Chapter 659: The people are like leeks
"I heard that you went to Chunxi Fang, I knew that you would definitely ask me about it!" Sun Bingchen smiled, the expression on his face was very indifferent, "Fang Beidou and the others were not arrested, but were only temporarily placed under house arrest in Luyuan!"
Hearing Sun Bingchen say this word, Yan Liqiang's tense heart relaxed slightly, but he was still puzzled, "My lord, Fang Beidou They are either ordinary people or some craftsmen, and they usually follow the rules, I don't know why they have to be placed under house arrest?"
"Then you say that this "Han Imperial Times" is theirs or the imperial court?"
"Uh, why did you say that?"
"Although the "Han Imperial Times" was created by you, but in the end you have dedicated it to Your Majesty, this newspaper is also the imperial court, since it is the newspaper of the imperial court, it is natural to speak for the imperial court, listen to the will of the imperial court, the reason why Fang Beidou and others are under house arrest is that they control the newspaper, self-righteousness, and do not listen to the orders of the imperial court, so I ordered them to be arrested, all dismissed from their posts and placed under house arrest in Luyuan, and no longer participate in the daily ...... of the newspaper."
"They...... How dare they disobey the orders of the imperial court?" Yan Liqiang's face was incredulous.
"The imperial court asked them to publish articles in the newspaper again, but they didn't send them, isn't it because they don't obey orders?" Sun Bingchen spoke, stood up, came directly to a bookcase in the study, took out a stack of things from the bookcase, and then came to Yan Liqiang's front and put those things on the table in front of Yan Liqiang, "These are the articles published by the "Han Imperial Times" after they were dismissed and placed under house arrest, and they insisted on not publishing them before they were dismissed and placed under house arrest, so don't blame me......
Yan Liqiang took the stack of "Han Imperial Times", just read the headline of the top newspaper, and was shocked, "Ling'an River Stone Turtle, Evil Words Confuse the Public", and the title of the next newspaper is "Everything is normal in Liuzhou, there is no matter of Tiangu eating the day", and the following is "Some people reported that they saw a bad person put the stone turtle into the river overnight", "Regret not being at the beginning, selling the mansion in the imperial capital at a low price, and want to double the redemption price"......
That stack of "Han Imperial Times" The headlines of the newspapers, most of them are like this, the news and reports in the newspaper, almost completely overturned the news reports on the birth of the stone turtle before, Yan Liqiang looked at it, and knew that these news and headlines were shoddy and fabricated to deceive people, no wonder Fang Beidou would not publish such news, because Fang Beidou knew what the consequences would be if such news was issued, and he and he had worked hard for several years to give the people of Gyeonggi a chance to escape before the catastrophe came, maybe you will be lucky to stay, and finally die without a place to be buried.
These articles, of course, can't deceive smart people, but the general public is the most likely to be deceived by these articles and propaganda, not to mention this era, even if it is their last life, there is already the Internet, television, and all kinds of media, access to information has been extremely convenient and free, and it is also a common phenomenon for ordinary people to be deceived and deceived by the media, because most ordinary people do not have the ability to distinguish the truth and obtain real information。 In comparison, the channels for people in this era to obtain information are narrower and more lagging behind, whether there are tengu eclipse days in Liuzhou, and whether there is a major drought in Zhuzhou, how do they know?
"My lord, although I am in Ganzhou these days, I have also heard about the birth of this Ling'an River stone turtle, and the Liuzhou Tiangu Eating Day, and the great drought in Zhuzhou have been confirmed, why does the imperial court still let the "Han Imperial Times" publish such an article to fool the people?" Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen with a shocked face.
"The lesser of two evils, the imperial court has to do this!" Sun Bingchen sighed.
"Ah, didn't I hear that the imperial court had prepared to evacuate the people of Gyeonggi, and all states and counties had allocated evacuation targets and quotas, why is it completely reversed now, at this time, the people of Gyeonggi should be allowed to flee quickly, and I came this time, but I heard that the people of Gyeonggi are leaving, and they still need a guide issued by the government, if there is really a catastrophe, isn't it making the people of Gyeonggi wait for death......"
"Yes, the imperial court had indeed prepared to evacuate the people and people of Gyeonggi before, but then it had to ......stop," Sun Bingchen said with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Why?"
"Do you know how many people there are in the entire Gyeonggi land?"
"There should be a lot!"
"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, the entire Gyeonggi land, including the Imperial City and the surrounding areas of Sigi, including five Ayutthaya, thousands of villages and towns, with a total of more than 13 million people, originally according to the plan of the imperial court, it was indeed necessary to gradually evacuate these people, but in fact, it was impossible to ......."
