Chapter 70 A good woman

Yun Zhao was very sure that he gave the people five kilograms of white rice!

Then, what the people received was strange. According to Hanlingshan's investigation, the people even received firecrackers.

This is too much.

The reason why local officials dared to do this is that Lantian County gave wheat!

"The people will hate us."

Yun Zhao had no way to deal with this matter. If he was investigated seriously, he would be punished from Zhang Guozhu, Yun Zhang to local officials.

"No one hates us. The people who get firecrackers are still very happy. His Majesty, to be honest, as long as it is for nothing, the people will be very happy. As for the money and food they have converted, they are actually used on the people.

First of all, according to the Lantian Law, the dynasty did not have the obligation to give food to the people for nothing. Now, it is just a matter of celebration, indicating a manifestation of the dynasty's financial prosperity.

The officials below did not have a good life. Seventy percent of the taxes collected from various places had to be paid, and only 30 percent were left locally. With this little money and grain, they also shoulder the responsibility of public security, development of local governments, building roads, building water conservancy, and helping the poor.

This is how the country's development is going, and your Majesty does not need to go into it too much."

"In the past, I remember you were a person who hated evil."

"I am still the same now!"

"Why do I think you are not?"

Zhang Guozhu smiled and said, "I know it in my heart. I used to be local officials, but now I am in-laws of all officials. People have long said that it is difficult to be in-laws without being deaf or dumb. As long as the hearts of these officials are still used on local people, I should not ask about the details. After all, they are the officials who govern the local area. We are not. They know the truth about each place better than us.

Your Majesty must think that he has been deceived, just stare at them and don’t put money into your pocket.”

After hearing what Zhang Guozhu said, Yun Zhao said to Han Lingshan: "Touch your hand and chop your legs!"

Han Lingshan laughed and said, "I'm staring."

Yun Zhao sighed and said to Zhang Guozhu: "Our great persistence has been compromised a little bit."

"In the past, my eyes were fixed on a hundred years, and since I became His Majesty's prime minister, I could see at most five years. I could see things within five years. For more than five years, my eyes were pitch black.

And, I think, the person who looks at things for decades, hundreds of years, or even longer should be His Majesty, not me."

Yun Zhao nodded, and he had to admit that Zhang Guozhu's words made sense.

This time, Yun Zhao did not go to Shanxi, which was sparsely populated, but chose to enter Henan, then go to Shandong, and finally arrive at the Yanjing route. Compared with Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, where the population was completely lost by the bandits, the two hard-hit areas where bandits were ravaged by bandits, the speed of restoring people's livelihood was much faster.

Yunzhao's trip almost ran through the entire Henan. After arriving in Xuzhou, Shandong, he had to change boats and head north along the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

The itinerary was very quiet along the way, and the local officials were also very effective in controlling the matter, and basically no complaints occurred.

Yun Zhao himself doesn't like complaining about the case. If he has any grievances, he should go to the Jingjue Department or the Ministry of Justice, instead of coming to him, an emperor who can't determine the case or investigate.

But after arriving in Xuzhou, a complaint appeared.

This made Xuzhou magistrate Huang Chenghai extremely angry.

Unfortunately, people were already kneeling in the middle of the road with their essay papers high, blocking the guards' way forward. These guards were also very annoying about this kind of emergencies, so they tied up the complainant and trapped them in the army to continue moving forward.

Yun Zhao sat in the palace prepared by Huang Chenghai for him, picked up the tea and took a sip, and said to Han Lingshan: "Tell me, everyone has sued me. If you have anything to say, so as not to be embarrassed for a while."

Han Lingshan spread his hands and said, "What's wrong with embarrassing me? Li Yan's head has been made into a wine bowl by His Majesty. Now, his wife is going to ask His Majesty for this wine bowl and take it to her husband to get a complete body.

The trouble is your Majesty.”

"Shouldn't Li Yan's wife be the queen?"

"Mr. Hongzi has never been Li Yan's wife. The real wife is Li Hongji's original wife Xing. Now the person who blocks the road is this Xing. At the beginning, we all thought that Xing was killed in the war. As a result, the previous Xuzhou prefect discovered Xing again when he ascended the throne. He once reported to His Majesty that he hoped to behead Xing. His Majesty personally criticized that the crime was Li Yan alone. As a result, the courage became bigger and he dared to block the road and ask His Majesty for a drink."

"Not give!"

After hearing Han Lingshan explain the reason for the incident, Yun Zhao immediately refused.

The only purpose of the heads of those bandits turned into wine cups and placed in the Tushan Memorial Hall was to shock the world. There was no reason to return Li Yan's head to his family for no reason.

If you do this, I'm sorry for the soldiers who died fighting against Li Yan.

"Go back and tell Xing that Li Yan is a giant bandit and kills people like a thirsty. His body and head are his destination, which makes her forget about this. Since the state has pardoned her, she should live a good life."

Han Lingshan frowned and left the palace. He felt that this was a bit strange.

On the second day of the renovation of Xuzhou, heavy snow fell, and overnight, Xuzhou was covered with heavy snow.

Yun Zhao visited the Yellow River all the way to Xuzhou, a must-fight place for military strategists.

