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

It's really not given a chance to react.

"My emperor is holy." The ministers shouted excitedly.

Xu Guogong was chopped off, which is a good thing for them.

They are all in the imperial court, they are an interest group and they are also competitors.

With Xu Guogong down, they can reach out to other places and continue to search for more benefits.

Li Xu turned a blind eye to the stinky feet of the ministers, and returned to his mournful expression: "I am not a wise king. I will issue a notice to tell the people all over the world that I am a fatuous king who killed his grandfather with his own hands!"

The ministers are not stupid, they know that Li Xu doesn't really want to tell the people that he is stupid, but to let the people know that he killed his relatives righteously for the people.

Now that they know it, the ministers will naturally embellish it when they issue the notice.

"Sir, let's do it now!"

"The Secretary of the Household Department listens to the order."

"The minister is here."

"You take someone to Xu Guogong's mansion, and send all the taxes he collected to the treasury, and the soldiers' salaries should also be paid."

"The minister has orders!"

……

On this day, Xu Guogong was pushed to the execution ground amidst the anger of the people.

The road was full of angry people throwing stones at him. The biggest corrupt official in the imperial court was about to be eliminated at last.

How many families have been ruined by the series of exorbitant taxes he brought out?

Yes, the common people feel that the increase in exorbitant taxes was handled by Xu Guogong alone.

For this reason, they have a lot of respect and love for this new emperor who killed his relatives righteously.

I think this will also be a good emperor who loves the people like a son.

But is this really the case?

Chapter 469 A Piece of Chaos

It has been a long time since Xu Guogong was executed, the cold winter is over, and spring is blooming.

The once majestic Duke's Mansion is now in ruins.

After Xu Guogong's death, the Xu family was confiscated, gold and silver treasures were continuously sent to the treasury for confiscation, and the Xu family was also exiled.

The only change is that the money from Xu Guogong's mansion was sent to the treasury, but it didn't change much for the people.

The exorbitant taxes are still going on, but the person who collects them has changed from Xu Guogong to the Ministry of Households.

And it doesn't seem to be limited to the Ministry of Accounts.

After Xu Guogong fell from power, the major families also moved their minds, and some inexplicable taxes followed.

The lives of the people have not been improved, but have jumped from one fire pit to another.

Li Xu didn't know about this, their eyes and ears were blocked.

He is still going on with his militarism, and he only pays attention to the matters in southern Xinjiang, and the matters related to Li An.

……

Southern Xinjiang, Qingshui County.

Life on Li An's side was not easy either.

He finally understood what Tian Shuanzi meant by the unusual severe drought.

This time it was a severe drought in the true sense. Even the water level of the big river at the source of the water conservancy project was dropping, and there was no more water to pour into the dam.

The common people looked at the seedlings that were about to dry out in the fields, all of them showed regretful and distressed expressions. This season, there will be no harvest.

However, the common people did not panic too much, because Li An had publicized the policy of hoarding food very early on, so the common people had surplus food at home.

Even if there is no harvest for one or two seasons, it will not starve to death.

What's more, they still have silver stored in the silver bank, which can be used to buy food.

There is no shortage of food for the time being, but if there is no water...

Li An also tried to ask people to go to a closer place to buy water, but Li Xu ordered his people not to pass through Suixi City.

Therefore, Li An could only look far away, and spent a lot of time to transport water to the sea.

How can distant water quench thirst?

"Sir, why don't you set up an altar to pray for rain?" Li An suddenly looked at Tian Suanzi. Tian Suanzi's calculations are so accurate, he must be quite capable.

So setting up an altar to pray for rain, isn't it just drizzle?

Hearing what Li An said, Tian Suanzi was embarrassed again: "Well, my lord, is there a possibility that those so-called setting up altars to pray for rain are all tricks to deceive people?

If God does not let it rain, how can human beings intervene? "

"Just tell me what you can do?" Li An gave Tian Suanzi a disgusted look.

Sometimes he really thinks that the fortune teller is very powerful, and he can accurately calculate the next severe drought in Li An's southern border.

But when I really need him, he just can't do anything...

Isn't this just for fun?

Regarding Li An's words, Tian Suanzi could only lower his head in embarrassment, pretending to be stupid.

He is also very helpless, obviously his fortune-telling ability should be called the best in the world, but when he comes to Prince Chen, he is the one who is embarrassed every time...

"Where should I get water?" Li An rubbed his temples with a headache.

"I guess, the lord has encountered some difficult problem?" Empress Le Yao's voice suddenly came.

"Are you here?" Empress Le Yao has been running here recently, and Li An is no stranger to it.

Just a little curious, doesn't she have to deal with the government affairs of her own country?

enough leisure.

Empress Le Yao nodded, and immediately bowed to Li An: "My lord, Le Yao brought a batch of water and food from Nanling Kingdom, hoping to help my lord."

"Can you bring us water?" Li An's eyes widened in surprise, and the water in his mouth naturally meant drinking water.

