Chapter 1608: Chaos Ensues
Chapter 1608: Chaos Ensues
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was obvious that he had gotten the name list from Qiu Pusheng, which was why he was so ruthless and was even willing to send the cavalry over without investigating.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan got up.
Once Xue Yan finished washing up, he asked Jiang Yue to take some eggs out of the space. Then, he took them and boiled them. After it was ready, he peeled an egg for Jiang Yue for breakfast. He only ate one egg for breakfast.
Jiang Yue put the remaining cooked eggs into her space so that she wouldn’t have to cook anymore.
After eating one or two eggs, their hunger was satiated. Moreover, eggs were quite nutritious.
After eating the eggs, Jiang Yue put everything else at their campsite into her space.
Besides her and Xue Yan, there was no one else here, and there were no passers-by. They had to make sure no one was there else they would be shocked.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
The sky was bright.
Xue Yan led the carriage onto the official road, but it was no longer going to the imperial capital, instead, he changed the direction of the carriage 180. After that, he helped Jiang Yue onto the carriage.
The carriage still moved very slowly. Although it was somewhat bumpy, Jiang Yue did not feel uncomfortable anywhere, especially in her stomach. However, Xue Yan still did not dare to speed up the carriage.
It was not until the fifth day of their arrival here that Jiang Yue and Xue Yan returned to Lizhou.
Before they entered Lizhou, they heard that something had happened there. All the officials had been captured by the Emperor’s cavalry. Even the Emperor’s brother, Prince Che, had come to command Lizhou. Lizhou was in chaos.
When they entered Lizhou, they saw that the people were celebrating.
He heard the people cheering.
“The Emperor is reducing the taxes by twenty percent. It’s the magistrate and the other corrupt officials who have deceived their superiors and subordinates!”
” Prince Che read out the imperial edict at the entrance of the government office. He will distribute relief food and relief money. He also asked the families of those who starved to death to register and increase the amount of relief food and relief money if they requested it.”
“The imperial edict also said that Great General Qiu was the mastermind behind the taxes. He will rob the homes of Great General Qiu and his followers. No matter how much they rob, they will return it to the people.”
“Those who didn’t pay enough taxes were captured as private soldiers! They were raised in the mountains South of Lizhou. The private soldiers have also heard that it’s not that the Emperor wants to collect heavy taxes, so they’ve all been released and allowed to return home to reunite with their families!”
“The imperial edict also said that Lizhou had been in such a difficult situation because of Great General Qiu and the others. Therefore, we will be exempted from taxes for three years so that our economy and people can recover well here!”
“That’s great!”
“He’s amazing!”
“His Majesty is wise!” Many of them even knelt in the direction of the Imperial Capital and bowed several times.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan both felt that for Shi Yuan to be able to act like this, he could be considered a well-deserved good Emperor. They were even more certain that the young master they had met before was Prince Che.
It took another six hours for Jiang Yue and Xue Yan to almost reach Stone Village.
Just as he was about to find an inn to stay in, he saw Shi Che riding a horse on the street in front of him. He was dressed in a king’s robe and was surrounded by cavalry. The four attendants were protecting Shi Che.
Many commoners went to watch happily.
Afraid that the commoners would accidentally knock over Jiang Yue, Xue Yan held Jiang Yue’s hand and stood to the side repeatedly. When everyone passed, the two willingly stepped back.