Chapter Twenty-Four: Lu Sheng and Huang Shigong
After a long while, the bridge seemed to realize something, and gestured his finger to look at the servants who were traveling around him.
"Eleven! In the future, the tax will only be 11! ”
There are not a few people who have the courage to inquire like a bridge.
The officials were not stingy with telling them that not only had the conscription stopped, but also that the taxes had been reduced.
The Qin Dynasty has a very good point, regarding the government decrees and decrees, the official system of the Qin Dynasty spares no effort to popularize it, and it will not play any riddles, and it is taboo.
What's more, Xianyang's notices have already been posted, Xiao He can be regarded as a quick response, but the officials in other places will not be slow to react.
On their way home, the servants inevitably passed through towns and cities, and sooner or later they would know the news.
"So, in the future, only eleven will be charged?" The servant man discussed cautiously.
Everyone silently calculated in their hearts, after all, it was in their own interests.
If it is said that in the past fifteen years of taxation, everyone lived on the edge of high pressure, and the self-employed would go bankrupt and become slaves if they were not careful.
So in the future, it seems that there is no need to worry so much?
At least, you can save two or three percent, right?
Save two or three percent a year, and after accumulating over the years, you also have a certain ability to resist risks.
In the past, he was just trying to survive, but now, there are more inexplicable emotions in Qiao's heart.
It seems to have changed, if you have to say that it has changed......
All the hard work and effort before is just to avoid the worst results, and all the toil and sweat after is for a better future.
The name Zhao Si is constantly mentioned in the huge group of servants.
They are the direct beneficiaries of the tax cut, and they are also the direct beneficiaries of the tax cut.
"Such a good official, if only he could be an official in our place!"
"Thanks to Zhao Shangqing...... "You're a servant whispered.
Most of the servants are not old Qin, and they may not have much sense of identity with the First Emperor, but they have some trust in Zhao Si, a good official who is not afraid of life and death for their interests.
"Your Majesty is also weird......" Qiao scratched his head as he listened to the discussion of the people next to him.
The people around him were stunned......
"It's also ...... "Someone smashes it, smashes it, smashes it."
After all, the decision was made by the First Emperor, and being able to tolerate the existence of such a good official as Zhao Si and listen to his advice is a good emperor for this group of servants.
Of course, they are servants, after all.
The bridge was stupid and boldly mentioned, but few people dared to follow and talk about the king.
Everyone gossiped, and the topic flew elsewhere.
But it is undeniable that they more or less have some sense of identity with the Qin Dynasty and the First Emperor.
In the final analysis, it is about benefit, and people will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
The largest group in the world is more dispersed and conservative, and their demands are also the lowest and best satisfied.
Do you expect this group of ordinary people, who don't know a word, to truly love them and be loyal to their ruined nation?
No, the monstrous public opinion in the past and the change of longing for the homeland are essentially just a catharsis of dissatisfaction living on the verge of dire straits.
On the other side, in a wild house in Xianyang.
Two old men with pale hair as white as snow sat opposite each other in sackcloth.
One person has a dignified appearance, looks fairy-like, and is neatly dressed.
One was sloppy, with age spots on his face, and he looked a little cringe.
“…… The variables are out......" The old man who looked like a fairy wind was full of deep emotion in his tone.
"The sky is about to change, you dare to go back to Xianyang! Aren't you afraid that the First Emperor will arrest you and pit you? The scruffy-looking old man leaned on his side and smiled.
"What did Lu Sheng do, what does it matter to me now? But sir, why did you come to Xianyang? The old man of the fairy wind bone asked with a smile.
Lu Sheng, one of the ancestors of the Fan Yang Lu clan.
At the same time, he was also a doctor of the Qin State, and he had been ordered to find the elixir of life for the First Emperor.
It's just that Lu Sheng and Xu Fu have had some personal relationships, and they know that immortality is just a vain, and after arranging the back road, Xu Fu and Lu Sheng ran away separately.
Xu Fu went to sea, and Lu Sheng disappeared from then on.
As for the old man in front of Lu Sheng, he has more names.
He is known to the world as the old man on the wall, the god of Xiapi, and a well-known name, Huangshi Gong.
Some people think that he is a rat with a hidden head and tail, and some people think that he can be compared with Guiguzi, he left not many records in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, but every stroke is a thick color.
"As you come, I will come." Huang Shigong shook his sleeves.
"I thought my husband would be able to know the world without leaving home." Lu Sheng shook his head and smiled.
"The Yin and Yang family can predict good luck and evil through the stars, but if the clouds cover the sky, even if they stand on a higher stargazing tower, it will be useless." Huang Shigong shook his head.
The so-called miracle of knowing everything in the world without leaving home is not particularly difficult.
It is nothing more than to peel off the cocoon from all kinds of social observations and understandings and deduce the essence of things.
After all, human behavior and the development of things must follow a set of logic.
Now the problem comes, the First Emperor is not logical.
Huang Shigong asked himself that he had clearly seen the future and ending of Great Qin, but since the First Emperor toured the world, it was like a dark cloud covering the sky, he was like an onmyoji standing on the stargazing tower, and when he raised his eyes, he only felt that Pu Shu was confused.
"I can only see through the dark clouds that there is going to be a violent storm, but I can't see clearly what the weather is." Huang Shigong said softly.
"It seems that Mr.'s I Ching is not very good." Lu Sheng smiled.
The meeting between Lu Sheng and Huang Shigong was an accident.
The purpose of both of them to Xianyang is very simple, because the time does not appear, and the so-called time is just information.
This is ancient, not modern, far away, first-hand news is slow.
The more drastic the change, the more messy the news, and the closer you are to the whirlpool, the more you can see the truth.
Objectively speaking, this is the first time the two have met.
One is the former Dr. Qin Wen, the head of the world's scholars, and the other is a famous old man.
In short, the two did not have any friendship, and even Lu Sheng had some slight hostility towards Huang Shigong for various reasons.
If you have to find out the reason, it can probably only be explained by a peer meeting.
"Can you see that?" Huang Shigong glanced at Lu Sheng, his attitude was unexpectedly sincere, and he did not feel the slightest feeling of being despised at all, and he was even ready to ask for advice.
"I can't see it." Lu Sheng shook his head dryly.
"The world is really going to change......"
Lu Sheng looked fixedly in the direction of the palace, and a trace of unknown emotion flashed in his eyes.
He was Dr. Wen, and Fang Shi was just his side hustle.
At the same time, he was also very trusted by the First Emperor, otherwise the First Emperor would not have handed over the great cause of immortality to him.
It's just that...... One wrong step, every wrong step......
(No, it's a bit empty after the event.) )
(End of chapter)