Chapter 376: The Umbrella of the People
Then, he stood at the door and personally saw Wood, Song Wu and other county officials leave.
"Your Highness stays, and the official has taken his leave—"
Jun Chengluo and a few colleagues walked out of the mansion and turned around to say goodbye to Zhao Ying, Zhang Liang and others.
Zhao Ying smiled and raised his hand in return.
"Slow down ...... everybody"
Holding his own mount, the county camel and several colleagues around him walked dozens of steps, and then looked back at the emperor's eldest grandson who was standing in front of the county guard mansion and standing in the wind, as if he suddenly felt something, and his tone was embarrassed.
"I have always heard that His Royal Highness the Emperor is humble and elegant, and has the style of a gentleman, and when I see it today, it is indeed worthy of its name, but I feel that it is awe-inspiring like a lone pine in the high mountain, and like a jade tree in the court, which makes people look up to the mountains, and can't help but yearn for it......"
Who is stupid to be able to mix with people in this position, as soon as he said this, everyone first despised it in their hearts, and then began to respond one after another.
"What Brother Camel said is very true, it is really an honor for me to have the honor to work in the emperor's eldest grandson......"
It seems that because of a little drinking, everyone's volume is a little uncontrollable. Don't say that Zhao Ying's facial senses are different from ordinary people, even if he is an ordinary person, it is enough to hear it.
Zhao Ying couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at the camel and others who were rubbing their tongues there, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"It's a funny ......"
Back in his study, Zhao Ying glanced at Zhang Liang thoughtfully.
"What is the origin of that county camel and how ...... ability?"
Zhang Liang knew the meaning of the string song when he heard it, and his expression was serious.
"This person was born in the army, originally a captain under General Meng Tian, and was only transferred to Changsha County Cheng three years ago because of his merits. I heard that after this person arrived in Changsha County, his performance has been mediocre, but in the past few days with the minister, he has been quite brilliant, practical and thorough, and quite scheming and courageous......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Liang weighed his words and said seriously.
"According to the minister, he is a ...... who can do things"
After Zhao Ying heard this, he nodded noncommittally.
He never minded careerists, or the so-called villains who tend to be inflammatory, and such people, if they are capable, are sometimes better than gentlemen. If this camel is capable and obedient, he doesn't mind giving him a chance.
In fact, in the past few days, Zhao Ying has also been looking for a candidate who can take over the positions of Wood and Song Wu.
There's no way, recently Wood and Song Wu have been carrying pots one after another, it's too dark and too heavy, once they leave, these two people will be unable to move an inch in Changsha County.
I must have a candidate who is both capable and familiar with the situation in Changsha County in order to ensure a smooth transition in Changsha County.
However, there is no need to rush to make a statement now, and we have to look again.
……
The news of this banquet in the county guard mansion soon spread throughout Changsha County, and by the next day, the news was almost unknown to everyone.
Linjiang Building.
A young man was blushing, arguing with a few of his companions.
“…… In my opinion, those prophecies are nonsense. What kind of person is Miss Xu Cheng, and what kind of character is Huang Shigong? Huang Shigong and Mr. Guiguzi are both strange people in the world, not to mention the art of war, just this skill of looking at people, no one can match, if there is really a big event in Changsha County, how can the two of them stay here, and go to the county guard mansion to talk to His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun about wine......"
Speaking of which, the young man took the case.
Therefore, Gu concluded that those nonsense rumors must be nonsense. Tomorrow is the wax moon, if you don't believe it, you might as well wait and see if the sky really falls, and the water flows backwards......"
Perhaps this proverb is indeed a bit outrageous.
Not to mention the young man surnamed Gu, even the rest of the people, there is no intention of arguing, who doesn't want this prophecy to be false, such a natural disaster as the backflow of Xiangshui, the people of the entire Changsha County, one says one, no one wants to run.
But to say that there is no apprehension in my heart is not very realistic.
Daqin originally said that the ghosts and gods were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not to mention that this was in Chu where the wind of ghosts in Wushen Mountain was extremely strong?
Suddenly there are so many proverbs full of gods and ghosts, who is not confused?
In fact, people have been panicking for the past few days, and many people have tried to move out, but because the government has blocked the road and there is no talisman issued by the government, they can only be afraid of it.
