Chapter Seventy-Three: Riot
"This military newspaper?"
The military newspaper in Meng Fan's hand can be said to be the most shocking thing she has seen over the years.
The moment she put down the military report, she slowly looked up at the still blue sky and sighed deeply.
It is indeed shocking that the military newspaper mentioned that there were riots on the border of Dayuan, where the homeless people were hooligans and women were prostitutes.
Because for the current Great Abyss, at least on the surface, it has always been peaceful, and there has never been anything so shaking the foundation of the country.
She thought about it for a long time, but when she was in the last court, the emperor just said lightly: "It's good to suppress it." β
The people in the court also recognized that it was ...... Repression is the best way to solve it.
Although it costs troops, it is solved quickly.
And when the soldiers sent to suppress died one by one, when the rebels raised their flags and shouted, saying that the emperor did not know the people's feelings and killed innocents indiscriminately, Dayuan, a country that had always been safe, finally became lively.
Meng Fan's threshold was lit up by a few people with lofty ideals.
"Taifu, you don't have your own opinion on this matter?" Gu Zhikai held a pot of tea that had lost its color in his hand, and looked at Meng Fan, who was still reading a book in the side.
Meng Fan raised his eyes to look at him, shook his head, and turned to look at the book in his hand again.
Gu Zhikai looked a little anxious, thinking to himself, Meng Fan must be very anxious when he saw such a situation, but now he is the calmest among everyone.
He chattered beside him for a long time, but Meng Fan never responded to a word.
In the end, when he felt powerless, Meng Fan asked leisurely-"What do you think of the current world situation?" β
The World Bureau?
Gu Zhikai thought for a while, and replied with some doubts: "Is it to take the heir?" β
Meng Fan nodded with a little relief, then put down the book in his hand, pointed to the sign on her waist that could control the Meng family's army, and looked at Gu Zhikai.
Her voice was steady, but she said with great certainty: "Without a large-scale disaster now, it is impossible for such a large-scale displacement to occur, so this situation at this time can only be deliberately done by someone." β
"Whoever would do such a thing, if the emperor knew about this, he would definitely die."
But Gu Zhikai just finished saying this, but he slapped his head violently, and then said excitedly: "The emperor knows!" β
"You're not stupid!" Meng Fan then told Gu Zhikai in detail what she thought in her heart.
Meng Fan thinks that if this incident happened in those famine years, when the people were not well fed and clothed, she would believe it 100%.
However, when the crown prince is undecided and the imperial power is not decided for the time being, this matter is inevitably too timely.
And you must know that the current Dayuan will not be such a large-scale riot.
This is just an opportunity for the emperor to give his favored son, who has no real power.
Those soldiers had long since gone into hiding among the people rather than dying in a foreign land.
"This emperor is really a loving father, he thinks so much about his children, I am really envious!" Gu Zhikai said and looked at Meng Fan unconsciously, then lowered his head and remained silent.
Meng Fan smiled: "Why is there still love?" Don't you want to know...... Who is the emperor optimistic about? β
Gu Zhikai patted his chest, and then said in a slightly amplified voice: "Of course...... Not me. β
He looked injured, looked at Meng Fan, and then lay down in Meng Fan's arms, and said with a smile: "Taifu, my father said that men who can't get the world are useless, do you think that's the case?" β
Looking at Gu Zhikai, who seemed to be lying in his arms, he still looked like he was young, listening to what he asked, Meng Fan actually didn't know how to answer.
After all, everyone's way of success is different, and not everyone can stand at the pinnacle of power, so what the emperor said is biased.
Meng Fan smiled and said slowly: "As long as you achieve the success you want, you are a useful man." β
After speaking, the man in his arms got up and smiled faintly at her, made a mouth shape that Meng Fan couldn't understand, and then waved his hand away.
And a few days after this riot, the emperor ordered Gu Yin to go and suppress it, and what was surprising was that the entourage actually arranged ...... Meng Fan.
"What? The prime minister doesn't want to go? The emperor asked sharply, as if Meng Fan's failure was her greatest loss.
Meng Fan had no choice but to nod.
On the day of departure, Gu Yin stood on a horse dressed in plain clothes, which was incomparable to Meng Fan who was full of armor.
Gu Zhikai teased on the side: "When I see Gu Yin, I know that people are leaders, and when I see Taifu, you ...... It's just a follower. β
Meng Fan pulled his collar absently, instructed a few words, and then told Han Qing'er to pay attention to his body and hurriedly followed Gu Yin, who was marching on a fast horse.
When she was halfway through her horse, she saw Gu Yin's horse, which was originally walking in front, stopped beside her, and the person on the horse handed her water, and then went forward without saying a word.
Meng Fan looked at the water, then at the man, and shoutedβ"Thank you!"
The man didn't look back.
When they arrived at that place, Gu Yin stopped Meng Fan's horse and said softly, "Let the people in front go and take a look." β
Meng Fan felt that he was worried that a mob would attack on the way, but he was grateful to him for a while.
And when he entered this city that was almost deserted by those mobs, Meng Fan took a deep breath, and then looked around.
Every grass and tree was crying about their previous misery, but every high-rise tile that needed money to build was safe and sound.
Seriously, these mobs still have a little bit of sanity, at least they keep the valuable ones intact.
Especially the small yamen that should be flustered in the riots is still neat, Meng Fan really laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart after seeing it, can't the emperor be more meticulous about such a thing?
She held the seven-grade petty official of the yamen in her hand and hid the official tea for a long time, and she dared to love this mob in this realm, and some people had the heart to go to this mountain to collect dew, which was really an elegant mood.
"This tea is really good tea?" Gu Yin said, gently put the tea in his hand aside, and when he looked at the little official, his eyes became very strange.
The petty official said with a normal expression: "You don't need to be surprised, although it is a troubled time, but I also have my own way of living, and I can't disturb my own good mood for others." β
As he spoke, he ordered someone to bring a cup of tea to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin looked at it and handed it to Meng Fan and said, "This tea is good at first glance, and the prime minister doesn't taste it." β
Meng Fan looked at the tea and shook her head, she didn't come to drink tea or didn't have to.
Then, the junior official smiled and said, "Your Highness may not be used to drinking the tea of the lower official, but others still like it very much." β
He seemed to emphasize the other person, and when Gu Yin heard the words of the other person, his body even trembled a little, and then he drank the tea after thinking for a long time.
However, within a few days of being here, let alone the mob.
Meng Fan hadn't even seen a single aggressive citizen, and his life was even more comfortable than in Kyoto.