When he heard that he was coming to collect grain, Liu Hanhui looked bitter. Logically, every time the imperial court collected grain, it was a good opportunity for them to make money. What are the tips of the husks and the breaks of color and fire, they were invented by local officials to fill their wallets and make a good move. How many local officials live on this gold step, and even make a fortune and reach the peak of their lives.

Liu Hanhui was no exception. He also wanted to take this opportunity to make some money and marry a few concubines. But the current situation does not allow it. Just listen to the name and you will know that the taxes in Zhushan County have been received for ten years. As long as the valuable property of the people has long been taken away and taxes have been paid.

Not only that, most of the land in Zhushan County belongs to several large gentry families in the county. When the harvest is good on weekdays, the people who are tenants can still pay the rent and have a little tax left. In addition, digging some wild vegetables outside the city can make do with it for a year. However, this year's drought is severe and the harvest is less than half of previous years. The people called out all the harvest in the fields, but it is still not enough.

Many people choose to start digging wild vegetables and bark to satisfy their hunger. Later, they still didn’t have enough, so they could only sell their children and daughters, and then sell their wives and wives, and finally they could only buy themselves. However, with too many people selling people, people are worthless and they can’t find a buyer even if they want to sell. Nowadays, people are poor and have a life of rotten life, and they don’t even know what to eat tonight.

If a person becomes poor and even loses his life, that is the most fearless and terrible time. At the beginning, some hungry people began to take their attention to the grain shops in the county, and they would go to the grain shops in groups in the middle of the night to steal food. However, aren’t ordinary people who can open grain shops in such remote areas? They are all wealthy merchants who have connections in Yunyang and even in Huguang, and they are also famous scholars.

With a complaint, the county yamen runners obediently arrested the people according to their wishes. According to the grain merchants' request, they hung the captured "thieves" on the city tower for a whole month. It was midsummer, and the scorching sun was in the sky. The dozens of people were directly roasted into fucking people to shock others.

The extremely cruel method finally scared the hungry and red-eyed people away for a while. The people did not dare to act rashly. The entire Zhushan County was now in a strange calm. However, this calmness was like the tranquility before the storm. The hungry feeling in their stomachs drove them to forget all fear. Once they reached that critical point, the hungry people would erupt like a storm. It can be said that the magistrate's chair under Liu Hanhui wanted to sit on the crater. Once the volcano erupted, he would not have his bones left.

Liu Hanhui is still young, he doesn't want to die, he wants to live, he must not stimulate the people now, for fear of igniting the volcano and swallowing him up completely. However, he thought so, others would not allow him to do this. Li Xizang from Yunyang actually wanted to continue collecting taxes. Isn't this pushing Liu Hanhui to the dead end?

Liu Hanhui is not a clean official, and he will not be lenient when he should get the money. However, the situation is too special now. He must say something for the people of Zhushan County, but for himself.

"Sir, according to the knowledge of Beiyi, the Pei family army never kills indiscriminately, otherwise we will let them go." Liu Hanhui's voice seemed to suggest, and also to beg. Even if the Pei family army came in to rob, the people's anger would not only target the government, but also target the Pei family army who was outsiders.

"Let them go?" Li Xifeng was furious and scolded angrily, "Why have you defected to the thief army?" Li Xifeng pressed down with a big hat, which made Liu Hanhui breathless.

Seeing that Liu Hanhui was so scared that he was sweating coldly, Li Xiying said disdainfully: "You dare not measure it. This is what the governor means. The governor agrees. Just as you are a small magistrate, you can't cause any big waves. One thousand stones of grain and five hundred taels of silver are limited to you. I will come and collect it in three days. If not, don't take your black veil, and even, it will miss the governor's military opportunity. It may not be sure whether your head can be saved."

Humph, Li Xiong snorted coldly, pushed away the remaining cup of cold rice in front of him, and swung his sleeves, leaving the table where Liu Hanhui received him.

It is now afternoon, and Li Xifeng still has several counties to run. Zhushan County is just an inconspicuous one on this trip. After leaving Zhushan County from another city gate, Li Xifeng turned his head and spat hard. What kind of food is all about, even his own dog is worse than that. If he hadn't walked the mountain road for so long, he would be hungry in his stomach and would not have eaten a bite.

