"You have to have a long-term perspective. If you hadn't warned us in advance, we would have done our best to deal with what happened outside Kaifeng Prefecture today."

"It doesn't matter who he is, as long as he becomes an official in Henan Province, if he is greedy, we will give him free money, if he is lustful, we will give him a lot of young ladies. If there is no shortage, we will give him a great achievement.

!"

"I don't believe these officials can leave Henan Road cleanly!"

The middle-aged man was very satisfied with the answer and nodded: "That's the truth. At present, the emperor's grandson and the accompanying officials of the imperial court will probably have to stay in Henan Road for a long time. I heard that, and others

People are starting to get restless, feeling that all the officials in the yamen have been arrested, and they are next. They seem to be in some tandem and intend to do something that no one wants to see..."

Having said this, the middle-aged man stopped and looked at everyone.

Everyone shook their heads.

"We are all good people, so how could we do such treacherous things?"

"We will definitely not do such a thing."

Just then, a group of people outside the courtyard who had just entered the mansion finally rushed over.

The leader among them came directly to the eyes of everyone.

The middle-aged man looked at the person with twitching brows and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"

"Reporting to the master, Pei Benzhi, the magistrate of Chenliu County, arrived at Kaifeng City today with the Yulin Guard officers and soldiers who had been stationed in Chenliu County for many days. After arriving, Pei Benzhi captured all those who were causing trouble outside the city today.

Now he is leading the emperor's grandson and others to the East Lake."

"Coming to East Lake?"

During the dinner, someone suddenly stood up, his face full of surprise.

The rest of the people also looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the main seat with worried eyes.

"Quick!"

"Let those people step up!"

"Tell the people in Zhongmou County to be careful and not to show off your flaws."

"I'm warning those idiots again. If they dare to say anything in front of the emperor's grandson and the superiors, the laborers will bring all their mothers and daughters into the courtyard!"

The middle-aged man immediately gave an order to the man who had rushed back from Kaifeng Fucheng, and the man quickly turned around and left.

The man looked at the tense faces of everyone present, smiled and said: "It seems that today's tea will be saved for tomorrow. You should go home and arrange it as soon as possible. We will follow what we have discussed in the past. Don't

It's urgent. The imperial court has never discovered it in the past, how can it be discovered now?"

Everyone dared to stay at this time. Without even leaving a word, they all stood up and turned around to leave.

……

"The walls are made of soil from the mud fields mixed with straw. A few horizontal beams and vertical beams are pressed down layer by layer with the straw, and it is considered a good house."

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"Tiles are not something that ordinary people can use."

"If you encounter a heavy rainy day, heavy rain outside the house and light rain at home, this is a normal thing."

On the north side of East Lake, outside a village near the Yellow River embankment, Pei Benzhi was riding on a horse, explaining softly to Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Gaochi and others.

In front of everyone's eyes, there is a village composed of low houses.

In the village, most of the houses have holes in their earthen walls or sunken roofs.

Outside the village, in the endless fields, there are still river sediments and debris left over from the Liufu flood.

Pei Benzhi waved his hand and pointed to a place: "Over there, it was originally a village. When Xiaguan first came to Kaifeng Mansion, he came here. After the founding of our dynasty, the whole village had tile-roofed houses, but it was not used for a few years.

, the whole village was gone, and the people became tenants of those families. The houses were gone and turned into land, but there was no record of it in the tax books of Zhongmu County."

Turn your house into a field and don’t keep track of it.

This is still the most common method of exploitation.

However, Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Gaochi and others who witnessed it with their own eyes turned pale.

Today, Pei Benzhi seemed to deliberately give them eye drops, waving his finger and pointing in another direction.

"It looks like a tomb land over there, but if you dig up those mounds of soil, you will see that there is nothing underneath. Looking at the new soil, you can tell that it was prepared for the imperial court to rescue the six mansions this time.

”

"And over there, even if a naughty boy jumped in, he wouldn't be able to drown. The bottom is turned into black mud, and the water one foot deep looks bottomless."

As Pei Benzhi spoke, his expression became a little sad: "This is just the most common method. As long as the land is not counted as farmland, it will not be included in the court's tax accounts. But in the end, those people are still

If the tenants are asked to farm, they will still be given food rations."

This is the first time Zhu Gaochi has seen and heard about these things at the lowest level of the Ming Dynasty.

He opened his mouth with a look of disbelief on his face: "How could something like this happen?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi looked at Gao Guang and others with an unkind look.

This group of people also entered official positions through the imperial examination, and they also came up from the bottom of the Ming Dynasty.

Embarrassed expressions suddenly appeared on everyone's faces.

Gao Gaoguang whispered: "I would never do anything like this in my hometown."

Zhu Yunxi turned around calmly: "If you come to Henan Road with Gu, you will have been checked by Jin Yiwei. Even you tenants under other people's names can still have a bite of food. Gu can't really

Think that everyone is a sage."

Zhu Yunxi seemed to be laughing at himself for a while.

Gao Guang and others immediately dismounted and knelt on the ground.

"I will repair my books and go home today. I will ask my family to clear out the tenants and return the land to the people."

Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "If you really can't survive, you have to become a tenant. You don't have the lowest price to buy the land, and you even force people to sell their wives and children. You can be regarded as an innocent family. But if they go

I finally wanted to change back to my original form, but you guys couldn’t stop me.”

Gao Guang and others were already sweating on their backs at this time. They didn't dare to say a word, so they all nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yunxi didn't want to play Tai Chi with these people anymore. There were too few people who could be honest officials. As long as they didn't exploit the people and harm the kind and poor people, it would be justified.

He turned his head and looked at Pei Benzhi: "Tell me, where are the real victims?"

Pei Benzhi thought for a while and looked forward: "Right in front, if I remember correctly, there is a river there, connecting Yanming Lake in the north, all the way to the Yellow River. This time it is all blocked up, and the victims

They are all working there to clear the silt."

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Then go and have a look."

The team once again galloped up and rushed towards the river and Yanming Lake.

After a while, when bursts of shouts reached everyone's ears, Pei Benzhi showed a smile on his face, and then became solemn: "Your Highness, this is where the disaster victims are gathered here.

The place."

After climbing over a high slope that is rare in Kaifeng Prefecture.

A silted-up river running from north to south appeared in front of Zhu Yunxi's eyes. Countless people along the entire river were cleaning up the siltation in the river.

Not many people seem to be paying attention to the arrival of Zhu Yunxi and others.

But when everyone just arrived, there was a burst of noise not far from the downstream side.

"It's time to eat!"

"It's time to eat!"

"Folks, please put down your work and come over to eat."
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