"Xiang Ji will definitely retire to the mountains and forests!"

Ying Zigao said confidently: "He is a son of an aristocratic family, with an arrogant and confident personality. He will not go back on his promises made in public on formal occasions!"

"Weichen is still a little worried..." Dongfang Bubai still looked at Ying Zigao worriedly.

"Don't worry, the East is invincible."

Ying Zigao smiled slightly and said, "At this time, he must say that he has no face to face Jiang Dong's elders!"

At this moment, Xiang Ji had come to the edge of a dense forest.

"Brother, why didn't you go back, but came here?"

Xiang Zhuang, who was sent by Xiang Bo to meet him, hurriedly asked.

Xiang Ji sighed deeply, got off his horse and said, "I can't go back!"

"Brother, the family is waiting for you!"

Xiang Zhuang said anxiously: "Uncle is even more anxious, hurry back!"

"I have no face to face them!" Xiang Ji took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "At the beginning, I didn't listen to my uncle's dissuasion, and insisted on showing off my strength and coming to the banquet!

In the end, he was slapped in the face one after another by the stupid king, and his face was humiliated!In the end, he was forced to make a promise, not only to apologize to him in public, but also to retire to the mountains and forests!
What face do I have to face my uncles and elders, my brothers, my clansman and my neighbors! "

Hearing this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but secretly sighed!
Then he said seriously: "Brother, go home! Everyone in the family is looking forward to you!"

"I'm ashamed to go back!"

Xiang Ji sighed deeply.

"Brother, you can't do this!"

Xiang Zhuang hurriedly said loudly: "We brothers, the entire Xiang family, hope that you will lead us to resist Tyranny and avenge the family!"

"I'm not worthy!" Xiang Ji said listlessly with a gloomy face.

Having said this, Xiang Yu threw down the reins of his horse and was about to walk towards the mountains.

Seeing Xiang Ji's listless and dejected look, Xiang Zhuang suddenly became anxious, grabbed Xiang Ji, and said loudly, "Brother! Have you forgotten the blood feud between grandfather and uncle?
Our Xiang family was ruined, so many uncles and brothers, have you forgotten the blood feud?
Have you forgotten the blood feud of our Chu people who destroyed their families? "

Hearing this, Xiang Yu's heart suddenly tightened!
I struggled violently in my heart, but still raised my head, sighed a long sigh towards the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I haven't forgotten it, and I will never forget it in my life!"

"If you can't forget it, go back quickly!" Xiang Zhuang grabbed Xiang Ji's right hand and was about to drag him away in big strides.

"But revenge, I'm afraid I can't avenge it!"

Xiang Yu couldn't help but said with a look of melancholy: "The stupid emperor has issued an edict to unify all miscellaneous taxes into regular taxes, and the tax rate will be reduced to 50 per tax from now on!"

Hearing this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help being taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Brother, this is impossible! It must be a lie that the faint king tricked you into! You must never believe it!"

"It's the truth!" Xiang Ji said helplessly, "I have issued an edict in front of me, printed it out, and sent people to various counties to spread the word. It must be strictly implemented!"

"How is this possible!" Xiang Zhuang looked surprised!

"Not only that, but the faint king has completely stopped conscripting and sending out slaves!"

Xiang Ji sighed and said: "The imperial edict has been officially issued, and the conscripting of forced labor will be permanently stopped from today! Also send people to the counties and counties to convey it, and strictly implement it!"

Xiang Zhuang shook his head with disbelief on his face, "Brother, how is this possible? This must be the trick of the foolish lord pretending to deceive you!

The tax rate has been reduced so low, and the collection of corvee has been permanently stopped. How can the Daqin court and the official uniforms of various places continue to operate?

Don't do all the projects?What should we do in the future? "

Xiang Ji said seriously: "He didn't lie to me, it's all true!"

"Brother, this is absolutely impossible!" Xiang Zhuang held Xiang Ji's hand tightly, and said with a straight face: "Hurry up and go back with me! The faint king must be lying to you!"

At this moment, a burst of excited shouts suddenly came from the village by the mountain forest: "Folks, great news! Your Majesty has just issued an edict. From now on, the tax rate of Daqin will be reduced to 50 per tax, and the tax rate will be stopped. Call for corvee!"

Upon hearing this sentence, both Xiang Ji and Xiang Zhuang couldn't help being surprised!
Hastily walked over to the village.

"Really?" A lot of villagers had already gathered at the entrance of the village.

The villagers obviously didn't believe it, and all of them had doubts on their faces.

A few middle-aged people even said with disbelief: "Fifty one tax, and permanent servitude? Can such a good thing happen?"

"It's true!" The middle-aged man standing in the middle said with a serious face.

"Fifty tax one, sounds good!" A middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life next to him said: "If the government wants money, they can collect more money by just looking for a name! There are many ways to make money!"

"That's right! Fifty one tax? With such a low tax rate, how does the government work? What do the officials eat and drink! What do the soldiers feed on!"

An experienced middle-aged man next to him also hurriedly said: "In the end, all the money has to fall on the heads of us ordinary people!"

"Stop expropriation? It's even more impossible!"

The middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life said with a cold smile: "The Great Wall will not be repaired, the straight road will not be repaired, and the Chi Road will not be repaired? The Mausoleum of the First Emperor will not be repaired? What if the government needs people to work in the future?"

Hearing this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but smile triumphantly, and said to Xiang Ji seriously: "Brother, did you hear that? How can you trust that stupid king with things that the villagers understand?"

Seeing the disbelief of the villagers, the man standing in the middle suddenly became anxious.

Hastily said: "What I said is true!"

As he spoke, he took out a bundle of bamboo slips from his bosom, and said with a serious face, "This is also a copy of the edict sent down by someone from the county! I'll read it to you!"

After saying this, he opened the bamboo slips and read aloud.

"What? Permanent cessation of any form of corvée?"

"From now on, no one is allowed to charge the people any other fees in any form!"

Hearing the content of the edict, the villagers became excited all of a sudden!
"Have you heard that?" The middle-aged man said with a straight face: "Don't worry anymore! The tax rate from now on will be 50 per cent, and we don't have to pay any fees other than the regular tax! We don't have to do corvee anymore!"

"The current emperor is an emperor who keeps his word!"

The middle-aged man went on to say: "He said that this year's tax will be exempted for one year, and he will be exempted! He said that the construction of the Great Wall will be stopped, and the labor labor outside the Zhidao, Chidao and the Mausoleum of the First Emperor will be stopped! The villagers sent to do labor, Don't you all go home?"

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