Taipingchun

There was heavy snow in Jiangning, and the second year of Zhengde was coming to an end in a blink of an eye.

Xu Xiu looked at the snow scene for a while, Yan Song hid back to his hometown and closed the door to "raise hope". He released a county magistrate, and it was heard that he was somewhere in Guanzhong, avoiding Wan Tong's death.

This Liu Jin did more and more violent things, and the two capitals and the thirteen provinces were full of condemnation.

Xu Xiu shook her head and stopped thinking about those little friends. The case in her hands has not been sorted out until now with any useful clues.

This day Xu Xiu read the file and could only sigh. If he could use violence to control violence and directly arrest him for interrogation and close the case under the three sticks, not to mention whether Guo Junshou would not be punished, it would be too late for him to be dismissed from office and go home. ok.

I had to come outside the house and sing a new voice to relieve my depression.

[Zaoluopao] It turns out that there are so many flowers blooming everywhere, and it seems that they are all ruined...

The flute dragging his voice stopped abruptly, Xu Xiu looked back suspiciously, and saw Lazy Dragon staring at her in a daze, with the bamboo flute just pressed against her lips.

Xu Xiu gathered the open frame, waved to him and said, "What's wrong?"

Lazy Dragon shook his head and said: "It's nothing, I have always heard that adults are proficient in Sanqu together, now I really heard it, I am very surprised, the new voice is really beautiful."

Gently stroking the bamboo flute in his hand, Lazy Dragon said: "I didn't expect that adults can make flutes."

Xu Xiu's fingers were still holding the orchid, and said: "It's nothing."

I thought to myself: I didn’t know how many flutes made of plastic pipes I made in the library back then... It still made those musicians shout unscientific. The bamboo flute is a bit troublesome, but it’s not difficult, isn’t it?

Seeing that he was going to continue playing, Xu Xiu stopped him and said, "Singing such a tune doesn't make red flowers bloom all over the place. Let's go out of the city to investigate on the spot and see if we have any clues."

Bored in the room and daydreaming, it's hard to think of a way.Without investigation, there is no right to speak. This is what the red teacher said. For Xu Xiu, who has a good view of materialist history, this idea is quite slippery.

The county magistrate of Jiangning County went out, and there was no one in charge in the huge yamen. The county magistrate Wu Hong watched Xu Xiu who walked out of the gate vigorously, and couldn't help but snorted softly, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

Xu Xiu relaxed a lot after leaving the county office, and walked along the way, but the cold winter in the south is killing people, the wind and snow are like knives, and it is not easy to get along with cutting people's bones.

It didn't take long for him to wrap his hands around his cuffs and sit on Xiao Mao's body securely.

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Cangshan is setting sun, and the ancient road is stained with frost.

Three black figures appeared on the avenue not far away, walking slowly along the avenue.

The shadows are getting closer and closer, it is Xu Xiu, Xu Yang, and that lazy dragon.Riding on three little donkeys, he walked unsteadily.

Xu Xiu was dressed plainly, with a uniform hat on her head, commonly known as a melon skin hat, tied trouser legs, and a pair of ordinary black sandals on her feet.

A group of three walked through Wuli Peach Blossom Village, and said goodbye to Qili Xinghua Village. The name is literary and artistic, and the visual sense in the snow scene is also very friendly.

Now it is not far from the Zouma Village.

It seemed a bit desolate to come here, Xu Xiu took a little look and knew that there was Zouma Village.It's nothing more than Guo's archway is so big that it can be seen clearly from a long distance.There are three post stations near Zouma Village, and the routes from all over the south of the Yangtze River all meet at the foot of Fangshan not far away.

And this village took on the task of raising horses.That's how the Zouma Village got its name.

Several children who were playing were very curious when they saw the three beautiful big brothers, and surrounded them chattering.

Seeing that their clothes were a little thin, Xu Xiu turned over and got off the donkey, heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Give them some oatmeal rolls."

Xu Yang smiled and took out a few pancakes from the bag.These children happily took a bite of oatmeal rolls, opened their eyes and asked curiously: "Where did the big brother come from?"

Xu Xiu squatted down and smiled, "We came from Jiangning County, it's freezing, how can we play here?"

Before the children could reply, billowing white smoke rose not far away, and the sound of iron hooves stepping on the snow came over.

A group of capable teams came straight to Xu Xiu and the others, which made Lazy Dragon a little nervous.

I saw that they were holding sticks in their hands, and they had chains and shackles pinned to their waists.

He said loudly with a bad attitude: "Hey, little boy, has a porter passed by before?"

Hearing what he said, Xu Xiu's face turned cold, what is a young lady?Your old lady is the young lady.

The swear words made people uncomfortable, Xu Xiu pushed these children behind her.

Glaring at them, he looked slowly at the leader and said, "It's just a porter, what are you asking for?"

Seeing his stare, the leader waved his horsewhip and said, "What are you doing, I just ask you if you have seen it, with a northern accent."

Another guy on the horse said: "It's a fugitive. I want to arrest him and bring him to justice, so hurry up."

The hero Xu Xiu doesn't suffer from immediate disadvantages, but he can't just be so weak, and said with a smile: "If you don't tell me what to do, I can't answer you. Since the poor man said what to do, then I will answer you. Just now, There is a porter who has traveled more than ten li to the southeast."

