As soon as the "Tui En Order" is promulgated, the interests of all parties will have to be reshuffled, in fact, the best use is the people's hearts, and the most difficult thing to figure out is also the people's hearts.

For a long time, the kingdoms with large fiefs were divided into smaller feudal states, a process that led directly to the shrinking of the kingdom and the expansion of the land directly under the imperial court.

In this way, the court of the Han Dynasty did not have to belittle the princes and kings, and it was able to make the great kingdom fall apart by itself.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decomposed the vassal states in the name of reward, which did not affect his reputation at all, but won the praise of benevolence, and in the process, he did not use any soldiers and horses, which was simply bloodless!

This trick is really clever!

Shen Bujiao listened to the remarks of Sanqing and the merchants, and sincerely admired and admired the political talent and political vision of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The further Shen Bujiao and the others went north, the more they felt that the life of the people was difficult, in such a comparison, the life of the people of Chang'an was simply heaven!

Sanqing looked at the endless grassland and said: "During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was the real prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the national strength was strong, but there were also foreign enemies looking around, the Xiongnu continued to invade, and the two Yue kept creating incidents, making the border of the Western Han Dynasty unstable. ”

It's winter season, snowflakes are quietly descending from the sky, everything is in its place, and nature is quiet and solemn.

"Ahem—" A loud cough woke up a few people who admired the vast and magnificent grassland.

Their footsteps did not stop, and before they knew it, they came to a village, the houses of the village were very dilapidated and decaying, with the musty smell of years of accumulation, and it was even more depressing in the cold wind.

Shen Bujiao couldn't feel the outside temperature, but she could judge from the surrounding environment, people's demeanor and movements that the temperature here must be extremely cold, and the cold wind carried snowflakes into the house.

There was not even a yard in front of the house, and listening to the old and frail voice, they walked in.

The layout of the house is very simple, an old woman is lying on the bed, coughing uncontrollably, Shen Bujiao saw that the quilt covering her has been some years, it is more appropriate to say that it is a quilt, it is better to say that it is a rag.

The bed was not warm such as a quilt, but straw, and the old woman curled up in the straw, her face was gray, and she felt that her life was short.

In the kitchen on the side, there was a little boy of seven or eight years old, the little boy was skinny, sitting in front of the stove boiling water, his movements were very quick, obviously he was used to doing it, and his hands were frozen and swollen.

The little boy's clothes were not heavy, they were very thin, and he kept rubbing his hands, and his body was close to the source of the fire, trying to draw a little warmth from the light of the jumping fire.

In fact, his family was not so poor, his parents were killed by the Huns, and they also robbed the food accumulated at home, and now there is no food and clothing for the winter, and this winter, they can only slowly get through......

He carefully served the boiling hot water to his grandmother in a clay basin, and the old woman sat up with her body propped up.

The little boy said worriedly, "Grandmother, are you feeling better?"

He heard his grandmother's cough in the kitchen, his heart was like a knife, tears couldn't help but fall, his grandmother had been sick for several days, but they had no money to get medicine, poor people like them must not get sick, a cold wind can empty a family's foundation, lucky, cured okay.

If you are unlucky, the money is spent, and the people are not retained, then it will be miserable, the debts are high, and it is common to sell children and daughters.

Seeing the tragic situation of this pair of ancestors and grandchildren, Shen Bujiao couldn't help but feel sympathy, just at this time.

A man's rude voice came from outside, "Is there anyone in this house!

When the old woman heard the man's voice, her whole body trembled, her lips trembled, and the little boy's hand holding the clay basin trembled a few times, and his body shrank slightly, obviously extremely afraid of the comer.

Before the two of them could make a move, the wooden door was kicked open by the man, and the faces of the two people sitting on the bed turned a little paler.

Shen Bujiao saw a few men coming in, the men were dressed in coarse cloth clothes, the material was not very good, but at a glance, he knew that it was newly made, very warm, and their faces were not skinny, and they were a little ruddy.

He had a malicious smile on his face, "Oh, this is all over?"

The old woman got up from the bed and knelt on the ground, "Official, official...... We will pay this year's tax in a few days, and I will ask the official to give me a few more days!"

"Grace?" The man at the head sneered: "I will leniency you, but the county magistrate will not lenient me." He looked around the room and winked at the people behind him.

These people are all raccoon dogs, and this is not the first time they have done this kind of thing, so they are very skilled, and they are rummaging over the old woman's house, and the clay pots are kicked over by them, and things are turned into a mess.

The man said, "Since there is no food to pay taxes, then take something valuable to pay." ”

The old woman cried: "The family is so poor, it has only been plundered by the Huns, how can there be anything valuable?"

His men rummaged through and saw that there was really nothing of value, so they stopped, and the room became even more messy.

The man walked around the room a few times, and finally locked his eyes on the little boy, the old woman noticed the man's slightly malicious eyes, and immediately understood what he was going to do, and took the little boy in his arms, "Official, official, he is the only remaining bloodline of our old Wu family, my son and daughter-in-law both died, and please raise your noble hand, tomorrow, tomorrow I will definitely be able to pay the taxes." ”

The man said disdainfully: "Tomorrow? I don't think you will be able to pay it next year, although this child is a little thinner, but I am not a ruthless person, this child has the right to offset the money you pay for taxes." ”

The person he brought was very eye-catching, and when he heard the words, he snatched the little boy in the old woman's arms, and the little boy struggled desperately, but how strong could his little body be?

An adult pressed him down without much effort, and to no avail that he threw his life, the little boy cried and cried, "Grandmother, grandmother." ”

The old woman almost fainted, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the man, the blood that flowed out penetrated the ground, "Sir, you have mercy on us! ”

The man ignored the old woman's voice, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

The old woman was already sick, and after the farce just now, she was really physically and mentally exhausted, and her tears were about to drain up.

Not only did the Huns burn and loot everywhere, but the people in the government acted even more rampantly, she looked at her only grandson who was shackled, gritted her teeth, and used all her strength to pick up the clay basin that had fallen aside and smashed it into the man's head......