"Everyone."
"The matter of the subjugated people must be resolved."
Lu Yao sat in the upper position, looked at the core county government officials in front of him, and worriedly talked about the biggest problem at the moment.
The chief clerk conducted an inspection in the county town, but upon further investigation, the chief clerk discovered that it was not the county magistrate and his minions that needed to be dealt with now, but these terrifying subjugated people inside and outside the city.
Gao Changgong's behavior, in Lu Yao's view, was simply heartbreaking.
Lu Yao said: "Just in the past few days, the city has received more than 10,000 refugees, and there are still a steady stream of refugees coming outside the city. With so many refugees gathered in Cheng'an, if one of them has
If you don’t have the same intention, that’s bad.”
The eldest grandson raised his head and said, "Don't be afraid, magistrate. I still have a fine cavalry under my command, fully armed, and there are many schools around Cheng'an. Not to mention tens of thousands of dead people, even a hundred thousand, we can never break through Cheng'an."
"
"I'm not worried that they can break the city. What I'm worried about is that they gather to cause rebellion. If they cause rebellion, no matter whether they can suppress it or not, the temple will hold them accountable. At that time, they will have no choice but to die to apologize. Changsun Wei understands
Is this the truth?"
Kasyapa, the eldest grandson, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Qubing.
Lu Qubing said: "I know what you are worried about. The county magistrate also thought about it at the beginning, so we have always been concerned about it."
"Cheng'an currently has no shortage of food, and there is enough farmland that can be granted. As long as we don't delay and accept 20,000 to 30,000 displaced people, there won't be any big problems."
Lu Yao added: "That's it. Once the crowd gathers, many problems will arise, including diseases, plundering, and theft. There are so many dead people now. In the future, there will be more and more people gathering, and cultivated land and food will always be limited.
Yes, what should we do if one day Cheng'an's food is not enough and the public fields are all distributed?"
"The current refugees are all from all over the Qing capital. Even if the refugees from other places want to come, they will be blocked and killed by Guanjin along the way and cannot come. The number of refugees from various places in the Qing capital will not exceed 30,000.
, so you don’t have to worry, we have calculated and verified everything.”
Lu Qubing replied.
Lu Yao pursed his lips and said, "Mr. Lu, it is certainly a good thing to have more household registrations in the county, but we shouldn't gamble so much. Even if we want to accept them, we should set up an amount to accept them by one thousand or one thousand."
, divided into three years, this is the safest way, how can we accept so many refugees at once?"
"This is an imperial city, not a frontier. There are many people coming and going from Yecheng. Are these dead people who keep their peace? There are people who have killed to escape their crimes, and there are people who have escaped from bondage. There may even be some trickery by Zhou people. You
Without identifying them, just placing them in Cheng'an, wouldn't you be afraid at all?"
Lu Qubing's face was very solemn: "Mr. Lu, these people are wandering outside without food, clothing, or shelter. If the temple does not accept them, they will have no choice but to die or eat people."
"As you said, this is the capital of the Qing Dynasty. If we accept them, will the capital of Qing Dynasty be safe in the future?"
"If we delay the process and accept a certain number of people, people will die every day. After three years, how many of these 20,000 to 30,000 dead will be left?"
Lu Qubing's rhetorical question left Lu Yao speechless.
Master Qian hurriedly said: "Who can be blamed for this? If I had known what happened, wouldn't it be better if I didn't run or hide? They killed people to escape their crimes, and they deserve to die outside."
Lu Qubing looked at him, "Perhaps some of them really committed murder and escaped, but as far as I know, most of them escaped because they couldn't bear the pain of corvee labor."
“Escape from corvee is also a serious crime!!”
"No!!"
"It is a serious crime to promote frequent corvee and force the people to endlessly build temples and pagodas, transport stones to repair temples, and carve out statues on mountains, without giving the people a way to survive!!!"
Lu Qubing's voice was extremely loud, and Master Qian's face turned pale. He pointed at Lu Qubing, "You, you, your county magistrate, this person is so bold that he actually talks about His Majesty."
He was indeed frightened, and Lu Qubing's words were almost directed at the emperor.
