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Chapter 253 Relying on Public Opinion to Order King Guard [Part 1]

After seeing the report from the Guangnan Qi civil residence, Pan Su finally did not dare to fight against Zhao Qian. In fact, this matter was just that the scholar-official class was unwilling to increase the power of Zhao Qian. It was just that some things could not be explained, because although the scholar-official class was large, it was just one class after all. If you wantonly suppress others, it would probably arouse public anger.

On August 13, the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday was not long after just passed, and many sub-inspectors led by Zhou Xin, Du Xiansheng and Chen Qizong set off from Guizhou to the prefectures and counties of Guangnan West Road.

Although Pan Su regressed in the end, he was not willing to let it go. On the one hand, he submitted a memorial, requiring the court to control the civil servant newspapers and not to publish articles that damage the imperial court's majesty at will.

On the other hand, Pan Su personally took charge of Guizhou and sent his confidant generals to various places with the sub-inspectors sent by Zhao Qin. This time it was a big deal, and the officials on Guangnan West Road were panicked. The trend of administration on Guangnan West Road immediately changed. Although it could not be said to have become honest and honest, some bad habits were subtracted unknowingly.

Despite this, a month has passed, three magistrates, seven magistrates, and many other magistrates, including the magistrate, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate. A total of 26 officials have embezzled and accepted bribes. In addition, there are hundreds of officials! The amount of corruption is greater than what Zhao Jin expected!

It is no longer 1.27 million guan, but as high as 1.6 million guan! Of course, there is a lot of gold and silver in it, all calculated based on the exchange price of gold and silver to copper coins in the Central Plains of the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, if calculated based on the price of Guangnan West Road, it is actually much lower, only 700,000 guan!

Even so, it caused a lot of surprise. The memorials have been sent to Bianliang in joint letters. There was a small interesting thing in this joint letter. Pan Su added a name with a thick face, and Zhao Qian did not take the opportunity to take revenge. He knew that Pan Su had already owed him a favor in this matter. Although it was not said that Pan Su surrendered to him, at least in a short period of time Pan Su was embarrassed to challenge Zhao Qian again.

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A manor in Guizhou, bamboo forests, ponds and rockery are scattered on this manor.

There were seven or eight people sitting in a pavilion, all of whom were dressed in beautiful clothes. The youngest looked over thirty years old. Generally speaking, they would drink tea in the pavilion and talk a lot.

In fact, none of the people here looked happy, and they even ignored the beautiful scenery of the nearby courtyard, and their sorrow was beyond words.

Long Xinhong, wearing a green collar, coughed and stood up and said, "I am older, so please be older. Let's stand up and talk about my opinion first!"

"What are you talking about when the old man is doing? You should have come!"

"Yes! Yes!"

Long Xinhong smiled and continued, "I have already made it clear on the invitation today. I will not say much here. The officials who were captured today have many of my children. I definitely don't believe that they are corruption and bribery. At most, they are just to help the villagers make some minor mistakes. His Highness Wei is now trying to explain the punishment of the canon. What is this?"

"No! I heard that His Highness King Wei did this to make the clerks of the Imperial Academy this year go up to the throne!" An old man with gray hair, dusty hat, straight-seamed shirt, soap strips tied with waist, and mature leather boots said angrily.

When the old man was talking, everyone else agreed. "The old lady's words are reasonable!"

"Not! I have detained our children today, and I don't know if I will detain us to eat Zhao's family's meal (prison meal) tomorrow!"

Long Xinhong nodded and said, "Everyone is right! But I think that the official family is the emperor and the King of Wei is also the elder brother of the emperor. I think King of Wei is not meant to make things difficult for us! It must be that there are treacherous villains slandering each other, so this incident happened!"

The old man was also a smart man and immediately agreed: "Mr. Long Junwai's words make sense. His Highness King Wei is still dedicated to the people, but he just made a mistake and made such a mistake!"

The other people who attended the meeting understood and agreed. "Mr. Long, the old lady's words make sense! They all blame those treacherous villains!"

Why did Long Xinhong and the old man turn the finger on the people around Zhao Qian? It’s not that they don’t know that these things were all caused by Zhao Qian, even the common people know! If Zhao Qian didn’t support him, that official would have the ability? He took down about 130 officials in one go.

The reason for this is that they know that with Zhao Jin's noble status, they cannot be defeated by the country tyrants. Moreover, without Zhao Jin, who is intimate, no matter how powerful it is, it is still a castle in the air. So what if it is beautiful? Without a good foundation, it will collapse in a few days.

"The question is how to let His Highness King Wei know our grievances?" a visitor said with some reference.

"Isn't the autumn harvest coming soon? We're making a big deal! We're resisting taxes!" The head of the family in his early thirties was obviously much more radical and said in a tough manner.

The old man immediately shook his head and said, "No! If this is a big deal, maybe he will force the King of Wei to send officers and soldiers to pay taxes forcibly. I don't think so, how about I wish you tens of thousands of people's books?"

"Shu Wanmin? That thing is useful!" said the head of the family in his early thirties disdainfully.

The old lady stood up and said, "Look at what Mr. Long wants to say it!"

He was quite convinced by the others of Long Xinhong, so he stopped making trouble and focused on Long Xinhong.

Long Xinhong stroked his beard, thought for a while, and said, "I have read the Analects of Confucius today. I feel very profound when I see a sentence. If the reputation is not right, the words will not go well, and if the words are not right, things will not come true. Therefore, we must pay attention to this reputation in everything! It would be not good to resist taxes from the beginning. After all, although His Highness King Wei is not a famous general on the battlefield, he has also been on the battlefield. I think he is not a timid person!"

"But is the Book of Wanmin really useful? I'm afraid that before you even arrived at His Highness King Wei, you have been thrown into the corner by those treacherous villains!" The young head of the family, who was in his early thirties, frowned and still expressed his objection.

Long Xinhong shook his head and said, "The books of tens of thousands of people are too soft! What I mean is that we call on the tribe, the people, and tens of thousands of people to send books of all the people to Guizhou. In this way, His Highness King Wei refused our request, and we will be justified in resisting taxes. No one can say that there is anything wrong with us!"

The other officials and the head of the family said, "The Long Master's words are reasonable, so let's follow the Long Master's words!"

Long Xinhong nodded and said, "Okay! Then we will hold the wishes of all people on September 15th. You must mobilize more villagers and tribe members. Let the treacherous villains around His Highness King Wei see the power of the people! Didn't Emperor Taizong of Tang say that? The king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat!"
Chapter completed!
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