You old guy, hand it over if you want to, you old immortal thing, you are not afraid to die if you eat so much! The man in the prime of life had a wicked face, kicked at the old man in front of him, and took away the food in his hand, "When you are old, you should obediently wait for death, what kind of fun do you come to this kind of place." ”

Speaking of which, this is also the rule of Beiyang.

Those who come, unless they take the initiative to take refuge in Eucommia with money and grain, the others will send half a bag of rice, which is enough for an ordinary person to live for half a month, but in this small half a month, they must prove what they can do, and then exchange it for money.

The old man had been here for four or five days, and he had half of the basket at hand that had not yet been made.

The middle-aged man only came the day before yesterday, but he has always been accustomed to big fish and meat, and he sells some of the half bag of rice to buy some meat, and after a few more meals, there is not much left, so he thinks about getting something for nothing.

Beiyang City is large, but gradually it is also divided between rich and poor.

Rich people will naturally buy houses with good land, and although the poor are also placed in places by Eucommia, the conditions will not be too good.

And this is the settlement area for the poor.

Zhou Tao also hurriedly frowned when he saw the scene in front of him, "Your Highness, this ......"

Du Zhong's eyes sank, and he stepped forward with a straight face.

After harvesting a batch of rice, the middle-aged man who was about to carry the rice saw Du Zhong coming.

Du Zhong looked very kind, although he had a straight face, he couldn't feel his emotions clearly, but Zhou Tao, who was following behind him, looked like a person who practiced martial arts.

"What's the matter, but you want a piece of the pie?" The middle-aged man smiled.

As if he knew that he couldn't beat Zhou Tao, the middle-aged man threw the grain bag very interestingly, "I'll give it to you." ”

After speaking, the middle-aged man turned around and left.

"Wait a minute." Eucommia opened.

The man in the prime of life stopped.

"What are you here for?" Du Zhong asked.

The middle-aged man turned his head and smiled, "Isn't it all about fighting for a better life?" ”

"So, are you going to bully someone weaker than you?" Du Zhong said again.

Hearing this, the old man on the ground and even the women and children who were being bullied next to him looked at Du Zhong in disbelief.

Indeed, most of the people who came under the conditions of Beiyang were unable to afford the high taxes, to be precise, many of them were families with weak families and large populations, and it was really difficult for them to pay 30% of the harvest a year.

Although some of them are righteous, most of them are weak.

This was what Zhou Tao was most worried about at the beginning.

"Why, old man, you're going to preach......" The middle-aged man was very disdainful, "I advise you not to meddle in your own affairs, and everyone lives by themselves." ”

"I don't welcome people like you in Beiyang, Zhou Tao, throw him out of Beiyang for me." Du Zhong spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Tao immediately received the order and stepped forward to get the middle-aged man.

The man in the prime of life still has to resist, but he has no rules for his life, and he can't compare to Zhou Tao's fists and feet.

Du Zhong stepped forward and helped the old man up.

The old man looked at Du Zhong in astonishment, and said in disbelief, "Palace...... Your Highness ......"

Du Zhong nodded, "Grandpa, are you okay?" ”

The old man grabbed Du Zhong's hand, "Your Highness, do you remember me?" I? ”

Du Zhong was stunned for a moment, and slowly frowned.

"You ......"

"I'm ......," the old man didn't know how to explain, and said for a while, "Many years ago, I, I also served in the palace, and I was...... I'm the chauffeur of the Emperor......"

Hearing this, Du Zhong's hand stiffened.

The old man said with tears in his eyes, "After the death of the first emperor, the Wei kingdom changed greatly, and I followed the first emperor for many years and retired to my hometown...... Now I also heard that His Highness has returned, and I ...... I just went back to Beiyang......"

The first emperor in the old man's mouth is naturally Du Zhong's father, the old Emperor Wei.

Speaking of which, Du Zhong has really seen it.

Back then, the old Emperor Wei understood that he couldn't be the queen, and his body was getting worse day by day.

For many years, he didn't pay much attention to his sons, but in fact, it was a kind of protection for them, and he discovered Eucommia.

It should be said that he paid attention to Wei Zhong.

secretly observed Wei Zhong's every move, and it was not until later, when the old Emperor Wei knew that he could not last a few years, that he privately confessed to Wei Zhong and handed over the Rushan Order to him.

Wei Zhong is a prince who has been neglected for many years, he has been neglected in the palace, his mother is not close, and the eunuch is negligent, he is talking about the prince, but he is not as good as a slave.

But Wei Zhong's heart is really good, and he can survive in the palace because of this.

So the old Emperor Wei finally found Wei Zhong, explained his helplessness and indifference over the years, and felt that Wei Zhong was the most suitable candidate after observation.

At that time, Wei Zhong was young, and he had no father's love or mother's love, but what he was looking forward to in his heart.

What's more, as soon as the old Emperor Wei came, he took on such a heavy responsibility, and in an instant, Wei Zhong felt that he was valued.

The prejudice against the old Wei Emperor also chose to forgive because of the helplessness of the old Wei Emperor, and wholeheartedly agreed to the old Wei Emperor's request.

In the last few years, the old Emperor Wei used his ability to secretly cultivate Emperor Wei, and at the risk of being discovered by his own empress, he also took Wei Zhong out of the palace in private.

