Chapter 48, the mentality of those whose fate is in control
Longshan City, a city founded by 13 Chen, at this moment, this originally prosperous and peaceful city is in turmoil.
The streets were full of rioters looting shops, and the police could only stand in a few wealthy neighborhoods and government office neighborhoods, watching the rioters recklessly.
The official office building, the bigwigs in charge of the city and the bigwigs of the violent agencies, all had gloomy faces, and the air pressure was terrifyingly low.
"Tsk, we used to think that those gentry were nothing, and the city was maintained and governed by us. As a result, I didn't expect that as soon as I lost my master, I immediately became a piece of fat meat that could be slaughtered. Liu Jingyi, the city's top deputy governor, a woman in her forties, pinched her eyebrows and said helplessly.
"The city's guards are now all guarding the border, facing the city on the side, and there is no way to mobilize it, and the police in the city alone can't stop this riot." Wearing a police uniform, the city's police chief, Chen Zhen, was full of helpless sighs.
"Hey, Chen Zhen, I didn't expect you to be a member of 13 Chen's family? I used to be yelled at by you kid. "Suddenly, an official wanted to adjust the atmosphere.
"Hey, I've always said that I'm not a member of 13 Chen, you still don't believe it, and now 13 Chen is directly arrested by the whole clan, but I'm safe and sound, now you believe it, right?" Chen Zhen also smiled.
Everyone laughed, but the smiles were dry.
"Isn't the Hillbend next door the same as the unlucky one? There should be a riot on their side as well, so why did they send the city guards to the border, forcing us to do the same defense, so that everyone had no manpower to deal with the mob. An official said indignantly.
"This is everyone's vigilance, and if our two cities are divided into rival councillors, then either side is not guarded, and it will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob. So no matter what, we will first pull the city defense army to the border to be on guard, and then there will be an excuse to block it. Liu Jingyi said.
Everyone understands this truth, it doesn't matter if you change the master, you are afraid that you will change to that kind of coaxing, and you have enmity with other people, and then someone suddenly gives an order to attack, then you will not be finished if you are not prepared!
War is much more terrifying than riots.
And this is also the reason why the city management, despite the turmoil of the mob below, never dared to transfer the city defense army back to quell the riot.
"Hey, it's the same idea to come to Shanwan City, and Lankou City and Zhihai City should be the same, the owners of our four cities are all unlucky, and they are unlucky." Officials sighed.
Liu Jingyi pinched her eyebrows again, if before, she thought that she had the ability to keep the entire city out of the control of the gentry.
After all, it seems that the gentry seem to be very powerful, but as long as the gentry obeys the rules, they can naturally use these rules to deal with the gentry.
After the city executive sent by 13 Chen was overshadowed by her and others, and 13 Chen did not react much, she was ambitious and ready to start a big operation, so that the city under her control was completely out of the control of the gentry.
It is not about independence, it is only about becoming partners, not to mention anything else, and tax and military power should be jointly controlled by both sides. Don't pay all the taxes to 13 Chen, and then need funds to ask 13 Chen for such a thing.
However, on this very day, news suddenly came that the Lu family had gathered 16 parliamentarian allies to prepare for war against 13 Chen and three of his allies.
As soon as the news came, Liu Jingyi didn't know what was going on in other cities, anyway, the city under the name of 13 Chen immediately began to turmoil.
In particular, the members of the 13 Chen family left one after another at the beginning, which caused even greater turmoil.
Then the 13 Chen family's family was destroyed, and the Lu family's people arrested 13 Chen's family members everywhere, which brought this turmoil to its peak.
Then the management found that the surrounding cities began to eye, and the city defense army was ready to move, so it could only immediately pull the city defense army to the border.
Then there were the neighborhood riots, the city was paralyzed, and the armed forces in the city, the police, could only protect the rich and the public districts.
It was also at this time that these ambitious city administrators who wanted to break away from the control of 13 Chen suddenly discovered that the city had lost its owner, and it was a piece of fat that anyone could nibble on!
They tried their best to find a way, but there were only 13 Chen above them, and they couldn't even touch the side of the Fenggang City Council.
Looking for the winner of 12 Lu? People don't care about it at all.
used his personal connections to inquire around, and finally learned that the Lu family would discuss with their allies the ownership of the assets of the defeated tonight, so everyone would not leave to worry about outside matters and gather in the public office to wait for the arrival of the new master.
"The gentry are too strong for us commoners to compete with them." Suddenly, an official said in a somewhat low tone.
Someone said, "No way, the land is theirs, the vast majority of the population is theirs, and we free people really have to count it as theirs, because we have to live on their wages." ”
Liu Jingyi said: "Alas, if it weren't for the fact that these gentry don't know why, don't care much about these, and even indulge us in our own development, we wouldn't have produced a big oligarch who thinks that the gentry control a lot of resources and then rely on legal protection." ”
"Who would have thought that the battle between the gentry would be like a war for the destruction of the country! With the whizzing missiles, the soldiers who arrived at the target in an instant, and the incomparable armaments, I couldn't understand how the government could allow the gentry to have an army. ”
"At that time, because the armament that looked very terrifying was like a toy in the eyes of the government." Chen Zhen said: "I once gossiped with a university scholar about such a thing. ”
"The university scholar smiled and said to me, don't think you are in an era of interstellar civilization, substitute yourself into the era of ancient feudal dynasties, those gentry above us are the big and small landlords in the ancient countryside, and their army is those family thugs, and then the gentry fight is to send family members to fight on both sides, so by comparison, you can understand the code of conduct between the government and the gentry."
"Tsk, that's true! We seem to be in control of a city, but in this analogy, it is actually a small village under the name of a large landowner. If there is no big interest in this village, it is not bad for the big landlords to be able to take a look at it for a year. An official said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's mood was not very good, and in the eyes of the gentry, in the eyes of the gentry, it was a few house slaves who were working hard, and then used this to bargain with the gentry, which was incredible when you thought about it.
Suddenly, Liu Jingyi's phone rang and was immediately connected, and after a few clicks, Liu Jingyi said to her colleagues in a sluggish manner: "Our city has a new master." ”