1850 American Gold Tycoon

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.

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 were still scrambling for the leftovers left by the demise of the Mormon Church, the new rich in the Utah Territory were 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 was not until today that I 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 talked about the Constitution when they tried Mormons on weekdays, all showed greed.

These judges were the 36 judges originally drawn by Stanford from across California 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. 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 over the past few days. Please take a look at it. If there is anything unreasonable and you have any suggestions, please feel free to put forward your suggestions. 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 confiscated 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 California's core circle.

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 become a core figure in the local area.

To take a step back, with the current development situation in Utah Territory, even if you don’t want to operate these real estate properties, you can easily sell them off.

These judges were present when the Mormon church property was confiscated.

They know exactly how much the Mormon church's property is and how much it is worth.

Twelve years have passed since Brigham Young led the Mormons to settle in Utah in 1847.

In the past twelve years, the Mormon Church has acquired wealth in Utah through various means, and its value is conservatively estimated at five to six million US dollars.

Even if half of it is shared among the dozens of people present, everyone can still be satisfied.

"50%! General Liang is so generous! His Excellency the Governor's distribution plan is also very fair."

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

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

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

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