In the laws of various dynasties, regardless of right or wrong, it is a crime for the people to beat officials, and more serious may be beheaded by the whole family, because the official is the representative of the emperor ruling the people in the world, and beating the official means directly provoking the imperial power, which is equivalent to slapping the emperor's face.

Sun Furen was beaten very badly, from a political point of view, it is equivalent to Li Shimin's face being beaten and swollen.

Of course, Sun Furen's anger can be understood, if Li Su was beaten like this, he would have exploded in anger, but the word "anti-thief" in Sun Furen's words made Li Su's expression solemn.

"Sun County's order said 'anti-thief', I don't know what it means?"

Sun Furen stood up, and the lady next to him hurriedly helped him up and put a mattress behind his back.

After taking a few breaths, Sun Furen said softly: "Xiaguan has been in Yingtou Village outside the west city of Jinyang these days, rumors are everywhere in the city, especially in Yingtou Village, Xiaguan heard that since last month due to natural disasters and mistaken spring sowing, the villagers of Yingtou Village have frequently made trouble, not only the number of looting cases in the village has increased, and even some rumors have been spread from Yingtou Village first, the people in the village are in turmoil, and Li Zheng went to persuade and was also seriously injured, Xiaguan took a dozen or so servants to Yingtou Village this time, in order to pinch all those rebellious rumors from the source, Then the rumor-mongers will be questioned as an example......"

Li Su thought for a while and said, "Sun County Order, I don't know what the rumors in Yingtou Village are talking about?" ”

Sun Furen said: "...... It is all about the words of the heart, what is not benevolent today, so the heavens are in the world, is to warn the people, if you can't change the world, not only this year, but in the next ten years, the world will continue to suffer, rumors also say, these can be confirmed, from the first year of Zhenguan to ascend the throne, almost every year there are major natural disasters, such as the locust plague in Shannan Province in the first year of Zhenguan, the Yellow River burst in the second year of Zhenguan, and the flood in Jiangnan Road in the third year of Zhenguan......"

Li Su frowned and said, "The people also believe these nonsense? ”

Sun Furen smiled bitterly and sighed: "The people believe it, because ...... These are not nonsense, it is really the truth, after the lower official arrived in Yingtou Village, he heard these rumors, and immediately ordered the scribe to read the chronicles, intending to refute the rumors with facts, but the scribe told me that the rumors said from the first year of Zhenguan to this year's disaster are real, and each one has a will to check, obviously the villains who spread the rumors have indeed done enough work, and there are elderly people among the people, and they naturally know the truth of these words, so they spread ten, ten and hundred, and the people of Yingtou Village all believed it, but the so-called ' Change the world' and other words are too damning, and the villagers dare not say it......"

Li Su couldn't help but smile wryly.

Rumors are also divided into low-level and high-level, low-level rumors are naturally full of mouths running trains, a nonsense without a word of truth, can not withstand any scrutiny and confirmation, this kind of rumor is the easiest to quell, because it is simply untenable, even if a word is not justified, the rumor will eventually break itself one day.

And the clever rumors are troublesome, nine truths mixed with one falsehood, the listener believes all the first nine truths, and has also scrutinized and verified, and finally comes to a lie, who can not believe it? This kind of rumor is often the most tenacious, once it starts, it will spread rapidly like a spark, and the only false word in the rumor is often the ultimate goal of the rumor-monger, and the false words mixed with the truth are easy to be believed, and the consequence of being trusted is that the lethality is huge, it is not easy to calm down, and the consequences are also very terrible.

From ancient times to the present day, those careerists often incite rebellion in the name of religion or God, and rumors are their main means.

The rumors in Jinyang City undoubtedly belong to the latter, the one that is very troublesome and difficult to quell, with Li Shimin's disgraceful deeds, as well as the continuous natural disasters over the years, and the desperate livelihood that has befallen everyone this year, the rumors quickly brewed and fermented, and finally spread into a disaster.

Li Su rubbed his nose and glanced at Li Zhi angrily, the meaning in his eyes was very clear, look at the good things your father has done!

Li Zhi didn't notice Li Su's unkind gaze, but sighed worriedly: "In this way, Jinyang's rumors can't be quelled?" ”

His expression changed suddenly, and Li Zhi put on a vicious expression, and said: "This king wants to see who the villains dare to incite the people to change the world and the world, and they are tired of it, so they all take it down and cut it down!" ”

Li Su glanced at him and said, "Villains are mixed with the people, can you tell who is a good citizen and who is a villain?" ”

Li Zhi's vicious expression suddenly froze, and then like a ball pierced into the skin, he quickly deflated, and said in great despair: "I can't tell the ......."

Li Su said lightly: "Then wait until you can tell the difference, then let go of the cruel words, now watch more, listen more, and say less, what we have to do now is also this matter, distinguish good from evil, and then punish evil and promote good." ”

Sun Furen glanced at Li Su and praised: "Hou Ye is still young and can have such wisdom, the lower officials admire, in the early years, the lower officials have heard of the name of the Hou Ye, and when I see it today, there is no vanity under the fame, His Majesty sent the Hou Ye and His Royal Highness the King of Jin to inspect the Jin land, it is really a saint." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "These words can be left for later, Sun County Ling will talk about it again, how do you know that the person who beat you is not a villager but a villain, or even a thief?" ”

Sun Furen sighed: "After the official arrived in Yingtou Village, he first summoned the local Lizheng to ask, our Datang Lizheng system is very meticulous, with four households as neighbors, five neighbors as protection, 100 households as the li, five miles as the township, Yingtou Village 200 households, there are just two Lizheng, both of them said that there are a lot of people in the village recently, all of them are passing by the temporary rest of the merchants, selling some sundries, needlework, coarse cloth, etc., this year's catastrophe is prosperous, when the village is panicked, those passing merchants are more and more, even if they can't sell anything for a day, I also smiled and didn't care, but I liked to chat with the villagers, talking about everything......"