Lu Qubing reprimanded him: "How dare you criticize His Majesty?! What I'm talking about are the villains who instigated Your Majesty to act like this. How dare you say that Your Majesty doesn't care about the people's strength and does excessive corvee work?!"
"I, I, I I didn't!!"
In an instant, Master Qian was so frightened that he turned into a prince.
"alright."
Lu Yao interrupted the two of them with a solemn expression. After Gao Changgong left, he finally put away his smile and slightly showed his attitude as the leader of the county.
He hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Although what Lu County Cheng said makes sense, it is too risky. I think it is inappropriate. Since we have already admitted 10,000 people, I will give you another 5,000 places, and the rest of the refugees will be
Send someone to send them away, and don't let them gather outside the city."
Lu Qubing wanted to say something else, but Lu Yao added: "This is my order."
"Everyone can execute it."
Master Qian sneered, "Don't stay here, everyone. It's time to thank you and take the order."
Lu Qubing's face was very ugly, but he still lowered his head helplessly.
"only."
The county magistrate waved his hand and asked them to leave.
Everyone walked out of the county government office with different expressions. Lu Qubing was the most angry, "There is enough food in the city and there is a lot of arable land. We can obviously accept everyone, why do we have to do this?"
The recorder said in a low voice: "Mr. Lu, lower your voice, he can hear it."
"When you hear it, you hear it. There are more than 10,000 people outside the city. Only half of them are admitted. Where are the other half? Drive them away. Where are you going? To Yecheng?!"
The Recorder Shi once again persuaded: "I'm afraid Mr. Lu doesn't know something. In the past, he would go out to conquer and kill these refugees. This county magistrate is quite kind. He just asked them to be driven away and never wanted to kill them."
Start killing."
"After all, these people are sinners in the temple. Let Mr. Lu calm down."
"Lu Cheng~~~"
Master Qian actually chased him out. He swaggered up to Lu Qubing and others, and then he said, "Don't be willful anymore. You are the Prime Minister of Cheng'an. You should consider the county town more when doing things."
"We all understand what you are saying. The subjugated people are very pitiful. This is all caused by some bad policies in recent years. But they are pitiful. Do we have to let the people of Cheng'an bear the consequences?"
"With so many criminals arranged inside and outside the city, who can say that they will definitely change their ways?"
"Can the people of Cheng'an feel at ease in the future? There are criminals everywhere, stealing and killing, causing chaos in Cheng'an. Is this what you want to see?"
"How can you be so selfish?"
Lu Qubing smiled and said, "The people of Cheng'an are not afraid of any dead people. These dead people are all their relatives and their loved ones."
"It was not these dead people who were killing people, burning, killing, looting, and causing death in Cheng'an."
"There was nothing wrong with it in the past. I have looked through many documents in Cheng'an. Before you took office, Cheng'an had not had anyone complain to the officials for several years. It was a very safe city."
After hearing what the chief clerk said, Lu Qubing laughed, turned around and left.
Everyone followed him and left together.
Only one master was left, looking at their backs with narrowed eyes.
Everyone came to the County Chancellery all the way. Lu Qubing took them into his lobby. Everyone sat down. Zhangsun sat aside with some embarrassment and scratched his head. He actually didn't care that much about the subjugated people.
He doesn't care much about this, and he is now involved probably just because he gets along well with Lu Qubing and others.
Lu Qubing looked at the many officials on his left and right, "What should we do next?"
No one said anything, but they all looked at Tao Zi.
Lu Qubing also followed their gazes and looked at Taozi, "Brother Taozi, what should we do?"
Liu Taozi slowly opened her mouth.
"He gave the order."
"But we did it."
"If he wants five thousand dead people, then give him five thousand dead people. Even if he recruits fifty thousand, it will still be five thousand."
He looked at the officials on the left and right, "You should compare the documents with each other and send them to the county magistrate, let him revise and compile them, and then send them to the county magistrate. If he sends someone to ask in person, you all know what to do.
Go talk."
Everyone nodded, "We understand."
Lu Qubing was a little hesitant, "What if he discovers this?"
"Then let him give the order to arrest people."
"He gave the order to arrest people."
"We are still the ones arresting people."
Chapter completed!