Chapter 585: Quelling the People's Grievances
With an order, in a few breaths, the Li family tribe simply executed Li Su's order, broke the man's leg in a flash, and then carried him out of the crowd.
It wasn't until his legs were broken and the whole person rose into the air that the man felt the pain in his legs, so he opened his throat and howled like a pig.
From the shot to the take, the subordinates were like lightning, until the man was carried out of the crowd, and the people were still at a loss.
The man is in his thirties, looks very ordinary and ordinary, looks like a peasant household everywhere, his face is full of vicissitudes and downfall, and there is nothing special in the crowd.
Li Zhi stood beside Li Su, watching this scene with wide eyes and stunned, not reacting to Li Su's resoluteness, and staring at the man who was howling like a pig in a daze like all the people.
"Brother Zizheng, is this ......" Li Zhi said hesitantly.
Li Su turned his head and smiled gently: "Your Highness thinks I took the wrong person?" β
Li Zhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Could it be a mistake?" The person seems to be ...... It's an honest farmer, if we take the wrong person, it's a big deal. β
Li Su shook his head with a smile, and did not explain, he believed that the ear and eyesight of his subordinates would be known in the first trial.
In fact, regardless of whether you take the wrong person or not, the matter has already made a big fuss.
Seeing that someone took one of the people for no reason, the onlookers suddenly became noisy, and the commotion in the crowd became more and more changeable.
Li Su frowned, turned his head and gestured to Fu Shanyan's eyes behind him, Fu Shanyan understood, stood a few steps forward, and shouted violently: "Silence-"
The crowd was frightened by a loud roar on the ground, and Fu Shanyan's eyes were dark. Glancing around coldly, he said awe-inspiringly: "We are here from Chang'an, subordinate to the right military guard of Chang'an, at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Majesty's son-in-law, and the Marquis of Jingyang County to patrol the Jindi, this is our waist card." Let's see it first! β
As he spoke, Fu Shanyan took out an ivory waist card engraved with tiger head tusks from his bosom, and slowly showed it around the people.
The crowd became quieter, and everyone had a look of awe on their faces.
No matter how enlightened this era is, after all, it is also an era of strict classes, and the people are born with awe and fear of the court and officials in their bones.
Seeing that the crowd was getting quieter and quieter, Fu Shanyan nodded and said, "Since you can see it clearly." Ben will talk about the second thing, this time on the patrol, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the Marquis of Jingyang County on behalf of the imperial court and His Majesty, intended to appease the relief of the old folks, the relief grain and grass allocated by the household department of the imperial court has been on the road, and it will arrive in Jinzhou in less than three days! You can not believe the local assassin history, but you can't believe His Majesty's own son! All you have to do is wait with peace of mind, and the relief of food and grass will arrive in the near future. His Majesty is far away in Chang'an, and he is still worried about the affected people. I only ask all the fathers and elders to work with the court with one heart and one mind, to tide over the crisis together, everyone is twisted into a rope, and obey the dispatch and arrangement of the government with peace of mind, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the Marquis of Li County can guarantee that they will never starve to death a single citizen! β
The voice fell. The crowd gradually began to stir again, and everyone had a suspicious look on their faces, as if they were weighing the truth of these words.
Fu Shanyan turned his head and glanced at the middle-aged man who was knocked off his leg and was lying on the ground humming, then turned around and said loudly: "Ben will say the third thing again......"
Pointing at the man. Fu Shanyan's tone suddenly became stern: "Everyone saw it, we took down this person just now, why did we take him down?" At the moment of the catastrophe, it is the time when the court and the people's fathers and elders are united in the crisis, but this person hides in the crowd and deliberately provokes the officials and the people, separates the court and the people, instigates and bewitches the fathers and elders to fight against the court, and takes the life and death of the people as a personal stepping stone, with ill intentions, and the ill-intentioned intentions, if you don't take down this person, let him provoke you and others to confront the government, and even incite everyone to rebel against the court. β
The crowd fell silent again.
Li Su stood not far away, and couldn't help but bow his head slightly.
Although I don't know what his personal ability to command the army is, but just looking at his performance at the moment, he is a rare talent, from this point of view, Li Shimin decided after careful consideration of the candidates for the entourage around Li Zhi.
Whether it is the court or the people, convincing is the truth in this era, as long as the truth is really convincing, everyone can accept it.
After Fu Shanyan's words, the crowd had stopped commotion, and everyone may still have a little suspicion on their faces, but the expression of anger and resentment just now had gradually faded.
His Majesty the Emperor sent his own son out on patrol to appease and provide relief, and the grain and grass of the household department immediately arrived in Jinju to take down the ill-intentioned demagogues. The Imperial Court and His Majesty the Emperor have done everything that needs to be done.
After the crowd was appeased by Fu Shanyan's words, Li Su stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "I am the Marquis of Jingyang County, next to me is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the son-in-law of His Majesty today, the general just now was right, the grain and grass allocated by the household department is on the way, and it will arrive in Jinzhou within three days, all the fathers and elders will wait for three days with peace of mind, I promise not to let everyone go hungry, now, the upper and lower officials and errands of the Jinzhou Assassin Mansion, as well as the local government guards and camps, will immediately assemble, collect trees and straw, gather all the craftsmen in the city, and build tents on the flat ground outside the city, It is used for the people's fathers and elders to live, and the government is responsible for raising the grain and grass for the people for the three days. β
I have to say that Li Su's words are more effective.
