Governor please stay

Chapter 174 Punch me, old thief!

If a house in a rural area is lived in and cleaned regularly, even if you look at it ten years later, it will not be much older than it was before.But if no one lives there, the house will collapse in three years.

When Liu Yishou sneaked into the abandoned small town of Yinmaogu, he saw that the vegetation had grown and the walls and walls were broken. It seemed that it had been abandoned for how many years, at least 20 years.

When Liu Song was still the emperor of Liu Yu, the Northern Wei Dynasty sent the famous general Shusun Jian to lead the army to invade the south and attack Qingxu. Liu Yifu and Tan Daoji led the troops to resist and repelled Shusun Jian.

Then Tan Daoji led his troops to fight back, but Diao Yong of Qingxu led the refugee army to resist to death at Yin Maogu, and had to retreat. After that, Liu Yu died, and the Southern Dynasty changed drastically.

The rolling tide of history has left a small footnote in Yin Maogu, a "remote" military fortress.As a result, only a few decades after the death of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, this place has become ruins. Fenfen City, one of the four surrounding towns in Henan, was forced by the local family forces to dare not leave the city.

It is enough to see that the Northern Wei Dynasty not only withered the people's livelihood, the military equipment was slack, and even the "glory" of being good at fighting and daring to fight has been forgotten. It is a hell that such a country does not perish.

Looking at the scene in front of him, weeds are everywhere on the ground, mushrooms grow in the shade of the trees, and even a little gray hare can be seen grazing in the distance.

"Ten thousand rooms in the palace have been made of earth, alas!"

Liu Yishou let out a long sigh, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and there was a "rustling" sound in the grass behind him.He put his hand on the hilt of the saber calmly, turned around quietly, and walked slowly towards the grass.

A woman's feet were exposed, and the straw sandals were wrapped in sackcloth, stuffed with chicken feathers and duck feathers, and there was a small hole.

"Come out, I see you!"

Liu Yishou put the sword back into the scabbard, stood on the spot and said in a deep voice.Hearing his voice, the "straw sandal" stuck into the grass, completely deceiving himself.

"Come out!"

Liu Yishou pushed aside the weeds, and saw a young woman with a bamboo basket on her chest, covering her face, huddled into a ball and shivering.Seeing that her hands were red with cold and blue veins popped out, probably half of it was because of the cold, and half of it was because of fear.

"Don't kill me! I didn't know it was Dahu's territory. I just picked some wild vegetables and mushrooms. I didn't mean it!"

The young woman screamed in terror.

"Get up, it's cold on the ground."

Liu Yishou took off the red cloak behind him, threw it to the woman and said, "Get up and talk, I'm not a private soldier of a family."

The young woman stood up, seeing Liu Yishou's extraordinary handsome appearance, and even threw her cloak to herself. She really didn't look like those private soldiers from aristocratic families who eat people but don't spit out their bones.

If caught by those people, beautiful women will be raped first and then killed, and those who are particularly beautiful will be taken back to the camp as prostitutes, or dedicated to the elders of the family.

The ugly ones will be stabbed right now, and the corpses will not be bothered to bury them, just throw them on the side of the road.

The young woman carried the bamboo basket behind her back and looked at Liu Yishou. She had to say that this was the most handsome man she had ever seen, bar none.When she was looking at Liu Yishou, Liu Yishou was also looking at her.

She has a handsome appearance, but she is still a little away from the goblins in her backyard. A typical peasant girl, her face is covered with the kind of blush blown by the cold wind.Although Jia Chunhua has a lot of work, she still pays attention to maintenance on weekdays.This one is not the case, she wants to take care of it, but she has no conditions to take care of it.

"What's your name, why are you in this abandoned city?"

Liu Yishou asked curiously.

Perhaps seeing that the other party had no malicious intentions, the young woman said: "My slave's name is A Tao, you can just call me A Tao."

For women, Liu Yishou can be regarded as "well-informed". From many small details, it can be seen that this is not like a girl who is not married to Yunying, but a married woman who has known for a long time. What sex is like for a young woman.

"Just now, why did you suspect that I would kill you?"

Liu Yishou looked into A Tao's eyes and asked.The devil hides in the details, Liu Yishou felt that there was something wrong with A Tao's reaction just now.

"The mountains, rivers, lakes, ponds, and forests in Jinan County all belong to the aristocratic family. We have to pay taxes even if we chop firewood, otherwise the powerful private army of the aristocratic family can kill us at will.

