The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

Originally, Yun Zhi thought that she had nearly three years to prepare well, but when this notice came out, everything was messed up.

The notice clearly stipulated that every household must send one male adult to the capital within five days to serve and participate in the construction of the temporary palace.

Moreover, it is the autumn harvest season now, when every household needs labor. Conscripting labor at this time is really unbearable.

Moreover, the journey is long and many people may die on the way due to various circumstances.

The corvée work was arduous, and some people might never return.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

This undoubtedly pushed the people step by step into a desperate situation, causing them to complain bitterly.

The Yun family also fell into trouble.

The family sat together, everyone's face was filled with sorrow and sadness.

Yun Jingxian looked at his family, forcing a smile and pretending to be unconcerned. "Dad, let me go. I'm young and strong, and I can come back after the palace is built. You are the pillar of the family, and the family can't do without you."

Lin Huixin looked at her son and then at her husband, both of whom were her closest people. She couldn't bear to let either of them go.

Lin Huixin's brows were tightly furrowed, her mouth opened and then quickly closed, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end no sound came out.

As soon as Yun Jingxian finished speaking, Yun's father said resolutely, "How can I let my son go? I will go!"

He walked up to Yun Jingxian, reached out and gently patted his son's shoulder, and earnestly admonished him, "Jingxian, this family will depend on you from now on. You must take good care of your mother and sister."

When the notice was first issued, Yun Youde tried to ask the county magistrate to exempt him from the labor service and even gave him a lot of gifts.

However, although the county magistrate accepted the gift, he did not help them solve the problem.

After all, their family's influence is still too small. Some people may know about them in this small town, but no one knows about the Yun family outside the town.

Yun Jingxian looked at his father in front of him, his mouth slightly opened, ready to refute, but was interrupted by his father.

"Jingxian, stop talking. It's decided. From now on, you will be the only man in the family. You must protect your family well, understand?"

Lin Huixin could no longer control her emotions at this time. She turned her head away and secretly wiped away her tears.

“Why does someone have to go?”

Yun Zhi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, breaking the sad atmosphere of farewell.

Under the gaze of the three people, Yun Zhi's voice was as calm as ever, "It's okay if you don't go."

Yun Youde thought it was just the innocent words of a child. His smile was tinged with bitterness. "Miemei, this is His Majesty's order. Someone must go. If no one is decided by the time, they will just grab someone at random."

"Dad, have you forgotten that there is another way we can go? We can move our family away to a place where there are no people."

Yun Zhi's gaze was firm and persistent, as if everything was under her control.

Yun Youde's eyes widened in shock at Yun Zhi's words, and he couldn't even speak clearly. "This... isn't this just disobeying the emperor's order and becoming a bandit?"

Yun Zhi raised her head and looked at him, her eyes calm and firm, "Dad, are you unwilling to give up this hard-earned wealth?"

Yun Youde quickly shook his head: "Of course not."

In his heart, the safety and happiness of his family are the most important.

As long as his family can live together in peace, he would be willing to do so even if he loses his wealth and glory.

Life was hard before, but the family supported each other and lived happily.

At this moment, Yun Jingxian finally showed his intelligence for once, and suddenly realized, "Sister! So you've already anticipated this day, which is why you asked Dad to buy so much food and weapons."

Yun Youde suddenly recalled the last time his daughter asked him to buy a large amount of salt and grain, and he looked at Yun Zhi.

"Mingmian?"

Now that the situation has reached this point, there is no point in hiding it any longer.

Yunzhi felt that she should tell her family about the matter so that they would have an idea of ​​the situation and understand the seriousness of the matter so that they could make a decision as soon as possible.

"The world is going to be in chaos."

Yun Zhi just calmly threw out this thunder.

When these words were spoken, Yun's father was shocked. He immediately looked around nervously, fearing that others would hear these words.

After making sure that there was no one else around, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yun Zhi with a pale face, "Meimei, you can't say that."

Yun Zhi ignored their frightened expressions, looked towards the distant capital, and her voice became low.

"Taxes are rising, corvée labor is becoming increasingly severe, officials are greedy and do not work for the welfare of the people, those in power are addicted to pleasure, incompetent and extravagant. The entire Tianqi Kingdom is rotten to the core."

"It's too late to save him."

Yun Zhi paused, looking at her family in this life. "I'm afraid many people will die in this corvée labor. With taxes rising so much this year, the people can't survive. This is the government forcing the people to revolt."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the people will rise up in rebellion by next autumn harvest season at the latest. Although they will be suppressed, the number of people who rise up will increase, and the court will be unable to change it. As for those princes and generals, they will also fall one after another, making the situation even more muddy and chaotic. After all, who doesn't want to be in that position?"

Yun Zhi fixed her gaze on her father, "Dad, we are weak now. We should go out and hide."

Yun Youde looked at his intelligent daughter who had grown up since childhood. She was only ten years old, but it seemed that everything became simple in her hands and everything would be solved easily.

Many times at night, he told his wife that Meimei was too smart, like the gods in the storybooks who came down to save people from disasters.

It is only through them that we are reborn as humans.

Just like this time, they guessed the current situation early and started buying food so many days in advance.

He scratched his hair hard, and made up his mind to leave everything to Mimi.

"You tell me what to do, we'll listen to you."

Yun Jingxian also echoed, "Yes! Sister, just tell us, we will listen to you."

Although Lin Huixin thought this was extremely rebellious, she felt that as long as the family was together, anything was possible.

"The day after tomorrow, we will move to the mountains twenty miles east of the county seat."

Yun Zhi had seen that place a long time ago. It was a very good place, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is also the only way between the two counties, which will make it very convenient for you to do anything in the future.

"Dad, you're most familiar with the hunters nearby. Find a few trustworthy families with only one son, like ours, or families with only daughters. The family must be simple. Don't say too much, just ask them if they're willing to leave with us."

Many nearby hunters purchase their bows and daggers from the Yun family. Yun's father is also very familiar with them, so it would be best to leave this matter to him.

There are often vicious wolves and ferocious beasts in the mountains, so it is much safer to bring these hunters with you.

Father Yun nodded, "Okay, leave it to me."

"Mom, go ask grandpa and the others if they want to come with us. See what they want."

What Yun Zhi didn't say was that if they didn't want to, then don't force it. It's up to them to decide their own life and death. She couldn't take care of so many people.

After all, not everyone is willing to give up everything and leave home before reaching a dead end.

Lin Huixin nodded with some worry, "Okay."

"Dad, Mom, people's hearts are unpredictable. Don't tell them where we're going. If they want, ask them to wait outside our door the next morning."

Yun Zhi turned to look at Yun Jingxian, who looked like he was waiting for his task.

"As for my brother, go buy some horses to haul those things, and also buy some herbs, like those for treating colds."

"Okay! Don't worry, leave it to me, I'll make sure it's done."

Yun Zhi continued to make arrangements in an orderly manner, and the sun slowly moved westward.

"Okay, time is running out, so let's get busy now. Don't alert anyone else, or they'll arouse suspicion. Report your brother's name to the county government first."

After saying that, the three of them turned around and left, completing the tasks assigned by Yun Zhi and mentally preparing to leave.