Hearing this, Empress Le Yao nodded with a smile: "Naturally, my Nanling Kingdom is quite rich in water, and I also have some surplus food. If the prince thinks it is not enough, Le Yao can go to other countries to purchase and send it to the prince."

With the help of Empress Le Yao, the problem of drinking water source is temporarily solved.

Excited, Li An immediately hugged Empress Le Yao: "Le Yao, you have been of great help."

"It's good if I can help the prince." Empress Le Yao blushed and lowered her head slightly.

Li An also noticed the change in her expression, and quickly let go of her hand in embarrassment: "Sorry, I'm excited."

"It's okay." Empress Le Yao smiled slightly, with a look of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

……

time flies.

In the capital, Li Xu has become more and more depressed recently. He doesn't know that there has been a severe drought in the southern border for so long, so how come Li An's southern border has not yet experienced major disturbances.

The minister recently reported to him that some people had fled to the south.

He didn't pay too much attention to this. It was still the same as the previous policy. Anyone who was willing to go to the southern border would go there. If more people went there, Ang Li could be emptied earlier.

Li Xu completely overlooked one point. When Xu Guogong was here, although he was greedy, he also helped him to keep an eye on many ministers and suppress them to a certain extent.

Now that Xu Guogong has been killed, Li Xu has been aggressive and only pays attention to the situation in the south, and he has been completely noticed that the officials of the court and the central government have caused the common people to suffer.

At the beginning, these court officials were only tentatively probing, but when they found out that Li Xu didn't care about it, they became even more unscrupulous and wantonly exploited to collect money.

People's greedy desires will continue to grow and never end.

As for Li Xu, he only cares about whether there is money in the treasury and whether it is enough to support his military expenditure.

……

Spring to autumn.

The common people stood in the rice fields numbly.

They hold sickles in their hands, and the harvesting action is particularly mechanical.

Outside the rice fields, the government soldiers and yamen servants were all holding whips to supervise the work. Anyone who dared to pause for a moment would be whipped on the body.

The policy that Li Xu once set, that as long as there are young and strong members of the family enlisted in the army, the policy of tax reduction, has now been manipulated by the officials of the court, and it has already existed in name only.

The common people worked hard for a year, and all the harvest could not fill the tax that seemed to be a bottomless pit.

The scene of Ang Lee's poem "Pity the Farmers": There is no idle land in the world, and the scene of the farmers dying, is still repeated on this land after all.

Finding ways to survive has become the only challenge for the common people now.

How sad.

Unable to bear the oppression of the government, some people chose to follow the example of the former and migrated to the southern border.

Some people even directly occupy the mountain as the king and lose the grass as the bandit!

It just so happened that Li Xu had so many soldiers in his hands, so he didn't ask why. He heard that someone took over the mountain and became king. In order to show his majesty as an emperor, he directly sent a large army to suppress the bandits.

A group of unscrupulous people dare to take over the mountain and become king!

In Dahua territory, a pot of porridge was messed up in a very short period of time.

The world is in chaos, chaos.

……

Liu Qing has not been idle these days, he sneaked into Dahua under Li An's order.

After he told Li An about the current situation in Dahua, Li An was silent.

That night, Li An stayed up all night, sitting in the courtyard, the scorching temperature made Li An upset.

Chapter 470 I, Li An, are about to enter the game!

It was already late at night, and Liu Yiyi came behind Li An in a thin shirt, and she stretched out her pink arms to hug Li An.

Resting her head on Li An's shoulder, Liu Yiyi's gentle voice came: "My lord, let's go."

This time, she did not call Li An her husband.

Li An took Liu Yiyi's hand, gently moved her into his arms.

"But Yiyi, the fortune teller said, if you're not from this place, don't ask about this matter. If I take action, it may only make things worse."

Li An's face was full of confusion, he only cared about this sentence at first, but now he is a little afraid of this sentence.

Because the severe drought mentioned by Tian Suanzi has really appeared!

"My lord, the people need you." Liu Yiyi looked at Li An affectionately, and her eyes were full of reluctance.

She really didn't want Li An to be involved in the overall situation of the world, and she didn't want Li An to have anything to do with the so-called Dao of Heaven.

But, she knew what kind of person her husband was.

These days, because of the three of them, he chose to turn a blind eye and compromise again and again.

If it weren't for the three sisters, my husband would have already led the army into the capital.

This is not the first time she has seen her husband sitting in the courtyard and sleeping all night, worrying about the country and the people, and the world and the common people.

Every time she saw Li An's expression of self-blame and annoyance, her heart ached.

She felt that if her husband continued to suppress him like this, he might not be him anymore.

So, she decided to stand up and help her husband, let him do what he wanted without any worries.

No matter what the final result will be, the three sisters will stay with their husband and never leave.

Seeing that Li An was still hesitating, Liu Yiyi hooked Li An's neck and offered her passionate kiss.

After a long time, with her lips parted, Liu Yiyi smiled sweetly and looked at Li An.