Destiny Only Han

Chapter 714 Liu Ying: Tyranny is as fierce as a tiger!
In the 16th year of the Han Dynasty, Xia Wuyue.

Fang Fei rested, the summer woods were cloudy, and the wind became lazy in the sunny and rainy months.

After the Great Court Meeting was over, Liu Ying rushed out of the somewhat stuffy Xuanshi Hall, but was blocked by a dozen old men with white beards.

"Your Highness, stop and listen to the old minister!"

"Don't bother, I told you that this matter is out of my control!"

Liu Ying dodges from left to right but fails to break through the siege, looking helplessly at these old guys who are using the way of battle to block her.

Well, most of these people are the first batch of meritorious officials who were canonized after the war of destroying Chu, but the number of places for the Sangong Jiuqing is limited, so most of them were sent out to serve as county guards, feudal officials, and shepherds.

Now they enter Chang'an from other places, mainly because of the turmoil in the court, that is, the crime of "disrespect". Because of this, he was imprisoned and handed over to Ting Wei Hou Feng, the legalist dog, for interrogation.

The cruel officials of the Legalists have always advocated the doctrine of severe punishment, and believed that imposing heavy punishment on minor crimes can achieve the effect of "removing punishment with punishment". Eight meritorious officials were expelled, and more than 3000 people were imprisoned!
All of a sudden, not only Tingwei's prison was overcrowded, but even the prisons in the surrounding counties of Chang'an were overcrowded. The officials were even more terrified.

After all, the storm has already begun to brew in the center of the empire, and it has the tendency to spread. I don't want to find a way to show my presence in front of Liu Bang, recall the past credits and hard work, I am afraid that I will be the next one to go to prison!
It's just that Liu Bang's leg is thick and thick, but there are many people in his arms, so they miss the other thigh.

Well, Liu County is about [-] miles southeast of Pei County, and now it has been flooded by Weishan Lake...

After all, Liu Ying is the crown prince, the heir apparent of the country, and now she personally distributes the melon to them, which is an honor that can be boasted for a lifetime. As for the regret, it is naturally because of her inability to stay in Chang'an, and missed many good things!
For example, the watermelon in this season!
After a while, Liu Ying finished dividing the melons and asked someone to deliver them to them, while she held half a rough watermelon, dug and ate it with a spoon, and said vaguely:
"Eat some ice melons to cool down first! These are all melons grown in greenhouses. The watermelons in the field are not so big. It will take at least another month to ripen..."

Before him, Mao Shizhi and the others looked at each other, expressions of surprise and regret appearing on their faces.

Moreover, when Chen Ping's father-in-law, Zhang negative, went to Chen Ping's house for the first time, what he saw was "Negative Guoqiong Lane" and "using the bad seats as the door", that is to say, Chen Ping's family lived in a remote alley away from the city wall. At the end, use an old mat as a door.

After laughing on the other side, Mao Shizhi nodded lightly and said: "What the prince said is very true. The minister who granted the land has asked many times, and many lawless officials have been imprisoned, but he has no skills. The old minister can't do nothing. Why don't you focus on this one thing?"

This person was born in Fengyi. When Liu Bang became the Duke of Pei, Mao Shizhi served as Zhongjuan Qi, that is, riding a horse. Later, he conquered Qin in the Western Expedition. When Liu Bang became King of Han, he became a general, and then Liu Ying became the supervisor of the East Route Army. Liu Bang was worried about Liu Ying's safety, so he transferred Mao Shizhi, who was proficient in riding and could rush out of the chaos with Liu Ying, to Liu Ying's side. As for Mao Shizhi, he was blind His eye was shot by Liu Ya when he was fighting Long Qie.

Changxin Hall.

It's really rare...Liu Ying was skeptical, nodded and said: "That's fine, go to my East Palace... well, go to Changxin Hall, you are all foreign ministers, it is not suitable to appear in the East Palace."

But the main reason why Liu Ying doesn't do anything is that today's little lolita is different from the past, he can't even run after 'beating' him, let alone fight back, so if he beats Zhang Buyi, he will definitely return The family filed a complaint, and then Little Lolita came to the door, but he was the one who suffered at the time...

"Oh, sorry you can't guess it, the prince will tell you, it's mainly because of poverty!"

"After all, if you talk about it in detail, those petty officials did not violate the laws of the Han Dynasty. The law only stipulates that adult soldiers and concubine sons should be granted a hundred acres of land, but it does not stipulate what kind of land this hundred acres of land is."

When Chen Ping lived in Hudang Township, Yangwu County, Dangjun County, he lived with his brother. The two grown men only had [-] acres of farmland.

Liu Ying clenched her fists, and really wanted to teach this young man who didn't eat minced meat, but after thinking about it, Zhang Buyi was not to blame. It is still a luxury, and it is normal to not know the difficulties of ordinary people.

But today he was not for his own son, so he clasped his fists after being ashamed and said:

Beside him, a group of old men with white beards were chattering, but they said in unison that they entered Chang'an this time not for themselves, but for the well-being of the people, Barabara...

