Chongxi Concubine of Time Travel

Chapter 406 It’s another night, heavy taxation (3)
Wen'e and Sui Mo walked into the yard with their things, and Shangguan Xueyan squatted beside the medicine box to dispense medicine.Don't look at her medicine box as small. In fact, it has a lot of medicinal materials. Her medicine box is unique, not an ordinary medicine box, but it doesn't look obvious from the outside.Shangguan Xueyan and their masters and servants diagnosed diseases, dispensed medicines, lit fires, and boiled medicines.Very casual, as if none of those villagers existed.

Those villagers looked at their things and believed that Shangguan Xueyan was a doctor. If it weren't for the doctor, who would have brought a medicine box and a pot for boiling medicine, and knew that they were treating emboli.

"My lord and madam, thank you, old man, for your help in rescuing the embolus. This child is also a hard-fought boy. Didn't you say you're staying overnight? If you don't mind going to my house, I still have two vacant rooms for you to live in." The villager Chang walked up to Shangguan Xueyan and his wife, first thanked them and then said that they could borrow at their house.

"Then thank you to the village chief." Xuanyuan Xuanxiao said to the village chief after taking a look at Shangguan Xueyan.

"No thanks, no thanks, come with me." The village head said bye-bye.

"Second, God, you guys just watch over him tonight. Wen'e will send Suimo to pick you up later." Shangguan Xueyan told them before leaving that Wen'e was experienced in making medicine. I have followed her for several years, and I have also learned some simple pharmacology.

"Yes, ma'am."

After Shangguan Xueyan's family left with the village chief, those villagers also left.It was also dark, and when Shangguan Xueyan and the village chief came to his house, only two women and a few children came out to greet them, and no young men were seen.

"Hua Hua, Tao Xing, go and clean up the two rooms on the west side, and let the guests stay overnight. These are my wife and two daughters-in-law, and those are my grandchildren. By the way, I don't know your surnames yet. What?" When the village chief entered the yard and saw the three women, he gave orders, and then introduced his relatives to Shangguan Xueyan and the others.

"Grandpa, my surname is Shangguan, with a single name of Xuan. This is my wife Shangguan Yun, those are my two sons, and those are my wife's two younger brothers." Xuanyuan Xuanxiao first introduced himself with clasped fists, and then helped Pointing to Shangguan Xueyan, pointing to Xuanyuan Yunmo and the others to introduce to the village chief.

"So it's Master Shangguan and Mrs. Shangguan, come and sit inside." The village head politely led them into the house.

Xuanyuan Xuanxiao and the others could only follow them in.

Shangguan Xueyan looked at this small courtyard, it seemed very poor here.The houses here are all of civil structure, and the courtyard walls are better made of soil blocks, and the worse ones are fences like the Shuanzi's house, and there is no courtyard wall yet.Even the small courtyard of the village chief's house looked dilapidated, but it seemed to be the best house again.

"I don't know where Master Shangguan's house is, and what are you doing, how did you come to our remote place?" The village chief asked as soon as he sat down.

"My family lives in Beijing, so we still have some status. My wife is a doctor and she wants to practice medicine everywhere, but she doesn't want acquaintances to know, which makes it difficult for me. At the same time, I also want my children to go out to gain insights, so we go to some remote areas. place." Xuanyuan Xuanxiao told the most reasonable lies, otherwise how could anyone believe them.Yan'er had already saved someone in front of their eyes just now, this statement should be easy to accept.

"That's right." The village head nodded after listening, it seems that he believed Xuanyuan Xuanxiao's words, and understood the reason why they appeared here.

"By the way, the village chief, why did the Shuanzi suffer such serious internal injuries? My wife said that he seemed to have been kicked and beaten like that. Why is this, and why did his wife and children hide on the mountain? "After a while, Xuanyuan Xuanxiao asked the village head.

"Hey, he was injured by the tax collectors, and his parents were also beaten to death by the tax collectors. We will handle the funeral." The village chief sighed, his tone full of helplessness. and regret.

"Why did the yamen servant beat him? Could it be that he didn't pay the tax?" Xuanyuan Xuanxiao asked suspiciously.

