Lord Moyu was forced to open

"How many people do you have in your family? How much land do you have? How much tax and grain did you pay in total last year?"

"When I returned to the inspection envoy, I found that there were six people in the grassroots family, including wives, children, parents, and a total of 102 acres of land!

Last summer and autumn, we received a total of 510 shi in grain and shi in taxes! "

"Okay! Next! Li Yongtian"

"I'm here!"

"How many people do you have in your family? How much land do you have? How much tax and grain did you pay in total last year?"

"Your Majesty, the Inspection Envoy, I have three more children in my family. There are seven people including my parents, wife and children. I have a total of 119 acres of land. Last year, I produced a total of 595 shi of grain and paid a total of 170 taxes. Eighteen stones and fifty!”

"Okay! Next! Li Duofu!"

"I'm here!"

"How many people do you have in your family? How much land do you have? How much tax and grain did you pay in total last year?"

"Go back to my house, sir..."

Zhao Jun recorded each person's answer in the account book in his hand one by one, comparing it with the previous records. After asking the last person, Zhao Jun finally showed a satisfied smile.

He turned to Wang Dahai, who had been bending down and waiting, and said:

"Manager Wang has done a good job and there are no mistakes. I will report it to the Holy One after I return to the palace."

Wang Dahai showed a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, sir. It's just our job."

Zhao Jun nodded slightly: "It's just a job. How many people can't even do their job!"

After speaking, Zhao Jun took his son by the hand and walked towards the villagers.

Wang Huai'en on the side reached out and patted Wang Dahai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are so lucky. You are so lucky to be able to catch this wealth pouring down from the sky. Not bad, not bad!"

What he said made Wang Dahai have a question mark on his head. He didn't understand what his ancestor meant by what he said. But he didn't know that the person who praised him just now was not the inspector, but the current Holy Emperor himself, and Zhao Jun said it with approval. It's a good sentence. This sentence alone is enough for Wang Dahai to rise all the way in the palace in the future.

This is why Wang Huaien said that the wealth poured down from the sky, and he also caught it.

Wang Dahai was still confused here, but Zhao Jun had already brought his son to Li Daniu, who was the first to reply, and asked with a smile:

"How is life at home now?

Is it possible that the family is well fed and clothed?

Does your family have enough food and money every year? "

Facing Zhao Jun's three questions, Li Daniu showed a simple smile, scratched the back of his head and said with a smile:

"Thanks to His Majesty, our lives have become easier since Your Majesty ascended the throne and took care of all the previous managers.

My lord, you don’t know that we didn’t have enough food or clothing to keep warm every year in the past. Those former stewards were very shady. His Majesty only collected 30% of the tax, so he might as well ask for 70%!

If you don't give it, they will drive your family out, and they even rush to do it in the coldest month of winter, leaving your family to starve to death in the snow.

Not only that, we also have to pay him some filial piety money every year. If you don't pay, next year we will divide your land for others to plant, making the originally small harvest even less.

This filial piety money is collected not only once a year, but sometimes twice a month. We have to pay at least nearly 20% of the remaining 30% of the food to him, and in the end we can barely live on the only 10% of the food left. .

If this was a normal year, the family could barely get by if they went out to dig some wild vegetables and catch some fish in the Bian River.

But if there was a drought like before, the family's life would be worse than death!

In the twenty-seventh year of Tiansheng's reign, my parents almost starved to death. When the Huns came, they took away all the food left in our family. The whole family didn't know how to survive. , the person in charge also asked us to pay taxes and filial piety. Even though we had these things, we were almost kicked out by him. "

When talking about this past painful experience, Li Daniu's eyes began to turn red, and his family members also had red eyes, as if recalling the difficult scene at that time.

Then Li Daniu's face lit up with joy again, and he continued: "It's okay! The current emperor came to power in time, and he sent people to kill all those guys who eat people without spitting out their bones.

They also exempted us from taxes for twenty-eight years and allocated relief food to us. Our family survived.

