Collect crowd into immortals

Chapter 451: This emperor serves the country and the people, what’s wrong with enjoying himself?
"Since you said so, I'll let you experience it for yourself."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Qingxuan directly attached the old man's consciousness to a minor official.

The petty official's name is Jiang Dong. He is a patrol officer who patrols several streets every day.

On this day, he was called by Shangfeng to collect grain.

During the process of harvesting grain, Jiang Dong squeezed the interests of the people as much as possible, calculated as much as possible, and kept the weight as low as possible. In the end, the people handed over three hundred pounds of grain, which he forced to squeeze into two pieces. One hundred and forty pounds.

He was still cursing and was very dissatisfied.

He just gave that house a kick and then gave up.

Seeing this, the old man was puzzled.

"You also come from an ordinary family, why do you want to embarrass him?"

Jiang Dong did not find it strange at all, but said:
"Why should I treat him well, I'm not his slave?
I became an official to become a master, not to work as a field servant for his family.

Besides, my yamen servant is so dangerous, what’s wrong with giving me some compensation? "

With that said, Jiang Dong directly pulled his cuffs open, only to see a three-inch long scar there.

According to Jiang Dong, this was caused by the murderer when he and his companions investigated a murder case half a year ago. However, during the fight, one of his companions stayed there forever.

So Jiang Dong felt that he deserved all this.

What happened to him getting a little benefit at the cost of his life?
At this time, the old man learned from Jiang Dong that if the other party withheld ten kilograms of grain, he would get a penny commission.

The old man found it unbelievable that he could still get a commission by deducting food. This was simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

He tried to persuade the other party, but Jiang Dong said that his son was studying at Chaoyang Academy where the old man was, and he was only studying in the most common literacy group, but even so, he still needed six taels of silver every year.

The two children in his family are twelve taels.

But his monthly salary is only two taels. If he adds the usual food and clothing expenses, if he doesn't deduct a little, his children will not be able to go to school at all.

In this regard, the old man had nothing to say, because he was actually just barely surviving. Teaching, books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones all cost money. He couldn't survive without taking money!

After leaving Jiang Dong's consciousness, the old man was sent to the local tax envoy Wu Yinglong.

At this time, the old man discovered that the commission of one penny was simply insignificant, because the excess tax collected here was sent to the local county magistrate, county captain, and master, and then sent to the rice shop in the city. shop.

In response to this, the old man was furious. It turned out that the source was these people in power.

"You're a corrupt official! It's okay if you become an official and don't make decisions for the people. You actually deprive the people of their food rations. You deserve to die."

Unexpectedly, Wu Yinglong said: "You old scholar, you are so pedantic! The salary issued by the imperial court is not enough at all. How can we not be greedy?
Can my wife’s gold and silver jewelry, food and clothing expenses be worse than those of ordinary civilians? "

"But you already have a wife, why do you need to be greedy again?"

"What do you have? If you have it, can't you buy something better? Besides, I am already an official, how can one wife be enough? At least seventy, eighty, or ninety, right?"

Otherwise, why should I be an official, just to be a cow and a horse for you?

Are you too naive?

If this is the case, why do you still need to charge money to run an academy instead of teaching for free? "

"I...I...are so stupid and unteachable! Stupid and unteachable!"

……

After leaving the tax envoy, the old man returned to the county magistrate's consciousness. Before coming, he was full of expectations, because in his consciousness, the county magistrate was the famous Qingguan, Qingtian Grand Master.

However, when he got to know the other party, he realized that this guy was the most greedy. In just five years, the other party's family actually buried fifty thousand taels of silver.

He simply couldn't imagine this figure. It was equivalent to one or two taels of silver being taken away from everyone in their entire county.

Unexpectedly, after questioning the other party, the other party said that these were all small, and he had already given away the remaining 50,000 taels to his superiors.

And he plans to spend the 50,000 taels in the near future to buy an East China Sea Pearl for the current minister, so that he can be promoted to the prefect as soon as possible.

When the old man heard this, he cursed angrily.

"You are such a dog official. You betrayed your integrity and justice instead of the good Master Qingtian. You will be punished sooner or later!"

"retribution?"

