"So, is there really no one in Jingzhou City? Is it all caused by the change of people's hearts?"
Su You said with a grimace: "It seems like this at the moment. Those patrols in the city are organized voluntarily by the people, and there is no one calling them. Even though there are many mobs in the city, they actually have no fighting power at all. As long as the court dispatches hundreds of elite troops
, Suppressing Jingzhou City takes no effort at all."
Bai Song raised his hand and sliced Su You's head: "It's easy, right? How did you become the prefect? Since the people's grievances are piling up, why don't you plead for the people? If you can resolve the people's grievances, why do you want to do this!"
"The lower official knows the crime, the lower official knows the crime!"
"Why are you still standing there? Go to the magistrate immediately for a trial."
"What is the trial in court?"
"Of course, I want to understand the people's grievances and see what the people in Jingzhou City are dissatisfied about. If they can be tried in court, they will be tried in court. If they can't be tried, all of them will be copied to the court and handed over to me to send directly to the emperor.
Let’s decide.”
"Ah?" Su You was confused, "Sir, Jingzhou City has rebelled. It will not help to try some trivial cases at this time! Besides, the prefect's Yamen is in the hands of the mob, and the lower officials dare not go there."
"As a prefect, you don't dare to go to the Yamen to try the case, so what's the use of you?"
Bai Song was furious, thinking that this man was inseparable from the fact that Jingzhou could be where it is today.
So he grabbed Su You's beard and dragged him outside.
The carriage was still waiting there. Bai Song got on the carriage, threw Su You on the carriage board, and said to Jiumei: "Go to the prefect's Yamen."
"Sir, you really can't go there. There are too many people there."
Su You was so anxious that he almost cried, but Bai Song still didn't take it seriously. Several people and a car drove towards the prefect's Yamen in a swaggering manner.
The chaos in Jingzhou is as if it has experienced a plague, and what you see along the streets is truly horrific.
Finally, when we arrived at the yamen gate, we saw a group of about a hundred city guards surrounding us.
"Who?"
Someone shouted from a distance, but when they walked in, they didn't recognize Bai Song, but they recognized Su You.
"Master Su, it turns out it's you! You are really brave. You dare to come here. Do you think you are the prefect?"
"Who are you?" At this time, Bai Song asked coldly, "Why are you gathering at the entrance of the payment office if you don't go to your respective posts?"
"Who are you?"
"The imperial court sent Bai Song."
"Imperial Envoy...Bai Song..."
Everyone became nervous. Not everyone had heard of Bai Song, but everyone understood the word imperial envoy.
Things were a bit sudden, and everyone was still wondering why the imperial envoy appeared in Jingzhou City.
He also heard Bai Song say: "The imperial court learned that there was a change in Jingzhou, and specially sent an official to check the situation. I heard that some people were wronged, but you are the defenders, and you are receiving military pay from the imperial court. Why are you here? Your Majesty.
There is an order that anyone with grievances in Jingzhou City can report their grievances to this official. Anyone who fishes in troubled waters and disturbs Jingzhou will be treated as a rebel and punished. If you don't kneel down when you see this official, are you going to rebel?
"
Bai Song was full of momentum and showed no fear at all, which made a group of defenders feel a little frightened.
Everyone lost their previous momentum and were submissive, but no one knelt down.
After a while, someone said doubtfully: "It's impossible. It's impossible for the court to get the news so quickly."
"The Emperor is the Son of Heaven. Whatever happens in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to hide it from the Emperor! You are causing trouble in Jingzhou, don't think you can do evil for a few days! If you don't know how to stop now, you will surely go to a place of eternal destruction."
"You...how do you prove that you are an imperial envoy?"
Su You, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "You are so confused! Is there anyone who doesn't know Mr. Bai Songbai's name?"
"Bai Song...Master Bai...could he be the Bai Song who was so powerful in folklore?"
"Who in the world would dare to take the name of Bai Song?"
"I heard...I heard that he gave the emperor to..."
"Shit, how is that possible? I heard that the emperor listens to Mr. Bai, and whatever Mr. Bai says is whatever he says..."
"If it is really Mr. Bai, if you tell Mr. Bai about our affairs, it will definitely be useful?"
A group of people were talking about it. Bai Song saw that the situation was still under control, so he said: "Get out of my way. I will immediately send a message to the people in the city. I will try the case in court. Anyone who can report it will be dealt with immediately. If you can't, you will be dealt with immediately."
Once the matter is dealt with, we will report it to the Emperor immediately, and we will ensure that we will give a satisfactory answer to all the people in the city within a month."
The garrison troops got out of the way, and Bai Song's carriage arrived at the prefect's Yamen smoothly.
The news spread quickly, and the imperial envoy Bai Song came to Jingzhou to negotiate on behalf of the imperial court, which greatly encouraged the people of Jingzhou.
For a time, people were crowded inside and outside the magistrate's office. The crowds occupied several streets, and there was no room for wild cats and dogs.
Bai Song saw that there were enough people, so the first thing to do was to resolve today's main contradiction.
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the court's masters to come to Jingzhou to strangle the martial arts people, causing heavy casualties to the people around Jingzhou."
"that is!"
"The prince is cruel and unscrupulous, killing people indiscriminately and making people panic."
"We want the emperor to depose the prince!"
"Yes! Depose the prince!"
Bai Song raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet first, and then said slowly: "It is obviously impossible to remove the prince. The prince also received the emperor's order to come to Jingzhou to suppress the bandits."
There was a commotion among the crowd below, obviously dissatisfied with Bai Song's statement.
"The prince's name is to suppress bandits, but he is to eliminate harm for the people! There are many bandits among the people in the rivers and lakes. To get rid of them is to do justice for heaven. There will inevitably be wrongful killings. This is naturally the prince's fault. But
What has happened has happened. Even if the prince is deposed, your relatives will not survive. Now that the court is willing to compensate you, you should think carefully about how to compensate."
"Compensation? What kind of compensation can there be?"
"If a relative in the family is killed during the prince's suppression of bandits, and evidence is provided to prove the relationship between the family members, each person can receive twenty taels of silver. If it can be proven that they were killed by mistake, the children of the family can be supported by the court until
When you are eighteen years old, you will study for free during this period. If you can pass the exam, you will be given priority in errands."
When everyone heard this, the scene was surprisingly quiet.
This compensation measure can be regarded as sincere. Not only does it provide money, but it also supports the children. This is not an ordinary welfare. No one has thought that it can be like this before.
"Master Bai, do you mean what you say?"
Bai Song smiled faintly: "You all said that the emperor listens to me, don't I say this little thing? This is just an appetizer. In order to express the court's apology, in the next ten years, taxes in Jingzhou will be reduced by 70%.
"
"70% tax reduction in ten years?"
"My dear, isn't this a dream? I've never heard of such a good thing since I was born!"
