Chapter 1311: Meet Your Excellency
"Master Zhu, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. I, Wuxi Miao, went down the mountain to break through the southeast flood avoidance area and robbed grain and grass and more than a thousand people. I have made a big mistake. I don't know Zhu. "How can you save my Wuxi Miao?"
Mrs. Yilan leaned forward slightly, stared at Zhu Pingan with a stern look on her face.
“I know that you Wuxi Miao are all good people, but because of the raging floods, hunger and cold, you really can’t support it any longer. In order to survive as a family, you are forced to go down the mountain to plunder the southeast flood refuge area and plunder food and grass. It's just for food, and plundering people is just for self-protection. I follow the Holy Spirit's decree. I mean, I am the magistrate of Jingnan County. I am your parent. In my eyes, you are all my juniors. You have not made any big mistakes, and you have extenuating circumstances. If you can correct your mistakes, I will forgive your sins. "
Zhu Pingan also leaned forward slightly, looked at Mrs. Yilan with burning eyes, and said slowly.
The two people looked at each other as if they were meeting in a storm. For a moment, the atmosphere felt like an exam or a blind date.
After looking at each other for three seconds, the two of them looked away, and the corners of their mouths curled up with a smile of satisfaction.
"Your Excellency is considerate of the people and is worthy of the name of Qingtian." Mrs. Yilan stood up and bowed to Zhu Pingan.
"The chieftain, please rise. I am not worthy of the name of Qingtian." Zhu Ping'an stepped forward half a step and supported him from a distance.
"It's just that I still have questions, please help me clarify my doubts." Mrs. Yi Lan stood up and said slowly.
"Please tell me, Chieftain. I will tell you everything I know." Zhu Pingan extended his hand in greeting.
"Your Excellency just said that I, Wuxi Miao, know my mistakes and can correct them. Your Excellency will forgive my Wuxi Miao's sins. I don't know how to know that I know my mistakes and can correct them?" Mrs. Yi Lan's weather-beaten eyes did not blink. Blinking, he looked at Zhu Pingan carefully and attentively, not missing any of Zhu Pingan's micro-expressions.
All the Wuxi seedlings also looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes. For a time, Zhu Pingan became the focus of tens of thousands of people.
"Send back the looted grain and grass and the people, and the whole clan will submit." Zhu Pingan looked directly at Mrs. Yilan and replied without hesitation.
What? !
Return the plundered grain, grass, and people, and bring the entire clan into submission? !
Returning to the people is no problem, but what about returning grain and grass? ! The reason why we robbed the southeast flood refuge area is because the clan couldn't let the blame go! Returning the food and grass will cost our lives, right? !
A Miaoman mood became excited again.
"Sir, it's no problem to return the people. It's even better to surrender the whole clan. We are good people of the Ming Dynasty and have never had any thoughts of rebellion. We just return the food and grass." Mrs. Yilan said this. , shook his head slightly, and said softly but firmly , "I'm sorry to obey. Please also understand the hardships of Wuxi Miao. The reason why our clan robbed food and grass is because the clan has been without food for several days, and we have no choice but to make a living. These three thousand stones of food and grass belong to our entire clan." Life-saving food.”
Hearing this, Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but smile.
"The dog officer can still laugh!" Butterfly immediately became furious again when he saw this.
The Wuxi seedlings were even more indignant, and many radicals even threatened to fight Zhu Ping'an to the death.
Seeing this, Zhu Pingan smiled even more.
"Why are you laughing, sir?" Mrs. Yilan reached out and pressed down, suppressing the excitement of the tribe, and asked with a frown.
"I laugh at you looking east and not seeing the west wall." Zhu Ping'an said with a smile.
"Looking east, you can't see the west wall?! What do you mean?!" A kind of Miao man looked confused and didn't understand what he meant.
"Please speak clearly, sir." Mrs. Yilan frowned slightly.
"Just now Chieftain asked me how Wuxi Miao can understand their mistakes and correct them, but you haven't asked me how to forgive you?!"
Zhu Pingan said meaningfully.
"I wonder how you are going to forgive us?" Mrs. Yilan asked, following Zhu Pingan's words.
