"Prefect, there are already rumors circulating in the city. If this continues, the people of Guangling will lose their hearts!" Yuan Lin reminded Yuan Huan with a gloomy face.
"The city guards have been ordered to prohibit discussion of this matter in public places such as wine shops. Fengji doesn't need to worry." Yuan Huan reassured.
"What's the use of just banning discussion? Aren't people's hearts still declining?" Yuan Lin said angrily.
"Oh? Are you going to forcefully collect the Jiangdong relief grains picked up by the people as you said? Haha, if you must think so, just give the order yourself and I will not stop you!" Yuan Huan said angrily.
Although Yuan Lin also had the surname Yuan, it was true that she was a member of the Yuan family in Runan and was regarded as the nephew of Yuan Shu. After Shu Shao was raped, he was appointed as the county magistrate in Guangling County.
Obviously Yuan Shu could no longer trust outsiders, so he arranged for one of his "own men" to serve as the deputy to the prefect of Guangling...
"You... I have not considered it properly, Lord Yuan, please forgive me." Yuan Lin was angry when she heard this, but she suppressed her anger.
Yuan Lin had indeed proposed this before, but it was rejected by Yuan Huan at the time. In fact, Yuan Lin had already figured it out - forcibly confiscating relief grains would only make conflicts more acute and public dissatisfaction more intense.
"Well, after that... you draft a notice to help the people in the city." Yuan Huan did not irritate him too much.
But this is obviously a hard job. At least Yuan Huan feels that if it were him, this notice would be really difficult to write - how to criticize the act of sending relief food to the people?
Yuan Huan felt that if it were him, he would definitely be at a loss for words, just like when Bai Tu saw a wealthy family giving cattle and wine to the people during festivals.
How could Yuan Huan not know the purpose of what Chen Gong and the others did yesterday?
If this continues, without Jiangdong soldiers taking action, Guangling will collapse without a fight - even if it weren't for the founding BuFF to support it, the current public sentiment is already on the verge of collapse.
Once Cheng Ji leaves the city, the outer city wall will probably "disappear", leaving only the inner city wall that cannot be defended.
Lu Bu had enjoyed this kind of treatment before when he was in Yanzhou.
Before Bai Tu traveled through time, Chen Gong set fire to Puyang, defeated Cao Cao's army once, and even almost killed Cao Cao in the city. However, this was a desperate act. Since Cao Cao escaped, naturally the city to which Lu Bu belonged was in the future.
Due to the resistance of county magistrates from various places, Cheng Ji left the city.
In this case, the outer city wall will "disappear" until Cheng Ji returns...
As a result, Lu Bu could only evacuate Yanzhou and Yuzhou in a hurry. This is also the reason why Bai Tu easily escaped from the city at the beginning of his journey and did not pass through Wengcheng at all.
When Yuan Lin heard Yuan Huan's words, she didn't think it was a chore and instead breathed a sigh of relief.
He understood his position, that is, as the representative of the Dazhong royal family, he came to look after these local officials who were outside.
Originally, he was worried that Yuan Huan's previous passive response was due to his disobedience, but now he feels relieved.
That day, Yuan Lin wrote a chapter of 3,000 words eloquently, defining Bai Tu's feeding as a humiliation to the courageous people of Dazhong from the perspective of "food that comes from afar".
And he was well prepared. He specially found a few shills. After reading the list, he would present the relief rations to the government in public, and sarcastically mock the weak people who accepted Jiangdong's relief rations.
After arranging for the subordinate officials to deliver announcements at various announcement offices tomorrow, Yuan Lin felt somewhat complacent.
Then……
On the afternoon of the day when the list was released, Chen Gong came to the city again to deliver relief grain to Guangling City. After delivery, there were still very few people willing to hand it over. On the second day after the list was released, official documents everywhere were destroyed by unknown persons.
Just when Yuan Lin learned the news and cursed "diao people", Yuan Huan looked at him strangely, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Should we send out the city guards to go from house to house to find out who did it?"
"Of course... No, please calm down, Lord Governor. Wouldn't that make the people more resentful?" Yuan Lin reacted in time.
When Yuan Huan heard this, he did not persuade him again.
Yuan Lin found that Yuan Huan seemed to finally understand recently that the Yuan family of Runan was the master of Dazhong, and he respected her opinion very much... Well, after all, when Dazhong conquers the world in the future, with his noble bloodline, if he has some merit, he should be able to
Make a county king.
On the other hand, Yuan Lin also has some doubts in her heart - is Yuan Huan trying to trick me?
But like this time, after Yuan Lin said not to do it, Yuan Huan immediately gave up the idea. At the same time, Yuan Lin's doubts were naturally included.
On the seventh day, Chen Gong still came to deliver relief food on time. During this period, Yuan Huan and Yuan Lin discussed whether they should go out to fight. After all, the number of troops in Guangling City was dominant!
However, Yuan Lin thought it was too risky and did not "agree" - I don't know when, Yuan Lin felt as if she had become the one who made the decision in Guangling City?
"Fengji, after these seven days, we have collected a lot of relief food. Will it be used as military supplies or given to the people?" Yuan Huan asked.
Yuan Linxun was used to Yuan Huan's tone of discussion, and said: "Of course it is to fill the military supply! Those things that taste like grass, no matter how disguised they are, you will know that they are Jiangdong's relief food, even in the city
Forget it, it won’t be me, Dazhong, that they are grateful for!”
"Brother Feng Ji, thank you very much." Yuan Huan said.
When the clerk on the side saw this, he immediately followed Yuan Lin's instructions to handle the matter...
