Hearing Lin Tai say "it's too late", Li Shida's heart felt extremely bad.

Wouldn't the thousands of hungry families who didn't know the truth have already started to take action to storm the government?

Those who have experience in local governance know that Lin Tailai's remarks about the thousands of poor households may not be exaggerating.

Under the current system of the Ming Dynasty, silver and rice grain can be regarded as financial hard currency, and 10,000 stone rice or 5,000 taels of silver is indeed enough for thousands of poor families to survive the spring famine in these two months and not starve to death.

Thinking of this, Li Shida hurriedly asked Lin Tailai: "Those poor people have already gathered to make trouble?" ”

Lin Daguan replied very affirmatively: "No need." ”

In the past, Li Shida may still be skeptical.

However, after witnessing the scene of the rebellious people in Suzhou City even daring to beat the governor, I dare not doubt the ability of the "rebellious people" to act.

Not to mention that these are still "hungry people" who have run out of food, and it is possible to do anything!

The meaning of "unwarranted" is generally that there must be!

"Hurry up! Go back to the palace! Li Qincha yelled at the palanquin man.

At present, he has mobilized hundreds of officers and soldiers as escorts, some from Suzhou Wei and some from the Governor's Battalion.

Under his direct command, relying on these hundreds of officers and soldiers, he may be able to block the chaotic people and temporarily protect the Shi Governor's Mansion!

If the rebels really succeeded in attacking and stripped the Shi Governor's Mansion and threw it on the street, then the Shi Governor's Mansion would not have the face to stay in Suzhou!

Before Li Qincha returned to the sedan chair, the old man with a broken leg sitting in the middle of the street held his head and shouted in a louder voice:

"Officials protect each other! Grass people are as cheap as grass! Qin Cha sat back and watched the grass people starve to death! ”

Nima! Li Shida turned his head and glared at the dirty old man with a broken leg.

What kind of Suzhou-style grass people are here, they have no reverence for officials, and they are so skilled in moral kidnapping!

Then the hateful voice of the guard officer surnamed Lin drifted into the ears of the minister again:

"In broad daylight, so many people are watching, no matter what Li Qincha thinks in his heart, he always has to get by on face, right?

Besides, your mission is to investigate the prefect, and someone here has provided clues to the prefect, and if you ignore it, you will be derelict in your duty. ”

Li Shida gritted his teeth and asked his entourage to step forward and accept the form.

Previously, Li Shida also felt that with his status as the minister of Zhengerpin Jiaqincha, no one in Suzhou City could force himself to do anything.

For example, if he says that Shi Zhifu is not guilty, then he must be innocent.

But now I feel as if there is a pair of invisible hands manipulating my every move, making myself like a marionette.

"Now you can go back to the mansion, right?" The minister pinched his position and said to Guard Lin in a sarcastic tone.

Lin Tailai hurriedly instructed the sedan chair driver to get up the sedan chair, and asked the sergeant to open the way in front and move forward as fast as possible.

Outside the gate of the palace, everything is no different from usual.

There are people who come in and out to do errands, there are those who do all kinds of small businesses, there are those who watch the notices of the government offices, and there are brokers or lawyers who wander back and forth.

But there are no "chaotic people" who gather to make trouble, let alone thousands, not even a few.

When Shi Zhifu heard that the minister had returned, he hurriedly came out to greet him in confusion.

The two who had just been separated and reunited stared at each other, and their eyes were a little dazed.

And Lin Daguan stood beside him, looking at the sky with his eyes, as if he was brewing poetry.

"Can you dodge it?" Li Shida couldn't bear to ask Lin Tailai.

You, Lin Tailai, are standing next to you, how can he secretly exchange views with Shi Zhifu on the latest situation?

Lin Daguan retracted his eyes and asked, "Are you sure you want me to avoid it?" ”

Li Shida: "."

What does this sentence mean by stepping on a horse? What is the hidden meaning?

Thinking back to after I arrived in Suzhou, every word I heard from Lin Tailai seemed to be full of deep meaning or meaning, like a riddle, and my brain CPU was not enough to burn!

Lin Daguan said again: "Don't think about it, this sentence has no special meaning. Stand here and don't move, I'll go buy some oranges. ”

Li Qincha fell into deep thought again, what does it mean to buy oranges?

He knew that Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake in Suzhou was rich in oranges, which was the original accumulation of Dongting merchants to help them get rich in business, but now is not the season for oranges to go on the market?

Li Qincha thought too much about it, and it wasn't until Shi Zhifu called a few times in a row that he came back to his senses.

"Now the sword is hanging over your head!" Li Qincha said quickly: "Under the encouragement of people with hearts, there may be thousands of hungry people who blame you!" ”

Shi Zhifu, who had suffered repeated bad news today, heard this latest development and almost broke the defense directly.

Xiao Hairui Shi Qingtian embezzled 5,000 taels of silver, resulting in a shortage of grain in Jinong Warehouse in Wu County, and it was difficult for thousands of poor people to borrow grain to survive the spring famine? Which bastard wrote the script?

Shi Zhifu said angrily: "In order to repair the city wall, the government government transferred five thousand taels of official silver from the county, which is a very normal yamen business!"

How could these ignorant and foolish people associate this incident with the shortage of grain in Jinongcang?

Could it be that a rich county like Wu County could not operate without 5,000 taels of silver, and was even forced to occupy the Jinong warehouse to store grain? ”

Li Qincha said helplessly: "It's useless for you to talk about these truths, they stupid fools only believe what they want to believe!"