It is also the first time for me to walk so far. I heard that people from the family have never dared to come to the city of Fufen. There are no people stationed in the ruins, so it should be relatively safe. "

A Tao said embarrassingly, after knowing that Liu Yishou was not malicious, she also spoke a lot more.Liu Yishou's "official prestige" is all for the aristocratic family to see, and he never puts on airs for ordinary people.

"If you pay taxes, they will give you a certificate to fish in their ponds and log in their woods, right?"

"Yeah, why do you even know this!"

A Tao was very surprised by Liu Yishou's "knowledge". Perhaps in her opinion, these palm-sized things are also great "secrets".

Liu Yishou waved his hand, and continued to ask: "Your family should have their own land, just enough to make ends meet. But the aristocratic family in Jinan County has been forcing you to sell the land, right?"

Hearing this, A Tao was even more surprised.If you can find out about those things before a little inquiring, these are their own affairs.Unexpectedly, this ridiculously handsome man in front of him could judge so many things from his few words.

"That's true... this gentleman, why do you know everything, it's amazing!"

A Tao wished that little stars would pop out of her eyes.

"I guess, the land rent of the family tenants is not necessarily higher than what the government charges you, right? The rent collected by the government in Jinan County should be higher than that of the family tenants."

Liu Yishou frowned slightly and said.

This really touched A Tao's heart.She sighed and said, "Who says it's not? Our tenants only pay [-]% of the land rent, but for those who have land, the government charges [-]% of the land rent! My father is still hesitating whether to sell the land to those big households."

This is a typical local force that completely controls the local administration, and then borrows the name of the imperial court to cooperate with the aristocratic family to execute land annexation.After those self-cultivating farmers sold their fields and became tenants, the aristocratic family changed the land rent from [-]% to [-]%, just a matter of words.

Taishou Lin of Jinan County has very flamboyant wrists!

Liu Yishou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.They completely monopolized the surrounding mountains, forests, swamps and ponds, leaving the fields to the farmers.However, if a person wants to live, it is not enough to rely on the harvest in the field, but also needs other non-staple food, fuel (firewood) and so on.

Relying on oppressing the living environment of the owner farmers, forcing them to become tenants, and carrying out slow and continuous land annexation.The methods used in Jinan County are much more sophisticated than those simple and rude old men in Dongping County who were hanged on the flagpole in the end!

"I missed you picking wild vegetables and mushrooms today, so I guess you won't be able to explain it when you go back. How about this, you come back to Dong'a City with me, and I'll send someone to deliver some rice to your house, and I'll report you safe by the way, how about it?"

Liu Yishou said with a smile.

A Tao was a little hesitant, but she felt intuitively that if Liu Yishou wanted to do something to her, it seemed that he could do it here.And the other party is so good-looking, there should be no shortage of women, right?
She nodded mysteriously and said: "Okay, but you must send someone to my house to report that it is safe, my father and brother will be worried."

This little lady is very simple, and the siblings in the family are not as indifferent as those of the big family. Some people even hope that their brothers and father will die early every day.

The two walked out from the "gate" of the abandoned city. Liu Yishou came in over the mountain before. After walking out through the gate, he discovered that this fortress was built on the mountain, with the Yellow River to the west, Jishui to the east, and the Official roads that have been in disrepair for a long time.

In those days, it was a very remarkable place, and it was a horn of each other with Fufen City, and its strategic position should not be underestimated.Linked with Fufen City, it formed a military "gate", blocking the only way for Jiaodong to enter Henan these years.

Liu Yishou suddenly had an idea, when Diao Yong gave Tan Daoji a sap here, can he give Xing Gao a sap here?
When he went in, he was alone, but when he came out, there were two people. Wang Wei saw a young woman behind Liu Yishou, and he didn't know what to say.

For some people, he just doesn't do anything, and there are women who want to pounce on them.Could it be that this is Liu Yishou?
Wang Wei, who was still alone now, suddenly felt that the dog food was unpalatable.

……

"Uncle, last time I was beaten by the Gao brothers. The soldiers were unwilling to send troops south again. They wanted to go to Hebei to seek revenge from the Gao family."

After all the generals left, Er Zhuzhao said to Er Zhurong with a bitter face.In fact, this is only part of the truth, and the other part is that too many people died last time, leaving the living with lingering fear.

They had already earned enough in Luoyang, and wanted to save their lives and enjoy it.In the past, I went out because I felt that it was safe to follow Er Zhurong, and nothing would happen. Anyway, wouldn’t you just be idle anyway?
The incident of being assassinated by the Gao brothers made them realize that as long as they are human, they will die, and they must not think that they are invincible.Anyway, I have made enough money, why continue to fight my life on the battlefield?
"Then what do you think it should be?"

