Chapter 894: The Heart of the People
(Many thanks to the generous support of 'Lonely Hero', 'Wind Muchun River', and 'Humble Bodhi'.) οΌ
Early the next morning, Wang Junlin asked Feng Xiaoyong to send county soldiers to beat gongs and walk through the streets and alleys, informing tens of thousands of people in the city to gather in front of the south city gate. Last night, Feng Xiaoyong led twenty Wang Junlin's guards, and after killing more than 30 of the original captain's personal soldiers and henchmen, he easily controlled a thousand county soldiers.
At this time, a high platform had been erected in front of the city gate, and Wang Junlin, wearing a purple official robe, strode up the high platform surrounded by officials and nobles such as Du Ruhui, the new county commander of Changxiang County, and Feng Xiaoyong, the governor of Changxiang County.
Feng Xiaoyong nodded to the 1,000 county soldiers on the right, and the 1,000 county soldiers immediately knelt on one knee under the leadership of several hundred commanders, and said loudly: "Meet Lord Taishou." β
The people had long heard that the new Taishou had come to the city, and at this time they saw Wang Junlin surrounded by a group of officials in the county, so they faintly guessed, but they didn't see the county order, the captain, the county and the county lieutenant, and they hesitated for a while, and saw a thousand county soldiers kneeling, and they knelt down in a hurry, but some people knelt slowly, some people knelt fast, and the shouting in their mouths was different, and the scene was a little chaotic, but everyone looked at Wang Junlin's expression full of fear and even horror.
Since ancient times, in the past dynasties of China, the people have been full of fear of the government or the officials, not to mention the high county government Taishou, and the people have also heard that this Taishou is the legendary poison general who burned and poisoned hundreds of thousands of Turkic savages and Tuyuhun people, and many foolish people have always thought that Wang Junlin has to drink human blood every day, at this time, although Wang Junlin is different from the legend, there are no black horns on his head, and there are no fangs longer than wild boars in his mouth, but he is still inevitably afraid.
"Excuse me, all of you, get up!" Wang Junlin took a step forward and said loudly, the voice was not loud, but it spread throughout the audience, so that everyone could hear it, it seemed extremely magical, and suddenly made many people more and more in awe of the newcomer Taishou, thinking that this Taishou Lord really knew how to spell.
The people didn't dare to get up, and a thousand county soldiers looked at Feng Xiaoyong's eyes and took the lead in getting up, and the people got up in a mess.
"Let people call everyone over early in the morning and disturb everyone's normal life, it's the official's or not, the official's direction
Apologize. Speaking of this, Wang Junlin bowed neatly and generously to the tens of thousands of people in the audience.
This stunned all the people, and even the officials and nobles of Changxiang County behind Wang Jun.
In this era of strict hierarchies, the difference between nobles and common people, and the fact that officials are always high, there has never been an official, or even a small official, who will apologize and salute the common people.
Because most of the people in this era have not read, they have no opportunity to contact more information, and on the whole they are relatively simple, even if Wang Junlin's apology and salute have the element of showmanship, but it still makes everyone have some good feelings about this new Taishou unconsciously, at least the resentment of being driven over by the county soldiers early in the morning has dissipated, and at the same time, it is also curious what this new Taishou wants to do when they gather together.
"I called everyone here today to let you observe the process of the execution of the four corrupt officials in the township of Yumeat County, okay, the new county commander of the county will announce the evil deeds done by the four corrupt officials and show you the evidence." Wang Junlin didn't talk too much nonsense, he knew that for these people, too much nonsense would affect the effect, and only by directly coming to something practical or shocking could he achieve the effect he wanted.
Du Ruhui was prepared, and immediately stepped forward and said: "This official Du Ruhui, on the order of Lord Taishou, temporarily acts as the county order, Lord Taishou arrived in this county yesterday, and received a complaint from the victims of this county, and found that the original county order, Du Wei, County Cheng, and County Lieutenant of this county are evil towns, so they sent people to secretly investigate, and found that these four people have committed heinous crimes. β
When he said this, the people in the audience were already talking about it, one by one dumbfounded, and then many people were excited, especially those who had been persecuted by these four officials or the relatives and minions of the four people were even more indignant, even some people who had not been persecuted by the four people were also excited.
Since independence, as long as the people see the unlucky officials, go to prison, and kill their heads in the past, they will be inexplicably excited, and this kind of thing will still be the case even in later generations, of course, there are more or less some people who hate officials and hate.
Next, Du Ruhui read out the things committed by the four criminals one by one, and presented the evidence on the spot, and the people listened to it
Although they have more or less heard that these four officials are not a good thing, many people don't know that these four people have secretly done so many evil things, and every thing they say is enough to make the people extremely indignant, and they can't wait to eat these four people alive, and some of the victims of the bitter people are crying on the spot, making everyone look even more angry.
"Kill them."
"It's just unreasonable."
"Kill four dog officers."
"Please make the decision for us."
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
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Under Du Ruxuan's affectionate telling, the anger in the hearts of tens of thousands of people in Changxiang County was completely stimulated, at this time, as long as someone followed their wishes and killed the four heinous dog officials, they would be regarded as good officials, and even the Qingtian lord, who invisibly won their people's hearts, and this is exactly what Wang Junlin needs to see.
After learning that the Lu clan was quite popular in Fanyang County, Wang Junlin knew that he must not be simple and rude in dealing with the Lu clan, otherwise there will be too many troubles, and at least he must strive for a certain foundation of popular support.
Therefore, long before he went on the road from the capital, Wang Junlin ordered the Blue Yiwei Mansion to thoroughly investigate the details of all the officials in Fanyang County, and the reason why he tolerated it in Gu'an County yesterday and did not do it was because although the Gu'an County Commander was weak and incompetent, he did not do anything evil, but the four officials in Changxiang County were different, not to mention that although Wang Junlin was ruthless, but from the perspective of personal character and psychology, he would never allow the officials under his command to do so many evil things and get away with it.
Before coming, Wang Junlin asked Yang Guang for many privileges on the grounds of dealing with the Lu family, such as the possibility of appointing and dismissing officials below the fifth rank of the county at will, as long as the evidence is conclusive or there is a legitimate reason, and no one can be killed if the imperial power and the laws of the Great Sui are not overstepped.
"Everyone, be silent." Wang Junlin suddenly spoke, his voice was clear and had a strange penetrating power, and he immediately suppressed the angry people's shouts, and when the people saw Lord Taishou speak, they gradually stopped speaking, and the audience became silent.
PS: There will be five watches tonightββββββ
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