I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 4 The Inflection Point of History

The glamorous woman who is embroidering lotus is the second wife of the Guo family and also the biological mother 'Guo Yang' of the handsome boy 'Guo Yi'.

Seeing his son's body covered in wind and snow, he quickly put down the flower wrap in his hand, went over to pat the snowflakes on his body, and kept complaining: "You two monkeys, where did you go fishing? How did you get it all over your body!"

Guo Yi stood upright on the spot, letting his mother pat the snowflakes on his body, warm in his heart, and responded apologetically: "Grandpa, grandma, mother, Sanniang, I made you worry. I have nothing to do with Zhuzi. No matter how far you go, you can go fishing in 'Horseshoe Lake'."

Grandpa sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, put the rough porcelain bowl full of dirty wine on the table, and looked at him with a smile: "Young man, you are a bit playful! It doesn't matter, as long as you are fine, you can do it if you are fine." good!"

He grinned, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed into a ball. While talking, he picked up the rough porcelain bowl and took a sip of the dirty wine.

As soon as he finished speaking, the little girl surrounded by him immediately let go of her short legs and ran over happily: "Wow, there is fish soup to drink! I want to drink fish soup tonight!"

This little girl is 'Yamiao', the younger sister of the handsome young man Guo Yi, born of her third mother.

Guo Yi was afraid that she would fall, so he took two quick steps, grabbed her, and made her look closely at the bunch of grass carp.

And the strong woman weaving next to her is Zhuzi's mother, Zhao Lin.She put down the work in her hands, stood up, and stretched out her hand to pick up the vines that skewered the fish: "My family will go and clean up the fish, and stew fish soup for dinner!"

Before she could go out, the grandmother who had been silent all this time said, "His aunt, please wait a moment."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, glanced at Guo Yi, then turned his head to look at the old man next to him, and continued to speak: "The wife of Erjie's uncle's house next door gave birth a few days ago, and she got a baby boy. Baby, your body is weak, why don't you send two fresh fish to his family? To make up your body?"

Zhu Zi didn't move when he heard the words, but turned to look at the second young master beside him, waiting for his opinion.

After all, this is his titular master.

Although he has been kicked out of Guo's house, he has gotten used to it over the years.

Guo Yi didn't wait for his grandfather to respond, and nodded without hesitation: "Well, it should be. Uncle's family is not with your elders, and Erjie also takes care of your elders a lot. We should reciprocate!"

"Oh, I'm going right now!"

After Zhuzi got the order, he immediately picked two grass carp and handed the rest to his mother, then turned around and left the house, and walked into the wind and snow again.

They have lived in Yanglin Village for more than a month, and they are familiar with the people nearby.

Erjie's name is Yang Lijie, and he lives in the second generation in their Yang family.Their family is in an alley next to the west, not far away.

As soon as Zhuzi went out, grandpa put down the rough porcelain bowl and sighed, "Er Jie, little bastard, how many times have you told him? You have nothing to do at night, so don't keep messing with your wife, don't keep messing with your wife! Little bastard, you don't obedient!

This is great, the top two are carrying handles, and the third child is carrying handles, I will see how he can support him! "

As soon as he finished speaking, grandma immediately became displeased, and with a "slap", she slapped it on the table and scolded with her eyes wide open, "You old man, what kind of sarcastic remarks are you talking about!

What happened to the handle?ah?Many children and grandchildren, this is a blessing! "

Grandpa immediately became angry, blew his beard and stared and said, "Hey! A woman with long hair and short knowledge! Is this a blessing? I don't even look at what year it is. This year's autumn tax has increased again, and there are still people everywhere outside. It's all in chaos!

I heard from the merchants in the past that Xixia is committing large-scale crimes against the border again, and is fighting to the death with the Western Army guarding the border.They also said that on the other side of Xinzhou, there were farmers who raised poles again, and many people died.Oh, that's a mess! "

After the words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little heavy, and grandma didn't say anything. She was right, having many children and grandchildren is a blessing.

But what Grandpa said was even more reasonable.

In this age of turbulence and human life, it is not easy to raise children safely.

