Although Yuzhou and Suizhou are both administrative regions located in the northwest border of Yunlan Province, which are surrounded by high mountains, they are not Zhili Prefectures or subordinate prefectures under Yunlan Province, but Zhili Prefectures directly under the central government.

Although the environment in some areas of the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River in the two states is relatively harsh, the land in other areas is relatively fertile and the climate is pleasant, and after most of the spiritual power is siphoned by the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River, a large area with a very livable spiritual energy concentration has just formed.

Therefore, the population of the two states is not small, and it was already prosperous during the time of the first emperor.

But in the past few years, after the Empress Dowager Zhao came to power, the life of the people in the two states has been extremely difficult.

The most intuitive manifestation is population.

During the Great Xia, the population of the two states continued to grow rapidly, and once became a tax powerhouse comparable to the Canglan provinces, but since the first emperor collapsed in a strange vision of heaven and earth, the population of the two states has been plummeting every year.

The population of the two states is now a full thirty percent less than the year when the first emperor died.

It is conceivable that when the Empress Dowager Zhao came to the dynasty to weigh the system, what a "grand occasion" the world was.

At this time, in the village to which a county seat belongs in Yuzhou.

More than 100 families in the village, hundreds of men, women and children gathered in the drying field, looking desperately at the official who suddenly visited not far away.

"Lord Bookkeeper, please raise your noble hand and leave a way for Xiaomin's family to live!"

This year is already the year of the sixtieth year, Chen Baiqian, who has long had a withered face and a thin body like skin and bones, knelt down in front of a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe, and shouted in great sorrow:

"In recent years, although the county master has raised taxes every year, but the Xiaomin family has never been in arrears, and now the villain's original family of eight has only four left, and there are only more than ten days of rations left in the family to barely survive, if you serve labor at this time, you can't prepare the required rations by yourself, and if the small people take away all the surplus food at home, the small people's family will have no way to live, isn't this forcing the Xiaomin family to a dead end?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Wei, a man with yellow muscles and thin clothes on the side, also knelt down and pleaded:

"My lord, it's not that the people don't want to contribute to the government, it's really that the people are exhausted, and they don't even have their own food, and the county lord refuses to provide rations along the way, we are really powerless, please let us live......"

With the two of them starting, the other villagers followed their example and knelt on the ground to kowtow to the middle-aged scribe.

"I beg your grace..."

"Please have mercy..."

"Xiaomin's family really can't live anymore......."

Some villagers were so excited that they threw themselves at the middle-aged scribe, trying to hug his thighs and beg bitterly.

However.......

"Damn Diao Min, get out of the way!"

Swish!

With a loud shout, a burst of spiritual power suddenly gushed out from the middle-aged scribe named Gao Ping.

Immediately after, a gust of wind suddenly appeared around his body, constantly circling, protecting him in the middle.

Bang bang!!

"Ahh

"Ahh

The villagers who rushed to Gaoping screamed, and were directly swept into the air by the strong wind, and then fell heavily to the ground.

"Daddy!!"

"Uncle!"

There was a sudden cry of impatience and immaturity in the crowd, but it was two yellow-faced and thin-skinned children who rushed out and ran to the two villagers who had fallen to the ground with teary eyes.

I saw that the two villagers' bodies were twitching violently, and then they kicked their feet in a few clicks, and they were completely silent after only a moment.

"Wow!"

The two children burst into tears, shaking their loved ones' bodies and screaming loudly to wake them up.

But it is clear that this is in vain.

Seeing this scene, the villagers suddenly shrank their necks, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at Gao Ping.

Even most of the villagers did not dare to beg for mercy anymore.

"Humph!"

Gao Ping snorted coldly, and at the same time stretched out his hand and patted the dust on his body that he didn't know if there was.

"Damn mob, dare to attack this master, I really don't know whether to live or die!"

The charge of attacking the imperial court officials was so lightly placed on the two villagers who could no longer argue.

The officials on the side came over, smiling all over their faces, and flattered one sentence after another.

"It is worthy of being the right-hand man relied on by the county commander, and the master of the high book is really cultivated to a high level."

"These untouchables are really beyond their own strength, and they dare to attack the high master, how is this different from hitting a stone with an egg?"

"Humph! These untouchables are cheap, and they obviously obediently obey the orders of the county magistrate to serve as labor, so they have nothing to do, but they want to find death, and they attack us without knowing whether they are alive or dead, and they are willing to obey if they have to see some blood, and they deserve that their ancestors can only nest in this square inch of land for generations. ”

"Who's to say it's not......"

Hearing this, Gao Ping suddenly narrowed his eyes and held his hands behind his shoulders, looking unfathomable.

"It's not surprising that the ignorant Qiantou is like this."

It can be seen that he is still very useful for the sycophants of his subordinates.

They did not lower their voices or hide their words, and they did not hesitate to let the surrounding villagers listen to their unscrupulous words.

Smack...

Looking at the two children who were gradually crying and fainting not far away, Li Wei clenched his fists violently, and his eyes were full of anger.

This is the court they pay taxes on time every year, and this is the court officials who can be selected by the court!

What a cannibal who doesn't spit out bones!

This kind of dog official, this kind of imperial court ...... Damn it!

The other villagers were not only afraid, but also full of anger in their hearts.

But they are all just ordinary people, and they have struggled to survive in hunger and cold for several years, and they have not filled their stomachs for a day, and they are powerless to resist at all, and in the face of Gao Ping, a genuine cultivator, they can only dare to be angry and dare not speak.

At this time, Gao Ping suddenly turned his head and looked around at the villagers with contempt.

"Listen to it all to the official!"

His face was full of uncontrollable rebelliousness, and there was no trace of politeness in his words, as if it was not a villager standing in front of him, but a herd of livestock.

"The flooding in the area of the Tianmen River is urgent, and the county magistrate has already said that no matter what, the county will recruit 4,000 young people to rush over to repair the dam area and dig channels in case of emergency, and the villagers will receive the favor of the country, and now is the time to repay the imperial court, no matter who it is, no matter what the reason, it will never be allowed to excuse it."

Hearing this, everyone immediately despaired.

Chen Baiqian's face turned pale and he said, "But we really don't have rations... Lord Bookkeeper, can you ......?"

"The county government also has no grain in stock."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Ping interrupted expressionlessly: "The county government is busy with important matters of water control now, and has no time to pay attention to other things, this little difficulty, you can find a way to solve it yourself." ”

Hearing this, Chen Baiqian's already gray eyes completely dimmed.

Already... There's no way to survive at all...

Li Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Without rations, it is a question whether we can even walk to the dam area alive, and the government provides so little food in the dam area, even if we are lucky enough to go to the dam area, we can't eat enough at all, how can we work?" What's the use of going for a walk? ”

Gao Ping glanced at him expressionlessly, and said indifferently: "As long as it passes, it will naturally be of your use." ”

No matter how bad it is, it can save a sandbag for the imperial court.

"Okay, this master is busy with official business, so I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."

As he spoke, he turned around slowly, and said impatiently: "You have to go, you have to go, if you don't go, you have to go, this master book is here to inform you, not to discuss with you, if you dare to disobey the order......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly sneered, and there was a cruelty and cruelty in his smile.

"Once verified, it will not be spared!"

Hearing this, the villagers' faces suddenly turned like chaff, and their extremely thin bodies trembled incessantly.

And this scene is constantly being staged in parts of Yu and Sui at this time.

Obviously, the imperial court did not order the requisition of labor, but some well-intentioned people still acted quickly after learning of the Qingjiang flood

..............

And also.

Continue to work hard to repay debts today!

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