Chapter 374: More Violent Rumors
Thinking about the cause and effect, Li You breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, and he had been suspicious and suspicious since yesterday, and it turned out that the truth was so simple. I've been worried about it for a long time, but it's actually like pouring snow on boiling soup.
The idea of a surprise attack by the three families of Yancao Mansion is very good, and the joint impeachment is very effective, just like Mount Tai is overwhelming, it is a pity that the wrong time was chosen. They didn't know that the current Lord Li had an aura of meritorious service, and the effect of reducing damage was 100 percent, and it was valid for at least half a year, and no one could shake it even if he was impeached.
Of course, if you look at history, you will find that there are countless heroes who have ended up unlucky, after all, people's memories are always forgotten. But at least in the early days, heroes will always receive all kinds of preferential treatment and connivance, and now Master Li is at this stage.
In front of Gao Yuntong, who was triumphant because of the fearlessness of the ignorant, Master Li, the only one who knew the truth, had a very tangled expression. Is it to say it now to make Master Gao desperate, or to wait for him to slowly come to his senses? Which situation breaks his heart the most?
However, Li You's tangled expression fell in Gao Yuntong's eyes, that is, the despair and pain of the loser. He sneered a few times, ignored Li You no longer, rolled up the scroll on the table, and said to Jin Million: "Farewell." β
Seeing Gao Yuntong go out of the room, Li You didn't say anything in the end.
"You..." Jin Million sent his in-laws away, and after returning to the cabinet, he stopped talking, not knowing what to say, and his mood was extremely conflicted. Why is this excellent son-in-law so misaligned with the Yanyun Division, otherwise what a perfect network it should be integrated, and now he is caught in the middle.
Li You wanted to play some tricks to "test" Jin Million's position, but as soon as this idea came out, he suppressed it again, because he couldn't afford to "test", and only Xiaobai would be brainless and would test others without looking at the object.
You must know that Jin Million is not his subordinate, and he is not obliged to accept any tests, and the reluctant test will only leave Jin Million behind. You can't blame a person with a surname for not making the right choice when the information is incomplete.
Even if Jin Million is shaken in the face of the "predicament" and alienates him, what can he do? In the end, he Li You still needs a million gold to help, what is the use of testing at this time?
A person like Jin Million, whose strength has reached a certain point, naturally has the capital and right to change his position, and he cannot use the so-called "morality" and "feelings" to demand. Instead of exploring his current options, it is better to leave a good thought.
So Li You said to Jin Million: "You don't have to worry about this official, they are just local chickens and tile dogs!" β
Jin Million was quite shocked when he heard his son-in-law's words, in his eyes, this son-in-law has always been confident and full of everything, but the current situation is one-sided, and it is really not the time to show confidence, right?
"This official will let you see and understand, what is called heaven's will!" Li You threw down this sentence incomprehensibly and returned to the county office.
Jin Million frowned and said nothing, he also knew a little bit about the officialdom system, and now that his son-in-law's situation was besieged, he really couldn't think of any way for his son-in-law to break the situation.
After a night of silence, Li Youcai sat down in the back hall, and Master Hu, who was in charge of local affairs, hurriedly came in and suggested: "If the people in the city are panicked, they all think that the proprietor is about to leave, and the proprietor must refute the rumors." Otherwise, I am afraid that it will affect the governance of the proprietor. β
Li You laughed a few times, shook his head and said, "What kind of rumors?" Need not! β
Master Hu was puzzled when he heard this, "Don't refute the rumors? What does proprietorship mean? β
"Do you think the local gentry want the official to leave?"
"The proprietor is benevolent, like a loving father and mother, and has won the hearts of the people, and the people of Jiangdu County will never let the proprietor leave." Master Hu replied half patting the horse and half seriously.
Li You asked again: "Based on the merits of this official in Sizhou, do you say that this official will be dealt with by the imperial court?" β
"Naturally not."
"What else do you have to worry about? When the imperial court arrived in Yangzhou to reward the official, would the people of the city, who were worried about the future of the official, be very surprised and even extremely excited when they heard about it? β
"Absolutely."
"Then let the surprise come more violently!" Li You said confidently.
Previously, he had been worried about the conspiracy and tricks of the three government offices in Yancao Mansion, and he didn't dare to act rashly because he couldn't see through it, but now that he has seen the situation clearly and knows the cause and effect, he naturally has no worries, what else is there to dare to do? When you have the opportunity to brush up on fame, what is it if you don't brush it white, and endure rumors for a while.
Of course, brushing fame is about technology, and how many people pretend to be counterproductive, but Master Li's insight in this area is beyond the times, and he is naturally invincible.
In his previous life, as an online literature lover, Li You had read many cool books. Of course, I know the law of wanting to promote and suppress first, that is, the sunshine is always after the wind and rain, ** must be after the grievances, there is no depressing foreshadowing, where is it extremely cool**?
This law also applies to the current situation, the native people of Yangzhou City are equivalent to readers who read books, and he Li You is the author or director.
So at this moment, if there is no depressive plot, a depressing plot must be created, and if there is no aggrieved bridge, the aggrieved plot must be arranged, so that the most emotional effect can appear at the most important moment and the strongest fanaticism can be concocted in the minds of the people! Besides, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, and how can you know how to cherish him without going through hardships?
