Having seen too much such evil, the officers and soldiers' hearts became cold, and their expectations for the world turned into smoke and dissipated in the gloom.
The officers and soldiers had sarcastic smiles on their lips, and they suddenly wanted to hear how Xu Yue, the leader of the Xu family army, explained the dangers of this world to two yellow-haired children.
Such two delicate little babies are both the sons of gods and the apple of the Xu family's eye. According to the spoiled children they have seen in the past, the aristocratic elders will not let the dirty world tarnish the children's innocent hearts.
Come to think of it, the leader of the Xu family army would not be willing to let his children know that the world is dangerous.
However, what the officers and soldiers did not expect was that Xu Yue would not only tell the children about the dangers of the world, but also tell them why the world has become like this.
Xu Yue drew an irregular shape on the small blackboard. At first glance, it looked like a rooster without a tail.
She took out the red chalk and clicked on the center of the graphic, "We are living on this land now. The upper part is connected to the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan, and the lower part is connected to the vast ocean."
"This red dot is the seat of the emperor, the highest administrator who lives on this land."
"The structure of our society is from top to bottom, with layers of enfeoffment, with one class managing another class."
"From top to bottom, they are kings, marquises, generals and prime ministers, local governors, counties, towns and villages."
"There are Li Zheng in the village, and below Li Zheng, there are the two lowest strata, farmers and slaves. Each of these strata cannot directly jump to the upper level and directly react to the upper level...
..."
"Our Central Plains has a vast territory and is sparsely populated. Coupled with the backward civilization and inconvenient road transportation, this makes people at the lower levels more isolated, thus forming village chief Li Zheng in various small places.
Or the absolute authority of the county magistrate..."
"When people have power but cannot control their desires, society begins to collapse."
"And the princes, generals and ministers in the highest positions also have the greatest power. Once they have a little bit of their own personal desires, it will be a disaster for the lower classes."
"According to Daqing's original tax system, if the king wanted to build a palace this year, he would need a certain amount of money."
"After the financial officials have calculated this fee, the collection tasks will be distributed to various states and counties, allowing the state pastors and prefects to collect taxes and fees from the people."
"There are so many people in the world, and each person only needs to pay one amount to meet the tasks assigned by the superiors."
"But the state pastor and the prefect will not come down to collect it in person. They still need to hire officials..."
Xu Yue looked at Zhao Jian and others, "Well, just like them, the county magistrate is also short of manpower, so he will use money to hire manpower."
"Where does the county magistrate's money come from?" Xu Dongbei asked curiously.
Xu Yue answered: "We will take a portion of the taxes paid by the people in the jurisdiction."
Xu Dongbei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Then if I were the county magistrate, I could secretly use a little more to buy myself some candies, right?"
Xu Yue shook her head: "No, there are other supervisors who will supervise and verify the amount."
Xu Dongbei's face suddenly fell, and he sighed "Alas", looking very disappointed.
Xu Pingyuan suddenly smiled, her eyes full of cunning like her grandfather Xu Da.
The little girl leaned over and said to Xu Yue in a low voice: "Then can I give some benefits to the supervisor so that he doesn't tell anyone about the money I stole to buy candy?"
The little girl's voice was not loud, but not quiet either. On the quiet early morning official road, Zhao Jian and others could hear her clearly.
Isn’t the idea this little girl said exactly what their Lord is doing?
Not only did he bribe the supervisory officials, but he also recruited all the officials from other places under him for profit, becoming a veritable one-spoken organization.
Even when dealing with the top, it's all lies.
Of course, everyone is like this, this is the era, and it is normal to do this.
Those who don't do this become aliens.
When Xu Yue heard what her niece said, she glanced coldly at her father who was pretending to be nothing.
Xu Da coughed twice, closed his eyes, and sat up cross-legged in meditation, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him, and he was just an old immortal cultivator who had nothing to do with the world.
Xu Yue snorted softly, and then said to her niece: "Farmers' output is limited every year. Did my aunt tell you that the output of crops outside is low now? One acre of land is not enough for one person to eat?"
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Xu Dongbei nodded. She remembered that her aunt said that people outside could not even drink porridge for every meal, but ate wild vegetables and rice bran that stuck in their throats.
Xu Yue continued: "We don't have enough to eat to begin with, and we have to pay half of the rent, plus the labor cost of taxes. If it is distributed to the people, the taxes that need to be paid are several times higher than before."
"Then the people will have less food in their hands. In order to survive, they not only farm the fields, but also go out to work to make ends meet. If there is a disaster year and no grain is harvested, they will not be able to survive at all."
"With this result, do you still want to secretly use taxes to satisfy your own selfish desires?" Xu Yue asked.
Xu Dongbei and Xu Pingyuan looked at each other and shook their heads together.
"Auntie, we were wrong." The two little ones apologized very seriously, as if they had caused countless people to become homeless and starve to death on the way to survive.
Xu Yue patted the two little guys on the head with satisfaction and praised: "If you know your mistakes and correct them, you are a good boy."
Looking up at Zhao Jian and other officers and soldiers, they all looked indifferent. Therefore, it is very necessary to improve moral standards.
Good moral standards allow people to restrain their selfish desires and make the entire society easier to manage.
Xu Yue asked Kingfisher to pick up some stones of different sizes for herself on the roadside, write the names of each class on them, then build a pyramid and remove the "common people" on the base.
In an instant, the entire pyramid collapsed and scattered all over the ground. The king, who was in the highest position, fell the hardest because of his highest position. He fell directly under the car and was crushed in two by the wheels.
Zhao Jian watched helplessly as the stone with the word "王" written on it fell high and was crushed into two pieces by the wheel of Xu Jiajun. He felt his throat was dry and his heartbeat was racing. He hurriedly took out his water bag and wanted to drink some water to press it down.
A surge of emotion.
However, he didn't dare to sleep last night. To relieve the tension, he had already drank a bag of water.
I met Xu Yue and others in the morning, and I was so focused on observing them that I completely forgot to add water to the water bag.
Ever since, the stopper was opened and Zhao Jian took a sip of the smelly air!
