I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

Dahua Dynasty, a place rich in grain.

The farmland is full of golden rice, but when the rice is harvested, the common people are sitting on the edge of the field with gloomy expressions, without any energy, and let the sparrows peck their hard work for a year.

If you look closely, you will find that the rice fields are overgrown with weeds, which have obviously not been taken care of for a long time.

The current output is all thanks to the seed selection and breeding program that Li An has been implementing.

Otherwise, this vast paddy field may have no harvest this year.

It's the harvest season, but the common people don't go to the fields to harvest. The officials and gentlemen of the local yamen came to the edge of the field aggressively with a large group of yamen servants.

"You gangsters, you haven't harvested yet, what are you doing here?"

Chapter 464

Hearing this, a commoner looked numbly at the superior official, and the grievances in his heart finally broke out uncontrollably!

"Harvesting? Is there still a need for harvesting? The grain harvested from my rice field is not enough to pay taxes to the imperial court. When the late emperor was in power, he managed to save a little surplus grain, and filled up the vacancies of taxes again and again." .

My family of seven is now waiting to die of starvation at home, what kind of food should I receive?To the court?

The imperial court doesn't care about our life or death, why do we still work for the imperial court? "

The common people all echoed in unison. If hard work can't get what it deserves, who the hell is willing to work hard.

Then let's start posing.

We people can no longer eat, and you officials and lords don't want to eat a grain of the food we grow.

"Huh?" The officials' eyes suddenly turned cold, and they snorted coldly.

Immediately he waved his hand: "Come here, take down this troublemaker!"

After the words fell, a large number of yamen servants rushed over to control the man.

Seeing this, the other citizens were stunned for a moment, and then they all gathered around: "Why do you arrest people?"

"Why? The government gave you land to cultivate. You are so lazy now. Since you don't cultivate, you don't deserve to have agricultural registration.

This officer will classify you as a slave and put you in a prison first, and wait for the dental dealer to come over, and then sell you.

You could farm the land for yourself, but you have to become a slave and farm for others. These are all your own choices.A villain is a villain, and a good hand can be played so badly! "

"You can't do this." The man was anxious, "My family's ancestors have been honest farmers for generations, you can't strip me of my peasant registration and make me a slave."

"Honesty? I didn't see anything." The official yelled angrily: "Press it down."

"You can't take people away." The other common people gathered around, looking menacing, as if they would start a fight at any moment.

Seeing this, the official gave a cold snort of disdain, waved his hand, and instantly a large number of government soldiers rushed up, obviously they had been prepared for a long time.

"Why, do you want to be enslaved like a troublemaker?" The official raised his neck proudly.

Hearing this, the people took a step back subconsciously, looking at these armored soldiers, they were afraid and flinched.

Seeing the scene that satisfied him, the official sneered, and reprimanded again: "Hurry up and go to the fields to harvest. If you don't pay enough taxes, you will all be enslaved."

The people had no choice but to roll up their trouser legs and enter the rice fields, waving sickles to start harvesting.

Seeing that the common people had already started harvesting, the official master planned to leave. After all, there were not a few unscrupulous people who were waiting for him to clean up and warn.

"By the way, don't blame me for not reminding you. These are all the meanings of Mr. Xu Guogong in the court. I would like to advise you that it is best not to make any fools in the future. This heavy price is not for you. Can bear it!"

After finishing speaking, the official took his yamen servants and government soldiers and left aggressively.

While the common people were working hard, they had to bite their lips unwillingly, cursing in their mouths: "Xu Guogong, this dog official, he will die!"

……

Another two months passed in the blink of an eye, and just after paying the autumn harvest tax, the common people planted some soybeans and wheat before winter, but the government came to urge them to pay the farming tax.

The people once again faced despair.

Unable to pay taxes, some people chose not to farm.

But once the family's fields fall into disrepair, the government will take people away directly, and all of them will be enslaved.

The huge pressure made the people breathless, and many people simply chose to end their lives.

There are some bloody people who don't want to die so uselessly, and they have a bold plan in their hearts!

It is better to rebel!

……

Everything is under Li Xu's control.

……

In the capital, in the early court, the ministers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Your Majesty, the people in many parts of the country have rioted. The people are complaining about the harsh taxation. They hope that the court can reduce the tax. If the tax cannot be reduced, there may be rebels."

As he said that, the minister looked at Xu Guogong with resentment in his eyes.

Li Xu arranged for Xu Guogong to increase and exorbitant taxes, so everyone pointed the finger at Xu Guogong.

The most important thing is that Xu Guogong has earned so much from taxes, and the mansion has been repaired one after another. I don't know if he wants to build a small palace.

But Xu Guogong's greed is never satisfied, and he hasn't sent money to the treasury yet.

If these majesties didn't say anything, they didn't dare to ask.

Because Xu Guogong was also in the court hall, they didn't dare to name and curse.

Xu Guogong noticed the minister's gaze, and looked over coldly: "What do you want me to do?"

"Xu Guogong, as the elder of the four dynasties, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to act like this?" The minister sternly reprimanded.

"Then tell me, what's wrong with me?" Xu Guogong's eyes were already full of murderous intent.

Now that His Majesty is his grandson, and the person His Majesty trusts the most is himself, with so many honors added to him, even if he is a bit arrogant, so what?

Li Xu naturally noticed Xu Guogong's expression, he just had a sinister smile on his face, and didn't yell at him.

He just wanted Xu Guogong to do it. When he killed Xu Guogong himself in the future, the whole court would be grateful to him, and the people would also be grateful to him.

