zhang Xuexue, Li Xuexue, Zhao Xuexue, Wang Xuexue, and told the deeds of the people who were born in the family. The tea guests listened with relish.

Once there is a story all over the world, the teahouse restaurant is the best to hear, and it is known to everyone in the streets and alleys.

This is also the purpose of Hua Yan's coming to the teahouse, she wants to hear it, and sure enough, Yun Chi opened the autumn test, and the matter of selecting talents in the world has spread all over the world. Even this small town of Anyang got the news.

Cai Qing came back after a while, and whispered to Hua Yan very angrily, "The slave asked a few people, and they all said that half a year ago, the imperial court increased the tax by 20%. This is true, and taxes have been added throughout the Northlands. What the guy said, too, is true. ”

Hua Yan's eyebrows were cold, and when she saw that Mr. Storyteller had said something besides the autumn test, she motioned for the two to leave.

Out of the teahouse, Hua Yan took the two of them around the street again, I didn't pay attention to it earlier, but now after listening to the young man's words, I noticed that many shops were closed, probably because I was afraid that the victims would become bandits to rob, so I simply didn't open it.

returned to the North Third Street Hutong and entered Hua Qing's mansion, Hua Qing saw that Hua Yan was not good, and asked her, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

Hua Yan asked Hua Qing, "Thirteenth sister, do you know that the imperial court increased the tax by 20% half a year ago?" ”

Hua Qing thought for a moment and nodded, "Is there such a thing, what's wrong?" ”

Hua Yan said angrily, "The imperial court didn't add two percent of the tax at all. ”

Hua Qing understood, "So, is it a private proposition made by Bei'an City?" Is this really eating the bear's heart and leopard's gall? Without the express order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the imperial court, how can the people increase taxes at will? And it's so tightly hidden? ”

Hua Yan's face was ugly, "It is true that I have eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, it can be seen that half a year ago, taking advantage of the turmoil in the southwest, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no time to be distracted, and some people in the north took the opportunity to exploit loopholes and plot against him." It's really a secret. ”

Hua Qing sighed, "Our Hua family has always been not involved in the political affairs of Chaogang Society, otherwise, this news should have been known a long time ago, as long as it is not hindered by natural and man-made disasters, hundreds of people have been affected, and our Hua family is living their own small lives." Your brother-in-law and I have been living in the Northlands, but we don't know that there is so much filth in it. Even the imperial court paid taxes privately. ”

Hua Yan took a deep breath, if it weren't for the fact that the person she was going to marry was Yun Chi, she would naturally not get involved in the affairs of the society. The Hua family will not be involved. But now that it has been mixed in, it is found that the northern land is even more terrifying than the southwest territory. This has truly turned the Northland into a crematorium.

In the huge north, the imperial court did not increase taxes, but the northland increased taxes, such a big thing, it has been half a year, if Yun Chi does not know, then, how can Yun Chi hide Yun Chi?

Even if there is a military rebellion in the southwest, Yun Chi is not a person who closes his eyes and listens, and there should not be such a big movement in the local area to hide from him. Now that it's really hidden, then, there are people in the court who collude with the north. And there may be more than one person, or a very powerful person.

She was thinking about it, Yun Di appeared and announced, "Master, you have found out what your subordinates have investigated, four hundred years to the present, the Heilong River has burst the embankment three times, once a hundred years ago, reported to the imperial court, rebuilt the embankment, once after the queen mother was selected by the royal family to enter Beijing, but was hidden by the north, once is now." ”

Hua Yan bowed his head and commanded with a calm face, "Check again, from the time the Queen Mother was elected to the royal family, until the present, in the past few decades, the major events that have happened in the north." For example, half a year ago, the imperial court increased taxes. ”

"Yes." The clouds darkened.

After Hua Yan instructed Yun Di, she originally wanted to tell Yun Chi immediately, but she thought that it would be better to wait for Yun Di to find out the evidence and give it to him, so she did not reply to Yun Chi for the time being.

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