Chapter 2608 Insight
As soon as Inspector Yu arrived, he killed three people, who happened to be the three families who had been most active in instigating the tenants during this period.
Tang He and his team had done some research, and in the first two days they thought of taking them down first and then conquering the others, which would be faster. However, they didn't achieve any results, so they changed to another strategy.
Now that Governor Yu had killed someone, the Qizhou Governor's Mansion fell into silence. The next day, Governor Yu even went to the countryside to inspect with the officials who came from the capital.
The Zhu, Chai and Zhang families were angry and afraid, but because they were not familiar with the new governor, they were afraid that he would become a barbarian if he stayed in a barbarian place like Yunzhou for too long, and would really kill them if they disagreed with him.
Even though we can use this as evidence to sue him in the end, we cannot resurrect the dead in our family.
They did not dare to risk their lives for the future of Governor Yu.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, but the Zhu, Chai and Zhang families are not barefoot. On the contrary, they are wealthy and prosperous, and they wear satin shoes with exquisite embroidery. Not to mention being barefoot, even standing on a slightly rough ground is uncomfortable.
So they dare not.
It can only be that the ruthless are afraid of the tyrannical ones, and obviously, this Governor Yu is the tyrannical one.
Governor Yu seemed to know that one must strike while the iron is hot, so he suggested to Tang He that they go to the territories of the Zhu, Chai and Zhang families first.
Tang He readily agreed.
So the group of people moved to another place.
This time, the personal soldiers brought by Governor Yu, the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion, and the imperial guards they brought from the capital directly drove all the tenants who had caused trouble some time ago to the open space.
Governor Yu was not as gentle as Bai Shan. When he stepped forward with his horse and sword, he received the hateful and fearful gazes of everyone.
Governor Yu looked at Tang He without frowning.
Tang He smiled at him and let Bai Shan go forward to preach.
Bai Shan, dressed in a light red official uniform, stepped forward and stood in front of everyone. He loudly but gently explained why the court wanted to reclaim these fields and what would happen to them in the future...
Yu Zhishi, standing with his big horse and golden sword, said: ...
This was a little beyond his expectations. Why did these court policies have to be explained in such detail?
When he was in Yunzhou, a considerable number of the city's residents were soldiers and exiled prisoners, and all they had to do was obey his orders. He only had to give orders.
He glanced at Bai Shan and felt a little annoyed that he was still nagging others in plain words, so he kept staring at Lord Tang.
Lord Tang ignored him.
Censor Liang and Censor Ren also stood aside with serious expressions.
Slowly, the perceptive Yu Shi discovered something was wrong and he looked at the tenants standing below.
The anger and fear on their faces dissipated a lot, and some people even looked up at them seriously, with tears in their eyes.
After Bai Shanxuan finished speaking, he pointed at Tang He and said, "This is my superior, and the chief officer appointed by His Majesty to inspect this place. With him here, I dare not speak without thinking, so you can trust my words."
He then pointed to Governor Yu and said, "This is the new Governor of Qizhou, your lord governor. He feels sorry for you and your loss of land, so he came here specially to see you."
He looked at Governor Yu, and Governor Yu was looking at him, while the tenant farmers below looked up at Governor Yu.
Governor Yu stepped forward and said, "Once the land here is redeemed, I will have someone sign a lease agreement with you. Anyone interested in renting can speak directly to the village head."
He cast a cold gaze on the village headman and said, "Anyone who is interested can rent the land. Remember all the names. If I miss anyone..."
The village head immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Yes, yes, I will definitely not miss it."
Governor Yu nodded.
Bai Shan waited for a moment, then saw he was silent. Helplessly, he stepped forward, raised his hand to silence the growing chatter, and said, "The Governor has compassion for you, the poor and weak, and the Sage has repeatedly instructed us to treat you well. Therefore, this time, we will only charge 40% rent for the government-owned land we have redeemed."
As soon as these words were spoken, the discussion became louder. Several old men knelt down and kowtowed, saying loudly: "Thank you, Saint, thank you, Governor—"
Seeing this, the others also knelt down and shouted, "Thank you, Saint, thank you, Governor—"
Governor Yu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Bai Shan, and then softened his expression. He stepped down from the high platform built with tables, helped the elderly people in the front row up, and sighed, "Forget it. You were also deceived and forced before. Why bother with you? Let the past go. From today on, you should just farm well."
These words came suddenly, but the old man being supported burst into tears. At the same time, a huge stone in his heart fell to the ground with a thud. They knelt on the ground and led everyone to kowtow again, this time with more sincerity. They choked back tears and said loudly, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir, for your great kindness."
Lord Tang raised his eyebrows slightly at Bai Shan and said, "See, I told you that he is a rough but cunning person, and very treacherous at heart." Just this one sentence instantly won back the people's hearts, which had been appeased by Bai Shan's nagging.
Lord Tang put his hands in his sleeves and thought, as long as Governor Yu does what he said and rents out the redeemed land to them at a 40% rent without adding any taxes or levies, these people will surely swear allegiance to him until death, and even the local powerful families will find it difficult to shake him.
Governor Yu also felt the people's support. His eyes sparkled. After helping the man up, he couldn't help but look back at Bai Shan.
He was not a fool and had four years of experience as a provincial governor. Even though the situation in Yunzhou was different from that in Qizhou, the people were similar, all ordinary people.
Even in Yunzhou, he has been able to gain such popularity among the people in the past four years.
But that was because he led his men through life and death to suppress bandits and fight against the Turkic horse thieves who appeared from time to time on the grassland. The battle lasted for four years.
But here, he just stood on the platform and said a few words.
Of course, he didn't think that just saying these few words would have such a big effect. If it weren't for Bai Shan's nearly an hour of preparation...
It seems that this Mr. Bai is not completely useless.
Governor Yu had an idea. So, when he promised to pay rent yesterday, was he really as kind-hearted as Tang He said, or was he stupid because of reading too much, or... was he doing it on purpose?
Governor Yu smiled slightly and looked away.
The rest of the matter was no longer Bai Shan's business. After comforting the tenants, Governor Yu and Tang He turned around and took their men to the Zhu family.
Bai Shan took the bamboo tube from Daji and drank a sip of water. He sighed to Daji and said, "Manbao prepared a lot of medicine, but he forgot to prepare medicine for my throat."
Daji said, "Master, you talk too much. Why don't you let other adults take over next time?"
Bai Shan sighed, "Who should we let go? We can't let Brother Tang Xue and Yu Cishi go, right?"
There was no need to think about the two imperial censors, as they were here to watch over them, and they looked even more majestic than Brother Tang.
See you tomorrow, I'll update tomorrow, let me say this first to urge myself
(End of this chapter)
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