"go!"

Seeing them get on their horses and gallop away.Xu Xiu glanced at them, glanced lightly at the village, and laughed endlessly.

Lazy Dragon looked around and said to him: "This place is only a few dozen miles away from Jiangning County, and only twenty or thirty miles away from the three post stations, let alone Fangshan Mountain, but it's strange that this place is so desolate. .”

This situation can be seen by everyone, Xu Yang also said: "Is it possible that there is something special?"

At this time, a young man came out of the small temple outside the village and said, "It's cold outside, so it's better to come in."

Seeing that he was not wearing a monk's attire, Xu Xiu smiled and said, "Bingyong. Are you the abbot here?"

Seeing that there were still three of them, Zhang Cong waved his hand in a daze and said: "I have seen you, sir. The students are just pilgrims in this temple. There were originally two eminent monks in this temple. They have been wandering around since the year before last. Let me take care of the temple." Door."

When the children saw him coming out, they surrounded him and offered him the oatmeal rolls in their hands.

Zhang Cong took it very gently, and said to the children: "Go into the temple to rest." Seeing Xu Xiu, they said again: "I made the adults laugh, these are the children in Zouma Village who followed me to learn to read."

Xu Xiu cupped his hands and said, "I don't know you are still a teacher, so I'm sorry."

Zhang Cong smiled wryly and said: "It's not worthy of Mr. to say it, but it's just thanks to the neighbors who look at it, and it's just a reward for the next mouthful of food."

Xu Xiu and the others entered this small temple, and they could see everything clearly at a glance. There were two or three Buddha statues in the temple.Xu Xiuchao sat down and talked with Zhang Cong after praying to the Buddha.

However, after Yizhimei stepped into this place, she couldn't help raising her vigilance. There was a strange aura here, and she quickly looked around and on the beams, but there was no other suspicious person.

Xu Xiu knew that he had been here for a long time, so he must know a lot of things, so he casually asked about the situation of the horse households in the village, because he had to start from the post station to deal with Wu Hong.Zhang Cong sneered, and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know, most of the horse households in Zouma Village are now cornered."

Xu Xiu couldn't help feeling exaggerated when he heard it. Even if Wu Hong made money by relying on the post station, he might not be able to make the Mahu desperate, right?

Said: "Could it be that there is something more important here?"

"Of course there are. Ever since Wu Hong became the county magistrate, there has been an official raising method. The horses are no longer raised by the horse households, but are uniformly maintained by the post."

Xu Xiu and Lazy Dragon looked at each other in disbelief.

Said: "Then he has lightened the burden for the people, which is a good thing."

Zhang Cong said: "My lord, if this is true, it is indeed a blessing for the people, but there are various causes and effects here. If it is really a good thing, why are the villagers mourning everywhere?"

"Waiting is everywhere? What's the explanation?"

Zhang Cong arched his head and said: "This official horse was originally raised by the people, but it cost some materials, but it was able to offset the tax. But now the official horse in Jiangning County has been raised by the government, and the horse household will be in trouble. Wu Hong mentioned this before, and Fu Haitong applied for approval from Tianfu, and got a good evaluation. However, it was changed to government support, and the horse household was still a horse household, which did not change anything. The national tax that was originally offset needs to be made up. It is also necessary to prepare the fodder needed for raising horses and send them to the post station. On the surface, it seems to be a benevolent government. Articles can be turned into flowers."

Xu Xiudao: "In this way, the tax revenue has increased, and the political achievements have improved. But it has increased the burden on the horse households?"

"My lord, it's not just that. In the past, Mahu only took care of the post horses at the post station. Now, even the horses in the delivery station and express delivery shop are also counting fodder. The burden is heavy."

Xu Xiu shook her head and hummed softly.This is not just a simple matter of peeling off a few layers of skin.

Stable households used to not have to pay taxes, as long as they raised the horses at the post station, it was their job. Now they have to pay taxes, and they have to prepare fodder.

Only the kind-hearted people of the country can endure such naked eating of people's blood.Policies that seem to be good often are not necessarily good when they fall on the heads of the people.proof.

Zhang Cong said sadly: "This repeated design is just to absorb more people's fat and people's ointment, fatten them, and the people will suffer." Pointing to the child who asked Xu Xiu where he came from, he whispered Said: "Does your lord know what happened to the father of that child?"

Xu Xiu looked at the young child who didn't know what to worry about, and kept silent.Just staring at Zhang Cong.

Listening to him whispering: "The father of this child was forced to hang himself. His father always found good fodder for business, but the people at the post station repeatedly judged him as unsuitable for horses. They said that since he had already Officials, horses, and officials have implemented benevolent government, so the forage must comply with the regulations. In this way, it is easy to use the money to fine him. It is only because the father did not give those petty officials any benefits, so he ended up like this."

Lazy Dragon raised his brows and said, "Why didn't you sue the officials for such a small official?"

Zhang Cong said: "Who dares to sue, the Liu family is so miserable, and the regulations of Wu Hong Lane were approved by Ying Tianfu, which made them miserable, so they have to bear it and give them an extra benefit." , even if the fodder is poor, they don't care about it."

Xu Xiu closed her eyes, thinking in her heart: Under the cloak of peace is such an ugly reality.