This old man was the coachman of the old Emperor Wei at that time.

The old Wei Emperor took Du Zhong to see the slums, although it is said that the old Wei Emperor was in the world when he ruled the Wei Dynasty, the period was excellent, but this is like suddenly climbing to the top, and then slowly walking downhill, from the queen's mother family is strong and prosperous, there is a decline in the death, at the end of the Great Xing, the Wei State has begun to show fatigue.

It was also the old Emperor Wei who taught Wei Zhong that for the sake of the world, being an emperor is not only for the throne, but most importantly, when he is respected and respected by all people, rather than acting according to orders caused by imperial power, he will discover the meaning of being an emperor.

If it is for power, then the person is selfish.

But the old Emperor Wei didn't teach like this.

Wei Zhong grew up in the deep palace, and he was quite scheming, avoiding a lot of difficulties, so that he was able to live to be big, and at the same time, the words of the old Emperor Wei were like a mission for Wei Zhong to remember.

But sometimes it's not just about trying to do it.

The forces of the old Emperor Wei have not fought the queen's mother's family during his lifetime, not to mention that after the death of the old Emperor Wei, the queen's mother's family directly found the old Emperor Wei's henchmen to be executed from the beginning, and the subordinates who did not hurry up were dismissed, so far it is the world of Emperor Wei Xian's mother's family.

But Wei Zhong is indeed the only son that the old Wei Emperor has carefully cultivated, although he has only been in the past two years.

But because of this, there are always people who loyally follow Wei Zhong.

Otherwise, who can be ordered to move a small piece of token?

Wei Zhong didn't expect that he would meet the old Emperor Wei's old department, his eyes were slightly dull at the moment, he glanced at the old man a few times, and nodded slightly, "Beiyang is safe, stay here with peace of mind, and the things of the past will not happen again." ”

The old man burst into tears when he heard this.

Du Zhong ordered the people to put some more in the place where the old man lived before leaving.

After a few more cases of this kind of thing, the reputation was completely spread, that is, the current emperor of Wei is not only kind and benevolent, but also jealous and hateful, and bullying is never allowed in Beiyang.

But those were all afterwords, and when Du Zhong left, he heard a report from the soldiers at the city gate, saying that someone had asked to see him.

Du Zhong didn't think about meeting, "Who is it?" ”

If everyone comes and doesn't show a little ability, how can they see him.

To tell the truth, rich people can live anywhere, there are really a lot of people who come with silver, most of them think they have the ability, but they don't meet talents, so they want to fight the righteous people, there are some simple old and weak women and children who want to take refuge, and some are like strong men who don't want to work, but want to take advantage.

"It's a group of Gu masters, saying that they can help His Highness." The guards returned.

"Gu Master?" Du Zhong's eyes narrowed.

Zhou Tao thought about it, "Could it be that they made those recent movements?" ”

Nine times out of ten.

Du Zhong guessed, "See." ”

*

After the imperial examination, a large number of scholars in the Gongyuan were busy correcting the examination papers, even if the progress was accelerated, it would take at least half a month.

It's just that after the imperial examination, Gu Xun proposed a martial arts.

The martial arts are the same as the imperial examinations, but they are only one article and one martial arts.

And martial arts is different from conscription, many of the soldiers are people who have no martial arts foundation, after acquired training, strengthen the body, and then use it for marching formation, and martial arts is to select the military generals who can command, these years the Jin State has consumed a lot, and now there is a shortage of civil and military forces, which is naturally a matter.

Wen Ling had heard about Beiyang.

There was no other movement in Beiyang, but Eucommia's reputation went up to a new level, originally Eucommia's reputation was second only to Gu Rin in the Jin Kingdom, Gu Rin was dead, and a dead person was forgotten with the passage of time, so Eucommia's reputation was unique for a while, much higher than Gu Xun, but Du Zhong never moved to go to war.

Wen Ling tapped his head, "What the hell does this Du Zhong want to do?" ”

Bai Yue came in with her stomach up, "Niangniang, what are you thinking about again?" ”

"Your belly, it's about to give birth." Wen Ling looked at the boss's belly and hurriedly stepped forward to hold it.

With such a big belly, it looks like the center of gravity is unstable, and it would be terrible if you accidentally fell it.

"Yes, it's only this month...... Bai Yue smiled, "It's beyond my expectation that this child can grow up so big safely." ”

Wen Ling was about to laugh in response, yes......

It's not easy to grow to such a big size safely.

Peaceful......

Wen Ling suddenly thought of something, and held Bai Yue's hand for a moment, "Could it be, the person who killed Gu Rin was not Du Zhong?" ”

Rong Qing and Bai Yue, who were kneeling, looked up at Wen Ling.

Wen Ling didn't know why she suddenly remembered.

"Mother, why do you say that?"

Wen Ling twisted his eyebrows, "I just remembered that with Du Zhong's calculations, he actually guessed that Gu Xun was pretending to be Gu Rin, wasn't he?" But the child in your belly is very likely to be Gu Rin's, since you entered the palace, your child has only had an incident once, but things are ......"

Wen Ling thought of something, and said slowly, "It's the eunuchs in the palace who are harmed, eunuchs...... It's Kang Yi's manpower......"