The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 907 There is a loss in the small section, but there is no loss in the big section

Shuangliao County is backed by Yanshan Mountain and bordered by the sea. It is long and narrow from east to west. On the surface, it is difficult to give people a prosperous atmosphere.Here is the vast Yanshan Mountains, with layers of terraced fields like jumping musical notes, and villages scattered among the mountains and ravines.

Corn, commonly known as millet, is the main crop in the northern land, and it is divided into spring sowing and summer sowing.Spring sowing is after the frost breaks in spring, and it takes about 130 days from sowing to mature harvest, that is, fresh millet can be eaten in four and a half months; summer sowing is sown before June, and it takes about 100 days to mature and harvest. From this point of view, the planting time of corn is different, and the growth cycle will also change accordingly. In addition, the maturity time of corn will also vary with the northward movement of the terrain.

On this day, the weather was relatively hot, the leaves drooped feebly, the blue-colored corn was blown by the wind, making a rustling sound, and the heavy ears of corn kept nodding their heads.

This season's corn is not yet fully ripe, but farmers have already harvested it. They will not wait until the corn is all golden before harvesting. On the one hand, the golden mature corn will fall off when harvested. Farmers are reluctant to waste it in vain. Harvesting is just the right time for green and yellowing, and it does not affect the yield, but it takes more time to dry; another reason for early harvesting is that they are worried about missing the next season's sowing time, and each household has limited labor for harvesting, so they It is necessary to rush to harvest and plow the field again before the sowing arrives.

In the field, the whole family of farmers, young and old, went into battle, bending over and cutting all the way. The stubble behind them was almost the same height, as if they had been measured with a ruler.Many children pick up the corn harvested by adults and send it to the cart on the ground. They mostly study in township schools and county schools. Every harvest season, the school will be closed for ten days to let them go home to help their parents harvest them. Put the corn on the cart carefully so as not to drop the corn.Their parents will look back from time to time, and if they see their children throwing corn bundles on the cart, they should at least yell at them.

After many years of rolling with stone rollers, the sun valley flat in the village has long been flat and smooth as a mirror.

The harvested crops are placed on the drying rolls spread on the lawn. The corn and bean pods have already been scorched and crisped.

Some people led donkeys dragged by small stones, and stepped back and forth on the drying rolls covered with crops. The millet grains and beans fell off one after another. It is the grain, and then use the dustpan to remove the miscellaneous ears.

This is a village in Liucheng County, Shuangliao County. People on the sun valley flat are busy, but some men glance at a dark-skinned and handsome young woman from time to time.

This young woman is sitting on a horse tie with a baby on her back, and is hitting corn ears with a mallet. Her baby is probably breastfeeding, so her breasts are extra large, and the two suspenders are crossed across her chest, making them tight. Her breasts are more plump, and as she taps with a mallet, you can see her breasts dance up and down.

There are bold men who make fun of her, but she seems to be used to it. She looks indifferent and says a few words from time to time, making the other party more embarrassed and making some young daughters-in-law burst into laughter. He was uncomfortable, supported his mother's shoulder blades with two small hands, and tried to straighten up his small body. He was too small, and he didn't know what everyone said. Wherever there was laughter, his two big black and white eyes would look there.

"Da da da..." At this moment, there was a sound of hooves, and the busy people followed the sound, and saw five donkeys galloping towards this side, and five people dressed as businessmen sat on the donkeys' backs.

It was Liu Yanke and his entourage who came here. He rode his horse listlessly, walked sickly, and lost a lot of weight in just a few days.

Others didn't know that he had been tricked, and thought that he was catching a big case. He was so busy that he couldn't sleep well, and his energy was listless.

But Liu Yanke himself knows how to be indifferent.

Originally, the Holy Majesty saw that Nayan Huangfu Wuyi was old and in poor health, and the heavy government affairs made him breathless, so he intended to transfer Wei Zheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, to the door to serve as the servant of the door, so as to slowly take over Nayan As for the post of Yan, the vacated post of Minister of Criminal Affairs will be selected from the vice-officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Imperial Ministry, and Dali Temple. He also wants to use this case to fight for a fight. He accumulated a foundation for promotion, but unfortunately he fell into the trap of a beauty, and was teased by the girl Xu Yingying, who resembled his sister-in-law, and was eventually controlled by others; The negative teaching materials of the imperial court's instructions to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Defense, and Dali Temple have left a notorious reputation that will last forever.

What made Liu Yanke even more sad was that if he had really slept with Lu Maozhi's wife, half of his anger would have been calculated.But until now, he didn't know that Xu Yingying was just a maid that Lu Maozhi found from somewhere.Such an unbearable situation made Liu Yanke depressed.

The farmers thought they were grain merchants who were harvesting grain, so the village head, Duan Cheng, warmly welcomed them and invited them to rest under the shade of a tree.

Sitting on the polished stone bench, Liu Yanke felt his butt warm, and immediately stood up again. After he knew the identity of the other party, he asked, "Mr. Duan, it seems that your village has had a good harvest this year."

Duan Cheng said with a smile on his face: "Yes! This is all thanks to the saint Shang Hongen. His old man asked officials to organize everyone to open canals to divert water, and also taught us to accumulate manure and deep plow, and make waterwheels. With these things that can increase income, even in the early years , does not affect the harvest, everyone's life is getting better every year."

