Jiang Nv is indescribable

Chapter 272 Hungry Ghost in Color
As soon as Jiang Fusang met him, he recognized that the leader was clearly a fugitive wanted by the government office——Wang Er's cousin, Wang Zao.

Wang Er was the first tyrant of Heishi Village who was caught by Cheng Ping for taking taxes. He was sent to repair the canal after the spring of last year. He fell while carrying mud and died.

The common people all said that the sky has eyes, but Wang Zao didn't think so, he believed that it was Xiao Yuandu's poisonous hands.

There was a hatred of losing money before, and a hatred of killing his brother later. Wang Zao has been plotting and waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.

"A year of severe drought" was originally a nonsense sentence that Xiao Yuandu made when he asked wealthy households to donate money, and he didn't want it to become a prophecy.

It is not accurate to say the year of severe drought, it should be intercropping between flood and drought.

Last year, there was too much spring rain, which damaged the seedlings. In May, the price of grain in Jiuyuan County increased sharply.

Xu Shi finished the expected rain in the first half of the year, and no rain has fallen since then.Fortunately, several canals and weirs have been built. Relying on the water stored in the first half of the year, although the people in the county cannot be saved, they can barely save half of it.

It was extremely difficult until the autumn seedlings grew, and there was a rat infestation, resulting in a large-scale harvest failure of autumn crops, especially in the northern part of the county, including Heishi Village, where many people suffered from famine.

Wang Zao took the opportunity to make a fuss, and declared in front of the villagers that Xiao Yuandu had exempted everyone from money and food, and that he did not need to pay taxes this year.

However, whether to pay taxes or not is not up to Xiao Yuandu.

Cheng Ping has always been in charge of taxation.He knew that the people had a hard time living in the year of great famine, so he intended to ask the officials for a delay, and Xiao Yuandu also submitted a petition, but the prefectures and counties did not reply for a long time.

Without permission, Cheng Ping had no choice but to send officials to the village to urge conscripts as scheduled, and repeatedly told him not to force him too much.

The people in Heishi Village were just happy that they would not have to pay taxes this year, and when they saw officials sent into the village, they thought Xiao Yuandu was going back on his word.

"Magistrate Xiao doesn't mean anything, he doesn't treat us as human beings at all! There are waters to irrigate everywhere. Although there is a disaster, the crops are only a little less than in previous years. Only our north is dry and thirsty, so the crops are harvested. Magistrate Xiao clearly wants to force us to die!"

The disappointment of the failed vision, the despair brought about by the famine, and the instigation of Wang Zao's words from the sidelines, the villagers resisted with arms and beat up many officials.

Xiao Yuandu knew that someone was making trouble in the middle, so he immediately sent people to the countryside to search for it.

When the guards arrived at Heishi Village, Wang Zao was nowhere to be found. The villagers deliberately helped him cover up, and they shook their heads repeatedly when they were questioned. Even when the guards were about to return, some villagers even threw bricks at them.

If Xiao Yuandu had the final say, he would be exempted from all taxes if he could!The county is suppressing it, and he is in the middle of the fire. Now that this kind of thing happened again, he can't wait to arrest all the people in Heishi Village!
After two years of experience, he no longer had the impulsiveness he had when he first took office, and he knew that those villagers were also being used by others.

Jiang Fosang reminded him at that time: "The people in the north are suffering from famine and famine. How can they receive gifts? It is not enough to support them. It is inevitable to rob food to curb the sale. They have to resist the officials."

After thinking about it, Xiao Yuandu took the initiative to defer the tax collection of the severely affected areas until next summer, and at the same time decided to open warehouses to release grain.

Taicangs are set up in all states and counties, and Wuxiong also has them. Whenever there is a great famine and the price of grain is high, they will go out to share with the people... When Wu Youde was in office, Taicang was emptied, and Xiao Yuandu hoarded it after he took office. For some, there are many people who have no choice but to wait for food, so which one should be given and which one should not be given should be according to the routine.

