When Su You was released from prison, Bai Song gave him a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious service.
Su You is naturally grateful and dedicated to his work.
It's just that the current chaos in Jingzhou City cannot be solved by putting all your heart and soul into it.
Now it's time to fulfill the promise made three days ago.
Compensation was promised and tax reductions and exemptions were promised, all of which require money.
The Bai Song Dynasty could pay part of this money, the imperial court could also pay part of it, and Jingzhou City would naturally have to bear part of it.
But now the warehouses everywhere in Jingzhou City are empty, and they were robbed a few days ago.
The first thing Bai Song asked Su You to do was to collect all the robbed materials. As long as he didn't leave the city, those properties could always be found.
The reorganized yamen team began to take action, creating quite a disturbance in the city. During this period, many people fought back, but those who had benefited could no longer encourage the general public to join.
Just because after experiencing such an incident, ordinary people gradually discovered that even if they followed others to make trouble, only a small group of people in the city would benefit in the end, and all their actions were making wedding dresses for others.
How can this make people mentally balanced?
Therefore, there was a lot of movement during the collection process, but the overall progress was still stable.
A group of people were also arrested in the process, including the two dozen militiamen who robbed Su You's property from his home.
He was soon arrested and taken to the magistrate's office. When Bai Song heard the news, he also made a special trip to have a look.
Su You's private collection is a large sum of money, enough to cover some of Jingzhou's recent expenses.
Bai Song also wanted to see how the current militiamen would react when they looked at him again.
In the courtyard of the prefect's Yamen, more than twenty people were tied up neatly.
Bai Song arrived and looked at them carefully.
Among these people, some of them obviously recognized Bai Song, and their eyes gradually became astonished.
Bai Song asked: "Let's talk about it, who is behind it?"
A group of people looked at each other, not knowing why they suddenly asked this question.
"Think carefully about who instigated you. Don't say that no one instigated you. With your ability, you will definitely not be able to cause such a big fuss."
"Sir, we...we really don't have anyone to instruct us?"
"Is there really no one to instigate this?" Bai Song glanced at them coldly and asked again, "You have to think carefully. This matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, you will lose your head."
Bai Song asked questions one after another, and one person finally understood.
"Yes! Someone instigated it. Someone instigated us to do this."
Bai Song nodded with satisfaction: "Tell me, who gave the instructions?"
"Who is..."
This made a group of small militiamen confused. The man looked at Bai Song with a sneer and a look that gave him some hints.
The interrogation involved other people, and the prefect's Yamen immediately became nervous. The interrogation lasted for an hour before Bai Song left.
Hou Yuelin's lieutenant general was collecting information everywhere and suddenly came back to report: "General, Bai Song is really capable. He collected tens of thousands of taels of property from Jingzhou City in half a day and ordered that no one can leave the city. It seems that
The rebels must be liquidated.”
"Liquidation? If you act so quickly, don't the people of Jingzhou have any intention of resisting?"
"The strange thing is that the people in Jingzhou didn't show anything strange, so the Jingzhou magistrate's office has arrested many people. The people looked at the movements outside and every household became honest. The entire Jingzhou city is gradually returning to stability."
"He started so quickly. It seems we have to think of a way to deal with it quickly. We can't let him take control of Jingzhou City so quickly."
"Eh? How is General Hou going to respond?"
Without any warning, Bai Song's voice appeared behind Hou Yuelin.
Hou Yuelin was so frightened that he almost bit his tongue when he spoke.
Hou Yuelin turned around and looked at Bai Song in disbelief, who was smiling but not smiling.
There were several people around him, but no one noticed Bai Song's arrival.
The key is to listen to what the other person says, as if you have heard what you just said.
Hou Yuelin immediately smiled and said, "Master Bai, why are you here so suddenly?"
"General Hou, I'm curious as to what countermeasures you have."
"What...what means?"
"Didn't General Hou say that just now?" Bai Song asked with a half-smile.
Hou Yuelin refused to admit it: "Master Bai must have heard wrongly. Did any of you hear what I just said?"
The surrounding generals all pretended to be dumbfounded, shaking their heads one after another: "No... I didn't hear anything. Lord Bai must have heard wrong."
Bai Song smiled and didn't take it seriously: "Maybe I heard it wrong just now... but there are so many people in Jingzhou who don't know if they heard it wrong."
Hou Yuelin was stunned: "What do you mean, sir?"
Bai Song took out a piece of paper and threw it in front of Hou Yuelin: "This is the confession of the people of Jingzhou. General Hou, come out and take a look. How should you explain it?"
Hou Yuelin was puzzled, so he opened the note and looked at it. When he saw it, his expression changed instantly.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
"Why is it impossible? This is the confession left by the Jingzhou mob, and it is not the confession of one person. There are many people who can testify."
"False accusation! This must be a false accusation."
"Who made the false accusation? Me or the people of Jingzhou?"
"Master Bai, my father is a founding hero, how could he incite the people of Jingzhou to rebel?"
Bai Song sighed heavily: "Yes, I don't believe it either. General Hou Junji is a loyal minister and it is impossible for him to do such a thing. But the confession has been made. If it is impossible to clear away the charges with just one sentence, it is said that
Isn’t it good to go out?”
"Sir, what do you mean?"
"I will naturally pass this confession to the court, and I will also make it clear that General Hou will not do such a treacherous thing. I believe that sooner or later there will be a fair result. But..."
Bai Song said with a smile, "Before this, General Hou Junji was always a suspect. Regardless of whether the Jingzhou rebellion was related to him or not, as Hou Junji's eldest son, if you continue to stay in Jingzhou City,
Will it be made public? If the emperor finds out, will it increase the suspicion of General Hou Junji?"
After hearing this, Hou Yuelin realized that this was Bai Song's trap.
This confession to Hou Junji is false, but forcing him to leave Jingzhou City is true.
But even if he knew it was a trap, Hou Yuelin didn't have any countermeasures.
"Sir..." Hou Yuelin pondered for a moment and sighed, "Sir, you are really good at it!"
"What did the general say? Why can't I understand it?"
Hou Yuelin smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai. Early tomorrow morning, the young general will leave Jingzhou with his troops. I beg you to make it clear for my father in the memorial."
