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"From now on, we will set up an office of the governor's office inside the governor's office. Sir Gu, please verify in detail the confessions submitted by my colleagues last night."

Xia Yun spoke slowly.

If you want to get a large amount of food in the shortest possible time, it is definitely not possible to rely on the policy of equalizing the land tax.

Therefore, there is only one method left.

Copy the house!

There are two types of house confiscation.

One is to raid the homes of the wealthy and powerful, and the other is to raid the homes of officials.

Naturally, the house of the wealthy family was copied by Xia Yun himself.

Then it would be best to hand over the remaining officials to Gu He, who knows them inside and out.

"Okay...Okay, I'll do it right away."

Gu He wiped the sweat from his forehead again. He knew that Xia Yun had assigned him a job that would offend people.

But since he has chosen to stand on Xia Yun's side, he has no other choice.

It takes less than a cup of tea.

At Xia Yun's instruction, a provincial government office was soon set up inside the governor's office.

Gu He, the governor of Nanzhili, personally took charge of the matter and began a thorough investigation and interrogation of a number of officials.

"Sir, there are not many wealthy families in Ningdu City. According to the information in the register, there are only more than a hundred families in total. What should we do?"

In the government court, Xu Wan'er asked.

"It's very simple. Post a notice that the famine in Nanzhili has been going on for many years. All the wealthy families are required to hand over a batch of disaster relief grain. Those who violate the notice will be charged with treason and collaborating with the enemy."

Sitting on the armchair, Xia Yun's expression remained unchanged as he responded calmly.

Since ancient times, when there was war and chaos, and the people were on the verge of rebellion, they would plunder the merchants.

What he is doing now is undoubtedly snatching food directly from the wealthy and powerful.

But he didn't care.

Every one of the wealthy and powerful families established in Hangzhou today is not a good person.

These guys watched the people of Nanzhili suffer from disasters for many years, but they themselves continued to live a life of luxury.

In his opinion, he was showing special mercy by not arresting and hanging them all at once!

"Is there any news from Zhejiang today?"

When the current task was arranged, Xia Yun suddenly thought of the anti-Japanese war in Zhejiang.

According to his prediction.

If the Japanese pirates and the imperial army continued to be deadlocked on the battlefield in Zhejiang, the Japanese pirates would most likely change the direction of their attack and directly attack the Southern Zhili and Fujian regions from the coastal areas.

After all, for the Japanese pirates, the current coastal areas are their main battlefield, and they can adjust their offensive strategies at any time.

"There is no news today, but Lord Zhao Gongming's troops are expected to arrive in Zhejiang in a few days."

Xu Wan'er shook her head and responded.

"Well, write a letter to Xiao Haiyang later and ask him to continue recruiting soldiers in Zhejiang. The more the better."

Xia Yun thought for a moment and then gave an order.

The number of troops he currently has, including the 20,000 he has just recruited and trained, totals about 27,000.

In fact, these 27,000 people were not under the control of the imperial court, nor were they under the command of Xiao Zongnan and others.

As long as he wanted, he could withdraw these 27,000 men from the Zhejiang battlefield at any time!

……

at dusk.

When Gu He was organizing people to investigate all cases of corruption and crimes by officials.

In the entire Ningdu city, all the disaster victims, ordinary people and wealthy families have learned the news that Xia Yun has taken office and moved into the Southern Zhili Governor's Office.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in Ningdu City.

First of all, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in Ningdu City all had a hot and full meal thanks to Xia Yun’s arrival.

This made them very grateful, and they all shouted Xia Yun as the Great Lord of Heaven.

In the past few years.

No official from Southern Zhili had ever been so generous as to cook thick white porridge for them. This was something they could hardly even imagine!

The common people whose situations were slightly better, after learning about Xia Yun's policy of allocating land tax to each household, also began to praise Xia Yun's reputation.

The specific situation in Nanzhili today is.

The common people had very little land, but all the taxes in the entire Nanzhili region were borne by the common people.

Various wealthy families own the most land, but there is collusion between officials and businessmen.

Apart from bribing some officials, those wealthy families no longer need to pay any taxes.

Just from this point of view.

The famine in the Nanzhili region was both a natural disaster and an inevitable man-made disaster!

As the saying goes, where there is joy there is sorrow.

When the people of Hangzhou were cheering and celebrating Xia Yun's arrival.

The mood of all the wealthy families was extremely depressed.

Ningdu City, Royal Palace.

Dozens of figures wearing various silks and expensive fabrics gathered in the lobby.

All of these people had a gloomy look on their faces.

At the first seat in the lobby sat an old man with gray hair on his temples.

"Old Master Wang, the newly appointed governor is really too much. As soon as he arrived, he came up with a policy of equalizing the land tax. It's obvious that he is trying to make things difficult for us!"

"Yeah, who the hell is Xia Yun? This is Nanzhili, not Zhejiang! What right does he have to tell us what to do?"

"Old Grand Tutor, I am worried that if Xia Yun continues to do this, it will inevitably cause chaos in the entire Nanzhili. I would like to ask the old Grand Tutor to take action and send a letter to the court, asking the cabinet to make a decision for us!"

"..."

In the hall, after a brief period of silence and solemnity, a flurry of discussions immediately broke out from the mouths of dozens of elegant and graceful figures at the scene.

There is no need to explain the origins of these people. They are the wealthy and powerful families in Ningdu City.

After learning the news of the land tax, they came to the palace as soon as possible.

The owner of the palace, Wang Dechang, held the position of Grand Tutor during the previous emperor's reign. After the death of the emperor and the ascension of the new emperor, Wang Dechang took the initiative to retire and return to his hometown.

"Everyone, please be patient."

Seeing the chaotic atmosphere in the lobby, Wang Dechang's expression remained unchanged, and an extremely deep light flashed in his pair of dry pupils.

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the lobby quickly quieted down.

"As far as I know, Xia Yun was sent to Nanzhili by His Majesty himself. He is responsible for resolving the famine in Nanzhili. If you want to confront him head-on, I'm afraid your life will be in jeopardy."

Wang Dechang continued speaking.

Although he has been retired for many years, he is not a fool.

Long before Xia Yun came to Nanzhili, he had already learned about Xia Yun's general situation.

"Old Master, what should we do? Are we just going to let Xia Yun slaughter us?"

"Even if Xia Yun was sent by His Majesty himself, so what? Lord Su Chen was also sent by the late emperor himself, and he never started a war like this!"

"That's right, we must not compromise on this! Old Master, you are the backbone of us, please make a decision!"

As Wang Dechang continued to speak, a burst of noisy discussions rose again in the hall, which had just quieted down.