At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

Over the past few days, the wealthy businessmen in Ningdu City have become more and more familiar with Xia Yun's past.

Especially when they learned that when Xia Yun implemented this policy in Zhejiang Province, many wealthy businessmen insisted on opposing it.

Not only was he deprived of all his business rights, he was also thrown into prison, had his property confiscated and was exiled.

All these tragic situations made the wealthy businessmen in Ningdu City even more frightened.

Therefore, not long after the notice was posted, a number of wealthy businessmen brought enough money and rushed into the governor's office to pay business taxes on their own initiative.

Xia Yun's approach is not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Even though these businesses need to pay a business tax every month, compared with the profits they earn, this business tax cannot hurt their foundation at all.

Late at night.

While in the lobby of the governor's office, hundreds of wealthy businessmen were still queuing up to pay.

Hundreds of cavalry suddenly appeared outside the governor's gate.

As the war horses neighed, a group of wealthy businessmen also noticed the situation outside the gate.

However, when they looked closely at the hundreds of cavalrymen, they were frightened out of their wits.

The reason was simple: under the reins of hundreds of war horses, there was a bloody head hanging.

And the man who led hundreds of cavalry was none other than Xia Yun's general, Jiang Wenzhong!

Jiang Wen dismounted from his horse and quickly entered the governor's gate with an astonishing murderous aura, and soon saw Xia Yun.

"Your Excellency, I went to Chiqun Mountain and found a total of 368 Crimson Bandits, including more than 200 women and children. I have already handed them over to the local county magistrate for proper disposal."

The moment he saw Xia Yun, Jiang Wenzhong quickly knelt on one knee and reported the results of the operation.

As early as dawn today, he led hundreds of cavalry and marched quickly towards the Chiqun Mountains.

After a day of hard work.

The bandits in Chiqun Mountain have been completely wiped out, and he released the women and children in the mountain in accordance with Qin Tianye's prior instructions.

"Very good. Build a memorial with the heads of all the bandits and pile them up at the Caishikou. Post a notice to warn all the people that if they encounter any illegal activities in the future, they can report them to the governor's office immediately. This government will definitely handle it impartially."

"However, if there are people who deliberately rebel and go up the mountain to become bandits, the fate of these hundreds of Chiqun Mountain bandits will serve as a warning to them!"

In front of a group of wealthy businessmen, Xia Yun gave the order with a cold expression.

Although he felt sorry for the suffering of the people, he was willing to bring a better life to the poor.

But he would never allow such bandits who gathered in the mountains and made a living by robbing the common people to exist!

As early as last night, we learned from the people in Ningdu City that the bandits in Chiqun Mountain were all cruel and ruthless.

Even though they were once poor people, they no longer had any mercy in their hearts after they became bandits, and countless civilians and victims died at their hands!

"The general will get the order!"

Jiang Wenzhong accepted the order and immediately turned around and left the governor's office, quickly leading hundreds of cavalry under his command and heading straight for the East Gate Caishikou.

When everyone arrived at Caishikou, they immediately followed Xia Yun's instructions and built a Jingguan with the heads of hundreds of bandits.

In a short time, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Ningdu City, and many ordinary people came to Caishikou to witness the miserable conditions of the bandits.

"Oh my god, are these the bandits from Chiqun Mountain? How come only their heads are left?"

"Don't you know this? This is our governor. He sent troops to Chiqun Mountain and wiped out all the bandits there!"

"Lord Xia Yun is wise! Over the years, the former governors have sent troops to Chiskirt Mountain to suppress the bandits, but it's a pity that they always ended up with nothing!"

"Who says it's not true? No wonder the former governor was beheaded by Lord Xia Yun! Su Chen is a complete corrupt official!"

Outside Caishikou, a group of people were talking about the matter.

There were many curses against the former governor Su Chen.

In fact, what these ordinary people don’t know is that the reason why the bandits in Chiqun Mountain have been able to cause trouble for many years is precisely because of the secret support of the former governor Su Chen.

Su Chen treated more than a thousand bandits in Chiqun Mountain as his private army.

Whenever Su Chen encountered someone who was against him in the officialdom, he would notify Chi Qunshan to send assassins to kill those officials who were against him.

Xia Yun learned about this shady deal from Gu Hekou after Su Chen was beheaded.

At the same time, while most people were applauding, they also felt a deep awe for Xia Yun in their hearts.

The group of wealthy businessmen who were queuing up to pay money at the governor's office were eager to pay the money quickly and leave Xia Yun's presence.

They were afraid that they would accidentally anger Xia Yun and be turned into a Jingguan by Xia Yun!

……

The night passed in a flash.

When the next morning arrived.

Gu He's haggard figure appeared in the governor's office.

At this moment, the official uniform worn by Gu He had many tears and mud stains.

Just yesterday.

In order to implement Xia Yun's policy of dividing the land tax by land, he personally went to the prefectures, counties and districts outside Ningdu City and inspected a lot of land.

And that's how he checked.

Surprisingly, more than a dozen corrupt officials were found in various prefectures, counties and districts!

When those officials first started checking the land, they deliberately concealed the actual amount of land they owned in order to ensure that their own interests were not harmed.

In a rage, Gu He executed those corrupt officials on the spot without asking for permission!

And Gu He killed people as he went along.

In the course of a whole day and night, he beheaded nine county magistrates from several prefectures, counties and cities outside Ningdu City!

Not long after, Xia Yun, who had just woken up from his sleep, learned what Gu He had done in the past day and night.

"Master Gu, you did a good job."

In the lobby of the yamen, Xia Yun saw Gu He, who looked extremely haggard.

Gu He looked a little lonely.

Obviously, Gu He has not had a moment's rest until now.

And because he had killed more than a dozen corrupt officials, Gu He felt a little psychological pressure.

"Sir, am I really doing the right thing?"

Even after hearing Xia Yun's clear praise, Gu He's face still showed a hint of hesitation.

"If you don't kill them, they will kill the people. Of course you are doing the right thing."

Xia Yun walked up and patted Gu He on the shoulder.

The speed of the other party's change was unexpected. He used to be cautious and prudent, but now he has chopped off the heads of more than a dozen corrupt officials at a single move.

This kind of change is not something that ordinary people can achieve!

"You are still needed to implement the policy of equalizing the land tax. I will submit a letter to the court to explain the reasons why these dozen corrupt officials were killed."

"In addition, I will send Jiang Wenzhong to assist you in completing the task."

Xia Yun then spoke one after another.