The king behind the empress

Chapter 243 Change the Great Zhou, Start from My Stone
It has been a while since he came to the three counties to provide disaster relief, and what shocked him the most was the annexation of the land by the aristocratic and wealthy families, apart from the starvation of the refugees.

The drought in the three counties did not have a big impact on those aristocratic families. Firstly, it was because they had enough food, and a lot of food from the imperial court fell into their hands, so their lives were basically not affected too much. Impact.

On the contrary, this kind of calamity year has turned into a good year for them in a sense. Usually, they need to find ways or pay a lot of money to buy fertile land. Easy to switch over.

In addition to fertile land, human population trading is even cheaper. You can easily buy a beautiful woman with only a bucket of millet.

Although Da Zhou officially abolished lowly status, they have some ways to bypass Da Zhou’s laws, such as adopted son, adopted daughter, farm laborer, etc. These titles sound nice, but in fact they are still in the same nature as slaves, and the household registration is in the hands of the master. , Even escape is an extravagant hope.

Therefore, this calamity year directly fattened countless landlords and wealthy families. They annexed the land of countless people and bought a large number of slaves, which directly exacerbated the natural disaster.

The imperial government’s disaster relief can only provide relief for a while but not for a lifetime, not to mention whether the imperial court’s disaster relief can help the people of the three counties survive the disaster year. Even if they can survive this disaster year, how can the people live without land? .

"Ugh……"

Looking at the victims in front of him, Shi Zhipei was full of thoughts, but he couldn't think of a good way, and his thoughts could only be turned into a long sigh.

Now the Great Zhou has serious disadvantages, the aristocratic families occupy a large amount of wealth, but the small people in Shengdou have no way out, but these aristocratic families who occupy a large amount of wealth have a lot of voice.

He believed that His Majesty must also be able to see this situation clearly, but it was very difficult to change it.

These aristocratic families affect the whole body with a single move. As long as they touch their interests, they will cause a violent backlash. However, the court does not have enough strength to suppress their backlash. Your Majesty can only compromise with these aristocratic families. develop from this situation.

But the disease has already entered the bone, if you don't scrape the bone to cure the poison, then those who wait for Da Zhou will only suffer from the disease and die.

"If you want to reform, you must have strength first. If you want to have strength, you must have conflicts with the aristocratic family, but you have no strength to suppress the conflict with the aristocratic family."

Shi Zhipei's eyes were full of helplessness, "This is a knot!"

Seeing Shi Zhipei sighing all the time, Liu Hong, who was riding his horse beside him, asked, "Why is Master Shi so sad today? Hasn't there been news from His Majesty that 50 shi of grain will be shipped to Nanjun in the near future?" Come on, although the crisis in Nanjun cannot be completely resolved, it shouldn't be a problem to solve part of it, right?"

"Disaster relief can solve a temporary emergency, but not a lifetime problem."

Shi Zhipei shook his head, didn't say much about it, but changed the topic and said, "Does the governor know how difficult these refugees' life was before the disaster?"

"Haha, Mr. Shi is looking down on our family, isn't he?"

Liu Hong laughed. Although his voice was sharp, he didn't have that kind of eerie feeling. He shook his head and said at the beginning: "Master Shi, do you know why our family entered the palace?"

After finishing speaking, Liu Hong didn't wait for Shi Zhipei to answer, and said to himself: "It's because our family was poor when we were young, and we couldn't live any longer. My father sent our family to the palace as a last resort because of the family's livelihood. Got stabbed."

"This knife was exchanged for ten taels of silver. Although the money was not much, it saved six members of our family. Mr. Shi, do you think our family knows what life these refugees lived in the past?"

"It was the officer who offended."

Hearing what Liu Hong said, Shi Peizhi immediately stood on the carriage and bowed to Liu Hong to apologize.

"Master Shi, this really ruined our family."

Liu Hong hurriedly rode his horse to avoid Shi Zhipei's ceremony, and after Shi Zhipei finished his ceremony, he rode his horse back and said with a smile: "Actually, Mr. Shi, don't mind. Saved the old and the young in the family, not to mention that our family is still serving as a superintendent under the prince."

"Although I can't carry on the family line, but it can be regarded as the glory of the ancestors. I am very lucky."

Speaking of this, Liu Hong showed a look of nostalgia on his face, "Our family vaguely remembers that there were more than a dozen families fleeing famine with my family at that time. Our family entered the palace to make our family survive, but those people, When our family can leave the palace, we have never heard from them again."

Hearing what Liu Hong said, Shi Zhipei instantly understood what Liu Hong meant. In a disaster year, if there is no news, it basically means that he is dead.

"In that case, the governor is indeed lucky."

Shi Zhipei sighed, and looked at Liu Hong hesitantly. He knew he shouldn't talk to Liu Hong about some words, but it might be because the disaster victims put too much pressure on him these days, so he couldn't help but say : "Master, do you think the people are living so hard?"

"Ok?"

Hearing what Shi Zhipei said, Liu Hong immediately sensed something was wrong, so he took a deep look at Shi Zhipei, and then said slowly: "Master Shi, our family is just a handicapped person, and it's okay to serve and serve others." Okay, right, our family can’t say anything.”

Thinking of Shi Zhipei's future prospects, Liu Hong, who didn't want to say more, gritted his teeth and added, "Our family only knows one thing, that is, the late emperor once said that if you think something is wrong, you should change it. , the result is not important, what matters is whether you have changed."

After finishing speaking, Liu Hong didn't wait for Shi Zhipei's answer, and walked forward as if fleeing, "Master Shi is walking slowly behind, let's go to see if the sheriff of Nanzhou County has come to welcome him."

"The important thing is whether you have changed..."

After Shi Zhipei said this sentence twice in his mouth, his confused eyes gradually brightened, "Haha, the late emperor is wise!"

Shi Zhipei, who had always been afraid to look at the victims, stood on the carriage and looked up to see all the victims. Although he still couldn't find a solution, he firmly believed in himself. Whether he can change it depends on whether he can change it. people to change.

Even if he, Shi Zhipei, is doomed to fail, but there are so many talented people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, is there no second Shi Zhipei who tries to change?As long as there are more people doing it, the status quo of Dazhou will always be changed. Although the hope of this road is very slim, it must be tried.

Shi Zhipei, who had untied his heart knot, no longer hesitated, and directly let the carriage speed up. The disaster is so serious that people are starving to death all the time, and since he has made up his mind to change, he doesn't want to delay even a moment now. .

When the carriage arrived at the city gate of Nanzhou County, Shi Zhipei looked at the three characters Nanzhou County on the city gate, and said to himself in his heart.

"To relieve the fatigue of Dazhou, it should start from Nanzhou County, and it should start from my stone cultivation!"

　So what, double monthly ticket, brother Meng, don't you have any bold ideas? (strongly implied)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)