The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 171: Traitor and loyal
After finishing the glass of wine, Liang Xin said: "By the way, I'll tell you that one year after the official ascends the throne and the new reign name is adopted, 200 people in the clan will go to Taizu to cry and complain because they died unjustly."

"It is recorded in the history books that Shenzong severely punished false accusations, but it resulted in the great injustice of the rebellion of Zhao Shiju, the direct grandson of Zhao Defang. But this time, it was even more unjust, because someone wrote a blood letter to clear the emperor, and the officials had no choice but to exterminate relatives and kill The blood has been washed into a river, just in time to create a clear day for next year's New Year."

Zeng Bu was stunned when he heard this.

Liang Xin picked up the chopsticks to eat the food and the wine glass to drink.

Liang Xin continued: "In Bianjing City, there are so many ministers and nobles, and they are not blind. They can naturally see that this is an unjust case, but why do so many upright admonishers remain silent, and so many courtiers are adding insult to injury? Because no official was harmed and no family’s wealth was damaged. Except for the clan.”

Liang Xin raised her wine glass: "This glass is for you."

Zeng Bu also picked up the wine glass. He knew how powerless he was.

Liang Xin drank the wine: "What is a loyal minister?"

Zeng Bu looked at Liang Xin: "What is a loyal minister?"

Liang Xin stood up: "My father is the official's official attendant, my father is the official's sword, my father is the official's accountant, my father is the official's eagle, my father is the official's playmate, my father wants to be an official. What the family wants, my father cares about what the government cares about, my father will do anything for the government to bring a bad reputation, and my father will work for the government to get rid of all the people the government does not like."

Zeng Bu sighed.

He had read a lot of poetry and books, but he didn't understand what Liang Xin said.

To the court, Liang Shicheng was a traitor.

For Zhao Ji, Liang Shicheng was a loyal person.

As Liang Shicheng's son, Liang Xin naturally did everything according to Liang Shicheng's arrangements.

It is not an accident that Liang Shicheng is favored.

It's just that there's nothing he can do.

Suddenly, Zeng Bu thought: "No, Liang Shicheng is still in the northwest."

Liang Xin: "My father has an aide named Chu Hong, my father has a sworn brother named Zhao Youfu, and my father has many friends, many people."

Zeng Bu understood.

Liang Xin raised her glass again: "This is a toast to Zeng Xiang. Let's say goodbye. We probably won't see each other again in the future. Mr. Chu said that after you do this, our Liang family will protect the safety of ordinary people in the Zeng family, but you can't say goodbye to Zeng Xiang." I'm thinking of returning to Bianjing again. Northwest, when Prime Minister Lu comes back from victory, my Liang family will have done a big thing for the official family. My father's loyalty to the official family can be seen from the sun and the moon."

After drinking this drink, Liang Xin left.

In fact, Liang Xin came to see Zeng Bu just for the following paragraph.

Zeng Bu had many followers, and Liang Xin was not able to shut them all up.

There will be new rumors in Bianjing City, rumors that no one dares to tell openly.

Officials have loyal ministers.

Loyal minister's name: Liang Shicheng.

Liang Shicheng did great things for the official family and made the official family's throne stable.

So what do the people of Bianjing think?

After Liang Xin gave gifts to the important ministers, she turned around and gave gifts to ordinary people in Bianjing.

Bianjing, as well as the prefectures and counties surrounding Bianjing, began to post notices.

Su Shi once wrote a memorandum, which contains this sentence: It is said that the little people in the fields in Eyue raise two boys and one girl, and if they exceed this, they will be killed.

So, this is the notice.

If the emperor pays, every ten acres of farmland will be exempted from agricultural tax. If there are three dings, one person in the family will be exempted from the ding tax. If there are four dings, two people will be exempted from the ding tax.

……

The emperor used his private money to make up for the shortfall.

What about the tenants?

The big landowners around Bianjing City cried.

The clan was killed so severely this time that all the clan's properties were taken back and turned into an imperial estate.

When you work as a tenant in the imperial village, the exempted agricultural taxes are converted into money and grain and distributed to farmers.

Xiangfu (Fu) County.

Almost 95% of the fields in this county are now considered imperial estates.As the county south of Bianjing City and the closest to Bianjing City, it was an important place in the capital at the foot of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Liang Xin’s greenhouse vegetables were located in the northernmost part of the county, close to Bianjing City.

Some young eunuchs have already begun to attract people here.

A certain county north of the Yellow River.

The autumn taxes have been paid, and there are many people whose families are too poor to take the blame.

Towns and villages all posted imperial lists.

Huangzhuang recruits tenants.

Farm, grow vegetables, raise pigs, and raise chickens.

Many people were originally tenants, so they would drag their families with them and start walking to the bank of the Yellow River, and then an official ship would take them to Huangzhuang.

The palace is short of people.

Not even a single star is missing.

Many fruits and melons in the Huangzhuang greenhouse need to be pollinated manually, one by one with a small brush.Especially the watermelons planted, as well as pumpkins, loofahs, etc.

If the time is missed, production will definitely be reduced.

Tian Laohui.

That's the name. Poor people don't have any decent names.

He took his whole family, old and young, from the north of the Yellow River to Huangzhuang with a few simple luggage.

In Song Dynasty, landlords and tenants had to sign a contract for one year or several years.

When it expires, the tenants can leave, renew the contract, or freely choose a new owner.

Tian Laohui, just after the contract arrived, he felt that his employer was not good enough. When he was considering changing his employer, he happened to see the imperial list, so he dragged his family and his family over.

How busy is Huangzhuang?

It turns out that the people in Huangzhuang are already so busy that their feet are not touching the ground, harvesting radishes at the beginning of winter.

Any later and the radishes will be frozen.

And they also dug and repaired canals in the winter.

These are all necessary tasks, not counting the vegetables in the greenhouse, which must be carefully taken care of.

Tian Laohui arrived, registered and signed the contract.

That afternoon, the women at home were organized into the Huangzhuang winter vegetable team.

The old tenants of Huangzhuang guarded the door, and the greenhouse would not let these newcomers in. Even those who borrowed money to buy charcoal and came to Huangzhuang to work, only a small number could enter the greenhouse.

I'm afraid these people will steal food.

There are old tenants who collect the vegetables, and there is a special area to bring water. There is a waterwheel, and the water continuously flows into the big wooden barrels and then poured into the wooden basins.

"Today's work, cut one inch from the root with a knife, wash the leaves and put them into a small basket. The leaves should be divided into different sizes. One basket weighs one pound of vegetable leaves, large leaves, medium leaves, small leaves, and young leaves. It must be done quickly, and the vegetables must not be allowed to grow. It’s freezing.”

The new arrival, Rutian Laohui's wife, asked: "What should I do with these rotten leaves?"

The steward said: "Someone has to collect the rotten leaves, and don't throw away any remaining roots. Put them all in the jar."

Today I'm dealing with lettuce.

This is to be sent to Bianjing.

The rotten leaves are actually the outermost layer, or two layers of leaves. It is actually good to wash and pick through these.Cut off an inch upward from the root, and the remaining part can be used for great purposes.

Old tenant farmers would plant these in flower pots at home, and within a few days, new leaves would grow.

There is a lot of seed left, and there is no need to keep roots in the greenhouse, so this is a benefit for the old tenants.

Even if you eat it directly, you can still eat it.

Leave an inch above the soil, including the roots, a section of at least five centimeters.

For farmers in this era who have nothing to eat in winter, this is a treasure.

(End of this chapter)