After I die, my wife becomes a tyrant

"Grand Ye, someone outside the palace claims that they picked up your things."

While dealing with the matter, Ichiro will go to Zhu's case and present a square jadeite carved with basaltic patterns (turtle and snake).

It was the jade ornament on the jade belt of her mianfu when she was on a mission to Zhou, and it was intentionally left to Feng Kedao so that she could see her secretly, and Feng Kedao also left her two tokens.

After leaving the palace, they got into the carriage of the visitor until they arrived at Ninghai Bay, and then took a boat all the way to the sea and headed north.

After more than an hour, I saw Feng Kedao standing by the shore from a distance on a deserted island called Xiaoji Mountain in the Yellow Sea, and he was still standing beside him...

Emperor Xiande.

"Your Majesty is so flattered to drive in person." Ye Qiufeng bowed and saluted.

"Just drop in." Chai Shirong smiled faintly.

Along the way, Ye Qiufeng looked to the west, referring to the eight Jiangbei states of Wu State.

"You and I are about the same age, and our life circumstances are quite similar, but our choices are different," Chai Shirong said in plain language, pacing back and forth like chatting, with a relaxed tone:

"After my father was forced to rebel and usurp the throne, he won the country, but lost his beloved wife and all the children, that is, my adoptive mother, and my beloved wife, as well as the eldest and second sons who were still infants, were also killed."

Speaking of this, Chai Shirong couldn't help but sat casually on the barren rock, crying bitterly, the crying sound was ugly, but it was so distressing.

"Hmm...sorry." Ye Qiufeng said indifferently, and silently wiped his eye sockets. After four years of seeing each other, his head was full of silver wires, and he couldn't even imagine the real parting.

His sadness came and went quickly, and he stood up straight as if he had never been sad for a moment:

"To support the common people, and salt is expensive in the Central Plains, so he wanted to win Dongshu and kill Wang Kui in Wuping Town. He had already expected that before the annual tribute, he would take the position of Jiedushi and leave it to his general Zhou Xing Feng, now my focus is still on the Khitan, taking advantage of the Khitan's panic and confusion in the army, it is the best policy to make a big effort rather than a threat without a single soldier."

[The next level of the vassal state is the vassal town, and the highest leader is called the Jiedushi. After staying, the position is reserved for the designated person to inherit. ]

"Only four prefectures in the Central Plains are rich in salt. Rongzhou (Zigong) in Shu was separated by Wuping Town, Fenzhou (Yuncheng) in Jin was separated by Northern Han, Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, Chuzhou (Yancheng) in the north of the Yangtze River, Occupied by the state of Wu."

"It turns out that His Majesty is fighting to support the people," Ye Qiufeng echoed, and when he mentioned Chuzhou, he couldn't help but want to say something more:

"I'm originally from Chuzhou. If my father didn't join the army in the early years, if your Majesty has conquered Jiangbei, can I be considered a native of Zhou?"

Chai Shirong sniffled and chuckled: "Don't worry, ten years later, you will definitely be from the state of Zhou. If not, you will be king and loser." He paused, and continued:

"To raise the common people, all Jiangbei must be taken, but I don't need to go to the north."

"Also, copper is needed to support the common people. In my early years, my family was poor, and I also went into business to subsidize my family. You go to sea all year round. Do you know how to get copper?"

Ye Qiufeng nodded:

"There are many copper mines in Silla, but there are few refining techniques. You can get a lot of minerals by bartering classics, sugar, cloth, tea, Central Plains robes, jewelry, etc.."

"There is more silver in Dongying, and there is also a lot of copper. Copper coins are also in circulation. Herbs, spices, stationery utensils, classics, porcelain, iron utensils, cloth, etc., can be directly exchanged for smelted copper. Dongying people are better at learning. Central Plains technology and culture."

"The Bohai Kingdom has been integrated into the Huayi order for a long time, and it is not much different from the Central Plains. Apart from the lack of cloth and silk, it pays more attention to learning the culture and technology of our Central Plains. It also lacks copper and needs to be transported from the Central Plains. However, there is gold. The local people mainly use Animal skins, wild goods from the mountains, slave mouths, etc. are used as 'currency'."

"Malachite, bluestone, and red stone in the Indochina Peninsula are copper mines, and there are also many copper mines in Sumatra in the Nanyang Islands, but these two places are even more backward, and they can only exchange ores for ore, mostly three-point ore or five-point ore."

