The First Tyrant of Daxia

Tear open the envelope.

"Your Majesty, the leaders of the seven gates have already held discussions. They are extremely concerned about the attitudes of Xiliang and Youzhou."

“But I don’t know the details.”

"They have been alert to the fact that Li Chengqing's assassination attempt was exposed and Li Tang was destroyed, and they even guessed my existence."

"We don't know the confidential content yet, please be careful, be careful!"

After reading it, Qin Yun's face darkened.

Did the head of the aristocratic family become aware of Situ Lin's move so quickly?

It’s not easy to deal with!

"Master Feng, Situ Lin cannot take any action for the time being. Let the Jinyiwei leave the palace."

“You don’t need to look too deeply, just pay attention to the big movements of the gate valve.”

"Yes!" Mr. Feng bent down.

"..."

Four days later.

The weather is bright and beautiful, the earth is reviving, and signs of spring are becoming more and more obvious.

In half a month, it will be the spring harvest season, and the court and the people will have a bumper harvest!

Qin Yun was extremely concerned. He left the palace early in the morning and went to the farmland outside the imperial capital to check the situation.

Walking along the fields, the wheat and crops all over the mountains look full of vitality.

"This old man, why are you laughing so happily?"

An old man with white hair took a look at Qin Yun, and then saw many handsome men following him, and concluded that he was an important figure.

He suppressed his smile and immediately knelt down.

Qin Yun stopped him and said with a smile: "Master, there is no need to be like this. We are not bad people. We are just here for fun and asked casually."

The old man was dark-skinned, wearing a tattered off-shoulder gown, and his big yellow teeth were exposed.

He said respectfully, "This sir."

"To answer your question, the crops are good today. God has mercy on us. Last year, there were numerous natural disasters, and many places had no harvest."

"But today's spring harvest is finally normal."

You can see that he is very happy, his eyes are narrowed into a line.

Qin Yun was also very happy and was about to speak.

The old man added with a rosy face, "And yesterday the village head also said that the major families in Daxia are sympathetic to the people."

"We will unite many masters and give us more grain in the spring harvest."

Qin Yun's smile suddenly froze!

Sympathy for the people?!

Isn't it disgusting to show sympathy for the people under the emperor's nose?

The cabinet ministers and military generals behind him all had cold faces and flickering eyes.

Generals with hot tempers like Yan Zhong were especially angry.

Dissatisfied, he shouted, "Old farmer, what do you mean by that?"

"The land was given by the current emperor. How come it has become the sympathy of a few clans?"

"Who do they think they are? How dare they sympathize with the people on behalf of the emperor?"

The powerful aura made the old man pale, and he knelt down with a plop, begging for mercy: "Master, it's my humble peasant who can't speak."

"Don't blame me..."

He was in tears and was about to kowtow, fearing that he would get into trouble.

Qin Yun squatted down, helped him up, and smiled warmly: "Old man, there is no need to be so scared."

"Yan Zhong, apologize!" he said seriously with a frown.

Yan Zhong was startled, not daring to hesitate, and stepped forward to apologize to the old man: "Uncle, I lost my temper just now, I'm sorry."

The old man was flattered and held out his hands repeatedly to indicate that he didn't dare.

Qin Yun asked again: "Master, you just said that several powerful families want to give more food to the farmers. What's going on?"

The old man was very awed when he saw that Qin Yun was the leader of the group.

He hunched his back and quickly explained, "Sir, I didn't say that."

"Anyway, the village head, the township head, and some respected bigwigs all say so, saying that the big families sympathize with us, the grassroots farmers."

"They plan to give us 10% more grain from this spring harvest."

His eyes turned red and he choked up, "Due to the natural disasters in the past few years, we ordinary people often went hungry. My son died of illness due to hunger."

"God knows, this 10% of food is enough to feed lowly people like us for a long time."

Seeing this, Qin Yun was moved.

The cabinet ministers behind him all sighed.

There were too many natural disasters in the past few years, and Your Majesty was also negligent in government affairs, and the court was in chaos, which led to that situation.

"Sir, I remember that the emperor has exempted many taxes now."

"It seems that your area has exempted 70% to 80% of the taxes."

The old man wiped his tears and said with a wry smile: "Sir, this is true. The court has done a lot of good things in the past year."

"But it doesn't work."

"Tax exemption is not like sending us food. We, the lowly people, don't have enough to eat. Tax exemption is just a drop in the bucket."

"Everyone in the village says that His Majesty is going to war and needs military rations, so how can he care about our lives?"

"If we want to have enough food to eat, we still have to rely on the tenants and these big families, after all, the land is in their hands."

“We are just helping with the farming.”

"Ugh!"

He sighed deeply, and his wrinkled face was full of difficulty.

At that moment, Qin Yun's heart was troubled.

He was not a saint, but as an emperor, he felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw that the people under his rule had to do their best to survive.

Officials from the Ministry of Revenue, such as Guo Ziyun, were even more ashamed.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If this is the case even under the emperor's feet, let alone the prefectures and counties!"

Hearing this, a seed took root and sprouted in Qin Yun's heart.

Land cannot be concentrated in the hands of a group of powerful people, otherwise class contradictions will break out sooner or later, causing unrest!

"Sir, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go."

"Today the village head came down to the fields in person to give a lecture to our people."

"I have to go quickly."

The old man said, looking very concerned.

Qin Yun was puzzled: "A lecture? What would a small village head lecture you for?"

The old man smiled bitterly: "Sir, I dare not say such words to you."

"The village chief has strong connections."

"This lecture is about the issue of giving more food to the powerful families."

"If we want to get 10% more food, we must go and listen to the lecture."

After saying this, he bowed and left with an expectant look on his face.

At the spot, Qin Yun's face was uncertain.

Yan Zhong said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not simple. First, the seven major clans jointly apologized and announced it to the world."

"Now they are distributing more food and mobilizing the lower classes of people!"

"I was once a commoner, and I know very well that these wealthy people and masters who own grain and land are all cannibals. How could they be willing to give more food to the tenant farmers?"

Gu Chuntang also frowned and said, "General Yan is right. I think this matter needs to be investigated further."

Guo Ziyun was even more angry and said bluntly: "The people do not understand the difficulties of the court, they only know one-sided favors."

"These aristocratic villains might be trying to incite the people!"

"Even worse, they want to take advantage of the situation to create a name for themselves, and use the opportunity to gain fame for their own bad intentions!"

As soon as the words fell, it was like thunder!

This is not alarmist talk. Considering the current situation, it is indeed possible.

Anyone who rebels needs the support of the people and a legitimate reason!

The people’s lack of food is a gap!

The expressions of the cabinet ministers changed suddenly and they could not remain calm!

Qin Yun's eyes were deep and he looked extremely serious. He didn't expect that the next time he met Tian, ​​he would know so many things!

"Are they deliberately inciting the people to rebel? Just listen to the lecture of the village head."

"Let's go, follow!"

Qin Yun said with an icy voice, and took the lead.

The cabinet ministers and the Imperial Guards followed closely behind, their faces grim and murderous!