Volume 2, Chapter 486: Should we suppress it?
Zhao Tuiguan also had to take people outside the city to maintain order, and he felt very uneasy.
Before setting off, he asked Dongming Ziyu: "Sir, if the victims of the disaster make trouble, do you want to suppress it?"
Dongming Ziyu said: "The victims will not get into trouble if they have rice collars, unless someone instigates them. When you see the instigators, take them out and tie them up. When the matter is settled, we will interrogate them again."
Seeing that he was calm and composed, Zhao Tuiguan guessed that he must have a countermeasure, so he accepted the order with confidence and left.
That night, the people of the entire Dianzhou Prefecture were a little uneasy. There were so many victims gathered outside the city. If they rushed into the city and burned, killed, and looted, they would be in misery.
Dong Youfu was incompetent and stupid, despised the law, and wasted no time on human life. He opened a panic warehouse without permission to store food. After running out of food, he was unable to control the chaos and deceived the victims into Dianzhou Prefecture.
The deception failed, resulting in riots and numerous deaths and injuries.
Just waiting for the riots to break out, he rushed the memorial 800 miles to the capital. Waiting for Dong Youfu, it would be a disaster!
Two hundred thousand, his two hundred thousand silver, Dong Youfu must spit it out!
The next day, magistrates from several disaster-stricken counties arrived, bringing with them assistants and several boxes of household registration books.
Dongming Ziyu ordered several county magistrates to bring pens, inks, paper and inkstones, official seals, and documents to the open space outside the city where the victims were gathered, and climbed onto a high platform. The county magistrates and clerks sat down, and the pens, inks, papers, and inkstones were spread out.
The victims didn't know what was going on, and they were talking a lot. The sound of tens of thousands of people buzzing together was unmistakable.
Dongming Ziyu stood in front of the high platform. The momentum and pressure released from his body made the buzzing crowd gradually quiet down.
Official Zhao wanted to knock the gong to make everyone quiet. Unexpectedly, when Dongming Ziyu went to that station, without saying a word, the hungry and anxious victims automatically quieted down.
It was not big, but it was clearly heard by the tens of thousands of victims present, "Fellows, natural disasters are merciless, waterlogging is rampant, and the food harvest is poor. I am very worried and ordered the warehouses to be opened to release food. I want to save everyone first."
His Majesty knew about it and was very anxious, so he has allocated food for disaster relief."
The victims were overjoyed when they heard this and knelt down one after another, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Just listen to Dongming Ziyu continue: "But the mountains are high and the roads are far away. It takes half a month and twenty days to reach us."
"What?!" The victims felt as if they had been tricked. Some sat down on the ground and cried bitterly, while others got up and began to curse: "Why did you ask us to travel across the mountains and ridges when the food can't be reached?"
"That's right, I still have some strength, but after walking so much, I'm going to starve to death!"
"Isn't this just a joke?"
"I thought that the prefect managed Shiniu County so well and was a good official, but I didn't expect that he was also a fatuous one!"
"You won't kill us victims on the spot, right?"
"Oh no?"
Seeing that chaos was about to happen, Officer Zhao picked up the gong and banged it: "Quiet! Everyone be quiet! Listen to what the prefect has to say! Everyone is safe...cough cough cough..."
Even though he screamed loudly, he still couldn't suppress the angry voices of the victims below.
Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "Do you want food?"
The voice seemed to ring in everyone's ears, and the victims immediately fell silent and looked at Dongming Ziyu expectantly.
Zhao Tuiguan: "...cough cough cough..." Dongming Ziyu continued: "The second prince once fought here to defend the border and has feelings for this land. Hearing that there was a disaster here, he extended a helping hand and summoned Jiangnan
A group of grain merchants shipped grain and sold it at cost price
To the victims."
When the victims heard this, they became anxious again.
"What?! Sell it to us?"
“Where do we get the money to buy food?”
"This is to drain our blood and gnaw our flesh!"
"Don't let us live!"
