A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 48 What I Encountered

In the fifth year of Yuanyou, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, it was clear on March [-]th.

In the afternoon, a breeze blew in the city of Suzhou. The gentle wind carried a little warmth of spring in March and blew through the city of Suzhou, warming people's faces and intoxicating their hearts.

The Suzhou in front of you is bustling and lively, with shops, people flowing in, and life affluent.

Shuttling among the dense flow of people and cars, it feels like returning to my childhood in the world of Red Mansions. It really seems like a dream, and I can't help but sigh like Zhuang Zhou Mengdie.

As Lin Yao walked on the street, he couldn't help but recall everything he encountered along the way.

After Lin Yao sent the woman home, he began to travel aimlessly throughout the Northern Song Dynasty.

Along the way, I finally saw the real situation of ordinary tenant farmers in the feudal era, and they were no longer just a leaf in the Lin Mansion.

After all, the Lin family had been passed down from the fifth generation of princes to Lin Ruhai's generation, and the population was already thin. Without financial pressure, he provided his tenants with much higher benefits than other invisible benefits.

Therefore, when Lin Yao saw the situation of his own tenants, he one-sidedly felt that in peaceful times, the treatment of feudal tenants was not bad.

But when Lin Yao rushed from Dali to the territory of the Song Dynasty, he saw the real situation on the road and witnessed the most real exploitation of the feudal dynasty.

Lin Yao felt that in a feudal dynasty like the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as he did not kill people or set fires, he was considered a moral person.

Those commoners still had their fields for the time being. To be a farmer in the Fu Song Dynasty, in addition to paying land taxes, there was also "transportation", which was the toll of transporting the taxes to the place of payment.

This tax item is very operable and there are no hard and fast rules. Officials can operate it at will and raise money randomly when they are short of money.

Usually it is [officials receive one year's rent, and people lose twice as much]. Officials at all levels peel off their skins layer by layer, and all the money is borne by the peasants.

Even if the peasants have paid the full tax, the official said with a red mouth and white teeth, saying that your payment is unqualified, and you have to grit your teeth and continue to pay.

If you want to pay less, yes, there is a private business that specializes in helping farmers and the government deal with the government. Of course, the agency fee is not cheap, and the price is two or three thousand dollars at a time.

Even more terrifying is the five-class household system. The more property you have, the more taxes you pay.

But when it comes to operation, it becomes a trick played by the government. If you are a rich household, you are a rich household. Even if your family only has a few acres of thin farmland, you are a rich household. However, the landlord over there has thousands of acres of fertile land, but you are a poor household.

The so-called prosperity of the Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty was irrigated by the blood and tears of many farmers.

Such a small area is almost the smallest in history, and the productivity is just that, but it can produce the impression of wealth, so what if it is not more brutal exploitation.

The tenants were equally miserable, their life and death were in the hands of others, and the landlord couldn't even eat if he wasn't happy.

They were wearing simple clothes, slightly worn, and their bodies were not strong. They could even be considered thin, and almost all had disheveled faces.

He is not very tall and does not have a lot of meat, so the unexpectedly tall man looks very thin, giving him the impression of being skinny and skinny.

The skin is generally yellow-black, dull, and has many wrinkles. The face that was unable to hold up due to lack of flesh has two large eyeballs on it, which even looks a bit funny.

Their expressions showed the numbness that Lin Yao had seen and didn't want to see again.

The kind of numbness that is completely opaque to the world and has no understanding of what the world is like.

It seems that they were born to only cultivate the land for the landlord, eat, sleep and have children. They only know these four things.

When they saw Lin Yao walking by, they were working for the landlord in the fields. They consciously lowered their heads, hunched their bodies, and shrank.

Lin Yao personally saw two tenants being hung from a tree and beaten to death by the landlord. When he asked why, he learned that they were too tired from farming every day, so he secretly fell asleep in the field and was discovered. He was beaten to death.

Seeing an old beggar begging with a broken leg, Lin Yao gave him some money and asked him why he was begging in old age and where was his family?
He said that he was originally a tenant and farmed the land for the landlord's family. His daughter was born well and he took a concubine for the landlord's family. He thought he would live a good life.

As a result, a few days later, he saw a body being taken out. He followed it and saw that it was his daughter. The body was covered with injuries and he didn't know what happened.

He went to seek justice, but his legs were broken and he was driven out of Zhuangzi. He could only beg and wanted to report to the officials, but the officials ignored him at all.He had never known the blood and tears before, but when he heard and saw them, he felt extremely familiar, because the pain in the world was usually surprisingly consistent.
What you see along the way is staggering poverty and suffering.

