Chapter Seventy-Three: Does Brother Zhu Think That's the Case?
The fat man was suddenly kicked by Zhu Youxiao and threw himself to the ground!
Colonel Zhu You stepped forward and kicked violently, specifically kicking the fat man's head!
The fat man screamed like a pig.
Zhu Youxiao shouted angrily: "Come on, beat this son to death!" ”
He Biao and the other guards rushed over, surrounded the fat man and beat him up.
Zhu Youxiao retreated out of breath.
The couple and the little girl were frightened, and Huang Xiao and the others were also shocked by Zhu Youxiao.
"Brother Zhu played well!" Huang Xiao praised: "The little brother couldn't help it, but he didn't expect to be robbed by Brother Zhu." ”
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and walked in front of a family of three.
"Nobleman, take the little girl away!" The man hugged the rice bag tightly and moved it back with a cower.
Zhu Youxiao had a cold face and asked, "She is your child, and she is still so young, how can you bear to sell her?" How is this different from a brute? ”
"I'm ......," the man looked ashamed.
The mother came over with the little girl in her arms and knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao, "Noble, I can't bear it!" If we let her follow us, our family will starve to death, and if we sell her, she will go into a big family, so that we can have a full meal, woo...... I can't bear it, I can't bear to ......"
The woman hugged her daughter and cried bitterly, the man's face was extremely uncomfortable, tears flowed down his face, he walked over, put down the rice bag, and the three of them hugged each other.
Huang Xiao was sad to see, who doesn't love their children?
Zhu Youxiao sighed, panicked in his heart, stepped forward, and said, "Where are you from?" Is there no land? ”
The man wiped his tears with his broken sleeves and said: "We are from Shandong, there was a big drought last year, after paying the field tax of the imperial court, there is not much food at home, picking wild vegetables mixed with eating, barely starving to death, and then the rice grain is finished, there is really no way to eat the bark of grass roots, the bark is eaten, and I am so hungry that I can only sell the land at home and come to the capital to survive......
Zhu Youxiao said: "You should have money after selling the land!" ”
The man said: "In the harvest year, eight taels of silver per acre of land, in the disaster year, the old man harvests two buckets of grain per acre, and it is not good if you don't change it. ”
"Their hearts are too dark!" Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and said.
The man said hatefully: "Yes! The government is black! The landlord is strong and black! The way of this world is to force people to not live! One day, the world will be in chaos! Change to a good emperor, and we will have a good life! ”
"Bold!" He Biao and the others drew their knives and stepped forward.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, the man straightened his neck, and said, "Did I say something wrong?" One acre of land, harvest two stone grain, exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes will cost seventy percent! Isn't that dark? Go to be a tenant, all year round, you don't have a full meal! You say, 'Am I wrong?' The villain can't live anymore, you can kill if you want to! ”
Zhu Youxiao staggered back two steps.
Huang Xiao stepped forward and said: "What you said may be right, but this is not the emperor's fault, the policy of the imperial court will definitely not be like this, it is only that the local government bullies the monarch and recklessly does such a thing happen, we will not blame you!" ”
A family of three went.
Zhu Youxiao sighed weakly, and suddenly saw the crowd surging towards the west.
"What's going on?"
He Biao asked people to ask, and quickly reported: "It's Madame Mary and Grandpa Wei who are giving porridge, and the displaced people have passed." ”
Zhu Youxiao's face softened, and he nodded: "It's still the Holy Lady who is kind-hearted!" ”
Hou Guoxing stood aside with a smug face, and secretly praised his mother for being smart.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Brother Xian, Da Huangzhuang, how are the preparations over there?" ”
Huang Xiaodao: "It's almost, let's go over first, and set the charter first!" ”
"It's good! Let's go! Brother Xian and I were in the same car. Zhu Youxiao said and turned around and walked towards the carriage.
Huang Xiao followed and got into the car, and the car walked forward.
Zhu Youxiao said indignantly: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool is really eye-opening today!" Ha ha! The field tax set by Taizu is thirty taxes and one, even if Liao Salary and so on have been levied over the years, it is also thirty taxes and three, and it is only one percent! I pay more than 6 million taels a year, and I overcharge 60%? Where have they gone? ”
Huang Xiao sighed and said, "Brother Zhu, don't be angry, although the little brother is surprised, he won't be angry, this is normal!" ”
Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Xiao in surprise, and Huang Xiao said: "The emperor said that the levy is one percent, the minister will add one percent, the province will add one percent, the county will add another one, the government will add another one, and the Haoqiang will add one percent, doesn't this add up to seven?" It's so normal! The emperor sat on the Jinluan Palace and collected a hundred percent of the tax, did he really think it was Mingjun? Just like what the man said just now, if it continues like this, the world will definitely be full of smoke, and it is not a lie to change the dynasty. ”
"This ......" Zhu Youxiao's face was extremely ugly.
Huang Xiao said lightly: "In the end, this change of dynasty, all the fault is the fault of the emperor sitting on the Jinluan Palace, it is the death of the country, and these courtiers and gentry are just changing masters, since ancient times, does Brother Zhu think so?" ”
Zhu Youxiao nodded fiercely, if he hadn't come out today, I was afraid that he would have known nothing as Huang Xiao said, even if he was pulled off the throne one day, he would have to have a big black cauldron on his head!
"Why didn't the ministers mention it one by one?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
Huang Xiaodao: "Why hasn't anyone mentioned it?" Haven't all the reformers in the past wanted to change all this? Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that Zhang Juzheng of my dynasty, didn't he change the law? It did improve in the short term, but what happened to him then? If the politician dies, he will be exhumed and whipped after death!
Could it be that Zhang Juzheng is really a traitorous and evil person? Brother Zhu, do you think the emperor really hates him so much? His new policy made the treasury triple its taxes every year, and the emperor was too late to be happy, so how could he have so much hatred?
Because this chain of interests is too big, there are high-ranking officials in the court, and there are local heroes, Zhang Juzheng moved their cake, if he doesn't die, who will die?
These are all revenge from this force, Brother Zhu, junior brother advises you not to think about it, you are a good royal family, but you are not qualified enough!
I'll say something unpleasant, even if the current emperor wants to move, he can't move! And without perfect preparation, the emperor's life may not be guaranteed! ”
These words made Zhu Youxiao break out in a cold sweat.
Huang Xiao said slowly: "Brother Zhu, I know that you feel uncomfortable, but in fact, I don't feel good either, I treat Brother Zhu as a friend, so I speak bluntly, Brother Zhu can hear such words every day?" ”
Zhu Youxiao raised his head, looked at Huang Xiao, and said, "I know!" But why is that? ”
Huang Xiaodao: "The junior brother has also done some research on this, but it's just the little brother's empty words, and Brother Zhu may not be able to believe it, so let's give Brother Zhu a day, as long as Brother Zhu finds out the two questions I gave to Brother Zhu, let's talk about these in detail tomorrow." ”