From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

The people from the two villages combined were more than a thousand, and they still surrounded everyone. Zhou Yuan did not dare to be careless, and did not even dare to blame Zhuang Xuansu.

He had to show his aura now to calm everyone present. If he showed his weakness, something bad would happen.

A group of old men came over, their expressions were quite flattering, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed one by one.

Don't think they are so honest, they may order the villagers to rush in the next moment.

Zhou Yuan said: "Okay, don't play these empty things. What are you two villages fighting for here? I will make the decision for you."

A bald old man with missing teeth said: "The people from Shanghe Village want to occupy our land for no reason. Sir, the government's land distribution is fair, we all recognize it, and this land that has been divided can't be changed, right? If they want to grab it, you should make the decision for us."

Another old man with crutches said loudly: "This is our land, sir. We rented this land to the Ma family seven years ago. Every year They were all paying us rent. Now that the Ma family has collapsed, the land should naturally be returned to us, why did it suddenly become their Xiahe Village's land? "

"What did we do wrong? It was robbed for no reason, how can that be possible!"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be such a simple matter."

"After the land was redistributed, this piece of land was assigned to Xiahe Village, which collapsed, so it should belong to Xiahe Village."

The smile on the face of the old man with crutches became far-fetched, and the hand holding the crutches clenched tightly.

Zhou Yuan continued, "But Shanghe Village lost land for no reason, which is not right. The government should compensate you for this matter, and the compensation amount should be consistent with the rent paid by the Ma family to you."

"In this way, Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village have no losses, and the court will bear this loss."

At this point, Zhou Yuan said loudly, "This incident shows that the government still has policy omissions and negligence in land distribution, which has caused such a big misunderstanding. You are also helping the government to summarize experience."

"Therefore, the government will issue a one-time compensation to you within this month, 200 kilograms of flour per village."

Hearing this, the people around were happy and shouted "Master Qingtian".

The old people in the two villages looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and followed suit.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Master Zhuang, prepare 400 kilograms of flour and send it to the two villages."

"In addition, we need to notify the government to approve the project and compensate the rent of Shanghe Village, which will be counted as annual fiscal expenditure."

Here, he smiled and said, "Let's go, everyone, it's getting late."

Everyone around was kneeling on the ground and calling for Master Qingtian, while Zhou Yuan winked at Zhuang Xuansu and walked out slowly.

Under the gaze of thousands of villagers, they slowly walked out of the crowd.

When they arrived at the place where the horses were tied, everyone in the inner court got on the horses, and Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

His eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said coldly, "Let's go! Go back to Xining City!"

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and followed Zhou Yuan back silently.

All the way to the branch, Zhou Yuan asked Xiaoying and Ayinizi to rest, and then looked at Zhuang Xuansu.

Zhuang Xuansu knew what he was going to say, and hurriedly said in advance: "I was wrong. I didn't expect it to be so dangerous today. I thought it was just a small fight like usual."

Zhou Yuan glared at her and said: "They are used to being lawless, don't you know? When they go crazy, they don't care about the consequences!"

"What if you can't control the situation today, how can you run with so many people surrounding you? Stupid!"

Zhuang Xuansu lowered her head and whispered: "Don't say it, I know I was wrong."

Zhou Yuan said: "Send a pigeon immediately and ask Xu Dasheng to bring two thousand cavalry to Xining Guard as quickly as possible."

"He was supposed to stay there for two months, and he can't wait."

Zhuang Xuansu responded and went to do the job immediately.

Then she returned to Zhou Yuan and stood in front of him, like a subordinate who made a mistake, waiting for punishment.

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why are you standing? Sit down."

"Oh."

Zhuang Xuansu sat down honestly, lowered his head and didn't say anything.

Zhou Yuan said, "What's going on here? Please tell me in detail."

Zhuang Xuansu organized his words and said, "After you showed up, the gang members were frightened and soon dug out the spies, spies and the remaining forces of the Ma family in the city."

"I wanted to go to the Western Regions to support, but there were several consecutive fights among villagers in Xining Guard, all for land and things."

"After the Ma family, this behemoth, fell, too many things became ownerless, and the government had not yet formed a real influence and could not control these people at all."

"In a desperate situation, the commander of Xining Guard found me, hopingThe Inner Court Department can provide some help. "

"But you also know that the Inner Court Department does not have many people. The Western Regions, Liaodong and Kaihai all need people. I can only take out hundreds of people for the time being, so I chose to stay and assist in the division of land. "

Zhou Yuan said coldly: "Is the commander of Xining Guard a fool? The implementation of the Single Whip Law is what the government should do, not within the responsibility of the Inner Court Department. When he encounters difficulties, he should ask for help from the Shaanxi Command Department, or even the Shaanxi Governor, instead of looking for you. "

Zhuang Xuansu said: "Maybe... maybe he has looked for it, but there is not enough time?"

Zhou Yuan said: "What are you thinking? Even if it can't come in three or five days, it's been two or three months, can it still not come? He clearly wants to complete the implementation of the new law without the help of the upper power, and use this as a political achievement to move up. You are being used by others. "

"A local chief, facing such a major event as the promotion of the new law, actually spends more thoughts on this aspect. It seems that he can't bear this heavy responsibility. ”

“Who recommended this person? Who made the decision? Is there any interest transfer involved? Find out for me!”

Zhuang Xuansu saw that he was angry, and sat down next to him helplessly, grabbed his arm, and said: “Don’t be angry, there is no need to make such a big deal. Once it involves higher-level personnel issues, His Majesty will definitely ask about it... She is already tired enough, I don’t want her to worry about it.”

Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but said: “You almost died, do you know? What happened today is not a trivial matter. What if I am not here?”

“People’s rule is an eternal problem. Xihai is located in the border area and has been ruled by the Ma family for many years. The government has no prestige. The clan concept and village concept will be strengthened. Only in this way can we unite together and not be bullied. Such people’s sentiments are not common in the north and need to be dealt with step by step. You are an intelligence agent, how can you handle such complicated government affairs?”

Zhuang Xuansu said: “You are here, and it will definitely be done with you here. "

Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you saying nice things to make me happy?"

Zhuang Xuansu smiled bitterly and said, "This is also true. I really can't handle these things well... I was a little panicked today... I didn't expect that the people who have always been afraid of us can suddenly unite so many people..."

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "The matter will be postponed until Xu Dasheng comes."

"The implementation of the new law is difficult, and the clan concept here is very deep. We must kill the chicken to scare the monkey. We must establish a scale. This scale must tell everyone that the government is trustworthy and must be trusted. If you resist, it is rebellion."

"The so-called kindness and power can only be used with awe. You must first have power and fear before you can have kindness and respect."

"And for relatively simple places, only blood can make people remember."

"With scales and prestige, the new law can be smoothly implemented."

"Do you think Shanghe Village is wronged? Do you think they really lost their land for no reason? They just lost this piece, but other places must have gotten more."

"They are just greedy and don't take the government seriously."

Zhuang Xuansu whispered: "You are still very clear-sighted..."