"I paid, but I didn't pay enough. In fact, it's not just him. There are many people like him in the nearby villages. We are already poor here, and many things don't grow here in winter, but the imperial court's taxes are heavy. Many people can't afford it at all. For those who can't pay taxes, the yamen servants will use their children to pay off the debt. What can we little people do? How can your Majesty be so cruel? This is not to cut off the way of life for us people Is it? You have also seen that there are very few males here, and they all go out to look for work, otherwise how would they live!" The village chief's tone was low and his words were bitter.It deeply reveals the helplessness of these low-level people and their struggle for livelihood.

"Grandpa, isn't that right? The imperial court's taxes don't seem to be heavy. The Four Kingdoms means that our Xishan Mountain has the least tax. Isn't it just paying [-]% ​​of your harvest? And didn't your majesty let you plant those crops that are suitable for growing in winter? As for the winter wheat, His Majesty said that winter crops are not taxed. Then how do you collect taxes, grandpa?" Xuanyuan Yunmo heard him complaining about the emperor, he felt that it was unfair to the uncle of the emperor, and it was not the grandpa who said That's it.So he asked when his parents didn't speak.He would know some of these things. Brother Ming is the future prince, and the emperor's uncle has already let him know about political affairs. Brother Ming, who was with them, also told them about it.

"Master, what you said is true, who did you listen to?" The village head suddenly stood up and walked to Xuanyuan Yunmo and asked.

Shangguan Xueyan looked at the excited look of the village chief and knew that the news his son said shocked him. Even the wife of the village chief who had been silent all this time seemed very excited.

"This is what His Majesty once issued an imperial decree. Shouldn't the people of Xiyue know about it? Don't you, Grandpa, know?" Xuanyuan Yunmo asked curiously, no way.

"It's not the imperial court's intention. Then who will collect [-]% of our tax." The village chief reluctantly let him sit on the chair.

"Fifty percent? Do you want to pay fifty percent?" Xuanyuan Yunmo asked in surprise.

Shangguan Xueyan also didn't expect that the tax reduction was proposed by herself when she asked Xuanyuan to show off the mine.It is said that the tax can be recovered from the mines. Of the [-]% of the tax, [-]% is to be handed over to the national treasury, and the other [-]% is to be left in the local area to deal with the famine.Now it seems that not [-]% but [-]% stay in the local area. Those people have really big appetites.

"The death of these local officials is not a pity." Xuanyuan Xuanxiao suddenly said gloomily, what Shangguan Xueyan can think of, of course he can think of it.

"It won't be too late to deal with them when we find out. Since when did you start collecting such heavy taxes?" Shangguan Xueyan shook Xuanyuan Xuanxiao's hand. She knew that he would be angry after hearing this, but she couldn't get angry here. , It’s not good to scare them.And they have to figure out the truth of the matter.

"Our tax here has always been [-]%, but a few years ago it suddenly increased to [-]%, and our life is even more difficult." The wife of the village chief said.

Not to mention Xuanyuan Xuanxiao, even Shangguan Xueyan was angry this time, a few years ago, wouldn't it be the year when she made a suggestion?This can't be her fault again, can it?If that's the case, she will make up for her fault.

When Shangguan Xueyan and the others were thinking about their own affairs, there was a sudden grunt, as if someone's stomach was rumbling.Shangguan Xueyan turned around and looked at her two sons and Suimo. She seemed to have forgotten that they hadn't had dinner yet.

"Mother, it's not my stomach growling, but I seem to be a little hungry." Xuanyuan Yunmo felt that his mother was looking at him, first retorted that it was not him, and then said that he was hungry.

"I'm hungry, don't tell me sooner. Go and bring the snacks in the car to the young masters. My master and I will go to the mountain to see if we can find something to eat." Shangguan Xueyan looked at the house. She knew that there would be nothing to entertain them, and she didn't want to embarrass the family.

"Sister, shall I go with you?" Yun Moxue stood up and wanted to ask together.

"No need, you and Fei Xue look at Mo'er and the others, we will be back soon." Shangguan Xueyan rejected his proposal, this person is very fun, and it would be very troublesome to lead him.

Xuanyuan Yunmo knew it was getting late and his mother would not take him up the mountain, so he didn't say anything, but nodded obediently and agreed to wait for them to come back.

(End of this chapter)