The old man glanced at Wang Er and sighed: "The young and strong are all forcibly recruited by the government to be soldiers. [No pop-ups. He breathed a sigh of relief, "The only people left in the house are the old and infirm, the women and the children. ”

"How can it be mandatory!" Wang Er was indignant, "If you don't go, you can't do it!" ”

"If you don't go, you must pay fifty taels of silver." The old man's eyes moistened, "Brother, you should be a foreigner!" Look at who of us here will have fifty taels. ”

Wang Er hurriedly said goodbye to the old man and told Xiong Ming all these things.

Incredible!

Xiong Ming didn't expect that there would be such a thing within his jurisdiction.

It wasn't early, Xiong Ming wanted to stay here temporarily, and after finding the village chief here, he asked all the information clearly, and it turned out to be the old man Wang Er had met.

This place is called a barren village, and the soil quality is not good, and the annual harvest is not good. As soon as the boy reached the age of fourteen, he was to be compelled to serve in the army, unless he had fifty taels of silver. Year after year, there are fewer and fewer people here. They make a living by hunting or chopping wood, and if they have family members who are soldiers, they live on a small salary.

"How much military pay a year?" Xiong Ming stared at the village chief, trying to figure out if those heads were all paid to them, "Pay it every month, or at the end of the year?" ”

"Give it at the end of the year, only twelve taels a year." The old man shook his head and sighed, "What is the expense!" ”

"If you die on the battlefield, how many taels of silver will you give?" Xiong Ming still doesn't know a hundred, they are fighting with their heads, but they only have a pitiful twelve taels of silver.

"It's only twenty taels dead." The old man frowned, "They can't contribute, how can they give more money, the lives of the people are not lives, and I don't know how the emperor manages them!" ”

"How does this have anything to do with the emperor!" Wang Er grimaced. "There are some things that the emperor may not know."

"It doesn't matter, it's under his territory." The old man glared at Wang Er, he didn't know that the emperor was in front of him now, "Why doesn't the emperor know!" No matter what the people are suffering, who is the emperor! The old man's eyebrows were raised, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and the dark clouds on his face could not hide the anger.

"Uncle is right." Xiong Ming patted Wang Er's shoulder, "The emperor did not do well, the people suffered, and he was kept in the dark!" ”

I only learned today that the military salary was deducted, and after he Xiong Ming became the emperor, the military salary was raised from three taels of silver to five taels, and only one tael was given to those who were lowly officials. Five taels of silver, he thinks it's not much, the rivers and mountains of the dynasty are all exchanged for their heads with fear. The pension was increased from the original fifty taels to one hundred taels, and only twenty taels were given. In the end, those people actually swallowed people's money, and they were not afraid of retribution.

is so ruthless, it should have been found out earlier.

"Huang Ye!" Lan Tian stared at Xiong Ming, "How much does the state give." He remembered that he didn't take much, if he didn't guess wrong, maybe he deducted some in one place, and in the end there were not many in the hands of the soldiers, and he believed that the country should not just take these silver taels. Just before Dongfang Yu ascended the throne, there was not much military salary.

"Go back and ask." Xiong Ming gave him a look, not wanting to make the old man sad, "I have a friend in the imperial court. ”

Xiong Ming and the others quickly returned to the peasant woman's house, the husband of the family was also a soldier outside, and he had been out for a few years, except for twelve taels of silver every year, there was no information. Although their family is poor, they are still neatly clean.

"Your Majesty, it seems that these things must be investigated." Lan Tian knew best that the soldiers' salaries could not be supplied and not paid on time, and they were a little disturbed in their hearts.

"Be sure to check where the money went!" Xiong Ming's eyes were full of anger, "The five taels that went out of the treasury fell into the hands of the family members." ”

This time it was not in vain, and the harvest was not small, if it weren't for passing by here, who would have known that someone would have been harsh about military salaries. Xiong Ming decided to find out who paid them their military salaries.

"Is it really five taels!" The peasant woman happened to pass by, Xiong Ming's words were clearly heard by her, but Lan Tian's words were not heard, "Who are you?" Hu Shi had a surprised look on his face, looking at how they were dressed, not like ordinary people, nor like businessmen, how could they know about military salaries.

"We're in business." Xiong Ming stared at the woman in front of him, which did not match her actual age, the child was only a few years old, but she looked like a person in her early thirties. Rural people get married early, because men want to be soldiers, and his parents found him women before he became soldiers, that is, when he was in his teens, they were all married, and Hu was in his early twenties.

"How can a businessman know about military salaries?" Hu Shi looked at him suspiciously, "You won't be sent by the imperial court, right?" Seeing that everyone listened to Xiong Ming's words, they thought that he might be an official. In fact, that was her delusion, looking forward to the day when a clean official would come here to seek justice for their people, men were fighting to the death outside, but only those poor silver, they couldn't survive at all, if they didn't often find wild vegetables outside to satisfy their hunger, their mother and son would have starved to death. If her in-laws are here, it's a little better, and her father-in-law is also good at hunting, and she is a woman's family, so she can only pick vegetables and wild vegetables for a living.