Yuan Huan's expression flickered at this time, and then he asked: "Do you want to check first to see if there is any problem with the relief grains? What we have collected are all dropped from the Wengcheng. If the other party deliberately made some of the relief grains into
If it's heavier and poisoned..."
"Ah! As expected of Yao Qing! You are thoughtful, Xiao Zhao, follow Master Yuan's instructions and go check on the relief food." Yuan Lin reacted immediately and said to the scribe on the side.
Yaoqing is the pseudonym of Yuan Huan.
Yuan Huan was very indifferent to Yuan Lin's behavior of not even calling her "prefect", but there was a bit of urgency in his eyes - wasn't my reminder obvious enough?
It wasn't until a few days later that Yuan Lin finally remembered something and gave a confidential order to her confidant.
On that day, Yuan Huan was "supervising the battle" on the city tower. In fact, he was watching the relief grain being poured into the city. There were still people spreading relief grain in the inner city...
That night, some people in the city who had picked up relief food during the day suffered from diarrhea and vomiting all night long. In the most serious cases, they could see that they had too much air and not enough air to take in!
Rumors began to spread in the city that Jiangdong's relief food was poisoned, and it was the kind that was contagious...
In fact, things like "poison" were still very rare in the Han Dynasty, which had advanced extraction and purification technology. Let alone poisoning, even when the emperor gave poison to his guilty ministers, it was often poisonous enough to kill the person, and another piece of white silk was needed.
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The "quenching poison" in the army is mainly based on gold juice - a metabolite produced after the operation of Ji Zao soldiers, which is equivalent to human... shit.
Yuan Lin wanted to poison people directly, but for such a large-scale poisoning, you can't use feces, right? Only idiots can't detect the smell!
Therefore, I just used some herbs with toxic and side effects. The effect was average, but it did kill some people.
However... even if there are unknown forces promoting the spread of this rumor, the people still find it difficult to believe it. After all... there are too many suspicious things, and even the motive is somewhat unbelievable - poisoning the entire city to bring order to the city.
Self-destruction without attack?
And I don’t know when, another unknown force in the city began to make different noises - Yuan Lin poisoned and framed Mr. Bai!
In comparison, this rumor seems more credible.
"I never expected that Governor Yuan would be such a person!"
"No, it's not Governor Yuan, it's Yuan Juncheng. They are not related..."
"Yes, yes, I heard that the prefect has been in the Wengcheng military camp recently, and all matters in the city are left to the county magistrate."
"No! I heard that Yuan Juncheng took advantage of the fact that he was Yuan... His Majesty's nephew, so he took advantage of the prefect!"
"What can we do...my family still hopes that the relief food will be cooked!"
As soon as this rumor gained some momentum, Yuan Lin got the news and thought to herself: Could it be that the drug store leaked the news? Sure enough, it would be safer to keep silent!
But before he could give the order, a group of city guards rushed in. Regardless of whether the servants in the house dared to stop them, they would just draw their swords and chop them. After a flurry of chickens and dogs in the mansion, Yuan Lin was picked up by the city guards and carried out.
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"Bold, bold! Don't you know who I am?" Yuan Lin said angrily.
"Master Jun Cheng, if you have anything to do, you should talk to the prefect," the city guard chief said indifferently.
Only then did Yuan Lin realize that these city guards were Yuan Huan's confidants.
And just when he was being escorted out of the mansion, there was another team of people escorting the shopkeeper of the drug store where he got the medicine!
Suddenly Yuan Lin understood that Yuan Huan had come prepared...
Yuan Lin was not a "very" idiot. At least he had confidants among the city guards. However, when another governor who served as the city guard chief stopped him, he was surrounded by the people instead.
Yuan Huan's confidants who were escorting him also showed their "fangs" at this time, rushed directly to the city gate, and handed Yuan Lin over to the Ji Zao soldiers in Weng City...
Yuan Lin also understood at this time that Yuan Huan was afraid that he was going to rebel!
"Yuan Huan! How dare you..." Yuan Lin looked at Yuan Huan who was leading the troops, her teeth itching with hatred.
However, Yuan Huan looked at him indifferently and said with some gratitude: "Thank you for your hard work..."
"you……"
What Yuan Huan said was sincere, after all...
I, Yuan Huan, will not surrender easily, but as the nephew of Yuan Shu, my deputy is harming the people in the city. As a famous minister and wise man who loves the people like his own son, I have no choice but to capture him and tie him up and burn him in front of the people.
Die...to put things in perspective!
After that, I originally wanted to apologize to Yuan Shu myself, but under the strong request of the people who were watching, as a celebrity, I followed the public opinion and opened the door to welcome Chen Gong in, which was what I should do.
This is all the fault of the cruel Yuan Lin, and the fault of Yuan Shu who doesn't trust me. What does it have to do with me, Yuan Huan?
Chen Gong expressed his approval for this.
When Yuan Huan opened the city gate and welcomed Chen Gong into the city together with representatives of the village elders among the people, Chen Gong stepped forward and held Yuan Huan's hand tightly and said: "Master Yuan is dedicated to the people and is righteous, and the people of the world will definitely do it."
I understand your good intentions!”
When Yuan Huan heard Chen Gong's words, his eyes turned red, and he said sincerely: "I dare not take credit for betraying my master. It's all because of Bai Gong's kindness that the people rushed to join him. Huan was originally stupid, loyal and stubborn, but that Yuan Lin... ugh!
In desperation, I really don’t want to go against the will of the people for the sake of the chaotic party..."