Maybe the old man saw that Zhao was an honest child, and he was just a soldier without power or position, but he might have opened his heart to chat with him because he gave him a few more cakes. The few people who followed him naturally did not dare to interrupt and avoided them tactfully. When others saw him, they came over to complain with you and me. He soon discovered that these fugitives were not only Han people, but also Jurchens, and Khitans were among them.

It turned out that after the Song army recovered Haozhou, the officials who followed followed took over the regime and started working to investigate the land and population. Because the Mongol Yuan retreated quickly, local officials ran away and died. The people were oppressed by the Mongol Yuan for many years and had no good feelings for them. Instead, they were full of hope for their new owners and hoped to live a good life, so they did not act excessively.

Then local officials immediately made the court's land distribution and tax reduction and various policies public. Just as the old men were looking forward to a good day, the situation took a sharp turn. First, those who had been officials of the Mongolian Yuan were confiscated and their property was confiscated; then the fiefs and manors of the Mongolian nobles were confiscated; then the large households and powerful people who had close contact with the Mongolians were liquidated, and those with serious circumstances were arrested and their property was confiscated.

However, these actions were targeted at Mongolian officials, nobles and Han people who surrendered to the enemy. One of them was either rich or noble, and had no effect on ordinary people. Instead, they were very happy. After all, those people had once ridden on their heads and were oppressed by them. But soon, the alien races living in the Lianghuai region, including the Mongolians, Jurchens and Khitans, were all driven away from their original residence and moved to the official village designated by the court. The original land, houses and livestock were confiscated.

At this time, the old man and his group of expelled households who moved from the Central Plains began to panic. After all, many Mongolians, Jurchens and Semu people were not all powerful people, but many of them were poor families, even expelling households or slaves like them. However, when I heard that there were expel households who moved south in Lin County did not allocate land like the laws issued by the court, and could only rent official land and bear heavy taxes and corvee labor. Those who were dissatisfied were arrested by the government and were sent to hard labor in a more remote place.

When the expeditioners who moved south were frightened, the rumors became a reality. They are now penniless. After becoming official households, they not only have to pay rent and tax to the court, but also bear corvee labor. Previously, as Mongolian nobles, they had to pay rent and tax without having to serve corvee labor for the court. Obviously, the current policies are heavier than in the past, and it was already unbearable at that time, and now it is just like taking their lives.

The dream was shattered, thinking that he would have to endure a more difficult life in the future. Han people like the old man drove households and foreign civilians to escape from the Song realm. At first, they just sneaked away one family and two households, trying to cross the front line and flee back to the Mongolian Yuan territory. At first, because the number of people was small, it did not arouse the alert from the government, and only a very small number of people were caught and sent back.

However, as the policy implementation is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people fleeing, and the matter is getting worse, the government has begun to dispatch state troops to intercept and search on a large scale, and the punishment for fugitives is also increasing. But these have not been able to save the situation. The fugitives have changed from spontaneous to organized escapes. They have formed a group of dozens of people and hundreds of people, relying on a large number of people to attack the levels set by the official army, and even use weapons to fight against them.

However, escaping was not so easy, and the way was very difficult. They not only slept in the open and hungry to avoid the pursuit of the government, but also had to face the plunder of bandits, invasion of wild beasts and diseases. For example, when the old man and his group escaped, there were hundreds of people, and they gathered with people from other places on the way. At most, there were thousands, but only about two hundred people were left here. Some were arrested by the government, some died of illness, some were lost, and some were forced to be bandits.

"Brother Li, are you all Han people?" Zhao asked after hearing the matter.

"Brother, although we are Han people in the Central Plains, the Jurchens and Khitans have been in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years. Their clothes and customs are basically the same as those of the Han people. Moreover, the Mongols also regard them as Han people and are actually the same as us." The father-in-law replied.

"Oh, so that's it!" Zhao nodded.

"It's a joke to say. The Mongols regard us as Han people, but Han people regard them as barbarians." The father-in-law said with a wry smile.

"In this way, you have been in Haozhou for more than ten years, right?" Zhao also felt that the matter was absurd, so he could only smile with embarrassment.

"Yes, I was moved here by the Mongols as Princess Kublai Khan and threw me into farming and raising silkworms. My grandsons were all born here and have long regarded this place as their hometown." The father-in-law sighed.

"Oh, then you all escaped from Haozhou!" Zhao asked again.

