Chapter 258: Growing Mushrooms
With the iron-hearted efforts of these family members behind the scenes, Li Shimin's comments are naturally becoming more and more marketable, and there is gradually a trend of three people becoming tigers.
Although Li Shimin was anxiously angry, he had to work hard to mobilize manpower to deal with the disaster, and on the other hand, he had to think of ways to stop these rumors that were unfavorable to him, and he felt anxious.
In particular, the apparent lack of effort of local officials and their slow response to the disaster caused some complaints among the affected population, which further increased the spread of rumors.
And Li Shimin can't come up with particularly good countermeasures for the time being, he knows who is behind the scenes, but he can't catch the fox tail of others, and it's in vain if he can't get the hammer down.
And he also knows the truth that blocking is better than sparse, at this time there is no relevant law for being convicted for words, and he is determined to be a wise monarch through the ages, even for the change of Xuanwumen, there are no too strict restrictions, and he openly let the world know, and now in the face of such rumors, he naturally did not slap himself in the face and engage in something similar to the text prison. This kind of precedent can't be opened, otherwise there will be no talk of admonishment in the future.
For a while, Li Shimin even felt a little helpless, and he simply had a heart, so he planned to imitate the practice of previous dynasties and make a crime come out.
Although knowing such a thing would be a serious blow to one's own reputation, and it was exactly the result that the people behind the gang were looking forward to, but after all, it was also a way to solve the problem.
As long as the follow-up disaster relief is effective, at least these lives can be saved, and the prestige of the court and he, the emperor, in the eyes of the people will not be completely lost.
Just when the rumors about Li Shimin were rampant, a poem "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road" also quietly became popular inside and outside Chang'an.
This lonely verse, although there is no context to transfer and inherit, seems a bit nondescript, but because the meaning is very easy to understand, and it is a more appropriate portrayal of Chang'an City, it is easy to obtain the psychological resonance of ordinary residents and spread at a very fast speed.
It is a trend that it is a bit of a connector code to greet everyone, and it has almost become a sentence that most people inside and outside Chang'an City must mention when they meet.
Of course, there is also a lot of dissatisfaction with those families and clans, and the panic and anger caused by the double disaster for a period of time seem to have found a breakthrough.
As long as you compare the lives of those big families and look at your current situation, you will inevitably have to complain.
One by one, they talked about the life of the big families with noses and eyes, as if they had seen those people with their own eyes, how extravagant and wasteful they were.
In fact, what they said seemed very ridiculous to the real sensible people, the family had to eat a few catties of mutton at a meal, and the chicken legs were full?
I underestimate them, do you know what it means to not get tired of eating? It can only be said that poverty limits their imagination.
The ones who have endured the most of this kind of fingering behind the scenes are naturally from the family.
Compared with the newly emerging upstarts of the country, these people with five surnames and seven wangzhong are more famous, and their names have been loud for so long, when it comes to Zhumen, ordinary people will also think of these long-established wealthy families first.
And the deeds of those nouveau riche fighting for the country are still vividly remembered, after all, the previous battle of Shuofang has just allowed the Tang Dynasty to recover the whole territory and achieve the goal of unification.
Those nobles, especially the martial artists, can enjoy the current glory and privileged life, and they also fought hard regardless of life and death.
But although the people in the family have also enjoyed similar, or even more than one step of treatment, and also have a huge reputation, if they really have contributed to Datang, it seems that everyone really can't remember.
Therefore, for them to sit back and enjoy their success, ordinary people are naturally a little dissatisfied. Isn't it just that if you have a good baby, you deserve to enjoy such a high-ranking official for a long time?
Such rumors are also constantly spreading and fermenting, and people's dissatisfaction with Li Shimin has gradually shifted to these people, maybe this is called empathy?
At this time, the Cui family has been a small servant for Cui Gan for decades, and it can be said that the current steward of Cui Gan's absolute henchman is directing his subordinates to clean carefully, and Cui Gan's private living room is the top priority.
After careful sprinkling and sweeping, there must be a careful person who will hold the rag and wipe the size of the inside, as well as all the corners, including the floor, spotlessly.
As for Cui Gan's study, it is done by this steward himself, and he will definitely not fake it.
It is the place where Cui Gan reads and writes every day, and it is also the clean room where he thinks alone, the Cui family can sit firmly in the first place in the family, and many of the countermeasures can be said to be proposed and perfected in this study, which has naturally become the number one forbidden place for the Cui family.
Which child of the Cui family can be lucky enough to come here, and after going back, he will immediately usher in everyone's envy, and he will become full of confidence when he brags.
In such a place, it is naturally forbidden to go out for a word, and this steward, who has been with Cui Gan for many years, can enter and exit this study more freely, without being directly killed by the two expressionless killing gods at the door, so he also got the nickname of "two family masters" in the Cui family.
The task of scrubbing here is naturally only him, with his familiarity with the affairs in this study, so as not to mess up the things inside, and at the same time not leave a sanitary dead end. Otherwise, Cui Gan would definitely be furious, and the angry Cui Gan would really kill people!
After carefully inspecting the row of huge halls where the living room is located, it has indeed been scrubbed clean, and the steward hastened to order people to close the doors and windows.
And he himself seriously cleaned Cui Gan's study inside and out, and then, as usual, smiled gently at the two guards at the door, gently closed the door of the study, and continued to deal with other things.
The huge Cui Family Committee really has too many big and small things to deal with, Cui Gan obviously won't do everything himself, and even some things involving the official side will be handled by this trusted steward, so this steward is also very busy.
After dinner, the sky had just been darkened, and Cui Gan, who had been in the court for a while, felt that his spirit was okay, as usual, he moved to the study again, ready to ponder a few tricky things in the court today.
And his steward, naturally, needs to set a lantern to help guide the way, and it is customary not to hold the lamp at will in the study, in case of a fire and even a piece of Cui Gan's beloved thing is damaged, then someone will definitely have to pay the price of their lives. Therefore, the big butter candle in the study has always been lit after Cui Gan arrives.
Seeing that the person who came was Cui Gan, the head of the house, and the two cold doormen at the door, he bowed and let go of the door.
Cui Gan continued to walk forward without squinting, and walked in with his head held high. The steward was a step behind and followed with a lantern.
"Boom!" A loud bang suddenly sounded, starting from Cui Gan's study, and even the halls behind it all disappeared in a huge firelight.
The sudden rise of flames even formed a magnificent mushroom cloud!
Several neighborhoods in the vicinity could feel a clear vibration, and the entire Chang'an City could see the huge fire cloud.
Chang'an shook, the palace shook!