Chen Qing sent his wife back to the palace and brought a dozen of his men to the front office. He happened to meet Jiang Yanxian and several key officials from the Tianzhai Mining Department. They had just received the news and were hurried out of the office.
"Counsellor Jiang!"
Chen Qing shouted from afar, and Jiang Yanxian quickly came up with several officials.
"Your Highness, you must have heard! They started making trouble again."
Chen Qing nodded, "I just came back from Ci'en Temple and happened to meet them halfway. My personal cavalry blocked them. Don't worry too much."
"Your Highness, how many are there?" Li Zhuangnong, the commander of the Tianzhai Mining Administration, asked.
"About a few thousand people! Was it also this many last time?"
"Not so much!"
Li Zhuangnong said quickly: "There are only one hundred and ninety-five households involved in total. The whole family came here, just over a thousand people. How come there are thousands of people coming this time? They must want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to make the matter bigger.
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Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said to the crowd: "No matter how they make trouble, the matter must be resolved. My opinion is that there should be no incidents of hurting people. We can use hard and soft measures. We must arrest the organizers, negotiate with each household, and give some compensation appropriately."
, the upper limit of each mu of land cannot exceed one hundred guan, and then come up with another plan. If they are still not satisfied, then move them to Lingzhou and give each family five times the land."
"Are we going to talk now?"
"Not now!"
Chen Qing shook his head and said to Jiang Yan first: "First the army controlled the situation, then the government officials stabilized their emotions and sent away the irrelevant personnel, and finally the Tianzhai and Mining Administration came forward to negotiate!"
Jiang Yan nodded first and said: "I know about this, now send someone to inform the government and county government!"
"Someone has been sent to notify us, let's go check out the situation first!"
Chen Qing also boarded a carriage, followed by several carriages, and drove towards the south of the city.
In the carriage, Jiang Yanxian asked: "How does Your Highness plan to deal with this matter?"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and asked: "I want to know why I didn't explain it clearly to them before purchasing the land?"
"There is no need to say this. Isn't it normal for the government to expropriate people's land?"
"But the land is the property left by their ancestors. In the end, they did not enjoy the dividends of city expansion, so it is understandable that they are dissatisfied."
Jiang Yanxian did not agree with Chen Qing's idea. He shook his head and said: "The expropriated land does not necessarily have dividends. When they first made trouble, we discussed building the Taixue and Martial Arts Hall on that land, and the remaining land
Digging a lake and surrounding it with grassland can serve as a place for the common people to play and outing, thus blocking their mouths."
Chen Qing praised: "I agree with the construction of Taixue, martial arts halls and lakes. It is a good idea!"
Jiang Yanxian continued: "If these people are unwilling to sell their land, then we have nothing to do. But in fact, when we offered twice the price, every household rushed to sell the land to us, and then they turned around and bought it elsewhere.
How can such a good thing happen if you have double the land and laugh at the government for being stupid? You can’t eat any losses and take advantage of all the advantages. It took so long to sell the land and now you are regretting it. Frankly speaking, these people are unruly people and your Highness cannot condone it.
This kind of behavior will lead to more and more unruly people in the future."
"What's your opinion on how to deal with it?"
"My humble opinion is that once the contract is made, it cannot be changed. The money will not be increased at all. Each family will be given a maximum of 100 acres of land tax exemption for 20 years. Maybe it will be given to low-level honorary officials. If there is still trouble, they will be arrested directly and the whole family will be exiled."
Go to Yunnan, or follow His Highness’ second plan and move to Lingzhou and be given five times the land.”
Chen Qing nodded. He also realized that he was too tolerant. Perhaps because of his son, he had lost his principles.
"Since Counselor Jiang has his own opinion on this matter, we will handle it according to Counselor Jiang's opinion and I will not interfere!"
There were exactly twenty bags of kerosene in Yan Jun's team. They poured the kerosene on the road, ignited a raging fire, and blocked the march's northward path.
Thousands of people were blocked by the fierce fire, waving hoes and wooden sticks, and shouting loudly, but no one dared to rush forward. Most of the people inside came to help, or even joined in the fun, to see if they could make something, and take advantage.
If they were asked to risk their lives rushing into the fire, no one would be willing to do it, not to mention that on the other side of the fire were murderous cavalry, with spears gleaming in the cold.
Yan Jun couldn't help laughing contemptuously when he saw that these people were fierce and timid and shouted fiercely, but they stepped back one by one.
