System, help me become the empress

Chapter 131 Governor of Two Lakes
In the second year of Tianyou, March th.

The memorial of the prefect of Jiangnan reads: Since the reform, the people in Jiangnan have all applauded, the farmers in the fields worked hard to cultivate, and the traders felt relieved.Moreover, paper money circulates very quickly, and people are willing to trade in the form of paper money.

The governor's memorial of the two lakes stated that since the trial of the "one whip method", there have been endless disputes among the people, and it is difficult to continue to implement it in the two places, and it is difficult for the people to accept the form of paper currency transactions.

The completely different feedback given by the two places produced a sharp contrast.

In the second year of Tianyou, March .

A rebel army of unknown strength suddenly appeared near Jishan Mountain in Hunan Province, possibly numbering in the hundreds.These people occupy the mountain as kings, relying on their familiarity with the terrain on the mountain, the local government has nothing to do with this group of people, so they have to ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress them.

After Xu Youxi received this memorial, he immediately decided to go to Jishan County to find out the real situation of the matter, and by the way, find out the reason why the 'reform' has not been carried out in the Lianghu area for a long time.

In the second year of Tianyou, March th.

Xu Youxi used the pseudonym 'Li Si' and claimed that he was ordered by His Majesty to go to Jishan County to investigate the rebel army.For the sake of safety, Xu Youxi brought a hundred soldiers from the Shenji Battalion and two new doctors from the New Medical Pavilion.

……

It was clearly the end of March, and the fields in Jishan County that Xu Youxi could see were all in a state of desertion, and even half of the farmers plowing the land could not be seen in the fields.

"Why are so many fields deserted?"

Xu Youxi asked the magistrate of Jishan County who was in charge of receiving them.

The county magistrate smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know, isn't it that the rebels have been tossing hard lately? The people in our county have taken the initiative to reduce their going out behaviors for safety."

Xu Youxi obviously didn't believe it, and questioned: "The rebel army only appeared in the middle of March. Did the farmers in the county start to go out less before March? The fields here are completely deserted. Why don't the farmers in this entire area cultivate? "

"My lord, I really don't know much about these things." The county magistrate said with a bit of panic, "The fields here are the property of the landlords in the county. Maybe they have other arrangements this year."

Xu Youxi didn't listen to what the county magistrate said, and started walking towards the houses near the wasteland based on intuition.

"My lord, you went wrong, not this way." The county magistrate anxiously stopped Xu Youxi, but was decisively stopped by the guards behind Xu Youxi, who could only stand still and kick his eyes.

Xu Youxi just walked forward, but he still didn't meet half a person along the way.

The house closest to Xu Youxi and his party had an old rattle half buried in the dirt outside the house.

Going straight to the outside of the house, Xu Youxi planned to knock on the door first, but before she could use any force, the door opened by itself.

"My lord." Xu Ling lightly stood in front of Xu Youxi, "Your subordinates should go in and see if there is any danger."

"it is good."

Xu Youxi followed Xu Ling into the house. There was only a dilapidated bed and table in the room. The quilt and pillows on the bed were gone, and only a bed made of several wooden boards could be seen.

There was a thick layer of dust on the table, and it looked like no one had lived in it for a long time.

"My lord, this family has not lived here for a long time." The county magistrate hurriedly explained.

"Really." Xu Youxi didn't even look at the county magistrate, "Where did that person go now?"

"Humble job, humble job, I don't know."

The county magistrate trembled slightly.

After leaving this house, Xu Youxi took other people to the other houses, but after seeing seven or eight houses in a row, they were all in a similar state of vacancy.

All the things in the house were cleaned up and taken away by the former owner, but it is not difficult to analyze from the dropped items seen in the mud when they first arrived. These people were in a very hasty state when they left .

"How many people do you have in Jishan County?"

The county magistrate replied respectfully: "There are a total of 20 people recorded in the yellow book."

"There are more than 1000 people in total, so many people have moved away?"

The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Sir, it just so happens that these farmers have left. Let's go near the government office. There are many people living there."

Xu Youxi stared at the county magistrate for a long time before saying, "Okay, then go to the government office first."

"It is written in the Memorial of the Governor of the Two Lakes that there are hundreds of rebels in Jishan County. Which mountain are these people distributed on?"

The county magistrate said: "My lord, Jishan County is surrounded by mountains on three sides. These mountains are all Jishan. Because the place is too big, we really don't know where the rebel army is hiding on the mountain."

"What did the rebel army do to rebel against the imperial court? How many times have you fought against them? Let's talk about it separately."

"The rebel army occupies the land on Jishan Mountain and is the king. They don't obey the government's control at all, and they don't know what these people are plotting on the mountain. We have to guard against it."

The county magistrate's words were almost as if he hadn't said anything, and there was no useful information at all.

Xu Youxi could also see that even if he continued to ask the county magistrate, it would be difficult to get useful information, so he simply observed the people and things nearby by himself.

The distance from the government office is getting closer and closer, and finally there is some fireworks on the road, and gradually you can see the feeling of the market.

"There are no banks in Jishan County?"

"My lord, the nearest bank is in the nearby big county, and it takes two hours for ordinary people to walk there."

"What about banknotes? You people still use scrap silver for transactions."

"This……"

"As the county magistrate, have you explained the role of banks and paper money to the people?"

The county magistrate swallowed and dared not speak.

"What about a whip?" Xu Youxi frowned, "Can you tell me what's going on?"

The county magistrate still kept his head down.

Xu Youxi asked the simplest questions, but the county magistrate obviously couldn't answer anything: "The reforms set by the imperial court in the middle of the first month should have spread to the Lianghu area at the latest in early February. Now it's the end of March, and even you The county magistrates in one place can’t say what the reform is about!”

"Can you write a few characters that are positive and negative!"

Seeing the county magistrate's obedient appearance, Xu Youxi became even more angry, and continued walking forward with his sleeves waved.

After arriving at the government office, Xu Youxi's first request was to check the local yellow book.

After this investigation, it turns out that the problem has become more and more serious.

"People! Didn't you say that the farmers near the fields have moved away? Why is there no record in the yellow book, and the land in the entire Jishan County is actually under the name of several landlords. Why are all the land in Jishan County owned by the people? , where did Guan Tian go?"

Xu Youxi's questions became more and more sharp, and the county magistrate seemed to be hesitating, obviously hiding a lot of things.

A while passed.

It was only then that the county magistrate cruelly told the truth: "My lord, those peasants you just saw who suddenly disappeared, because they hated the court and the rich in their hearts, they quit their fields together and went to the mountains to become rebels."

　I finally stayed up late to write it, and when I was about to release it, the broken phone turned off automatically when it ran out of battery.

　　Hey!
　　It took half an hour to turn it on, and the day lily was cold!

　　Forget it, take a day off.Save me from staying up late every day to write later, alas.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)