Xue Wanhe looked at the beautiful woman who came out and didn't know each other at all, and shouted, "Who are you?" Why should I be condemned? ”

Jing Yi sneered, "It's up to me to decide this Meizhou Mansion now." I'm the most fair person. During your tenure as an official, not only did you not seek the welfare of the people, but you used the power in your hands to wantonly loot the people's fat and ointment and oppress the people. The people are destitute and starving, but you and your families are lavish in pleasure. If people like you are not caught, you will continue to be harmed. ”

Saying that, Jing Yi waved his hand, "Grab it." ”

As soon as Jing Yi gave the order, a few soldiers stepped forward and trapped Xue Wanhe and his concubine.

Soon the other masters of the Xue family were also arrested and then locked up in a room.

Jing Yi asked Xue Wanhe's family property to be confiscated, and then registered it.

Jing Yi did not stop and continued to take people to the homes of other officials.

After dawn, all the officials in the Meizhou capital were controlled, and the property of the officials' families was also confiscated.

Lin Zhuocheng also took the military camp ten miles away from Fucheng, and left most of the men and horses in the military camp and entered the city.

Jing Yi saw her uncle coming and asked, "Uncle, is everything going well?" ”

Lin Zhuocheng smiled: "It went very well. 30,000 soldiers and horses against thousands of people, they did not resist at all, and surrendered directly. ”

In the early morning, the people of the city found that the streets were full of guarded soldiers, and the people were so frightened that no one dared to go out, and the streets were silent.

Jing Yi finally returned to Xue's house and found that Xue Wanhe had seized a lot of gold and silver treasures from his family.

The root of Jing Yi's hatred in her heart itched. It has only been a long time since she emptied Xue Wanhe's family, and she has accumulated so much money in such a short time, so many people may have been looted by Xue Wanhe.

Soon, the things seized from the homes of various officials were registered and sent to Jing Yi. Jing Yi sat in the main hall of the Xue family and looked at the booklet in his hand, and found that not only the Xue family, but also other officials' families.

Indeed, after Jing Yi emptied the homes of these corrupt officials, they intensified their efforts, increased taxes, and looted money, eager to restore their previous family background immediately. The people were miserable.

Jing Yi only emptied their gold, silver, jewelry and other belongings last time, but the fields and shops owned by each family could not be moved, and now the land properties of these officials, the land deeds and land deeds of the shops are all in Jing Yi's hands.

The Xue family alone occupies tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Other officials also have a lot of land in their homes. These officials occupied almost most of the fertile land in Meizhou Prefecture, and the rest was in the hands of some businessmen and wealthy owners. In other words, there is little land in the hands of the people, let alone good land.

Jing Yi flipped through the fields and said angrily to Yue Changqing next to him: "Look, look, these corrupt officials hold almost all the fertile land in their own hands, and most of the common people don't have fields, and some of them are inferior fields."

The common people can only work as tenant farmers, but most of the grain they grow all year round has to pay rent, and they can't eat enough food when they grow their own grain, which is so sad. What is the difference between these corrupt officials and eating human blood steamed buns. All of them deserve to die. ”

Yue Changqing looked at Jing Yi, who was flushed with anger, and comforted: "Yiyi, don't be angry, can't we punish these corrupt officials when we come?" It's just that what are you going to do with this farmland? ”

Jing Yi said: "All these farmlands will be taken under public ownership, and in the future, they will be rented to farmers according to the population, and the rent will be paid after the grain is harvested. The rent is tentatively set at 30% of the average harvest. The remaining seventy percent goes to the farmers who rent the fields. In this way, the fields are equalized to the greatest extent and much fairer. ”

Yue Changqing was very surprised when he heard this, "This time, I have collected thirty percent less rent than those corrupt officials, and the people are very happy." It's just that why don't you sell these fields outward? This will also make an extra profit. ”

Jing Yi said: "In the future, the fields under our jurisdiction will gradually be taken into public ownership, and private individuals will not have the ownership of the land, but they can cultivate it and then pay taxes to the state." Private individuals do not have the right to buy or sell land. In this way, some private individuals will not be able to use some illegal means to buy the fields in the hands of the peasants and take them for themselves. ”

Yue Changqing really admired Jing Yi's intelligence, "Yiyi, the people are really lucky to meet you." You have been so thoughtful for the people. ”

Jing Yi smiled and said: "This world needs the people to carry it. The people don't care who is the emperor and who can make them live a good life, they will support whom. If I want to overthrow the rule of the Chen family in Yiguo, I must first free the people. ”

Lin Zhuocheng said: "These corrupt officials really deserve to be killed. It would also be advisable to find out how much military money the garrison commander had embezzled. You don't know that the soldiers in the barracks outside the city are like beggars. All of them have yellow faces and thin muscles, and they can't eat enough at first glance. The clothes are tattered, and it is estimated that they have not worn new clothes for several years, and some of them do not even have cotton clothes, and their frozen faces are blue. The weapons are even worse, and they can be broken with our steel knives. Such an army simply does not have much combat effectiveness.

I saw that those soldiers were really pitiful, so I asked people to set up a cauldron in the barracks to cook for them, so that they could have a full meal, and then let the soldiers publicize the crimes of those corrupt officials and the welfare of our barracks according to your idea. I haven't left the barracks yet, and one by one they have come to beg me to join our Apocalypse Army. You say that if such a dynasty does not perish, when will he wait? ”

Jing Yi said: "If a country does not pay attention to the suffering of the people and treats its soldiers harshly, then the country will not last long." Now that we have occupied Meizhou Mansion, I have already prepared a notice for the people, which will be copied and posted, so that the capital can return to normal order as soon as possible. ”

Soon the city was plastered with notices of peace and security. The notice explained the crimes of Xue Wanhe and other officials, and the Apocalypse Army arrested Xue Wanhe and other corrupt officials in order to uphold justice, and then a trial will be held. And promised that the Apocalypse Army would not disturb the people and let everyone live as usual. And some time ago, Xue Wanhe's additional taxes will also be returned to the people. In the future, Meizhou Mansion will be guarded by the Apocalypse Army, which will allow the people to live a happy and peaceful life.

Many people know the true face of Xue Wanhe and other corrupt officials, but they dare not speak out because they are weak. Now that someone has come to punish these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they will not only refund the tax they had collected before, but this is really good news.

This Apocalypse army occupied the city of Fucheng but did not plunder the people like other armies that occupied the city, but wanted to give them silver, it seems that this army is really good.

Under Xue Wanhe's governance, their lives were miserable, and now that someone has rescued them, of course they have to support them.

(End of chapter)