After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

The next day, Yang Yushi brought officials of all sizes from Fuzhou City to Daying to meet Li Zhi.

Li Zhi wants to choose a date to hold a grand disaster relief ceremony to reflect the emperor's grace. This is the most important face-saving project of this trip, so naturally it cannot be sloppy.

So throughout the morning, Li Zhi discussed disaster relief matters with the officials in the camp.

Li Lingyue took He Shan with him, and took away more than half of the forbidden army while Li Zhi was in a meeting.

This time when she went out, she did not pretend to be in disguise, but patrolled the city of Kunzhou in a high-profile manner as the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Lingyue felt mixed feelings when she thought that her butcher knife was about to slash at the refugees.

No way, refugees are always a time bomb for those in power. If they are not handled carefully, they will easily become angry and rise up, triggering large-scale uprisings and riots, thus threatening the empire.

For this reason, Li Lingyue could only choose the method of 'killing the violence' to clear the obstacles in front of her.

Of course, it would be best if the refugees could be subdued and used by them.

Most of the refugees in the Kunzhou area lost their livelihoods due to the locust plague and were forced to go out to beg before becoming homeless.

In order to prevent the refugees from entering the city to plunder, the governors of each state capital will mobilize troops to guard the city gates to strictly prevent the refugees from entering.

The way the government manages the refugees is usually to open up a large amount of open space outside the city to build soup kitchens and shelters for the refugees to help them survive the famine.When the next spring is planted, the government will distribute grain and rations in a concentrated manner, and the refugees will return to their hometowns proudly and start a new life.

Since ancient times, most dynasties have dealt with refugees in this way, which can not only ensure the survival of the refugees, but also maintain the commercial operation of the city, and protect the people in the city from being looted.

However, Li Lingyue decided to break the routine and do the opposite. She will gradually open up refugees to enter the city at noon today.

Yesterday's massacre was indeed as Li Zhi said, it was a moment of courage and won the support of the people, but the consequence that followed was that all businesses in the city withered and there were few people.

The merchants in the city of Fuzhou seemed to have reached a tacit agreement, and they all chose to close their doors.

It is reasonable for businesses that have died to not reopen; however, as many as [-]% of the businesses that survived the catastrophe also went out of business, which makes no sense.

If he didn't know the tricks, Li Lingyue would really think that his killing caused the business to stop.

The profiteers once again used the trick they used to deal with Yang Yushi back then, and expressed their dissatisfaction with the princess through a collective strike.

Seeing the closed shops along the street, Li Lingyue, who was sitting in the carriage, did not panic at all, but joked with He Shan instead:

"Uncle, it seems that you didn't kill hard enough yesterday. Look at these profiteers, they have started to give us problems again!"

He Shan, who was riding on the horse, laughed, "Princess, it's easy to handle. I'll put up a notice later, and anyone who closes their doors and goes out of business will be killed without mercy!"

Li Lingyue shook her head and said with a smile: "No, if you continue to kill like this, there will really be no profiteers in Yanzhou City!"

"Isn't that great!" He Shan echoed.

Li Lingyue laughed and scolded: "What's so good, profiteers and common people are like wolves and sheep, if you kill all the wolves, then the sheep will be lawless?"

He Shan scratched his head. With his little IQ, he couldn't figure out the principle of the balance of all things.

Li Lingyue didn't explain, and soon the group arrived at the south gate of Fuzhou.

The execution platform at the south entrance has not been dismantled, and the blood on it has long since dried up. The executioners who received the order are sitting on the platform and taking the time to rest. In their view, it is necessary to hack until dark today.

As soon as Li Lingyue arrived, He Shan ordered the imperial army to take over the defense of the city gate.

With the sound of the drum on the tower, the other three teams that were dispatched successively beat the drum on the tower where they were stationed. In less than a quarter of an hour, the defenses of the four cities of Kunzhou were all taken over by the imperial army.

The gate of the city was wide open, and the horses were refused to remove it. There was a grand master's chair at the spacious gate, and Li Lingyue sat leisurely on the chair, chewing He Shan's broad beans.

She seems to be calm and unhurried, but she is actually on pins and needles. After all, this is her first attempt to deal with the refugee problem in a new way. As for the effect, she has no idea at all.

Before noon, two different notices were plastered inside and outside the city.

The content of the notice to the people in the city is roughly as follows: each household must take in a corresponding number of refugees according to their own living conditions, and the government will bear three meals a day for the refugees, and the accommodation fees for the refugees will also be registered by the government. After that, they will be distributed at the end of the month. Those who refuse to take in will be fined on a head-by-month basis.

The notice to the refugees outside the city is that the government will build a large number of resettlement houses outside the city and recruit young and strong refugees to work for a fee. , a skilled person, or a refugee with business experience, is allowed to enter the city every day to make a living. All refugees who enter the city are not allowed to steal, plunder, commit crimes, or harass the people. Those who violate it will be beheaded for public display.

Not long after the notification was issued, a large number of refugees flocked to the gate of the city to find Si Bo to register. Some of them sent their wives and children to the city, some applied for building resettlement houses, and some registered as shopkeepers and accountants in the city.

Under the support of the imperial army, long queues formed at the gates of each city.

And the people in the city, after seeing the notice, are mostly willing to obey the government's arrangement. In their opinion, they don't have to worry about safety when they take in women and children for a temporary stay. Moreover, the government also distributes accommodation fees every month, which is equivalent to an additional income-generating , the more people are taken in, the more fees will be paid, so they went to various areas and formed long queues there to register.

Li Lingyue herself did not expect that this naive and naive idea she proposed was unanimously approved by both parties.

Countless refugees knelt down to thank her when they passed by her, especially those old women, who even called her "Princess Bodhisattva!"

Seeing the refugees entering the city in an orderly manner, Li Lingyue felt that she was too cautious. If this continues, there is no need to 'kill chickens to warn monkeys'.

But the next moment, trouble came.

He Shan hurriedly ran up to her and told her, "Princess, there are refugees looting people in the city!"

Li Lingyue's face darkened. Sure enough, no matter in ancient times or modern times, there are people who don't obey the order.

"Did you kill it?" Li Lingyue asked.

"No..." He Shan said hesitantly: "That... If it's a man, I'll cut it off with a single knife, but the people who robbed... Most of them are women and children, I really can't do it!"

Hearing He Shan's words, Li Lingyue also felt a little troubled.

She originally thought that those men who went to the city to make a living would definitely have thorns inside, and she had already figured out that dozens of culprits would be caught and killed, and the order would be stabilized by iron and blood methods, but she never expected that it would be women and children who robbed ...

To kill or not?

Li Lingyue faced another difficult problem!