Chapter 1: I can do it too

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In 107 BC, the fourth year of Yuan Feng!

In the two months since Liu Ponu crossed, the whole person was stunned......

As for the reason for the crossing, it's all crossed anyway, so why do you care so much?

With the arrival of winter, there are more and more people dragging families on the road.

Most of these people are mainly old and weak women and children, with thin faces and yellow skin, and they look confused and tired.

The year before last, the imperial court sent troops to conscript Korea, and last year the imperial court again sent troops into the desert, intending to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the Xiongnu in the north.

The continuous wars and a large number of casualties made the entire Han have to bear a heavy price.

In the summer of this year, heavy rains in the Kanto region caused heavy flooding, flooding farmland and houses, and causing heavy damage.

At the end of summer, after the floods, the farmland suddenly ushered in another drought, the rivers dried up, the wells bottomed out, and even the people's draft became a problem.

In the autumn, some of the farmland that had not been destroyed by the flood and drought finally felt that they had carried it, and just when people looked at the only remaining grain and did not know how to survive the next whole year, a locust plague came again.

This year, the people of Kanto did not harvest......

After autumn, in the entire Kanto region, more than ninety percent of the people could no longer find a grain of grain at home, and more than 2 million Kanto displaced people began to flee in all directions!

The originally lively Yangling City is now even more lively, and only a gap has been opened in the city gate, and a large number of people and people fleeing the famine are blocked outside the city.

"Master Yang is kind-hearted, but he has hurt us ordinary people......" In the crowd, some people sighed helplessly.

The news that there was a great benevolent person in Yangling for disaster relief somehow spread, so more and more victims began to run towards Yangling.

The people of Yangling were a little miserable by these victims!

"Who doesn't say yes? In the past, I never closed the door at home, but now I have to take turns watching the door even when I sleep......"

"I heard that someone in the village next door to us has suffered, and the scene is a miserable ......"

"Doesn't the government take care of it?" A slightly old but capable voice suddenly came from the melon-eating crowd, and when he saw Liu Ponu, the whole person was stunned, and then his body trembled uncontrollably.

"The poor government is almost unable to open the pot, how can I care?" Liu Ponu, who was eating melons and watching the excitement in the crowd, couldn't help but mock.

"No matter how poor the government is, it won't even be able to get food for the relief of the victims, right?"

There was a sudden silence in the crowd, and they didn't know how to answer the question.

All the eyes around were focused on Liu Ponu's body, and Liu Ponu was not afraid at all, and said bluntly: "If the government wants to take it, it can naturally take it out, it is nothing more than to continue to levy it, I can't live as a bachelor, let alone those who drag their families......"

Liu Ponu's predecessor was recruited to fight just after sowing seeds at the beginning of the year, but fortunately he only went out for half a year this time, otherwise I don't know who will be cheaper for this year's harvest.

After crossing over, he began to harvest grain, because there was no management in a year, and only less than 30 stone of grain was collected from 40 acres of land.

Converted to modern times, it is less than 2,000 catties, looking at the harvest that has been busy for more than half a month, Liu Ponu collapsed at that time.

In later generations, Liu Ponu did not plant the land, at the beginning he sprinkled some fertilizer and sowed seeds, followed by the army to water the ground twice, and at other times he did not even go to the ground, and when his salted fish reached the harvest, there could still be more than 800 catties of grain per acre.

Liu Ponu originally wanted to come to the county seat today to see if he could find something to do and replenish his poor body, but now the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes.

"I only have one stone of grain per month this year, and if the court dares to collect it again, the women and children who have been demoted to Chengdan will have more food than me, and I am afraid that I will have to study the law at that time......"

"You're right, I'm better than you, but I'm not much better......"

"It's true that the prisoners are better than me......"

Liu Ponu's words instantly resonated with the people around him, although the taxes stipulated by the imperial court are not high, but they can't stand all kinds of levies, often in a year, half of the levies are considered good.

When the war is scorching, the levy ratio is even worse.

Ten days ago, Jing Zhaoyin received a report from the Yangling Order, saying that a group of victims had come to Yangling, and the public security situation in the territory was getting worse, and there was a shortage of manpower in his hands, so he asked the imperial court for support.

Liu Che felt that this matter was a bit incredible, Dahan has always been healthy, how could a disaster in one place cause such a big impact?

"How could the court not know about the suffering of the people? I think the reason why the imperial court has not reacted until now is because it is thinking of a solution......" Looking at the public anger that was about to be aroused, Liu Che couldn't help but glance at Liu Ponu.

Although there is not much contact, although there is something special about Liu Ponu that attracts him.

But it also made Liu Che realize that this kid is not simple.

Is it possible to study the law?

Of course, it is to study how he can be fed without suffering too much and not being controlled for too long.

Liu Ponu's ability to bring rhythm Liu Che can be regarded as a preliminary understanding, and suddenly for a moment, Liu Che was a little worried that Liu Ponu would take a large group of people to break the law after studying the law.

That picture......

Liu Che was a little unexpected......

"Ouch, then I can thank those masters in the court, they are all in high positions, and they can't wait for people to help him carry them, count on them? You say that these ministers have changed one stubble after another, and in the end they are still the same bears? When there is a war, it is leved, and when it is not a war, it is still levy, what good way can they come up with other than the levy? I'm afraid their energy will be focused on how much to levy this time and how much to levy next time, right? You don't have that ability to know, do you? If you are not afraid of offending people, let me be the prime minister, and I can do better than them even if I close my eyes......" Liu Ponu scolded with a big grin, and the more he scolded, the more addicted he became.

"Then tell me, if you were the prime minister, what would you do this time?" Liu Che looked at Liu Ponu with a black line on his face, although the scolding in front was not good, it was also true, but the latter words were ......

It's really infuriating, although he didn't mention himself a word, Liu Che always felt that this thing was scolding himself.

"If I am the prime minister, then first gather all the victims to dig canals for me, clean up the rivers, and if it is not good, let them go to repair roads, repair the city walls, and repair the palace. Liu Ponu waved his hand, this kind of pediatric-like problem was really difficult for him.

Liu Che looked at Liu Ponu with a shocked face, it was originally just a slightly angry joke.

He just wanted Liu Ponu to realize that the things in the court were far from being as simple as he thought, and then told the people through this matter that the court had nothing to do.

But Liu Che didn't expect that Liu Ponu really gave a way to deal with it, and this method made him unable to find fault with it.

Everything that can be thought of is all good?

"You also said that the government has no food, so in the end, don't you still have to levy it?" Liu Che cheered up and looked at Liu Ponu and asked.

"Hehe, you can cook as much food as you want, and the surrounding counties can decide how many people to accept according to their actual conditions, and if it doesn't work, let the government come forward, and if the people want to build a house or have any other work that needs help, just take care of a meal and send someone over? Of course they won't be happy if they can't see a single hair on the people, but if they help them do their own work, this kind of cheap fool who prostitutes won't take advantage of it......"

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