Chapter 92 Arguments
In the morning, Jiankang City, on the south bank of Qinhuai River, the Bianhuai Liesi area that turned into ruins was being rebuilt. The originally lined up Didian was looted and set fire to the riots, but now it has turned into ruins.
Bianhuai Lisi means the list of shops and didians on the Qinhuai River, especially the collective name for a series of markets, didians and restaurants on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. This is the most prosperous area of Jiankang City, a distribution center for a large amount of supplies and commodities, and is also a place to have fun.
Because of the convenient water transportation, many ships travel through the Qinhuai River to the Yangtze River estuary. There are many pedestrians on the streets on weekdays, and the ships in the river are connected to each other at the end, and the land is bustling regardless of water.
Bianhuai Liesi not only allowed the powerful and wealthy people to make a lot of profits, but also supported a large number of Jiankang people, because most of the residents in the city had no land and could only earn a meager wage by selling their labor to support their families.
Some people were raising boats, some were coolies, some helped servants, and some ran errands. A large number of ordinary people lived on Bianhuai Liesi and lived in Changganli on the south side. At this time, Bianhuai Liesi turned into ruins, deserted and quiet, and Changganli was also deserted.
Bianhuai Liesi was rebuilt, so there was no mansion or shop opening, so there was naturally no business. At this time, there were a large number of officials stationed in Changganli, guarding all intersections and prohibiting residents from entering and leaving at will, so there were few people in the streets of the alleys.
The rebellious soldiers have now fled out of the city. The Changganli they occupied has become a hiding place for the remaining party. The government will have to search for the traitors from door to door. Not only that, they will also loot the property plundered by Bian Huailisi.
In order to win people's hearts, the rebel soldiers distributed the stolen property to the people of Changganli. Now that the government has quelled the rebellion, they naturally have to recover the "thieves and stolen goods".
This is a matter of course. Many businesses have suffered heavy losses in this chaos. Many people died and cannot be resurrected. The stolen property can be recovered. Even if they cannot be recovered, it is better to recover part of it than nothing.
The government will not let go of the rioters who kill people, pay their lives, pay their debts, and kill people. Those who take the stolen goods should hand over the things, but if they really want to do so, it is very likely that chaos will be caused again.
If the government wants to send troops to search door to door and ask these people to hand over the "stolen stolen", not to mention how many people will be wronged, it is said that most of the people in Changganli are from poor families. If the "stolen goods" that depend on for their livelihood are taken away and the whole family cannot survive and are tempted to make trouble, that is a big deal.
But if the people were allowed to collect the "stolen goods" and not hand over it, the officials of the merchants who suffered huge losses in the rebellion could not bear this. Their residences and industries were plundered by chaos and suffered heavy losses. They could not be regarded as doing good deeds and laughed out.
Not to mention that these people strongly demand to find out the remnants of the riots who were hiding among the people in order to avenge their relatives, tribesmen, shopkeepers, and friends who died at the hands of the riots. However, in doing so, the officials will definitely take the opportunity to extort ordinary people on the charge of "hiding traitors in private", and something will still happen.
The people did not know whether the government would liquidate their behavior of rebels. When people were panic, rumors were spreading everywhere in Changgan. If they were left like this, something would still happen.
The knowledgeable people have seen the crisis and have written to the emperor one after another, hoping that the emperor will send important officials to preside over the aftermath, so as not to cause trouble for anyone with ulterior motives. Before that, troops should be sent to maintain the existing order in Changganli.
Even if it is surveillance, it also avoids people from using various excuses to go to Changgan to recover stolen goods and seek revenge. Therefore, the government army needs to maintain order and avoid stirring up civil unrest. As for how to deal with the aftermath in the future, we must come up with a solution immediately.
However, it is not so easy to take into account the interests of all parties. Officials who suffered huge losses are worried about the officials who aroused civil rebellion, and officials who lost their relatives in this incident, and the court has been quarreling for a long time.
The people in Changganli became increasingly anxious. After the government troops quelled the rebellion, the rebels fled with their families, and some of the people fled out of Jiankang. The people who stayed may have remnants, but most of them had just followed the crowd.
When the mutiny broke out, they were also frightened. Later, when the riots said they wanted to kill the dog officials and distributed money, grain, cloth, so many people joined in and followed the soldiers to fight against the minions sent by the dog officials. After several months, they had not become a party, but also accomplices.
When the official army quelled the rebellion, many people lost the intention of killing dog officials, but they thought that they had not burned, killed, looted, and their families were in Changgan, and they would be helpless when they went elsewhere. In addition, they had the idea of not chasing the public, so they did not flee with the scattered soldiers, so they stayed in Changgan and waited for the government to handle the lenient treatment.
However, the government has not made a decision for a long time and sent troops to block the intersections, causing many people living in Changgan to gradually become restless. As various rumors spread, everyone gradually felt that their family was about to end.
It is said that the government wants to recover the stolen goods, but the money and grain they have allocated have been spent and eaten. It is said that the government wants to capture the rioters of the soldiers, and many of them follow the rioters to shout slogans, dividing money and grain, and moving things to block the road. Is this considered accomplices?
Uneasy spread in Changgan, and the atmosphere began to become subtle. At this moment, the court took further measures to send officials to appease the people of Changgan.
As noon approached, there were ten steps and five steps in Changganli, and a large number of officials maintained order on the streets. Many residents walked out of the alley and came to the streets, gathered on both sides of the Zhuque Imperial Road, waiting for the government to give an explanation.
The Zhuque Imperial Road starts from the south of Taicheng, and sails south through the Zhuque across the Qinhuai River, and goes directly to the Nanli Gate outside Jiankang City. The high-ranking official from Taicheng preached the court's decision to the people of Changganli on the section of the Zhuque Imperial Road in Changganli, which is to give an explanation.
There were two high-ranking officials, one was Chen Bogu, the prince of Xin'an, and the other was Yuan Xian, the minister of Shangshu. He represented the emperor and the court and came to Changganli to appease the people.
Chen Bogu, the prince of Xin'an, is said to have always been close to the emperor, while Yuan Xian, the Minister of State, had a very good official voice. It is very credible to have these two representatives of the emperor and the court who spoke.
The two stood in a carriage parked on the imperial road, regardless of their personal safety, and preached the court's decision to the people who were frightened. Chen Bogu, who was young and strong, was the "speaker", and Yuan Xian, who was gray in his hair and over 60 years old, was responsible for supplementing.
The carriage was surrounded by imperial soldiers who were on guard, looking around vigilantly in case of assassination. The outside was full of people surrounded by the three levels of the inner and outer levels, with their eyes focused on the two people on the carriage.
Even the houses, walls and trees on the side were crowded with people.
Faced with such a spectacular but hidden danger scene, Chen Bogu was not frightened. He used to serve as the Imperial College and often made long speeches in front of a large number of students, so he spoke very well. In order to avoid the people not understanding, the key points were pointed out at the beginning:
"The emperor is wise and knows that everyone is being bullied by the thief, so he ordered Gu and Yuan Pushe to come here to tell everyone good news: the government will only punish the chief evil, and the accomplices will not investigate!"
Fearing that the people couldn't hear it clearly, Chen Bogu yelled loudly several times, thanks to his youth and strength, which made many onlookers hear clearly what he said.
When many people learned that the government "only punished the chief evil, but not investigated the accomplices", they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The originally uneasy mood relieved a lot, and more people came to hear the news and joined the onlookers.
Chapter completed!