The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

If he couldn't even save Song Zhang, how could he, the county magistrate, be saved?
It just so happened that the silver mine workers in Yushan County also rebelled. If the rebellion was linked to other issues, not only Yushan County, but also the prefect of Guangxin Prefecture would be implicated.

Cai Sheng instantly decided that this matter must not be reported to the capital and must stay in Yushan County.

Cai Sheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately slowed down his expression: "Pan Miaozhu, I will try my best to meet their requirements, but there are some things that I cannot decide. So, how about you make an appointment with Song Dalin for me and we can discuss it in detail?"

Pan Yun raised an eyebrow: "County Magistrate Cai wants to talk to Song Dalin? Where?"

"The county town!" Cai Sheng paused and took a step back: "Of course, if he doesn't dare to come, he can choose outside the city, but I have to choose the place."

Pan Yun nodded and smiled, "Okay, I will tell Song Dalin, Master Cai, I heard that the Imperial Envoy has arrived. Will you discuss this important matter with the Imperial Envoy?"

There's no point in discussing this.

Cai Sheng hurried back to the county government office and told Yu Qian directly: "I have already recruited Song Dalin and Wang Xiaojing, and the danger of the rebels has been resolved."

Yu Qian slowly raised his eyes and looked at him: "Oh? Has it been agreed?"

"Yes, it's agreed."

Yu Qian asked: "What are their conditions?"

"How dare they make any conditions?" Cai Sheng said, "They were instigated by Deng Maoqi to rebel. I have gone to the mountains to preach to them several times. They regret it in their hearts and know that they are wrong. As long as the government is willing to spare their lives, they will be satisfied."

Yu Qian said quietly, "This is something I didn't expect. Since they are willing to surrender, when will they lay down their weapons and come over?"

"In order to prevent them from misunderstanding, I want them to disband on the spot, and only let Song Dalin and Wang Xiaojing come to the county government to answer for their crimes. The rest of the gang members are just small minions instigated by them and are not worth mentioning. What do you think, sir?"

Yu Qian nodded slowly: "That's right, then when will Song Dalin and Wang Xiaojing surrender?"

Cai Sheng said nervously: "I will make another appointment with them, the shortest time may be three days, the longest may be five days."

He asked cautiously, "When will you decide to leave, sir?"

"I originally wanted to stay here for three days. Since there is hope that the rebels can be recruited, I will stay here and wait for the recruitment to be completed before leaving. Anyway, it will take at most five days. I can wait."

Cai Sheng was dumbfounded. Didn’t they say that Yu Qian would only stay in each place for two days at most?

Understand the people's sentiments, select local officials to provide disaster relief, and then open the warehouse to provide relief grain or purchase grain for relief.

Not much grain was transported from the capital, but a lot of silver was brought in.

When Yu Qian arrived, he contacted grain merchants in Shandong and Henan, and purchased grain directly from the two places and transported it to the disaster area.

As long as the local officials had grain, they could provide disaster relief, and there was no need for Yu Qian to keep an eye on it personally.

The regulations are all there.

Local officials did not dare to engage in corruption at this time. After all, Yu Qian would have to investigate again later.

Cai Sheng himself had never thought of touching this batch of relief grain. He just hoped that Yu Qian would leave quickly.

That's why we deliberately postponed the time of recruitment to three days later.

Three days later, he had the final say on whether to surrender or to kill Song Dalin and Wang Xiaojing directly.

Yu Qian saw that he looked unhappy, so he asked, "What's the matter? Are you in trouble?"

Cai Sheng quickly forced a smile: "No, no, no difficulty..."

Yu Qian: "Since there is no difficulty, go and move all the account books from the county government. Mr. Cai also tells us in detail about the disaster situation in various parts of Yushan County."

Cai Sheng swallowed and whispered, "Sir, the county government's account books only cover the most recent period. The previous account books were burned down because the rebels entered the city, burned, killed, and looted."

Yu Qian asked softly, "Is it all burned?"

Cai Sheng's heart was lifted, and he whispered back, "Yes, it burned very cleanly."

Yu Qian laughed angrily, turned to Lu Yuan and said, "Since he said it was burned clean, let's leave this matter to Captain Lu." Lu Yuan nodded in agreement, pointed to two Jinyiwei, drew a circle, pointed to three yamen runners to follow him, and went out.

Cai Sheng watched them leave with eyes wide open.

Yu Qian said quietly, "Captain Lu is the commander of the Northern Pacification Division. Even if Lord Cai has never seen the Imperial Guard, he should have heard of their methods. It's just that the account books were burned. We just need to retrieve them."

He asked, "Are the former county lieutenant, chief clerk, clerk, and clerk still alive?"

Cai Sheng's knees were weak and he managed to hold on without falling.

He had been in office for a short time, while his predecessor Akihito had been running the county for many years, and he had not had time to win over the people in the county government.

He was outside the city when the rebels entered. The county lieutenant led the yamen runners to resist and was seriously injured and almost died.

If Wang Feiyin had not taken action, the grass on the county lieutenant's grave would have sprouted by now.

He is Akihito's man!

He has been against him several times since he took office. That night, the county government was under his control, so he might have something in his hands.

Cai Sheng regretted it so much that he was busy going to Guangxin Prefecture to ask for help and forgot to search his house.

Cai Sheng clutched the corner of his clothes tightly, his mind wandering so much that he didn't hear Qian calling him several times. It was only when Master Wu quietly pushed him that he came back to his senses.

He quickly came back to his senses: "What did the master say?"

Yu Qian said expressionlessly: "Tell me about the damage in Yushan County."

This Cai Sheng is familiar.

After the incident, in order to control the situation, he went from village to village and did real work. In addition, knowing that Yu Qian was coming, he did his homework in advance.

Just last night, he was still memorizing information before going to bed. He had no idea when he drank and got drunk. He was drunk all night and all day, and even let Wang Xiaojing's family run away.

Cai Sheng first talked about the total population affected by the disaster, and then mentioned the results of their disaster relief efforts.

It can be said that apart from the initial chaos, Yushan County did a good job in subsequent disaster relief, because they had grain donated by various landlords and gentry in the front, and a large amount of relief grain sent by Pan Yun in the back.

Before Pan Yun came, although the landlords cursed and were stingy, they still paid a lot of money and grain, and obeyed the call of the county government. Regardless of whether they were grain merchants or had grain stores, they all sold grain.

Moreover, under the leadership of Mr. Qian, grain prices have remained flat and have never risen.

So before Pan Yun's food arrived, although everyone was hungry, had no place to live, no clothes to wear, and not enough to eat, they were not starving to death.

Except for children like Xiao Shiyi who hid in the house and were unknown to others, no one starved to death under the leadership of Mr. Qian and others.

Because he didn't know when Yu Qian entered the city and what he had learned, Cai Sheng didn't dare to take all the credit for himself.

He especially praised Mr. Qian and Sanqing Mountain.

And because he knew that he would have to work with Pan Yun again in the future, he specifically mentioned Pan Yun of Sanqing Mountain.

Yu Qian asked: "How much relief grain did Pan Yun bring in, and how many people did he help?"

Cai Sheng: "Well... the county government only provided assistance. Pan Yun did not hand over the grain to the county government for distribution, so there is no specific number."

Yu Qian asked, "How much money and grain has the county government treasury spent since the disaster? There should be records of this, right?"

Cai Sheng swallowed and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes."

He and Master Wu held up a thin account book.

Yu Qian opened it, and the writing was still fresh. (End of this chapter)