Chapter 21: Your Threat Is Great
"Prisoner Wang Mang! Hugh is going to run away again! ”
The officers and soldiers behind the bald Wang Mang chased and drank.
Wang Mang didn't listen to the words of the officers and soldiers at all, and ran wildly with his own strength.
That Wang Mang is very big, as strong as a calf, his hands and feet are coordinated during running, and his tendons and flesh are exposed, revealing very beautiful muscle lines, giving people a healthy and harmonious beauty.
But Wang Mang is also because of this bodybuilder's body type, although his running has both rhythm and beauty, in fact, the speed is not fast.
Soon, the officers and soldiers behind chased after him and surrounded Wang Mang.
"Wang Mang, you can't escape, you are a death row prisoner appointed by the emperor, escort you to the imperial city, and the emperor will personally interrogate you......"
Wang Mang opened his mouth, and his voice was like a bell: "I have followed you through two counties, and the dilapidated houses and eaves have passed, and the people have fled to death, the world has been chaotic, I want to go back to my hometown to find my mother!" I'm worried about her safety! ”
The first officer and soldier said: "It's all the chaos of the Cangyue Sect, the imperial court has sent troops to exterminate it, and soon the Cangyue Sect will be wiped out, your mother is safe personally!" ”
Wang Mang shook his head, his huge ears actually fanned out the wind, and said: "I don't believe it, I didn't see the soldiers and horses of the imperial court coming to suppress the bandits along the way, all I saw was that the Cangyue Sect was seizing the official mansion, occupying the rich people's homes, and forcing the common people to join them...... This world is in chaos, I want to go home to protect my mother! ”
"Wang Mang, before leaving, we all said that you will obediently listen to us this time, and no longer resist along the way, until the emperor is in front of him. You can't go back! ”
Although the officers and men at the head said what they said, their confidence was insufficient.
"I promised you not to resist again, but you have spoken first, to ensure the safety of my mother and mother, so that she can spend her old age in peace. You also said that the emperor agreed to my request and exempted my entire village from taxes for ten years...... It's all messed up like this now, and the assurances you gave are pretty! ”
The officers and soldiers unconsciously clenched the sabers in their hands, and signaled to their subordinates not to act rashly, saying: "Wang Mang, the emperor can agree to your request, you are already amazing." Let me ask, is there a second commoner like you in this world who can get the emperor's personal promise? ”
"I earned it on my own!" Wang Mang interjected.
"Hmph," said the leading officer and soldier, "You still have the face to say that you earned it?" For trivial things, you first offended the township, then went to the county government, and finally you went against the grain, and stole into the palace three times in a row to assassinate the saint...... The Holy One did not blame you for the crime of killing the king, but now you are complaining about the Holy ......."
Wang Mang wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he was preempted by the officers and soldiers, "Wang Mang, you have a strange style, and the atmosphere of the entire Lang Kingdom will be ruined by you!" Do you want to be the next Cangyue Sect? ”
"No, no, I'm just asking for fairness......" Wang Mang's tone was full of unwillingness.
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Li Wei heard their conversation clearly, and said secretly, this Wang Mang can enter and leave the Da Nei Palace three times, he really has real skills......
Li Wei immediately came up with an idea to accept Wang Mang as an apprentice.
He flew away, stopping in front of the crowd in an instant.
In the eyes of the officers and soldiers, a big living person appeared on the flat ground, and they were immediately alert, "Who and where did they come from?" ”
Li Wei said: "I am a person from outside the world, and now I am wandering here, and I happened to meet you in dispute, so I was curious and came to eat melons!" ”
"Eat melons, what melons to eat, it's not season yet, there are no melons to eat!"
Looking at Li Wei's unfathomable look, the leading officers and soldiers said: "This is a mundane thing in our world, don't bother the masters!" ”
Li Wei said: "Joining the WTO is also practice, you tell me in detail, let me evaluate the theory." ”
After speaking, he said to Wang Mang: "Young man, I think you are a good person. ”
"Alas, I said you're an outsider, and you think he's a good guy before we tell us about it? What kind of Tao are you cultivating? I don't know who came up with this sentence in the group of officers and soldiers.
