The historian glared fiercely at the group of Zhuangke slaves standing outside the door, and together with a few big households, followed Lou Zhixian into the Yingtian Yamen. Today, we must let the camp and field affairs take back their orders, otherwise, the villagers of each family will go to open their own land, and they will not even have an entourage when they go out in the future.

He Da hugged his arms and swayed to the bottom of the big tree, squatting to enjoy the coolness.

Everyone tied the horse, parked the park, and was busy for a while, and they all gathered under the big tree.

Pida said to He Dadao: "He Dalang, this time the camp recruits people to open the field, and you borrow seeds and farm tools, don't you go to shoot a few acres of land?" With your own land and a few more thatched huts, your mother-in-law may come back. ”

Everyone laughed together: "Yes, yes! He Da, you have been working in the family for six years, and the money and grain you borrowed at the beginning have been paid off, and you have this opportunity to shoot a piece of land and still live your previous good life! ”

Hearing everyone's jokes, He Da sighed and didn't speak.

Most of the bankers have been employed in the owner's house for generations, and they have become like family. He is different, he used to have his own land and was a small yeoman farmer. A few years ago, there was a heavy flood, and there was no harvest in the home, and even the house was flooded. Because it was not a universal disaster, not only did the yamen not provide relief, but it also did not reduce money and food. In order to survive, He Da had to go to the house outside the historian to be a guest. The money and grain of the imperial court could not be paid, so he had to borrow it from the historian's family, and since then he has been saddled with debts, and he has repaid them for six years. His own land was unable to be cultivated, so he had to give it to the staff for nothing, and he was willing to transfer the money and grain to other people's names.

That year, without food and clothing, He Da's wife couldn't stand the suffering, so she took her one-year-old son to Xiangyang County, dozens of miles away, to live with a butcher. He Da still remembers that he ran dozens of miles to find his wife and ask her to come back with him. The wife said, "Can you make your mother and son have no worries?" If you can, just go home. If you can't, don't go again.

It was a cold day, with a layer of snow beans on the ground and a slippery path. He Dagao kicked one low and one kick, and he didn't know how many falls he fell. After he came back, he fell seriously ill and never mentioned it.

Xiangyang County is not far away, and the people around it soon became aware of it. Many others had seen Heda's wife and came back to tell him how his wife and son were doing there. In the past six years, this matter has been the joke of others teasing He Da.

He Da and his wife did not divorce, and after arriving in Xiangyang County, they did not marry the butcher, so they lived together for no apparent reason. The lives of the people at the bottom in the countryside are sometimes very chaotic, whether it is law or morality, they are actually very far away.

Lou Zhixian took several big families in the county into the yamen of the camp and field, and was led to a flower hall to sit and wait.

After serving tea and drinking tea, Lou Zhixian said: "Outside of the officials, the judge is not as good at talking as me, and you must be measured at that time." It doesn't do you any good to annoy the judges. ”

Everyone said yes.

Only the historian said angrily: "There is a lot of idle land in our county, and the imperial court wants to camp fields, and no one says anything, that is, we should give some money and grain." But what's going on now? What is the reason why large households are not allowed to shoot fingers, as long as they are one family? As a result, the new fields have not been opened, and the ripe fields of our people have not been planted, and they are abandoned there. How can there be such a truth in the world! ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, and they all said that what the historian said was true. Lou Zhixian sighed and had nothing to say.

After a short time, Du Zhongxiao came out of it. Lou Zhixian hurriedly led people to get up and salute, got the order, and then sat down again.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I don't know what happened to the county? And brought so many people. ”

Lou Zhi County handed over: "Fortune judgment, a few days ago, the camp and field affairs were unveiled, and the county's households were asked to recharge and reclaim the land." The members of the county have met and have some opinions. Xia Guan felt that there was some truth in what they said, so he specially visited him today. ”

"Oh, good, good." Du Zhongxiao nodded again and again. "Because this matter is a camp and has nothing to do with the locality, I did not recruit my parents and elders to discuss it in advance, and I was negligent. Now it seems that the recruitment of people in the field still has an impact on the local area? Let's talk about it. ”

Lou Zhixian said to the historian: "Outside, how about you tell the judge?" ”

Because of his son's affairs, Shi Yuanwai already had opinions on Du Zhongxiao, so at this time, he got up and gave his hand: "Official, after reading the list of recruiting people for camp and field work a few days ago, Xiaomin felt that it was inappropriate. After discussing with the rest of the staff, they all thought that if they did this, Zaoyang County would be in danger! ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Don't get excited, speak slowly." Zaoyang is in danger, why do you say this? ”

The historian said: "There are two things that are most difficult for us people to accept. One is that not many households are finger-"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "Slow, how can there be such a thing in the list that big households are not allowed to shoot fingers?" ”

The historian said: "Recruits are not allowed to hire people and mercenaries, isn't it not allowed to shoot at large households?" In the past, there were also farms in Tangzhou, and they were all specially recruited to hire people to open fields. Only by doing so can we prevent those treacherous people, and as soon as the three years are up, they will flee and let the camp fail! ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "So, is the camp in Tangzhou running?" ”

"I heard that it was repeated and abandoned, and it could not be supported. However, that was because the yamen was too heavily taxed, and it was difficult for the farmers to support it, so they had to flee. ”

"Since the camp in Tangzhou has not been done according to what you said, there is no need to say it. What the hell is going on, the yamen knows better than you. You only talk about Zaoyang County. I repeat, the camp is not forbidden to shoot at the big households, but it is not allowed to hire people to farm. ”

The historian listened to it, but he didn't take a breath, and the words he had originally thought of were a little confused. He took a breath, reasoned for a while, and then said, "Okay, the camp is not allowed to hire people to cultivate, but we are not allowed to shoot at us." We can't plant the fields at home, and we still have to raise a lot of villagers, so how can we go to the camp to work in the fields. This is the government's mind, and we don't understand it, so we won't talk about it. In the second year, one family applied for recruitment, and the yamen loaned seeds, farm tools, and cattle. Officials, if they do this, there is no guarantor, what should happen to those conscripts who flee after receiving food? ”

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao was already a little impatient: "That's the matter of the yamen, and it's not you who is an official, what are you worried about!" ”

The historian was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Du Zhongxiao's face becoming stern, he hurriedly said: "Xiaomin is also thinking about the yamen. Since the government had already taken precautions, the matter was not mentioned. However, if we do this, we will inevitably be greedy for cheap and go to the camp to make money. What would we do without these people farming? They all went to open up wasteland, but the cooked land was abandoned instead, how can there be such a reason? ”

Du Zhongxiao frowned: "Your Zhuang Ke is gone, and then you can hire someone." But he couldn't hire anyone, so he sold the land. There is no way to sell the famine, as long as there is no shortage of money, grain and taxes, the yamen will not care about you. ”

The historian said: "The official said it easily! Hire someone? Zaoyang County is vast and sparsely populated, where to hire people? Now that every family is like this, to whom can the land be sold? The camp and field affairs recruited our villager, which is to cut off our way of life! Officials, the yamen should think about us small people! ”

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