"Well," Chai Shirong turned his head to look at Feng Ke, who was silent from the beginning to the end, and said:

"Remember it?"

Feng Kedao nodded: "Remember it."

"It's quite generous." Chai Shirong looked at Ye Qiufeng, wanting to tell her to take off her mask, but finally gave up.

"It's natural to be generous in raising the people." Ye Qiufeng said lightly.

"See you next time, it should be ten years later, wait for the secret edict, and don't forget what you promised."

Ye Qiufeng was silent for a moment, then nodded with a smile. Chai Shirong took out a pair of red fish charms from his breast pocket and handed them to Ye Qiufeng:

"Chuzhou, let's take a look at it when the time comes, and by the way, let's see how I raise the people and how they are doing."

After all, Chai Shirong boarded the boat alone, and the boat slowly moved away, but Feng Kedao did not leave.

"I am the envoy. I plan to spend more time in the Yue country. If necessary, I can send you the edict in time." Feng Kedao said indifferently.

Ye Qiufeng snorted lightly, touched his body, and only found out a guest card that Liang Nanling gave her:

"Cruise as a guest."

……

Jiazhou.

The Si Nong Temple is located in front of the grain stores in each square street of the counties, and it is crowded with customers who buy grain.

"I want a stone of rice!" An old man desperately squeezed into it, his face was full of anxiety, his clothes were not rough, he was dressed in a thick coat of coarse linen gray cloth, which was neat and decent.

[One stone ≈ 103 catties. ]

"No, customers can only buy up to thirty liters at a time."

"Only thirty liters? Are you looking down on us as a guest?" The old man became furious.

The officials of the grain store were even more angry:

"Take the relief money from my country of Yue, and buy rice from my country of Yue at the price of a citizen of my country. It only costs one cent per liter of rice. You can't find it anywhere! What's the difference between picking it up and picking it up for nothing?"

"Please, Master Bing, sell me a stone, it's for saving my life!" The old man hurriedly put away his fire, and begged in a low voice.

"If you don't sell it, it will save your life. Can you eat a stone? If it doesn't kill you, you won't be able to eat it for half a year. If you don't buy it, just go away. Don't get in the way."

The old man was tongue-tied and unable to speak, and was quickly pushed aside by other customers. He scratched his head anxiously, thinking about how to buy a stone of rice, and then brought it back from Jiaxing County, Jiazhou. Kunshan County in Suzhou.

Jiaxing City Gate (North City Gate of Jiazhou) was closed before noon, and there were still thousands of fleeing households outside who wanted to enter the city with their citizenship.

However, there were not enough dental plaques for the customers, and it had been almost five days since the document was handed in. The court had only dispatched [-] newly-made dental plaques made of gold satin cloth with stamps, and all of them had been dispatched this morning, so the city gate had to be closed again. .

Not only Geng Ze, the magistrate of Jiaxing County, but also Shi Licheng, the governor of Jiazhou, is also anxious. Now it is not just a matter of Hakka. No matter how slow the approval from the central government is, it will be approved sooner or later. send it.

But these refugees are very strange -

It was still cold in the early spring, and the refugees who entered the city were not in a hurry to settle down after receiving [-] relief money and tooth cards. Rice, after buying it, stood by it, continued to sleep on the streets, and did not go to the county government to register as a guest. After four days of buying, it disappeared inexplicably.

The old man scratched his ears and cheeks, and was seen by fellow countrymen beside him, who whispered a few words to him, and he suddenly realized and rejoiced, and hurriedly continued to line up to buy rice.

"Your Majesty, these refugees don't feel quite right. The granary of the Grain Supervision Department under the jurisdiction of Sinong Temple is almost sold out, and the granary of the county government has to be transferred." Geng Ze stared carefully at the faces of these refugees, why did he always feel a little bit The face is familiar, but it feels like an illusion?

"Brother, in the past month or so, I always feel that some people are familiar faces. They disappear after buying rice, and they seem to reappear in a few days to receive relief money and tooth cards again. But you Jiaxing, besides the city gate, is also Is there another way to go to Kunshan?" Shi Licheng asked.

"The whole of Jiaxing is a military center. The [-] Pioneer Battalion guards the entire border. It is impossible to sneak in directly."

