Yang Bin naturally felt the change in Li Qingyu's mood, which was clearly Li Yunqing's appearance when he wanted to scold his mother when he was angry. He shook his head at Li Qingyu, and then asked the old man who had just spoken: "I'm afraid what the old man said is not true, since Taizu founded the country, my great cadres have been innovating in the governance of officials, but all corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been killed, how can there be such an official as you said?" "Although Yang Bin is a general, he is not a martial artist, and his strategy is also first-class, so he is naturally perfect in acting. He looked unbelieving, obviously taking the old man as a rumor-monger, and the old man saw the look on Yang Bin's face, and gasped for breath.

After a while, the old man was angry and said to Yang Bin: "This prince is right, I am Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizongren, and today's saints, those are all rare saints." When today's fourteen years of cultural and martial arts, although the old man is staying in this small county town of Shun'an County, it is also like thunder, and the dragon is prosperous, the old man naturally believes that this is true, but ......" Speaking of this, the old man's face became extremely ugly, and then said: "It's just that under the prosperous age, the people of my Shun'an County can't be counted among them!" ”

The old man's face was so painful when he said this that he couldn't say any more. Yang Bin and Li Qingyu glanced at each other, and the two got up and walked to the old man's table. There is only the old man and his wife at this table, and a little granddaughter. Seeing Yang Bin and the two coming, the old man arched his hand to the two. Yang Bin and the two sat down and looked at the dishes on the table, there was only a plate of boiled peanuts and a plate of green vegetables. The little granddaughter was holding a peanut in her hand, and she ate it very deliciously. Seeing this scene, Yang Bin instructed Xiao Er: "Put a few good wines and dishes in your store, and the silver will be counted as mine!" After saying that, he threw a silver ingot to Xiao Er, Xiao Er's eyes instantly brightened when he saw this scene, he hadn't seen so much silver for a long time, and immediately nodded and went to order the kitchen to cook.

Yang Bin said to the old man: "Old man, our uncle and nephew are at home all year round, and what we like most is to listen to stories." Whether it's true or fake, I like to listen to it. There is nothing to do left and right, why don't you tell us about the scene in Shun'an County, are the people's lives really so sad? "It is naturally easiest to hear the truth from the mouths of the common people, and nothing can stop the mouth.

The old man saw that Yang Bin and the others had an easy-going expression, and expressed enough kindness, and what he said could no longer be regarded as a secret, so he simply nodded and said, "Since the son is interested in this matter, the old man can talk to the son." It's just one thing, what the old man said is the truth, not a story! When the old man said this, it was obvious that he was indignant.

Yang Bin nodded when he heard this, but listened to the old man begin to speak. Three years ago, Shun'an County came to a new county order, named Wu Tianbao, who raised the taxes set by the imperial court to five cents per person after taking office. Five cents, it doesn't sound like a lot. But if it is spread on the heads of ordinary people, it is at least two days' expenses. Although this Shun'an County is a small county seat, it has 150,000 people. Five cents for one person, 150,000 people, that's also a lot of money. None of the excess money was reported to the treasury.

From the old man's mouth, Yang Bin learned that this is only one of them. Every year, when the day of grain harvest comes, each person has to pay more grain. It is said that the extra grain was also sold by Wu Tianbao through private channels, which is a lot of income. Wu Tianbao has relied on these two items over the years, and he has scavenged a lot of people's fat and people's ointment. In this way, the life of the people of Shun'an County is becoming more and more sad. However, these two incomes are only for ordinary people. For those merchants, Wu Tianbao has other means to raise their business taxes, which is the most basic means. What kind of land tax do they have to pay for their shop?

The reason is also very simple, this whole world is not the king's land, and all the land of this Daqian is the emperor's. There is nothing wrong with this, legally speaking, every grass and tree in Daqian belongs to Li Yunqing. But later Wu Tianbao said that the land in Shun'an County naturally belongs to Shun'an County. He is a parent official in Thuan An County, and he has absolute supervision over the land here. This is bullshit, the land under the whole world is Li Yunqing's, if the land owned by the people is legally speaking, it is given by Li Yunqing to the people, as long as the court does not take it back, it will be used by the people. In other words, in a sense, this land belongs to the Son of Heaven. But in fact, these lands have been passed down from generation to generation by the people, and they have nothing to do with Wu Tianbao. E-book house

Some of this merchant's shops are ancestral, and some are bought for money, and Wu Tianbao has no right to charge any fees at all! Li Qingyu's little face had become very ugly, and he only heard his angry voice: "This fucking is greedy for ink!" Naked Ink Greed!! ”

He spoke in such a loud voice that the whole restaurant could hear it clearly. Seeing this, the old man hurriedly spoke: "Little boy whisper! Although this matter is not a secret, if Wu Xianzun hears that someone behind him is talking about his rights and wrongs, it will be terrible. The old man sees that both of you are outsiders, this Shun'an County is really not a good place, you should eat this meal or leave. The old man's words were full of a kind of resignation and helplessness, obviously not wanting Yang Bin and the others to get involved in the rights and wrongs of Shun'an County.

Yang Bin naturally understood the old man's mind and smiled slightly. At this time, Xiao Er's meal had already come up, and a table was full of eight or nine dishes. There are all kinds of chicken, duck and fish, which can be described as extremely rich. The little granddaughter's eyes were straight, she hadn't eaten such a good dish in a long time. Li Qingyu looked at the little girl's expression in his eyes, and his heart tingled. He smiled and beckoned to the girl. The little girl was hiding behind her grandfather. The old man said softly to the girl: "Go, the little boy is a good person." ”

When the little girl came to Li Qingyu's side, Li Qingyu held her in his arms and said softly to him: "Tell Ben...... Tell my brother what you want to eat? This table of dishes is yours today, you can eat whatever you want! The little girl timidly pointed to the roast chicken.

Li Qingyu smiled slightly, and immediately tore off a big chicken leg and fed it to the little girl. Looking at the little girl's gobbling appearance, there was a murderous flash in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Today, the emperor is in a prosperous world, and all the people are happy." This Shun'an County is the territory of Daqian, and there must be no exception! As soon as he said this, the old man looked at him suspiciously, sighed again, and said no more.

Before leaving, Li Qingyu squatted in front of the girl, took out a gold ingot from his arms, which was an ingots the size of a baby's fist, and said softly: "This thing can be exchanged for a lot of chicken legs, if you want to eat chicken legs, give this thing to grandpa, let grandpa buy it for you, you know." ”

Seeing this scene, the old man wanted to stop it, but Yang Bin smiled and said in a low voice: "This is my nephew's intention, just accept it." ”