Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The common people and tiger guards who witnessed this scene were also moved.

The corruption of the imperial court has made the people accustomed to the existence of corrupt officials, and they have gradually stopped having much hope.

But the scene happening before their eyes at this moment, where a famous national hero put a cloak on an old man of unknown identity, made all the common people and soldiers burst into tears.

The reason why he was touched was not only because of Li Ji's attitude, but more importantly, Liu Ying, who was kneeling in the snow, was a microcosm of the grievances of countless people in the Central Plains who had nowhere to complain over the years.

The source of chaos is often just the four simple words "land annexation".

But no one knows how many people’s families were broken up and their wives and children were separated from them.

For the people, losing land is tantamount to losing hope of survival.

Not to mention the common people around, even the Tiger Guards who had followed Li Ji for some years felt their eyes getting hot.

After all, a small number of the Tiger Guards today are still from Qiao County who followed Xu Chu in the past and followed Liu Bei. Seeing that Liu Ying, who is also from Qiao County, was valued and treated with courtesy by Li Ji, they were naturally moved.

"My Lord is kind and benevolent."

Someone shouted, but the Tiger Guards and the common people spontaneously followed suit and continued to shout. Even some representatives of aristocratic families who were well-read in the books of sages were deeply moved by the scene and started shouting enthusiastically as well.

The aristocratic and powerful families are the source of unrest in this troubled times, and this group is also an interest group.

However, the children of aristocratic families are often one of the groups with the highest average moral standards of this era. They value benevolence, loyalty and righteousness, and also value the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

Li Ji's words undoubtedly completely fit the figure that countless children from noble families had unconsciously imagined when they were studying.

Support the Han Dynasty and protect the people...

When he is on the horse, he can pacify the troubled times; when he is off the horse, he can govern the country and bring peace to the nation…

Li Ji embodied benevolence, loyalty and righteousness to the fullest, which made the young man from the noble family, who had cursed Li Ji countless times in secret, look at Li Ji with admiration unconsciously.

It was not until Li Ji raised his hand to signal that the sound that kept echoing at the east gate and shattering the snowflakes gradually subsided.

When Liu Ying learned of Li Ji's identity, his eyes were filled with both emotion and excitement.

A national hero!
Who in the Han Dynasty doesn't know this name?

Liu Ying was naturally no exception, but what was beyond Liu Ying's expectation was that Guo Shihou was much younger and more handsome than he had imagined.

"It was the Duke of Guoshi who was in front of me. I am shortsighted. Please forgive me, Lord."

As Liu Ying spoke, he wanted to salute Li Ji again.

Li Ji dissuaded Liu Ying from his actions and asked Xu Chu to send Liu Ying a small portable stove for warmth. At the same time, he opened the blood letter in front of countless people.

Countless eyes were looking at the figure with reverence as he lowered his head to read the blood-written letter in the snow.

After more than twenty breaths, Li Ji solemnly closed the blood letter in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"Is what the blood letter said true?"

"I am willing to swear by my ancestors that I will not lie in the slightest. Moreover, more than 30 people from the same clan have left their names in blood, which can prove my claim." Liu Ying said excitedly.

"it is good!"

Li Ji said, then handed the blood letter to Xu Chu and said, "Zhongkang, read the contents of the blood letter aloud and let the world know."

"Yes, Lord." Xu Chu responded, took the blood letter, and then read it out loud.

The content of the blood letter is not complicated, and can even be described as straightforward.

Just like Liu Bei's hometown Lousang Village, Lianli Village, where Liu Ying was born, whose ancestors had settled in the vicinity of Qiao County, is also dominated by the descendants of the Liu family, who are descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan.

Moreover, the arable land in Lianli Village is quite fertile and vast, which means that although the descendants of Liuying, a branch of the Han royal family, have become farmers, they still live a relatively stable life.

Previously, the local aristocratic families in Qiao County were headed by three families, namely the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and the Huan family.

With the rise of Cao Cao, the Cao and Xiahou families have gradually moved to Qingzhou in recent years.

Especially after Li Ji launched a massive attack on Yuzhou, the Cao and Xiahou families had completely moved away and sold their land. This allowed the Huan family to gradually become the dominant family in Qiao County, owning more than tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

However, the Yellow Turbans of Yuzhou, who had not yet taken them seriously, swept through and the remaining aristocratic families in Qiao County were all wiped out.

This also made Qiao County an area that was almost empty of aristocratic families and powerful people, and it became an area that countless aristocratic families and powerful people competed to go to.

Especially for the Xu family of Nanyang who had just moved here from outside, Qiao County was the most ideal place to settle down.

However, the land deeds and field deeds of Qiao County had been burned long ago, the Cao and Xiahou families had moved away, and even the Huan family had been turned into ashes. All other powerful families, big and small, had been slaughtered. Naturally, no one knew which lands originally belonged to the aristocratic families.

But to a certain extent, this actually makes it easier for the aristocratic families to operate.

It is true that we don't know which lands are occupied by the Yellow Turbans, but it is not difficult to distinguish which are the fertile fields.

Lianli Village, where a group of Han royal family members who were descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan lived, became a target.

When Liu Ying accidentally learned that a large amount of the village's fields had been tampered with and would be transferred to the Xu family in the future, the villagers were in an uproar. Many young and strong people in the village immediately stopped the young man from the noble family who was clearing the land and wanted to ask for an explanation.

As a result, a large number of young and strong people in Lianli Village were beaten and injured, and some were arrested and thrown into jail.

More importantly, the upper fields and fertile land on which the people of Lianli Village depend for their survival are about to be converted into remote lower fields and wasteland.

This is fatal to Lianli Village, enough to cause most of the villagers to starve to death in the future.

After Xu Chu finished reading, there was silence all around, and the faces of most of the powerful families changed drastically.

Liu Ying added while crying.

"My Lord, it's not that I'm being rude. The truth is, if the arable land in the village is turned into uncultivated fields or wasteland, even if we can barely pay the full tax, head tax, and land tax to the court next year, the remaining food will not be enough to survive."

"In order to make a living, and knowing that Uncle Liu is also a relative of the Han Dynasty, I wrote a blood oath with my fellow villagers and came all the way to Ruyang to seek an audience with the Marquis, asking him to show mercy so that my whole village will not starve to death next year."

After hearing this, Li Ji remained silent for a long time. After a while, he sighed loudly.

"When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when decline comes, the people suffer. I sigh at the hardships of people's lives, and even more so at the greed of human hearts..."

Immediately, Li Ji turned around and looked around, meeting the eyes of the civilians and soldiers, and then stopped at the noble families who lowered their heads unconsciously, and then he announced.

"This matter will be investigated thoroughly by this Marquis, not just in Qiao County, but in the entire Yuzhou."

"And, I have decided to report this to my lord, asking him to immediately write to the court to request a tax reform to reduce the taxes for the people of the Han Dynasty. We must not allow such harsh policies to continue."

"So that the people of the Han Dynasty will no longer suffer from hunger and starvation due to taxes, or even have their families broken up and their families destroyed." (End of this chapter)