Old Madam Chen and Second Madam Chen nodded again and again, "Exactly." ”

Xiao Zhi on the side immediately said: "This is also the reason for me. ”

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at him and asked the Chen family first, "How many people are in the family now, how old are they, how many servants are there, and how many acres of land are planted?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang asked carefully, Mrs. Chen's face was slightly pale, and she was a little embarrassed, she glanced at the onlookers outside the county office, at this distance, the voice was a little lower, and it could not be heard outside, but ......

She looked at the Xiao family.

Zhao Hanzhang also turned his head to look at the Xiao family, and when he was weighing whether to let the Xiao family be invited down first, Mrs. Zhao had already reported in a small voice.

Chen...... There is no money.

The Chen family did not leave Luoyang at the beginning, of course, the houses, fields and shops were also preserved, and they were not occupied by Zhao Hanzhang, and even left a lot of money.

But when Zhao Hanzhang led the army into Luoyang, he lacked food and drink, in order to feed his soldiers and wait for the follow-up grain and grass to arrive, Zhao Hanzhang asked them to "donate" a batch;

Later, the emperor moved the capital and left, Luoyang grain was expensive, they spent a lot of money, and they had to bury their families, so there was no money left.

Now Luoyang's fixed assets are not worth much, they have to wait for a long time to sell shops, and the price is very low, not to mention the fields.

There is a large area of abandoned land outside the city, and those who want to buy land can buy it with the yamen.

But the Chen family is a scholar family, and if you want to maintain a decent life, you need to pay money, and now the situation in Luoyang is not good, and the materials are a bit expensive.

Zhao Hanzhang asked them to pay back taxes, even if their family was not successful and exempted from labor, they still had a heavy burden.

So they decided to run away and go to other relatives and friends.

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at them and asked, "Where are you going to join your relatives?" ”

Mrs. Chen's voice was lowered, and she said weakly: "Go to Yuncheng." ”

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at them indescribably, then turned his head and asked Xiao Zhi, "You also want to go to Yuncheng?" ”

Xiao Zhi also had a weak heart, and whispered: "I have an uncle who is an official in front of His Majesty, so I want to go to the same road, and I happen to be on the same road as the Chen family, so I ......."

Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but shake his head, and Zhao Kuan on the side also secretly said "idiot" in his heart.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't break it either, and asked about the Xiao family's assets, population, and taxes to be paid.

A family's assets are secret, if you have more, it's fine, but if you have less, it's too embarrassing.

That's why Mrs. Chen looks unspeakable, and the family is really embarrassed.

However, the Chen family said it in front of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhi hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Do you know why you are unsustainable?" ”

Because you collect our taxes.

The three families silently replied in their hearts.

"Because you have more registered fields and less land that you actually cultivate, and the tax is calculated according to the acres of land you have registered, even if I halve the tax this year, you will have to pay a lot of grain tax." Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Why do you have to report the number of acres that do not match?" ”

Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "You issued a decree that it is the owner's land, and if it is not cultivated for more than three years, it will be recovered from the government, so ......"

Zhao Hanzhang understood that they were reluctant to abandon the land in their hands.

She expressed her understanding, who wants to take out the meat that has eaten in their mouth and give it to others?

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and said, "It's my fault, some take it for granted." ”

Mrs. Chen and the others were taken aback, and they were all a little apprehensive, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhao Hanzhang had quickly made up her mind in her heart, and she said to Mrs. Chen and Xiao Zhi: "Both, meritorious deeds should be rewarded, and mistakes should be punished, since you have violated the law, you must be punished, but you are a first-time offender, and you have helped me improve the law, the yamen will be punished lightly." ”

Zhao Hanzhang turned his head to look at Zhao Kuan.

Zhao Kuan immediately said: "The lower officials will reduce the punishment as appropriate." ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded.

Xiao Zhi was disappointed, "I still have to be punished......"

Zhao Hanzhang said meaningfully: "Naturally, otherwise who else will abide by my decree?" ”

"Xiao Zhi, who suggested that you go to Yuncheng?" Zhao Hanzhang looked at him with a smile and said, "Do you know that Yanzhou and Qingzhou are now lawless under the governance of Gou Xi and Gou Chun?" ”

"Gou Xi even said that he would kill the staff henchmen who had been following him for more than ten years, what capital do you two have to give him preferential treatment?"

Xiao Zhi's face changed slightly, and Mrs. Chen's face also turned pale.

Zhao Hanzhang said quietly: "Here, I can guarantee that under me, you should have heard of Gou Xi and Gou Chun's people, and I advise you, even if you really want to escape from Luoyang one day, then you should not go to Yuncheng, but should go directly south to Jiangnan." ”

To Yuncheng, most of the journey is in Yuzhou, there are not so many bandits, if they go to Jiangnan, it is unknown whether they can go to Jiangnan alive.

The faces of the Chen family and the Xiao family are not good-looking.

At the same time, he secretly regretted it, Zhao Hanzhang was right, they shouldn't have fled out, this time it was really a mistake to steal chickens and rice.

Mrs. Chen glanced at Xiao Zhi, pursed her lips and didn't speak.

The reason why she decided to flee with her family was because of Mrs. Xiao, she and Mrs. Xiao had some relatives, and when she heard her say that she couldn't survive in Luoyang and wanted to escape, she decided to flee with them after weighing it.

Who knew that he would be caught back halfway.

However, in front of Xiao Zhi, Mrs. Chen did not betray the other party.

But Zhao Hanzhang is not a fool, she doesn't dare to say that she is first-class, but she is not bad.

She looked at Mrs. Chen, and then glanced at Xiao Zhi, what else did she not understand?

So she stared at Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi's face changed, and he whispered under Zhao Hanzhang's gaze: "Yes, it was the Xiao family in Xin'an who said that if I intend to go to Yuncheng, I can meet in the city, and they will send someone to escort us all the way when the time comes." ”

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Why do you go, don't they go?" ”

"They're going too, but they still have some family business to deal with, and they'll leave later than us."

Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows, his gaze fell on Xiao Zhi's eyes, and asked, "Do you know how many people you are going to escape?" ”

Xiao Zhi opened his mouth and didn't speak.

Zhao Hanzhang stood up, turned sideways and said, "Xiao Langjun, please speak in the back hall." ”

Xiao Zhi sat on the mat and didn't really want to go, but although Zhao Hanzhang was smiling and his eyes were faint and not fierce, he still shivered, felt a lot of pressure, and involuntarily got up and followed her to the back.

There is also a table case in the back hall, Zhao Hanzhang dragged the inkstone over casually, poured a little water into it and grinded it slowly, she pointed to the white paper on the table and said: "Xiao Langjun can take advantage of my ink research to think about it carefully, who knows about it." ”

Xiao Zhi was drenched in cold sweat, he wanted to show his backbone, mighty and unyielding, but as soon as he raised his head to meet Zhao Hanzhang's cold gaze, he couldn't help but pull the white paper in front of him.

He hurriedly lowered his head, trying to calm down his mood, his mind was in a mess thinking about the words of refusal, and finally thought of two sentences, but as soon as he looked up, those words could not be said again, his heart beat loudly, and he involuntarily grabbed the pen......

Zhao Hanzhang also polished the ink, gently put the ink strip away, and pushed the inkstone in front of Xiao Zhi, "Write." ”

Xiao Zhi almost cried, but he still shook his hand to dip the ink and began to write his name.

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