Maybe the old man saw that Zhao Yu was an honest boy and just a little soldier with no power or position, but maybe he saw that he had given him a few more cooking cakes, so he opened his heart and chatted with him. And the few people who followed him naturally didn't dare to interject, and they all avoided it with interest, and the others also came over to complain after you said a word. He soon discovered that these fugitives included not only Han people, but also Jurchens and Khitans.

It turned out that after the Song army regained Haozhou, the officials who followed up took over the power and began the work of taking stock of the fields and population. Because Meng Yuan was quickly defeated, the local officials ran and died, and the people had been oppressed by Meng Yuan for many years, and they did not have a good impression of him, but they were full of hope for the new master and looked forward to a good life, so there was no excesses.

Then the local officials immediately made public the distribution of land and various policies of the imperial court, and just as the old man and his group were waiting for the better days to come, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. The first is that those who had been officials of the Mengyuan Dynasty were raided and their property confiscated; Then the fiefs and manors of the Mengyuan nobles were confiscated; Later, the big families and Haoqiang, who had close contacts with the Mongols, were liquidated, and those who were serious were arrested and their property confiscated.

However, these actions were directed against the Mongol officials and nobles and the Han Chinese, who were either rich or noble, had no effect on the common people, but were very happy, after all, those people had ridden on their heads and were oppressed by them. Soon, however, those aliens living in the Lianghuai region, including the Mongols, Jurchens, Khitans, and Semu people, were collectively expelled from their original places of residence and moved into the official villages designated by the imperial court, and the original land, houses, and livestock were confiscated.

At this time, the old man's group of evicted households from the Central Plains began to panic, after all, many Mongols, Jurchens and Semu people were not all powerful people, and many of them were also poor families, and even the same as them. However, when they heard that there were southward evictions in Linxian County, they did not distribute the land as the imperial court promulgated, and could only rent official land, and had to bear heavy taxes and forced labor. Those who were dissatisfied were arrested by the government and sent to more remote places to serve hard labor.

When the evictions who moved south were panicked, the rumor became true, and they were now destitute, and after becoming official households, they would not only have to pay taxes to the imperial court, but also bear the burden of forced labor. Previously, as the evictions of the Mongol aristocracy, they only had to pay taxes and taxes, and did not have to serve the imperial court. It is clear that the current policy is even heavier than it was in the past, and it was already unbearable then, and now it is like killing them.

Shattered dreams, thinking that they would have to endure a more difficult life in the future, Han people and foreign civilians like the old man started to flee from the Song Realm, and at first they just sneaked away with two families, trying to escape back to the territory of Mengyuan through the battle line. At first, because of the small number of people, it did not arouse the alarm of the government, and only a very small number of people were caught and sent back.

However, as the implementation of the policy became larger and larger, more and more people fled, and the situation became more and more serious, and the government began to dispatch state troops to intercept and search for large-scale arrests, and the punishment of fugitives was also increasing. However, these did not save the situation, and the fugitives turned from spontaneous to organized flights, and they formed groups of dozens to hundreds, relying on the strength of the people to attack the checkpoints set by the officers and soldiers, and even armed confrontation.

However, the escape was not so easy, and the journey was also very difficult, not only did they sleep in the open and starved to avoid the pursuit of the government, but they also had to face the raids of bandits, the invasion of wild beasts and the plague of disease. For example, when the old man and his party escaped, there were hundreds of people, and on the way, they gathered with people from other places, and at most there were thousands of people, but when they arrived here, there were only about 200 people left. Some were arrested by the government, some died of disease, some got lost, and some were forced to become bandits.

"Uncle Li, are you all Han?" Zhao Yu asked after hearing what happened.

"Little brother, although we are Han people in the Central Plains, and those Jurchens and Khitans have been in the Central Plains for more than 100 years, their clothing and customs are basically the same as those of the Han people, and the Mongols also regard them as Han people and belong to Han nationality, which is actually no different from us." The old man replied.

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"It's also a joke that the Mongols treat us as Han Chinese, and the Han people treat them as barbarians." The old man said with a wry smile.

"In this way, you have been settled in Haozhou for more than ten years, right?" Zhao Hao also felt that things were a little ridiculous, so he could only laugh embarrassedly.

"Yes, the old man was moved here by the Mongols as the eldest princess of Kublai Khan to farm and raise silkworms, and his grandsons were all born here, and he has long regarded this place as his hometown." The old man sighed.

"Oh, then you all escaped from Haozhou!" Zhao Hao asked again.

