Chapter 1318 I rely on the imperial examination to get ahead and become a big official in the frontier (25)
The entire trial process can be visited by the public. If there is anyone who is protecting someone who accepts bribes, the public can directly report it to the Governor's Mansion.
A year later, when the waterway was completed, the entire political system in Kangzhou was in awe.
After the water was available, Gu Mo started to think about eating again.
She planted crops in a planned manner based on the geographical and climatic characteristics of the north and south, and was still striving to commercialize the crops.
She wants to turn the entire Kangzhou into a grain depot for the entire Yue Kingdom, which will not only give the people in the north something to do, but also alleviate the national food shortage so that no people in the Yue Kingdom will starve to death in the future.
Therefore, Gu Mo spent some time doing research in the north and south, determined the crops suitable for planting in each area, and made full use of every piece of land.
Another year has passed, and the output of various crops in Kangzhou is gratifying and the harvest is abundant. Many grain merchants have heard that the grain in Kangzhou is of good quality and relatively cheap, and they come from all over the country to collect grain.
Because Gu Mo adjusted the tax, the grain grown by the common people left a lot of surplus after paying the tax, which was enough for the family to eat. The rest was all sold to grain merchants, and there was also a surplus of money.
The life of the people in both the north and the south became easier. Gu Mo's reputation among the people increased, and he became a good and honest official praised by everyone in Kangzhou.
The people have become rich, and the water bandits are also happy.
Because they had more things to rob, they became more rampant than before, robbing wealthy businessmen and robbing ordinary people. They robbed whatever they saw, causing the people to come to the door of Gu Mo's house to beg for help.
The governor of Kangzhou before Gu Mo came died fighting bandits.
It's not that she is incompetent, but that the bandits in Kangzhou are indeed too tough.
Because the terrain is complicated, they are nesting in the nooks and crannies of the mountains, and they are nesting here and there. You can't attack there.
Even if you really beat them, there is nothing you can do to them.
Because they are made up of local people, if you beat them and they can't beat them, they will immediately show their kindness.
But as soon as you left, they started to form gangs and rob houses everywhere.
Gu Mo formulated a series of plans to deal with the situation of these bandits and water thieves.
The first thing she did was to conduct a census in Kangzhou, and sent officials to various towns and villages to conduct surveys. She also said that in those homes where someone was a bandit or water robber in Luocao, she immediately advised her family members to behave, and the government would not blame them.
If you don't behave now, continue to burn, kill, loot and go against the government, in the future the government will send people to suppress the bandits and they will be killed without mercy.
Even if you don't die in the hands of the government, you are still a black sheep in the government.
And it will affect five generations. Your parents, brothers, descendants, and descendants will not even think about taking the exam to become an official. The entire clan will be implicated because you were a bandit.
In fact, many of those bandits were part-time bandits. When I saw that the government was serious about it, I thought that now that my family's situation is better and I can have enough to eat, why should I be considered a bandit and drag down the whole family? I might as well stick my head on my belt.
Go back and be a common man.
So many bandits returned home and quickly registered their household registration to avoid becoming a gangster in the future.
As for professional bandits, it is not so easy to persuade them to behave.
Gu Mo gathered the good bandits and formed a bandit-suppressing vanguard in the name of atonement, followed by an army of ordinary people. Without saying a word, he destroyed the bandits' nest.
And every time, Gu Mo rushed to the front with a knife and slashed.
In society, I am a brother-in-law. I am a ruthless person and don’t talk much.
The people at the back saw that the governor actually took the lead in order to give them a good life. He had the nerve to fish in troubled waters and was quite brave.
After doing this, it didn't take long for the bandits in the north to be almost wiped out.
And every time after suppressing bandits, Gu Mo would behead the captured bandits in public as a warning to others.
Such a killing spree frightened many bandits who were still surviving in the south. They all knew that the new governor was not the soft persimmon before, but a ruthless character. He would inevitably end up beheading him in public, so they surrendered first.
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Gu Mo was so cruel to the bandits, and the ruffians in the countryside were also frightened. They dared to go around and stir up trouble. They couldn't keep their peace.
In less than three years, Gu Mo had almost solved all the social problems in Kangzhou.
And in the process, she took control of the military, political, and financial powers, and she had sole control of the overall power.
As tolerant as she is to the common people, she is also vicious to all kinds of lawless elements who disrupt social order.
Those local officials who had been obedient to her in the past still dared to neglect her now, for fear that she would die, or that Gu Mo would target them and start a killing spree.
Fortunately, Gu Mo never touched them, but the way he looked at them occasionally was so creepy that it scared them to behave more appropriately and be cautious in their words and deeds. They cooperated with whatever Gu Mo said and no longer dared to look down on this honest man.
Gu Mo wiped out the water pirates and bandits, and not only Kangzhou, but also several states close to Kangzhou finally lived a peaceful life.
Gu Mo became so famous that governors from other states and counties even wrote to her asking for advice on how to suppress bandits.
The Supreme Being, who was far away in Fengjing, was very pleased to hear that Gu Mo had managed Kangzhou in an orderly manner. He issued three imperial edicts and awarded various awards to Gu Mo to show that he valued Gu Mo.
Moreover, Qiongnan, the place of exile, was also included in the boundaries of Kangzhou and handed over to Gu Mo for management.
Although it is just a place of exile, as long as it is used properly, it can also become a geomantic treasure.
Gu Mo returned all the emperor's rewards and only sent a letter, expressing his sincere hope that the emperor could forgive one person's sins.
This man was the man who had taken care of him several times when he was exiled. He called him Uncle Qin.
If it hadn't been for him, a child would have died long ago in a place like Qiongnan where people eat people without spitting out their bones.
The original person has always been very grateful for this, but the crime Uncle Qin committed was the serious crime of killing his wife - I heard that his wife was a violent and cruel master, who abused him in every possible way, and when he failed, he killed her
Kill.
In the Moon Kingdom, killing one's wife was a serious crime, so when the emperor granted amnesty to the world, this crime was not included in the amnesty, and he has been exiled to this day.
Now that Gu Mo has made great achievements, he can ask for his life to protect his lower body from the pain of exile. This can be regarded as helping the original person complete something that he has been unable to let go of for a long time.
To the emperor, this was nothing more than a trivial matter. She immediately issued an imperial decree and not only pardoned Uncle Qin, but also sent him to Kangzhou.
When Gu Mo saw Uncle Qin, he was much older than he remembered.
Gu Mo bowed to him and said, "When I was young, I was fortunate to have you take care of me, so I am what I am today. I dare not forget this great kindness and kindness over the years. Uncle Qin will be my father in the future, and I will raise you until I grow old.