Most of the people born here are unfortunate. As long as the dynasty changes, Xuzhou City will definitely be destroyed once. As long as the Yellow River floods in Shandong, Xuzhou City will also be destroyed once.

I don’t know how many times this city has been rebuilt and destroyed.

The place where Yun Zhao is standing now is called Chongzhen City.

In the fourth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River broke its dam, and the water was 100,000 feet deep and the city was completely flooded. So it was moved to 20 miles south of the city to rebuild. This was the second time that Xuzhou moved to the city. In the first year of Chongzhen, the water receded, and the silt mud and sand in the city was one to five meters thick, and the houses and streets were buried in the accumulated sand. At that time, the military preparatory road Tang Huan was rebuilt at the original site, which was called Chongzhen City.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Yan and Li Hongji fought here, and fought fiercely for a whole month and a half, making this city that had been repaired for a few years once again become riddled with holes.

Huang Chenghai and his former Xuzhou prefect spent countless efforts to rebuild the city, and borrowed the old city as the center to expand Xuzhou city a hundred feet outward, turning it into a city that seemed to be undefensive in Lantian County.

Things are very strange here. Most of the people live in the vast areas under Xuzhou, with almost no population.

"Li Yan, in the battle with Li Hongji, 160,000 locals in Xuzhou died in battle. At that time, the corpses under Xuzhou were piled up like mountains, almost equal to the city. To this day, the wells in the city can still fish out the heads and corpses.

The empress had to order all wells to be closed, live water was introduced, and a place to dig the well again. It can be said that Xuzhou itself is a city built on corpses. To this day, when the people are building houses, the first thing they have to do is to invite monks and Taoists to chant scriptures and drive out those unjust souls."

"Then what?"

Yun Zhao asked.

"Then? Then naturally, the foundation is excavated, then the lime is filled, and finally the house is built on the lime foundation."

"Han Lingshan told me last night that Li Hongji's treasure was hidden in a well. What do you think about this?"

Huang Chenghai was stunned for a moment and said, "It's true?"

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "Xing's life is now lonely. He is hard to keep this secret and dare not stay away from Xuzhou City, and he dare not tell others about this secret. She feels that only by telling me can she get some rewards to improve her life, and in addition, she can continue to live."

Huang Chenghai smiled and said, "This woman is very smart. Even if she tells me, after I raise my treasure, I will send her to the Western Regions or the South China Sea for the sake of the reputation of the government.

Only by telling Your Majesty, this is the safest way to do it.”

"This is the reason. You can start digging immediately according to the direction given by Xing. I want to see what Li Hongji got in Fengyang."

Huang Chenghai took the order to do business, and Qian Duoduo, who was wearing a cloak, came over and said, "I want to go and have a look."

Yun Zhao shook his head and said, "You have heard it clearly. No matter how valuable these treasures are, they will be kept in Xuzhou Prefecture for building a place, and you will not have the share."

"Isn't this what Xing has dedicated to you?"

"I'm wrong, it's dedicated to the emperor, not to Yun Zhao."

"I didn't want to take it, I just took a look..."

Yun Zhao shook his head and walked down the Xuzhou city wall. He saw it clearly just now. The Yellow River, which seemed to be shiny in the snow, winding through the edge of Xuzhou city, and was bound firmly by two embankments.

Seeing this, Yun Zhao felt relieved.

The weather in early November was not cold, and the Yellow River was not frozen. The snow that fell last night melted quickly after the sun came out. Yun Zhao had to arrive in Yanjing before the Grand Canal was frozen.

In the evening, Huang Chenghai came to report on the excavation of Li Hongji's treasure.

After hearing Huang Chenghai's return, Yun Zhao felt a little regretful. Most of this batch of treasures were ritual vessels stolen by Li Hongji from Fengyang, including various giant cauldrons, chimes, jade artifacts. As for gold and silver things, they had long been squandered by Li Yan and Li Hongji.

These things are not very useful for Huang Chenghai. As a result, Qian Duoduo bought them all as the queen and spent one million silver dollars.

This is a matter of no way. Except for the royal family, it is not suitable for anyone to use these ritual instruments. Although the Lantian Dynasty has long abolished countless taboos, few people in the world have taken in such things.

Qian Duoduo also rewarded Xing's family with 1,000 silver dollars.

"Xing's family did not hide their own personalities. This woman was very cunning. When Li Yan was killed, she had a fraud and escaped. After hearing that His Majesty had pardoned Zhu Ma, she jumped out to bet again. As a result, the bet was right and survived. Now she still has two evil seeds of Li Yan.

When he heard that His descendant had arrived in Xuzhou, he jumped out again and told His Majesty Li Hongji the secret of his treasure by complaining, and made meritorious service in exchange for a chance to truly survive and live a safe life.

Your Majesty, I think this woman cannot be kept, including Li Yan’s two evil seeds!”

Every word in Hanling Mountain is full of murderous intent.

Yun Zhao smiled and patted Han Lingshan on the shoulder and said, "The matter has passed, and now it is our world. I am tolerant of these people who survived by chance. Moreover, there is no explanation for killing them in the law."

"It's just that in secret execution."
Chapter completed!