"Those who governed the people in ancient times encouraged rewards but feared punishment, and showed tireless compassion for the people. Huoran Wenena`"
The people in Chang'an City may not know what kind of people Jing Zhaoyin and Zhi Jinwu are, but when it comes to the Chang'an Order, "little prince" Wang Ling is known to everyone. Fortunately, Wang Ling has an excellent official reputation in Chang'an.
, he not only cracked down on thieves in the city, maintained public order, but also supervised and persuaded farmers and mulberry trees, and took care of the common people. The people usually loved him, especially after the drought, they often saw him running around sweating, clearing ditches, and relieving the poor, so he
No one had any resentment towards him. When they saw Wang Ling rushing in accompanied by several senior officials, their resentment turned into countless grievances. They all knelt down by the roadside and shouted "please"
The little prince' calls the shots.
Xiang Cun couldn't help frowning and tried to look across the way to see who had said these suspicious words. Unfortunately, as soon as the person finished speaking, he lowered his head and hid in the crowd.
Sima Fang, Fu Wan and the others kept their expressions unchanged and rushed over on horseback. The first thing they looked at was emaciated men, women and children. Wang Ling felt sour in his heart, sighed, temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction, dismounted and faced everyone.
He bowed his hands and saluted, and then said, "I have made you suffer these days! I have no virtue and incompetence, and it will be difficult for ten months to relieve you of your suffering. As a result, you have put yourself in danger, so I will apologize to you first!"
This group of people at the bottom of the class were born with their faces turned to the earth and their backs to the sky. They have lived cautiously all their lives. As long as officials and powerful people do not bully them, it will be a good thing. Where have you heard of the county magistrate making an apology to them? When everyone heard this, they did not need to apologize to them.
Cun and others were so moved by the booing and mobilization that they lowered their heads and began to sob. A few brave men were still kneeling on the ground, but their backs were straight, and they told Wang Ling everything.
reason.
"Wang Yanyun is really a capable man, and his name as 'Little Prince' is well-deserved." Fu Wan saw that Wang Ling calmed down the excited crowd with just one sentence. He was so amazed that he immediately praised Sima Fang.
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"Although he is young, he will be relied upon in the future." Sima Fang's expression did not change and he replied in a low voice, "It's just that the country won't like to hear this name."
Fu Wan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.
Wang Ling repeatedly advised, "Don't be anxious, everyone. The emperor has sent an imperial envoy here this time to investigate the sentiments of the people and the price of grain in the East and West markets, so that you can survive this disaster safely! You must believe in the imperial court.
Don’t make mistakes!”
After saying that, he made way for Sima Fang to step aside, and after finishing Fu and others, he stood aside in awe with his hands down.
So Sima Fang rode out and said loudly, "I am Sima Fang, who is in charge of Jinwu, and I have been ordered to investigate this matter. You can go back and obey my orders first, or go to the market pavilion to continue looking for the rice purchased by Junshu Supervisor. I will definitely give it to you."
An explanation! If you don’t believe me, you can leave a few people to follow us inside and ask the merchants clearly!”
Sima Fang was strict with himself on weekdays and deliberately cultivated a calm and authoritative demeanor. Compared with Fu Wan, Hu Miao and others, he was more like a high-ranking official in the eyes of the people.
The still somewhat noisy crowd immediately became silent. No one dared to raise their head again and acknowledged Xiang Cun. They immediately stood up consciously and said, "Ming Gong, I'm willing to go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two or three young men spoke up, two of whom were real common people.
Sima Fang nodded and said, "Ner and the other four will follow me in, and the rest will disperse on their own without staying."
When the common people saw the fully armored Jinwuti cavalry and the halberd-wielding guards, they were already frightened. After calming down, they were all frightened for a while. How could they do such a rebellious move in a moment of enthusiasm at that time?
The court was fair in dealing with matters, and these high-ranking officials did not care. Instead, they were very forgiving and asked merchants to settle accounts on their behalf. In this way, no one dared to have different intentions, even if there were a few unruly people who were fearless, at this time
I don't dare to cause trouble in front of the officers and soldiers.
When Luo Boyan heard that Zhi Jinwu, Chengmen Colonel and others had arrived, and that the mob outside had left in an orderly manner under Wang Ling's persuasion, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then he felt deeply worried.
"You are so righteous, you have saved me from fire and water, please accept me and bow down!" Even though he knew that so many people came with bad intentions, Luo Boyan still bravely went to greet them, and knelt down on the ground without saying a word, which was completely unusual.
His heroic demeanor, on the contrary, kept his posture extremely low.
"You are so polite." Sima Fang responded calmly. He really had no interest in this old guy. He bypassed Luo Boyan directly and did not ask him to get up. Instead, he just kept to himself with Fu Wan and others.
As soon as he sat down, he greeted Zhang Yi, the mayor of Chang'an who was standing outside, "Call all the people in charge of the grain stores. Don't fool me with any little people. I have a roster here."
Luo Boyan's body suddenly went limp. He couldn't help but look at Hou Wen who was sitting there. He thought he had found a backer and Hou Wen, who had cleared away the suspicion, did not even look at him. Only then did Luo Boyan completely give up on Hou Wen and secretly thought
He swore that even if he died, he would not make the other person feel better.
After a while, Zhang Yi came in with more than a dozen people. Most of these people were from Jingzhao, and some of them were powerful people like Zuo Fengyi. They were old and young, and even though their family names were announced, it would not be intimidating.
Everyone had two thousand stones, but at least they had been county magistrates, court ministers, or had been members of the Confucian sect of a certain aristocratic family. Although these relationships were not in the eyes of Sima Fang, especially Fu Wan.
They are inconspicuous, even insignificant, but when they join forces, the connections behind them and their local influence are something that even two thousand stones cannot underestimate.
Sima Fang was from a powerful family in Hanoi, and both he and Fu Wan were from the Kanto clan. At this time, he also had the king's orders, so he was not afraid of the people in front of him. He glanced at Fu Wan, coughed lightly and said, "I am meeting with the captain of the city gate today."
Fugong and others are here. In addition to sending away the chaos, there is one more thing they want to discuss with you."
After hearing this, someone became more and more uneasy and hurriedly said, "Please make it public!"
"Today's incident is entirely due to the fact that your food prices are too high and you are exploiting the common people, which has aroused public anger." Sima Fang stroked his beard and said slowly, "There is an ancient saying, 'It is better to guard against the mouths of the people than to guard against the rivers.'"
, not to mention people's resentment and anger? If the imperial court can calm down this time, what will happen in the future? Since you are powerful and powerful merchants in Jingzhao, the imperial court is doing its best to provide disaster relief, but you have turned a deaf ear. Not only do you still drive up the price, but you also instigate domestic slaves to buy privately.
Official food. If we don’t apologize to the court as soon as possible and cooperate with the opening of warehouses for relief, I am afraid that the people will be angry and the court will not be able to stop it."
"This..." Some people looked embarrassed. On the one hand, they were afraid of what happened today and were hesitating. On the other hand, they were reluctant to make a decision to give up the wealth they were about to get. They all hesitated.
He evaded the important and said, "We really have no choice. With the drought and locusts, each family doesn't have much grain. What we have in the shop now are all the things we saved and sold after seeing the hardship of the common people. Who knows what will happen next?"
There were too many people buying, and I was worried that these grains would not reach the poor people who really needed them, so I raised the price..."