Chapter 647: Killing chickens can scare monkeys
After arriving at the holy decree, Xu Qian had already made his trip early the next morning, and there were not many people he brought with him, just a few guards, and he drove lightly and went south along the canal.
At this time, Zhejiang is still in full swing, these ten days, from Nanjing to Quanzhou, every day is a carnival, at the beginning, everyone is still a little afraid, but gradually, it is also familiar, sharpening knives do not cut wood, anyway, this business tax is not removed for a day, everyone's business can not be done, and the craftsmen do not work, so simply, everyone makes a fuss together.
And the consequence of this trouble is naturally the stricter zhòng, not to mention the influence of the troublemakers, the boats on the river are stopped, the carriages transporting goods are stopped, and the streets are not cleaned up, and all of a sudden, Zhizhejiang is full of filth.
So much so that even those who stayed out of the matter gradually couldn't stand it anymore and had to jump out, hoping that the government would deal with the matter immediately.
And then, the news came, Xu Qian, as the Qin mission, had rushed to Zhizhejiang, like a dawn in the darkness of dawn, Zhizhejiang suddenly thundered with joy.
When Lord Xu comes, the next thing will be solved, and everyone's hard work seems to have returned, the businessmen seem to have realized that their business can continue to be maintained, and the officials of the New Deal also realize that their black yarn hats can still be kept, as for the others, at least the work has been settled, as if as long as Lord Xu arrives, a qiē can return to the past, the former life may not be good, but compared to the present, it is enough to make people nostalgic.
In the governor's yamen.
When the news of Xu Qian's arrival arrived, the order of the entire yamen finally collapsed.
Before that, Wang Daozhong was still the Governor, and there was the entire Governor in the Royal Road, although they understood that they were in a difficult situation now, but after all, they still obediently obeyed the orders of the Governor, because Wang Daozhong was the Governor, this reason was enough, the Governor represented the imperial court, as long as the matter passed, everyone originally thought that they could go back to the past.
But now, when the imperial court appointed Xu Qian as the envoy, Lord Xu's position was already self-evident, and the officials in the governor's yamen immediately understood that the governor may not be able to help, and he may not be able to represent the imperial court, and Xu is the representative of the real imperial court.
Besides, with Lord Xu's means and his style of conduct, to oppose him, this is not death, so why follow the Governor and Lord Xu against him.
Everyone knows this truth, so the servants are still superficial, and some of them simply slip away, and even if they stay, they may not have a good attitude, and they are very lazy.
On the one hand, such a big incident happened, the officers and soldiers couldn't suppress it, and they were helpless -- the news came one by one, and the matter became bigger and bigger, at first I thought it was tens of thousands of people, and then I knew that it was hundreds of thousands, and then later, news from other places came one after another, only to know that it was as high as a million.
No matter how stupid Wang Daozhong is, he also knows that if it is tens of thousands of people, as long as he is tough enough, he can still get the support of the court, but if it is hundreds of thousands, the court will most likely hesitate a few times, after all, the will of the people cannot be violated, the court also has to weigh the consequences, but if it exceeds a million, even fools know, the court must be based on appeasement, you must understand that the court is also composed of people, and people's nature is to bully the weak and fear the hard. Let everyone know that things are not something you say you want to make trouble, but once there are too many people, even if you can barely suppress it, once the people's hearts are against each other, the consequences will only be stricter, and the only choice for the court is to use any means to appease the angry people.
If you want to calm things down, you must make sacrifices, and you have to show that the court is doing something wrong, and it is best to prove that in fact, the court is not wrong, what is wrong is the corrupt officials and corrupt officials below, so the next thing is to find someone to carry the black pot and let everyone vent their anger.
Wang Daozhong realized that he might be the guy who carried the black pot.
At this time, when he heard Xu Qian's edict as Qincha, his heart suddenly turned cold.
The attitude of the imperial court is self-evident, Xu Qian was made a messenger, there are only two possibilities, one is that the cabinet can't withstand the pressure at all, which gives Xu Qian the opportunity to come to Zhejiang to liquidate, and the other reason is even more terrifying, that is, the cabinet saw that the matter was too big, and decided to leave it alone, so he simply let Xu Qian do the rakshasa and let Xu Qian come to Zhejiang, and simply clean up a group of people who opposed the new policy, and also let these people carry the black pot.
The reason for this is a win-win situation, the ministers of the cabinet can take advantage of this to get away and shirk their own responsibilities, and Xu Qian took advantage of this to establish his authority, and at the same time beat all his opponents to death, and let out a sigh of relief, he will naturally be satisfied. And the only unlucky one may be that he is king, because he is the guy who opposes the New Deal, and unfortunately, he is indeed very suitable for carrying this black pot.
