There was a riot at the Tongji Iron Mine, the second largest in Liaoning County. The news brought by Cao Tianci made Gao Yuan and Sun Xiao a little dumbfounded for the first time, just now the two also talked about the possible problems in the mining area of the three counties of Liaodong, but they never expected it to break out in a blink of an eye, the two glanced at each other, suppressed the shock in their hearts, "What is the situation now?" ”

Cao Tianci swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I also just got the news, I'm afraid that at this time Mao County Shou has also received the news, Tongji Iron Mine is the second largest iron mine in Liaoning County, with a total of more than 10,000 miners, there are three mines in the mining area, and most of the miners are Yi and indigenous people." ”

Gao Yuan gasped, "More than 10,000 people? All involved in the riots? ”

"It's not very clear now, it's just that the situation is out of control and the miners control all the local officials and the managers of the mines." Cao Tianci shook his head and said, "The specific situation will have to wait for the subsequent report." ”

Gao Yuan sat down slowly, picked up the cold tea on the table, took a sip slowly, and looked at Sun Xiao: "Sun Xiao, tell me, is this a long-planned riot or a temporary uprising?" ”

Sun Xiao was stunned, but immediately reacted, and thought for a moment: "Your Majesty, this is difficult to say, it depends on the reaction of these rioting miners, if their actions are proved to be premeditated for a long time, it will be more troublesome, if it is temporary, it is easier to say." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, "Let's wait for the news first, and see what Mao Dewang has to say." God, you go and call Yang Dasha in. ”

"Understood!"

Almost at the same time that Gao Yuan got the news, Mao Dewang also received the news in the county guard's mansion, and suddenly sweated like rain, and all the officials in the county guard's mansion rushed over in a panic one after another. And at the moment of the king's inspection, this is simply a knife in Mao Dewang's heart, and he has just been rewarded by the king during the day, and this kind of thing happened in a blink of an eye, isn't this a loud slap in the face of the king?

"Affirm, you are the police chief of Liaoning County, responsible for the security work of the whole county, there is such a big thing in the Tongji mine, haven't you heard the news at all? You are dereliction of duty! Looking at Shen Ming viciously, Mao Dewang gritted his teeth and said.

Affirmation cried with a sad face. Something like this happened, he, the person in charge of the security of the whole county, naturally couldn't escape responsibility, "County guard, our police station is in the branch of Tongji Mine, and now there is no news at all, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that there will be less than one bad luck, and there are less than fifty people where we are, this." What can they do with this rebellion of tens of thousands of people? ”

"Isn't there a little foreshadow? They're all dry? Mao Dewang's hands kept trembling, "These tens of thousands of people rioted together, could it be done in a hurry?" ”

"Your Excellency. Now the situation is unknown, we must first find out the specific situation there, by the way, isn't Zhu Da, the owner of Tongji Mine, still in Helin City. Get him right away, or maybe he'll know better. ”

"Affirm, go and get Juda for me right away. No, it's for me. Mao Dewang roared.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Shen Ming almost ran out.

"The county guard, now we can't mess up, although there are tens of thousands of people participating, but after all, they are all miners, a group of rabble, I will immediately mobilize troops to pacify, as long as the riot is quelled in the shortest possible time, it will not cause a big impact, and the county guard will be easier to talk to the king." Feng Dong said in a low voice.

"How many men do you have, but only 3,000 men, and they are stationed in various places, and they are miners, not unarmed farmers, and don't forget, there is gunpowder in the mines." Mao Dewang's voice was still trembling.

"But now, we can't do nothing, can we?" Feng Dongdao.

"Feng Dong, you immediately assemble the garrison in the city, I, I will go to see the king now." Mao Dewang sat down on the chair like a deflated ball, "How to deal with it, let the king decide." ”

In the lobby, there was a dead silence, the king was inspecting, but there was such a big thing in Liaoning County, and everyone couldn't help but understand that everyone's future was bleak.

After sitting for a while, Mao Dewang calmed down, "You each stay at your own post, do your own work, the city must block the news, and you must not let the Tongji Mine riot leak out and cause panic in Helin City." ”

"Yes, Lord Gunner."

"Or maybe this is the last time I'll issue an order as a county warden." Mao Dewang stood up a little sadly, "I should take the first responsibility for this incident." ”

Everyone was silent and watched Mao Dewang stagger out.

Gao Yuan's residence was brightly lit and the atmosphere was a little tense, and the guards strengthened their vigilance in the shortest possible time, and the heavily armed soldiers were on standby.

"Your Majesty, the Guards have made all the preparations, the last general has already sent people to Pegasus to Liaoxi County, where should the thousand cavalry of Mei Hua escorting Mr. Jiang back to Dayan Lake be now, and with their footsteps, they can reach here in four or five days at most." Yang Dasha's face was stern and authentic.

