From the information Qian Qing and the other two had gathered about the people in Bingzhou.
The lives of the people in Bingzhou were very difficult.
Some of the villagers in some counties even went out to beg with their entire families during the bumper harvest.
Looking at these corrupt officials, Li Xiao considered the big picture and decided to spare their lives.
After all, now was the time for him to use people to govern Bingzhou.
"This king orders you to immediately spit out the money you embezzled! Everyone is included."
"If anyone hides stolen goods, today will be the day you die! Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Highness."
All the officials immediately knelt down, trembling.
Seeing this, Li Xiao nodded slightly and said in a deep voice,"
"Bing Province is this king's Bing Province. In the future, you can only listen to this king's orders.”
"I dare not. I will listen to Your Highness!”
"Your Highness will follow your lead! I won't dare to have an affair with others."
It was midsummer in Bingzhou. It was very hot during the day, but it was much cooler at night.
There were many old orange trees planted in front of the Provincial Governor's Office.
It formed a large shade, making the interior of the house more comfortable.
Hu and Han lived together here, and there were many blond and blue-eyed people from afar.
In short, this place was very open and welcomed guests from all over the world.
Although the Silk Road was a long journey and there were many countries along the way, it was still a long way to go.
But ever since the Great Tang lost the Eastern Turks, the number of merchants here had clearly doubled.
In the study, Li Xiao had recently promoted a group of officials. They were exchanging pleasantries in high spirits.
At this time, the Humble Class was not qualified to participate in the imperial examination, so the number of people who took the imperial examination every year was very small.
Most of the officials were from wealthy families, so corruption was the norm.
To become an honest official, one had to have very high morals.
Li Xiao had no one to use now, so he could only promote some talented small corrupt officials.
The big corrupt official Li Xiao definitely doesn't need it, because people like me are all focused on money. How can I have the heart to work for the imperial court?
The officials who had been promoted in the hall were all very excited.
They had never participated in the imperial examination because they were all from poor families.
"Your Highness is really virtuous!”
One of the elders bowed.
"That's right, Your Highness defeated Xue Yantuo's Hu attack in one day and saved the people from suffering.”
"Bing Province has opened its Heavenly Eye and sent us such a powerful prince to govern Bing Province.”
"In the past, we suffered a lot under Xu Wenjun. We were bullied because we were from a poor family.”
The newly promoted officials discussed one after another while waiting for Li Xiao to meet them.
"His Highness King Jiang has arrived!"
With Qian Qing's announcement, all the officials immediately stopped talking.
They had agreed to bow together and shout,
"Greetings, Your Highness. Your Highness is mighty and domineering. It's a blessing for the people of Bing Province!”
Surrounded by everyone.
Li Xiao slowly walked into the side hall, glanced around, and sat down. Then, he said,
"Everyone, I am not here to dawdle when I am in charge of Bing Province.”
"The Imperial Court doesn't know that Xu Wenjun has caused a mess in Bingzhou these past few years.”
"There are very few old officials that can be used, so this king will use you to assist this king. I hope you won't disappoint this king.”
As soon as he finished speaking, all the officials bowed and said,
"Your Highness has broken the old rules and boldly promoted the children of the poor families. We will definitely follow your lead and listen to your decision.”
"Bingzhou has finally seen the blue sky. The threat of the Hu is finally gone, and we can live a peaceful life in the future!”
Li Xiao looked at everyone and said lightly,"
"This Prince was the previous governor of Bingzhou. After looking through the official documents over the years,"
"This king thinks that all the administrative systems are a mess and have to be changed!”
"Although Bing Province is big, the land owned by the people is very limited.”
"The imperial court doesn't have much land, so where did the land go?”
"Let me tell you that most of the land in Bing Province is in the hands of the powerful families.”
"These people never do anything, but they have so much fertile land and pay so little taxes.“
"And the privilege to participate in the imperial examination. This King has decided to start from this! Sun Fushen!"
Soon, an official bowed and walked out.
He bowed to Li Xiao and said respectfully,""I'm here."
"Sun Fushen, you are from a Humble Class and will assist the Cao Family of Bing Province.”
"This king wants to measure the land of Bing Prefecture and stop the despots from annexing the land of the people. What do you think about this?”
Hearing this, Sun Fushen hurriedly said,
"Your Highness, Bing Province is different from the other provinces in the country.”
"There are many powerful people in Bing Province. If Your Highness really wants to attack the powerful people, it's best to get His Majesty's approval.”
"What if this king insists on his own way?”Li Xiao said slowly.
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