On the second day, Sun Zhaoyuan was going to leave Longdu Mansion and go to Luwei Mansion. The officials of Longdu Mansion wanted to send Sun Zhaoyuan to the boundary of Luwei Mansion, but Sun Zhaoyuan said: "My lords, this official is here to verify in the prefecture and county, I don't want anyone to greet me, I am at ease, you can go back later, if there is something, this official will ask you again." ”

Those officials saw that Sun Zhaoyuan's tone was firm, and that Sun Zhaoyuan only brought a few entourages, thinking that it was not a false prevarication, so they didn't dare to insist, and let this Sun Zhaoyuan take a few entourages out of the city to Luwei Mansion.

After walking for thirty miles, a big man suddenly flashed out of the grass next to him.

The situation was sudden, and the subordinates thought that the assassins were coming, so they drew their swords and immediately blocked in front of Sun Zhaoyuan's horse.

Seeing this, the man immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said: "The little people are big, but they are good people, and they stopped the governor from obeying, not to do anything evil, but to ask the governor to be the master of the people, and return the Longdu Mansion to a blue sky." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan heard this, and knew that what this person said must be related to the official office of Longdu Mansion, if the official office of Longdu Mansion is properly handled, no matter what grievances are resolved in the public office, why bother to stop this governor and his party.

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If you have any grievances, report them quickly." ”

Tu Dadao: "Xiaomin is a native of Yue County, Longdu Prefecture, and he avenges Lord Sun for the people of Longdu Mansion. This Longdu Mansion, since this Du Qiang became a parent official, gradually instructed his subordinates to annex the land, and the ordinary people were tricked by him and lost the land, and now they are helpless, they can only rely on him and barely survive. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "What evidence do you have for this?" The land is in the hands of the people, and what strategy can he use to make people sell the land? ”

Tu Dadao: "Master Sun, this Du Qiang's plan is fierce and vicious, and there is no one before. Du Qiang, when he was the county magistrate, was in the county, won over large households, gave grace to the people, and distributed grain seeds to the people, regardless of the cost, the people of that county were all happy, not a penny was spent, and when they got the seeds, they saved a lot of silver taels a year. Because Du Qiang's folk reputation is very good, the people praise them one by one, and after a few years, he was mentioned as the prefect of Longdu Mansion and was in charge of one party. After he took office, he continued to distribute seeds to the people of the whole government, and after two or three years, the people regarded him as a benefactor, and every household no longer kept the seeds, but only received them from the government. But I didn't want to, but one year the seeds received by the government did not bear fruit, but they were planted in the ground, and after a few months, they all died. Those people did not have seeds at this time, and after a short time, they used up the food in their homes. Na Du Qiang, at this time, ordered people to block the grain road, and only by buying grain from the government at a high price can ordinary people live. The price of grain was very high, and the common people could not afford it, so those large families lent the people two taels of silver, and the people did not starve to death when they had money. But I don't want to, these silver taels of interest are more expensive, the interest is rolling, originally borrowed ten taels, but a few months, it turned to twenty taels, the people can't, only sell the land to pay off the debt, from the whole land, all to those big families, ordinary people, only as slaves, help these big families farm, there is a way to live. In Longdu Mansion, this Du Qiang is cursed by everyone, but because he is the prefect, all the things that will be sued against him will be suppressed. I heard that Lord Sun was coming to Longdu Mansion, and more than 100 families in Tujia Village, where the villain was located, all wanted to stop and complain on the road, so Du Qiang had already prepared to detain all the people, and only the villain was lucky enough to escape, hiding next to the public office, and quietly following Lord Sun to state his grievances. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan pondered carefully and said: "I won't say whether such a strategy is ruthless or not, but this thought is indeed unprecedented, this thing is very ingenious, interlocking, even if you have grievances, how can there be evidence to sue him?" As for the blockade of the grain route, it can be said that it is to ensure the food supply of the hungry people and prevent robbers, and to sell grain at a high price, if all the grain income goes to the household department of the imperial court, then there is no reason to say that he has broken the law. As for borrowing from a large loan shark, it is also the willingness of both parties, and there is no flaw in it. ”

Tu Dadao: "Just now I just stated to Lord Sun that this dog thief acted as an act, and people and gods were angry. The little people are now suing the people for their injustices. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "You just say it." ”

Tu Dadao: "This Du Qiang and the big households joined forces, skillfully took a large piece of fertile land in this Longdu Mansion, and hired the people to cultivate for it, the people are busy every day, not only the wages are low, and this Du Qiang and the big households are also in arrears every day, only my village, it is more than 2,000 silver arrears, the people have no way to live, they are not clothed, they are not hungry, this situation is miserable. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Then why did the villagers I see along the way are all neatly dressed, and their faces are full of joy? ”

Tu Dadao: "This dog thief, the road into the city is carefully selected, along the way are the homes of the big families in the mansion, and many people are inserted, pretending to be ordinary people, and deceiving Lord Sun." ”

Listening to Tu Da's report, he knew that this Du Qiang was good at disguise, and this Longdu Mansion was already terminally ill, and if it was not rectified, there would be a big disaster. It's just that Sun Zhaoyuan still hasn't figured it out, so he just asked Tu Da for advice, and said: "This Longdu Mansion has fertile land and rich products, why is it that the public grain paid to the household department is only the same as ordinary prefectures and counties, and the amount is not too much?" ”

Tu Dadao: "This is his Du Qiang's cleverness, according to the laws of the imperial court, farmers pay one-tenth of the public grain according to the local per mu. This Du Qiang, a piece of land, deliberately picked barren land, in order to calculate the average yield per mu of this land, so the annual payment to the household public grain, and the rest of the prefectures and counties are not much different. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "So that's the case, no wonder everyone knows that Longdu Mansion is rich in products, and it doesn't match the name of the public grain received, but every time the household department sends someone to check, they can't find out the problem. Tu Da, your grievances are already known to the official, so you go back, wait for the official to think of a good plan, and then make the decision for you. ”

Tu poop went with a thousand thanks.

Sun Zhaoyuan carefully observed all the way, walked around and took a look, and really saw the local villagers, ragged, yellow and thin, asked many passing villagers, and what they said was exactly the same as Tu Da.

The more Sun Zhaoyuan thought about it, the more angry he became, Du Qiang acted in front of Sun Zhaoyuan, praising himself as a life-saving benefactor for the local people, but he didn't want to, what was done in the mainland was all these harmful things. Sun Zhaoyuan thought about it for a long time, but after all, he couldn't find any Du Qiang, this person did things too strictly, did not leak, acted smartly, and could not be convicted.

Before I knew it, I was almost at the boundary of Naluwei Province.

Sun Zhaoyuan remembered what he had seen and heard in Longdu Mansion, and he was worried about those officials, so he made some superficial articles, so he temporarily changed the route, from a small road, into the boundary of Luwei Mansion, and did not enter the city with those officials of Luwei Mansion, so that the truth could be seen along the way, otherwise it would be the Taoist scene laid by these officials.