As soon as Zhang Eighteen breathed, he reported the nicknames of seven or eight people, several of whom Wu Song already knew. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis confirms that today's sudden incident of tens of thousands of villagers besieging the Yamen rally and demonstration is indeed Zhang Dahu's secret planning and deployment.

Stepping on the eve of the imminent arrival of the minister of the Qincha and the imminent unfolding of the Qinghe reform, he unwittingly instigated tens of thousands of villagers who did not know the truth to besiege the yamen, which caught Xu En off guard.

Xu En felt remorseful in his heart, realizing that he was still too careless.

After he came to Qinghe County, in order to implement the reform of the law, he first managed to concurrently serve as the county consolation, and then carefully investigated, and in one fell swoop cleaned up the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the yamen, firmly controlled the yamen in his own hands, and thought that he was working steadily and steadily step by step.

However, Zhang Dahu was silent before, but he suddenly made such a big move, which suddenly made Xu En fall into passivity.

Xu En was remorseful and ashamed, and shouted: "Wu Song, hurry up and arrest all these people who are secretly instigating among the villagers!" If these guys are allowed to instigate behind their backs, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Wu Songxin said: As a magistrate, Xu En himself is honest and honest, and he is bent on changing the law, which can be regarded as a rare good official in this era. Looking at his thunderous technique of cleaning the yamen before, it can be regarded as a skill. However, he still lacks experience in dealing with such large-scale mass demonstrations.

Although Wu Song was only a small clerk before the crossing and had no experience in handling large-scale mass demonstrations from the standpoint of the government, because in the era before the crossing, large-scale mass demonstrations were commonplace in countries around the world. Therefore, in the face of this situation, Wu Song was much calmer than Xu En psychologically.

He immediately dissuaded Xu En and said, "My lord, at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to arrest people casually." There are too many villagers outside the yamen, and if we send people to arrest them in the crowd, once these villagers misunderstand and think that the government wants to suppress them, then we are afraid that the conflict will be further intensified. Tens of thousands of people are impulsive, and the consequences are really unimaginable! ”

Xu En thought about it calmly and knew that what Wu Song said was reasonable. He was even more glad that he had rewarded Wu Song with an exception. Wu Song is brave and strategic, and he is really a rare talent, so he asked: "Then in your opinion, what should I do now?" ”

Wu Song carefully recalled some of the news he had read before the crossing, and remembered that at that time, large-scale mass rallies and processions in various places were actually endless, and some places were able to successfully quell and defuse them, but in others, due to improper handling, the contradictions intensified, often causing serious conflicts between the government and the people.

Once the conflict between the government and the people intensifies, the consequences can easily get out of control. Therefore, in dealing with this kind of thing, we must not only seize the opportunity and respond in time, but also be cautious and act properly.

At this time, a county official standing next to him, Wu Song recognized that it was Zhang Xin, who was promoted by Xu Enxin that day, obviously wanting to show himself in front of Xu En, and stood up and suggested: "Master, the villain has a suggestion!" ”

Xu En was overjoyed and said, "Say it quickly!" ”

Zhang Xindao: "The villain thinks that these ignorant people dare to besiege the Yamen, which is really hateful!" The Lord is now a county consolation and has the right to mobilize the army. It is better to immediately mobilize troops, come to suppress them, and those who dare to resist will correct the law on the spot and cut through the chaos quickly, so as to catch up with the arrival of the minister。。。。。。 ”

"You fart!" Without allowing Xu En to answer, Wu Song shouted angrily, "These villagers besieged the Yamen, although they shouldn't, but after all, they were all instigated and coerced by Zhang Dahu behind the scenes, they themselves are not heinous people, and they don't really want to rebel, how can they be suppressed by the army?" Do you want the minister to see the blood flowing like a river of corpses all over the Yamen of Qinghe County? What if the officials forced the people to rebel and really forced these villagers onto the road of rebellion? ”

Zhang Xin's face turned red and argued forcefully: "Then do you just let these Diao people besiege the yamen?" When the minister came, he couldn't even enter the yamen, what should he do? There is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, and the imperial court to raise soldiers was originally intended to maintain peace. ”

Wu Song said angrily: "It's right to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, but it depends on where this soldier is used." This soldier can only be used to suppress the real bad guys, and it can never be used against the people! Otherwise, the common people will be forced to a dead end, then there will be a real rebellion, and the magistrate will have to bear greater responsibility, which will be in the hands of Zhang Dahu! ”

As a local official in this era, Xu En also believes that the whole world is not the king's land, and it is normal to deal with disobedient people and use the army to suppress them. However, after listening to Wu Song's analysis, he calmed down and said: "Wu Song is reasonable, unless it is absolutely necessary, the army must not be used to suppress it!" ”

Seeing that his suggestion was rejected, Zhang Xin couldn't hold his face, and said to Wu Song with a flushed face: "Then what good way do you have?" ”

Wu Song thought carefully again. He remembered that after watching the news before crossing over, after large-scale mass demonstrations took place in some places, the government would always release news and information in a timely manner through various channels such as television, newspapers, and the Internet, so as to refute rumors, guide public opinion, and prevent more people from being misled and incited.

He had some ideas and said to Xu En: "My lord, now it seems that these villagers are besieging the yamen and shouting the slogan against the change of the law. In fact, the reform of the law is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and although the villagers' opposition to it is the result of the instigation and coercion of Zhang Dahu behind the scenes, it is obviously also due to their lack of real understanding of the reform and misunderstanding the original meaning of the reform. Therefore, I think the top priority at the moment is to quickly strengthen the propaganda of the villagers, do a good job of information disclosure, let them understand the true content and significance of the reform, and eliminate their misunderstanding of the change, so that their emotions can be calmed down fundamentally! ”

Wu Song's words were mixed with many modern words, but Xu En still understood. Although Xu En has a weak and helpless side, he is still a capable local official after all, and immediately realized that what Wu Song said was reasonable, and immediately agreed.

However, in this era, there are no newspapers, television, and radio networks, so how can we urgently carry out propaganda and guidance for tens of thousands of villagers?

It was still the method that Wu Song came up with: The officials and staff members who were besieged in the yamen immediately took action, using paper, cloth, etc., to concisely write down some of the law reform measures to be implemented in Qinghe County, such as the salt money law and the Fangtian law, to explain their specific methods, advantages and disadvantages. Then, people were quickly dispatched to hang the paper and cloth outside the yamen, and even publicly threw them among the demonstrative villagers, which was like distributing leaflets.

After reading the things written on these cloths and papers, and understanding the true content and methods of the reform, the villagers were naturally able to judge that the reform was actually beneficial to them, and they no longer opposed the change. If they no longer oppose the reform of the law, they will naturally disperse through the yamen.

At Wu Song's suggestion, Xu En also posted a large notice at the entrance of the county yamen, announcing that the villagers besieging the yamen today would be lenient as long as they could disperse on their own, and the county magistrate would be lenient and not to blame for the past.