From Quwo to Xia County, it is nearly 200 miles away. It is okay to arrive in one day, but from morning to night, I just run around the road, and there is no delay, not even the time to eat. After all, I am going out to practice and there is no need to hurry. After Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze discussed, they decided to go slowly and not be in a hurry. They arrived in Xia County in two days.

Early in the morning, after everyone had breakfast, they set off directly.

Su Tiancheng's ability to adapt and his self-control was extraordinary, which surprised Qu Qingze. It was said that when the scholars who went out for the first time were curious about everything, they could not help but delay on the road and were very casual. When they were in high spirits, they were in a place for a few days, which was unsure. Especially many self-proclaimed scholars always liked to linger in brothels or make friends with some students in the academy whenever they went to a place.

Su Tiancheng had no such hobby at all, and his purpose was very clear. He tried to go to more places and see the customs and customs of various places. Before going to bed last night, Su Tiancheng asked many customs and customs of Quwo. Some questions were not answered by Qu Qingze. Moreover, along the way, Su Tiancheng focused on the situation in the fields.

Qu Qingze felt that it was getting more and more interesting.

During the busy farming season, there should be not many people on the official road, and most farmers should be busy with production in the fields.

But Su Tiancheng discovered the problem. There were a group of people on the official road, with no clothes covering their bodies, and their faces were numb. There was no need to explain. He also knew that these people were refugees. Before leaving, Qu Qingze had already taken care of them. He would meet some refugees on the road, so don't be soft-hearted.

What does refugees mean? That is, farmers who have lost their land and have nothing to do with their lives, because they cannot bear taxes, or have no food, cannot survive, and have to leave their hometown.

The farmers’ homeland complex is the most important. They must not leave their homeland.

During the busy farming season, you can see refugees in groups of three or three on the road. I don’t know what the situation will be like in the second half of the year or a month later.

Shanxi has suffered disasters in the past two years and has experienced refugees. It is not a big deal, and it is impossible for the government to always love the people as their children. But what Su Tiancheng doesn't understand is that governments in various places are strictly defending and do not allow refugees to enter the city or even prevent bandits. They cannot do this, let alone provide pensions.

What are the consequences of doing this? It is to force these refugees to the opposite side of the government and into the ranks of the peasant uprising army, giving the rebel army a steady stream of troops.

Su Tiancheng thought a lot.

When I was a child, when I was studying, Li Zicheng said that he was the leader of the Peasant Army uprising and an amazing hero. But after growing up, I read a lot of historical materials and realized that this was not the case. The Peasant Rebel Army also did many despicable things during the conquest. After gradually growing up, it lost its original belief. It was also the pursuit of pleasure, which was even better. The leaders of the rebel army suspicious of each other and fought for power and profit, which led to failure.

Such an army that lacks persistence and faith is destined to be unable to last forever.

This is the limitation of history and the best manifestation of the good and evil of human nature.

Seeing these refugees, Su Tiancheng was a little angry. This is the official who forced the people to rebel. The refugees had no way to survive. If they didn't raise the flag to rebel, what else could they do? Because of the war and the famine, the farmers were forced to stay away from their hometowns to save their lives. However, there was no government accepting them. What they had to eat was forced to a desperate situation. If they didn't beat, smash and loot, would they starve to death?

Seeing that Su Tiancheng's face was not very good, Qu Qingze slowed down.

"Brother, there are many such situations. Some rich gentry families saw the refugees pitiful, so they helped some food and set up porridge sheds everywhere. But this was not a long-term solution. It seems that these refugees had received relief along the way, so they were in order. If no one helped them, they would have caused trouble long ago."

"The government still has to take care of such things. After all, they are all people of the Ming Dynasty. If the governments everywhere do not help them, wouldn't they force them to the dead?"

"It's not that the government doesn't want to care about it, it's because there is no money. There are some situations that you don't know."

Qu Qingze shook his head when he said this.

The peasants have no way to survive, so what else can they do without rebellion? To be honest, the government is the biggest accomplice of the growth of the peasant uprising army.

Su Tiancheng was a little strange. Can't those officials know such simple truths? How could there be so many uprising troops there be effectively improving the lives of peasants? If the retreat of the uprising army was cut off from the root, no matter whether they were Li Zicheng or Gao Yingxiang, they would not last long. No matter what, the people were still very respectful of the imperial power.

