Chapter 1441
Before Anzhe could withdraw his finger, Master Lin bit him down hard. He let out a dull scream and tried to pull his hand out but couldn't.
An Zhe was speechless. Did Master Lin use his fingers as sticks?
He tried several times to free his hand, but in the end it was all in vain.
With such a strong bite, if it were Master Lin's own tongue, he would have to bite it off!
An Zhe saw Master Lin twitching and his body was soaked in cold sweat, so he had no choice but to endure the severe pain and let him bite.
Cao Qiang saw the cold sweat falling from An Zhe's head, and An Zhe was not angry.
Cao Qiang had a changed view of Anzhe and felt that not all officials were as hateful as Magistrate Wang!
Just as he was thinking about it, Master Lin probably took An Zhe's medicine and the pain was not so bad. He relaxed his mouth and let go of An Zhe's finger.
Anzhe pulled out his finger. The entire index finger was bloody and miserable.
He fell to the ground and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Master Lin was no longer twitching.
"Okay, my medicine is working, but I haven't found out the cause. This medicine can only help him get through this time!"
An Zhe thought about the pharmacology that Ling Yu had popularized for him, and said, "If Master Lin's headache is an old problem, I suggest you go to Lady Ling for a good diagnosis. Otherwise, treating the symptoms but not the root cause will affect his life span!" "
"Thank you, Master An!"
Master Lin is both a teacher and a friend to Cao Qiang, and he is highly respected by Cao Qiang.
An Zhe helped Master Lin relieve the pain, and his suggestions were pertinent. Seeing that his fingers were bitten to pieces by Master Lin, Cao Qiang's attitude towards An Zhe improved.
"Take Mr. An to the guest room to rest and wait until Master Lin is well!"
Cao Qiang and several of his men carried Master Lin away.
Anzhe's treatment was also upgraded from a cell to a guest room.
An Zhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With such a good start, it would be much easier to convince Cao Qiang and the others not to confront the court.
In the Imperial Capital, Xiao Lintian was still waiting for news from King Pingnan.
At the same time, he, Prime Minister Lu, and Ling Yu analyzed the main reasons for the unrest in Zhengzhou.
Although this incident was caused by the unjust, false and wrongful conviction of the Xingyang County Magistrate, the fact that Cao Qiang was able to gather so many people to cause trouble in such a short period of time was ultimately due to various reasons.
The inaction of the government, the uneven distribution of land over the years, and the huge gap between the rich and the poor are all the root causes of the people's troubles.
Xiao Lintian feels that the land reform proposed by Ling Yu is imperative.
After the heavy snow, spring plowing will begin soon. If the spring plowing is not implemented, many fertile fields will be left uncultivated.
As the emperor, if he does not allow the people to have enough food and clothing, there will only be more and more troubles in the future.
Xiao Lintian thought for a day and decided to use Ling Yu's plan of boiling frogs in warm water to lay the groundwork for his own land reform plan.
Xiao Lintian calmly convened cabinet ministers and officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to discuss spring plowing. He asked the officials to express their opinions and put forward effective plans for most of the fertile farmland that was deserted.
These cabinet ministers racked their brains to help Xiao Lintian find a way, but none of the suggestions they gave were acceptable.
Xiao Lintian treated this matter as a major matter in the court hall the next day and asked all civil and military officials to discuss it. He spoke righteously: "In this riot in Zhengzhou, Cao Qiang and others called the people to cause trouble under the pretext of not having enough food and clothing. !”
"I feel that although Cao Qiang's excuse is a bit far-fetched, I have verified that there are indeed many people who do not have enough to eat!"
"For this reason, I feel that spring plowing must be taken seriously! You all have your own opinions. Whoever comes up with a good solution to the waste of fertile land will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver for each suggestion. The suggestion is very feasible, and the maximum reward is 20,000 silver.
Some ministers didn't care at all. Although there was a thousand taels of silver as a reward, these people didn't take the one thousand taels of silver into their hearts.
