Chapter 571 General Liang Is so Generous!

Chapter 564 General Liang is so generous!

The end of January 1859.

The reckoning against Mormons is still in full swing in Utah.

Everyone pushed for the wall to fall. The non-Mormons who had lived in the Utah area for a long time had suffered from Mormonism for a long time, so naturally they would not miss this opportunity to take revenge on the Mormons.

In Utah today, if you don't like a white person, you can just label him a Mormon remnant. Not only can he be sent to the gallows, but the property in his name can also be legitimately divided up.

The reckoning against Mormons has gradually spread from a reckoning against Mormon church management to ordinary Mormons. Until it developed to the liquidation of all white people related to the Mormons.

When Mormonism was prominent, nine out of ten white people in the area were inseparable from Mormonism. Therefore, almost all white people in Utah were in danger, fearing that they would be labeled as remnants of Mormonism.

The upstarts in the Utah leadership, led by Liang Shaoyu and Stanford, turned a blind eye to this matter and allowed the people to liquidate the Mormons uncontrollably.

Thanks to Washington's always flexible moral standards, Utah's excessive liquidation of the Mormons has not been able to stir up any public opinion waves in the East.

These Mormon outcasts and sectarians are not citizens in the eyes of the politicians in Washington. Instead, they are a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh.

Before, Washington tried every means to win over Brigham Young, but it hoped to obtain nominal sovereignty over the Utah area through Brigham Young, so as to prevent foreign forces from penetrating into the Utah Territory and cutting off the connection between the eastern and west coast states.

Since the politicians and people in the east do not regard the Mormon immigrants in Utah as human beings, the politicians and people in the west coast naturally have no reason to worry too much about the human rights issues of these Mormons.

Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah Territory.

While the people at the bottom are still scrambling for the leftovers left by the demise of the Mormon Church, the new rich in the Utah Territory are feasting on the corpse of the Mormon Church.

Ironically, the place where they shared their meal was the most magnificent estate in Salt Lake City where Mormon leader Brigham Young lived.

This most luxurious manor in the Utah Territory had changed owners a month ago, and the new owner of this manor was none other than Stanford, the territorial governor of the Utah Territory.

"Since I took office as the Governor of the Utah Territory in May 1857, I have been hampered by the Mormons at every turn and have accomplished nothing. It is only today that I have truly experienced what it is like to be the Governor." In front of his own people, Stanford also stopped being secretive and divided up the confiscated Mormon property.

"I asked General Liang for his opinion on how to deal with the Mormon Church's religious property. What General Liang meant was"

Before Stanford could finish his words, these judges, who sat on the bench with solemn faces and kept talking about the Constitution when trying Mormons on weekdays, all showed greed.

These judges were the 36 judges originally drawn from across California by Stanford to form the Utah Special Trial Court.

Now these little people who were not so prominent in California have now become the mainstay of Utah's judicial community.

Although with the collapse of the Mormon Church, the Utah Special Tribunal has completed its mission and announced its dissolution.

However, these judges did not lose their jobs as a result. Instead, they became judges in various towns in the Utah Territory. It has replaced the ecological niche originally occupied by senior Mormons.

"What did General Liang say? Your Excellency, Governor, tell me quickly."

A younger judge couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked impatiently.

Two years ago, they were willing to leave the prosperous and prosperous California and come to the wild land of Utah to serve as judges of the Utah Special Trial Court. This is what they have been waiting for.

"General Liang said that the religious properties left by the Mormon Church, such as manors, pastures, mines, sawmills, slaughterhouses and even shops, need someone to continue to operate them and cannot just be abandoned.

50% of the Mormon church property will be handed over to you for continued management. The other 50% of the Mormon church property is handed over to the Utah Immigration Commission to settle new immigrants and develop industry and commerce in the territory.

This is the distribution plan that Mr. Liang Shaoyu, Chairman of the Utah Territory Immigration Committee, and I have drafted these days. Please take a look at it. If there is anything unreasonable and you have any suggestions, please feel free to put forward it. I have always been a very democratic person and am willing to listen to your opinions. "Stanford put the drafted Mormon church property distribution plan on the table for the judges to read.

According to this distribution plan, all the judges present will receive a considerable amount of real estate. As for the seized cash, bank notes, jewelry and other highly liquid religious property, most of them were handed over to the Immigration Committee headed by Liang Shaoyu.

These judges all planned to settle in the Utah Territory. After all, with the opening of the Pacific Railway and the continuous influx of immigrants, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the future of the Utah Territory was unlimited.

Although this Puritan operation caused the Utah Territory to lose a lot of people, it benefited from the 12 years of operation of the Mormon Church and the efforts of the Immigration Committee in the past two years. The population of the Utah Territory has reached 80,000 to 90,000, reaching the threshold for statehood. It is only due to the current political situation that it has not been able to establish a state.

Back in California, they are at best a wealthy class in California, and it is difficult for them to join the core circle of California.

If they stay in the Utah Territory, once the Utah Territory is established as a state, each of them will become one of the founding fathers and a core figure in the local area.

To put it another way, given the current development situation in Utah, even if you don't want to operate these properties, you can easily sell them off.

These judges were present when the Mormon church properties were confiscated.

They knew exactly how much Mormon church properties there were and how much they were worth.

It has been twelve years since Brigham Young led the Mormons to settle in Utah in 1847.

In these twelve years, the wealth that the Mormons have seized in Utah through various means is conservatively estimated to be worth five or six million US dollars.

Even if half of it is taken out for the dozens of people present to share, it can ensure that everyone is full.

"50%! General Liang is so generous! The distribution plan of the Governor is also very fair."

Everyone present was satisfied with this distribution plan. After all, this cake is big enough to ensure that everyone is full.

As for what Stanford said, he has always been a very democratic person and is willing to listen to their opinions. The judges and the Han people on the Immigration Committee present were more shrewd than each other, and no one would take it seriously.

They all knew how Stanford, the smiling tiger, made his fortune in California. Stanford's nice words were just a formality.

The last person who believed Stanford's words was Brigham Young, and Brigham Young's body has now turned into a pile of charcoal and buried in the ground.