Let the rumors come more violently!
After making up his mind, Li Xianzun called in the printer and printed a number of paper sheets. He also called a number of officials, and each of them handed out a slip of paper, and gave them a very honorable task, to write down the contents of the paper, and then to spread the unfavorable rumors even more! The more unlucky he Li You said, the better!
For example: "Lord Li is really finished this time, Lord Qincha is already on the way, and he wants to lock him up and take him into Beijing to ask for the crime!" β
Another example: "People are dead and the government is over, and the new policies implemented by Master Li since he took office are only afraid that they will be canceled one by one!" β
Also: "This time, the Salt Transportation Division and the government have opened up the joints of the Queen Mother, and Lord Li's official position will inevitably be lost!" β
These servants are not good at doing good things, but let them do bad things, the execution is absolutely unexpectedly high, and the effect of spreading rumors is not bad.
And it also had a side effect, the people of Yangzhou City felt that even the county government officials were not optimistic about Lord Li, and they were even more pessimistic about Li You's future, and they couldn't help but lament in their hearts. Of course, the salt merchants continued to run around and feast to celebrate.
In just a few days, there were successive incidents of fights between native and registered residents in several restaurants in Yangzhou.
Don't think that the people of Yangzhou City are naΓ―ve, a few rumors can mobilize their emotions. You know, what are the people looking forward to most in these years? It's a local master who comes to Qingtian.
The personal color of local governance in the country is very strong, and whether the people in a place live comfortably or not depends to a large extent on the personal quality of the local officials.
Come to Qingtian, the people will be happy, when the Qingtian Lord left office, the people cried and shouted to keep many of them are indeed sincere, on the one hand, they are reluctant, on the other hand, they are worried about the future, who knows what kind of master the next one is?
But if there are wicked rulers who do evil and scrape the earth, the people will be punished. Of course, most of the magistrates are ordinary people, but they are not as popular with the people as the Lord Qingtian, who is the master of the people.
For the people of Yangzhou City, Li Xianzun is the Li Xianzun who dares to levy heavy taxes on the rich salt merchants to reduce the burden on the locals, Li Xianzun who has a fair reward and punishment in criminal cases and has no corruption and bends the law, Li Xianzun who does not expropriate and scrape the land, and Li Xianzun who attaches importance to the generosity of the scholars.
To sum up, Master Li is really a well-deserved Qingtian master, and it is rare to encounter this level in fifty years. If it were possible, the people of Mancheng would be willing to let Master Li serve as the county lord of Jiangdu County for the rest of his life, because they were afraid that they would never find a better county lord than him. Not to mention anything else, who would dare to attack the group of salt merchants except Lord Li?
Therefore, Lord Li's move to stay is very touching, and the emotions of hundreds of thousands of gentry and people in the county are also stirred up by various rumors. It's not that the rumors are so clever, it's that the people are too concerned about Lord Li's whereabouts.
The people of this era are still simple, Li You sighed, there are not so many skeptical critics on the Internet in the 21st century. Otherwise, if the official takes the initiative to spread rumors on the street, he will be caught and questioned by netizens and sprayed to death.
After a while, the news from Sizhou gradually spread to Yangzhou, the rumors subsided slightly, and the people of Yangzhou also relieved. I heard that Master Li has made a lot of contributions, and the court should not do anything to him.
This will not work! Wen Xi sees that the mountains are not flat, and it is absolutely boring to be plain without twists and turns!
The servants were no longer available, so Li You sent all the servants in his family to the restaurants and shops on the street to walk the new version of various rumors.
I have to say that the people of Yangzhou City are too concerned about the whereabouts of Lord Li, and the rumors related to this will immediately become a hot topic.
"The imperial court is very dissatisfied with Lord Li's unauthorized flooding of Sizhou, and wants to punish him!"
"More than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Sizhou have written a bloody complaint against Lord Li, and the court is worried about civil unrest, so they want to make Lord Li angry with the people!"
"Futai and Lord Li had a fierce conflict in Xuyi County, and after three hundred rounds of fighting, they were helpless, so they went to the court in anger and slandered Lord Li!"
"If you want to have a reward, the edict should have come a long time ago, and the delay so far shows that Lord Li is guilty of it! By the way, Qin Chazhen, who came to arrest Master Li, was on the way, and now he has arrived in Huai'an Mansion, and someone has seen it with his own eyes. β
The people in the city were slightly relaxed, and they were hung up again. Those salt merchants who were registered were also at a loss, and they were chattering, this damn Li You can't leave?
However, in the Salt Transportation Division, the Government Office, and the Guazhou Warehouse Office, the mood of several adults sank in a straight line, as if they had sunk to the bottom of the lake like Sizhou City.
Their ability to distinguish rumors far exceeds that of ignorant people, and they understand very well that the new version of rumors is nonsense, and only Li You's merits are real. However, this means that they have become clowns who try to shake the heroes.
Just yesterday, they also thought that the bluffing Lee Woo was a clown, and overnight, the role was reversed.
(To be continued)