In the golden month of September, the harvest is full of fruits. County Magistrate Pei of Xia County led the county leadership team to go deep into the fields to inspect the autumn harvest work.

Ah, bah, it’s a conspiracy. It’s Pei Xiaoer who takes several senior leaders of the Pei family army to various fields to see how this year’s harvest is going?

However, the reality is that the more I look at it, the colder I feel. On the vast land, there are only a few earth-yellow wheat stalks growing sparsely. They seem to be about to die at any time, and they are planted there listlessly.

Pei Xiaoer squatted down and plucked the ears of wheat in front of him. He smelled the wheat fragrance that he had not expected. Peeling the ears open, a few dry wheat grains rolled out. He twisted them with his hands and put them in his mouth.

He chewed it a few times and spit it out again.

He stood up and sighed, "This year is another year of famine. The people are suffering."

Liu Xianchun behind him felt a little emotional when he saw Pei Xiaoer's attitude, "This year's harvest is actually a little better than the previous two years. The first two years were called no harvest. One acre of land could not even get a bucket of grain. Even so, the imperial court

Not only did they not lower taxes on the people, they even raised the land tax from nine cents to one and two cents last year."

"How can the imperial court survive if it is so overbearing and disrespectful to the people?" Pei Xiaoer said bitterly.

Liu Xianchun said nothing. It is common for scholars to criticize the government's governance, but if he wanted to directly say that the government was going to fall, he had not yet turned this corner.

Pei Xiaoer didn't force him, and turned to an old farmer who was closer to him, "Old man, how are you?"

"Okay, I'm in good health." The old farmer had long noticed this group of people who were just hanging out on the roadside without doing anything serious. But judging from their clothes, they seemed to be from wealthy families, so he thought they were the young masters of some family. At this time

Seeing the leader of the group asking him a question, he didn't dare to be slow and answered quickly.

"My husband, how many acres of land do you cultivate at home?"

"I have planted six or seven acres this year, all of which belong to Mr. Liu's family."

"Is all the land around here owned by Mr. Liu's family?"

"This side is the land of Master Liu's family, and that side", he pointed to the east. "That side is the land of Master Tian's family."

"I heard that this year's harvest is better than the previous two years. I think everyone will have a good time this year!"

Hearing this, a young man on the side couldn't help but interjected, "Shit, we heard that Xia County was occupied by rogue bandits for a while, saying that the rogue bandits were burning, killing and looting everywhere in the city. The housekeeper of Mr. Liu's family came over two days ago

He said that he would pay taxes to the rogue king and that he would collect more taxes this year."

"Shunzi, shut up, stop talking." Hearing his son say nonsense, the old farmer quickly stopped him and said to Pei Xiaoer, "What he said is all nonsense. Don't believe it.

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"It's okay. Let's just talk casually. Nothing will happen." Pei Xiaoer said with a kind smile, "Since you don't want to talk, let's go somewhere else."

Pei Xiaoer turned around and his face instantly darkened, "Brother, that Mr. Liu in the city ruined the reputation of our Pei family army. I will take people to kill him right now." Pei Xiaosan was furious and was about to ride back to the city.

Pei Xiaoer stopped him, raised the corners of his mouth and sneered. "No need, there are plenty of ways to deal with him."

Back in the city, Pei Xiaoer pulled Dad Pei and said, "Dad, there are two things you need to do as soon as possible. First, expand the new military camp as soon as possible. I feel that something is not right in the coming year, and there will be a big chaos. Let's

The more people you have, the safer you will be in the future.

Second, find someone to contact Mr. Zhao. Just tell him that we need to purchase a large amount of grain and ask him if there are any channels?"

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Dad Pei promised.

"Xu Ze, I'll collect whatever you want from this year's land tax." Pei Xiaoer said to Xu Ze.

"Yes, General."

"Liu Xianchun, Guo Rucong confiscated a lot of fields some time ago. These fields cannot be left lying there. I hope you can take care of those fields for me."

Liu Xianchun did not expect that Pei Xiaoer would directly give him an order. He turned his head to the side with some resistance in his heart, without looking at him or speaking.

Pei Xiaoer knew what he was thinking and handed a piece of paper to his hand. "Can you agree now?"

Liu Xianchun tied the piece of paper, glanced at it and was stunned, "I...I'm not a thief."

"Isn't it too late to talk about this now?" Pei Xiaoer snorted coldly, unceremoniously revealing his inner panic.

It turned out that what Pei Xiaoer gave him was a notice. The notice said that Liu Xianchun, the rebellious minister, did not know how to be loyal to the court and serve the country. He could not appease the people, and dared to collude with the rebels to seek the throne and usurp the throne. This was an unforgivable crime, according to the laws and Yi tribes.

This announcement directly broke Liu Xianchun's heart. He became confused and at a loss. He couldn't understand that he had done so much for the country and the people. In the end, he ended up as a traitor. How unfair the sky was to him.

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Pei Xiaoer couldn't bear to see him like this. He sighed, walked to him gently, took his arm and sat down, saying, "You don't have to be so sad. The current court is no longer what it used to be."

A court that can do things for the people.

Look at the constant partisanship in the current imperial court. Are there still very few people who are truly capable and willing to do things who are unjustly killed? For example, Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Chonghuan. On the contrary, those who are extremely evil and have humiliated their country are still doing well.

While alive, just like Wang Huazhen and Yang Hao's disciples, they were all exempted from punishment. Just imagine, is it necessary for such a court to be worthy of allegiance?

I have always believed that scholars should talk about great loyalty and righteousness. What is great loyalty and righteousness? The common people are great loyalty and righteousness. It should be noted that this world is not the world of one family, but the world of all people. Our loyalty is also to the common people of the world, not to

One family, one name. This is the avenue we are pursuing so hard."

After listening to Pei Xiaoer's words, Liu Xianchun's eyes gradually became brighter, and he turned to look at Pei Xiaoer. Pei Xiaoer nodded heavily to him.

Liu Xianchun also nodded heavily to Pei Xiaoer, stood up and said, "A true man should dedicate himself to the people of the world and not be a slave of his family. I am willing to follow the general and create a great peace for the people of the world."

"Okay, that's good." Pei Xiaoer felt quite satisfied when he saw that Liu Xianchun had regained his composure and was willing to surrender to him. "This is the Liu Xianchun I know."

"My subordinates, go and plant those fields right now." Liu Xianchun said as he was about to walk out, but Pei Xiaoer quickly stopped him.

"Zhongfang, don't worry, listen to me first. Now we have to collect land tax, so these big families are taking the opportunity to increase the rent in the name of our Pei family army. It's really hateful! And I let you go to farm, this is what I want you to do.

You compete with these big families for the common people, so that these people who are forced to live by the big families can have a better place to go."
Chapter completed!