The four natives were so frightened that they urinated and pooped, their whole bodies collapsed on the ground, and their teeth were trembling up and down.
Li Jin was stunned when he saw this, and then sneered. He thought he was a tough guy, but he didn't expect that he turned into such a coward even before he was tortured.
"Bring them into the house and interrogate them separately. I want to know who is behind this."
"You only have one chance. I only need one obedient person. As for the other people, I will pull them all to play the pipa until they die!!"
Li Jin's casual words frightened several people out of their courage, and then the government officials stepped forward and took all the natives away.
After a while, when Li Jin had finished lunch, the results of the interrogation came out.
Looking at the four confessions in his hand, Li Jin nodded with satisfaction. Although there were slight differences in some places, they were generally the same.
This riot was instigated by Nanning. The natives there saw Li Jin spending a lot of money and winning over people's hearts, so they became more cautious about Li Jin.
Taking advantage of Li Jin's opportunity to send several leaders to the capital, these knowledgeable leaders in Nanning took the initiative to provoke the riot.
Sure enough, there is no shortage of smart people anywhere.
Li Jin chuckled slightly, but sometimes, the smart person is always the one who gets killed first.
"Go and invite Mr. Huang."
Now that we know the cause of the matter, the next step is to solve the problem or the person who caused the problem.
Soon, Zhu Biao was called to Li Jin's house.
"Master Li, why are you so anxious?"
Zhu Biao went straight to the point as soon as he saw Li Jin. He didn't want to waste time. There were so many things in the county government waiting for him to solve them.
After Li Jin formulated a rough general policy for Zhu Biao, he just let go and let Zhu Biao act boldly.
Now Zhu Biao feels a completely different feeling from that in the palace. At that time, he was in the deep palace, although he was not dealing with government affairs.
But at that time, he was too far away from the people. He couldn't feel the suffering of the people, and he couldn't fully understand what the people needed.
All his governance experience came from Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now that he is at the grassroots level, he is with the people every day. Coupled with Li Jin's guidance from the side, Zhu Biao's eyes and ears have taken on a new look, and his governance level has risen rapidly.
When Li Jin saw Zhu Biao like this, he chuckled and said:
"You will definitely be a good official in the future."
"Well, take a look at this first."
Li Jin handed the confession in his hand to Zhu Biao and motioned Zhu Biao to take a good look at the contents.
Zhu Biao took the confession with a suspicious expression, and then began to read it.
Before Zhu Biao could finish reading the above content, his face was already livid, and he couldn't help shouting:
"What a bastard. What does this Nanning native want to do?"
"They act so recklessly that they dare to provoke the natives of Qinzhou to riot. Do they want to rebel?"
"Why do you think they are called Tu Emperor?"
Li Jin was very calm and said casually:
"In their hearts, they are the owners of this land, and we are the outsiders."
"Now that we are here to win people's hearts in a big way, they naturally can't stand it."
"Plus we look like we have a lot of money, so it would be strange if they don't take advantage of us."
"Don't be angry, don't we have nothing to do now?"
When Zhu Biao heard Li Jin's comfort, he was still angry and yelled:
"They were recruited by the imperial court, so they are naturally ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Now that they have done such a treasonous thing, I must report to the emperor and ask him to punish them!!"
Li Jin didn't take it seriously and said:
"If the emperor really has a way to deal with them, he will not just appease them, but directly lead his troops to destroy them."
"Why don't you see the emperor recruiting Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Yuan Aizong?"
"Our emperor's temperament means that he must do things to the best of his ability. The reason why these chieftains are spared their lives is not because the emperor is benevolent and righteous, but because the imperial army has nothing to do with these chieftains!"
"The distance to Yingtian is more than ten thousand miles? It's a long way. If you want to wipe out these people, you have to go on an expedition, which is not worth the gain."
"What's more important is that if these chieftains abandon Nanning and hide in the corners of the mountains, even an army of 100,000 people will have difficulty discovering these chieftains."
"To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. The solution to these chieftains lies not in the court, but in your hands!"
"I?"
Zhu Biao's face was full of doubts. He pointed a finger at his nose and asked doubtfully:
"If the imperial court's 100,000-strong army cannot solve the problem, can I solve it by myself?"
"Master Li, you really think too highly of me!"
Li Jin smiled and asked:
"Do you still remember that what I told you before about reforming the land and returning it to the local people and solving the problem of chieftains is one of them."
"Now that we have gathered hundreds of thousands of natives, our kindness has been spread widely, and now is the time to harvest."
"Starting from tomorrow, you will select 30,000 of these natives to form a mountain camp. The remaining natives will be given land to settle around Hepu County."
"Tell them that as long as they cultivate it well, the cultivated land will belong to them in three years."
"Of course, not just the natives, but all Ming people who are willing to join can accept this treatment."
"Besides that, anyone who is willing to join the army can get tax exemption for their family. If they perform meritorious service, there will be rewards."
Zhu Biao was shocked when he heard this and asked in disbelief:
"Master Li, are you recruiting troops?"
"Did you know that the imperial court prohibits anyone from privately recruiting troops? Anyone who disobeys will be punished for rebellion, and his or her family will be confiscated and his family exterminated!"
"Now that we are blatantly recruiting troops, I'm afraid that the emperor will kill us in his anger!"
Li Jin touched his chin and said playfully:
"I'm talking about you, not me."
"You are a relative of the emperor. Even if you recruit troops, can the emperor still involve himself in it?"
"Master Huang is so close to the emperor. Even if we really recruit troops, I believe Master Huang can help us cover it up."
"What's more, we are not recruiting troops. You must know that Hepu County is originally a border area. According to the Ming Dynasty Law, the border needs to be garrisoned by a large army."
"It's just that floods were raging before and bandits openly occupied the county government office. As a result, the border guards in our county were just in name only. Now it's just the right time to fill this gap."
When Zhu Benbin heard that Li Jin asked him to recruit troops, he thought Li Jin was crazy.
Even if he is really a relative of the emperor, or even the current crown prince, if he really recruits troops privately, I'm afraid it won't end well.
It wasn't until he heard Li Jin's explanation later that Zhu Biao breathed out softly.
The policy of border garrisoning was the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that all the border guards in Hepu County had escaped.
Now that Li Jin mentioned it, he could recruit more natives to join the army. These natives were born and raised in the Hepu area, and they were native to the environment here.
In addition, these people grew up in the mountains and forests and are extremely adaptable to mountain warfare. If these people are really organized into an army, they will definitely be a mountain force that cannot be underestimated.
What's even more amazing is that Zhu Biao could take this opportunity to insert instructors into these natives, and then use the environment of the military camp to slowly change their minds and finally successfully integrate into the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Biao clapped his hands and praised Li Jin's ideas. He felt that Li Jin could always come up with brilliant ideas at any time, so that seemingly impossible things could finally be solved satisfactorily.
But Zhu Biao didn't know that Li Jin's plan to form an army here had a third level of meaning.
And the meaning of this level may even cause earth-shaking changes in Ming Dynasty.
