Li Youfu took a breath, and he smelled an alluring aroma of stewed meat.
You can't go wrong, this is the signature dish of the "Keyunlai" restaurant in Xishi, and it has the aroma of sesame sponge cake.
The whole Ningtai City couldn't find a better restaurant than his home, and the people who ordered the food were gluttons, and the two were delicious and delicious together.
But it is very far from the West Market. Even if it is brought here in a carrying box, it should be "out of breath". The sponge cake will be smoked by the heat from the stew and lose its flavor, and the stew will become cold and condense oil. , Why does it smell like it's just served on the table now
Could it be that there is another Keyunlai branch here
Li Youfu looked around and saw nothing but a slew of drugstores, dry goods stores, and tea shops.
Originally, there should be no food on this street at all. Ningtai was built following the example of Taijing. The market and neighborhood are very particular. The dead and living things are sold separately, the dry goods and fresh goods are not together, and the four major blocks of food, clothing, housing and transportation are not next to each other.
To get here from Keyun, you have to walk seven streets, even if the errands in the yamen patrol the city who often run errands for people, it will take two quarters of an hour.
Although the road is empty today, it is not as crowded as in the past, but to make these two dishes taste good, only flew over with a suitcase.
Li Youfu looked at the roof subconsciously.
- Strange, the scent seems to really come from a height.
He sniffed again, but there was only a residual breath, and he was not a dog, so he couldn't follow the smell.
"Li Xiaowei?"
"Come on!" Li Youfu regained his senses and dismounted before an old official.
King Ning's official system was chaotic, with both the official position of the official court and the official title of the vassal king's ministers.
The school captain is a military officer with rank, but the school captain and the school captain are also different. They are also in the patrol city yamen. Cheng Jingchuan is a very formal sixth-rank school captain. The ninth grade, it is said that it is the captain of the school, it is better to say that it is the leader of the fast capture.
The policeman Zhu Kuai was a low-ranking official, and his descendants were not allowed to take scientific examinations.
Li Youfu's monthly salary is issued by the yamen. If he does not leave the Ministry of Household, there are too many articles that can be done here, and basically half of it will be deducted.
How can the subordinate officers and servants not get the money to support their families, so they go to exploit the people. Among them, the tax collectors are the most vicious. They have dozens of ways to make money. The most common is the big bucket and the small scale. When collecting grain tax, they don't look at the weight, but only the container. They build a big bucket and pile the grain to the top and occasionally shake some of it on the ground. , they can receive 120 catties of the 100 catties of tax grain set by the imperial court.
Although the tax collector was wicked and hateful, the tax collector himself had a lot of resentment.
Only a small part of the money they "earned" belonged to them, and the rest had to be handed over to their superiors, that is, the top of their rations and wages was deducted.
"We are just a dog. We can only survive if we let it go out to bite people and wag our tails when we come back." Li Youfu's grandfather was a tax collector. If you eat it, you may be killed and cooked with meat tomorrow. We have done everything we can to do good things outside, have we really gained anything?”
The Li family was very dissatisfied with these remarks. What is a dog, how can there be such self-deprecation.
Only Li Youfu suddenly remembered that a few colleagues in the yamen were beheaded last autumn for levying levies and disrupting the rule of the people because they had confiscated all taxes. , the prisoner's wife and children cried helplessly.
Their homes were raided, penniless and trembling.
After a few days, these people disappeared, and it was unknown whether they were sold to workshops or kilns.
Li Youfu is hard to let go, because the collection of taxes is getting harder every year, most of the land is in the name of the powerful, and a small part is returned to the temple, these people do not need to pay taxes, only the poor people are left, and they are forced to If you die, you can't squeeze a few pounds of oil!
The tax collectors do too much, and they may be "removed by the people of the rivers and lakes", and they will be corpses in the countryside;
Li Youfu stepped forward and held his grandfather's hand in grief, and said loudly: "I have lost yin virtue, my head is hanging on my belt, and I don't know when I will die. The benefit is that my grandfather supports our family, so that we will not become like those farmers. Refugees work to death, or starve to death. But shouldn’t this be a benefit we already have, we work hard for the government’s errands!”
Li's father scolded loudly: "Those who make trouble, only dig food on the ground, how can they be with us..."
