The main culprits, that is, the direct descendants of the Songpa family and other evil people, such as the leaders of thugs and private soldiers, and the jailers in charge of torture in the dungeon were all sentenced to death. After being paraded through the streets, they were beheaded and thrown into the market in front of all the people.
For those who participated in harming the people but were forced to do so, they were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of varying terms, but were announced to have to serve their sentences in Xichuan, which indirectly provided the mining kilns with the manpower they urgently needed.
In the end, they announced an amnesty for Song Payun, and even declared that Song Payun was not a member of the Songpa family in terms of bloodline, and asked Song Payun to change his surname... In this way, they fundamentally eliminated the Songpa family, which was a powerful force in the local area.
Ling Yang thought that after the matter here was settled, he still had to be transferred back. If Zhang Mingzhi really had great talent, he could be of great use. However, before being transferred back, did he still need to continue to gain experience?
Otherwise, he could become a prefect...
I'm a little distressed, after all, I'm short of people...
Lin Hai was also thinking on the side. According to what he remembered, landlords who took the initiative to distribute their own land or reduce rent and interest should be regarded as "progressive landlords". This group of people should not be dealt with arbitrarily.
After all, for this world, landlords mean that these people have been educated, have knowledge and culture, and have basic judgment on things. It is impossible for him to wipe out all the people in this class.
After all, eliminating a certain class and eliminating the people in that class are two different things.
"Okay. Lingyang, record this."
Lin Hai said very formally.
"For the landlords who actively cooperate with us, we should give them a title, called 'progressive landlords'. After all, they have gone a step further than others.
'Progressive landlords' are also landlords and are targets for us to eliminate. This is a matter of principle and cannot be broken.
However, we can eliminate only the landlord class without eliminating their people. The specific approach is to judge each place based on the past behavior of the landlord family. I have just mentioned the judgment criteria.
Therefore, we can give such progressive landlords some different ways out. After all, they can be regarded as rare intellectuals. We can allow their children to engage in different industries after training in the Qinghe education system, such as trading or basic enlightenment education.
At the same time, we can consider absorbing them into Qinghe's production system. Remember, it is a production system, not a research and development system or a governance system. We can let them participate in mining, smelting, and the development of new crops and new minerals that are just underway.
Such restrictions will be effective for three generations. After three generations, the restrictions on them will be lifted and they will be treated just like ordinary people."
Lin Hai quietly thought to himself, don't worry, if this time travel thing doesn't go well, let alone three generations, I probably won't be able to survive this generation, hehehe...
Ling Yang was not surprised by this. After all, no matter who ruled this land, they would not turn a blind eye to such a large number of literate people.
Killing them all with one blow is certainly convenient, but it will also bring endless troubles. Now Lin Hai's method is equivalent to restricting their political and military participation, but at the same time making use of their abilities. It can be regarded as a fairly safe method.
After all, no matter how good a landlord is, he has done a lot of bad things in order to annex land and maximize profits. If he is really sentenced, even if the local officials use the most lenient way to sentence him, it is inevitable that a few people will be beheaded. With such hatred in the past, it is indeed inappropriate to let their survivors and descendants enter the military and political system.
"Principal, isn't it a bit inappropriate to announce those new crops and minerals you mentioned before we even see any signs of them?"
This is what Ling Yang is worried about.
After all, the landlord's vision must be better than that of most people of this era, that is, the group of tenants. So in Ling Yang's opinion, a considerable number of them should choose to develop new crops and minerals.
Since it's new, it means it's easy to make achievements, which everyone can understand.
But now this project is just a bunch of people in the wild, searching everywhere according to the standards given by Lin Hai, but there is no clue at all. When people come, it will be embarrassing to have no work to do.
"Nothing inappropriate."
Lin Hai disagreed.
"What do you think they're here for? For management? We don't need them for management. The management of this project must be our own people. If they want to come, they can go to the grassroots level. If we haven't found a new mine yet, then they can join us in looking for it. If we haven't found the trees I want, then they can follow our team and go explore the old forest."
"Okay, that's easy."
Ling Yang wasn't one to feel bad for these landlords. Since Lin Hai had spoken, if they wanted to go, then let them go. Prospecting for minerals in the humid mountains of Cambodia would surely make them extremely happy.
But Ling Yang never understood why the principal insisted that we find some black burning water and a tree that would produce white pulp when cut?
Water can burn? What the hell.
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