At the gate of the county government office, 20 or 30 students wearing white cloths shouted slogans passionately. Behind them, followed dozens of farmers with filial piety, most of whom were women, as well as the elderly and children. These farmers did not look like
The students were so bold, but they looked a little reserved at the gate of the county government office, with a bit of sadness and a bit of fear in the expression on their faces.
A group of government officials stood in front of the county government office with water and fire sticks in hand, protecting the county government office in case someone took advantage of the chaos to attack. They did not interfere with the demonstrations of the students and farmers. It was not the case that people came to the county government office to complain about their grievances.
It was rare, and the government officials already had experience in dealing with this kind of chaos. However, it was the first time in Fengcheng that students took the lead in making trouble, which made the government officials a little nervous.
"What's going on? What are they going to do?" Han Wen stood inside the door and asked Xiao An, the fast shift leader who had just gone out to understand the situation.
Xiao An said in a low voice: "It's over there at the gold mine, Mr. Chang's public gold mine. Something happened."
"Something happened in the gold mine!" Han Wen was shocked. "Have you asked clearly what happened? Also, if something happened in the gold mine, why did these students come to make trouble?"
Xiao An had just talked with several health workers and farmers, and now he reported everything he heard to Han Wen.
It turned out that after Su Hao found the gold mine in Yuanli Village, the mine supervisor Chang Wu was overjoyed and started arranging mining matters when he returned to Nanchang. He hired some mining and gold-dressing craftsmen from the Nanjing Ministry of Industry and settled in
At the Yuanli Gold Mine, two more teams of soldiers were deployed to guard around the mining area, and then they couldn't wait to recruit local migrant workers to start mining.
Before Su Haolin went to Luoshan, he once told Han Wen to send a message to Chang Wu, asking him to pay close attention to the safety of the gold mine. The geological conditions of this gold mine are not very good, the rock formations are broken, and roof collapse accidents are very easy to occur. Han Wen
He told Chang Wu this in a tactful way, but Chang Wu was so eager to take credit that he could not afford to listen to such advice.
According to the rules, during the mining process of gold mines, thick wooden boards need to be used to support the roof of the tunnel at all times to prevent roof collapse. However, Chang Wu was eager to catch up with the progress and asked the miners to dig in desperately, and the matter of supporting the roof was repeatedly delayed. As a result,
The accident really happened. A mine collapsed during the mining process, trapping five migrant workers recruited from the surrounding area. When the workers risked their lives to pull them out, the five workers were trapped inside.
No one can be saved personally.
Things like mining disasters were not uncommon back then. Chang Wu, as a high-ranking mine supervisor, disapproved of this. When he heard the news, his first reaction was not to affect the progress because of this, and then he thought about the pension.
.The so-called pension is actually just five taels of silver given to the family of each miner who died, which is considered as burial expenses.
At this point, the matter was over. In ancient times, human life was really worthless. The miners signed a life and death certificate before going down the mine, and each of them had their destiny. But among the miners who died, there was a man whose younger brother was
A student from Longguang Academy burst into tears when he received a letter from his family, which attracted all the students from the academy to gather together. Hearing that his classmate’s brother was killed while digging a gold mine, the students
It immediately exploded.
"Does anyone know the origin of this gold mine?" A well-informed person asked everyone.
Most of the students did not know what the gold mine was about, so well-informed people began to popularize the science: This gold mine was mined by the evil mine supervisor, and the gold mined was to please the emperor's favorite concubine.
Empress Zheng. This Empress Zheng is amazing. She confused the emperor and made him abolish his legitimate son and establish a younger son. This is actually the source of trouble for the country.
The students all know about the dispute over the country's foundation. Due to the perseverance of the brainwashing education of the great Confucian scholars, the students all firmly believe that abolishing the direct descendants and establishing young children is a matter of harm to the country and the people. The person who caused this incident to happen was Empress Zheng, so Zheng
The empress is also a beauty who brings disaster to the country and the people. The eunuch Chang Wu belongs to empress Zheng, so he is naturally a villain who works for her.
Nowadays, there is a mining disaster in the gold mine run by the villain, resulting in the casualties of the miners. We, the scholars, are worried about the world, how can we stand by and watch!
In this way, the health workers contacted each other privately and sent letters overnight, summoning the families of the miners who died and went to the county government collectively to ask for an explanation. These miners' families did not dare to come at first, but they could not withstand the repeated efforts of the health workers.
Persuasion and inducement. The students told them: The county government promoted the mining. Now if something happens, the county government will naturally take the decision. How can the burial fee of five taels of silver be worth the cost of a young and strong laborer?
Value? The county government must be allowed to spend more money to arrange the lives of orphans and widows.
Ordinary farmers' understanding of the law is not as good as that of the college students. After hearing what the students said, the miners' families felt that there seemed to be some truth to it. Besides, if there were students fighting in the front line, they only needed to stand behind them.
Why not do such a thing?