Because in this world of Tianlong, in addition to the three major oppressions of feudalism - emperors, dignitaries, and powerful landlords, there are also the wanton actions of martial arts people who use force to violate the prohibition.

They bullied the weak and feared the strong, so in order to obtain money, they reached out to civilians and farmers who had a little wealth. They got money and rewards. After the landlord's land was wiped out, no one would pursue it, and the government would naturally close the case when it expired.

A set of processes shattered Lin Yao's beautiful filter of fighting swordsmanship. This is a feudal society where people cannibalize people. How can there be so many beautiful stories of knights and beauties? They are just a moment of youth shed by the blood and tears of the poor.

After seeing so many injustices, Lin Yao selectively covered his face and struck with a Tang sword from Dali to the Central Plains without blinking an eye.

Countless villains who boasted good reputations to each other, the so-called local officials of Qingtian Grand Master, powerful landlords who built bridges and paved roads, and martial arts figures who practiced justice with swords were all felled by his sword.

Under the so-called high-ranking people who control public opinion, the title of bloodthirsty massacre has spread all over the world. It is rumored that he relies on his strong martial arts to commit all kinds of evil, killing and looting. Those who are punished by him are White Lotus!

Unfortunately, the more he cut, the more he felt that his personal strength was still too weak. The idea that sprouted in the Red Mansion made the decision to implement it at Tianlong's radical point.

The golden monkey rises with great strength, and the jade sky clears the air.Various thoughts came to mind, making Lin Yao's eyes become firmer.

Suddenly, there was a sudden commotion in the turbulent flow of people ahead, and then there were several clear sounds of whips whipping in the air.

A shrill middle-aged female voice came over: "Mrs. Wang of Mantuo Villa is traveling, please give way to the rest of the crowd."

The street in front suddenly seemed to be attacked by a tornado. The ground was suddenly messy and pedestrians all moved aside. A few slow-moving vendors even got whipped a few times and rolled and got out of the way.

"This Mrs. Wang of Mantuo Villa is so grand and arrogant."

Lin Yao frowned slightly as he watched Mrs. Wang's group, which was all composed of women, leave. Except for a few idiots, none of the souls who died under his sword were so flamboyant or arrogant.

Two middle-aged women with whips who looked like servants shouted to clear the way, and a dozen young women in well-dressed hands carrying various exquisite gadgets lined up in two teams.

The luxurious carriage driven by Mrs. Wang followed closely behind, and finally there were about a dozen sword-wielding women in elegant attire, lined up on both sides. They ranged in age from middle-aged to young people. Judging from their aura and walking posture, they obviously had good martial arts skills.

The two servant girls holding whips to clear the way were really fierce. They would whip past any passer-by or vendor who was slow to give way without saying a word. Their methods were so cruel and cruel that people were stunned.

In this long street, which was less than a hundred feet long, as many as ten innocent passers-by and vendors were severely whipped by whips, and the screams were harsh to the ear.

What is even more speechless is that every time someone is whipped, the two middle-aged women who look like servants with whips will shout loudly and curse the despicable man, completely ignoring the vicious look of the victim.

Regarding Mrs. Wang's arrogant behavior and style, Lin Yao's heart moved. If he saw it, he would not remain indifferent.

Soon, the bustling streets that had been cleared in a panic just now returned to their previous bustle and bustle after Mrs. Wang and his entourage passed by, as if the scene that just happened was just an illusion.

Lin Yao's sensitive five senses can naturally easily distinguish the abuse and resentment hidden in the noise. The eighteen generations of women from Mrs. Wang's ancestors have always been cared for.

"This bitch didn't know what kind of medicine she took wrongly. She is most keen to capture some unfaithful man. If she catches one, she will be beaten severely. In severe cases, she may even disappear from the world. I don't know how many families of the victims are grinding their teeth in hatred for them. .”

"I heard that a man who is looking for a mistress will be asked to kill his first wife, marry the mistress, and then make fertilizer together..."

Everyone would feel a headache when meeting such a crazy lady like Mrs. Wang. This woman was deceived by a certain stallion named Duan and actually vented her resentment on others.

But her power is not weak. The martial arts power includes Li Qiushui and Ding Chunqiu, and the secular power has the power and strength of the Wang family and the Murong family.

Otherwise, with the arrogant behavior of these women in Mantuo Villa, they would have been eaten up to the point where not even the bones and dregs would be left.

While Lin Yao was walking among the crowd, he slowly locked onto Mrs. Wang and others, preparing to attack Huanglong.

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(End of this chapter)