"Alright then, I'll move to a bench and sit down and listen to your story."
After that, Li Wei walked to a ruined house, hung a lying cow stone weighing more than 1,000 catties with one finger, easily lifted it all the way, and then gently put it on the ground, and finally sat down elegantly.
"Martial artist, high-level martial artist!" Everyone was shocked.
The officers and soldiers at the head had even more headaches, they were targeted by a high-level martial artist, and they couldn't run if they wanted to!
"Since you want to hear the story, I'll tell it to you!" The leading officer and soldier said helplessly.
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The leading officers and soldiers pointed at Wang Mang and spoke: "This Wang Mang is a villager of Loess Village under the jurisdiction of Huangpo County. Originally, it was very easy to go to the government to get an errand with his physical condition, but his brain was not normal......"
"Your brain is not normal, your whole family is not normal......" Wang Mang was very angry and retorted angrily.
Li Wei waved his hand to signal Wang Mang to be quiet, and Wang Mang immediately quieted down.
The officers and soldiers continued: "Every year, the county will gather a part of the villagers to repair the county government office, and they can manage the rice, and this Wang Mang is also active, one person can top three people, and of course the amount of food is also three times the amount. Wang Mang is happy to help the government repair the county government, because he can eat enough, he is tired and tired in the village alone, and he can't eat a few full meals in a year......"
Li Wei didn't want to listen to the inconsequential, so he said, "Pick up the key points." ”
The officers and soldiers said: "It's time to pay taxes every year, and they are collected by capitation, and they are going from house to house to collect them." When he arrived at Wang Mang's house, Wang Mang made a fuss, he grasped the matter of repairing the county government, and said unashamedly, I alone have contributed three parts to the construction of the government, and the taxes paid should be one-third......
"Li Zheng was in a hurry, Wang Mang, what kind of logic do you have? If you say so, if you eat three people's food, you should pay three times the tax......"
"Wang Mang is unwilling to pay three times the tax, but he no longer insists on paying one person's tax, he said, forget it, who made me a peasant, Li Zheng, I don't bargain, I am obedient, I will pay you taxes according to the normal tax standard."
"But Li Zheng was annoyed and said, Wang Mang, you said that if you pay one, you will pay one, and if you pay two, you will pay two, I will take it seriously today, if you don't pay three times the tax today, don't think about having land in the next year."
"Wang Mang is a reckless man, listening to Li Zheng's words, he was carried away with anger for a while, and he threw Li Zheng behind his back with an over-the-shoulder fall, and he also complained that he was too drunk on weekdays, and he never wanted to fall to his death......"
After speaking, the officers and soldiers questioned Wang Mang: "What I said is it or not?" ”
Wang Mang nodded and said, "What you said is true, I just said that in order to save some more rations and replace them with supplements, and to replenish my old mother's body......"
Filial piety is commendable!
"The tax standard set by the imperial court is based on the head, Wang Mang, you say, why do you have to pay less taxes?" The officers and soldiers continued to question.
Wang Mang said: "I just think it's unfair, I have a lot of strength, I do a lot of work, I want the court to see that I have contributed a lot, exempt my mother's taxes, the court land is planted by me, my mother is old, she has no strength to work in the field." She has planted land for the court all her life, so can't the court open the net, for the sake of her life's hard work, exempt her from paying taxes for a year? ”
Wang Mang's nose was a little sour, "Is this request of mine excessive?" ”
The officers and soldiers said coldly: "The laws of my Lang Dynasty are like this, and our errands only act according to the law!" ”
"Do you follow the law, but aren't all the laws written by the high-ranking figures in the palace, who have asked us what the common people think? Have they ever paid taxes themselves", Wang Mang's eyes showed doubts, "Is this world fair?" ”
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they looked panicked and furious, "Wang Mang, Hugh is going to talk nonsense? Your brain is starting to be out of shape again! ”