He knew that the five-house silk system was a unique tax and service system in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and was one of the identities of household collection implemented in the Han area north of the Jianghuai River. After Ogedei Khan destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the kings, nobles and meritorious ministers stipulated that every two households would be given a pound of silk to the official, and every five households would be given a pound of silk to the principal. After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he changed to two pounds of silk to the official, and the fifth household would be given a pound of silk to the principal and two pounds of silk to the principal. A total of one pound of silk to the principal and six ounces of silk to the principal and four cents of silk per year were given a pound of silk to the principal, which was called two or five households. Among them, the one handed over to each household was called five households to the silk to the principal.

The households that have not issued the issuance of the submission must also pay a catty of six taels and four cents of silk, all of which belong to the government. The five households that were worthy of the submission should be directly assigned to the fiefdom to be collected, which is extremely disadvantageous. After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he ordered the two or five households to be handed over to the treasury first, and then each of them would be given back to the Secretariat. The main burdens of the five households were private households, and there were doctors, hunters, soldiers, stations, monks, Taoists, Confucians and other households were exempted from the levy.

"Speaking of this, we were all killed by Zhang Yanwang, the new governor of Haozhou." Mr. Li sighed again, "We have learned that this is the case in Haozhou. Other prefectures and counties allocate land regardless of Hanyi, and are exempted from three years of taxes. There has never been a forced lease of official land and confiscated original property. Why is the emperor so confused? It is really unlucky to send us such a bad official!"

"Then why don't you settle in other prefectures and counties?" Zhao was also indescribable when he heard this. Although the appointment of officials was signed by himself, it was impossible for everyone to understand hundreds of officials of all sizes and sizes he faced. As for the old man's words, he couldn't remember who he was, let alone the details.

"Oh, why don't we think about it? But King Yan Zhang not only sent yamen runners, officers and soldiers to chase and intercept and round up along the way, but also sent a sea arrest document to assist the surrounding prefectures and counties. We had nowhere to hide and could not go back, so we could only go north!" Mr. Li sighed and said authentically.

"So that's the case, he still does his best!" Zhao said with a teasing smile.

"Brother, the old man sees that your team is strong, can you ask for a love from the general you led, let us go, or don't leave it to the people from Haozhou!" Seeing that Zhao was sympathetic, Mr. Li wanted to go his way, but he didn't know that his request had reached the sky.

"My father-in-law is joking. I am just a little pawn. How can I see the general?" Zhao spread his hands and smiled.

"Oh, what should I do? I can't bear to suffer after I go back!" My father-in-law thought about it, and when he thought about the consequences of being arrested and returning to Haozhou, he said with a frown.

"Don't worry, my father-in-law, this matter is so big that the emperor will definitely send someone to deal with it when he hears it!" Seeing that the old man was no longer in the mood to talk to him, Zhao comforted him and said goodbye awkwardly...

Zhao Huizhuan, the others looked at the little emperor's gloomy face and did not dare to ask more questions. They prayed silently for the magistrate who had caused trouble, but they were afraid that the little emperor would have the heart to kill him in anger. The group followed him silently back to the tent, looking at the Majesty who had been silent for a long time, not knowing what he thought, so they could only wait for him to speak.

"Please send someone to ask the fugitives overnight and ask about the situation." After a while, Zhao Caiyan said, "You must be kind to the question, do not shout loudly, and do not be punished. I must listen to the truth. You must not be biased when asking. You must uphold a fair heart and then report the situation to me!"

Although the officials below did this, he was angry at this time, but he remained calm. Thinking about it, he could not believe the one-sided words and convicted the officials, which was also unfair to the officials below. Perhaps the magistrate had a biased understanding of the policy, or perhaps the people had acted recklessly by obeying the rumors, and making a rash assertion may have been wronged. So he decided to investigate it carefully before making a decision.

"I obey the order!" Wang Yinglin, who had been waiting for a long time, politely said.

"Just let the prince continue to give instructions. I still have something to ask for!" Zhao Xiangyao pointed at Ma Duanlin again, and Chen Shishi and Ying Xi said, "You can also listen, but you are not allowed to speak nonsense!"

"Yes, my subordinates obey the order!" The three of them hurriedly said, following him out to arrange the arrangements.

After leaving the tent, Wang Yinglin's mood did not improve at all. He knew that as the deputy prime minister of the court, he was appointed as the Prime Minister to personally fight for the government affairs of the newly acquired place, select local officials, supervise local officials, and recruit surrendered the people. Now that such a mess suddenly occurs, no matter what the reason is, the responsibility of poor supervision is indispensable. If local officials are really unfavorable and act chaotic, then he will add another crime of unknown employment.
Chapter completed!