"Hmm." Gao Yuan looked at the lights in front of him attentively, "God, the sky is about to dawn, and there is no news from Tongji Mine?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is no latest news yet." Cao Tianci said.

He Weiyuan hurriedly ran over, "Your Majesty, Mao Dewang asks to see you." ”

"Let him in." Gao Yuan exhaled.

Mao Dewang walked in with a pale face, knelt down in front of Gao Yuan with a poppy, took off the official hat on his head without a word, and touched the ground with his forehead: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister Mao Dewang came to ask for guilt." ”

"Mao Junshou, you haven't been dismissed yet." Gao Yuan glanced at Mao Dewang, "Tell me, what's going on?" If such a big thing happened to Tongji Mine, it wouldn't be for no reason. As the guardian of a county, I don't believe you don't even know anything about it. ”

Mao Dewang's body shook slightly, straightened his waist, picked up the official hat on the ground with both hands, and put it on his head.

"Your Majesty, the Tongji Mine riot is only related to the miners' meager income and the exploitation of the mine owners. According to the minister's knowledge, most of the miners used in the mine are local aborigines and foreign Yi people. ”

With a bang, Gao Yuan slapped his palm on the table, "Aren't the local natives the people of the big Han?" Could it be that those Yi tribes are just outside the light of my big man? If you knew about this, why didn't you intervene? ”

"Your Majesty, the annual tax paid by Tongji Mine has always ranked first among similar industries, and it usually supports the construction of the county and invests a lot, and in the past few years, it has been safe and sound, and the ministers and ministers are ......."

"So you just turned a blind eye." Gao Yuan sighed. "Anyway, the Tongji mine is also in the deep mountains and old forests, and the information is not available, plus those people are illiterate and don't know the laws of my Han Dynasty, so you let this mine owner do whatever he wants, fish miners? Eat their flesh and drink their blood? ”

Mao Dewang trembled all over, bowed his head and was speechless.

"Your Majesty. There was news from the Tongji Mine. An officer strode in.

"Say it quickly." Gao Yuan shouted.

"Wang, it has now been confirmed that all the managers of the Tongji mine have been detained, and all the personnel of the police station in the mine have also fallen into the hands of the miners, because of the mining of iron ore, so these miners have no shortage of weapons in their hands, and what is more worrying is that there are hundreds of kilograms of explosives in the mine." The intelligence officer who came in said loudly: "Now that Tongji City has closed the city gate, the county order mobilizes all the people in the city to go to the city to prepare to defend it, and quickly ask for help from Helin." ”

"The riot miners are preparing to attack Tongji County?"

"Not yet, according to information from our intelligence officers, so far there is no sign of the rioters coming out. However, tens of thousands of miners are more emotional. ”

"Your Majesty, these miners are all elite people, rude and ignorant of the law, once someone instigates, the consequences are unimaginable, Tongji has no garrison at all, and Lin is also short of troops, please send troops immediately to quell the rebellion, if these miners go out of the mining area and enter Tongji City, it is very likely to cause a catastrophe." Mao Dewang's voice trembled.

"Hmph, isn't it a little late for you to know this now?" Gao Yuan sneered. "Freezing three feet, not a day's cold, the seeds of disaster have long been planted, but today it just happened to erupt. Mao Dewang, I have said more than once, but all the people living on the land of my Han Dynasty, regardless of race, should be treated equally, think for yourself, have you done it? Have you seriously implemented the Han Decree? If you can take it seriously, how can you do today? ”

"Your Majesty, it is also possible to mobilize in a hurry between the lack of garrison troops in Lin, and now the only force that can be used is that our three thousand guards can rush to Tongji as quickly as possible, in case these mobs leave the mining area and enter Tongji County, it may cause a catastrophe." Sun Xiao said softly on the side.

"Your Majesty, let's ask Commander Yang to lead his troops to Tongji first, and stop these mobs first." Cao Tianci also said.

Gao Yuan raised his head, looked at the people in the room, and said slowly: "Pass the order, I will go to Tongji City in person." ”

"Your Majesty, you must not, Your Majesty, how can you be in danger with your golden body?" Mao Dewang was taken aback and looked up.

"In danger?" Gao Yuan sneered: "This king has never been afraid of the enemy's thousands of troops and horses, is it possible that he will still be timid in front of his own people now?" Dasha, prepare the horses, let's go to Tongji. Mao Dewang, you come along. ”

Sun Xiao and Cao Tianci glanced at each other, but they stopped talking.

When the sky was bright, the three thousand guards were fully armed and rapidly advanced in the direction of Tongji, and at the same time, a letter of mail also flew from Helin City to Liaoxi County and flew to Jicheng Political Hall. (To be continued......)