After all, this is Songjiang Prefecture, not Suzhou Prefecture. Taking advantage of the home court is an essential quality for every powerful player!
Feng Shike did not want to see the conflict between Lin Tailai and the local villagers escalate, so he informed Lin Tailai of the news that Lin Tailai's family was recruiting people.
His original intention was to advise Lin Tailai to "temporarily avoid the edge". A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
But he didn't expect that Lin Tailai was still living in the county jail and didn't seem to think that the county jail was a place of death in away games.
Anyone familiar with the Jiangnan area knows that due to the dense population, the city and the city are connected to each other in many places, making city defenses almost non-existent.
A few days later, two to three thousand people gathered on the street near the county government office, shouting slogans to expel the Nine Yuan Thieves.
I don't know who gave the order, and two to three thousand people rushed to the county jail west of the county government office.
In the local ecology of the Ming Dynasty, under normal circumstances, those government officials, minzhuang, or local garrison troops would not dare to take action against such "rioters" on the spot.
Unless you receive a fatal order from your superiors, you must be severely suppressed.
The rioters are not to be feared. Only those who can organize the rioters will make the government officials, the people strong and the garrison afraid.
This time was no exception. Two to three thousand rioters rushed through the front yard of the county government office and arrived at the gate of the county jail in the west.
Because of its special nature, the outer walls of the county jail are taller, tougher, and more defensive than ordinary walls.
After the mob rushed over, they were unable to climb over the wall or break open the door, and the offensive stalled briefly.
Immediately, under the command of a thoughtful person, someone began to carry the prepared ladder and set it up on the outer wall.
At this moment, a drum was heard inside the county jail, and then a row of sergeants wearing red fat coats appeared on the wall.
Each sergeant held a crossbow in his hand, and then fired mercilessly outside.
Because the crowd outside was so dense, there was no need to aim at all. Arrows were flying randomly for a while, and people hit by arrows kept coming one after another.
These rioters were originally gathered by idle farmers, and they were completely unprepared for this situation.
In most people's minds, they just follow the others to cause trouble, but they never expected that they would be killed mercilessly.
When the first group of people were hit by arrows, although only a dozen people were injured or fell to the ground, the crowd exploded in an instant!
At this time, another shout came from outside the county government office, and the voice of "the officers and soldiers are here" was vaguely heard.
Then all the chaotic people disappeared and became good people on the spot, and everyone turned around and fled.
Those who were already inside the county government office hurriedly ran out; those outside the county government office could see clearly that a large number of officers and soldiers were coming to the alley, and they ran directly from the other end of the alley to the outside of the city!
The officers and soldiers gathered outside the county government did not rush to take action, but followed the rioters at a short distance.
A group of main rebels subconsciously wanted to find the backbone, but ended up running to the Lin family's plain garden not far outside the city wall.
Then about hundreds to a thousand officers and soldiers came after them, and then followed the mob into Suyuan.
Today's farce of chaos and repression has directly shocked everyone who is just looking at the excitement.
The worst thing is that the officers and soldiers suppressing the rioters actually rushed into the Lin Family Garden!
This made all the local wealthy gentry feel huge panic and lose their sense of security!
Everyone is asking, how come there are such officers and soldiers? Is this still a peaceful and prosperous age?
Several prominent local figures knew where the key figures were, and immediately arrived at the county jail after receiving the news.
Official Lin hugged the beauty and explained to everyone: "The governor heard that there was a dispute between the two houses, and he was worried that if I was harmed in Songjiang House, it would lead to even more unpredictable consequences.
Therefore, I specially transferred 1,500 officers and soldiers from Suzhou Guards and 300 civilians from Suzhou Prefecture. They came to Songjiang Prefecture two days ago to protect me.
I originally thought this was a unnecessary move, but I never expected that someone would really want to harm me, even attacking the county jail!
Fortunately, with the protection of the government and the army, we can still find our lair by chasing down the rebels and catch the culprit!
This is really a great kindness! If I am killed, it will be difficult to resolve the blood feud between the two houses!"
Everyone in Songjiang Mansion: ""
I have never realized so deeply the principle of victory and defeat. Whoever wins will speak louder.
Originally, everyone had a lot of things to say against Lin Tailai, but they couldn't say it now because it was meaningless!
Magistrate Xu who was standing next to him said with lingering fear: "Thanks to the governor for his foresight, otherwise my sin would have been great!
I think the guard force here in Songjiang Fucheng is really lacking, so we should apply to the governor to set up garrison positions and form garrison camps based on Suzhou."
Lin Tailai replied: "It is indeed necessary to strengthen the defense. It is not appropriate to just gather two or three thousand people to attack the Yamen.
It just so happens that there are 1,500 Suzhou Guard soldiers here, and they can be temporarily lent to Songjiang Mansion to serve as a garrison force."
Everyone in Songjiang Mansion: ""
The city of Songjiang Prefecture was garrisoned by Suzhou Guardsmen. What kind of development is this? Will the local government still have sovereignty at all in the future?
Have you been planning this since Lin Tailai beat someone up?
Have you been deliberately teasing others and escalating the situation?
It seemed as if countless information was impacting the brains of all the gentry in Songjiang Prefecture, making their thinking unable to function properly.
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Chapter completed!