"They are oxen and mules, driven to work all their lives by whipping, we are pigs and dogs, we eat better than mules, horses and cattle, and we don't have to work hard, but when we are useless or fattened enough, , what will happen?" Li Youfu cried out in grief at that time.
The dying grandfather Li suddenly laughed, and he was relieved, because finally one of the children and grandchildren had a clear mind.
Li's grandfather worked in the Ningtai Yamen during the Chu Dynasty. He experienced a series of changes, such as the fall of King Ning, the collapse of the Chu Dynasty, and the independence of King Ning. After at least ten rounds of changes, he was still a tax collector, because He's a smart guy, he's good-natured, and he's not that greedy.
"Don't be too greedy... Be a capable and inseparable hound..."
Grandfather Li died after saying these words intermittently. He was a smart man, but that was all he could think of. He couldn't think of a better way out.
Tax collectors are too hateful and attractive (the family has money).
Li Youfu tried his best to be a fast-tracking officer, and consciously made friends with the yamen and even other yamen's servants. He slowly found that there were not a few people who thought like him, and then he caught up with the opportunity.
He learned real martial arts and became an unprofessional school captain. He was an official in size, and people who didn't know his official rank thought he was a commander.
Last night, King Ning passed away, and half the city was smelled of thick smoke. Compared with the restless Li family, Li Youfu could not wait to take a deep breath and feel refreshed.
When patrolling the streets today, he was even in the mood to think about Ke Yunlai's signature dishes.
"Li Xiaowei has worked hard." The old official who stopped Li Youfu said with a smile, "Where is this going?"
"Old Gao, you're welcome." Li Youfu handed over. He didn't sleep all night, but he couldn't see the slightest bit of tiredness. "Wuweifang is not very peaceful. It's probably a private soldier raised by the Chen family. I have to go check it out."
"This is what this old man is here for." The old man smiled and signaled to the other patrolling soldiers, and then slowly landed a mule.
"Walk!"
Li Youfu waved his hand, and everyone immediately followed.
There has never been such a peaceful morning in Ningtai City, where the shops are not open, there are no local gangsters who extort extortion, and there are no dudes who are ostentatious in the market.
Wuweifang has been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. These soldiers under Li Youfu are not -->>
They are only responsible for blocking the intersection and catching those who want to take the opportunity to cause trouble.
There were constant fighting and shouting inside, and Li Youfu couldn't help frowning.
"Lieutenant, we... are we involved in rebellion?" A soldier came over and asked anxiously.
Li Youfu raised his eyes and found that although the other people didn't ask aloud, they were all worried.
"Rebel or rebellion, what does it have to do with us? The patrol city yamen is only responsible for catching murderers and villains, and we can't get close to the place where the accident happened!" Li Youfu pretended to be relaxed, "It doesn't matter who makes a new peace. King, in order to appease the hearts of the people, I have to give some favors to the brothers!"
When everyone heard the words, their faces looked a little better, and they were right.
Li Youfu's eyes were sharp, and when he saw two people's eyes flickering, as if they were thinking about something, he coughed lightly: "The situation is not clear at the moment, those of the Chen family and the royal family are unlucky one by one. It's not a chance, I see them all in a panic, I have to wait and see, I can't take everyone to the top casually with the lives of the brothers."
These words made everyone very comfortable. Although they envied the extravagant life of the rich and powerful, they still knew how much they had.
Small people like them, even if they burn the hot stove correctly, it is estimated that they will get some bounty.
Unless the world loses a small county king to give them an escort from Longzhigong, then again, even if there is a small county king, they will hide people well at most, and they will not be able to do more things! Can these soldiers who don't know big characters be able to be generals or prime ministers? If you don't have this ability, how can you help the small county king to rise to the top
Those two thoughtful people also gave up their thoughts. What they originally thought was to tip off the news, to report to the high-ranking officials who they thought were "very promising", but from last night to see now, it seems that, as Li Youfu said, he has already taken the news. No one has the upper hand. Don't fail to report the letter, plunge into the funeral.
The old official sneaked into the alley silently. He took a token and quickly entered the blockade by this, and was brought to the front of the general who led the suppression of Chen's private soldiers.
"General Ping, the casualties are too high, please wait a moment, the Chen family will not be stubbornly resisting any longer." The old official said respectfully.
