Ji Xiaolan: Kill Qianlong at the beginning

Du Xiaoyue said, "Boss, give me two more cups of tea. These two are getting cold. Take them back."

The boss came over and took away the two cold bowls of tea. After a while, he brought two more bowls of tea and placed them in front of Mo Li and the fellow villager.

Mo Li said to the fellow villager, "Please tell our Third Master Huang why the villagers are causing trouble at the government office."

The fellow sighed and said, "I can't survive this anymore."

Emperor Gai Zhang asked, "Can't live anymore? What are you doing in the government office?"

The fellow villager said, "Everyone has gone to the government office to collect the imperial grain."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "Anti-imperial grain?"

The fellow villager said, "This year's drought has halved the harvest. The government office posted a notice saying that the imperial grain must be paid as is, but... an additional 20%."

Emperor Gai Zhang asked, "Why do you need to add another 20%?"

The fellow villager said, "Yes, in previous years when the harvest was good, we would add an additional 20% after the grain was collected. But this year, with the drought and floods, we should have paid nothing or less. But the county government insisted that we pay so much, and also added another 20%. I want to ask the emperor, this emperor can't be so unreasonable. Do you want the people to live?"

Du Xiaoyue said: "The emperor is unreasonable? Isn't the emperor unreasonable sometimes?"

Emperor Gai Zhang snorted.

The fellow said, "We don't know about that. It's probably because the emperor is greedy for money and has swallowed up our hard-earned money."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "What are you talking about? Does the emperor care about your few grains of food? It's all done by those corrupt officials. These shameless people will do anything for money."

The fellow excitedly said, "You are wrong. There is one thing they don't do."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "What is it?"

The fellow said, "Don't do good things."

Du Xiaoyue gave Emperor Stamp a meaningful look.

The fellow villager continued, "We went to the county government office to reason with him, but the county magistrate hid for three days and didn't dare show up."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "Resisting the payment of taxes is a capital offense. Aren't you afraid?"

The fellow villager said, "Don't worry. If the villagers hand over this little grain, they will have nothing to eat. If they have nothing to eat, it will be a dead end. We will die anyway, so we might as well fight to the death. I am already old enough to do this."

Emperor Gai Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Mo Li said to his fellow villager, "You've been talking for a long time. Have some tea."

The fellow picked up the tea bowl, knocked it with the lid, and took a sip.

Emperor Gai Zhang folded his folding fan and said, "I think you should persuade the villagers to go back first. Someone will take charge of you in half a day."

Seeing this, Mo Li said, "I'm talking to this fellow villager, our Third Master Huang. He's quite familiar with everyone in this prefecture. His words are very effective, so just listen to him."

The fellow villager was a little unconvinced and asked, "Does it work?"

Mo Li said, "That's right, it will definitely work. Otherwise, why don't you persuade the villagers to go back first? Mr. Huang San can help with this."

The fellow hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

Mo Li said, "I'll go with you."

"Okay." The fellow stood up.

Mo Li did the same, and the two left the scene together.

At this time, Xiumei walked in.

Emperor Gai Zhang placed the folding fan on the table, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

Xiumei sat down.

At this moment, an officer came in and said to the boss, "Boss, first, a big bowl of cold food."

The boss said, "Hey, please take a seat. Tea is here."

The officers and soldiers took off their hats and used them to fan themselves.

The boss brought out the tea, and the officers and soldiers immediately sat down and put their hats on the table.

The boss put the tea bowl on the table and said, "Please enjoy."

The officers and soldiers immediately took a deep breath and felt extremely happy.

So cool...