The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1682 Repeating the same old tune

After the incident occurred, officials from various places rushed out to persuade or disperse the people and maintain order.

People in most cities dispersed quickly, but people in four cities lingered on leaving. It wasn't until they were really hungry at noon that they gradually gave up besieging Qingguo's shops.

By the afternoon, local governments had reported losses. The number of burned houses and lost goods alone exceeded 1.2 million taels of silver, not to mention indirect losses.

Discussions about this matter also began on the forum. Similar to the scene a few days ago, the Qingguo people continued to attack Xiangzhou, believing that the Xiangzhou thieves would only harm their own people, and all actions against the Qingguo were wrong.

All Jingguo scholars opposed the extreme behavior, but also pointed out that the incident was caused by the Qingguo army's looting, and the Xuanwu Army should bear the main responsibility. At the same time, they believed that those who really did the extreme behavior were mostly not ordinary people. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to break, smash, and rob. Only those gangsters who are usually brave and fierce would do so at such a time.

Later, some Jingguo people from Xiangzhou appeared. Without exception, these people were all apologizing to Qingguo. They were all ashamed of being Jingguo people. They all thought that opposing Qingguo was the stupidest behavior, and they scolded those who took to the streets. It's a Xiangzhou thief or even a Jing ****.

A scholar named "Ge Songxiao" wrote an article eloquently, denounced the ugly phenomenon of Xiangzhou thieves, thinking that those people are a cancer of the human race and a cancer of Jingguo, and decided to take his men to the nearby shops opened by Qingguo people tomorrow. If they dare to come, he will lead a counterattack to defend conscience and justice, not the Xiangzhou thieves.

As soon as this article came out, all the scholars in Qingguo supported it. Some people in Jingguo also felt that this person did not have a restricted mind and did not have a too despicable sense of nationality. The human race needed this kind of broad-minded righteous man the most, and they also praised him one after another.

Scholars from other countries also felt that Ge Songxiao spoke uprightly, saying that once he went to Xiangzhou, he would definitely have a drink with him and talk about the world.

For a time, Ge Songxiao's reputation skyrocketed on the public opinion list.

After an hour, someone raised a question, saying that Ge Songxiao was a distant relative of Ge Yiming, and they were all related to Ge Wanwan of Qingjiang Trading Company. This person was afraid that he had ulterior motives.

Some people also revealed that this person was a typical Qing official who had firmly opposed Jing Guo and Fang Yun back then.

However, there are only a few sensible readers who find these people's words to support them, but the number is too small to change the situation.

There is a small courtyard on the southeast side of Xiangzhou Yamen, but the plaque at the entrance of the courtyard makes people passing by be extremely careful.

Governor-General's Office of the two states.

The Governor's Palace has not yet been built, and there was no Governor's Palace in Xiangzhou before. Fang Yun's current governor can only work in the state government office. There are only ten officials and clerks there, and they are all temporarily transferred from Baling government office, state government offices and various departments. Become.

These people are usually mainly responsible for receiving various documents and giving them to Fang Yun for reading. They rarely send documents or orders from Fang Yun, because so far, Fang Yun has not fully exercised the power of the governor, and these people cannot handle it. They have to do it step by step. .

Fang Yun is formulating some rules and regulations with Dong Wencong, mainly stipulating what matters must be submitted to the Governor's Mansion for approval, what matters can only be submitted to the Governor's Mansion for filing, etc. Just formulating a detailed system for the Governor's Mansion cannot be completed in more than ten days.

Fang Yun has long stipulated that emergencies in various places must be reported to the governor's office as soon as possible, so today ten people in the small governor's yard were busy working together. The state yamen kept transcribing documents from various places and sent them to Fang Yun's desk. forward.

Fang Yun never issued any orders, only read the documents.

It wasn't until the evening that Dong Wencong dragged his tired body to Fang Yun's office. He first saluted and then said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry for my rudeness, but I won't say any more polite words. I have been busy dealing with people taking to the streets today." Most of the people had dispersed, but there were sporadic incidents in the afternoon. Most of the officials are doing their best to deal with it, but some officials...you know, not only do they let it go, but they are not only intentionally indulgent, but they are even suspected of fueling the flames. Qingguan and Jingguan are really ridiculous. They are obviously from Xiangzhou. We are from Jingguo. Even the officials are divided. How can the people be united?"

Dong Wencong also ignored etiquette and sat down on the chair in front of Fang Yun's table, feeling a little frustrated.

Fang Yun said: "What do you think of people taking to the streets today?"

A flash of embarrassment flashed across Dong Wencong's face, and he said: "Last time, in order to put pressure on the Qing Kingdom, the lower officials arranged for people to take to the streets to oppose, but today's taking to the streets has nothing to do with the local government offices. It is obviously someone else. This is , probably just reaping the consequences.”

"How do you deal with it?" Fang Yun asked.

Dong Wencong thought for a long time, shook his head slightly, and said: "I have ordered people to conduct a strict investigation, but Qingguan is covering up, so nothing can be found. In Xiangzhou, Qingguan is very powerful. Except for officials transferred from other places, most Jingguan Even if he supports Jing Guo, he will not take the initiative to antagonize Qing Guan, after all..."

"After all, we are all our own people. If Xiangzhou returns to the Qing Kingdom in the future, we can at least continue to be colleagues." Fang Yun added.

Dong Wencong nodded, and then asked: "Sir, what do you think? You did not give an order today."

"Repeating old tricks and repeating old tunes is nothing more than creating trouble, damaging Jingguo's prestige, and at the same time... diverting people's attention." Fang Yun said.

Dong Wencong was startled and immediately woke up and said: "You are right. The Xuanwu Army looted the people should have been prepared in advance, in order to damage your prestige, humiliate Jingguo, and make Xiangzhou people yearn for Qingguo. Pay homage to Yingfang Pavilion Qing Jun just appeared by chance, but the two things combined aroused the common hatred of the people and made them hate Qing even more. The Qing officials of Qing and Xiangzhou were never willing to see the people hate Qing. The country shared the same hatred of the enemy, so they arranged for the people to take to the streets and cause trouble. Now many people no longer care about Yingfang Pavilion and the looting incident. Instead, they were guided by many scholars and evolved into criticizing the thugs who smashed, smashed and looted. Now everywhere is scolding Xiangzhou Thief, all those who opposed Qingguo were insulted, and many people no longer dared to oppose Qingguo in front of others and achieved their goals. "

Fang Yun looked at Dong Wencong and said slowly: "This is not the first time. It has happened again and again, not again and again. If this kind of thing continues to happen and is banned repeatedly, it means that Xiangzhou officials from top to bottom, either They have all betrayed Jing Guo, or they are a bunch of incompetent trash!"

Dong Wencong didn't dare to speak because Fang Yun's words were too harsh.

Suddenly, their eyes moved slightly and they looked at each other, each holding official seals.

An urgent letter from the Ministry of Officials.

When the two of them saw it, they were extremely helpless. It turned out to be a warning document from the Ministry of Rites, sternly pointing out that it was the inaction of Xiangzhou Governor Fang Yun, State Shepherd Dong Wencong, and State Governor Fang Shouye that led to the outbreak of large-scale people taking to the streets.

Dong Wencong said helplessly: "Sir, what should we do? You don't care about the civil service evaluation, but I am afraid that your position will be suspended this year."

"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise." Fang Yun smiled slightly and calmly picked up the pen.

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