During the Chongzhen period, the main force of the peasant uprising army was actually the rebellious imperial army.

The truth is the same. Soldiers cannot get the salary and cannot support their families. Are they waiting to starve to death?

What’s ridiculous is that officials at all levels are corrupt and do not care about the lives of the people at all. The royal relatives, the great ministers and nobles have a large amount of annexed land and made a lot of money. The affairs of the court are related to them every month. Some officials, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, turned to the Qing Dynasty and still lived a comfortable life. This is a kind of sadness.

As soon as the You hour arrived, Qu Qingze decided to rest. The place to stay was in a town, only two miles away from the official road.

He was familiar with this road, and then he walked, and there was no good place to stay.

The inn shopkeeper rarely receives so many guests, and these people seem to be either rich or noble, and he seems to be extraordinarily attentive and cautiously greetings.

When staying, the first thing to do is of course eat. The inn is already preparing. It is difficult to have a decent restaurant in such a town, so eating is in the inn.

Su Tiancheng thought about it and went to the town to take a look, but Qu Qingze disagreed because of the safety issue.

Thinking about it, if you are not familiar with the place, you will go to the town to see it or go to the farmer's house. People think you are doing what you are doing, but you are not from the government. Do you still want to conduct investigations and research?

After washing up a little, Su Tiancheng walked out of the inn and wandered around the open space in front.

Qu Qingze has not yet come down, but Wang Dazhi is following him.

The smell of meat came from the inn, probably because the kitchen was busy.

In just a few minutes, something surprised Su Tiancheng.

A group of children came over, probably because they smelled the smell of meat coming from the inn.

Su Tiancheng didn't know how to describe these children. The clothes they wore were torn and ill, obviously not fit. He looked like he was the clothes of adults, his face was dirty, his hair was chaotic, and the weather was not that cold, but it was still a bit chilly. Most of these children were barefoot and did not wear shoes.

When the children saw Su Tiancheng, they all seemed a little scared.

"Go, go, don't surround me here."

The inn shopkeeper came over, probably because he saw these children, for fear that they would affect the mood of the guests.

"Shopkeeper, these children are all children in the town."

"Some of the guests are from nearby villages. They have been affected by disasters over the years and cannot eat enough. These children are even more pitiful. They often come here, but we are also a small business, and there is nothing we can do about it."

Wang Dazhi behind him had already lowered his head. He probably thought of his own situation and the situation in the village. If there weren't such an opportunity, wouldn't it be the same as these children?

"Shopkeeper, give them some rice and meat, and they can eat enough, and I will pay the money."

After saying this, Su Tiancheng shook his head and turned back to the inn. What Qu Qingze said was right, and he had no way to help him. There were too many such situations and he couldn't control it at all.

Qu Qingze was waiting on the first floor of the inn.

As soon as Su Tiancheng came in, he spoke.

"I have already said that you can't save it. There are many such situations I have seen."

"It can't be considered a rescue. If you can do something, just do something."

"Brother, it would be great if the rich people had the same idea as you. In this case, there would definitely be much less."

"Brother, don't say that, I'm not a rich man."

"Haha, Pingyang Mansion City, who doesn't know whether the Su family has money? I don't know, but there are so many guards in the mansion and servants, which is pretty good. I just said that you are soft-hearted, but fortunately you haven't visited the village. If you go, I'm really worried, can you get out?"

Su Tiancheng smiled and said nothing. He really didn't plan to go and see it. After following Wang Dazhi to the village, more than 120 people would have added to the mansion. If he looked around and saw that there was no food or clothes to wear, he would have given his love. I'm afraid that the mansion would be sold, it would not be of much use.

"Brothers, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and Shandong have all encountered famines for many years. At the beginning of the year, a large-scale famine broke out in Yansui. The emperor has specially allocated silver to provide relief. If you go to Yansui and see the situation there, you really don't know how to do it. The route we take is not much better, and you will encounter such a situation along the way. I advise you to be more tough."

"I really don't know these situations, but I still know a little about the situation of the Su family tenant. I couldn't survive at the beginning. It was like this when I was close to the city, let alone the following."

"It's good that you know. I still hope that you can get a high school entrance examination in the countryside, take part in the imperial examination, take the imperial examination, and get a gold medal. After becoming an official in the court, you can help the people."
Chapter completed!