Jia Yao bowed and replied, "If you go back to the governor, the subordinates have gathered all the gentry in Yuezhou, and are waiting for summoning outside the prefect's office."

"Take all the people in front of the hall!"

Lin Yu was sitting in the middle and high in the middle, and Hao Yaoqi and a hundred executioners stood on both sides, showing a solemn and murderous aura.

There were about a hundred squires coming, some were fat, some were thin, some were tall and some were short. They all wore straight, Taoist robes, square flat scarves and various squids, looking very grand.

Anyway, we are all good people who abide by the law. Even if you are the governor, what can you do to us?

"The person sitting above is Governor Fengyang, General Lin Zhenjiang, General of Jianghuai. Why don't you give me a bow quickly?" Jia Yao shook his sleeves and shouted.

The gentry then lazily clasped their fists and saluted: "Gourmet to the governor!"

Lin Yu snorted coldly and ordered Deng Yan: "Bring the former prefect Liu Youde, the co-magistrate Sun Guoli, and the Tongzong Wang Chao!"

As soon as Deng Yan left, Lin Yu ordered Hao Yaoqi again: "Please bring up the sticks that Liu Zongmin used to torture all officials!"

"Get orders."

Hao Yaoqi, who was ready, waved his hand, and ten soldiers had already carried a pile of bloody sticks and threw them at the feet of the gentry with a "slam".

In fact, the sticks made by Liu Zongmin in Beijing have long been lost. These were made by Hao Yaoqi as Lin Yu ordered before sending troops, and he deliberately drenched blood on them in order to intimidate these gentry.

"What does this governor mean? I'm going to use a stick to deal with us? I'm planning to force donations of food and salary. Is there any other way to the king?"

"Shhh... whisper to avoid misfortune from coming out of your mouth, see what happens before making plans!"

"It's right. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. If they really can't push them off, they will be more meaningful!"

The gentry was making noise, some were frightened and trembling, some were indignant, and some were dissatisfied.

A moment later, Deng Yan escorted Liu Youde in prison uniform, and Sun Guoli came to the hall and replied with his fists: "Sir, the criminal will be brought here!"

Lin Yu frowned, swept around the gentry in front of the hall, and left the seat with Shangfang's sword: "All the gentry in Yuezhou, the Jiannu army is approaching, and it is close to me, so I will not beat around the bush.

Jiannu was cruel and regarded our Han people as life as grass. The 200,000 people in Sizhou were slaughtered is a living example.

Recently, our governor gathered a 80,000 troops in Tongcheng, and will deal with the Tartars to the end and defend Hunan to the death. It’s just that the army is short of food and pay, so I will borrow food and pay from you today. After repelling the Tartars, I will definitely repay it in full!"

"Your troops are in Tongcheng, why do you come to our Yuezhou to raise food and money?" I don't know who shouted in the crowd.

Someone immediately agreed: "The troops gathered by the governor are all Li Chuang's rebels. They kill many officials and gentry on weekdays. Now they are short of money but they ask us for funding. What's the reason?"

Lin Yu raised his sword and snorted coldly: "Tongcheng is the county town under Yuezhou Prefecture, and it is natural to come here to raise grain.

Of course, this governor not only needs to raise grain in Yuezhou, but also to Changsha, Changde, Jiujiang and other places to raise grain. As long as it is under the Ming Dynasty, everyone will have the responsibility to do so.

Those with money will pay, those with food will pay, and those without money will give me the people! If the city is destroyed by the Tartars, I will not care whether you are Yuezhou or Changsha, or will you rob them all?

No matter whether he was the rebel army or the army of the court, at least they were all fighting against the Qing Dynasty. Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi led the elites of the Ming Dynasty. Haven’t they transformed into traitors now?"

Lin Yu walked to Liu Youde's side as he spoke, glaring at him: "Master Liu, start with you, how much food and salary is planned to donate?"