"These people have never been worried about their livelihood, they leave the village every time they have dinner, and come again in the afternoon, they don't steal or rob or beg, they like to drill into the place where the villagers gather, and since then they seem to have settled down in the village, they feel strange at the beginning of the year, and they have reported to the county government twice, but at that time the Jinyang Palace was crushed by heavy snow, and the officials were busy with it, and they did not pay attention to this matter, and after a month, the catastrophe came, Yingtou Village first became chaotic, and it is said that someone instigated the villagers to rob a rich family in the village, and at that time, Some rumors of great rebellion spread without warning......"

As a result, as soon as he heard the report of the two Lizheng, countless villagers gathered outside, saying that the natural disaster had arrived, and the people's livelihood was hopeless, and they wanted the county government to give an explanation, and the court did not care about the life and death of the people, and the lower officials were in a hurry, so they went to the crowd of the people, and advised them not to believe the rumors, and promised to swear that the court would give the people an explanation, and would allocate food to help the people, and then ...... A voice came out of the crowd, telling the people not to believe me, saying that the treasury of the imperial court was empty, and there was no grain and grass, and there was no grain to help everyone......

"Xiaguan is a scholar, there is no power to bind the chicken, when he is beaten, he can only hold his head with both hands, the messenger next to him desperately protects me, but his fists are hard to beat four hands, not to mention that the people around him are dense, fists and feet are like raindrops, and the officers are desperate and can't protect me, Xiaguan vaguely remembers that someone hit me on the temple with the handle of a wooden hoe, and then I fainted, there are a few people who have practiced the style for a few days, and their temperament is also hot, when they see that the situation is chaotic, they don't dare to draw their knives, for fear of making a big incident, so they fight each other with a scabbard, and shoot randomly in the chaos, Only then did they rescue me from the crowd, and everyone escorted me back to the city in a hurry......"

Sun Furen said for a long time, it seemed that his energy was getting weaker and weaker, his face became whiter, he sighed weakly, looked up at Li Su, and said: "There is a place where the lower officials have not done a thorough job in this matter, when those merchants frequently came and went to Yingtou Village, the lower officials should have sent someone to investigate this matter thoroughly, this is the fault of the lower officials, after this matter, the lower officials will ask the court for guilt, but today's matter, the lower officials dare to ask a sentence Li Hou Ye, if it is said that the villagers are ignorant, it is only a temporary blood courage to do it to the lower officials, do you believe this Li Hou Ye?" ”

Li Su smiled bitterly, Sun Furen's description was very detailed, almost every detail was very clear, although he did not directly say the conclusion, but even an idiot could hear it, the beating of the county order may be the hand of the villagers, but there must be someone behind it, and those merchants and peddlers who appeared inexplicably are afraid that they will not be able to get rid of it.

"What about the peddlers?" Li Su asked a very important question.

Sun Furen sighed: "The lower officials were beaten unconscious, and I had a short awakening on the way back to the city carried by the messengers, and immediately ordered those merchants to be taken down, who knew that after the officers went to Yingtou Village, they found that the villagers had dispersed, and they were nowhere to be found, and those merchants were even more nowhere to be found, and the officers did not gain anything, but found that the two of them were seriously injured and vomited blood, lying on the ground and unable to move......"

Li Su thought for a while, turned his head to look at Li Zhi, and said, "Your Highness, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Immediately send sea fishing documents to the cities around Jinyang, and draw the appearance of those merchants and paste them all over Jinzhong, even if you can take down one." ”

Li Su smiled.

Well, as a child, it's not easy to think of this layer. Li Su can't tell why, now he is always consciously exercising Li Zhi, studying his ways and methods, mentioning right and wrong, teaching him to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and Li Zhi's attitude is also very correct, these days, Li Su feels that he has gradually become his teacher.

"Your Highness, the most important thing now is not to arrest those small characters, in fact, whether those people can take it or not has no impact on the overall situation, the important thing is to stabilize people's hearts, people's hearts are stable, and the rumors will naturally be self-defeating, Your Highness think about it again, how should we stabilize people's hearts now?"

Li Zhi tilted his head and thought for a long time, and said, "Food!" Food can stabilize people's hearts, we brought food, and it is urgent to help the people inside and outside Jinyang City! ”

Li Su smiled and said: "Your Highness is wise, just do what Your Highness wants." ”

Seeing the two talking like this, Sun Furen's eyes were quite strange, and his eyes kept looking at the two of them, as if he was very curious about these two princes and marquis from Chang'an, and curious about the primary and secondary positions of their trip...... Upside down? And this little prince is not angry, he looks like he is as willing as a glutton, it seems that he was born to feel that he should be a head shorter than this marquis, and his appearance is special...... Cheap? (To be continued.) )