At this moment, 20,000 garrison troops and 5,000 internal guard soldiers from Dongda Camp came from all directions, and in just a moment, they surrounded thousands of people making trouble.
Surrounded by troops wearing armor, holding shields and spears, with murderous intent, thousands of people who were making trouble quieted down, no one shouted anymore, and many people who had nothing to do with the matter began to blame each other.
Wei Qing, the magistrate of Chang'an County, arrived with dozens of archers. Wei Qing was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. These people collaborated to cause trouble, but he didn't know anything about it. He was derelict in his duty.
"I am the magistrate of Chang'an. Please give way and I will go talk to them!"
Wei Qing and his men wanted to pass through the army's siege, but they were stopped by Wang Hao, the commander of the internal defense. "Don't go through Wei Zhixian County for the time being. It's dangerous."
"They are all ordinary people, what danger are they in? I am their parent officer, and now they are in danger. How can I just sit back and do nothing, General Wang, please let me pass!"
Seeing that Wei Qing was determined, Wang Hao asked the soldiers to move out of the way. By this time, the kerosene had burned out, and Wei Qing led the archers directly over.
"I am Wei Qing, the county magistrate. Everyone knows me, right?"
Wei Qing often went to the countryside, and almost all the people knew him. Several old men came out, and the leader of the old men shouted loudly: "Mr. Wei County, the army has surrounded us, do they want to kill us?"
Wei Qing knew this old man and said quickly: "Aren't you Lu Weng from Xiabai Village? You are so virtuous and respected, why are you here?"
Old Man Lu sighed, "This involves my family's three hundred acres of land. As the clan leader, the whole clan is watching me. I can't help but come!"
"Weng Lu, you guys rushed into Jingzhao City with hoes and wooden sticks. This is actually a rebellion. Listen to me and throw them away quickly. Don't be accused of rebellion."
Another old man asked: "What if we lay down our weapons and the army massacres us?"
Wei Qing was speechless. The army was killing them. Can these hoes and sticks stop them?
He remained patient and said to several old men: "If the army wants to massacre you, it is enough to use bows and crossbows. You should quickly throw these guys aside and don't be regarded as a rebel."
The old men were right to think about it. If the soldiers wanted to kill them, they would have used bows and crossbows to kill them. They just came to ask for money, and it would be a disaster if they were regarded as rebels.
They turned around and shouted: "Everyone throw away the guys in your hands. If you want to be considered a rebel, throw them away quickly!"
When the people heard that they would be regarded as rebels, they were so frightened that they threw away their hoes and sticks. Soon, thousands of people were left with bare hands.
Wei Qing slowly walked into the crowd, and was immediately surrounded by hundreds of people. Wei Qing had an excellent reputation among the people, and everyone was willing to talk to him. The people gathered around and said, "Wei Zhi County,
The Land and Housing Administration is so evil. It bought our land for tens of thousands of dollars and sold it for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. It is so unfair to us!"
Wei Qing waved his hands, "Everyone, please be quiet. I think you may have a misunderstanding. You have confused land expropriation with land purchase. The government is not buying your land to make money, but expropriating it and giving you double compensation. In the purchase contract,
Write it clearly! It’s land acquisition compensation, not purchase.”
Someone said angrily: "Even if the land is expropriated, who can bear it if it is resold for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars?"
Wei Qing smiled slightly and said, "The acquired land may not necessarily be sold to make money! It may be to build schools, it may be to build temples, or it may be to build government offices, military camps, school grounds, or warehouses. You won't earn a penny from these."
"How do Mr. Wei County know that he is not building shops or houses?"
"Because I asked the officials of the Land and Housing Department, and they told me that your land is going to be used to build Jingzhao Taixue and Martial Arts Hall."
Everyone was dumbfounded. After a while, someone said: "Anyway, the money given is too little, so we won't do it!"
Wei Qing raised his voice, "Everyone, if you think the compensation is low, you can send a representative to complain and negotiate with the Land and Housing Department, but you gathered in such a large scale and armed with weapons, tell you that the government wants more than just a penny.
No, he would still be arrested for rebellion, which could range from being exiled to being beheaded.
Everyone, please listen to my advice and go back quickly to avoid being caught by the government. When you go back, you can follow the method I told you and elect representatives to negotiate. The government is reasonable, and through negotiation, we will definitely get a solution acceptable to both parties."