Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters of the hearts of the people
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Early the next morning, Wang Junlin asked Feng Xiaoyong to send county soldiers to beat gongs and walk through the streets and alleys, notifying tens of thousands of people in the city to gather in front of the South City Gate. Last night, Feng Xiaoyong led twenty of Wang Junlin's guards to kill After the former captain had more than thirty personal soldiers and confidants, he easily controlled a thousand county soldiers.
At this time, a high platform had been set up in front of the city gate. Wang Junlin, wearing a purple official robe, strode onto the high platform surrounded by the new magistrate of Changxiang County, Du Ruhui, the captain Feng Xiaoyong and other officials and nobles.
Feng Xiaoyong nodded to the thousand county soldiers on the right. The thousand county soldiers immediately knelt down on one knee under the leadership of several centenarians and said loudly: "Greetings to the prefect."
The common people had long heard that the new governor had arrived in the city. When they saw Wang Junlin surrounded by county officials, they vaguely made some guesses. However, they did not see the county magistrate, captain, magistrate and county captain, so they hesitated for a moment. , seeing a thousand county soldiers kneeling down, they hurriedly knelt down too, but some people knelt slowly, some kneeled quickly, and the shouts in their mouths were different. The scene was a bit chaotic, but everyone looked at Wang Junlin His expression was full of fear, even panic.
Since ancient times, throughout the dynasties of China, the people have been full of fear of the government or officials, not to mention the superior prefect of the county. Moreover, the people have also heard that this prefect was the one who was burned to death and poisoned in the legend. Hundreds of thousands of Turkic barbarians and Tuyuhun poisonous generals, as well as many foolish people, always thought that Wang Junlin drank human blood every day. Although Wang Junlin was different from the legend, he did not have black horns on his head. There are no tusks longer than those of a wild boar in its mouth, but fear is still unavoidable in its heart.
"Everyone, please get up!" Wang Junlin stepped forward and said loudly. The voice was not loud, but it spread throughout the audience so that everyone could hear it. It seemed extremely magical, and many people suddenly felt more and more excited. I was in awe of the new governor and thought that this governor really knew magic.
The people did not dare to get up. Thousands of county soldiers looked at Feng Xiaoyong's eyes and stood up first. Only then did the people get up in a mess.
"It's my fault that I called everyone here early in the morning and disturbed everyone's normal life. I apologize to you all." Having said this, Wang Junlin bowed his hands neatly and generously to the tens of thousands of people in the audience.
This shocked all the people, even the officials and nobles of Changxiang County behind Wang Junlin.
In this era of strict hierarchy, where the distinction between nobles and common people was as thick as a cloud, and where officials were always superior, no official, not even a minor official, ever apologized or saluted the common people.
Because most of the people of this era have not read books and have little opportunity to access more information, they are generally relatively simple. Even though Wang Junlin's apology and salute were for show, it still left everyone unaware of the new governor. Unconsciously, I felt some good feelings. At least the resentment of being driven over by the county soldiers early in the morning was dissipated. At the same time, I was also curious about what the new prefect wanted to do by bringing them together.
"I have called you here today to watch the execution of four corrupt officials from the village of Yurou County in this county. Now, the newly appointed magistrate of this county, Mr. Du, will announce the evil deeds committed by the four corrupt officials, and Show everyone the evidence." Wang Junlin didn't talk too much nonsense. He knew that for these people, too much nonsense would affect the effect. Only by using something practical or shocking can he achieve the effect he wanted.
Du Ruhui was well prepared and immediately stepped forward and said: "I, Du Ruhui, have been ordered by the Grand Administrator to temporarily act as the County Magistrate of this county. The Grand Administrator arrived in this county yesterday and received complaints from the victims of this county and discovered that the former county magistrate of this county
, the captain, the county magistrate, the county captain was evil to the village, so he sent people to investigate secretly, and found that these four people had committed heinous crimes."
When this was said, the people in the audience were already talking a lot, and everyone was dumbfounded. After that, many people looked excited, especially those who had been persecuted by these four officials or their relatives and minions.
Filled with righteous indignation, even some people who had not been persecuted by the four men also looked excited.
Since independence, people will feel inexplicably excited whenever they see high-ranking officials in the past being unlucky, imprisoned, or beheaded. This kind of thing will still be the case even in later generations. Of course, there is more or less the people's hatred of officials and rich people.
exist.
Next, Du Ruhui read out the crimes committed by the four prisoners one by one, and presented the evidence of the crime on the spot. After hearing this, the people were not only simply or inexplicably excited, but also angry one by one. Although they were more or less
I have heard that these four officials are not good people, but many people have no idea that these four people have secretly done so many evil things. Every mention of them is enough to make the people extremely angry and want to eat these four people alive.
, some victims even cried loudly on the spot, making everyone even more angry.
"Kill them."
"This is simply unbearable."
"Kill four dog officers."
"Please, Lord Prefect, make the decision for us."
"kill!"
"Kill!"
………
Under Du Ruhui's emotional words, the anger in the hearts of tens of thousands of people in Changxiang County was completely aroused. At this time, as long as someone followed their will and killed four heinous dog officials, they would be regarded as
Good officials, even Mr. Qingtian, have invisibly won the hearts and minds of their people, and this is exactly what Wang Junlin needs to see.
After learning that the Lu family was quite popular among the people in Fanyang County, Wang Junlin knew that dealing with the Lu family must not be simple and crude, otherwise it would leave too many troubles, and at least a certain foundation of public support must be gained.
Therefore, before setting off from the capital, Wang Junlin ordered the Blue Guards to thoroughly investigate the details of all officials in Fanyang County. The reason why he tolerated and did not take action in Gu'an County yesterday was because the Gu'an County Magistrate was weak and incompetent.
But they didn't do anything evil, but the four officials in Changxiang County were different. What's more, although Wang Junlin was ruthless, in terms of his personal character and psychology, he would never allow his officials to do so many evil things.
Things are happening with impunity.
Before coming, Wang Junlin had asked Yang Guang for a lot of privileges on the pretext of dealing with the Lu family. For example, he could appoint and remove officials below the fifth rank of the county Zhongzheng at will. As long as the evidence was conclusive or there were legitimate reasons, he would not overstep the imperial power and the laws of the Sui Dynasty.
If you follow the law, you can kill anyone.
"Everyone, be silent." Wang Junlin suddenly spoke, his voice clear and clear, with strange penetrating power. He immediately suppressed the shouts of the angry people. When the people saw the prefect speaking, they gradually stopped talking, and the whole place became silent.