"I see." Han Wen said sadly, "I have always opposed gold mining because I heard that gold mining is extremely dangerous and hurts countless people. If my father-in-law pressed too hard this time, I will definitely not take this step."
Fang Mengjin said from the side: "Proprietor, this has already happened. It's better to think of a way to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible. In my opinion, these family members just want more money for burial. It's better to get some money from the county government."
, please give me some condolences, this is human nature."
Han Wen said: "I didn't know about the mining disaster. If I had known about it in advance, I would definitely have allocated some silver taels as compensation. This Eunuch Chang is too ruthless in what he does. How can he buy a life for five taels of silver? Mr. Fang, please consider
Let me ask you, how much money does our county government have to spend to provide compensation? Is it appropriate?"
Fang Mengjin frowned and said: "This pension money is not necessarily much. If one family can give another 20 taels, they will be very satisfied. The soldiers here were killed in the battle, and the imperial pension is not that much.
It’s just that I was thinking just now, why are the students of this academy involved in this matter?”
"Didn't you hear what Xiao An said? That's because the younger brother of a miner who died was studying in the academy. The students must have come to stand up for him out of their friendship as classmates." Han Wen said, "These students are also very happy.
It's unreasonable. I can't talk about it properly. If it has to be like this, when the matter is settled, I will talk to Wu Zhicheng and ask him to control the students more strictly."
Fang Mengjin shook his head, pointed outside, and said to Han Wen: "Proprietor, listen, what they shouted has changed again."
When Han Wen listened carefully, he couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that the slogans of the students outside had really changed:
"Shut down the gold mine!"
"Exorcise the eunuchs!"
"Severely punish the gentle scum Su Gaizhi!"
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"What's going on? Why did Su Gaizhi also get scolded?" Han Wen asked in surprise.
Xiao An replied calmly: "That's what happened. All the students know that it was Master Su who discovered the gold mine. They said that if Master Su hadn't followed the trend and helped Eunuch... er, helped Eunuch Chang find the gold mine, he would have found the gold mine."
Then nothing like what happened today would have happened.”
"Absurd!" Han Wen said angrily, "Su Gaizhi took the trouble to find the gold mine just to relieve the county's worries. What do these students know? If Su Gaizhi had not found the gold mine, the rich households and common people in the county would
, everyone has to be given additional gifts, wouldn’t it make it even more difficult? This mining disaster was unpredictable, how could it be blamed on Su Gaizhi?”
Fang Mengjin said: "This matter is a bit complicated. If they are just fighting for some silver for burial, the county government will take out the silver and it will be settled. From what the health officials mean, it seems that they are here for the gold mine, and
It is also quite disrespectful to Eunuch Chang, and then it involves Su Gaizhi. If this matter reaches Eunuch Chang's ears, it will be troublesome."
"In Master's opinion, how should we deal with it?" Han Wen asked.
Fang Mengjin said: "Let's see, it's very inappropriate for such a large group of people to make noise in front of the county government office. The people around have already gathered to watch the fun. If the riot continues, it will be impossible for us to prevent Eunuch Chang from knowing about it.
.Xiao An!”
"Yes!" Xiao An responded.
Fang Mengjin said: "You arrange for the yamen to invite all the noisy people outside to rest in the East Pavilion to comfort them. Then ask them to select a few people to come to the lobby and tell them that the magistrate wants to ask questions."
"clear!"
Xiao An agreed and shouted to the government officials to go out. After a while, the slogans outside weakened, and a man said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, please follow the officials to the county government office to rest, and I will meet with the county government later."
Your Majesty, tell me the reason."
This person seemed to still have some prestige. After he shouted, everyone began to follow the government officials into the county government office one after another, and went to the East Pavilion on the side of the courtyard to rest. The East Pavilion was not large enough to accommodate these hundreds of people, so
There are also some people squatting in the open space outside Dongge, chatting quietly. Most of the farmers have entered the county government for the first time. Everything in the county government office feels fresh, and at the same time they are a little scared.
I feel that, so I don’t dare to make any fuss.
Xiao An directed the government officials to stand by to prevent everyone from breaking the rules and disrupting the order in the county government. He himself took three representatives elected by the people to the lobby to meet Han Wen.
"Student Wang Shengxian pays homage to the county magistrate."
"Student Peng Shiji pays homage to the county magistrate."
"Student Cheng Dong... pays homage to the county magistrate."
The first two people were both scholars, so they both stood and saluted Han Wen. The last person was Cheng Dong. He did not have the title of scholar yet. Strictly speaking, he could not be called a student, but could only be called a child. According to the law, he met the county magistrate.
He was about to kowtow and salute. He hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly knelt down and kowtowed to Han Wen in a formal manner.
"Get up and talk." Han Wen said.
"Thank you, Lord of the County." Cheng Dong stood up and stood side by side in front of the public case with his two companions. Although he had a lower status than his two companions, he seemed the most stable. Even though the person sitting in front of him was the Lord of the County, he
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