Chapter 327: Yangzhou Affair 3
"The show is finally about to begin, and the three-day period has arrived, so I want to see what means the world-famous Di Yushi can use to persuade the people to leave. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "When the door of Yicang opened, and a Yangzhou official wearing official clothes slowly walked out, not far from a high platform, Xiong Wu, Ye Wenxuan, and Wen Yurong were sitting here quite leisurely, as if the scene in front of them was not reality, but a puppet show on the stage.
"Means, what means can he have, it's not the same old routine in the officialdom, the reality is useless persuasion, and when the persuasion is useless, it will be forcibly driven away by the officials, in my opinion, we are purely a waste of time here, it is better to drink and have fun at home." Wen Yurong said disdainfully.
"Hehe, when is it not okay to drink and have fun, but this scene in front of me is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I hope that Di Renjie can have some novel means, so it is not in vain that we spend so much money to deal with him, what do you say?" Xiong Wu said.
"Hehehe........."
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"Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, a certain is the Imperial Emperor Shi Di Renjie, I don't know if you want to go home and live in peace, but you want to besiege Yicang here, it is not that you want to rebel."
After many officials walked out of the gate of Yicang, the people who were originally surrounded outside Yicang stopped talking, and even if someone occasionally whispered, their voices were extremely low, and it was not enough for a third person to know.
This is also the weakness of the Chinese people, no matter what achievements and status, as long as they see the official master, they will be invisibly shorter by three points, and sometimes they can't even behave and act, and they can't even speak.
Originally, he was cowardly in his heart, but when he heard the word 'rebellion' in Di Renjie's mouth, many people trembled, and their bodies couldn't help but be much lower, and some of them were sweating profusely, their eyes were erratic, and they looked like they were ready to escape.
"Hmph, Di Yushi is worthy of being a world-famous prisoner, this ability to buckle the hat is really clever, although we and other villagers gather here, but it is only to ensure that our life-saving food is not regarded as the capital of promotion by some faint officials, and it has never been regarded as the political achievement of promotion, how can there be a rebellion, if Di Yushi feels that he is in a high position, he can talk nonsense, and wronged good people at will, I can only accept my fate." At this moment, a burst of angry rebuke rang out from among the people.
"Okay, this scene finally has something to watch, I want to see how Di Renjie stepped down today." On the high platform, Xiong Wu and the three of them said excitedly.
Except for Xiong Wu and others, most of the other people present were a little confused when they heard these remarks, and many people's hearts were gloomy, for them, although Di Renjie's words were a bit excessive, but Di Renjie was appointed by the imperial court after all, not to mention a small common man, even the emperor of Yangzhou, Dong Haozhi, the assassin of Yizhou, could only obediently hand over his big seal at the request of Di Renjie.
"Hula"
After a burst of clothes rubbing and the sound of footsteps moving, an open space was vacant outside Yicang, and I saw a young man in sackcloth standing there alone, and there was no one else beside him.
"Who are you, you dare to talk to Qin Cha like this, you are not afraid of losing your head." This time, it was Song Jing behind Di Renjie who stood up and angrily reprimanded.
"Hum ......."
Song Jing's words caused a sneer from the young man in Mai, and then he was heard to continue, "What if the head is not guaranteed, if we can't unite today to stop the government from stealing our hard-earned food, I'm afraid that sooner or later, one day, we will be like those victims outside the city, displaced, hungry, and waiting for death with a haggard face. ”
"Nonsense, look at your speech and demeanor, quite extraordinary, you should have read books, learned the words of the sage, why are you so rude, I don't know loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, respect and humility, could it be that your books for so many years have been unique to the dog's belly." After all, Song Jing has been in the office for too short a time, and after hearing such insulting words from the young man in Mai, he couldn't help but reprimand angrily in his heart.
"Hmph, this Lang Jun, whether a certain is nonsense or not, everyone knows it, besides, it is a certain person who has been familiar with the book of the sage since he was a child, and learned the way of the sage, so he will stand here today, denouncing you with words, 'Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness', if you can use a certain head in exchange for the food accumulated by countless villagers in Yangzhou with countless blood and sweat, it can be said that you will die a well-deserved death." Mai youth said.
"You ........."
"Well, Shiro stepped aside." Song Jing, who was about to jump up by the young man in Mai, was about to open his mouth to refute, but Di Renjie opened his mouth and drank him violently.
Immediately, Di Renjie took two steps forward, came to the young man in Mai, looked at him carefully, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, courageous, responsible, but unfortunately he is too young, this temperament is really too reckless, train well for a few years, and he will be a pillar of the court in the future." ”
Hearing Di Renjie's praise, except for some subtle changes in the faces of Dong Haozhi, Song Jing and others, most of the rest of the people did not understand the meaning of his words.
"Since you have been familiar with the scriptures of the saints since you were a child, why are you so good at relying on them, seeing that the people gather here, and if you are not careful, it will cause unrest, not only do you not persuade them, but you also encourage them, and even join them in joining them to fight against the imperial court, what do you mean?" Di Renjie then asked.
The young man in Mai saw Di Renjie in front of him, although he was much stronger than many people, at least he could stand here without being timid or frightened, but he was still a little nervous.
But even so, he still replied, "Returning to Di Yushi, it's not that the younger generation doesn't understand the etiquette of the court, and he has to incite the villagers to go against the court, but the court is too much this time, the food in the righteous warehouse was originally the spare food for the people of Yangzhou to eat and eat thrift, and prepare to survive the famine, but now, the government actually wants to use these grains to the disaster victims outside the city, although it is also a good thing to relieve the disaster victims, but Di Yushi has not thought about it, if the grain in this righteous warehouse is diverted for other purposes, in case of disasters in the future, There are more than 100,000 people in Yangzhou, how to deal with it, it is necessary to be like them, dragging their children and daughters to eat everywhere, and living a precarious life every day. ”
"Yes, we can't give up food."
