The living live on the streets and the dead occupy temples

The cold wind blew against my cheeks like a white blade, the shape of the dry trees resembled those seeking death, and there were occasional white flocs floating in the air.

Even in the dim light of evening, if it were not blocked by mountains and crowds, everything on this land could be clearly seen.

Now...in front of the emperor Liu Hong who is patrolling incognito.

This scene in Jinan... can be described in four words: "shocking".

Between the sky and the earth, the golden soft soil that once symbolized a good harvest has now been washed away by the Yellow River, and there are signs of being submerged in water everywhere, mixed with white frost.

If you accidentally step on it, your whole body will sink deeply...

"This..." Liu Hong sighed with emotion: "A good farmland can turn into a swamp that kills people!"

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, who were escorting Liu Hong, also had expressions of astonishment on their faces...

They thought that the people in Nanyang, where the plague was once raging, were miserable enough and in dire straits. But who would have thought that...compared to here, the people of Nanyang seemed to be living in paradise.

The green grass blades that once symbolized vitality on the roadside now have only potholes left. Not even a root of grass has been seen, and the big tree... even the bark has been scraped off and eaten... standing naked.

In the wind, no matter the cold wind, no matter how cold the people here are, no matter how irresistible all factors are, they can plunder, plunder, and humiliate themselves wantonly.

From time to time, its withered and broken trunk is blown down by the cold wind, telling passers-by that it is gradually withering away.

"What are those kids doing?"

Liu Hong pointed at several children not far away. They gathered together... With the help of their parents, they squatted down hard and stuck their buttocks out...

"Your Majesty... ah no, Master..." Jian Shuo was still used to calling Your Majesty, but he thought that His Majesty had repeatedly issued orders and this was a private visit incognito... so he quickly changed his words, "Master... it's better not to know this... it's insulting to the Holy Spirit!"

Just then...

The peasant woman's vulgar voice came.

"Two dogs, use more force." The peasant woman took a branch and carefully poked her son's anus.

The youngest son grabbed the withered grass with both hands and used all his strength to cry, "Mom... I can't pull the baby out."

"It's coming, it's coming..." The peasant woman was in tears...

In fact, her son's anus was bleeding.

After a while...

The son screamed in pain, then fainted to the ground, but the peasant woman said happily, "It's out, it's out..."

Liu Hong looked at this scene with great heartache...Now he finally knew why Jian Shuo said it was insulting to the saints...

Haha...is it insulting to the saints?

At this time, Qiao Xuan said softly: "This is common in some chaotic cities and counties in the Han Dynasty. These children have nothing to eat. They can only eat some half-dried grass roots boiled by their parents, and eat them with hot water to satisfy their hunger.

It's easy, but it's hard to pull it out! This kid is lucky, but he's unlucky... The grass roots can't be digested in the stomach, and they become swollen and strangled to death."

this…

Hearing Qiao Xuan's words, Liu Hong's eyes widened. He was shocked.

His eyes were as wide as bells, "Why are these? No one reported to me?"

This is just the tip of the iceberg... Liu Hong is not unprepared, but... what is sad for him is that even if it is the tip of the iceberg, none of the officials in the court, not even the eunuchs he trusts, can report it to him.

He is really like what Yu'er said... In the palace, he is a deaf and blind man!

"His Majesty…"

Qiao Xuan sighed "Alas", "It's not that I won't repay it, but that I can't repay it. These... if His Majesty didn't say it with his own eyes, no matter who reported it, would Your Majesty believe it? What's more... what your Majesty sees now is only the Yellow River.

The scene of the disaster in Jinan during the flood... Haha, there are many disasters ten times more serious than this in Jinan? There are so many... Where can I start reporting?"

call…

Qiao Xuan's words made Liu Hong exhale a long and heavy breath.

At this moment, he bit his lip tightly with his teeth... He winked at Jian Shuo... Jian Shuo understood and took out some food and gave it to the children.

Seeing the woman kneeling down with a "pop" and her head pounding towards Liu Hong, Jian Shuo and others kept bowing, Liu Hong realized that the most sincere kneeling was not the three-kneel-kowtow-nine-kowtow ritual in the court hall.

, but the gratitude from the bottom of the hearts of the people.