Er Zhurong asked calmly.

"I think..." Er Zhuzhao hesitated for a long time, and finally said what was in his mind: "We let Yuan Tianmu go to Hebei, gather the old subordinates under Ge Rong's command, and let them perform crimes and make meritorious deeds.

These people were pardoned by us before, but they didn't have an inch of credit, and I feel uneasy thinking about it.Give them a chance now, and these people will definitely work hard.

Then we had a good discussion with our military leaders.If Yuan Tianmu can't get it right, then we can only do it, and the soldiers will have no complaints if they think about it. "

This bad idea... I have to say, there is still a little bit of meaning in it.

Obviously, Er Zhuzhao's pig brain couldn't think of such a thing.Er Zhurong didn't bother to worry about what kind of staff his nephew recruited, he thought for a while, and felt that this matter seemed feasible.

After all, Yuan Tianmu was from the Yuan family!
Since Emperor Xiaowen promulgated the decree, those other than the five clothes do not enjoy state offerings.Since then, the Yuan clan has been divided into two factions, the pro-clan and the Shu-clan.And judging from the trend, it must be that there are more and more people outside the fifth server, and the power of Shuzong is getting stronger and stronger!
These Shuzong and Yuan clans all wished that the lineage of Emperor Xiaowen would die soon, and Yuan Tianmu was the Shuzong of Shuzong!He can't even be regarded as the blood of the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty!His ancestor was brother with Tuoba Shiyiqian.

So for Emperor Yuanshi, Yuan Tianmu wished that they would die sooner!
But regarding the existence of Wei State, Yuan Tianmu hopes that it will exist as long as possible!
Yuan Tianmu's enthusiasm for repelling Liang's Northern Expedition was much higher than that of Bill Zhurong.There is nothing wrong with letting Yuan Tianmu lead the army and guard Luoyang as a vanguard.

Recruiting Hebei Ge Rong's old troops to consume the strength of Liang Jun is even more coup.

"So, let me talk to Yuan Tianmu, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Er Zhurong said with a sigh.An evil thought arose in his heart: Since Liang Jun is so brave and courageous, how about selling Fei Mu to Liang Jun?
Fei Mu is also a famous general, and he is good at defending the city.Let Fei Mu and Chen Qingzhi fight to the death, wait for Liang Jun to do Fei Mu, and then come forward to clean up the mess, it seems... not bad?

After Er Zhuzhao left, Er Zhurong narrowed his eyes, thinking about the pros and cons.

……

The little lady, A Tao, was terrified!
Of course, it wasn't that someone was going to do something to her, but that in the huge hall of the county government, many generals, including Liu Yishou, looked at her eagerly and listened to her talk about the situation in Jinan County.

"Everyone, there is no right to speak without investigation. We can't make decisions based on our own imagination about Jinan County. Now Mrs. A Tao is the best witness. No one is allowed to speak later. Ask me in private if you have any questions. Mrs. A Tao, You can start talking, starting with your family's land rent."

Liu Yishou smiled and said to A Tao.

But the village girl was too nervous to speak, because she felt that the people in front of her should be "good people", and she was afraid that if she said something wrong, it would cause serious consequences.

Alas, it seems to be thinking too much.

Liu Yishou lamented in his heart, it's normal for a village girl who has never read a book or seen the world to face so many of Qiu Ba's big bosses at once and tremble with fright, A Tao is quite calm.

"Okay, it's okay, I'll let Mrs. Jia take you to the wing room to rest first."

Liu Yishou said softly, A Tao thanked him and left.

After she left, Liu Yishou said solemnly to the generals: "Jinan prefect Lin seems to have done some very disgraceful things, colluding with the local family.

This is probably the key to their ability to gain a foothold in the local area as outsiders.Therefore, in Dongping County, we use the tenants as the breakthrough point, and here, we use the owner farmers as the breakthrough point.

It is the illegal occupation of mountains, forests and swamps by local aristocratic families. We must take good care of them. "

Mountains, forests, swamps, ponds and rivers are all state-owned, but they can be bought and sold.Emperor Xiaowen promulgated the decree.The question is, who "sold" these things to the family?This is a muddled account.

Liu Yishou just wanted to yell at those people: Give me a punch, old thief!

For the more cunning exploiters and oppressors, there are more subtle ways to deal with them.If not, how can you survive the Xing Gao refugee army who "has not paid food for three years"?
Liu Yishou felt that it would be better for those bullies of aristocratic families to die than to die himself, right?

(End of this chapter)