"That is, the grain in Yicang is ours, and no one can use them."
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After the Mai youth finished speaking, a group of people led the way and shouted, and for a while, most of the people didn't care about anything else, and shouted one after another. The atmosphere that had just calmed down was lively again.
"Hahaha, yes, yes, the previous efforts were not in vain, what you want is this kind of scene, let's make trouble, let's make trouble, you can make fun of it, and finally roll Di Renjie back to Chang'an City in a gloomy way, and it is best for the court to abolish the will of the victims to go south to eat." Ye Wenxuan laughed.
In such a chaotic scene, no one noticed that among the excited people, there were some people, holding long pockets in their hands, observing their surroundings with indifferent expressions, and whether they stopped beside some people, silently observing them, and the people who could make them stop were some extremely positive people.
In the eyes of the imperial court, all my descendants of China are my people of the Tang Dynasty, any people have suffered a disaster, the court has the responsibility to let them survive, Henan, Hebei suffered a flood, these people were displaced, they couldn't stay in the local area, and they went south to eat, this was originally a virtue policy of the imperial court, how could it be excessive.
As for the grain in Yicang, although the grain in Yicang is all accumulated by the villagers with hard work, but at a critical juncture, the imperial court temporarily requisitioned and transferred, why not, besides, the imperial court is only temporarily requisitioning and transferring the grain in Yicang, and when the grain in the official warehouse is ready, it will also fill the Yicang from the official warehouse, and it will definitely not consume a grain of grain in Yicang, how can the people of Yangzhou have no food to eat in the year of disaster? Di Renjie said.
"Well, it's not good, it's going to suffer."
When Di Renjie said this, Dong Haozhi, Xiong Wu and other people who were familiar with this kind of inside story jumped a trace of bad feeling in their hearts.
In fact, the reason why this incident will have such a huge impact is, in the final analysis, because of the power of rumors, the original plan of Di Renjie and the imperial court was that when the victims went south to eat, if the food in some prefectures and counties was not enough to support the consumption of the victims, they would first requisition some grain from the local Yicang to alleviate the urgency of food.
Of course, the grain requisitioned from the Yicang will definitely be reduced from taxes in the future, so that not a single grain will be returned.
But in Yangzhou Mansion, because of the selfish desires of Xiong Wu and others, they sent people to deliver the news that the imperial court was ready to use the grain in the Yicang to help those victims who went south to eat. And there is no mention of it, the government will return this article afterwards,
This is like stabbing a hornet's nest, after all, as long as it is a human being, it is a selfish desire, who would want to fall into it with hard work, save money and use the food born, and finally be used by the government as a favor to help others.
'Suffer from inequality'
This made the people of Yangzhou feel a little angry and unwilling, and under the instigation of well-intentioned people, they gathered outside the Yicang to protect their food from becoming someone else's mouth.
This matter is simple to say, but if it weren't for a bold person like Di Renjie, who could stand up and talk to many people at a critical moment, with the greed for life and fear of death of other officials, maybe this plan could really be realized.
But after Di Renjie told the news, this rumor was completely self-defeating.
Sure enough, after Di Renjie finished speaking, all the people who heard it were instantly stunned.
"You..... You..... What do you mean by what you just said, you mean that the extraction of grain from the barn is not impermanent, but will be filled in the future, but it is so. After being stunned for a moment, the young man in Mai asked Di Renjie quite eagerly.
"Of course, you don't really think that the imperial court will use the food of Yicang to help the victims, it's just ridiculous, my Tang Dynasty holy monarch is in the world, not to say that everyone is rich, but it will not take your little thing, the will of the court clearly states that this time the disaster victims will go south to eat, all expenses and expenses will be deducted from the future taxes, and it will definitely not let a single person suffer losses, you actually listened to the rumors of some well-intentioned people and came to besiege Yicang, it is really too stupid, and it is too ridiculous." Song Jing finally took revenge on the revenge just now, and his face became proud.
"This ........."
Although Song Jing's words were a little ugly, they also made the young man in Mai and many people speechless, and even many people lowered their heads because of shame, not daring to look at Di Renjie and the others.
"Don't believe them, they are the officials, they are the most deceitful, they are saying this now, the fundamental reason is to deceive us home, and when we go back, they will transport the grain from Yicang out to help the victims outside the city, as for whether the grain from Yicang will be returned in the end, who can guarantee that if they don't pay it back, what can we do with them, we can only endure it, so don't believe them!"
"Yes, yes, what this Lang Jun said is good, they are all liars, we must not fall for them, all the folks, think about it, for so many years, how many times have we been to the government, do you still have to be expected by their rhetoric this time."
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Just when everyone was feeling annoyed and regretting their recklessness, a sharp shout came from among the people, one after another, so that most of the people could hear it clearly.
These shouting people, because the issues they said are extremely sensitive, plus as an official government, especially the official government in the feudal era, it is even more common for the government to change its orders every day, which also leads to the people's distrust of the government is becoming more and more serious, so after these people shouted, the people who had already believed what Di Renjie said were once again full of doubts.
"Hmph, jumping beam clown, such a trivial method, I still want to show it in front of a certain person, but I can't do it myself, I won't worry about you now, and I'll let you know how powerful a certain one is later." For this abnormal appearance, Di Renjie not only did not feel surprised, but a few smiles flashed on his face, but his smile made people look full of weirdness, which was very different from his gentle and drizzly temperament in the past.
"Di Yushi, so far, just by what you said, I'm afraid it is impossible for me to believe it, if what Di Yushi said is true, I hope you can come up with solid evidence, otherwise, I'm afraid you folks are unwilling to leave." Mai youth said.
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