The back of the black pot is a candidate, and it is decided that there is no room for sloppiness, this person must first have a certain grade, such as making such a big fuss, can you punish a prefect casually? If you want to calm everyone's anger, you must at least be a person at the governor level, but on the contrary, Zhao Ming, the governor of Zhejiang, is Xu Qian's sworn friend and the vanguard of the New Deal.
Come to think of it, it's still in his royal way.
Not to mention, the reputation of the royal road is already smelly in Zhizhejiang, and it is really the best candidate in this incident.
Although Wang Daozhong is a very courageous person, but people's courage has a limit after all, and he has now predicted that on the one hand, the cabinet has planned to abandon himself, and even has the intention of letting himself carry the black pot, and on the other hand, the officials and businessmen of Zhizhejiang have regarded themselves as a thorn in the flesh, and the upcoming Qincha Xu Qian is also aggressive, and it is clear that he is coming for himself. Anyone can know that he is completely finished, and his decades-long career in Huan Hai has now come to an end, and it is even very likely that he will not even be able to save his life.
originally came with great ambition, but he didn't expect it to end up like this now, and his heart was already cold to the freezing point.
What to do, what to do next?
It seems that there will be almost no answer to this question, and even if he knows what to do, what can he do, is he out of this yamen? Outside, they are surrounded by chaotic people, and others go out, once he, the governor of Zhejiang, shows his face, this is to send sandbags to the countryside and die!
Even if you want to instruct others to do things for you, but looking at the situation in the yamen, are people willing to pay attention?
A few of the friends already feel bad, some have disappeared, and a few have lost their souls, after all, they are usually considered to be 'acting for the tiger', and maybe they will also belong to the liquidation when the time comes.
"Your Excellency...... Adult ......"
Early in the morning, Yang Kang, a friend of the scene, hurriedly found the back office.
Yang Kang is one of the few friends who is still conscientious in his duties, but today, his expression is even more uneasy, because he has not slept well for many days, his eye bags are also terrifyingly black, coupled with his current panicked expression, so that the whole person no longer has the calm and unhurried demeanor before.
Wang Daozhong got up very early every day, or he didn't sleep much at all, he heard Yang Kang's voice with a heavy heart, and his heart chuckled, as if he had ushered in his own amulet, and finally his mood eased up, and Yang Kang had already rushed into his study.
"My lord・・・・・・ Xu Qian, the secretary of the household department...... It's been here... ・・・It's time to ・・・・・・"
Wang Daozhong's face was shocked, and he said, "Is it already here?" It's good to ・・・・・・ ・・・・・・ here...... This official will just meet him, at least, there should be a decision, rather than this, it is better to simply have a good time. ”
"No, no, no・・・・・・" Yang Kang hurriedly shook his head and said, "Lord Xu has only arrived in Hangzhou, and he has not come to the Governor's Yamen for the time being, but I have heard that ...... I heard that he went to the governor's yamen. ”
Wang Daozhong was stunned for a moment, his face as pale as paper.
This result was even more terrible than he imagined.
If Xu Qian came directly to find himself, at most, that is, as a messenger, he either brought a holy decree and temporarily dismissed him from his current official position, no matter what the name was, but the crime was at most dereliction of duty, and after the dismissal of his current position, he would either return to his hometown, and if he was lucky, maybe there would be arrangements in Nanjing.
But he went directly to the General Soldier Yamen, which means that for this Lord Qincha, compared to him, the Governor, the Chief Soldier Yamen is more important.
Why does it matter? He is the governor, as long as he takes the opportunity to take himself, everything will naturally end, but why should he go to the chief soldier's yamen first?
The only possibility is to regain military power first. What do you do with the seizure of military power? There is no rebellion, but anyone who comes to Zhizhejiang knows that he and the general army can't even move a single soldier, how can they rebel, and in this case, why do they have such a move.
If there is an abnormality, it is a demon, and he has been an official for many years, of course, he guessed another possibility, pretending to go to the general army yamen, and first seized the military power, which is for the imperial court to see, giving the imperial court an impression that the situation is strict, and then, he planted a rebellion and directly put himself to death.
This possibility, not nothing, after all, the surname Xu presided over the new policy, and the new deal is his life for him, in order to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, not to kill himself, how can he deter others, only in this way, the next governor, whether it is inclined to the cabinet or science, which one dares to stumble on the new policy, with his own experience, who would dare to make a mistake?
The third chapter was delivered, and I was forced to ask for a monthly pass.