By chance, Li Xiying saw several mummies floating on the city tower. His cruel appearance almost made Li Xiying spit out the food he had just eaten. He felt a little hairy on his body, and a gust of cold wind rushed to the sky spirit cover. Even in the dog days and the scorching sun, Li Xiying still felt cold all over his body, "What the hell is this? Let's go quickly."

Soon, Li Xiwang called his entourage and left Zhushan County.

Li Xi left, but the problem he left behind had just begun. Liu Hanhui sat in a mess for a long time before calling his aide to discuss the matter.

The advice given to him by the staff was very pertinent. The people were on the verge of limits and they would definitely not be able to continue to exploit them. For the sake of the present, they had to temporarily borrow some food and silver from the grain merchants and gentry in the city. When they collect taxes in the next year, they will pay back the money and grain owed to them.

"For the sake of the present, I can only treat the dead horse as a living horse." Liu Hanhui said helplessly.

But Liu Hanhui thought it was pretty good, but the gentry and wealthy people in the city didn't buy it at all. After one operation, they only got less than 300 stones of grain, and the silver was less than 100 taels. Not to mention the governor, even he could not explain this amount of money and grain.

On one hand, he was his own wealth and life, and on the other hand, he was hungry people. In desperation, Liu Hanhui turned his attention to the people of Zhushan County again.

If the people live to this day, it means that they still have food. Otherwise, they would have starved to death long ago. Liu Hanhui said to himself, as if he was convincing himself.

"Sir, you must not? The people are already on the verge of limits. If you go to collect food, you will suffer disaster." The aides are not confused, and they have long noticed the abnormal atmosphere in Zhushan County, so they repeatedly suggested.

"If the knife is not on your neck, you can naturally stay out of the matter and say these useless nonsense. How can you get this thousand stone of food without looking for the people?" Liu Hanhui pushed the opening staff and said hatefully. The huge pressure had distorted his consciousness. Now he was just thinking about collecting all military rations to save his life. He thought with luck, the people had not rebelled yet, right? Then when collecting some food, they might not rebel. At worst, they would have to suffer for a few more days, and it would be fine when the war was over.

Liu Hanhui summoned all the yamen runners in the county yamen and assigned them tasks one by one. If they could not complete the 50-plate per person, this is also the norm in the yamen. The pressure above is always transmitted downward little by little, and ultimately the people at the bottom are borne by the people at the bottom.

After receiving the order, the yamen runners left the yamen and scattered into Zhushan County. Soon, the entire Zhushan County became boiling like boiling water. When the humblest survival became a luxury, and when the people were sucked by bones and marrow, they could not satisfy the desires of the upper bureaucrats. What are you waiting for? Just rebel.

The angry people gathered on the streets and flocked to the yamen together, wanting to find an explanation from the magistrate. Unexpectedly, Liu Hanhui was cowardly at this time and ordered the yamen runners to close the gate of the yamen, while he hid in the yamen and did not dare to go out.

The angry people gathered more and more at the yamen. A large number of people were still pouring in from all directions. The large number of people became extremely uneasy. At this time, someone encouraged them, or just one person, the crowded people actually squeezed open the closed yamen gate. It was like a signal. The angry people rushed directly into the yamen and searched out the magistrate Liu Hanhui, who was hiding in the back house.

Liu Hanhui plucked up his courage, stood in front of everyone, and scolded: "This... is the order of the governor, and I also obey the order."

After all, he was a magistrate, mixed with the majesty of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the people were instinctively afraid. However, there were too many people at the scene, and with so many people doing one thing at the same time, everyone's courage was much greater than usual. They were hungry, their parents who were so hungry that they ate Guanyin soil and were so hungry that they hugged their children who were crying loudly and did not allow them to continue cowardly.

"Master, my eldest son, second son, and fourth daughter are all starved to death. Please show your compassion! I'll give you a gift."

"We haven't eaten for four days and are about to starve to death. How about food?"

"Even if they want to force us to death, even if we die, you can't live."

"Yes, if you beat him to death, we can live."

"Beat him to death, beat him to death."

Almost in an instant, he killed him. This slogan filled the hearts of the people and became closer and closer to Liu Hanhui.
Chapter completed!