Three years ago, Yan Sihan reorganized Southern Mountain, and several corrupt officials who had profited here were killed. But what could this achieve? Could he kill them all?
Obviously not.
The officials here still knew where all the benefits lay in the court.
The astronomical amount of silver allocated by the court to Southern Mountain each year had to be spent on the convict laborers.
So when they heard that the Regent King had been driven away by the Emperor, they immediately changed their tune and took back all the charcoal burners and cotton-padded clothes distributed to the laborers.
As long as they sold them to the local people, it would bring them a large amount of silver.
With this money, how comfortable would the local officials be during the year?
So the third thing the Regent King did when he arrived was to ask for accountability. The Southern Mountain County Commander, the Labor Camp Director, and the Director of War were killed first as a warning to others!
