The best county magistrate

On the fifth day of February, we set out halfway to Jiangzhou.

A horse came from the front to report that the relocation of the people in Jiangzhou Ping and Yao counties was not going smoothly, which cast a shadow on Yang Xuanchen's originally relaxed mood.

"Master Xiao Yang, according to old wisdom, if the people of the two counties are unwilling to leave their homeland, even if you have the ability to break mountains, I'm afraid..."

Yang Xuanchen understood the meaning of Tian Youzi's words very well. He looked at the scenery outside the car window and fell into deep thought.

The north and south sides of the intersection of the three mountains are not wealthy places to begin with, and the population of Ping and Yao counties is not large, with a combined population of more than 50,000.

For them, leaving their homeland is a difficult choice.

However, with Yang Xuanchen's ability, he thought that there should not be great difficulties, but he did not expect that thousands of people in the second county still stayed at home and refused to migrate.

"These unscrupulous people! After the two mountains are flattened, I'll see if they will still be tough when the water from Hongfengchuan is released!"

After hearing Yang Xuanchen's words, Tian Youzi's eyebrows jumped wildly. Is this guy planning to drown these thousands of people?

I'm sorry, if you really do this, you will be a murderous maniac, very heartless.

He took a careful look at Yang Xuanchen who was looking at the scenery outside, but he didn't find any evil aura on him. It was probably just talk, and he immediately felt relieved.

"Taoist Priest, tell me, give each household twenty taels of silver."

"If you are dissatisfied with the counties in Jiangzhou, you can still go to my Qingshui County, where the treatment is better. Can you tell me what they are unhappy about?"

"My hometown is flooded several times every year. Is it really that good?"

Yang Xuanchen looked back and sighed, and began to think about what went wrong.

"It's hard to leave your homeland, and you won't want to leave your relatives and friends. People live in their land all their lives, and there are always some people who don't care about these worldly things."

"Besides, we don't know exactly what happened in these two counties. It's better to go to the two county magistrates and find out."

After Tianyouzi's enlightenment, Yang Xuanchen suddenly became enlightened.

It seems that migration cannot be dominated by modern thinking. We must try to look at the problem from the perspective of this era.

Today's world is still a feudal dynasty. In terms of cultural concepts of settling down and relocating, as well as various aspects such as survival, adaptation, and social structure, people are in principle unwilling to leave their homes.

It is not difficult to solve the fixed thinking of the people, but I am afraid that there are some stubborn people with extreme personalities among them.

Yang Xuanchen's motorcade arrived at a place called Liu Town on the tenth day of February.

There is a cliff to the west of Liu Town. Looking down, you can see all of Ping and Yao counties.

"Master Chen, Master Wang, your two counties are in this basin. As long as it rains a few more times, it will turn into a swamp."

"Why do so many people still want to live here after all these years?"

Yang Xuanchen looked at the map in his hand and compared it with the scene in front of him. Before the two county magistrates could answer, he had already begun to think about the matter of opening the mountain.

Chen Wangtian and Wang Bingzhi were two eloquent county magistrates. They reported the demands of many people who did not want to move.

However, the two had a tacit understanding and said nothing about the compensation paid by the court.

This raised a question in Yang Xuanchen's mind. Could it be that there was some corruption involved?

"Master Jiang from the Ministry of Household Affairs has allocated twenty taels of cash to each household, and I have sent people to the intersection of Qingzhou and Jiangzhou to help."

"You are still playing tricks on me, are you telling the truth?"

The tone of Yang Xuanchen's voice was raised a bit, and the expression on his face became serious, making the two of them turn pale with fear.

"Tell me! Whose pocket did the 300,000 taels of silver in Hubu go into? How much have you two been greedy for?"

He decided to scare the two county magistrates again to see if they could get anything out of them.

With a plop, Chen Wangtian fell to his knees and his voice became trembling, "Your Excellency, you are aware of this. I, this official... I never dare to be greedy for a little money."

Wang Bingzhi followed suit and knelt down, chanting, "When the common people arrive in their new home, these money are their roots. The lower officials will never be so heartless."

Listening to what they were saying, Yang Xuanchen couldn't help but frown.

"My people have sent news that some people's families only have ten taels of silver as compensation. How do you explain this?"

Wang Bingzhi replied: "There is a squire in a distant county. His ancestors have lived here for several generations. He is a big landowner in the county..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Xuanchen, "Damn it, how did you become the county magistrate? You asked a squire to distribute the compensation for the people?"

"Are you out of your mind?"

He was so angry that he jumped up and down, but what happened had already happened and there was nothing he could do about it.

Yang Xuanchen waved to Butterfly, who was chatting and laughing with Yu Wei not far behind him.

"Butterfly!"

"Yes, leader!" Butterfly responded.

"Let the people from Anyan Division go down there to investigate. I want evidence. If I can get their evidence, no matter what method you use, I will give you two days at most."

When Chen Wangtian and Wang Bingzhi saw Yang Xuanchen giving the order, expressions of shock immediately appeared on their faces.

Isn't he the young master of Zhan Shifu? This time he came to Jiangzhou and he just took a false position in the Ministry of Industry. The little girl called him the leader?

What the hell is this?

What department of the imperial court is Anyan Division? Why haven't I heard of it?

besides! His tone is so crazy. The evidence of Wang Peisheng's crime will be found out in two days. How is this possible?

Wang Bingzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke again, "Mr. Yang, at the beginning, most of the people were compensated by the lower officials and subordinates in the household."

"But things changed when we arrived at Wangjia Village. Official Wang claimed that he was a landlord and kept saying that we would leave it to him. This matter... I didn't even think of this matter."

At this time, Chen Wangtian on the side echoed, "Sir, we are in the same situation in Ping County. Those people who refuse to leave have not received the compensation and refuse to leave."

Yang Xuanchen turned to look at him and asked, "You are not going to tell me that the land in your Ping County belongs to Wang Daguan, right?"

"My lord is wise and has a sharp eye. Many lands in Ping County belong to his family."

Next door to Mary, after many years, she seemed to have met a wealthy and virtuous landlord again.

It's just that this time the landlord seems to be more difficult to deal with. Not only does land have more virtue than money, but the power under him seems to be quite awesome.

If one mishandling caused public outrage among thousands of people, it would not be something his current team of two to three hundred people could handle.

"You two, from the moment you received the imperial court's relocation order, discuss everything with me exactly as it is."

"If you dare to hide anything again, believe it or not, I will send someone to arrest you two immediately!"

This time, Yang Xuanchen finally experienced the pleasure of crushing others with a higher official rank, not to mention that his official position was more than one rank higher than theirs.

At this point, the two county magistrates no longer dared to hide anything and told everything.

Especially everything about Official Wang made Yang Xuanchen shocked and even more murderous. He also felt pity for the two county magistrates.

Wang Peisheng, Wang Daguan, was from the same clan as Situ Wangran, and the two were uncle-nephew. The former was the nephew of the latter.

No wonder he dared to dominate the two counties in Jiangzhou, and no wonder Wang Bingzhi agreed to let him pay the compensation on his behalf.

Things became a lot clearer at this point, and Yang Xuanchen naturally had a plan in his mind. He just had to wait for Butterfly and the others to get the evidence back, and then they could get started.

As for now, it seems like it's going to rain again, so I have to talk to Zhang Ludan and the masons about bombing the mountain.