The county magistrate sneered, "I was originally a young official, and I have never been greedy for a single tael of silver, but I couldn't even afford the salary of the city's government officials, and I lost more than half of my salary in two years.

This caused the public security in the city to drop a lot, and I was reprimanded by the superiors, who said that if I didn't restore order, they would take my supervisory hat directly.

Also, my mother got sick the year before last and was about to die. It was the Lin family, a wealthy businessman in the city, who gave her a century-old wild ginseng to tide her over. I accept her love, do I want to give her a corresponding reward?

Are you going to give away the money from this century-old wild ginseng?
But I don't have it, so I can only suffer for the common people. "

"Aren't you afraid of them poking your spine?" "Afraid? What the heck are you afraid of! They are just those mud-legged people who only know how to work hard. As soon as I show up, they are so frightened that they kneel down, kowtow, and poke your spine?"
Even if they dare, do they dare to say it face to face?
They don't dare!

If they dare, I will directly lock them into prison and let them taste the taste of the tiger bench. "

Seeing that he had such contempt for human life, the old man became furious.

"You are simply crazy. You are still their parent in vain!"

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate laughed wildly when he heard this, "Wrong! This is how they become a good parent official!"

Old scholar, you are also a father. If your child disobeys, will you beat him? Teach him a lesson? "

"But I didn't trick him!"

"I didn't harm him! It's just that there were too many of them, and I couldn't even care about them!
Besides, as their parents, only if I live a good life can they live a better life.

Save the people first, save the officials, this is the right thing to do!
Old scholar, you are already old! Damn it! "

"I'm not old yet, I'm still alive, and I must figure out the root cause of your sinking."

After the old man left, there was a burst of wanton laughter in the courtroom.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Leaving the county magistrate, the old man was brought into the body of officials of all sizes.

The prefect, the general, the prime minister, and even the current emperor.

But he desperately found that each of these people had corresponding reasons.

Some of them want to go further, and some of them want to enjoy a better life;

Some people want to drive others and enjoy rights, and some people do it for the country and the people, but they still have no choice but to embark on this path.

As for the last emperor, the old scholar had nothing to say.

"I have served the country and the people for so many years, what's wrong with enjoying it?
As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, shouldn't I enjoy the most beautiful beauties, the most magnificent palaces, the most noble services, and the most precious food and wine? "

"But you asked millions of people to build cemeteries, palaces, and canals for you. Do you know how many of them died?"

"As the supreme emperor, I have the right to do this! I also have the ability to do this! But I can resist, but do they dare?
They are just ants, ants with black hair.

Call them names and the people think highly of them. Do you really think they can take charge of the country?
Don't talk about other people, for an old scholar like you, it would be as easy for someone to crush you to death as to crush an ant to death! "

"you you……"

The old scholar was so angry that he was speechless.

But in an instant, he was brought into the long river of history.

Possessed all the princes, generals and ministers on their entire island for thousands of years.

However, the facts made him feel desperate.

Because except for less than 10% of the dignitaries who have the so-called moral integrity, the others are not much different from the current emperor.

They all treat the people as ants and lambs ready to be slaughtered.

Even among the remaining 10%, almost all felt this way, it was just that the etiquette, justice and shame in their hearts did not allow them to do so.

Seeing this, the old scholar was desperate.

On this day, he returned to the county seat, returned to his original place, and floated over a farmer's house.

At this moment, a woman's voice in the room caught his attention.

"Dad, our big tiger has grown up and can do things. How about we give Zhao Laoliu some money and let him think of something?"

"Zhao Laoliu? You mean, let Dahu go to Zhenxiu Tower to do odd jobs? Don't we have enough money?"

"If you don't have enough, just borrow some! Think about it, when our big tiger really goes there and becomes successful, will he be able to earn back the money in two or three years?
When the time comes, if we marry him a down-to-earth wife and give birth to a fat boy, will our Sun family be the rear one?
Also, if Dahu really gets along well, won't our family no longer have to work hard and face the loess with our backs to the sky? "

cough! cough!
After the words fell, a series of suppressed coughs sounded in the room, and then a dull voice was heard.

"Too!"

Following the sound, an old man with a hunchback came out.

Seeing this, the old scholar above burst into tears.

Because he seemed to understand the reason.