Liu Che walked sideways slightly, listening to Yang Feng's report...23
In Yang Feng's description, a picture of the life of the peasants at the bottom of the country in the early Han Dynasty slowly unfolded before Liu Che's eyes.
Yang Feng was ordered to travel this time. He left Hangu Pass and headed east, crossing several counties and hundreds of miles. According to Liu Che's instructions, he really went deep into the grassroots and went deep into the most remote and poor rural areas.
Went there and brought back a lot of important first-hand information to Liu Che.
Moreover, this person was very attentive and recorded everything he saw and heard along the way.
These documents alone are enough to fill a whole box of blank paper, with almost hundreds of thousands of words.
Liu Che stood up and took the papers presented by Yang Feng that recorded the living and production conditions of the working people at the bottom and the social structure of this era.
There were still blood stains on these papers.
The brown blood stung Liu Che's eyes.
However, Yang Feng was already bursting into tears. He crouched on the ground and reported: "I followed my family's order to travel eastward. When I arrived in Henan County, I stayed at a farmhouse in Qiliting, Dongxiang, Xincheng County. I would like to follow my family's order."
After passing the order, he refused to enter the county and pretended to be a merchant. When he stayed at the farmer's house at night, he suddenly encountered the county officials who wanted to calculate the tax. The officials were like wolves and tigers.
From then on, fists and kicks were used, and even worse, they were directly locked. The ministers could not stand it, and they made a few gossips, and were slandered by the evil officials as bandits... Even the ministers revealed their identities, but they were killed.
disaster……"
As he said that, Yang Feng cried even harder, and he sobbed: "When I left the capital, my family sent three strong men to protect the minister, but... they all died at the hands of evil officials... after I escaped.
I went to the Henan County Sheriff’s Office to file a complaint, but was beaten with sticks..."
Liu Che also frowned as he listened.
Henan County!
What a courageous dog!
"Who is the governor of Henan County?" Liu Che asked softly.
Zhang Tang, who was standing next to him, bowed his head and reported: "Going back to my home, the governor of Henan County is named Dou Mingquan. He is the nephew of the Queen Mother and the cousin of the general..."
The corners of Liu Che's eyes twitched twice.
It seems that this hornet's nest is really quite big!
"Please, please get up first!" Liu Che helped Yang Feng up and comforted him.
In all dynasties, the most difficult people to deal with are the royal relatives!
The late emperor forced Bo Zhao to death, and he is still criticized today.
Therefore, from then on, the Liu family would not move as much as they could against the Queen Mother's family. The most severe punishment was at most a fine, and there was no punishment.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the two generations of descendants of Bo Dou were cautious and did not make trouble.
It’s just that the forest is big and there are probably all kinds of birds there!
What's more, they are relatives of the emperor?
It is not unimaginable that there will be a few scumbags in the Dou family.
However, Liu Che's focus now is not this. He is not so timid that when he hears the name of the Dou family, he trembles all over and dares not take action!
Killing his people and beating his ministers, how could it be possible to just let it go?
However, after looking at the words recorded on the paper and listening to Yang Feng's description, Liu Che's keen sense of smell allowed him to smell it.
A familiar smell!
Liu Che looked at the crying Yang Feng and asked, "Qing said that in the first month of the year, Henan County sends officials to the countryside to urge people to collect taxes?"
Liu Che looked back at Zhang Tang and asked: "Isn't the tax collected in October? What happened to the officials in Henan County?"
Zhang Tanggong prostrated himself on the ground and did not dare to answer.
Zhang Tang's silence made Liu Che burst into laughter.
His smile was trembling, making people look like he was standing on the crater of a volcano. He was extremely frightened and frightened!
This is the key!
This is why local officials in Henan County dare to kill people!
Liu Che stopped laughing, looked at Zhang Tang, and asked, "You know what's going on, right?"
He looked at Yang Feng again and asked: "You don't know what the situation is, so you stand up to obstruct the officials, right?"
Yang Feng kowtowed and said, "I am stupid!"
"Hehe!" Liu Che laughed dryly.
He took the white paper that Yang Feng had recorded what he saw along the way, and held it tightly in his hand.
He already knew exactly why!
For all the reasons, Liu Che's heart was as clear as a mirror at this moment.
Such things have happened in all dynasties, including the dynasties of later generations.
Deep in Liu Che's memory, he still clearly remembers what he saw and heard during his childhood in China.
The wailing sirens, the wolf-like cadres, and the villagers who mobilized to resist the tax just like when the Japanese invaded the village.
Apportionment, apportionment, apportionment layer upon layer!
The three big mountains of the new era, unified funds, set aside funds, and agricultural taxes, overwhelmed the farmers at that time.
It was not until the new millennium that the central government of China abolished all agricultural taxes, so this situation no longer happened.
Liu Che's eyes passed over the words still stained with blood on the white paper. Two thousand years later, it was still like that, let alone now?
When Liu Che was studying in Tianchao, he heard a joke during the Republic of China, saying that an official in a certain place had collected all the taxes decades later!
In the Han Dynasty before the Christian era, this was not a joke, it was a fact that actually happened in some areas!
However, the bureaucrats have always deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, the subordinate staff acted unscrupulously, and the people were ignorant and uneducated, so they could only accept the situation.
This Yang Feng is a young man who has just entered the officialdom. In addition, he was born in Guanzhong, so he is familiar with the way officials in Guanzhong do things.
How do you know the darkness of the outside world.
Young people always have a strong sense of justice!
But what about Zhang Tang?
Hehe, the dignified Xingcao Lingli had been at the grassroots level for a long time.
He must be aware of these tricks.
Why didn't he say anything or report it?
Now he brought Yang Feng to the audience to stand up for Yang Feng?
The things here are worth pondering!
But Liu Che was too lazy to consider Zhang Tang's psychology!
After something like this happened, Liu Che knew that he had to react immediately and quickly!
Otherwise, the Liu family will be completely disgraced.
"Go and invite the court captain, the royal censor, and the lieutenant general to come and see Gu immediately!" Liu Che ordered calmly, and at the same time, he told Wang Dao: "Go, get Gu's seal, go to Zhang Wuhou Mansion, and pay homage to Zhang Wu.
When I arrived, I said that I would be passing by the mansion tonight to pay a visit. At the same time, I asked someone to notify Princess Guantao’s mansion. After leaving Zhangwuhou’s mansion, I went to Princess Guantao’s mansion!”
If you want to kill someone from the Dou family, you must report it to Marquis Zhang Wu and Queen Mother Dou.
Liu Che had an easier time with Dou Guangguo, the Marquis of Zhang Wu. Dou Guangguo was not the kind of person who would be unreasonable and protective of others. You could reason with him clearly.
Back then, this monarch even gave up the position of prime minister!
But Queen Mother Dou was not a reasonable person!
If you want to convince Empress Dowager Dou, reasoning and law are of no use!
I can only talk to her about being humane and sophisticated, be coquettish and cute, and ask for her permission!
After telling these things, Liu Che sat down and carefully looked at the words written by Yang Feng on the paper. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