He knew that the five-household silk system was a unique system of servitude in the Mengyuan Dynasty, and it was one of the tax commissions levied by households in the Han land north of the Jianghuai River. After the destruction of the Jin by Ogedai Khan, the kings, nobles and meritorious ministers in the fiefdoms of the north stipulated that the residents should lose one pound of silk for every two households, and one pound for every five households to lose to the capital. After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, it was changed to two catties of silk for every two households to lose to the official, and the fifth household to produce two catties of silk to lose to this investment, totaling one catty of silk material per year for each household, six taels and four dollars, which is called two or five households of silk, which is handed over to each of them is called five households of silk.

Households that have not been issued to the cast must also pay one catty of six taels and four coins, all of which shall be owned by the government. The five households that they voted to directly entrust people to collect the fiefs were extremely disadvantageous. After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he ordered all 25 households to be handed over to the state treasury first, and then each voted and then received the due amount from Zhongshu Province. The five households are mainly private households, as well as doctors, hunters, military, station, monks, Taoists, Confucianists and other households are exempt.

"Speaking of which, we were all victimized by the new Zhizhou Zhang Yan King from Haozhou." Mr. Li sighed again and said, "We have traveled all the way to know that only Haozhou is like this, and other states and counties are all equally distributed to the Han and Yi, and they are also exempted from taxes for three years, and there has been no forced rent of official land and confiscation of the original property. Why is the emperor so confused, it is really unlucky to send such a bad official to us! ”

"Then why don't you settle in other states and counties?" Zhao Yu couldn't say anything when he heard this, although the appointment of officials was signed by himself, but he faced hundreds of officials, big and small, and it was impossible for everyone to understand them. As for the 'King Zhang Yan' in the old man's mouth, he couldn't remember who it was, let alone his name, let alone the details.

"Well, why don't we? But King Zhang Yan not only sent officials and officers and soldiers to chase and round up along the way, but also sent sea fishing documents to the surrounding states and counties to assist, we have nowhere to hide, and we can't go back, so we can only go all the way north! Uncle Li sighed and said.

"I see, he did his best!" Zhao Hao laughed teasingly.

"Little brother, the old man sees that your team is strong, can you ask the general who led your troops to ask for a favor, let us go, or don't hand it over to someone from Haozhou!" Seeing that Zhao Yu was sympathetic, Mr. Li wanted to go his way, but he didn't know that his appeal had reached the heavens.

"The old man laughed, I'm just a pawn, where can I see the general!" Zhao Yu spread his hands and smiled.

"Alas, how is this good, I can't say that I will suffer when I go back!" The old man thought about it, and thought of the fate of being arrested back to Haozhou, and said with a sad face.

"Relax my mind, this matter is so big, the emperor will definitely send someone to deal with it when he hears it!" Zhao Hao saw that the old man was no longer in the mood to talk to him, so he comforted him and said goodbye......

Zhao Yu turned around, and the others looked at the little emperor's gloomy face, and they didn't dare to ask more, but they all prayed silently for the troubled Zhizhou in their hearts, but they were afraid that now the little emperor had the heart to kill him under his anger. The group silently followed back to the tent, looking at His Majesty, who had been silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking, so he could only wait for him to speak.

"Prime Minister Wang, you quickly send someone to ask those fleeing households overnight to ask about the situation." After a while, Zhao Yu said, "The questioning should be kind, and it is not allowed to shout and ask, let alone be punished." I must listen to the truth, and you must not be biased when you inquire about it, but you must uphold justice and report the situation to me! ”

The officials below did such a thing, and although he was angry at this time, he still kept calm. Thinking that I can't just convict officials by listening to one's words, this is also unfair to the officials who do things underneath. And among them, perhaps this governor has a biased understanding of the policy, or maybe the people have listened to the rumors and made a reckless move, and they may have wronged them by making their own assertions. So the decision is to investigate carefully and make a decision.

"Obey the command!" Wang Yinglin, who had been waiting for a long time, said.

"Just let the king tell me to go down, I still have something to ask!" Zhao Yu thought about it and pointed at Ma Duanlin, Chen Shishi and Ying Xiyan, "You also go to listen to it, but you are not allowed to talk nonsense!" ”

"Yes, subordinates obey orders!" The three of them hurriedly saluted and followed him out to arrange the arrangement.

Out of the account, Wang Yinglin's mood did not improve at all. He knew that as the deputy minister of the imperial court, he accompanied the emperor to personally conquer the army, and was appointed by the prime minister to manage the affairs of the newly acquired land, select local officials, supervise the local area, and appease the people. Now that there is such a sudden mess, no matter what the reason, the responsibility of a poor supervision is indispensable. If it is true that the local officials are not doing things well and acting in a disorderly manner, then they will be charged with an unclear person.

If the result is true, in order to appease the people and deter others, His Majesty will definitely punish a group of people, Wang Yinglin understands that he is inevitably punished, then his ability to do things will be questioned by His Majesty, and now sending people from the Imperial Front Office to assist in the organization is actually a supervision, obviously already suspicious of him, worried that he is secretly doing things......