"It doesn't matter if he's true or not, anyway, people like the emperor's eldest grandson and Huang Shigong didn't run, what is there to be afraid of us rural villagers, it's a big deal to end up together......"
Someone relied on the strength of the wine, scolded, picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all, and changed the topic.
"Everyone said that if there is nothing to do here, will we have a chance to worship the door of that Huangshi Gong......"
As soon as this person's voice fell, everyone couldn't help but look at the young man surnamed Gu who had just spoken.
"Brother Gu, you have a wide path, can you have the opportunity to lead me to meet that Huangshi Gong......"
It's almost a fool's dream.
However, who can be indifferent when faced with such an opportunity. Sometimes, many things are thought about first, and then there is a possibility, and before you try, who dares to say that there must be no hope.
No one noticed, I don't know when it began, the discussion about prophecy in Changsha County has inexplicably changed direction, and the original panic and restlessness situation has been slightly improved......
At least, there are significantly fewer people who want to escape from Changsha County at night.
The first day of the lunar month.
The weather in Changsha County is clear.
The sun is as good as ever.
Everyone waited until midnight and noon, and they didn't see the sky falling southeast, nor the northwest, nor the bullshit Xiangshui flowing backwards.
Everyone was safe and sound, and they lived the day peacefully!
It's okay!
At this time, there is no need for Zhao Ying to do anything or guide, and the entire trend of public opinion has irreversibly begun to change.
Countless people have jumped to their feet and scolded those thieves who stirred up trouble and spread rumors, and began to believe in the actions of the government and the prophecies one after another, which were simply the result of the conspiracy of those arrested thieves.
"Phew, dogs, these people are not human beings, they must want to scare us all away, and then use the opportunity to buy our farmhouse shop at a low price......"
"Looking back now, it seems that it was really like that-I, bah, this group of people is really shameless, and they still boasted of being a good family in the past......"
When this public opinion comes together, the whole wind direction completely changes.
No one sympathized with the local tycoons whose homes had been raided, and if it weren't for the officers and soldiers who stopped them, they would have been tempted to spit on them and kick them a few times.
It can already be expected that even if these people can get away with their crimes, they will not want to respond to all calls like in the past and become their own soil emperors in the future.
At the same time, with the efforts of county officials in various places, a large number of local wealthy families have been arrested!
The crime is to spread rumors with the intention of subverting society.
This is a felony that can kill people!
However, the county officials everywhere were ruthless, and almost all of them stepped on the deadline of the emperor's eldest grandson's order, handed in the "evidence" they found, and turned the case into an ironclad case.
Nine counties, a total of 30 local wealthy families, are involved!
The case was handed to the governor of Jiangnan, the hands of the emperor's eldest grandson Zhao Ying, the emperor's eldest grandson Zhao Ying sighed with a long sigh, shed tears in public, looked around at the county officials and county orders in various places, and sighed.
"I heard that the people below are in turmoil, because of the lack of virtue of the superiors, when they first arrived in Changsha, they were not virtuous, and they did not apply benevolence and righteousness, which caused so many of them to commit crimes against the wind, in a vain attempt to disturb the situation, and cover up for the traitors, this is the fault of Lone, how can it be blamed on the innocent because of Lone's fault? I beseech you to forgive their sins......"
The county guard Wood came out of the ranks and bowed down.
"Your Highness is benevolent and loves the people, and can't bear to have the idea of killing, everyone knows it, but the law is the foundation of the stability of the society. If so, it will be the beginning of cholera, and I ask Your Highness to withdraw your ......."
As soon as Wood's words fell, the county officials came out to echo him.
"Please retract your ...... ordained"
Zhao Ying was helpless, tearing up tears, looking back at Zhang Liang.
"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, how can I bear the blood of Changsha County, my husband has always been thoughtful and familiar with the law, but what can save their lives without harming the law, can teach me ......"
Zhang Liang pondered for a long time, and then said.
"If Your Highness really has mercy on them and is willing to give them a chance to live, maybe you can let them make meritorious deeds and hand over all the property in the clan, and raise the clan to fill the border plugs......"