"Are you looking forward to the court people coming?" Xiong Ming stared at the thin woman.

"Yes, they should be able to take care of the lives of the people." Hu's eyes drooped, "If they don't care, we people will have to wait for death." She knew that her son would be a soldier in nine years, and she would be alone. The husband can't always be lucky, on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, maybe one day like everyone else. Today, more than two dozen soldiers have died in the village.

"Sister-in-law, we will definitely find a way to help you." Xiong Ming stared at Lan Tian, "A few of you go out hunting, catch a few more and come back, and go back and ask my sister-in-law to help us get some food." He knew that when he lived in their house, they didn't have anything to eat, so he had greeted them before he came.

"yes, I almost forgot." A smile appeared on Hu's face, "Then please trouble you to fight a few more, our son hasn't eaten meat for a long time." She glanced at her son who was playing next to her, and tears rolled down her face, if her husband was there, how could he have ended up like this.

"Of course." This is the only person Xiong Ming has seen who is smiling, but the son who is playing still has a straight face, probably hungry, and is used to that kind of face, "The child is when he grows his body." He thought of his childhood, thought of his adoptive mother, and always changed tricks for him to eat in order to make him eat well. The child in front of him is very pitiful, except for eating wild vegetables, he rarely eats rice a year, and looking at the yellow skin, he is seriously lacking in nutrition.

Xia Yun walked over and stared at the child and asked, "Is it interesting for you to play alone?" Why don't we play together? ”

The child looked up at her, ignored her, and continued to pry dirt.

"What are you prying?" Xia Yun was curious, "Is there anything in the dirt?" ”

"I want to see if there's any silver in there!" The child finally spoke, still with a two-fingered face, "Mother said, If there is silver, I can eat meat and rice." He had no intention of opening his little mouth, and his tongue stirred in it.

What a poor child, such a naïve child.

Xia Yun's tears rolled out, when she was young, although she was not accompanied by her parents, she had Dongfang Bai and her brother. At that time, what Dongfang Bai ate, they ate with them, at this point, Xia Yun was still grateful to Dongfang Yu and did not abuse them. Later, I realized that if it was good for them, Dongfang Yu was just using them.

"Sister, why are you crying?" The child's godless eyes stared at her, "Do you miss your father too?" ”

"Sister's tears went into the sand, little friend, what's your name?" Xia Yun wiped away her tears and stroked his head, "Are you thinking about your father?" ”

"Hmm." After being silent for a moment, he raised his head and looked at Xia Yun, "My name is Hu Dong, my mother calls me Xiaodong, I think about my father every day." Mother said that as long as we have money in the house, my father can come back. Xiaodong stared at the dirt and continued to pry the soil.

A good boy who is innocent.

"Xiaodong, listen to my sister." Xia Yun had an idea in her mind, "You turn around, I'll help you ask the God of Wealth, maybe you will find the silver." ”

"Really?" He finally smiled, "Then I'll quickly turn around and call me in a moment." ”

While he turned around, Xia Yun buried a gold ingot in the soil.

"Sister, are you okay?"

"Please ask Grandpa Fortune to help us Xiaodong with an ingot of gold." Xia Yun raised her hands, "Okay, Xiaodong, you can turn around." ”

Xiaodong, who was excited, immediately pried the soil and found an ingot of gold, and before he had time to thank Xia Yun, he ran to find his mother.

Everything was seen by Xiong Ming, he walked over, hugged her gently, and said softly: "Concubine Ai, you are doing a good job." He originally wanted to give this sister-in-law some silver taels, but Xia Yun had already given them on his behalf, all the same. Seeing that the child was so weak, he felt very uncomfortable, they were all members of the dynasty. Some of them are clothed and fed, but these people are cold and hungry.

It is really difficult to make sure that all the people in the world live a healthy life, because there are corrupt officials who are doing evil. Without pulling out these tumors, the people will not be able to live and work in peace and contentment.

This time about the military salary, Xiong Ming decided to ask about it, and he couldn't let those soldiers die in vain. For the sake of the dynasty, they fought with their heads in the war, but they were deducted from military salaries and died in a bad way.

"Your Majesty, they are indeed pitiful." Xia Yun snuggled in his warm arms, feeling that she was the happiest woman, like Hu Shi, who couldn't eat enough, couldn't dress warmly, and had to take a child, and had no chance to be coquettish in front of men like him.

They are all women, why are their fates different. Even if poverty cannot be equal, at least it should be healthy and happy. But in these people, there is nothing, nothing but helplessness, which is loneliness. Even the shadow of a child's bright smile is deprived, how can he be happy! They are just ignorant children, as long as they are accompanied by their parents, as long as they occasionally have a little meat to eat, as long as they fill their stomachs with every meal.

"Your Majesty, the Hu family is beating his child!" Wang Er hurriedly ran over, "Hurry up and dissuade it, the child is thin and weak, how can she withstand her beating!" ”

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