"First, I will forgive your sins of attacking the southeast flood refuge area and plundering food and grass and the people; second, I have not only 50,000 troops outside, but also 30,000 stones of food and grass. After taking you to return the 3,000 plundered food and grass, I will The official will distribute these 30,000 stones of grain and grass to you together with the 3,000 stones of grain and grass you returned. Thirdly, five miles southeast of Wuxi Mountain, there is a suitable Thousands of acres of wasteland have been cultivated. I have made the decision to allocate this wasteland to you Wuxi Miao, allowing you to enjoy it for generations. After you Wuxi Miao open up the wasteland, you will be exempted from taxes for five years. After five years, the tax will be reduced by half and collected for ten years. Later, we will pay taxes equally with the Han people."
Zhu Pingan stood up, stretched out his fingers, and made promises to Mrs. Yilan and the Wuxi Miao one after another.
“Huh?! We were given 30,000 stones of grain and grass, and we were given thousands of acres of land to cultivate. Is this true?!”
“You’re not lying to us, are you?!”< br>
"It's a lie! Don't be deceived by this dog official! Since he wants to give us 30,000 shi of food and grass, why do you want us to return 3,000 shi of food and grass?! Isn't this just taking off your pants and farting? ! ”
A group of Wuxi seedlings were shocked and excited. Zhu Ping'an's promise made them excited. Thirty thousand stones of grain and grass were enough for their whole family to survive this disaster year, not to mention thousands of acres of farmland. They had long been prepared for this. The Han people in Jingnan were envious, jealous, and resentful of the fertile fields they could cultivate. In addition to being excited, they also had deep doubts about Zhu Pingan's promise and suspected that Zhu Pingan had deceived them.
“My lord is so considerate of me, Wuxi Miao, and I am deeply grateful. I just don’t understand why your lord insists that we return 3,000 shi of grain and grass since you want to give us 30,000 shi of grain and grass.”
Mrs. Yilan was also puzzled.
“‘What I gave’ and ‘what you robbed’ are two concepts with completely opposite properties. What I give to you is yours; if I don’t give it, you can’t rob it. I say this , Chieftain, can you understand?”
Zhu Pingan glanced at Mrs. Yilan and all the Miao people and said slowly.
"What your Excellency said is true. It's because we didn't think carefully." Mrs. Yilan suddenly realized and bowed.
"My lord, think twice. Ming people cannot be trusted, and officials are even less trustworthy. Don't be deceived by Ming people. These three thousand stones of food and grass are our life-saving food, and this one is just meat buns. Beating a dog—there is no answer.”
You Wuxi Miao still doubted.
"Everyone, I will always be here! Until the handover of food and grass is completed and the matter is settled!" Zhu Pingan stared at the questioning Wuxi seedlings with burning eyes, and tugged the corner of his mouth speechlessly, " So, what else do you have to worry about?! Is it true that I’m not worth three thousand stones of food and grass?”
After hearing Zhu Ping’an say that he would always be here, all the Wuxi seedlings were shocked. There was silence.
"Chieftain, and all of you, if you listen to me, return the grain and grass, the people, and submit to me, I will forgive your sins, give you 33,000 stones of grain and grass, and give you thousands of acres of wasteland. I promise you If you farm, you will no longer have to worry about your livelihood in the future; if you If you don't listen to me, you can capture or kill me, but then you have to bear the wrath of the 50,000-strong army outside and the imperial court's instigation of an army to hold you accountable. It is not a threat to choose one or the other. Right?" Zhu Pingan glanced at Mrs. Yilan and the Wuxi seedlings with burning eyes.
"If you are as considerate to us as you said, we, the Wuxi Miao people, are willing to surrender to you."
Mrs. Yilan looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes.
“I’ve said what I said, and it’s hard to catch up!” Zhu Ping’an said firmly.
"What are you all doing standing around here? Why don't you just follow me and pay homage to the Lord!" Mrs. Yilan slapped her cane and scolded the Wuxi Barbarians.
"Greetings, your lord!"
Led by Mrs. Yilan, all the Wuxi seedlings bowed down together. (End of this chapter)