Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 5 Arrested and Imprisoned
When He Jinzhao thought of the tragic image outside, he lost the mood to joke:
"There are too many hungry people outside the city, I use it for self-defense."

"Hey, they are all poor people."

"Why are they gathered outside the city?"

He Jinzhao thought it was useless to gather outside the city, and he would not be allowed to enter the city, so he might as well spread out to find a way out.

"Isn't it waiting for the imperial court to provide disaster relief? I heard that 100 million shi of grain was shipped from the capital."

He Jinzhao was slightly taken aback, how could it be possible?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

The brother-in-law still has trust in the government, and said: "It is impossible for the imperial court not to provide disaster relief."

Daming's current reputation still has a certain foundation among the poor people who can eat enough.

After all, it has been the court for so many years.

He Jinzhao dipped the shallots in sauce and said, "Brother-in-law, you don't know anything about officialdom.

Even if Emperor Chongzhen could really come up with 100 million shi of grain, the gang of insects below would be rich in their own pockets.

I'm sure that this batch of grain and grass will be lost by two-thirds before it leaves Beijing, and another batch will be deducted when it arrives in Hebei, and it will be sent to Shaanxi after passing through Shanxi. If you are lucky, there will be a hundred shi left.

The hundred shi of grain might have to be reserved for the servants of the Shaanxi General Army.

As for those hungry people who are going to starve to death, what does the food provided by the court have to do with them. "

The post station has been used privately by these insects for a long time, all the money has been taken away, and the wages have been owed for several years.

"It's still the little master who knows a lot."

The brother-in-law's personal apprentice is named Liu Zongmin, and he is very skilled.

The brother-in-law fell silent for a while.

So many hungry people outside the city, the imperial court doesn't care?

The elder sister sighed, and then told Li Dingguo solemnly:

"You can't go out of the city and go crazy. Just two streets away, the little fat baby from Aunt Zhang's house can't be found outside the city. In the end, she was found cooked and eaten by the hungry people outside the city."

"I know."

Li Dingguo ran to see the skinny horse again, he also wanted to ride a horse, how majestic it is!

"Brother-in-law, help me, see if anyone has a horse."

While eating, He Jinzhao pointed to the lean horse that was being fed fodder by Li Dingguo, and said, "I want to sell it for some money or some food."

The brother-in-law frowned slightly: "How can you sell this public property privately?"

"The emperor ordered the inn to be abolished, so I brought this skinny horse to pay part of my wages."

"what?"

My sister was stunned for a moment: "Then how will you live in the future?"

Even if he owed usury, Fan Juren would not go too far in order to maintain the reputation of his Fan family in consideration of He Jinzhao's reputation of filial piety.

My little brother has errands to fill his stomach.

But if there is no errand, you will have to go hungry in the future.

"Is this true?"

The brother-in-law also didn't believe that the emperor would abolish the station.

"Really, what did we lie to you for?"

He Jinzhao became more and more affirmative: "The postman surnamed Zhao encouraged everyone to borrow donkeys to roll around, and if each person paid 20 taels of silver, the post station would not be abolished.

I told them it was a conspiracy, but no one believed it. "

"Ten taels?"

My sister was a little speechless, this is not a small amount.

"But I figured out the logic of this on the way into the city." He Jinzhao took another mouthful of rice:

"Then Zhao Yicheng presumably was ordered by the Fan family to go through the formalities and legally swallow up a large area of ​​land, and then send out the money, and then give it to the county magistrate. It's a good idea to do two things with one money."

The Fan family needs a good reputation, and they definitely won't steal it in the open. Even if the land is not harvested for five years, they won't worry about it.

There may be a lot of moldy food in the Fan family manor, and they will not take it out to help the victims.

"Little brother, treat the horse as your own and don't sell it. Go and be your son-in-law." My sister thought for a while and said:

"Old Wang's family in Shilipu Village has four daughters and wants to find two sons-in-law. His family is rich in land."

In the countryside, without a son, it is extremely easy to be bullied, because if you don't have a son, others will come to take your property.

The more sons you have, the stronger you are in the village.

"What is this called?"

The brother-in-law immediately refused: "Why don't you learn how to forge iron with me, and you will have a skill in the future, and you will not die of hunger."

"Do you think my little brother is as strong as you?"

"Nurture your body and you will have strength."

Liu Zongmin smiled: "That's good, the little uncle has become a junior brother."

The elder sister gave her husband and apprentice an angry look: "In this world, if you can eat and drink without worrying about it, and you can get a daughter-in-law, it's already good, and you're not tired."

"Do you think anyone has a chance to marry?
Miss Wang Jiasan has taken a fancy to my younger brother's appearance, and the second son born in the future will take the He family's surname, how wonderful. "

He Jinzhao smiled, he didn't expect his sister to encourage him to eat soft rice.

Compared with those starving people waiting to die outside the city, eating soft food is not unreasonable.

But how many years can this soft rice last?

Even if we escaped the successive years of chaos in Shaanxi, can we escape the next entry of Tartars?

At that time, the family will still be destroyed, but there is nothing he can do.

He Jinzhao became more and more certain in his heart that he would do something in the future.

Why not take advantage of the rebel army coming to Ganquan County, and take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, recruit a group of people, and first mix with a small leader of the rebel army.

But where can I find outlaws who are willing to fight against Daming with me?
He Jinzhao thought about it carefully, that is, in the prison of the county government.

We have to find a way to get to the bottom of it.

Snapped.

The courtyard door was roughly pushed open, and two yamen servants walked in.

The yamen servants just hold iron rulers.

"He Jinzhao, something happened to you, come with us."

The brother-in-law thought it was his brother-in-law who stole the horse, so he got up in a hurry.

He Jinzhao looked at the two of them and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Mr. Fan San sent someone to sue the officials, saying that you robbed Mr. San's beef pie. Is there such a thing?"

My sister looked at He Jinzhao in surprise, never thinking that what he said was true.

With his thin body, how could he snatch the meatloaf from Mr. Fan San.

This must be framed!

"Do you have any witnesses?"

He Jinzhao stood up and looked at the two yamen servants.

It turned out that Fan San sent people into the city to do this.

"Hey, it's a joke, when did we talk about the evidence in the case!"

"Whether there is evidence or not, you have to go with us!"

Yamen servants do not care about any evidence.

Fan's words, in Ganquan County, should be listened to as an imperial decree.

You don't have to listen to the emperor's words, but you don't listen to the Fan family's words.

As for the job of yamen servant, do you still want to be hereditary?
"grown ups."

Just as my sister was about to take the money, He Jinzhao stopped her:

"Sister and brother-in-law, you don't have to work hard to get me.

Fan San is still reluctant to let me die, so I just go with them and stay in prison for a few days. "

Hearing He Jinzhao's crazy words, especially when the money he got was gone, the young yamen servant couldn't help but want to hit him immediately.

"Fan San and I have grown up together since we were young, so beat me to death if you have the ability."

He Jinzhao took two steps forward, pointed at his shoulder and said:
"You said there are so many guards around him, why did I manage to snatch the beef patty and get away with it?"

(End of this chapter)