Someone took the opportunity to instigate: "If we are not allowed to live, we will fight!" "Fight! Fight!" Zhao Tuiguan also wanted to take people outside the city to maintain order, and he felt uneasy.
Before setting off, he asked Dongming Ziyu: "Sir, if the victims of the disaster make trouble, do you want to suppress it?"
Dongming Ziyu said: "The victims will not get into trouble if they have rice collars, unless someone instigates them. When you see the instigators, take them out and tie them up. When the matter is settled, we will interrogate them again."
Seeing that he was calm and composed, Zhao Tuiguan guessed that he must have a countermeasure, so he accepted the order with confidence and left.
That night, the people of the entire Dianzhou Prefecture were a little uneasy. There were so many victims gathered outside the city. If they rushed into the city and burned, killed, and looted, they would be in misery.
Dong Youfu was incompetent and stupid, despised the law, and wasted no time on human life. He opened a panic warehouse without permission to store food. After running out of food, he was unable to control the chaos and deceived the victims into Dianzhou Prefecture.
The deception failed, resulting in riots and numerous deaths and injuries.
Just waiting for the riots to break out, he rushed the memorial 800 miles to the capital. Waiting for Dong Youfu, it would be a disaster!
Two hundred thousand, his two hundred thousand silver, Dong Youfu must spit it out!
The next day, magistrates from several disaster-stricken counties arrived, bringing with them assistants and several boxes of household registration books.
Dongming Ziyu ordered several county magistrates to bring pens, inks, paper and inkstones, official seals, and documents to the open space outside the city where the victims were gathered, and climbed onto a high platform. The county magistrates and clerks sat down, and the pens, inks, papers, and inkstones were spread out.
The victims didn't know what was going on, and they were talking a lot. The sound of tens of thousands of people buzzing together was unmistakable.
Dongming Ziyu stood in front of the high platform. The momentum and pressure released from his body made the buzzing crowd gradually quiet down.
Official Zhao wanted to knock the gong to make everyone quiet. Unexpectedly, when Dongming Ziyu went to that station, without saying a word, the hungry and anxious victims automatically quieted down.
It was not big, but it was clearly heard by the tens of thousands of victims present, "Fellows, natural disasters are merciless, waterlogging is rampant, and the food harvest is poor. I am very worried and ordered the warehouses to be opened to release food. I want to save everyone first."
His Majesty knew about it and was very anxious, so he has allocated food for disaster relief."
The victims were overjoyed when they heard this and knelt down one after another, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Just listen to Dongming Ziyu continue: "But the mountains are high and the roads are far away. It takes half a month and twenty days to reach us."
"What?!" The victims felt as if they had been tricked. Some sat down on the ground and cried bitterly, while others got up and began to curse: "Why did you ask us to travel across the mountains and ridges when the food can't be reached?"
"That's right, I still have some strength, but after walking so much, I'm going to starve to death!"
"Isn't this just a joke?"
"I thought that the prefect managed Shiniu County so well and was a good official, but I didn't expect that he was also a fatuous one!"
"You won't kill us victims on the spot, right?"
"Oh no?"
Seeing that chaos was about to happen, Officer Zhao picked up the gong and banged it: "Quiet! Everyone be quiet! Listen to what the prefect has to say! Everyone is safe...cough cough cough..."
Even though he screamed loudly, he still couldn't suppress the angry voices of the victims below.
Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "Do you want food?"
The voice seemed to ring in everyone's ears, and the victims immediately fell silent and looked at Dongming Ziyu expectantly.
Zhao Tuiguan: "...cough cough cough..." Dongming Ziyu continued: "The second prince once fought here to defend the border and has feelings for this land. Hearing that there was a disaster here, he extended a helping hand and summoned Jiangnan
A group of grain merchants shipped grain and sold it at cost price
To the victims."
When the victims heard this, they became anxious again.
"What?! Sell it to us?"
“Where do we get the money to buy food?”
"This is to drain our blood and gnaw our flesh!"
"Don't let us live!"
Chapter completed!