Especially in this Great Zhou, which has been established for nearly a hundred years, and in this Great Zhou, which is facing internal and external troubles and precarious wind and rain, it is even more difficult.

Of course, this big week is not that big week.

After Zhou Taizu "Guo Wei" destroyed the Han Dynasty and established the country, the capital was Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.

In the first month of Xiande's first year (954), Zhou Taizu 'Guo Wei' died.His adopted son 'Guo Rong' succeeded him.

In the sixth year of Xiande (959), "Guo Rong" made a northern expedition to the Liao Dynasty and recovered three prefectures and three passes.Soon Guo Rong died, and his youngest son 'Guo Zongxun' ascended the throne.

But history turned around here...

'Zhao Kuangyin', who is the Jiedu envoy of the German army and the inspector Taiwei, was grateful for Guo Wei's appreciation and support, and did not launch the 'Chenqiao Mutiny', but wholeheartedly assisted the young master 'Guo Zongxun'.

The southern separatist regimes of Jingnan, Wuping, Houshu, Southern Han and Southern Tang were destroyed successively, and the unification of most of the country was completed.

Until the present 11th year of Ning'an, the world has been at peace for more than a hundred years.

Although the Great Zhou is no longer that Great Zhou, Daliao is still the same Daliao, and Xixia is still the same Xixia.

The 'Tanyuan Alliance' also still exists.

Dazhou pays 10 taels of silver and 20 pieces of silk to Liao every year as a "military aid fee", which are delivered to Xiongzhou.

At the same time, the 'Security Agreement' also exists.

The Great Zhou Dynasty gave Xixia 5 taels of silver, 13 pieces of silk, and 2 catties of tea every year; in addition, it also gave Xixia 2.2 taels of silver, 2.3 pieces of silk, and 1 catties of tea every year on various festivals.

And these things are all imposed on the people.

Miserable.

Its most direct manifestation is the change of the Spring and Autumn Taxes.

During the reign of Xiande, the tax was [-] [-], ten years ago it was increased to [-] [-], until this year, it was increased to [-] tithe.

The price of rice has increased from [-] Wen per bucket ten years ago to [-] Wen per bucket now.

When he was in the bustling Tokyo, he didn't feel much about these things, but after traveling all the way to this water town in the south of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away, he really felt what is the suffering of the people.

Here, people eat unhulled brown rice, which is also mixed with rice bran, which is difficult to swallow.

Here, the adults are all wearing rough sackcloth, with the patches on top of each other, one on top of the other.

And those five, six, seven or eight-year-old children, no matter boys or girls, are all running on the street with their buttocks naked.

That scene is heartbreaking and embarrassing!

It's not that they are shameless...they are too poor.

As the ancients said, there are enough granaries to know etiquette.

Only when the stomach is full, what is left is the etiquette, righteousness and shame.

In this remote mountain village far away from Tokyo, the big cities, and the prosperity, filling the stomach is the only theme.

It's not that they are lazy and don't do production... The exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes of various names are increasing and becoming heavier.

In addition to field tax and Ding tax, there are four types of tax items: one is grain, including seven kinds of rice and wheat.The second is silk, with 7 kinds of silk and silk; the third is gold and iron, with four kinds of gold, silver, copper, and iron; the fourth is products, with six kinds of livestock, tea, and salt.

In addition, there are heavy land tax surcharges.

There is no idle land in the world, and the peasants still starve to death.It is the true portrayal of Ning'an's 11 years.

Tyranny is fiercer than a tiger, and it is also vividly reflected here.

Let’s say this is a troubled time. Except for the intrusion of Daliao on the northern frontier, the intrusion of Xixia on the western frontier, and the peasant uprising in Xinzhou, most of Dazhou is still peaceful.

But you say this is a peaceful world, far away from the capital city, far away from the bustling Jiangnan water town, and people don't have enough clothes or enough to eat!
Thinking of this, Guo Yi couldn't help but wryly smiled, he was too busy to take care of himself, why would he think of so many compassionate people?
Just an illiterate old man who didn't graduate from junior high school, not a saint!
"Ding! It is detected that the host has a compassionate heart, and the saint assistance system is activated!"

　New book set sail, please collect, recommend, and catch bugs!
　　


(End of this chapter)