It has been a while since he came to the three counties to provide disaster relief. What shocked him the most was the annexation of land by the wealthy families.

The drought in the three counties did not have much impact on those noble families. First, because they stored enough food, and a lot of the food provided by the imperial court to provide disaster relief fell into their hands, so their lives were basically not greatly affected.

On the contrary, this year of disaster has become their good harvest in a sense. They usually need to try their best or buy fertile land at a high price. In this case, it only takes a few stones of old grain to easily change it.

In addition to fertile land, population trading is even cheaper. You can easily buy a beautiful woman with just a bucket of millet.

Although the official official of the Great Zhou Dynasty abolished the lowly family, some of them were able to bypass the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, adopted sons, adopted daughters, hired farmers, etc. These names sound nice, but in fact they are still of the same nature as slaves. The household registration is in the hands of the master's family, and even the hope of escaping is a luxury.

Therefore, in this disaster year, countless landlords and wealthy families directly fattened up. They annexed the land of countless people and bought a large number of slaves, which directly exacerbated the natural disaster.

The court can only provide relief for a while, not for a while. Not to mention whether the court's disaster relief can help the people of the three counties to spend the disaster year. Even if they can survive this disaster year, how can the people without land survive?

"well……"

Looking at the victims in front of him, Shi Zhipei thought a lot, but couldn't think of a good idea. His thoughts could only turn into a long sigh.

Nowadays, the great Zhou Dynasty has accumulated serious problems. The noble families occupy a large amount of wealth, but the noble people have no way to survive. However, these noble families occupy a large amount of wealth have a large amount of voice.

He believed that His Majesty would definitely see this situation clearly, but it was difficult to change.

These aristocratic families can affect their whole body. As long as they touch their interests, they will cause them to rebound violently. However, the court does not have enough strength to suppress their rebound yet, so His Majesty can only compromise with these aristocratic families and allow this situation to develop.

But the disease has reached the bone. If the bone is not scraped to cure the poison, then the only thing waiting for Dazhou will be that the disease will be caused and died.

"If you want to reform, you must first have strength. If you want to have strength, you must have conflicts with the aristocratic families, but if you have conflicts with the aristocratic families, you do not have the strength to suppress them."

Shi Zhipei's eyes were full of helplessness, "This is a dead knot!"

Seeing Shi Zhipei sighing, Liu Hong, who was riding a horse, asked, "Why is Lord Shi so melancholy today? There has been news from Your Majesty that 500,000 stones of grain will be transported to Nanjun soon. Although the crisis in Nanjun cannot be completely resolved, it should not be a problem to solve part of it?"

"Disa relief can solve temporary urgent problems, but not lifelong difficulties."

Shi Zhipei shook his head and did not say much about this, but instead changed the topic: "Does the Lord know how difficult it is for these refugees to live before they are affected by the disaster?"

"Haha, Lord Shi looks down on our family, right?"

Liu Hong laughed. Although his voice was sharp, it did not feel that gloomy. He shook his head and began to say, "Master Shi, do you know why our family entered the palace?"

After saying that, Liu Hong didn't wait for Shi Zhipei to answer, and said to himself: "It was because our family was poor when we were a child and we couldn't live a life. In order to make a living at home, my father had to send our family to the palace and was stabbed."

"This knife brought ten taels of silver. Although the money was not much, our family of six survived. Lord Shi, do you know what life these refugees lived in the past?"

"I was offended by this official."

After hearing what Liu Hong said, Shi Peizhi immediately stood in the carriage and bowed to Liu Hong to repay.

"Mr. Shi is really a damn disaster to our family."

Liu Hong quickly rode his horse to avoid Shi Zhipei's gift. After Shi Zhipei finished delivering the gift, he rode his horse back and said with a smile: "Actually, Lord Shi doesn't have to worry about it. Although our family has survived, it has also saved the old and young people in the family, let alone now our family is still under the prince's commander."

"Although we can't pass on the family line, we are already very lucky to be the ancestor of Guangzong."

Speaking of this, Liu Hong's face showed a look of recollection, "Our family vaguely remembers that there were more than a dozen families who fled with my family at that time. Our family entered the palace to let his family survive, but those people, when our family could leave the palace, never heard of them again."

After hearing what Liu Hong said, Shi Zhipei instantly understood what Liu Hong meant. In the year of disaster, there was no news, which basically meant that he was dead.

"In this way, the Lord is indeed lucky."

Shi Zhipei sighed and looked at Liu Hong with a silence. He knew that he shouldn't have talked to Liu Hong. But maybe because the victims of the time put too much pressure on him, he couldn't help but say, "Supermaster, do you think the people have lived such a hardship?"

"Um?"

After hearing Shi Zhipei say this, Liu Hong suddenly felt something wrong, so he looked at Shi Zhipei deeply, and then slowly said: "Master Shi, our family is just a broken person. It's okay to serve people, right? How can our family say that it's right?"

Thinking of Shi Zhipei's future prospects, Liu Hong, who was not willing to say much, gritted his teeth and added, "Our family only knows one thing, that is, the late emperor once said that if you think it is wrong, you should change it. The result is not important. What is important is whether you have changed it."

After saying that, Liu Hong did not wait for Shi Zhipei to answer, and walked forward as if he was running away. "Master Shi is walking slowly behind. Let's go and see if the county magistrate of Nanzhou County has come to greet him."

“What’s important is whether you have changed…”

After Shi Zhipei said this sentence twice, his eyes, which were originally full of confusion, gradually became brighter, "Haha, the late emperor is wise!"

Shi Zhipei, who had never dared to look at the victims, stood in the carriage and looked up to see all the victims. Although he still found a solution, he strengthened his belief that whether he could change it depends on whether anyone would change it.

Even if Shi Zhipei is destined to fail, but with the great Zhou people, there is no second Shi Zhipei trying to change it? As long as there are more people doing it, it will always change the current situation of Da Zhou. Although the hope for this road is slim, I have to try it.

Shi Zhipei, who untied his heart, no longer hesitated and directly made the carriage speed up. The disaster was so serious that people were starved to death at all times. Since he had made up his mind to change, he didn't even want to delay for a moment.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of Nanzhou County and County, Shi Zhipei looked at the three words Nanzhou County and said silently to himself in his heart.
Chapter completed!