"Why can't it?"
Sun Bingchen's tone carried an indescribable tiredness and helplessness, "If more than 13 million people want to evacuate from the land of Gyeonggi, they must pass through Huizhou, Jinzhou, Yuanzhou, Tongzhou, and Anzhou, and only through these states can the people of Gyeonggi be transferred to other states and counties, look at this ......" As he spoke, Sun Bingchen directly opened the drawer in front of him, took out a few books in the drawer, and handed them to Yan Liqiang......
Yan Liqiang took the notebooks, and just opened the first two books at random, and his face changed, because the news that the notebooks were played was the news that the granaries of the official warehouses in Jinzhou and Huizhou had caught fire and suffered heavy losses......
"This ...... Is this intentional?"
"If the imperial court wants to settle the people who evacuated from the land of Gyeonggi, it needs to mobilize grain from the official warehouses and granaries of these states for the needs of the people along the way, and the previous evacuation and resettlement plan of the imperial court is also based on the decision made on the official grain stored in these states and counties, but in fact, the granaries of these imperial courts have already been eroded, and the situation is shocking, the data they report to the imperial court on weekdays are all fake, and if the imperial court inspects on weekdays, the official granaries of these states and counties can also be moved from the local to cope with the inspection and create a false impression, but this time the people of the capital will evacuate and relocate, and the imperial court will transfer grain from the local official warehouses and granariesThe need is huge, and those means of moving and turning are no longer useful, but need to take out so much food in a real way......"
"So they simply set fire to these official warehouses and burned down these official granaries, and there was no proof of death......
Sun Bingchen nodded with an extremely solemn face, and his tone was filled with a trace of unspeakable fear, "If there is no grain in the Guancang granary along the way, and the transfer cannot be operated, the tens of millions of people who have been relocated and evacuated from the land of Gyeonggi will eventually become tens of millions of displaced people and mobs, tens of millions, Liqiang, can you imagine what the scene will be in the end when these tens of millions of displaced people and mobs are wreaking havoc from the land of Gyeonggi, and the entire Han Empire will be destroyed under this torrent......
Yan Liqiang's whole body was cold, his voice and fingers trembled, he finally understood why Fang Beidou and the others were arrested, and finally understood why the imperial court made a way to restrict the departure of the people in Gyeonggi, "So...... Therefore, the imperial court can only let these ordinary people and ordinary people stay in the land of Gyeonggi and wait for death, waiting for the arrival of the heavenly calamity......"
Under Yan Liqiang's gaze, Sun Bingchen lowered his head and was silent for a moment, and finally slowly spoke, "It can't be said that the people of Gyeonggi are waiting for death...... It is still unknown whether all of what the stone turtle said will be fulfilled, but perhaps...... Maybe the catastrophe won't come......"
"What if there is really a catastrophe?" Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen with burning eyes and asked forcefully.
Sun Bingchen looked at Yan Liqiang's eyes, and his tone was like iron, "If the Han Empire does not exist, there will be more than 10 million people who will die, Liqiang, you are not in my position, if you are here, you will understand, sometimes, you have to make a choice, as long as Your Majesty is here and the imperial court is there, even if the land of Gyeonggi is turned into powder within a thousand miles, even if tens of millions of people die, with the national strength of the Han Empire, although it will hurt your muscles and bones, as long as it takes a few years, you can still recover......"
"Then the official warehouses and granaries in various states have been corrupted and the deficit is so serious, why don't you see the imperial court investigate and rectify it seriously, why is it not mentioned in the newspapers, aren't those corrupt officials who should be killed now?"
"This matter really needs to be investigated, the officials of all states and counties, there is not one in ten, the majestic system of the imperial court is bound to disappear, and the local turmoil will definitely be caused, at this moment, the imperial court has just cleared Lin Qingtian and his party, and next year Your Majesty will be hunting, and the imperial court will rely on them to stabilize the place and maintain the community, so this matter cannot be investigated, so it can only wait for the past few years, and then slowly clean up!"
"So many corrupt officials and corrupt officials can't be killed, but do these thousands of innocent people deserve to die?" With a snap, Yan Liqiang slapped the table, shaking the tea on the table and screaming excitedly.
Sun Bingchen's eyes looked at the tea spilled on the table, and his tone remained the same, "The people are like leeks, they can be resurrected, the officials are like beams, and the loss will be ......dumped."
Yan Liqiang's body was shocked, and the whole person was like being struck by lightning, and he could no longer say a word......