Geng Ze looked to the south——

The Bailaili road to the south of Jiaxing is Hangzhou Bay, swimming in the sea?Impossible, it will take hundreds of miles to swim around, and the early spring is so cold, you will freeze to death if you are not exhausted.

To the east is Huating County (now Shanghai), to the north of Huating County is Wujiang County, which was stolen by Wu State, and to the west of Wujiang County is Kunshan County. The small fishing boat went around.

"I'll call some more people to watch carefully for a few days, maybe it's really Wu Guo sent to cheat rice, mother Xipi."

"It's not necessarily a lie. Seeing that they are in such a hurry and are going so hard to go around, can you send someone to sneak into Kunshan County to find out the situation?"

"I'll send someone to go around and have a look."

……

Suzhou, Kunshan County.

The willow catkins in spring are floating everywhere in the air, and I eat my mouthful without paying attention.

"Bah bah bah."

The officials inside and outside the county government poohed twice from time to time to get out the fluff that floated into their mouths, and they even sneezed from time to time because the fluff tickled their noses.

The magistrate of Kunshan hurried back from the state capital on horseback, and a group of officials rushed to pick him up.

"There is an order from above that I, Kunshan, have to hand over 5000 million [iron] money within [-] days, and I will do things quickly." The county magistrate ordered with a dark face.

"5000 million?! The money for spring seedlings has been collected in advance, and the tax is increased to [-] per mu. How can those stinky farmers have any money, and some of them use their own children as slaves?" Anxiety, it would be too much to search again, and I don't even believe that I can get more money by scraping.

[The two tax laws are spring tax and autumn tax, which are paid per mu after harvest. The spring tax is also called spring seedlings, and the autumn tax is also called autumn seedlings. ]

"The spring seedlings can be harvested in advance, and of course the autumn seedlings can also be harvested. If it's not good enough, I will collect the land rent for next year. Go to work quickly and don't bother me." The county magistrate returned to the county government impatiently, too lazy to care about this thing.

The chief official frowned tightly: "Repay the land rent. Today is only the second year of Jianlong, and the land rent for the fourth year of Jianlong has been collected in advance."

But after all the orders were given, he had no choice but to take his servants to search for money.

"Ah, you stinky farmer. If you don't cultivate the land well, what do you do with so many poplars? The fluffy hairs are floating, and the nose is so uncomfortable."

The old man was taking advantage of the fact that there were no officials around, and led his 13-year-old granddaughter quietly to the field to help collect the grain. The field is planted with millet, which has a half-short planting period than rice. It takes more than three months to grow. It was able to harvest, only a few stacks were collected, the official came suddenly, he hurriedly pushed the little granddaughter into the house, and then smiled kindly:

"I just cut the tree down, cut it down."

"Taxes are also collected for cutting down trees, one thousand per tree, so hurry up and pay for it." The official rubbed his nose and frowned.

"??? What? The small one will not be chopped off."

"Don't cut it? This fluffy hair has to be taxed, and the pollution tax is also [-]."

Hearing this, the old man almost cried: "Where are you like this? The land rent has been paid in advance by Jianlong four years ago, and the spring seedlings are still in the field, and the money for the spring seedlings has also been collected in advance. Use an iron pot Iron tax is also required, not only cattle rent, but also cattle tax, as well as farm tool rent..."

"There's so much nonsense that cows can't eat grass?"

"Did I not feed the cows and eat grass or what? You paid the cattle rent and didn't see you feeding the cows and eating grass!"

The old man's face turned dark, and he pushed the talkative old man to the ground. The little granddaughter peeked at the crack of the door, and when she saw grandpa being pushed, she was frightened and hurried out to help grandpa.

"Nah, blah blah, I'm here today to collect a poplar tree tax, one thousand, and everything will be fine if you pay it. If you dare to talk too much, we're not afraid to tell you in advance that the higher-ups have changed the yuan, and your land rent will have to be paid again."

After saying this, the official glanced at the little girl, then winked and asked his colleagues to take her away:

"It's okay if you don't pay it, then take this little girl as the top one in the army."

[Women are assigned to the army = army women branch. ]

"Don't! I'll pay, I'll pay! But I really don't have any money, huh..." The old man wanted to drag his little granddaughter back, but was pushed aside again.

"Grandfather... woo woo..."

"Can you give me a few days? I'll raise money and give me my granddaughter..." The old man begged again and again, and he decided to take his granddaughter to escape.

