At this moment, in the streets and alleys of Kyoto, Zhang Yuhang and others were also constantly patrolling.
More than an hour later, the group encountered nearly three waves of refugee gathering points, some with nearly a hundred people, and some with more than a dozen people gathered.
Almost all of them came from the Southern Region and belonged to different regions, but the conditions were quite different.
The entire southern region is now almost in chaos.
Zhang Yuhang didn't arrange them one by one. With Supervisor Tiansi's presence, the arrangements would naturally be made properly.
Not in the mood to continue patrolling, Zhang Yuhang returned directly to Supervising Tiansi.
As soon as he came back, Wang Lei walked directly into his room.
Zhang Yuhang asked directly: "How many refugees are there in Kyoto? Don't tell me you don't even know."
Looking at Wang Lei, Zhang Yuhang was not polite at all and asked what he wanted to know most at the moment.
These days, he thought he had done enough.
Punishing corrupt officials uncovered the relationships among those officials who protected each other. House raids were in full swing, and the blood in the vegetable market was enough to prove his merits.
But seeing the lives and conditions of these people today, he realized that what he had done was far from enough.
Wang Lei lowered his head and said: "I asked Night Walker to do statistics before. There are probably more than 10,000 refugees in this wave, and now with the outbreak of the Southern Territory incident, there will be a steady influx of refugees."
You were busy dealing with noble families at that time, and now the court is recruiting troops to go to the southern region to suppress the rebellion. The food and grass in the entire court are simply not enough to support such a huge expenditure in a short period of time, so I didn't tell you. '
Hearing this explanation, Zhang Yuhang frowned: "Both our Supervisory Office and His Majesty's case against the Right Prime Minister last time seized a lot of gold and silver. Is it possible that even if you have money, you can't buy food?
What does the household department do to feed the entire court? Are there no means of resettlement for so many refugees? Let’s not talk about the hidden dangers of allowing so many people to live in Kyoto. There are so many people in Da Zhou who don’t care about their life or death. ? "
At this moment, Zhang Yuhang felt angry in his heart, but he didn't know who to express it to.
Wang Lei said: "Before, we raided a group of officials and plundered a lot of gold and silver, but now there is no place for money in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Should we pay for the suppression of rebellion in the southern region and the military salary for the Western Army?
When the Northern Expeditionary Army resists the Wei army, the meritorious deeds need to be rewarded. The soldiers' pensions, military pay, and logistics do not require money. The people whose families have been ruined need to be resettled. These all require money.
There are also various local expenses, repair costs, salaries and rewards of various ministers of the imperial court, and all kinds of expenses, all of which require huge sums of money. "
Zhang Yuhang sneered and said: "If the people's resettlement really had these things, the Southern Territory would be like this now? The Southern Territory is like this, will the Northern Territory be different? Not necessarily."
"Hey!" Wang Lei sighed and continued: "You know this, I understand it, even Your Majesty doesn't know it in his heart, but what can he do?
Almost every important position in the various government offices of the imperial court was held by people from aristocratic families. In the name of the common people, even if they knew it was a bottomless pit, could the imperial court refuse to give them?
The situation in the Southern Territory today is largely due to the aristocratic family, but even if they knew what they could do, the aristocratic family got away with it on their own, and in the end they still had to have the court wipe their butts.
Even if the army puts down the rebellion, will the people of the noble family change their ways? I'm afraid not even more so. "
Compared to Zhang Yuhang, Wang Lei understands the evils of these aristocratic families better, but because of his understanding, he knows how vulnerable he and others are in front of the huge interest chain of the aristocratic family.
"Go and get me the information on the counties in the Southern Territory. I want to study it carefully. As for the refugees, you and Jingzhao Yinhaosheng should negotiate and deal with it properly."
Originally, Zhang Yuhang was not prepared to interfere in the affairs of the Southern Territory. His goal was the Northern Territory.
But now, he seems to feel that it is more appropriate for him to go to the Southern Region. His ambitions and ideals cannot be fully realized in this capital, and there are many methods that cannot be used around His Majesty.
After going to the Southern Territory and being able to truly take charge of the military, he will have greater capital and confidence.
A quarter of an hour later, hundreds of pieces of information and materials about the Southern Territory were placed in front of Zhang Yuhang's desk. It was obvious that Zhao Yueming also had plans for the world and had prepared information from various places early.
The southern region is headed by Yangchang County, which is divided into eight counties.
The governor of Luyang County, Wang Dong.
The governor of Yongzhou County, Li Zhengzhi.
The governor of Anning County, Fang Xing'an.
Currently, only these three people can maintain stability in the territory. The rest have either been breached and have all fled, or they are in danger and are in danger of being destroyed at any time.
But without exception, even if the county town fell, these county guards were still alive and well, and none of them died for the country.
Not to mention those who fought to the death against the rebels were extremely rare among the officials in the entire Southern Territory.
Zhang Yuhang thought carefully and realized that the biggest difficulty in going to the Southern Region to quell the chaos was to deal with the rebels that were now everywhere.
Why did these people rebel? Isn't it because they didn't have enough to eat?
The imperial court's exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are one aspect of why they don't have enough to eat, but they are not the main reason.
The main reason is that the people have no land to farm, and powerful families control too much land, but do not pay taxes, evade taxes, and make the already difficult taxes even heavier, and transfer all these pressures to On ordinary people.
Therefore, if this problem of the aristocratic family cannot be solved, even if he stabilizes the Southern Territory, it will only stop the boiling water and will be useless in achieving real stability. It will be a joke to let the people recuperate.
Therefore, Zhang Yuhang turned his attention to the aristocratic family again.
Unless the aristocratic family is eliminated, everything will be nonsense.
After taking another look at the uprising army that was causing a lot of trouble in the southern region, he began to make constant calculations in his mind.
Time passed by unconsciously, and it was already late at night.
Zhang Yuhang sat in his room for a whole day without drinking any rice or water.
Finally, he called Wang Lei in again.
He asked: "How many young masters from aristocratic families have not been executed? How many are still alive and able to breathe?"
Because he knew how the jailors in the prison dealt with these people these days, Zhang Yuhang asked directly.
"There are still nearly a quarter, about a dozen people, but those who are not dead are probably ruined for the rest of their lives. We are now waiting for the documents from Jing Zhaoyin, who can be disposed of at any time."
"Has Lin Jianzhong been beheaded?"
"Well, he was dealt with this afternoon. Before he was killed, his eldest brother came to see him, but Lin Shangshu and his wife did not come."
"Pity."
Zhang Yuhang sighed, and then said: "You go and inform Jing Zhaoyin, everyone can be sentenced as they should, but these young masters from aristocratic families, don't arrange to be executed for the time being, I can help.
Then I will inform the jailer in the prison that tonight I will cut off all the hand tendons and hamstrings of these people. The most important thing is to give me some medicine to make them completely mute.
But people cannot die, everyone must live well. Whether they can gather enough food and grass depends on whether their family members are willing to bleed. "
