When Lu Hanqiang stood outside the camp, on top of the stacked grain cloth, facing the nearly 2,000 old and weak poles and current displaced people who were abandoned by the collapse below, and facing the wounded who were injured in this battle and could not be taken away by themselves, Lu Hanqiang puffed up his chest and announced his decision loudly: "Now, I, Lu Hanqiang, as the Qincha who investigated Shanxi, in the name of long live, forgive your original sins and still regard you as the good people of the Ming Dynasty."
When he was talking, Lu Hanqiang had a sense of God, and he felt very cool.
Next, according to the usual plot, it should be all the people cheering, and then kneeling down, kowtowing to their own God, cheering, and saying the words of thanksgiving in their poor vocabulary, which will completely push Lu Hanqiang's sense of God to a climax.
With his arms open, he squinted his eyes for a long time, but things did not develop as Lu Hanqiang thought, there was no cheering, no crying with joy, everyone looked at Lu Hanqiang numbly, there was no joy, anger and sorrow on his face, and some were still numb in addition to numbness.
Lu Hanqiang sighed in his heart, the grief is nothing more than the death of his heart, this is it.
Lowering his arms and looking at the numb faces of the figures below, he was not a god in the end, and he couldn't do anything because he couldn't take them through the rest of the way.
The prince had long stood by Lu Hanqiang's side, and he also wanted to feel the huge wave of fanaticism brought about by the emperor's grace, and then he was ready to record what he saw and the people's gratitude to the emperor in detail, and report it to the emperor, so that the emperor who was always worried about this old empire all day long would be happy.
But the result was very disappointing for him.
Glancing at the solemn and confused prince, Lu Hanqiang announced loudly again: "Now I announce on behalf of the emperor that I will give you relief, here, men and women are two stones, two stones of rice, half a horse of cloth, I hope you will go back to your own homes, or go to your relatives and friends to be a case of kindness to the people, I hope you can survive this famine." ” As a result, the lowly people still did not cheer, did not thank Dade, and the people were still numb and silent, which made Lu Hanqiang very surprised.
At this time, Zihan ran over, picked up half a piece of cloth on the hill of cloth, laboriously pulled through two bags of grain, and piled them in front of a withered woman in front of the crowd: "Sister-in-law, this is yours, you take it." ” The woman's eyes were full of horror, and the quilt Zihan pulled it, as if she had just reacted from her numbness, and quickly took two steps back in cringe, hiding her body into the crowd.
Ruyun also pulled the same thing and stuffed it to an old lady, "Auntie, this cloth and food are yours, here, no one dares to rob you anymore." ” Ruyun's move turned out to be that the old lady knelt down with a bang, kowtowed violently to Ruyun, and shouted again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, please be merciful and merciful to spare us, as long as you give us food, I can do anything." ” Lu Hanqiang was stunned, Zhang Zihan was stunned, Ruyun was stunned, and all the people, including the prince, were stunned, they really couldn't understand why this was the case.
Don't want cloth and food, but still just ask for a bowl of gruel, isn't this sacrificing the basics, isn't this giving up the big and the small?
At this time, Jin Hengguang stood up, walked to the side of an old man, took his hand and said: "Uncle, I am Jin Hengguang, the head of the Killing Tiger Mouth Commercial Bank, I am a local, I have seen you, are you the old man Zhang who was in front of you?"
"Yes, yes, I am."
The old man immediately replied with sincere fear, this time it was okay, the familiarity of the locals did not make him cower.
"Take it, Lord Lu has distributed disaster relief money and food on behalf of the emperor, what a great kindness this is."
Jin Hengguang lifted the grain and piled it in front of him, and sincerely persuaded him.
The old man opened his dim eyes and looked at everyone blankly, but he still did not come forward to receive the food.
Lu Hanqiang jumped off the grain stack, with an amiable smile, revealing his eight iconic teeth, and took the old man's sign and said earnestly: "Old man, we are officials and soldiers, I am not representing Mao, it is the emperor who has come to visit everyone, fellow countryman, you are suffering." ” The prince also stood up, took the hand of another fellow countryman, and learned from Lu Hanqiang's words, hoping to spread the emperor's kindness all over the motherland.
