I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 51 Zuo Xiaowei

The old man glanced at Wu Mingkong, and said angrily: "If it weren't for the dog emperor and dog prime minister, we wouldn't even be able to afford food!"

Wu Mingkong's face was gloomy, and he said, "In the past two years in Chang'an Mansion, although the price of grain has been higher, the fields belong to the military households themselves. After the harvest, in addition to paying a part of the land tax, most of the grain can be kept by yourself. , how can you not afford to eat?"

The old man disdainfully said: "The military household's own field? You look up! Among the tens of acres of land, which acre is the military household's own! After all, it is not for those masters to plant!

With such a small harvest, land rent and land tax have to be paid, and there is not a single stone of rice left all year round!

Do you still want them to train like this?

Ah!Training shit! "

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong's expression turned extremely ugly, and he said: "These fields are allocated to military households by the imperial court, who dares to occupy them!"

The old man looked up at Wu Mingkong and said, "Are you an official sent by the imperial court?"

Wu Mingkong was noncommittal.

Seeing that she didn't deny it, the old man said with even more disdain, "You're still a stupid kid who doesn't understand anything!"

Wu Mingkong frowned slightly, and was about to refute when he heard the old man say:
"As long as you give the captain some benefits, not everyone can occupy this military household's field!"

"During a good year, the masters occupy the land, and they have to give the military households some money."

"In the year of disaster, the land will not be harvested, and the court will not pay any money. Those masters can occupy the land with only a little grain!"

"Where is this not the case in the whole world, I find it ridiculous that no one dares to occupy what you say!"

Wu Mingkong heard this and wanted to ask: Why didn't you report it to the official!

But, on second thought.

Those who occupy these people's fields are all gentry from aristocratic families.

Most of the officials in the imperial court have shadows of these families behind them.

These military households reporting officials without background, when they went to the court, they only faced "who is in the audience, why are they suing this official!".

What's the point?

What's more, most of these lands were sold to gentry at extremely low prices during disaster years when military households could not survive.

From the legal point of view, there is no big problem.

Think of this.

Wu Mingkong suddenly understood what Fang Xiu meant.

These military households are almost unable to survive themselves, so how could they work for the court?

Relying on them to suppress the rebellion is simply wishful thinking!

Wu Mingkong took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and ordered: "Let General Zuo Xiaowei assemble the army. I want to see how far my armaments have fallen!"

Lin Wan'er replied: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

When the old man who spoke before heard this, he was startled for a moment, then his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "You, you are."

Wu Mingkong looked at him and said calmly, "I am the dog emperor you mentioned."

The old man didn't care about it just now, but when he learned the identity of the empress, he knelt down tremblingly on the ground with a look of panic, and said in a trembling voice:
"Humble, the humble official suffered from insanity, so he said such a thing, Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Wu Mingkong saw that he claimed to be of humble rank, and asked, "Are you also from Zuo Xiaowei?"

The old man said tremblingly: "The humble Zuo Xiaowei is going to the mansion, the team is Liu Dahu."

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Zuo Xiaowei governed the upper, middle and lower prefectures, with 500 people in each prefecture, led by a captain.

One government has three regiments under its jurisdiction, and one regiment has 500 people, led by a school lieutenant.

A regiment has ten teams under its jurisdiction, and a team of 50 people is led by the team orthodox.

in other words.

The old farmer in front of him, who looked like he could be blown down by a gust of wind, still has fifty soldiers under his command!
Wu Mingkong took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "You haven't lived for a few years, so I'll let you off this time. If you dare to commit the crime again next time, you will be punished severely according to the law!"

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At the side, Fang Xiu saw this scene, walked to the side of the Empress, leaned over to her ear, and said softly:

"Does Your Majesty still think that these military households are better than rebels?"

Bursts of hot air spread to the ears.

It made the empress feel numb in her heart, an indescribable feeling.

She turned her head and gave Fang Xiu a hard look, snorted coldly, and said nothing.

[Emotion value +1000]

Liu Dahu glanced at Fang Xiu, then quickly lowered his head, feeling very curious.

Who is this person?

To be able to stand next to His Majesty.

Just now.

A group of armored soldiers came not far away.

Standing at the front is a middle-aged man with a deep scar on his face, which looks quite scary!

The middle-aged man walked quickly in front of Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu, and saluted: "The last general, Yu Chengqian, sees Your Majesty! Sees the Prime Minister!"

After hearing this, Liu Dahu widened his eyes again.

This man who looked younger than his son turned out to be the dog prime minister who harmed the common people!

Wu Mingkong glanced at Yu Chengqian, and ordered: "Assemble Zuo Xiaowei! I want to see how you train on weekdays!"

When Yu Chengqian heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes! Your Majesty!"

After speaking, he stood up and winked at the captains behind him.

The captain immediately understood, turned and left.

A long wait followed.

After half an hour.

They finally assembled their soldiers and brought them before the Empress.

The upper, middle and lower prefectures, together, should have 5000 people!

However, there are less than 3000 people standing in front of the empress at this moment!

Another 2000 people are missing.

You don't need to think about it, either the military households could not bear the hardship and fled here.

Either the general falsely reported the number of people and received the court's empty salary.

Regardless of the reason, the empress could not accept it.

If only that's the case.

After the assembly, these soldiers were all scattered to the extreme, standing in a row in a row.

The armor on his body and the weapons in his hands are also varied and dilapidated!
I know this is the elite guard of Chang'an, Zuo Xiaowei!

Those who didn't know thought it was a local hooligan in the village!

The empress looked at these soldiers without any expression on her face, but she was extremely angry in her heart.

aside.

General Yu Chengqian of Zuo Xiaowei looked at his soldiers and said sharply, "Stand up straight! What do you look like!"

The voice just fell.

There was a murmur in the queue.

"If you don't pay any money, what kind of arrogance do you want to play on us?"

"That's right! It's noon, and you've made such a fuss, it's already a face for you to come!"

The tone of the soldier was full of disdain.

Yu Chengqian pretended not to hear and continued to lecture.

Wu Mingkong stood aside, looking at the absurd scene in front of him, his heart was so cold!

I just feel that standing here is a kind of torture.

There was raging anger in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, just said coldly:
"Back to the palace!"

(End of this chapter)