Chapter 1532： more rigorous and fair

Chapter 1532 is more rigorous and fair

"What kills people every day," Tao Jinyan continued, "Is it true that the officials don't dare to speak anymore? I haven't seen them with my own eyes, and I don't dare to say it's true. All I can say is that it should be true that taxpayers don't make a living, because the government When I came to our village to collect taxes, I had to pay a lot more than before. It was the same in other nearby villages. Basically, there was no food in storage. The villages I know are now relying on wild vegetables to feed their hunger anyway.”

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan both felt that Tao Village Chief's words were more rigorous and fair.

Indeed, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I just heard it, so naturally I can't say it must be true.

At this moment, Tao Jinyan laughed again: "It's better for you to ask me in detail, I'll just say it casually, in fact, I don't know what to tell you."

"Okay." Jiang Yue nodded before asking in detail, "Then you dare to ask Village Chief Tao, what is the name of the town to which this place belongs, what is the name of the county, what is the name of the capital where the emperor lives, and how far is it from here?"

Tao Jinyan: "The town to which our village belongs is called Yaoshui Town, the county is called Diangan County, and the capital where the emperor lives is called Emperor Capital. Our village is quite far from the town, and it takes about an hour to walk. It must be farther from the county. It is estimated that the walk will take two or three hours. Needless to say, the imperial capital is so far away that it is impossible to walk, and it will take several days to ride a fast horse without sleep.”

Jiang Yue: "Then what kind of person is the magistrate of Dianqi? Since you are the head of a village, you should have been to the county office and have seen the magistrate? The people of Dianqi are living like this, except that he can't Do you want to take other measures to make your life as good as possible?"

Tao Jinyan sighed and said, "There are some things in the village that I have to go to the county government office to handle. The old man has been to the county government office, but in recent years, because of my old age and inconvenience in my legs and feet, my youngest son has gone for me. The county magistrate changed three years ago, so I don't know this magistrate now, but my youngest son has seen it. Before, the court suddenly imposed heavy taxes, and the magistrate asked the village chiefs to go to the county office. One trip, of course, my youngest son went there for me. My youngest son met the county magistrate at that time. If I usually go to the county government office to do business, I just need to find the chief clerk in the county government office. I am so troubled by the county magistrate. At that time, the magistrate summoned so many village chiefs, that is to say, the tax increase, and reassured everyone, saying that he would find a way to make everyone feel better as much as possible, and let everyone come back to comfort the villagers in their respective villages. It has been a year or two, and there is still no solution. Three months ago, the county magistrate summoned the village chiefs again, and once again appeased everyone and their respective villagers, saying that the same is true for other counties, and the entire county is the same. Chen is the same everywhere, he can't think of a solution, and he also said that the prefect can't do anything, he is also a small official, and it is difficult to do anything in the middle."

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan exchanged glances.

Immediately, Jiang Yue asked, "Has the magistrate visited the villages?"

Tao Jinyan shook his head, "No."

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan have some points.

I really want to think that the people are living better, even if there is no way, it is not that I don’t experience the people’s conditions in person for so long. I go to each village to see how everyone is living...

Obviously, he called the village chief twice to appease, just pretending.