There was still no shouting slogans like a tsunami, no tears of excitement, the old man asked tremblingly: "You said that you were really sent by the emperor?"
"Yes, we were sent by the emperor to visit you."
Lu Hanqiang nodded affirmatively, then stretched out his hand and pointed behind him, "This is the prince in charge of the emperor's side." ” The old man suddenly knelt down for Lu Hanqiang with a grunt, and wailed with his head on the pestle.
Lu Hanqiang wanted to pull him up with a relieved smile.
But the old man raised his face full of dirt and pleaded tremblingly: "Lord Qingtian, we don't want your things, we just ask you to promise us one thing for the emperor, okay." ” At this time, all the people fell to their knees together, and the crowd was full of eager eyes.
Lu Hanqiang put away his smile, looked at the people who had fallen to their knees, unwilling to ask for food and cloth, but only asked for one thing, this must be a great grievance, this time, Lu Hanqiang did not refuse Xu Guangqi's old lady to cry out for grievances as he did at the beginning, he must agree to the grievances of these suffering people, no matter who he is, even if the people denounce Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, he must smash his job bowl and make decisions for the people.
"Uncle, say it, even if it's a big thing, I will take care of it for you and make the decision for you."
Lu Hanqiang replied categorically, which not only won Zihan Ruyun's admiring eyes, but even the prince nodded slightly, "I am willing to advance and retreat with you." ” After receiving Lu Hanqiang's promise, the old man's gray eyes suddenly lit up, and his lips trembled for a long time before he said loudly: "Ask Lord Qingtian for mercy, and ask the emperor to reduce our taxes for three years." ” Just this shout, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which completely shook Lu Hanqiang, and it took a long time to turn his head to look at the prince with difficulty, the prince's face was pale, and he also looked at Lu Hanqiang with his mouth open, and the eyes of the two were full of helplessness.
Lu Hanqiang's helplessness lies in the fact that he can smash the jobs of officials at all levels, but he can't touch Chongzhen's rice bowls no matter what, and now, the taxes of the people of the whole country are Chongzhen's rice bowls, which makes him smash the taxes stipulated by Chongzhen not only can not be reduced, but also cannot be in arrears, and he must pay off the original arrears, which makes him say nothing "Old man, you better take the food and cloth."
For a long time, Lu Hanqiang was full of guilt, said to the old man in a difficult voice, and stretched out his hands to pull the old man up.
The "adult" old man cried bitterly and clung to Lu Hanqiang's hand, just like a person who was mired in a quagmire, grasping a straw that could not work at all even the most fragile, and he was unwilling to let go.
With his shout, all the people cried out together: "Your Excellency" "I, I, I."
After saying the three words, Lu Hanqiang couldn't say a word, and his heart was like blocking a thousand catties of boulder, which was the entire Mount Tai.
What can he say, how can he say "My lord, even if you ask the emperor to reduce us for a year."
The old man looked at Lu Hanqiang expectantly again, and there were already blood and tears in his eyes.
Looking at Lu Hanqiang, who turned his head in pain, the old man climbed forward half a step forward and grabbed Lu Hanqiang tightly: "Even if we don't urge our arrears first, is this okay?"
However, the old man was disappointed, because he saw Lu Hanqiang in tears, but he still did not twist his head back.
The trembling old man struggled to get up, but he didn't get up after several efforts, because he no longer had the strength to get up, so Lu Hanqiang pulled him, but he shook off Lu Hanqiang's hand and still wanted to rely on his own efforts to get up.
"Why, why don't you want the food cloth I distributed to you, why?"
Lu Hanqiang asked with red eyes and trembling voice, this really made him incomprehensible, according to the convention, they should be happy and grateful.
"My lord, is it useful for you to give us food?"
the old man collapsed on the ground, muttering weakly.
"You have given a lot of grain cloth, two stones of grain, my grandson and I are four stones, save a little food, and we can live for another year."
"Isn't that great, a year later, there is hope."
Lu Hanqiang comforted.
"Maybe, it's impossible."
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The old man shook his hand and hung his head feebly.
"Why?"
