poor family prodigal

Wang Yuan quickly set off, walked out of Dawang Village, and soon arrived at the county.

As the three of them walked along, all they saw was extremely desolate, with bare land, not even a single blade of grass growing, let alone food.

"Brother Yuan, it seems that this place is not too poor, but that these people are too lazy."

“There is so much fertile land lying idle and people would rather go out and beg for food than plant soil.”

The eyes of the big tiger standing aside were full of disdain, doubts, and various emotions. These common people only complained about the inaction of the officials above them every day.

They have never thought about being self-reliant, and only hope that the government will give them a pitiful subsidy.

however!

They have been fighting recently, and there is not much food left. They can only afford to feed the soldiers who are fighting abroad.

In addition, only Wang Yuan can think about these people in such a poor and remote place.

“Having land but not planting it is a bit unusual no matter how you look at it.”

Kindred had a different opinion.

Along the way, I looked at the place full of vicissitudes of life and silently noted it in my heart. There was no trace of deception in the pain on the faces of these people.

Wang Yuan raised his head and looked at the scorching sunshine in the sky, and then looked at the bare land. He felt a very sad and angry feeling in his heart that he wanted to vent.

"I wonder if you two have heard of a story, that is, there is no soil for planting, and the people are living hungry every day."

After thinking for a while, Wang Yuan slowly said this sentence, with an extremely solemn expression on his face. This story happened in the previous dynasty, and he accidentally read it in a book.

After reading it, I felt that it was just a story and had no way of existing in real life.

however!

After watching this scene, I suddenly felt that the story was no longer a story but a reality because the local parents and officials did not act.

Because he had a group of people who took advantage of others, neither the people's livelihood nor food issues were properly handled.

At first, the local parents were deceived by their subordinates, and then they gradually became complicit with those people because they wanted more money.

Therefore, the people at that time had no way to make a living, even selling their children and daughters could not take care of their own lives.

"While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone…"

"Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer."

Wang Yuan felt extremely painful in his heart when he saw the people walking by. Everyone was skinny and skinny, and their clothes were in tatters.

Some people even walked out with their whole families, limping and disappearing under the sun, leaving only a string of lean figures behind.

"Brother Yuan, I must go find out what is going on?"

Dahu is usually a person who cares about the country and the people, because he often follows Wang Yuan and cannot see the suffering in the world. What he is most afraid of is seeing the frowning brows of the adults in his own county.

"Sir, don't you know what the story you told before is?"

As a woman, Qianlong is very happy to be able to work with Wang Yuan, at least she doesn't have to embroider in the boudoir like other girls.

Doing things with a delicate mind will always get twice the result with half the effort, even if the appearance is a bit ugly, as long as the soul is clean and beautiful.

When Wang Yuan said that, he knew that the other person must have different thoughts in his heart. Sometimes appearances can always deceive the eyes.

The essence of the truth always exists in the darkness and requires talented people to dig out it. Wang Yuan is the master of the sky in their hearts.

No matter where he is, he can do things for the people, so he has no complaints when he is sent to such a remote place.

"I read in a book before that all the fertile land is not used to grow food. That's because it is monopolized by the local rich people."

"If you want to cultivate land, you have to pay a huge price. Nine out of ten loads of grain must be handed over, and the remaining one load must be handed over to the court."

"Let alone life, there is no way to keep the seeds for the coming year. In the end, you will have to sell your sons and daughters."

When Wang Yuan told this story, tears flashed in his eyes. It was because of this story that he embarked on the road to the imperial examination.

I secretly vowed in my heart that I would be a qualified parent official for these people, but I didn't expect that there would still be no progress after so long.

The two of them sighed after hearing this. You must know that in the whole world, there is no royal land. As long as the imperial court still exists, no one would dare to do such a thing so blatantly.

I feel that a story is a story, and sometimes the person writing it is a little exaggerated, as if he has been greatly wronged.

"Brother Yuan, you have also seen that no one is planting these lands at all."

Dahu felt that Wang Yuan was a bit unfounded. Such a thing could never happen in the place under their jurisdiction.

You must know that Wang Yuan works for the benefit of the people every day from dawn to dusk. If things like this still happen, it means that these people are not satisfied.

"The people don't cultivate the land. They go out to beg every day. Master, have you seen it? These people seem to be going out."

"It must be because we can't survive here that we made this move."

Qianlong has been observing for a long time, and has been thinking about a very important issue from the beginning to now. If a family or two does not cultivate land, it is their problem.

Along the way, there were many people who were obviously wandering people. No matter who they were, they were not willing to wander around as long as they had a stable life.

Especially this place is the most crowded. Every citizen has an expression of extreme pain on their face, and their children are croaking from hunger in their arms.

Wang Yuan was a little angry when he saw all this. He introduced the new policy from the beginning, asking these people to go to the yamen to get it if they had no seeds.

They won't receive any benefits in the first year, and the effect after the policy was launched was not very good...

At first, I thought it was because the people had extra grain in their hands and looked down upon the few seeds distributed by the government.

Only now do we know that it is not because these common people have food in their businesses, but because they have not planted the land at all, and they will get corresponding harvests if they take the seeds from the government.

The anger in their hearts slowly burned. These people were so ignorant that they would rather go hungry than work.

"Sir, please calm down and inquire first before confirming."

Just when Wang Yuan was about to get angry, he heard Qianlong's voice, because he felt that this matter was not as simple as they saw.

If you want to know what's going on, you have to ask the local people. From ancient times to the present, officials have protected each other, and there are many such cases.

The people wanted to ask for help, but there was no way. The only thing they could do was to wander around in the four winds.

The three people walked all the way and looked at the tragedy in various places, silently writing down everything in their hearts. It seemed that this private visit incognito had a lot to gain.