Jingkou dragon and snake encounter wind and thunder Chapter 56: Iron bones fight against greedy beetles

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Diao Kui's expression changed and he said sternly: "Liu Yu, what do you mean? You are the official of the imperial court. Whether you work or not, you have to go through the regulations of the imperial court. How can you be allowed to leave just like that?"

Liu Yu didn't even turn around, just stood there and said coldly: "Is this order from Governor Diao a regulation of the imperial court?"

Diao Kui sneered, stood up, picked up the Emperor's Scepter, and slapped it hard on the ground: "I am here to keep the rule, you can kill it first and then report it. This law is my will and the emperor's will. Do you dare to question it? "

Liu Yu looked up to the sky and laughed, his voice causing dust to fall from the roof beams of the palace: "According to the system of the Jin Dynasty, scholars are recruited as officials, and they don't need to be appointed."

"Although I, Liu Yu, used to be an upright person, I enforced the national laws officially implemented by the imperial court, rather than the laws that harmed the people that you, Diao, the governor, relied on the Emperor's Scepter to forcibly implement! Since I can't fight against the Emperor's Scepter, I have no choice but to Just be on your own and stop doing this!"

Diao Hong shouted from the side: "Liu Yu, you are so brave, you dare to say that we are doing harm to the people!"

Liu Yu turned his head, his eyes gleaming like lightning, which made Diao Hong take half a step back unconsciously, and his gentle voice revealed a strength: "In this difficult situation, Diao Hong does not want to serve the country. To share the worries, you are taking advantage of the national crisis to impose exorbitant taxes, forcing the people in Jingkou to destroy their homes and sell their fields, or sell themselves into slavery and become servants and tenants of your unruly family. Isn't this harming the people?"

Diao Kui's pupils shrank suddenly: "The country is in trouble, so of course everyone has to do their best. Is there any problem?"

Liu Yu said loudly: "Then since the country is in trouble, why don't you, the governor Diao, set an example first and send hundreds of servants and tenants of your Diao family into the army to resist the barbarians? Why don't you, the Diao family, donate your own money? Where are the fields?”

Diao Hong laughed: "Liu Yu, have you forgotten? Before we came to Xuzhou and Jingkou, we donated our land to the country, so..."

Liu Yu didn't wait for him to finish his words: "Really? Since it was a donation, why did the imperial court give you this public land in Jingkou? Why did it make all kinds of plans to make it difficult for the northern refugees who came to Jingkou to live in your family?" Child servant?"

"You enacted this law to make it difficult for ordinary people in Jingkou to survive, while you Diao family can take the opportunity to enclose land and occupy people. Do you dare to say that this is for the good of the country?"

Diao Kui's eyes flashed coldly: "Liu Yu, I don't want to waste any time talking to you about these principles. You just need to know that I am holding the emperor's scepter now, and what I say from my mouth is the emperor's will. You If you don't execute it, you are disobeying the order! Even if you are a little famous in the local area, I can punish you!"

Liu Yu's eyes turned to Diao Kui: "Fa? What Fa? It's just that Diao Jishi is holding this Emperor's Scepter. What do you say is the Fa?"

Diao Kui's lips curled up, and he protested: "That's right, what's the problem?"

Liu Yu sneered and said: "The principles of law are nothing more than human feelings. If a law that no one wants to obey can be enforced with just the scepter in the hands of the governor, or even the emperor himself? If the law is enacted, it will definitely be enforced, then Why did the violent Qin Dynasty perish?"

Diao Hong pointed at Liu Yu angrily: "Bold, Liu Yu, do you want to die? You actually dare to compare my Great Jin to the violent Qin, you, what are your intentions?!"

Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Diao Governor, I think yesterday you should have seen how powerful the people of Jingkou are! The country regards them as its subjects, and they should repay them with their lives. The country abandons them like grass, and they don't care. I hope they will accept it."

"Especially those northern refugees who you try every possible means to incorporate into your Diao family. They don't even accept Qin's rule in the north. They moved their whole family south. Are they here to be bullied by you?"

Diao Kui raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "I will say it again, I did not bully these northern refugees. All of this is just a temporary legal system during the war. If the Hulu are defeated, I will report it to you. If the imperial court exempts local taxes for a few years, isn't that just returning it? Liu Yu, don't always misunderstand your intentions."

Liu Yu laughed loudly: "People have become servants of your Diao family, so why should we talk about misunderstandings? Is it possible that you, Diao Governor, are so kind and will treat these tenants of your family as guests without being slaves?" Will you give them freedom and give them your Diao family's land to cultivate?"

Diao Kui sneered and said: "After surviving the hard times, nothing is impossible. Liu Yu, I would like to say it again, these collected rice grains and corvees are not for me, Diao Kui, but for the court and the country!"

Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Really? Then I would like to ask Governor Diao, according to you, you should pay the taxes they are unable to pay, right?"

Diao Kui was slightly startled at first, then nodded and said: "Yes, of course. But my Diao family has no surplus food now. I have said that all our land has been donated to the imperial court. Now come to Jingkou, We have empty fields but no tenants to cultivate them. How can we collect the grain tax paid to the court without using this method?"

Liu Yu said with a smile: "In this case, can Governor Diao explain why these common people and refugees can't afford the grain tax of ten husks per person when they are cultivating their own land, but when they come to your Diao family's land? Here, you become a boy servant and tenant, but you can pay taxes? Could it be that the land occupied by your Diao family can grow food and grass by itself? "

Diao Kui began to sweat on his head and was speechless. Liu Yu laughed and said, "Prince Diao, everyone knows what you are doing. Even if you ask the court for an increase in taxes, you will not increase taxes on your Diao family. These refugees and common people became child servants when they came to your Diao family. , became a missing person, neither a yellow nor a white citizen, and could only work for your family from generation to generation. Isn’t this what you want? "

Diao Kui said sternly: "That's enough, Liu Yu. I'm not interested in going around with you any more. Just say, are you going to collect grain and tax for Li Zheng?!"

Liu Yu turned his head, did not look at Diao Kui, turned his back to him, and said loudly: "I forgive Liu for being unable to obey his orders, Diao Governor, I have a message for you from the common people. This is Jingkou, a place where the imperial court attaches great importance to the source of troops. We are good at martial arts." Hometown. If you cause chaos here and provoke civil unrest, I'm afraid you will be the one who provokes the anger of the people in the end. Even the Huan family can't control this place. Do you think you are more powerful than Huan Wen? "

As he spoke, he strode forward. Diao Kui stood there with a gloomy expression on his face. Liu Yi gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Liu Yu, Liu Yu!" He also ran out, leaving only Diao Kui. The brother stood in the hall, silent.