"Miss Bai, you must stand up for us commoners!"
An elderly man knelt down before Bai Lingxuan, and then all the refugees knelt down in unison.
Wu Gousheng had never seen such a scene before, and he was so frightened that he knelt down with everyone else.
Wan Qiqi was filled with shock.
She never imagined that Bai Lingxuan's influence would be so great!
Bai Lingxuan remained calm and composed in the face of this situation. With a gentle wave of her hand, the soldiers made way for her.
She walked to the old man's side, bent down and helped him up, saying, "Get up! I have no official position or title, you don't need to kneel before me."
The man beside the old man cried out, "Please, do justice for us common people!"
After being helped up, the old man knelt down again: "Miss Bai, I beg you to show me a way out!"
One of the men, dressed differently from the other officers and soldiers, stepped forward and bowed to Bai Lingxuan. “Miss Bai, we are only acting under orders. My master has already issued an edict from above. How to deal with the refugees is under the control of the government.”
Bai Lingxuan understood what he meant, but driving the refugees out of the city was tantamount to cutting off their livelihood.
Such repression will also incite public anger and lead to greater instability.
The bandits in Yunhe County became increasingly rampant, even to the point of being impossible to eradicate. It was the famine that forced the refugees to turn to Lianshan as bandits.
Whether it was for her own selfish reasons or for her future development, she could not put this matter aside.
Wan Qiqi understood what was going on during the conversation.
In ancient times, the handling of displaced people involved either sending troops to suppress their return or opening granaries to provide disaster relief.
However, these are only temporary solutions and not long-term solutions.
To truly solve the problem of displaced people, we must start from the root cause: disasters and famines!
Why are there refugees?
Because the place we depend on for survival is no longer habitable!
Why can't they survive?
National policies have made them willing to remain as migrants rather than return to their villages.
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