At that time, no one would feel that what they did was wrong, and would only call themselves holy!

Seeing this, the minister had no choice but to clenched his fists tactfully, lowered his head, and saluted: "My lord, please calm down, and this minister is also very anxious, so I said something wrong."

"Heh~" Xu Guogong sneered, and looked away arrogantly.

Now this feeling is something he has never felt before, it is hard not to be drifting.

He even felt that Li Xu sitting on the dragon chair was nothing more than that, after all Li Xu had to rely on himself.

These words were all said by Li Xu himself, Xu Guogong has no doubts about him.

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to appease the people's emotions quickly, and we can't let the riot continue to expand."

The minister hurriedly said to Li Xu.

"Oh, then, do you have any suggestions?" Li Xu glanced at the ministers with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this year's taxes are unprecedentedly high. I feel that Your Majesty should reduce some taxes."

"No, I have just ascended the throne, and I need money to do everything. Li Fu has emptied the treasury. Without money, it is absolutely impossible."

"But Your Majesty..." The minister wanted to say something else.

Li Xu waved his hand directly, and began to make suggestions: "How about this, announce to the world that everyone who is young and strong in the family enlists as a soldier, and one person who enlists will be reduced by [-]% of the tax."

Although it was only reduced by [-]%, under all kinds of exorbitant taxes, the tax was reduced by [-]%, which was enough for an adult's ration.

Li Xu continued to speak: "Those who join the army with two people will get a [-]% tax reduction. Those who join the army with three or more people will get relief rations from the government every month in addition to these tax reductions.

These are my people, how can I bear to see them suffer? "

Chapter 465

Hearing Li Xu's words, the Minister of the Ministry of War was stunned, and quickly rushed forward to kneel down: "Your Majesty, we have recruited a large number of soldiers. Our Ministry of War can't afford so much military salary. Do we want to deduct the military salary?"

"Nonsense, how can you deduct the military salary?" Li Xu stared angrily.

This stupid thing has deducted the military salary, so who will work for you?

"But Your Majesty, it's not that I'm crying for poverty, it's that the Ministry of War really has no money."

"Don't worry, Aiqing, the money will be available soon." Li Xu smiled confidently.

"But once this edict comes out, there will definitely be a large number of young and strong soldiers joining the army, and the weapons of the soldiers will also cost a lot of money."

"I have already said that there will be some military pay, and some weapons." Li Xu replied a little impatiently.

"But Your Majesty, all the young and strong have joined the army, and the field..." Hubu Shangshu also expressed his worries.

But before he could finish speaking, Li Xu had already glanced over with a cold gaze.

Hubu Shangshu was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, and at this moment his back was dripping with sweat.

He realized that Li Xu was planning to go to war, and Li Xu was going to go to war, he could only think that Li Xu was preparing for war with Li An in the future.

But what he is worried about now is that Dahua's economy will collapse first before the day of war begins.

But it's his turn to question Li Xu's will?

……

With the promulgation of the notice, the common people finally saw a glimmer of life.

All of them are sending young and strong people at home to sign up for the army. After all, with the current policy, only being a soldier can have a way out.

But not every family has young adults of the right age to join the army, and not every family is willing to send their sons and husbands to serve in the army.

Those families who failed to obtain enlistment quotas still have to struggle in the dark bottom.

Li Xu used this move one after another.Most of the people have gone to serve in the army, and only those people are left. It will be even more difficult to organize riots!

……

Time passes, deep winter.

The streets were full of people frozen to death. Li Xu had just been enthroned for one year, and the Dahua Dynasty had already ushered in its darkest hour.

As for the soldiers who had previously joined the army, what they did the most every day was to carry all these civilians who had frozen to death in the ice and snow due to hunger and cold, out of the city, and dig a hole to bury them.

When the soldiers did these things, some felt sad and full of sympathy and emotion, and some secretly rejoiced that they chose to join the army at the beginning, otherwise the people lying here now would be their own family members.

"Boom~" Throwing a frozen corpse into the pit, a soldier wiped the sweat off his head and panted heavily: "Monkey, let's go back quickly, we still have a lot to do today!"

Hearing this, the monkey looked back at his companion numbly, his eyes were a little rosy, and then he took down the wooden plaque that symbolized his soldier status and threw it into the burial pit.

"Monkey, what are you doing?" The companion was a little puzzled.

"Brother, I will not be a soldier in the future, I will not be a soldier of Dahua!" Monkey's voice was sad.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Quickly pick up your soldier badge before no one finds out. If you don't serve as a soldier, then the ones who will freeze to death and starve to death next year will be your relatives!"

The companion persuaded him earnestly, but seeing that the monkey was unmoved, he simply jumped down from the corpse pit to help the monkey pick up the wooden sign.

Before he could crawl out, the monkey knelt down and kowtowed to his companion: "Brother, I will take my family away after I go back, and please help me hide the time of the day!"

"Monkey, do you really want to leave?" The companion stopped and looked at the monkey solemnly.

"Yeah." Monkey nodded affirmatively.

"But monkey, it's like this all over the world, where can you go? If you are caught fleeing the barracks without permission, you and your family will..."

The companion couldn't go on talking, they only saw such a tragic situation yesterday.

Soldiers were killed, wives and daughters were humiliated...

Obviously they are all compatriots, but they are doing things that are even more beastly than beasts.

"That's why I'm going back and leaving with my family."

"Don't be confused, monkey. Didn't I tell you, where can you go after leaving here? Now Dahua is so dark."

"Brother, I still have a place to go."

"Where?"

"Nanjiang, find Lord Chen!"