"Daddy!" As soon as a few people walked out of the main hall, Xing Meng stepped in and said bluntly: "This year is a disaster year, I think not only can we not collect rent, but also provide disaster relief!" ”

Although he was not in the main hall, he listened outside the hall for a while, and he also knew the general situation.

"Huh?"

"Xiao Meng, things are not as simple as you think."

Xing Gui'an shook his head and explained.

"Oh?" Xing Meng asked, "What do you say?" ”

"The tenant farmers want to pay rent to us, which is true, it is a good thing that we reduce the tenant farmers' rent, as long as it does not have much impact on us, it is also a good thing. However, we also have the task of paying taxes! ”

Xing Gui'an sighed.

"Official?" Xing Meng frowned, it stands to reason that although the government's taxes are not light, they will not give my father such a headache.

"It's not just the government." Xing Gui'an said.

Xing Meng's expression was slightly condensed, he had not been involved in the family business much before, and he really didn't know much about this kind of tax situation.

"The tax task issued by the government accounts for 30%! The remaining seventy percent is for the family! Xing Gui'an said.

"The Maison is also going to tax us?" Xing Meng didn't quite understand.

The court and the family rule the world together, that's right. Taxes are the foundation of people's livelihood and the top priority of the country, how can the family be allowed to interfere?

"No way, the people of the family can't afford to offend, we are all ordinary people, in the eyes of the family, they slay demons and eliminate demons and protect the peace of Dasheng, so it is natural to enjoy the most offerings and obtain the greatest privileges!"

"The tenant farmers can't afford to pay the rent, we can give us a reduction, but if we can't pay it, the family won't give us a relief! When the time comes, our Xing family will not be able to bear it! ”

Xing Gui'an said it, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

After so many years, the demons and monsters have not disappeared, and even intensified.

And every time the demon slayer of the family comes down to kill the demon and eliminate the demon, his hands and feet are not clean, he acts recklessly, pretentiously, and most of them claim to be the savior. thinks that without them, the ordinary people of Dasheng would have been eaten by demons a long time ago!

But over the years, judging from the situation in Hanjiang County, the damage caused by the family is far greater than that of demons.

It's like a demon coming over and cutting off a finger from time to time. And the Demon Slayer, who helped you connect your fingers, but cut off one of your legs.

However, these words can only be hidden in the bottom of the heart, and saying them will only cause trouble.

"Then this year, everyone can't afford to pay the rent, what will the family do?" Xing Meng asked.

"Die!" Xing Gui'an said in a deep voice: "The family oppresses the underground landlords, rich merchants, etc., and makes them pay taxes, and the landlords and rich merchants can only transmit this pressure to the peasants below. Therefore, in the event of a famine, the peasants everywhere would die in patches. ”

"The family is so cruel, isn't it afraid of persecuting the people?" Xing Meng was indignant in his heart.

"The family has power in its hands, above the landlords and the wealthy merchant class, not to mention the lowest-level ordinary people. Rebel? There must be power in rebellion! A demon slayer from the family can kill hundreds of ordinary people casually, you say, how can you resist? ”

"This ......"

When Xing Meng heard this, his heart was heavy.

"Then let the family lie on the people's bodies and suck blood?"

"Hey! What can it be? That's why I told you to study hard, get famous, and after you have fame, you can reduce taxes, and if you can pass the Jinshi exam, you don't have to pay rent to the family anymore. Xing Gui'an sighed.

At the bottom of Xing Meng's heart, he had a deeper understanding of the style of the family.

The family is a group of upper-class people with great power and wanton exploitation of the people at the bottom!

Suck the blood of the bottom!

Devour the meat at the bottom!

Therefore, Zhou Chuan can take the lives of more than 200 villagers in Hejiazhuang seriously, because in the eyes of the family, this is not a big mistake.

Chen Peng, who had a slight conscience, was just frowning at that time.

has absolute power to suppress, in their eyes, the people at the bottom belong to ordinary people, and they are a species higher than ordinary people.

"Dad, can we pay it off this year?" Xing Meng asked.

"This year's rent is not much, but there is a lot of storage in our granary, which is enough." Xing Gui'an said.

"If you can't collect the rent, you will be in trouble next year! I don't know how many wheat seedlings will be killed by this year's blizzard, and next year's harvest will not be much better. ”

"That's it, Dad, let's pay taxes this year first, don't let these tenant farmers out, next year's thing, let's find a way, we can't let these tenant farmers wait for death."

Xing Meng thought about it, since his father said that the imperial examination can be reduced and exempted from taxes, then he has hope!

Relying on the 5,000-year-old intellectual treasures of China, no matter how hard he works and works hard, the possibility of standing out in the imperial examination field is still relatively large.

"Xiao Meng, having said that, this rent is not something that can be collected casually. This year, you can pay in advance, but what about next year? ”

Xing Gui'an looked at Xing Meng, shook his head and said.

"Dad, in today's situation, the government and the family are two mountains pressing on the people, the so-called things must be opposed, there is nothing that exists forever, including power!

The more chaos in the world, the more rampant the demons will become, and when the time comes, even if there is a family suppression, the people will rebel as a last resort!

At that time, we, the landlords and wealthy merchants, were caught between the family and the common people, and we would only be angry at both ends. Therefore, I think that we must leave a way back, the grace of today's dripping water, we will not ask for the reward of the spring of other days, but at least we can leave a glimmer of life for the people! This also prevents us from eating splint gas in the future! ”

Xing Meng's eyes sparkled.

There is a saying that the only lesson that humanity learns from history is that it never learns from history. But Xing Meng, as an outsider who has crossed over, can look at these issues from a more macro perspective.

"The Qin people do not have time to mourn themselves, and the descendants mourn it, and the descendants mourn it without learning from it, and the descendants will mourn the descendants again!"

Like the current situation in Dasheng, it is very likely that the situation of the government forcing the people to rebel in the future is very likely.

In that case, he needs to prepare in advance.

"Xiao Meng, ...... you" Xing Gui'an opened his mouth and stammered, he didn't expect Xing Meng to think so far-reaching.

"Dad, you can leave this matter to me!" Xing Mengdao.

"Alright then!" Xing Gui'an is not stupid, and he is not optimistic about Dasheng's current situation in his heart, but he has never looked at the overall situation like Xing Meng to think.

When I hear it now, I also have a sense of urgency in my heart.

"Yes, you also have your own opinions now, and you can handle some things at home." Xing Gui'an nodded.

Moreover, although the rent reduction for one year is not a small amount, it does not hurt the Xing family at all, after all, the Xing family is a businessman, and the main field is business.

If it is a simple landlord, the impact is immeasurable.