Ye Yutong and Li Yunze attacked Qingzhou City without any hindrance.
"Chaoyang, take people to control Yue Tongpan's family and take them to the government office. I will personally interrogate him later."
"yes."
Ye Yutong rode his horse around the city tower and found that there were only twenty or thirty people lying on the ground. He asked Ye Mingxuan, "Brother, are these the only ones?"
Ye Mingxuan nodded. There were only so many people on duty tonight, and the rest were in the military tent.
Brother Lin Jiang and I sprinkled most of our pockets of Ecstasy on them, and they should be able to wake up tomorrow morning. "
Ye Yutong said: "Then you and Brother Lin Jiang will take people there to keep an eye on them. When they wake up, give them lessons."
"Okay, let's go right away."
Lin Jiang and Ye Mingxuan went to the camp with two thousand iron cavalry and three thousand soldiers.
Li Yunze said to Ding Yi and Mantang: "You lead people to guard the city gate. You are only allowed in and out for these two days. If anyone dares to forcefully break in, he will be killed."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Ye Yutong called Zhang Daqian and the others aside and whispered.
"Daqian, Maodan, Xiaosong, Chengjin, the four of you will create public opinion in the city tomorrow.
Tell the people in the city that His Highness will be exempted from taxes for a year, and then tell everyone about Li Yunhao's evil deeds and how Ping Nan Wang seized the throne. "
"yes."
After explaining these things, Li Yunze smiled and said: "Tongtong, let's go to the government office now to meet with Zhou Zhifu and Liu Tongzhi."
Ye Yutong jumped on the horse neatly, "Let's go."
Today was going so smoothly, which was all within their expectations. After planning for so long and being so well prepared, we finally won the first battle.
The two men and their horses had just walked halfway when they saw Han Zhen and Magistrate Zhou.
Han Zhen got off his horse and knelt on one knee, "See His Royal Highness, see the Crown Princess." The guards behind him also knelt down.
Upon seeing this, Magistrate Zhou knelt down and saluted without any hesitation, "The humble minister Zhou Tianyou comes to see His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
Li Yunze and Ye Yutong were both a little surprised. They didn't expect Governor Zhou to make a decision so quickly. He seemed to be a smart man who knew current affairs.
No matter what he thinks in his heart, and no matter whether he will rebel in the future, at least the current performance of Prefect Zhou is in their favor.
Li Yunze got off the horse, helped him up personally, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, there is no need to be polite. Please let someone notify the officials in Qingzhou City and ask them to arrive at the government office within two-quarters of an hour. I have something to say."
Prefect Zhou heard what Li Yunze said was very kind, but he only gave him a short two-quarter of an hour to call someone.
I understood his attitude in my heart. It seemed that His Highness was by no means an easy person to fool.
He said respectfully: "Yes, Your Highness."
Prefect Zhou was very fast. When Li Yunze and others arrived at the government office, officials from Qingzhou City had already arrived.
Seeing the sweat on their foreheads, Ye Yutong must have known what happened in the city.
Li Yunze sat at the top and glanced at the people below.
Before he could speak, Magistrate Zhou knelt down in front of all the officials and solemnly bowed down, "The humble minister Zhou Tianyou pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Liu Tongzhi and a group of officials behind him knew on the way that the person attacking the city was the prince.
Now that the prefects have surrendered, they dare not resist.
They immediately knelt down to show their loyalty, hoping to leave a good impression in front of His Highness.
Li Yunze smiled and raised his hand, "Everyone, get up, you will still perform your duties from now on.
As long as you don't make any principled mistakes, I won't change your position. If you do well, you will be promoted. "
After everyone heard this, they felt relieved.
They thought that His Highness the Crown Prince would definitely not use officials like them again if they came in. They thought it would be good if they could save their lives.
Unexpectedly, the prince not only left them here, but also kept their positions unchanged. Everyone said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Yunze smiled and nodded, waiting for the officials to calm down. His expression changed again, and he shouted sternly outside: "Bring Yue Kun in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chaoyang led two guards and dragged disheveled Yue Tongsuan into the lobby.
All the officials felt frightened in their hearts when they saw that the normally decent Lord Tongpan was in such a mess now.