Lu Hanqiang was very puzzled, and then said to the old man sincerely: "I have eliminated the pole here, no one will rob you anymore, and no one will coerce you anymore, so that you will become cannon fodder again, and you will become cannon fodder for filling ditches." ” Saying this, the old man looked at Lu Hanqiang, and suddenly howled and cried: "My lord, why did you destroy the pole, why did you cut off our way of life, you created evil." ” Lu Hanqiang was completely stunned, looking left and right, he really didn't understand how he had worked hard to eliminate the pole that caused the trouble, but how he became the culprit of evil The old man shook his head lightly, and kept shaking his head: "You gave us cloth and food, but do you know that as long as you walk with your front foot, the back foot will come like a wolf and a tiger of the officials, they will snatch away the cloth and grain we just got in a blink of an eye, even if they rob everything, according to what I owe, what should be paid, and what is expected to be paid, how can this be enough."
With his hands raised, he looked at Lu Hanqiang, "Do you know that we have paid taxes to Chongzhen for ten years, my lord, we really haven't paid them." ” Whimpering, buried his white head: "We might as well be wrapped in poles, although I don't know what day, we filled in the trench of a fortress fortress, but after all, we can still survive today, the poles can still give us a bite to eat, live today, and you let us take these food cloths home, we will definitely not survive tomorrow." ” The old man's words immediately caused a burst of wailing, which was really heartbreaking, a cry of despair.
"God, I beg you, give us a way to live."
The old man got up with difficulty, knelt down in a proper manner, and roared at Changtian: "We are willing to give everything we have for you, as long as you give us a way to live, a way to live that can be passed on to the next generation, and let the ancestors continue to sacrifice incense."
Lu Hanqiang looked at this old man, his whole body was numb to the extreme, being a civilian is death, but being a pole can live a few more days, the requirements are so simple, the simplicity is so simple that people can no longer face it, this is this Da Ming, this is the Da Ming that he works hard to change.
Covering his face, he staggered back to his camp, blocked his ears, and couldn't bear to listen to the cries of those people, but no matter how much he tried to block his ears, the heart-rending and desperate cries could not be stopped, so he got into his ears, into his mind, and into his heart, tearing his internal organs.
Giving up the senseless struggle, Lu Hanqiang looked at the prince who was also lost and depressed, but he couldn't say anything.
The book pleaded for tax reduction, the book wrote the tragic situation here, the book pleaded and begged again, what can be exchanged for two people are smart people, both of them know that they can't do anything, that is the policy formulated by the court bosses, that is actually the policy formulated by the highest power holder of the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be changed.
Sitting in the big tent, sitting and carefully handing a fold to Lu Hanqiang and Wang Gonggong, Lu Hanqiang raised his eyes and looked at it, it was a flowery report of the victory, not only Lu Hanqiang is the greatest credit, but also the prince has a plan, the little fat man has a good command, Wang Dazhuang dispatches and fights, including Zihan has a great merit in scheduling logistics, as long as this letter is folded, Lu Hanqiang's official reputation is there, and everyone has a great achievement.
"Once this victory is heard, it will be very beneficial to the Lone Ministers, which will slap Donglin hard, which will make the foundation of our Lone Ministers Party more solid, and the influence of the proprietor in the capital will not only not be weakened because of your departure from Beijing, but will become more famous, and the Lone Ministers Party will be even stronger."
Lu Hanqiang looked at the book without focus, looked at it for a long time, and then put the book to the lamp, just watching the book fold in the small flame of the lamp, slowly turning black and red, and then slowly burning, until it burned his hand, he didn't let go.
In everyone's surprise, Lu Hanqiang waved his hand with difficulty, ignoring the presence of the prince and father-in-law, and instructed Wang Dazhuang: "Big brother, you can transport all the grain and cloth back to the cottage that broke into the sky." ” Such a decision came as a surprise to everyone.
"Tell the people outside that I didn't exterminate the Collapse of the Sky, and the Collapse of the Cottage is still there."
Then he looked at the prince: "Brother Wang, should we return the captured knives and guns to them?"
The prince stared at the ashes on the ground for a long, long time, then raised his head and glanced at the people in the tent who were already pale: "I slept, I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything, I was sleepy, I went to sleep."
Then, with his shoulders slumped, as if his whole soul had been emptied, he slowly got up listlessly, and walked out of the tent and into his own. t1706231537: