Liu Junyi was "bound" with Xie Raoping by the Queen Mother four years ago, and he was still somewhat affected, for example, now, his position as governor of Han has expired, but because Liu Du was released, someone must be responsible for the Hanzhou disaster, causing Xie Raoping's merits to be unresolved, and Liu Junyi had to temporarily idle at home, and did not give a new position so quickly.

Of course, it is impossible to return to Hanzhou, so Bai Ji and Liu Jin both returned to Beijing later.

The brutal and domineering Liu Xiaomei is now seven years old, four years of training, and her heart has been completely reversed by Bai Ji, although she is not as talented as Eleven Niang, she is also well-behaved and polite, and now she can also recite thousand-character texts, and is learning to cut rhyme, which can be described as reborn.

For the suspicion of the past and Eleven Niang, Liu Xiaomei has completely forgotten, this time back to Beijing, it is easy to look forward to Eleven Niang returning home from Shangqingguan, and immediately took the initiative to stick to the waste of trying to ask for guidance on painting art, praise and flattery: "Eleventh sister, when Ah Jin was still in Hanzhou, I heard a lot of ladies talking about the eleventh sister's talent is not inferior to Pu Jiayi, at this time it is also worth a thousand gold, Hanzhou ladies mentioned that the eleventh sister is full of admiration, so even I followed the light, it was easy to return to Beijing with my mother, finally saw the eleventh sister, the eleventh sister can give one or two, This is my usual depiction of paintings, and I also know the crudeness, and I hope that the eleventh sister will point out all the shortcomings, and how to improve it will also hope that the eleventh sister will give me advice. ”

After speaking, he raised his little face, his eyes lit up and stared straight at Eleven Niang.

On the other hand, Jiuniang couldn't help but quip: "Jin Jin is well-behaved now, don't you remember punching and kicking the eleventh sister back then?" ”

At that time, Liu Jin was only in her early three years, of course she didn't remember, and she was panicked at this time: "Ninth sister, don't coax me, how dare I disrespect my sister and treat me as a child." ”

Jiuniang didn't harbor malice, nor did she dwell on this topic, of course, Eleven Niang was even more unlikely to hold a grudge against Liu Jin, and really pointed out her to describe the technique, the sisters laughed in one place for a while, Eleven Niang returned to Xuxiaotang, but saw Binu leaning against the corner in a daze, and didn't even notice that she entered, and almost didn't hurt Qingnu coughing his throat before he woke up from the daze, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"What's going on?" Eleven Niang asked: "Didn't I go to see your uncle earlier, what, is there any trouble, you might as well say it directly." ”

It turned out that Eleven Niang had the property money and silver in her hands, and the first thing she did was to ask someone to inquire about Binu's relatives in Puzhou, and learned that Jiang Ji ordered someone to send Binu's younger brother to Puzhou, and Binu's uncle was still loving, and he heard that his sister and brother-in-law both died, and Binu sold his body, and cried bitterly.

However, Uncle Binu's family is poor, and it is not easy to support several children, of course, there is no spare energy to let the children read and write.

Eleven Niang took Binu's younger brother to Beijing, naturally not as a slave, but handed over to the grange steward to raise, teaching crops and other services is one thing, and in her spare time, she often meets with her younger brother, and the sister and brother will not be separated.

In order to enrich the family, Binu's uncle often runs errands with the caravan to earn some money, and learned that Binu is in Chang'an Liufu, and has also visited a few times, although it is not easy to live, but he did not play the autumn breeze because his niece is now in a big household, and he did not forget to bring Tuyi when he came back, and he was indeed a sincere person.

Binu was very happy every time she met her uncle, but today she was worried, and Eleven Niang guessed that her uncle should have encountered some difficulties, so she was forced to tell Binu in desperation.

Sure enough, I heard Binu say: "Uncle Servant is desperate, I'm afraid I have to flee." ”

"What does that mean?" Eleven Niang frowned.

"The imperial court levied taxes according to the number of people, but as early as several dynasties ago, the land granted by the people was far less than 100 acres, my uncle moved to Puzhou that year, only to get 20 acres of arable land, hard work, in addition to the rent and servitude of the family can always get food and clothing, but in recent years, many fugitive households, the yamen does not collect even taxes, according to the law to share the heads of the neighbors, the taxes are increasing day by day, my uncle is also forced to hand over the farming to my aunt and cousin, etc., I either do some casual work, or accompany the merchant to earn a few money to maintain the family, Now even this is beyond his means, so he has to flee with it. Binu's face was full of sorrow.

The fact that the yeoman farmers have fled repeatedly because of the lack of land grants, government oppression and mergers and bankruptcies is not something that has only sprouted in recent years, and the disadvantages have been caused by Su Zong.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty has very strict regulations on the city ban, the population is not allowed to move and flow at will, and there must be an official office to open a place to leave the county, such as Uncle Binu, who does miscellaneous work for the merchants, one is to have a merchant to issue a place for him, and the other is to have a family and neighbors as a guarantee, once he does not pay taxes and serve or disappears and flees, his family and neighbors will be implicated in his tax service, but because of the corruption of the official system, many local officials and officials have forged and sold the office, and the escape has been repeatedly banned, and some families have fled, and the neighborhood has to suffer. This will lead to more yeoman farmers going bankrupt and fleeing.

Of course, the fugitives abandoned their homes and fields and had no support, although some of them fell into the grass, after all, a few, most of them were sold to the rich as slaves, or as tenants, or for the tribes, and some even took the fields and people together to "sell", although the law strictly prohibits the shelter of fugitives, but the rich dignitaries completely regard it as empty words, and they are not afraid of the government's investigation, and the government rarely takes it seriously.

Land annexation leads to flights, and the increasing number of flives encourages land annexation, which is simply a vicious cycle.

Dezong Dynasty because of the lack of taxes, resulting in the empty treasury, Dezong himself with money are stretched thin, in a fit of anger fell down to order the strict inspection of the escapees, ordered the local officials to make up for the shortfall, the officials saw that it was difficult to oppress the people, so they had to "discuss" with the local tycoons, the rich people in order to save trouble, but also willing to win small profits to win long-term profits, the officials handed over in time, Dezong himself had money, and did not pursue it again.

But this is not even a symptom, let alone a cure, the Great Zhou tax system has been in urgent need of reform, Pei Xiang's several remonstrances were rejected by Dezong, and even many courtiers were extremely opposed - of course, once the new tax system is implemented, it will inevitably damage the interests of the aristocracy.

Until now, the flight of farmers has become more and more dramatic, and it has become a common occurrence.

Shi Niang didn't know if the Son of Heaven He Yan understood these hidden dangers, whether the local officials and many ministers in the political hall had really considered improvement, and whether the Queen Mother felt that the inner treasury was gradually empty, and it was no longer enough for the royal family to squander.

"If you lend money to your uncle's family, will it solve the urgent need?" Eleven Niang asked.

"It can only solve the urgent need for a while, but it cannot guarantee a long time." Binu sighed for a long time: "My cousin is eighteen years old, and he has only been granted more than ten acres of land, but the tax has not been reduced at all, and it is still levied according to the tax of 100 acres. ”

Eleven Niang: ......

The affection for the son to give land as an adult has become a burden for the common people?!

"Then run away." Eleven Niang said simply: "The grange under my name still needs tenant farmers, for the sake of consideration, don't let your uncle sell the cultivated land in Puzhou. ”

Binu was shocked: "If you track down the little lady......"

"Rest assured, with the status of our family at this time, no one dares to investigate the fugitives in the shelter households, and there is no forced annexation, your uncle's farmland is in Puzhou, as long as the people leave the country, the government will naturally redistribute, and most of them will fill their pockets, even if the court investigates, there are also people who will sacrifice their profits, and there are many fugitives at the moment, unless the tax system is completely reformed, it is bound to be useless to simply check the fugitives." After speaking, Eleven Niang asked again: "How many days can your uncle be in Kyoto?" ”

"Say it's more than ten days ......"

"That's enough, I'll think about it, and I'll let your uncle take it back this time, and after the New Year, I'll move the family away."

Binu was very grateful, and suddenly thought of something again: "Little lady, the maid inquired, there was an abnormal movement in Yao Ji's place two days ago, it seems that the lady and Lang Jun disputed, dressed up to serve in Lang Jun's study, and was driven out......"

Since Liu Junyi went to Hanzhou, Yao Ji has completely broken her thoughts, and she has been extremely honest in the past four years, so that Shi Niang almost left such a person behind.

"Why did Aya argue with her mother?" Eleven Niang is concerned about this point.

"Listen to it, in fact, it is not a dispute, it seems that Qi Niang cried to Lang Jun and did not want to marry early, Lang Jun couldn't bear it, so he persuaded the lady to postpone it for two years, but even the marriage date has been agreed, how can she regret it for no reason, the lady not only did not agree, but also counted Lang Jun down, Lang Jun was a little depressed, but I don't know how Yao Ji found out, and sent it to the door to ask for self-interest."

Eleven Niang bowed slightly, Yao Ji had no reliance at all in Liufu, whether it was Concubine Yuanxian or Enhou in the past few years, she couldn't take care of her, and the protagonist of Liu Junyi was not there, Yao Ji naturally had no chance to make waves, but she didn't expect that this woman had endured for several years, but quietly cultivated her eyes and ears, otherwise she would not have inquired so quickly and learned that Liu Junyi and the Xiao couple had a small conflict.

Although Yao Ji doesn't matter, Eleven Niang still holds grudges.

The real Eleven Niang and her biological mother Jiang Ji were killed directly and indirectly by Yao Ji, since she was reborn from Eleven Niang's body, she must avenge the mother and daughter.

It's just that the Xiao family is by no means vicious, and Yao Ji is not a threat at all, according to the Xiao family's temperament, it is impossible to cut Yao Ji to the roots.

Unless...... Let Yao Ji leave Liufu.

Eleven Niang thought of what He Zhan casually mentioned, and thought about it.

She smiled and instructed Binu: "Inquire about who Yao Ji's henchman is right now." ”