Chapter six hundred and sixty-five causes of civil unrest
Chapter 665: Causes of civil strife
As soon as Situ Zhou's reply came out, Chai Yan couldn't help but look a little surprised and a little embarrassed.
Situ Zhou actually felt the same way and said helplessly: "Sir Chai, when I first came to Ganquan County and took up my post, I had the same idea as you. Later I gradually understood that although there was no explicit regulation, the imperial court tacitly allowed tourism.
The Dragon Tribe handles its own internal affairs."
Chai Yan shook his head secretly, thinking to himself, isn't this the local emperor of one side?
After a moment of silence, Chai Yan asked: "Master Situ, before I came here, I heard that there was a civil strife in the Youlong tribe. Could you please tell us in detail?"
Situ Zhou glanced at Chai Yan, then turned to look at Wang Wangzhou. Wang Wangzhou said with a serious face: "Master Situ, I also want to know the reason..."
Situ Zhou then nodded and said: "Okay, I will tell you two adults..."
At this time, the yamen servant just brought tea, and Situ Zhou took advantage of this interval to quickly organize his speech.
After the government officials exited the flower hall, Situ Zhou continued: "The reason for the turmoil within the Youlong clan is ultimately due to the depletion of the golden veins..."
The hall was very quiet, everyone was listening to Situ Zhou's story attentively.
After a pause, Situ Zhou continued: "In the past few years, the amount of gold mined by the Youlong people has been decreasing day by day. About June and July last year, the amount of gold mined reached the bottom.
As for the gold handed over to the court, it is almost negligible..."
"So, Su Lan, the leader of the Youlong tribe at the time, issued an initiative. He hoped that the tribe could shift their focus away from mining gold mines and go to the surrounding areas to reclaim farmland to plant rice or raise livestock. After all, the gold mines had already been mined.
For more than a hundred years, the Youlong people can no longer live in Jinshan without gold. Su Lan believes that as long as they start to change now, the Youlong people can slowly transform from miners to farmers, so that the Youlong tribe can continue to
Keep it going!”
Hearing this, Chai Yan couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "Sulan's idea is correct. This is called preparing for a rainy day! Since the gold mine has no output, we must find another way to make a living as soon as possible!"
Yuan Yuan and Wang Wangzhou also nodded. They also felt that Sulan's initiative was correct. There were many members of the Youlong tribe, and without the gold mines and no farming, they would just be sitting on nothing!
Situ Zhou also nodded along with the three of them, and then continued: "At that time, Sulan was very determined and tough in wanting to transform the people into farmers. Not only did he reduce the number of people mining in the gold mines, he also ordered these people to
A group of people had to go to the surrounding wasteland for reclamation, but these people were good at digging for gold, but not at all about farming, so the people who went there were very resistant, and the reclamation of farmland was not going smoothly..."
Situ Zhou felt helpless and said: "For this reason, we specially selected people who are good at farming to give guidance. But who would have thought that just half a day after we arrived, a group of people from the Youlong tribe came and brutally killed the people we sent.
After the fight, some of them were seriously injured. Alas, this is really..."
Speaking of this, Situ Zhou couldn't help but sigh.
"This is so irritating!" Yuan Yuan got angry when he heard that. Even if he doesn't appreciate you for helping you so kindly, he actually hurts others!
Chai Yan said: "Master Situ, I heard that Su Jushiyong, the current leader of the Youlong Clan, was the initiator of the civil strife. Was he the one who sent those who injured the people?"
Situ Zhou nodded solemnly: "Yes, he is his! When Su Lan insisted on his opinion, an opposition force appeared within the Youlong Clan, and the leader of this opposition force was Su Jushiyong!"
Yuan couldn't help but said: "Why are you objecting? There is no gold in the gold mines. If you don't go farming, are you waiting to starve to death? What do these people think?"
At this time, Chai Yan suddenly remembered something and asked immediately: "Master Situ, could it be that the rumor that the Youlong Clan discovered a 'new golden vein' appeared at this juncture?"
Situ Zhou immediately said: "Yes, it appeared at that time! At that time, some members of the Youlong clan were still willing to follow Su Lan's suggestion and change their occupation to farming. But when the news of the discovery of the new gold vein spread, that group
People's minds immediately changed, and the Youlong clan was extremely excited... Later, more and more people opposed Su Lan, and they all began to support Su Jushi."
"Next, the contradiction between the two factions became more and more serious, and the conflict became more and more intense... Alas!" Situ Zhou sighed regretfully and said, "Later on, civil strife broke out in the Youlong clan.
The situation was tragic. Not only Su Lan was killed in the civil strife, but even the mine manager suffered misfortune. It is really shameful to say that at that time, the official led people to try to mediate the conflict, but unexpectedly, before it worked, he was killed by the Youlong tribe.
Under house arrest, this official is really incompetent..."
Upon hearing this, Chai Yan immediately realized that now was a good opportunity to bring the topic to Gu Zhengbang.
"Master Situ, as far as I know, Commander Gu brought people here to mediate the civil strife of the Youlong Clan. Was it Commander Gu who rescued you?" Chai Yan asked.
Situ Zhou immediately nodded and said: "Yes! Fortunately, Commander Gu, Secretary Mos and Miao arrived in time to mediate, and the official was able to leave safely."
"Then what happened next? I heard that Commander Gu and his party stayed in Ganquan County for more than a month before leaving. What did Commander Gu do during that time?" Chai Yan looked at Situ Zhou.
Situ Zhou was suddenly startled, then shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Sir Chai, the lower official is just a seventh-rank county magistrate. Commander Gu is a first-rank official. How can he lead people to act and where to act? How can the lower official know?
..."
Chai Yan said: "Does Master Situ know where Commander Gu and his party lived at that time?"
Situ Zhou didn't understand why Chai Yan asked this, but he still said truthfully: "I know! After Commander Gu asked them to mediate the civil strife, they have been living in the Youlong tribe's village."
In the village?
Chai Yan couldn't help but feel a little depressed. If so, wouldn't he have to go to the Youlong tribe's village?
Seeing Chai Yan lower his head and thinking, Situ Zhou asked curiously: "Secretary Chai, why did you think of asking this?"
"Oh, it's okay, I just asked..."
Chai Yan gave a perfunctory smile and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, Master Situ, what about the new gold vein? Does it really exist?"
"Not sure..." Situ Zhou shook his head.
"Not sure?" Chai Yan was puzzled.
Situ Zhou explained: "Su Jushiyong insisted to the outside world that the new gold vein must exist, but until now, no one knows the specific location... Therefore, the official is not sure...
..."
"What about their tribesmen? How did they react?" Chai Yan asked.