Liu Yanke thought of something, and asked again: "Your rent will not be handed over until this batch of grain is ready?"

Duan Cheng smiled and said: "Yes! We have already harvested a crop of wheat, but the government only harvests rice, millet and millet, so we eat wheat ourselves. The price of rice, millet and millet is good, and the rest of the rent , everyone is reluctant to eat it, and will sell it for money, in exchange for some oil, salt, cloth and so on."

At this time, millet and millet are still the main crops in the north, and rice is also grown in some areas with sufficient water sources.Although wheat is a dryland crop, it actually has higher requirements than millet and millet.In addition, the flour processing technology is backward, and people usually cook the wheat and eat it, which does not taste very good, so poor people generally eat wheat rice, and they are reluctant to eat other types that can sell for a good price.

Liu Yanke and several of his followers looked at each other, and asked Duan Cheng casually: "By the way, Village Chief Duan, the frequent military incidents in the south have brought disasters to Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and there are also constant natural disasters. All tax reductions and exemptions are appropriate...do you have any reductions or exemptions here?"

"Hi!" Duan Cheng shook his head and laughed: "When we just quelled the war here, we also received tax relief from the Holy Majesty. I heard that the South was only recovered last year. This is exactly the same as Youzhou a few years ago. The Holy Majesty reduced their taxes. It's normal! Our place has been stable for so many years, and there are no droughts, floods or insect disasters. It is no exaggeration to say that the harvest is bumper every year! It is not easy for the imperial court to fight every year. It is very kind for the imperial court not to increase taxes. We If the court is allowed to reduce the exemption, is it still human?"

"It makes sense!" Liu Yanke said absent-mindedly.

In the second half of last year, there were many droughts in the northern land. The imperial court reduced or exempted some local money, grain and taxes as appropriate. However, because Shuangliao County is backed by mountains and the sea, the area of ​​cultivated land is very scarce.

Zhang Han, the prefect of Shuangliao County, also played a memorial to the court at the right time. The eloquent memorial described Shuangliao County as a place where mountains and rivers are poor and the land is extremely poor. Asking the imperial court to allocate food to the victims, and saying that his governance is not effective, he feels anxious and uneasy to ask the imperial court for relief, which gives people the impression that he is an upright official who loves the people and loves the people.

At the beginning, because of the Goguryeo War launched by Yang Guang, the people of Hebei were used to transport grain. The people who missed the farming season were extremely poor. Afterwards, the land of Hebei evolved into the core of chaos, and the Youzhou area became sparsely populated and impoverished. .

When Yang Tong left the north and went south, Shuangliao County was indeed in a barren land as described by Zhang Han, so he believed it to be true, not only exempted Shuangliao County from one year's money and food, but also provided food relief of [-] shi according to the county's population.

However, the truth of the matter is: After many years of water conservancy construction by the imperial court, various new farming tools have been used by the people, the variety of crops has also increased with the exchanges between China and the West, and the imperial court’s policy has also tilted towards agriculture. important food producing areas.After that, after years of population reproduction and land reclamation, Shuangliao County has also become an area with developed agriculture.But if the magistrate deliberately concealed it, how would Yang Tong and his ministers, who were dedicated to fighting the war, know?

However, Shuangliao County, which Liu Yanke saw with his own eyes, was full of rain and criss-crossed fields. Now the village chief said that the harvest here is bumper every year, and the problem suddenly appeared.

After learning about the villagers' harvest and rent payment in this village over the years, Liu Yanke led his people to leave, and then visited five villages, and the situation was very similar.

After returning to the inn, his attendant Sun Mou excitedly said: "Liu Shaoqing, Shuangliao County has a bumper harvest every year, and the people pay taxes every year, but the imperial court not only did not receive a grain of rice or a penny last year, but instead allocated funds for disaster relief last year." , this is obviously Shuangliao County pretending to be a disaster and taking relief."

"Indeed." Another entourage's eyes sparkled: "Shaoqing is going to dig out a big rat this time."

"It's not just a big rat. If we pursue it seriously, half of the officialdom in Shuangliao County will collapse!"

"If the Holy Majesty knows, the officialdom in Shuangliao County will definitely be dead..."

"These corrupt officials should be killed in this way." One person said: "Liu Yushi has full authority to accept this matter. If we combine the situation here, it will be a great achievement. Hehe..."

"..." Liu Yanke's face changed, and he was in distress.

After thinking silently for a moment, he felt that this matter was beyond the scope of what he could conceal, and anyone could find out such an obvious matter. If he pretended not to know it and turned a blind eye, the consequences would be even more serious.

You can't hide it for sure.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized:

Isn't it just a woman?

Isn't it just a prostitute?

Who hasn't done it?

The big deal is that it's just a crime of being a bully who goes whoring. When it comes to the imperial court, at most, it's a small loss and a big one.

If you wring out the gang that cheated you, you can gain the reputation of enduring humiliation, not only can you get rid of the crime, but you can even be promoted.

In an instant!

Liu Yanke, who had been sluggish for a few days, figured it out, and he seemed refreshed.

prior to.

Too hypocritical!

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(End of this chapter)