Then this year we worked hard. Fortunately, God also gave us face and didn't cause us any trouble. This year we all had a good harvest!

We just paid all the food taxes, hehe..."

When he said this, Li Daniu scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said: "At the beginning of the year, I heard that the emperor was sending troops to fight those rebels in the south. During the summer harvest, we wanted to pay more grain taxes so that the emperor could The master can provide food for the soldiers to fight and win the war!

But he refuses to live or die with the surname Wang, he is so damn stupid! "

Speaking of this, Li Daniu suddenly realized something, and quickly glanced at Wang Dahai who was still confused in the distance, and whispered to Zhao Jun:

"Sir Inspector, what I just said to you was whispered to you. Don't tell that person named Wang."

Zhao Jun grinned, nodded immediately and said, "Okay, you whispered this to me, I won't tell him."

"That's good!"

Li Daniu breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes, and whispered: "Inspector, when you go back, can you tell the emperor and ask him to replace the manager with a smart mind? I feel that this guy named Wang is a bit stupid. , We are not willing to take even more grain if we give it to you. Isn’t this a fool?

What if the emperor's food is not enough and there is no food for the soldiers on the front line?

I heard from scholars from other villages that even the emperor cannot send hungry soldiers, otherwise the soldiers will lose the war if they don't fight seriously!

But you are right. Those soldiers are risking their lives. If they are not fed, they will indeed not be willing to fight, and I would not be willing to do it if it were me.

But the Emperor is so good, and we don’t want him to lose the battle. When you go back, Inspector, please tell the Emperor that he should be replaced by a manager with a better mind. We can give him more food so that he can provide food to the locals. Do you think it’s okay to feed the soldiers and let them fight well? "

After Li Daniu finished speaking, other villagers who were listening all agreed:

"That's right! Sir Inspector, when you go back, talk to the Emperor and ask them to change this guy named Wang. This guy is not smart and will do bad things."

"That's right! Replace this guy with a bad brain! He won't even ask for food wherever he is given. Our dogs know how to eat more than they can chew, and this dog is even worse!"

"It's just..."

……

Listening to the words of the people around him, Zhao Jun couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth. It was harder to suppress than even AK.

If you can win the hearts of the people like this, what more can you ask for?

These people don't ask for much. As long as you can give them a bite to eat, they will think that you are a great good person. Even so, those greedy corrupt officials, landlords and gentry are persecuting them!

I will never show mercy to these damn guys.

Zhao Jun smiled and waved his hand to calm everyone down, then looked back at a guy in the distance who was said to be mentally ill by the villagers, and then said to the villagers: "I can't agree to your request."

While everyone was wondering, Zhao Jun said again: "His Majesty specially sent such stupid people. If they are too smart, they will deceive the superiors. Didn't your previous managers have good brains?

If he didn't have a good mind, why would he use various means to get food from you?

Is it possible that you still want to live the kind of life you had before? "

Upon hearing this, the villagers quickly shook their heads.

"It's true! We can't let people who are too smart come, otherwise they will harm us!"

"That's right! It's better to be stupid! This is the stupid one, we can't change it!"

"The emperor is still so powerful that he knows how to find stupid people, so he won't change them if he doesn't!"

"That's all. Just be stupid. At least you won't trick us!"

……

The villagers immediately unified their opinions and decided not to replace this stupid guy. Even the eyes that used to think he was stupid and always looked at him with displeasure became kinder.

Not far away, Wang Dahai, who was still thinking about where the great wealth and wealth his ancestors said was there, suddenly felt a gaze on him. He looked up at the villagers, only to find that the villagers were not looking at him, and he shook his head in confusion. Shaking his head, he continued to lower his head and think.

Little did he know that the moment he raised his head, the villagers who looked over immediately lowered their heads.

Hey? Where is the wealth that our ancestors talked about? Why didn't our family notice it...

(End of this chapter)