Wen Daoji didn't want to see Zheng Qian using harsh methods to force the people to register, so he pulled Zheng Qian along to see Zhao Yao.
After listening to their report, Zhao Yao frowned deeply, his face looking somewhat displeased.
"Your Highness, it's not that the people are unwilling to register, but they dare not. They are afraid of being deceived." Wen Daoji thought Zhao Yao was displeased with the people's unwillingness to register, and hurried to explain on their behalf, "Also, in the past, the officials of Swamp Prefecture never asked the people to register their households."
Zheng Qian, standing aside, said coldly, "A bunch of ignorant people." The people of Lingnan were the most ignorant and uninformed he had ever seen.
