Yizhou, next to Yuncheng, has been a place that has provided iron ore to the imperial court since ancient times.
Most of the people here make a living by mining, and their lives are extremely hard. Especially after the court sent a new mining supervisor, the miners' lives became even more miserable.
It was heard that this mining inspector had a nobleman in the court as his backer, so he acted even more unscrupulously.
In order to please the nobles and mine more ore, they secretly implemented a tyrannical policy of exchanging people for ore.
On weekdays, they are not allowed to take leave or leave, and it is ok to visit relatives, but the miners' wages are deducted, which are small things. Sick miners are forced to work at full capacity and are not given any treatment. Seriously ill miners are dragged out to the wild to fend for themselves...
The crimes are too numerous to list and are heinous.
The entire Yizhou was already filled with public resentment because of his actions.
However, in order to obtain more cheap labor, the mining inspector of Yizhou colluded with local officials, abused the criminal law, and arbitrarily arrested civilians.
As a result, a large number of people fled and rioted. The neighboring Yuncheng was their first choice.
In just half a year, the total population of Yizhou dropped by half.
Not only did the mining inspector not repent, but he resented the Yuncheng officials for meddling in his affairs and for taking in these fugitives.
But he didn't think about the fact that most of those who escaped here were just the people who were deceived from Yuncheng.
They secretly sent people into the villages on the border between the two places and tricked the people into working there with high salaries.
Once you go there, you basically lose your personal freedom and once you are detained, you can't come back!
At first, no one noticed anything strange, but as more and more people went and never came back, the village chiefs and village heads, who were all experienced and had lived for most of their lives, began to smell some conspiracy. They began to strictly order the young and strong people in the village to work far away, and reported this abnormal phenomenon to the local government.
Unfortunately, the former governor was a coward who could not bear the responsibility and turned a blind eye to the matter, allowing the situation to develop to an unmanageable level.
Qiao Yunqing is now just cleaning up the mess made by his predecessor!
Originally, officials from the two places kept to themselves. But now that Yizhou was in turmoil, it had seriously affected the development of Yuncheng and the safety of the people. How could Qiao Yunqing sit back and do nothing?
"So, you adults are not completely unprepared?"
"Of course, no matter how well prepared we are, unexpected events can still occur. We had originally agreed that the master would only be away for one day, but now a day and a night have passed and the master still hasn't come back. Zhang Jun and I are naturally worried about the master's safety. We're afraid that the other party will be desperate and kill people to silence them."
"So arrogant?"
"Old Madam, you don't know that these noble families entrenched in the area are so arrogant that they can kill even a fourth-rank official, let alone the royal family!"
Qiao Xin was silent. She was not a complete history novice. In a certain dynasty in history, there were many puppet emperors. Wasn’t it the work of these powerful families?
It seems that the security on the second son's side has been strengthened. It is not enough for the Qiao family to just focus on making money. They have to form a more powerful Qu tribe as soon as possible to deter those people with ulterior motives. The three to five hundred guards in their own home are completely stretched to the limit. The three sons and the children from their hometown share the responsibility of guarding the house, and each person has only a few guards!
If others can do it, why can't the Qiao family form their own private army?
Otherwise, this huge family business is nothing but a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water, which will disappear if someone snatches it away!
Emperor Wu had a good relationship with them, but the eldest prince had no connection with her family, the second prince had a feud with his family, and the eighth prince was still studying in Qingyang Academy?
From current observations, the eldest and second princes are not as broad-minded as Emperor Wu. The eighth prince is smart and patient, but his personality as a child and as an adult can be completely opposite. They cannot bet everything on such a young child.
Right now the only way to live freely in this troubled world is to strengthen your own strength!
It’s better to make decisions yourself than to ask others to make decisions for you!
I'm afraid the second brother has had such a plan for a long time, and is just taking advantage of this opportunity to bring things to his own doorstep!
In this way, Qiao Yunqing should be safe!
Sure enough, when she and Master Wu rushed over, the matter had already been settled. Qiao Yunqing had already taken control of the entire situation in the morning, but there were some follow-up matters that needed to be dealt with so he had to stay there.
The local people had been numbed by oppression and did not dare to appeal. However, when Qiao Yunqing arrived, he took full control of the government office and posted a notice welcoming the people to appeal for justice and complaints, and stated that he would uphold justice for everyone!
This action is like dropping a drop of water into a calm oil pan, which immediately explodes.
When everyone saw the new official holding a public trial in the street instead of sitting in court, the people who had been wronged and could not live happily finally decided to give it a try and stood up one after another!
The petitions accusing the local government of colluding with outsiders, oppressing the people, and trafficking in human beings were handed to Qiao Yunqing like snowflakes.
Qiao Yunqing took over everything in a quick and decisive way! And quickly opened a passage. The local evil forces were unwilling to sit back and wait for death. Thinking that the emperor was far away, the prefect was in deep with Gu Jun this time, and he only had a few dozen people with him. How could a strong dragon suppress a local snake?
At first, no one believed that Qiao Yunqing would dare to do anything to them. But as more and more people were arrested and dealt with, the other side became more and more impatient, and the counterattack became more and more fierce.
When Qiao Xin found him, their group was being hunted!
Master Wu looked at the military force which was several times larger than that of their master, and secretly felt lucky that he and the old lady arrived in time, otherwise it would be unknown whether their master could walk out alive.
Qiao Xin's sudden joining completely reversed the situation between the two sides. Especially the guards of the Qiao family seemed to be injected with stimulants the moment they saw Qiao Xin, and they became more and more courageous.
The battle was over quickly. Qiao Yunqing didn't seem to have suffered much damage except that he felt a little exhausted and had a knife wound on his arm.
When he saw Qiao Xin, the tense nerves in his heart finally relaxed!
"Oh mother!"
Qiao Xin gave him a displeased look. The emotions she had been suppressing for the past few days finally burst out after she found the person.
"Shut up. This is the nth time you have used yourself as bait and put yourself in danger. Don't say you don't understand the principle that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. What are you so anxious about?"
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