In other words, the county magistrate has no right to open a warehouse, and still has to ask for instructions from above, and wait for the state and county to provide a relief plan.

Cheng Ping's worry was not unreasonable, but Xiao Yuandu didn't buy it, "Wait for the state and county to speak up, you will starve to death by now! You always say that saving money is the life of the people, and you stick to the rules and sit and watch the people starve. If the situation is out of control, whose fault is it? Just do it, and I will bear the consequences.”

Cheng Ping was actually waiting for him, because only he could afford it.

Xiao Yuandu tried his best to open Taicang, and according to the system, the deposit should be seventy-three, and he directly increased it to half.

In the later period, the rice storage was insufficient, and the wealthy family headed by the Tang family gave generously, and then sent people to the unaffected counties to buy food to make up for it... After some remedies, the crisis was finally overcome, and no one died of starvation. The grain seeds for the next season were also lent by the government office.

Although Xiao Yuandu received the "Strict Responsibility" from the prefectures and counties afterwards, it didn't hurt or itch for him.

At the same time, a horrific tragedy happened in Dahua County, which is close to Wuxiong.

Dahua County has never built canals and weirs, and the disaster is more serious than Wuxiong. There are frequent food robbery cases in the county, merchants gather to strike, and force the county magistrate to arrest hungry people; Ask the county magistrate to order merchants to sell rice at a reduced price.

The county magistrate caught in the middle is just embarrassing, but he has no good plan.

He was afraid of taking responsibility, so he didn't dare to open Taicang privately without an edict; and he was pressured by wealthy families in the city, so he had to issue an edict prohibiting grain grabbing; will listen?

This completely angered the public, and the day after the order was issued, more than 1000 people shouted around the government office.They knocked down the fence in the lobby, broke the gate of the government office, and overturned the county magistrate's carriage.

This was not enough, as we couldn't get grain or rice at a reasonable price, everyone went to borrow rice from the county magistrate, who of course refused.The villagers had no way to survive, so they went all out and rushed to rob Taicang together. The guards of the warehouse injured and killed several people.

The disaster was serious, and the county magistrate was afraid of the crime, and committed suicide by taking poison in the second hall of the government office that night... In the end, it was Wu Xiong's side to help calm the chaos.

Afterwards, Cheng Ping broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, Shangguan was decisive and was not coerced by the wealthy family, nor did he sit back and watch the people starve to death.Otherwise, what happened in Dahua County, such as beating and killing officials, killing county magistrates, siege and looting... may all be staged in Wuxiong.

In fact, the prelude has already been kicked off——

Wang Zao originally wanted to use taxation and famine to incite the affected villagers step by step. First, he aroused public grievances, made them hate officials, resist officials and disobey them, and then gathered people to go to the county and Leisai county offices, targeting Xiao Yuan. Spend……

In the beginning, he really instigated a group of people.Those people ran to the front of the government office, shouted in unison, and threw broken bricks and stones at the gate.Sun Sheng quickly led people out of the Yachana, although he escaped a lot, he still caught a few, and thus learned that it was Wang Zao who was behind the scenes.

Fortunately, the government office immediately posted a notice on the postponement of the collection and the release of grain.Seeing that the people affected by the disaster, including Heishi Village, had hope of survival, who would follow Wang Zao to make trouble?
Wang Zao couldn't make waves anymore, Xiao Yuandu ordered the whole county to search and arrest him, his right eye was injured while escaping.

But this person is cunning, and he has learned fists and kicks for several years, like a loach in a swamp, he has not been able to catch it.

It was heard that he had fled to other states and counties, but unexpectedly it was dark under the lights. Not only did Wang Zao not leave Wuxiong, he was even not far from Wuxiong City... If no one was covering him, it would be impossible.

Jiang Fosang made some calculations in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face.

When she saw Wang Zao, she knew that he was a hungry ghost at first glance, and she breathed a sigh of relief, but her hands hidden in her sleeves tightened a little bit.

(End of this chapter)