The court has now issued an edict to get rid of corrupt officials like you!
Mandarin
不但地主、贵族和皇室依靠剥削农民的地租过活,而且地主阶级的国家又强迫农民缴纳贡税,并强迫农民从事无偿的劳役,去养活一大群的国家官吏和主要地是为了镇压农民之用的军队。
不但地主、貴族和皇室依靠剝削農民的地租過活,而且地主階級的國家又強迫農民繳納貢税,並強迫農民從事無償的勞役,去養活一大羣的國家官吏和主要地是為了鎮壓農民之用的軍隊。
bù dàn dì zhǔ , guì zú hé huáng shì yī kào bō xuē nóng mín de dì zū guò huó , ér qiě dì zhǔ jiē jí de guó jiā yòu qiáng pò nóng mín jiǎo nà gòng shuì , bìng qiáng pò nóng mín cóng shì wú cháng de láo yì , qù yǎng huó yī dà qún de guó jiā guān lì hé zhǔ yào de shì wèi le zhèn yā nóng mín zhī yòng de jūn duì .
Not only did the landlords, the nobility and the royal family live on rent extorted from the peasants, but the landlord state also exacted tribute, taxes and corvee services from them to support a horde of government officials and an army which was used mainly for their repression.
Mandarin
这些官吏 他本是替我们百姓办事的 就像店里请的伙计一般 老板若果不糊涂 那伙计怎敢天天弄弊黑着心肝开糊涂帐呢
這些官吏 他本是替我們百姓辦事的 就像店裏請的夥計一般 老闆若果不糊塗 那夥計怎敢天天弄弊黑着心肝開糊塗帳呢
zhè xiē guān lì , tā běn shì tì wǒ men bǎi xìng bàn shì de , jiù xiàng diàn lǐ qǐng de huǒ jì yī bān , lǎo bǎn ruò guǒ bù hú tú , nà huǒ jì zěn gǎn tiān tiān nòng bì hēi zhe xīn gān kāi hú tú zhàng ne