The general laughed sarcastically, and was about to say something when the fighting stopped suddenly.
I saw that the head of the Chen family was pushed out, and was actually held hostage by several generals.
"Beasts! You betrayed me!" The head of the Chen family roared.
"The situation is over, the kings of the three counties have all died in the palace, what are you still insisting on, uncle? Do you want the whole family to die together?" "
Before he finished speaking, General Ping had already slashed over.
The young man screamed and fell down, his eyes full of horror, and the family head Chen laughed, like crazy: "Death, only death, don't you still do it?"
The family general was at a loss, and the soldiers and horses surrounding the Chen residence had already stepped in.
The old official looked sarcastic, he put away the token and left quickly.
"General, who is that old man?" a guard asked suspiciously.
"Just a little guy."
General Ping snorted.
After the old official left Wuweifang, he returned to his old-fashioned appearance.
Along the way, he met many petty officials and officials, some of whom were patrolling the city like Li Youfu, and some who quietly came out to inquire about news.
"Elder Gao, what can we do? It looks like a complete mess. Let's... Shall we watch it take effect?"
"No, not enough people died!" The old official narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "You pretend you don't know anything, and it happens naturally."
For those who inquired about the news, the old official sighed and sighed endlessly, and only a dozen people could be reprimanded.
These people are very similar to Li Youfu. They used to be servants, but now they are officials. There is a strange excitement in their eyes.
This kind of thing happened in many places in Ningtai City at the same time, and there were hundreds of people like the old official.
The barracks, the prison department, the city patrol department, and even the six yamen, just have different identities and different degrees of knowledge of the "truth". The low-level petty officials suffered from being unable to be promoted, and the nobles of the aristocratic family who did not understand the common affairs became their senior officers one by one, and life became more and more difficult; leader.
Most of the people were soon killed by King Ning and the aristocratic clan killed each other, and the news that a large number of official positions would be vacated immediately was appeased.
Compared with the illusory power of support, the disgusted Shangguan loses power or dies, and he can be promoted immediately. This is good news. What's going on? It's better to show your ability, in case you are appreciated!
And a small number of people, such as Li Youfu, are not anxious at all, which is particularly abnormal.
"In the early years, my grandfather thought that as long as the family could survive, whether those people would sell their daughters or sell their daughters or their families would be ruined, no matter what!" Li Youfu said to one of his subordinates, Kuai, who couldn't help nodding.
In another alley a few streets away, the old official said to a tax collector, "The land is not owned by officials or dignitaries, but also by temples and Taoist temples. The people themselves have less and less land, and the number of people who are exploited by us also decreases every year. Shangguan's appetite is only If the gifts are not reduced, the harvest will be bumper every year, but if the grains cannot be harvested, who cares about our life and death?"
Chen Mansion Courtyard.
General Ping said to his cronies: "The errands are not done well, and the food is not collected properly, and the tax collectors can only become more brutal. In order to survive, the people abandon their meager fields and go to temples to be tenants with the families of the dignitaries. The tax collectors have done all kinds of evil things. But they didn’t survive, such a villain, of course it’s scary to go crazy? They are eager for the death of the nobles of the family, and the land is confiscated, so that they can live a good life for more than ten years.”
in the palace.
Cheng Jingchuan looked at the person in front of him, and said indifferently: "Jiangnan Taiping, it is inevitable to add a baby and give a gift, but there is only so much land. The tenant must please the steward of the farm in every possible way and work hard on the land in order to renew the lease next year. If you can't be a tenant, It became a refugee, and the whole family died. The managers of those farms were even more arrogant than the emperors. The rich people in the south of the Yangtze River still add countless dead bones every year.
"Is this the reason why you ordered the slaughter of several great families outside the city? Because they have the most land in their names?"
The speaker was dressed as a scholar, looked shabby, and looked awe-inspiring.
"Qiu... Pavilion Master Qiu, as long as the people can farm safely and the world is selfless, won't these disputes be resolved easily?"
Cheng Jingchuan stood up and said, "Which dignitaries and dignitaries are willing to hand over the land in their hands? So they have to die. Of course I can't kill them all, but I can destroy them. Since we want to be enemies with the world, we should build a new world."