I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Send an imperial envoy to investigate the governor-general?

This is a bit too absurd.

Could it be that the empress in the court still doesn't believe in me?

Jiang Zuo was quite helpless.

As early as when I was in Anding County, there was a thorough investigation. I still feel a little scared when I think about it now.

"Someone must have whispered something in the emperor's ear."

Jiang Zuo murmured.

"Sir, I have heard that hundreds of officials from Yuzhou and Jizhou have jointly impeached you."

Ma Hengwei added.

"Impeachment by all officials?"

Jiang Zuo couldn't help but frown, "Is it that exaggerated?"

From this point of view, the power of the Jiangnan family should not be underestimated.

But they wanted to overthrow him as the governor-general of Zhenbei just by relying on the impeachment of these officials?

You should know that his position as governor-general was appointed by the emperor himself.

In other words, questioning Jiang Zuo is actually questioning the current emperor.

Jiang Zuo quickly figured this out and felt that the impeachment didn't matter.

The most important problem that Jiangzuo needs to solve right now is the group of striking disaster victims.

There is no need to guess, you know that this group of people are under the instructions of the Liu family.

At this time, Master Guo was still negotiating with the workers. After only a short while, the leader shouted again, "I quit! I won't work unless you pay me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted a lot of responses.

"Sir, is this?"

Ma Hengwei just arrived here and found this group of people gathered here.

Jiang Zuo said helplessly: "This group of people said they want to go on strike. They won't work if you don't pay them."

Upon hearing this, Ma Hengwei immediately said angrily: "Sir, let me arrest all these troublemakers."

The Qianqi Division has always been simple and rough in its work.

"No, no, no, that's not necessary." Jiang Zuo had other ideas.

Moreover, there were several thousand people causing riots and striking, and the prison in Yecheng could not accommodate so many people.

What Jiang Zuo wants is to disintegrate them from within.

Facing the shouts of the striking victims, Jiang Zuo walked slowly to the front of the crowd and said loudly: "If you don't want to work, go home. If you don't want to stay, then don't accept the relief grain from the court, Master Guo."

"I am here, humble servant."

Master Guo stepped forward.

"Remember the faces of these people. If they dare to go and collect the relief food, arrest them all," Jiang Zuo ordered.

Upon hearing this order, Master Guo was stunned.

Lord Jiang, there is a large area in front of you, with thousands of people right in front of you, not to mention the 6,000 people gathered not far away. How is it possible to remember all of them?

Jiang Zuo naturally didn't ask Master Guo to really remember these words. In fact, these words were meant for the striking disaster victims below.

If you continue to make trouble like this, forget about getting food from the court.

"Listen, no matter how you make a fuss, it's up to you."

After saying that, Jiang Zuo turned and left.

The group of people on strike were stunned almost at the same time.

Lord Jiang neither punished them nor agreed to the demands put forward by the striking victims. He just said, "It's up to you."

What does it mean?

Jiang Zuo came to the construction site of the reservoir again. At this time, there were more than 7,000 workers on the site, digging the reservoir and building dams.

"Everyone stop, Master Jiang has something to say."

Master Guo was holding a wooden loudspeaker in his hand. Although the sound was not too loud, almost all the workers on the construction site could hear it.

"Sir, here it is."

Master Guo handed the loudspeaker microphone to Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "I have an announcement to make. Anyone who chooses to stay at the construction site and continue to build water conservancy projects can be rewarded with five taels of silver, a one-time payment. After finishing the work today, line up to receive the work number, and then go to the government office to receive the extra reward within ten days."

"Five taels of silver?!"

Upon hearing this number, the victims working below cheered.

These five taels of silver are enough for an ordinary citizen's expenses for a year.

"Master Jiang is really too generous!"

"Did I hear it right? It's really five taels of silver?"

“It’s still an extra reward!”

The people were all amazed.

At this moment, the victims who were on strike were stunned.

The Liu family only gave them two taels of silver. Now, not only did they lose their jobs and five taels of silver, they were not even allowed to receive disaster relief grain from the court...

However, a moment later, Jiang Zuo shouted: "Those workers who participated in the strike, if they re-sign up now, return to work, and promise not to cause trouble again, I will forgive them and give them three taels of silver."

As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation.

Most of the workers who participated in the strike turned against the party on the spot.

"None of you are allowed to go back. Don't forget the money you received."

The man who led the trouble panicked and quickly asked someone to persuade him to stop.

They had just started causing trouble and already they had failed. As a result, they would definitely be scolded by their financial sponsor.

But once Jiang Zuo's reward order came out, no one would be willing to take the risk.

In less than a day, this group of so-called strikers dispersed without warning.

The leading striker refused to give up and even came to the construction site to continue instigating, threatening and bribing the victims.

"Stop it now, don't do it anymore, otherwise..."

As they were talking, they turned around and found that Jiang Zuo had already come to the group of people.

"Come here, take them all down!"

Regarding the strike, Jiang Zuo solved the problem at a relatively low cost and even won the hearts of the people.

This incident perfectly illustrates the saying: "If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will do it."

At least in Jizhou Prefecture, many disaster victims are looking forward to this decent job.

……

At this time, a servant in Liu's mansion hurried to Liu Sheng and reported: "Jiang Zuo wants to give five taels of silver to each working disaster victim. Should we follow him?"

Merchants are all profit-driven. Liu Sheng felt distressed after spending tens of thousands of silver coins. Now, when he heard that Jiang Zuo had increased the stakes, he didn't know whether to follow suit or not.

He originally wanted to bribe officials with money, coerce and bribe the victims, and make it impossible for Jiang Zuo's work to proceed. He didn't expect the latter to be so ruthless.

"Also, if Brother Liu doesn't have enough money, I, Li, am willing to help."

At this time, a man in his forties walked out of the house.

"Brother Li, you are making sarcastic remarks." Liu Sheng sighed.

The person in front of him also has a complicated identity. He is Li Yang, the head of the Jiangnan Li family.

There are even a large number of court officials in the family.

Li Yang, as the boss, now serves as the assistant of Jiangnan Salt and Tea, specializing in managing the salt and tea trading in various states in Jiangnan, and even in Jizhou and Yuzhou.

Salt and tea were highly profitable industries even in the great Yan State.

The Li family's position as assistant official in charge of salt and tea is hereditary.

When Emperor Gaozu was conquering the world, he received a lot of financial support from the Li family. In order to repay the Jiangnan Li family, Emperor Gaozu granted them the hereditary official position of Salt and Tea Assistant, and the taxes that the Jiangnan Li family needed to pay every year were extremely low.

The Jiangnan Li family is the leader of the four Jiangnan families. Both in terms of wealth and background, they are far superior to the other three families.

Now the big boss has spoken, ready to support Liu Sheng and continue to oppose the Zhenbei Governor-General Jiang Zuo.

Little did I know what his purpose was...