"Go...continue!"

Liu Hong said with great difficulty...

At this moment, he has realized... what is the root cause of the Han Dynasty's state affairs!

…

…

Over there, Cao Cao has just finished.

Xia Houyuan was setting up a tent, while Cao Cao was sitting on the ground, picking up a pen and writing something on the bamboo slips.

"Third brother, what Brother Yu has seen and heard from Jibei to Jinan these days is shocking... Everywhere Brother Yu goes, victims, refugees, and poor people will flock to him. Men kneel on their knees and surround me and Miaocai.

, kept kowtowing and begging for alms. At this moment, I remembered the scene when... you asked me to open a warehouse to release grain when I was helping the refugees in Dunqiu."

"How familiar is this feeling with that time? Third brother... you always told me that disasters and chaos... are the standards for testing people's hearts. Sure enough, Jinan... is full of bitter and cold people. Here, Brother Yu met his mother

Leaving the child alone, Brother Yu saw his father hiding food for the whole family late at night. Brother Yu saw that the purpose of a man marrying a woman was to sell her in exchange for a few days of food rations. He also saw officials everywhere coming to collect food and build temples!

"

"This Jinan country is so chaotic. It seems that every common person is the prey of those rich and powerful families. They are already so poor, but every rich and powerful family still tries to steal food from them... As the third brother said, Bitun here

Qiu is ten times more chaotic, and as my father said, the water in Jinan is unfathomable, but...now that Brother Yu is here, then...Brother Yu will try to fight this chaotic sky!"

Writing here…

Xia Houyuan set up the tent. He was relatively honest and had obeyed Cao Cao's words since he was a child...

"Brother, do you want to continue shopping tomorrow?"

"No more shopping!" Cao Cao breathed softly, "Go to the city tomorrow and go to the government office!"

"The eldest brother is going to take office?" Xia Houyuan was a little surprised, "I thought the eldest brother didn't want to be the prime minister of Jinan?"

"Haha..." Cao Cao laughed, "Miaocai, we are all here, we should leave something for the people here, right?"

oh…

Xia Houyuan scratched his head.

The elder brother’s words are like talking to Guanzhu Liu, sometimes making people confused...

"Sure"... Even though he didn't understand why, Xia Houyuan still nodded, "I will do whatever the elder brother says... It's just that when I went to Dunqiu to take office, the elder brother recruited a lot of warriors in advance, and it was these warriors who could...

Brother fights against the powerful, but this time... we have no money and no soldiers... If these powerful landlords get into trouble, then..."

Xia Houyuan scratched his head again and asked quickly: "How about I borrow some from Guanzhu Liu this time?"

"Need not!"

At this moment, Cao Cao seemed quite confident, "No one's money comes from the strong wind. This time we have to rely on ourselves..."

ah…

Xia Houyuan blinked his eyes and looked at this eldest brother in disbelief. The eldest brother was a bit strange this time... He didn't cheat his father? He didn't cheat his brothers? Where did the money come from?

"Haha..." Cao Cao smiled, patted Xia Houyuan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Jinan has money!"

When I blurt out these words...

You can especially see how much farmland in Jinan has been occupied by "ancestral temples".

These lands... are the cornucopia in the hands of the rich, but they are also the vision and hope of the poor!

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…

The words are divided into two parts.

The newly promoted Jinan Prime Minister Cao Cao has not shown up for more than ten days... The wealthy households in Jinan can't wait.

Is this really cowardly?

The rich people could not help but feel their hearts beating wildly when they speculated like this.

If Cao Cao doesn't take office, that's the best outcome!

And often... when people's nerves relax, all kinds of signs of corruption will quickly rise, and they will continue to drink and have fun.

For a time, government offices were transformed into gambling dens and food stalls, and each government office "concurrently operated" tea shops, wine shops, and Jinan streets and alleys specially invited artists from Jiangnan to perform silk and bamboo orchestras, and the business continued as usual.

Heading to Jinan, no one knew Cao Cao and his party.

He wanted to rest at the inn first, and then report to Jinan King Liu Taina the next day.

But then he thought about it and decided to stay in a civilian hotel instead. He also wanted to make an unannounced visit in the city.

really…
To be continued...