"That's right, there's a little bit of the demeanor of a Daitian herdsman." Liu Ying nodded slightly, not hesitate to praise.

Mao Shizhi gnawed the two watermelons in front of him like chewing a peony, wiped his mouth and said:
"The old official came to Chang'an this time mainly to attract business, um, to attract investment. Didn't Guanzhong want some factories to be moved to other places for reconstruction? My Dang County is small and the people are very crowded. Life in Guizhou is hard. If you can Build more factories in the local area, and everyone's life will be much better."

For example, Chen Ping.

Mao Shizhi was stunned for a long time, wanting to hit someone very much, but finally turned his head angrily without saying a word.

"In the past, Su Qin also said that if he had two hectares of fertile land in his family, he would even disdain the relationship between the six kingdoms..."

Zhang Buyi held the icemelon and tilted his head and asked:

Liu Ying was full of contempt: "If the head of Guizhou is not suffering, why do the people in your Liu county come to work in Chang'an? Where do the mediocre farmers hired by their family come from?"

Liu Ying also nodded. The situation that Mao Shizhi said about the narrowness of the Dang County and the poverty of the people actually existed since the Warring States period, and lasted until the Qin Dynasty, and continued to the current early Han Dynasty.

Liu Ying raised the knife and cut the watermelon, trying to make every tooth the same size, lest people suspect him of "two peaches kill three men"...

Liu Ying smiled and said:
"It's true that there are grants of land, but the rich land, why should it be given to you, a small man who is not related to the local officials and has no spare money to give gifts? Just because of your good-looking face? But you Is it a man?"

For example, standing in front of Liu Ying, Zhang Hou Mao Shizhi, the magistrate of Dang County with a flattering smile on his face.

"Your Majesty's words are kept in mind by the old minister. After atonement for the dog that day, the old minister immediately shut him up at home to read and read, and he was not allowed to step out of the Marquis Mansion! So today is not for the dog, but for the rule of the people. Come!"

Zhang Buyi stuck his neck: "You can't say that, Liu County is close to Daze, and there are often floods! Poverty changes, so they will leave their homes and businesses and come to Chang'an to work. If Liu County is located in the Central Plains, there will be floods everywhere. Who would want to leave their homeland in a fertile land!"

So Liu Ying suppressed her anger, full of contempt:
"Creating wasteland and farming? To put it simply, although the land in Dang County is flat, the good land has long been owned. Can you guess why no one cultivates those abandoned wastelands and dry land?"

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Zhang Buji, who sneaked in on the other side, stole half of Liu Ying's watermelon, raised his head and asked, "Didn't you say that Shiwu granted a hundred acres of land? With so much land, how can Guishou live so hard?" ?”

A look of shame flashed across Mao Shizhi's face. As the first batch of heroes who were entrusted with the feudal marquis, he was enfeoffed in Zhang County (now Yanggu County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province), with 1000 and [-] households in the food town. The only way to offend his son is by returning the food, so there are only [-] households left...

For a moment, Zhang Buyi froze slightly, and stayed away from Liu Ying silently again. After all, Liu Ying had been 'coveting' his beauty since she was a child...

So Liu Ying looked at Mao Shizhi who was very humble in front of her, recalled the other party's high spirits, and sighed softly:

Liu Ying's thighs are thinner than Liu Bang's. Although there are quite a few people in her arms, there is barely room for them to do so.

"I told you a long time ago, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, don't be a cow and a horse for your children and grandchildren, you always don't listen...Look, there are only seven hundred households left after thousands of households. You will become the Marquis of Guannei!"

"Since there are land grants, let's go to open up wasteland. There is a flat river in Dang County, and now there are cattle and light Liu's plows... If you want me to say, they are poor because they are too lazy. I have passed by Dang many times. In the county, in broad daylight, there are people lying under the walls basking in the sun, if you have the skills, wouldn’t it be good to open up wasteland?”

Well, even the money to marry a wife is given by the old man...

Liu Ying.

"Of course, maybe that's why you are so favored by this prince!"

"You know, if you want to open up wasteland in a place where the soil is compacted and the ground is full of small stones, and let those crops that are not competitive in the face of weeds take root, germinate, and thrive, it takes about one or five mouthfuls of land to transform each acre of wasteland. A year's labor of the family!"

"That is to say, before you want to open up wasteland, you need to save enough rations for the whole family for two years, so that the whole family can go all out, and you can't stop at all during this period! Otherwise, the speed of the wilderness will be far faster than the speed at which people can transform the wilderness." !"

"So, a group of people who have to do their best to eat enough and can't do it can only bask in the sun more and reduce the consumption of their bodies. In this case, if you let him go to open up wasteland and farm, it is better to kill him immediately. !"

Well, what he didn't say is that the main reason for the difficulties of the people is because of the government.

After all, the government formulates tax standards so that the people will neither starve to death nor become rich...

(End of this chapter)