He knew what the people were most concerned about at this time, which was nothing more than giving food, so as soon as he came up, he went straight to the point and broke down the issue of food relief in great detail.
If the people are still a little dissatisfied with the imperial court in their hearts, after Li Su's words, everyone's last doubts were finally completely dispelled.
yes, as long as you're not hungry, what's the other thing?
For an ordinary person, who becomes the emperor and what means is used to become the emperor, and whether the snow disaster is a curse...... These big things and small things add up, where can compare to the food that really fills the stomach?
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After Li Su gave the order, the emotions of the people calmed down, and the assassin surnamed Yu stepped forward in front of Li Su and the others.
Wufu took out the waist card to prove his identity and the holy decree document, and Yu Tingshi carefully checked it. handed it back to Wu Fu, and then led a dozen or so officials to salute Li Zhi and Li Su.
Li Su ordered Fang Lao Wu and others to take the man he had taken down into the prison in Jinzhou City for careful interrogation, and then motioned to Yu Tingshi to lead the way into the city.
Under the leadership of Yu Thorn History, the group entered the city and walked into the Thorn History Mansion in the city.
Until the guest and host sat down in the front hall of the Thorn Mansion, Yu Thorn Shi waved away unrelated people. Only then did he wipe the sweat from his head and let out a few wry laughs.
Li Zhi straightened his waist like a little adult at this time, and asked slowly, "Yu Tingshi, how is the situation in Jinzhou now?" β
Yu Tingshi smiled bitterly: "What is the situation, presumably His Royal Highness the King of Jin has seen it today, since last year and winter, it has snowed heavily in Jinzhou, and the snow is full of feet, and people and animals can't do it." Until the beginning of the spring sowing season, more than 100,000 acres of fields outside Jinju City still have snow unmelted, the land is frozen dry and hard, completely cut off vitality, can not sow seeds at all, seeing that the spring sowing season has passed, the climate has not improved, the people finally despair. So starting five days ago, the people fled their hometowns with their families. In some places, even the entire village and the entire Zhuangzi left their hometowns together, and the lower officials stood guard on the avenue outside the city gate every day, begging the people not to leave, but with little success, and most of the people still fled from Jinju......"
Saying that, a look of guilt and heartache appeared on Yu Tingshi's face, and his eyes quickly filled with tears. Crying: "Originally, last year's year was not very good, and the people did not save much surplus grain at home, and now they are taking their family to Chang'an, how many days will it take to store grain?" Even if they chew on the bark and grass roots all the way to Chang'an, will Chang'an have their way to live? The lower officials persuaded hard for many days. I almost knelt down for them, but the people just wouldn't listen...... I just don't listen! β
Watching Yu Tingshi's tears dripping down one by one, Li Su was also very heavy.
He believed that Yu Tingshi was a good official, and he also believed that the government of Jinju had made the best efforts, but it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and during natural disasters, food was the most important thing, and without food, no matter how much he did, it would be in vain.
"Yu Thorn History, I don't know how much is left of the people in Jinju now, how much is left of the grain and grass in the official warehouse, how many casualties are among the people, whether it is peaceful under the rule, whether there is any chaos among the people and troubles, and so on, please tell me in detail about Yu Thorn History." Li Su said slowly.
Yu Tingshi sniffed, wiped a handful of tears, took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and then choked up: "Yesterday, the county orders under the jurisdiction sent people to deliver the news, and now the people of Jinzhou Siye Village have fled from their hometowns, and those who really stay in Jinzhou are only about three or four out of ten, and the total number is about 30,000 people, of which more than 6,000 people are gathered outside the city, and some of the rest have gone into the mountains to collect wild mushrooms or hunt, and some are nowhere to be found, and there is no way to know. During the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, most of the grain in the official warehouse was escorted into the Chang'an treasury, and the remaining old rice was about 400 stones......
Li Su quickly turned his head and glanced at Li Zhi, then Li Zhi nodded, and Li Su waved his hand heavily: "First open an official warehouse to help the people, stabilize the hearts of the people, and get through this difficulty. β
Li Zhi nodded quickly on the side.
Yu Tingshi hesitated for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "If His Royal Highness the King of Jin agrees, the lower officials will not worry, and the people of Jinzhou can be assured...... Besides, three days later, the household department will have disaster relief grain and grass, what are the officials worried about? Then they ordered tents to be erected, so that the people would not starve or freeze......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Su glanced at him with a gloomy face, and said faintly: "Who told you that there will be disaster relief grain and grass in the household department in three days?" β
Yu Tingshi was stunned for a moment, then cold sweat flowed from his forehead, his face quickly turned pale, and he pointed to Fu Shanyan, who stood still like a stake under the corridor of the hall, and stammered: "It wasn't this just now, this general, said...... Say ......"
Li Su sighed: "You can believe what others say, do you want to be so naΓ―ve?" Yu Tingshi, are you familiar with this general? β
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PS: It's a shift tonight, and I'm going to accompany my wife to do B ultrasound tomorrow, and I'll go to bed early tonight...... (To be continued.) )