"Hmph, I've collected all the money. I don't dare to wait too long with the money to redeem someone in the county government. We can't guarantee that this little girl can stay in the county government for a few days."

The official gave a cold voice, and left with the weeping little girl. The old man was full of despair, and gritted his teeth with hatred:

"You damned ones, you are too aggressive, and I will die with you."

The old man was spinning around in a hurry, his brains were burned out and he couldn't think of where else to get money. When he was on fire, a bachelor from the same village came back with a sack that was more than a stone on his shoulder. He hurried up to ask where he got it .

Crowded outside the gate of Jiaxing for several days, finally when the city gate opened, I followed the crowd and squeezed in until my hands were stuffed into a piece of slippery thick gold cloth and a hanging copper coin was hung on it. The master pushed into the city gate through the open door, and then he relaxed around his body.

He was illiterate, and couldn't understand what was written on the large letter hanging outside the city tower. He looked at the money with bronze rust hanging in his hand, and the gold cloth in his hand, wondering if it wasn't rice?How to send money directly?

After fumbling around, I got a general understanding of the situation.

One liter of rice in Kunshan has been sold for more than 100 iron coins, almost one liter of iron is exchanged for one liter of rice. Jiaxing uses copper coins. No wonder the bachelors in the same village carry rice back.

If I had known earlier, I would have brought my little granddaughter here. Now that my little granddaughter is detained, I don’t know how much money will be confiscated when I go back. Copper coins can’t be used in Kunshan, so I can only buy rice and then try to go back.

The fellow villagers who squeezed over told him that the daily limit for buying rice in Jiaxing was [-] liters, and the purchase could be divided into several days. If you walk about ten miles to the west, there is an abandoned Kunshi mine, and you can sneak through the mine. Back in Kunshan, hide the inexhaustible copper coins, find a hidden place to bury the gold cloth, and squeeze in through the city gate next time, and get the gold cloth and relief money again, in case the gold cloth is not distributed in the future Yes, the hidden gold cloth can be sold or given to the family members who sneaked in. It is the tooth card of the Vietnamese.

Five days later, the old man came to the county government to redeem the man. As a result, the market price of rice was more than 100 yuan per liter. The official was only willing to convert it at ten yuan per liter. .

They also brought their granddaughter to Jiaxing through the mine, and gave her the buried copper coins and gold cloth, and told her to hide herself well, and when she was hungry, she would burn millet to eat, and come to look for her within ten days, and if she did not come back within ten days, she would take Qian and Jinbu, go find your own way of life.

"Grandpa, are you really not going home? The millet from the five acres of land has not been confiscated. If it is confiscated, it can collect more than 2000 liters..." The little girl asked weakly.

The old man pursed his lips tightly. Of course he was reluctant, but even if he took it, it might not be enough to pay the tax owed.

"No, even if I accept it, it won't be able to enter our stomach."

Gritting his teeth, the old man walked outside the city gate alone, and waited for the gold cloth and money before entering the city. The wait lasted another five days.

The soldiers and common people in the city went up to the tower from time to time, looking down at the fleeing households with dark eyes.

Some soldiers and masters couldn't bear to just watch, so they went to the sesame seed shop to buy some Jiaxing's unique dried plum vegetable sesame seed cakes. You can buy three without meat for a penny, and one with diced meat for a penny. After buying, throw them from the tower go down.

The old man was overwhelmed by the crowd and was almost hit in the face by a piece of biscuit. He took a big bite immediately and tasted the fat smell. He ate it up after three or two bites.

The officials of the county government didn't want the people outside to starve to death, so they cooked dozens of barrels of porridge every day, and hung them from the tower to the outside. Cut some bamboo tubes and throw them down to hold porridge and water.

The old man couldn't squeeze the others, he was dizzy from hunger, and finally squeezed to the gate of the city, and when he was about to faint, he was dragged in by sharp-eyed officials.

"Sure enough, there is a reason for the familiarity. Is the rice from Yueguo so easy to deceive?" The servant gritted his teeth angrily. If he didn't see that he was not young, he could have shaved his ears and sent him to the dental prison.

……

inner hall.

Jiazhou, Huzhou, Xinzhou, Fuzhou, and Tingzhou all sent notices to the Ministry of Accounts to report the fact that the fake refugees cheated to obtain food relief. Considering that the territory of Yue State is not large enough to allow too many customers to settle down, the Ministry of Accounts made a summary. With the general secretary's ultimatum, he proposed to cancel the issuance of guest registration, and only provided rice relief outside the city.