So let's face it first! In the past two days, I have been stationed in the government with officials and troops to prevent the starvation and civil unrest, which will directly impact you! ”

Shi Zhifu thought of the palm print house slave who "committed suicide", and thought of the burned account books of the treasury, and said a little pessimistically: "If you don't remove the stumbling blocks, all the expectations can't be pushed forward." ”

originally thought that he only needed to bypass Lin Tailai and do things directly. Only now did I find out that as long as Lin Tailai wanted to get in the way, he couldn't get around him in Suzhou City.

The two of them briefly summed it up, theoretically speaking, a lineup of a fourth-rank prefect plus a third-rank governor, and a second-rank minister, is enough to get rid of a normal local bully, and the advantage is mine.

However, when we put the theory into practice and enter the actual situation we are currently facing, we find that it cannot be done at all.

Anyone who has read the public case knows that there are roughly two ways for Qing officials to get rid of local bullies.

One is to create a situation where the bully is "alone", and when the bully is paralyzed, he uses a trick to capture the thief and capture the king first.

The other is to directly attack the Yellow Dragon, directly attack the nest of the bully, and generally cooperate with those who understand the righteousness and abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

However, if the bully character is replaced by Lin Tailai, it is difficult for both methods to be effective.

For example, the first tactic of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, even if Lin Tailai is alone, can he be caught?

Could it be that the famous iron fist golden whip in the south of the Yangtze River and the first martial champion in the world are flowers?

If there are more people, it is easy to be exposed in advance, and if there are fewer people, it is not enough for Lin Tai to fight.

Speaking of the second tactic of smashing the Yellow Dragon, the biggest question is, where is the so-called nest of the Lin Group?

Traditional bullies have a base for their lair, such as a heavily guarded manor, or a large mansion with high walls and deep courtyards, as well as small islands in the water and camps in the mountains.

Most of the men and wealth are concentrated in the lair, and as long as the lair is destroyed, the bully power will basically disappear.

But when it comes to the lair of the Lin Group, it seems that from the west wall of Suzhou City to Taihu Lake, there is a radius of thirty or forty miles.

Moreover, the leaders and men under Lin Tailai are not the kind of simple thugs, they will only concentrate in the lair and wait to be exterminated by the forces of justice.

They often hide in the people, and at the same time have various social and economic organization identities, such as Tangkou tax collectors, tax customs river express, engineering team leaders, industrial park supervisors, Jinong warehouse custodians, boat households and fishermen, and so on.

The Lin Group did not concentrate its gold and silver treasures as a miser, but has been making large-scale investments, and its wealth is very dispersed, and no matter which point it attacks, it is not a pain in the bones.

So Li Qincha and Shi Zhifu spent a long time, but the old bureaucrat met the new bully, and he was at a loss and had no way to start.

According to their calculations, the only feasible plan to destroy the Lin group in one fell swoop is to persuade the emperor to directly issue an edict, characterize the first martial champion of the Ming Dynasty as a rebel, eliminate all interference in the imperial court, and mobilize at least 5,000 capable combat officers and troops from other places to carry out a comprehensive sweep within 20 miles on both sides of the Xu River in a counterinsurgency combat posture.

But this is clearly impossible to do, beyond their capabilities.

Or just wait a few decades, maybe the Lin Group will fall into infighting and fall apart on its own.

After analyzing the situation of friend and foe, it was dark, and the two of them could only rest separately.

And by the next day, the two had their own division of labor, and the Shi Governor's Mansion was responsible for conducting an internal inventory in the government office.

And Li Qincha personally commanded the army, and a lot of them were dispatched to wait in the government to prevent stupid and hungry people who did not know the truth from attacking the government office.

When he had nothing to do for the time being, Li Shida sat in the back hall of the mansion drinking tea, thinking about how to carry out the next step.

Lin Qianhu sat dutifully at the door, fulfilling his duties as a guard minister.

Suddenly, a man stumbled to the door, interrupting the minister's train of thought with a shout.

"Help! The Governor's Court asks for help! The man shouted: "I don't know how many chaotic people claimed to have run out of food in the spring and rushed into the governor's office!" Governor Li, who was recuperating from his injuries, was caught off guard and sent someone to ask for help! ”

Li Shida: "."

He dispatched troops to the government to defend it strictly, but the rebellious people went to rush the governor's court?

This horse-riding man makes his minister look like a fool!

Does this man still have any respect for those who are conscientiously guarding against chaos and actively making a difference in the defense?

Also, Governor Li is already miserable enough, why do you still rush him?

Isn't the rumored person who caused the poor to run out of food because of corruption Shi Zhifu?

Lin Qianhu, who was sitting at the door dutifully as a guard, sighed and said:

"I've already said that for such a thing as guarding the minister, it is enough to use only our Suzhou Guards.

As the so-called loyalty is against the ear, Li Qin sent you not to listen, so he had to transfer the officers and soldiers of the governor's standard battalion.

Do you think that the two groups of people can check and balance each other by their side, which is in line with the rules of power and skill of the superior to achieve balance, and can be used to make everything possible?

Dogmatism is unacceptable, and the scheming and power teaching materials on the stall literature are harmful.

This gives you peace of mind, but it causes the Governor's Court to deploy air defense.

It's not a good thing to be washed away by the rioters again."

"Get out!" A teacup with the anger of the minister of the Qin Mission, suddenly flew straight towards Lin Qianhu.

Lin Qianhu, who was loyal to his words, was forced to keep his mouth shut and dodged the teacup first.

It's a surprise plus or supplement

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