Li Chaoyang handed the charges signed by Yue Tong to Song Zichen, who was standing under Li Yunze.
Song Zichen respectfully showed it to Li Yunze.
Looking at the charges, Li Yunze was shocked and yelled: "Yue Kun, as the general judge of Qingzhou City, you are not helping the people relieve their worries.
But he colluded with brothels, forced good people into prostitution, committed evil and plundered the people. It was to provide supplies to the rebellious King of Xia. All kinds of evil deeds are appalling. Tomorrow at noon, he will be beheaded in public to serve as a warning to others. "
Yue Tongpan was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and wanted to beg His Royal Highness to be lenient.
But before he could speak, Li Yunze waved his hands in disgust and said to the guards: "Drag him down. Looking at such a person again will stain everyone's eyes."
Yue Tongpan cried and was suppressed. Listening to the voice getting smaller and smaller, all the officials lowered their heads and trembled, fearing that he would be the next one to deal with it.
Although they were not as evil-doing as Yue Tongpan, none of them dared to say that they were innocent.
The lobby was quiet and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Ye Yutong sat on the Grand Master's chair, looking at the officials who were pretending to be calm, feeling very happy.
Ping An's trick kills chickens and scares monkeys. The heat is just right. Seeing as it scares these people, it should keep them honest for a long time.
In fact, how do they not know the virtue of these people?
But what if we change a group of people? How could they not understand that if the water is clear, there will be no fish?
As long as it doesn't go too far, I can only turn a blind eye now.
Let's slowly rectify it after Ping An takes over. This is a very long process.
Li Yunze squinted his eyes and looked at the officials below one by one.
Seeing them start to sweat, and feeling that the atmosphere was almost enough, he said:
"Han Zhen, starting from today, you will temporarily serve as the magistrate of Qingzhou City, assisting the Zhou Prefecture and various officials in managing government affairs in the city."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Chaoyang took a step forward and asked, "Brother, what should we do with Yue Kun's family?"
"Yue Kun's family will be handed over to your sister-in-law. His butler has done many evil things. He will be beheaded together with Yue Kun at noon tomorrow. The rest of the servants will interrogate them again. If there are no questions, they will all be sold."
"yes."
Ye Yutong, who had been silent until now, said with a smile: "Chaoyang, send Yue Kun's family members to the paper factory, tell the factory director their identities, and let him take care of them. You're welcome."
It's not that Ye Yutong was ruthless and implicated the criminal's family. The ancient system was different from the modern one.
If their families are not punished, these corrupt officials will have no scruples in the future, and the people's lives will be even more difficult.
Although the person who committed the crime was Yue Kun, when the whole family was enjoying themselves, they did not feel that Yue Kun should do such evil.
Since you are the beneficiary of crime, you must pay the due price.
"Yes, sister-in-law."
Ye Yutong thought for a moment and then gave another warning, "Tell the managers in the factory that you can squeeze them hard to work.
But one thing I must remember is that you are not allowed to insult or abuse women. Anyone who dares to do so will not be spared lightly. "
Li Chaoyang nodded and said: "I understand, sister-in-law, I will give the order."
After arranging these things, Li Yunze and Ye Yutong left.
Mr. Liu Bai and Mr. Sun were there, doing finishing work with the officials.
Early the next morning, Qingzhou City was covered with notices, and the people were in an uproar.
In one night, their place changed.
The people cried with joy when they saw the notice saying that taxes would be waived for one year and high-yielding grain seeds would be distributed for planting next spring. Kneel on the ground and kowtow to give thanks.
In fact, who becomes the emperor has nothing to do with them.
Do they only care about heavy taxes? Can the leftover food after paying taxes keep a family from starving to death?
If they don't have to sell their sons and daughters to pay taxes and ruin their families, then this emperor will be good to them.
Su Haoran took Mao Dan and the others to create public opinion in a crowded place.
"I heard that it was His Highness the Crown Prince who saved us. In fact, the throne should have been his, but the current emperor took his place.
His Royal Highness did not want to pursue the case, but the people have suffered too much in recent years. I heard that this year’s taxes will make it impossible for people to survive?
His Highness just rose up and prepared to go to the capital, pull down the emperor, and save our people from the sea of misery. "