The emperor's eldest grandson, Zhao Ying, wanted to get some money for these families as the capital to go to Xindi to settle down, but he was unsuccessful.
However, the emperor's eldest grandson, Renhou, could not bear to see them displaced and die on the way to migration and exile, so he allocated a part of his private money and grain for their use.
"Your Highness is benevolent, it is really a blessing for the community and a blessing for the people—"
The county camel was full of emotion.
Soon, this matter spread throughout Changsha County, and then with the return of county orders and county lieutenants, it spread to the boundaries of the nine counties of Changsha County.
Although he became a sinner overnight, his family property was confiscated, and his entire family was exiled to the frontier, it was a blessing in misfortune to get this result.
Except for some of these people, who were exiled to Xiangjun and other places to fill southern Xinjiang, most of them were migrated and exiled to Hexi County, as well as the three newly established grassland counties.
For this reason, the eldest grandson of the emperor specially promised that these relocated families could take his ship to the north.
Even so, the migration lasted for seven days.
Because these families are all local wealthy families, there are hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, even if they have Zhao Ying's permission and use the water master, it will be difficult to arrange them all properly for a while.
For this issue, Zhao Ying naturally does not need to pay attention to it personally.
County Lieutenant Song Wu, the county camel that he has valued recently, and the three thousand Janissaries under his command are enough to deal with it, and it is worth mentioning that because of this, those bandits who finally gathered again and hid in Yunmengze were re-suppressed and scattered again......
It's a disaster.
As for Zhao Ying, during this time, he was personally staring at the aftermath of Changsha County.
More than a dozen wealthy families entrenched in Changsha hundreds of times were exterminated, dozens of local wealthy families were relocated and exiled, and those floating wealth can be said to be good, except for a very small part that needs to be left to the local government as a turnover, the rest of the large number of assets such as farmhouses and shops need to be properly disposed of.
Under the personal auspices of the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhao Ying, countless fertile fields were distributed free of charge to those landless or landless peasant households, and a large number of farms and houses were also distributed to the lowest people who did not even have a shelter from the wind and rain in the form of grain payment on credit and in installments.
The reason why they don't give it away directly is that they are afraid that it will be too easy to get, which makes these people feel inert.
As for shops and workshops, it's a bit more troublesome.
Some workshops can also be incorporated into government workshops and become official assets. But the shops are different, the government is useless in their own hands, and can only be sold to the localities. But Zhao Ying didn't want to just get rid of some of the wealthy families and support some of the wealthy families himself, so he still needed to do another screening among these merchants or local heroes who were interested and able to buy.
Therefore, this work was finally settled, and it took Zhao Ying more than half a month to basically come to an end.
On the 19th day of the 37th month of the first emperor of the Great Qin, His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun, who had stayed in Changsha County for nearly a month, set off again, and the next stop was Lujiang County!
On this day, hundreds of people flocked to it.
Especially those people who were allocated land and farms for free in this turmoil, spontaneously came to see off His Royal Highness the emperor's eldest grandson.
On both sides of the wide street, hundreds of people knelt on the ground.
There were even a few gray-haired villagers, with a few young juniors, on crutches, trembling forward and stopping Zhao Ying's carriage and horse. Seeing this, Zhao Ying hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and personally helped up these old people who came to see him off.
"My husband must not be so ......"
Only then did a few old men stand still, turn around and signal to a few juniors behind them, and then slowly pull away the things that were held in the hands of several juniors, and Zhao Ying realized that it was actually an umbrella for all people!
His eyes glanced at Zhang Liang, who was not squinting and pretending to be fine, and then looked at several old men with a surprised expression.
"Dare to ask my husband, what does this mean......
"Your Royal Highness is benevolent and benevolent, stabilizes the place, and benefits the people, we are the people of grass and mustard, a thousand words, it is difficult to express an inch of heart, only hate your own blessings, and cannot stay here to stay here, bathing in the grace of Your Highness, so I personally raised money with the towns, and made this umbrella for all people, in order to show that I will not forget to bathe in the kindness of His Highness......"
When Zhao Ying heard this, he thanked him again and again.
"How can the boy be valued by the villagers......
Several elders and the people on both sides insisted again and again, and Zhao Ying reluctantly accepted it.
(End of chapter)