Liu Youde begged, "Governor Lin, the mansion of the officials has been copied. I can't even take out a penny. You shouldn't make things difficult for the officials?"

Lin Yu snorted coldly and quietly held the hilt of the sword: "Three years of Qing Dynasty, there are 100,000 silver silver in your mansion. There is no more in your mansion, but the shops you set up outside and the money tickets in the money shop, so I don't believe it, but I can't take it out?"

"Don't force the governor too much. Could it be that the subordinates donated their heads?" Liu Youde made up his mind and decided not to plunder a single hair again.

"Then the governor will fulfill you!"

With a "clang", Shang Fang's sword was unsheathed. Lin Yu hugged Liu Youde in his arms. The sword blade turned around his neck, and immediately tore open a bloody mouth.

Blood splattered, and the cool breeze squirted into Liu Youde's mouth, and immediately collapsed to the ground in pain. His pair of dead fish eyes couldn't believe it: "You... dare... kill... the prefect?"

"Hmph... the commander made me kill without blinking, let alone you, a prefect!"

Lin Yu swept around the gentry standing in front of the hall with a bloody Shangfang sword in his hand, and shrugged his shoulders, "Everyone has heard it. How can I not be a beauty of a man when he said that Liu Youde's donation of his head?"

Suddenly, he said coldly: "Come on, cut off Liu Youde's head and hang it in front of the hall!"

A moment later, Liu Youde, who was the parent of Yuezhou, hung in front of the hall, and blood kept dripping down his neck to the ground. A pair of dead fish eyes stared at the gentry in front of the hall, scaring the timids to sweat and no longer possessed.

Lin Yu walked behind Tongzhi Sun Guoli and patted him on the shoulder: "Sun Tongzhi, where are you, donating money, food or head?"

"Don't donate your head, don't donate your head!"

Sun Guoli was so scared that he peed his pants. He knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound, and cried and said, "The lower official has also been searched, but what the governor said is reasonable. The lower official donated the 3,000 taels of silver stored in the "Jingchu Money House" as military pay, and there will be no more!"

"Do you treat Bentuo as a beggar?"

Lin Yu stabbed out with a sword and instantly penetrated Sun Guoli's chest, "Since you don't donate your head, then donate your body!"

The Tongzong Wang Chao was so scared that he fell to his knees: "Governor, please spare me. The villain is willing to donate money and grain. I am willing to donate 18,000 taels of silver and 7,000 stones of grain. I will take you to get money and grain. I will never hide one tael of silver or a bucket of grain."

With the magistrate Wang Tong set an example, with the magistrate Liu hanging his head and the corpse office of Sun Tongzhi, the gentry immediately "actively" donated money, and in one day raised 170,000 taels of silver and 110,000 stones of grain.

Lin Yu left 30,000 stones of grain, 10,000 taels of silver for Jia Yao and Qi Zhenguo, and loaded the rest. Then he left Yuezhou City as fast as possible and returned to Jiugong Mountain to meet the army.

Ten thousand taels of silver were converted into about 300 kilograms before Lin Yu traveling through the journey, and the load capacity of this Dongfeng truck was five tons. Lin Yu decided to take 100,000 taels to Fengyang to recruit soldiers and horses. The rest was left to Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others, and they were given as military pay.

"This governor has already given Yuan Butang and Governor He to the letter, saying that you have surrendered to this governor and will stay in Jiugong Mountain to fight guerrillas and harass the rear of the Qing army, so that Ajige cannot attack Changsha with all his strength.

The war in Fengyang is urgent, so I will go to Fengyang temporarily and attack Wuchang westward after the siege is rescued. We will attack forward and backward, and we will definitely be able to recover Hubei and stabilize the situation."

Before leaving, Lin Yu solemnly explained to Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Gao Guiying and others, "From now on, you must not rob the people again, and you must be worthy of the flag of the Lin family army!"
Chapter completed!