The most serious situation is Tingzhou. The southeast gate of Tingzhou is Quanzhou in Qingyuan Town, the northeast gate is Zhangzhou in Qingyuan Town, and the west gate is Qianzhou in Han Dynasty.

The reply agrees, save trouble and everything will be fine, let these hundreds of thousands of fleeing households fend for themselves.

If it is rejected, the country of Yue cannot bear this heavy burden.

At Hua Muyu's hand, there was a lot of unresolved matters, and various concerns influenced two opposite decisions.

"My lord, where did the order go?" Liang Nanling came over with a thick stack of documents.

"I don't know, these things are all from the City Ship Supervisor?" Hua Muyu asked.

Liang Nanling nodded: "It's the budget for the construction of various shipping yards and trading yards, as well as the detailed rules of the government decree. After the big order is approved by the general manager, you can then approve the general manager's letter, and then the funds can be allocated for implementation."

"Well, let's put it down and talk about it when she comes back. You go to Taipu Temple to prepare a carriage and accompany me to patrol the border. There is always a feeling that the world is in chaos. I want to see with my own eyes what the chaos has become."

……

More than half an hour later, Jiazhou, Jiaxing Gate.

The guards in the patrol room tied two or three hundred people with hemp ropes, and ordered these four or five groups of people to stand on both sides of the tower as a public display.

"Although he is not from our country, he has already violated the laws of our country. He defrauded ten thousand sticks and sentenced to [-] days of hard labor, and cheated three thousand sticks of thirty and sentenced to one year of hard labor!"

"Give me the truth, how many times have you cheated on the relief money? But there are other accomplices! If you are true, you will be dealt with lightly. If you try to fool people, you will be dealt with at the top. Seventy sticks, tattoos, and three years of hard labor!"

Geng Ze, the magistrate of Jiaxing County, was furious, and he was kind enough to help, but he was tricked maliciously, and it was the trick from his old enemy Wu Guo. It was disgusting.

The people who were tied up were all chattering about something, and the old man also hurriedly shouted his grievances, but there were so many voices that no one could hear what they were chattering clearly.

"Trial one by one! Immediately after the trial, you will be punished immediately, and you will be taken into custody after tattooing "甴"!" Geng Ze gritted his teeth and stared at the stinky locusts in Wu.

In the crowd of onlookers, the little girl looked at Grandpa with red eyes, the old man looked anxious, and yelled to let her go, the little girl only kept shaking her head with tears, and wanted to walk over, the old man was afraid that she would also be tied up, and hurriedly She swears and swears, telling her to get out, get out as far away as possible.

The imperial carriage was slowly approaching, and Hua Muyu could see from the window of the carriage from a long distance that many people surrounded the city gate.

"Under the mansion, there are so many people in a mess, I'm afraid there will be chaos, I'll go down and clear the way."

Liang Nanling stopped the carriage, dismounted first, and led the guards forward. The guards pushed the crowd aside, and the black flags embroidered with the word "Yue" in gold fluttered on both sides of the square street.

"Hey, is this the lord coming, or is the mansion coming down?" Geng Ze saw the banner of the Guards, and hurriedly called the guards to watch out for the bandits, cooperated to clear the way to block the villagers, and trotted forward to meet them. drive.

Hua Muyu lifted the curtain of the carriage, Geng Ze took a look, then stood in front of the carriage, bowed and saluted, and said loudly:

"I've seen Di Xia!"

Seeing this, the little girl squeezed out from between the guard's legs due to her frail body, knelt down beside the carriage, and shouted:

"His Majesty! Wronged!"

The guards next to the carriage quickly picked her up and wanted to push her back into the crowd. Hua Muyu called to stop through the window, stopped the horse and complained. It was the first time I met her, and it felt a little strange. She asked calmly:

"What is wronged?"

"My grandpa came here to claim the relief money in order to redeem me! It's not malicious fraud!"

The little girl shook her voice, raised her eyes to look at Hua Muyu, because her aura was too cold, she only dared to take a look, then quickly lowered her head again.

"Since I admitted that I was impostor, it means that I was not wronged when I was caught." Hua Muyu said calmly, and put down the curtain.

The little girl's eyes widened in shock, and it took a long time to realize that my mouth is really...

Incompetent bungler.