Chapter 512: Jiangnan Chaos
The three towns and towns were flooded by rivers, resulting in a sharp increase in the population of the county town. In addition, the possible shortage of food, and other people in the Luotian Cult may cause trouble. Various problems and crises made Li Ling and the entire county government dare not take it lightly. They always pay attention to the movements of the people in the city, and the number of people patrolling the streets was two or three times more than before.
At the same time, Li Ling also asked people to post a list article several times, and told the whole city that the relationship between the Fang family and the Luotian Sect and the Luotian Sect that caused riots and turmoil in Jiangnan, so that the people in the city could clearly know what the crisis they were facing at this time...
This is the most different thing about Li Ling, the county magistrate, and almost all officials in the world. For many imperial officials, such fatal matters are not made public. Even whenever someone talks on the street, officials will send people to capture them to prevent all rumors. But County magistrate Li was so good that he easily spread all the relevant matters, regardless of whether the people would feel panic when they knew the inside story.
Because as a time traveler, Li Ling always believes that the people have the right to know, especially major matters that concern their vital interests, they should grasp the ins and outs of things like the government, so that when the crisis comes, they can make correct judgments and decisions, so that they will not be deceived and stand opposite to the government.
At least from the moment, Li Ling's decision is quite correct. The small Huating County did not spread such a statement and made people panic, because everyone has seen the strength of County Magistrate Li and believes that County Magistrate Li will definitely stand on his side and protect their people under their rule.
However, the Fang family and the Luotian Sect and others are now in Huating County, and are regarded as beasts and thieves and enemies. At this time, as long as someone dares to reveal his identity as a Luotian Sect and tries to inspire people to rebel, there is no need for the government to come forward, and many simple Huating people can kill him.
When the subordinates reported to Li Ling in this situation, he was so happy that he stroked his hands: "The people's hearts can be used, so even if there is any trouble, I will have the confidence to calm it down quickly."
"It's still the adults who are skillful and open-minded. If they were replaced by Xia Guan and the others, I'm afraid they would have succeeded long ago and I don't know if their lives can be saved." The chief clerk Tian immediately flattered him in a funny way.
County Magistrate Wen also smiled and said, "Yes, lord is indeed bright and bright, and he is open-minded. If he changed his two officials, he would never dare to announce all this to the whole city. No, not only I don't dare, but even thousands of officials in the court in this world, I am afraid that there are not many who dare to have such courage and courage."
Li Ling smiled and waved his hand at them: "Don't use such words to praise me. I know that what I do is a bit independent. However, I am eager to follow the power of things, and I would rather believe that our people in Dayue are all interested in the court. Even if some people are blinded and used by Luo Tian Sect, they will wake up one day. So instead of letting them discuss and guess privately, it is better to tell them the truth."
After pausing, he changed the topic: "By the way, my official document to warn the Taigong Master has been sent for two days. It should be almost time to go to the capital city, right? What will happen to the government office?"
"This... I'll be more careful. But we can't assert it for a while if we have any other place." Wen Xuan answered carefully, with a little hesitation on his face.
The chief clerk Tian also said similar words, and while it was difficult to make a conclusion, he was also worried. Five or six days have passed. If it was really like the one that Fang Jinbo said, I was afraid that disasters would occur in various places and some civil wars might have caused some civil war. Without the intervention of officials like County Magistrate Li, the situation elsewhere would be really not optimistic.
At this moment, a man guarding the yamen quickly ran in and reported: "Several adults, someone from the government office came to the government office and said that something happened in the capital city and other places."
"Hmm?" Li Ling shook and shouted quickly: "Call him in and speak."
With this order, in just a moment, a soapy man in the soap clothes fell into the second hall with some unsteady steps: "I have seen County Magistrate Li, and the villain came to report the letter at the order of the prefect." As he said that, he took out a thick letter he had collected in his personal care and handed it on both hands.
While asking Wen Xuan to help him answer the letter, Li Ling said in a solemn voice: "What happened to you in Tifucheng and other places just now, but what happened?"
The officer gasped for a while, and after his breathing was stable, he said: "I dare not hide it from you. Just in the middle of the night five days ago, an accident occurred in the palace. Some thieves tried to dig the river embankment in the city. Fortunately, the soldiers and generals of Shanzi camp patroled there and stopped the thieves' actions, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
"But even so, a series of riots occurred in the city. Some thieves actually set fire at night and drove a large number of people in the west of the city to the streets. If Liao Dutong had not led his troops to arrive in time and tried his best to suppress them, I would have been in chaos in the city."
Li Ling was also worried about his teacher, and at the same time he had to sigh that the teacher's luck was indeed very good. He had just saved the dam at the expense of two towns and three towns after thrilling battles. However, the other side of the city was actually hit by the patrol soldiers and horses. In this way, the price paid was much smaller than that of Huating.
Of course, this cannot deny the efforts made by Wei Liang and Liao Qinghui. It is obvious that they spent some time on night patrols during this period, and did not let the Luotian Sect master the rules, so that such a result would be achieved.
But before Li Ling could relax, the person below continued: "But the situation in other counties was very bad. There were Jinshan and Qingpu counties, the river embankment was broken, and the people were displaced. Many people fled to the capital city for refuge. There were Xinjiang and Beiting counties. After the flood, some rebels suddenly emerged to raise the banner of killing the rich and helping the poor, rushed into the wealthy and the yamen, killing more than a dozen local wealthy households and dozens of officials, and then fired the Luotian Cult anti-bank.
"The prefect has not received an urgent report from Huating County, so he ordered the villain to send a letter and inquire about the matter in the county... But on the small side, Huating should be the only Songjiang city except the city that has not suffered such natural disasters and man-made disasters..."
Li Ling's brows quickly frowned. Is the matter so bad? There are only five counties under Songjiang. Except for Huating, all the other four counties were affected by disasters, and the two counties have even had civil changes. This is really difficult to deal with. My teacher should be having a headache about how to deal with floods and those rioters, right?
But even at this time, the teacher was still caring about his situation, which made Li Ling feel even warmer and more concerned about Wei Liang's current situation: "In this way, chaos has occurred in all four counties, old... can the prefect take care of him?"
"Now the people and the people in the government office and Shanziying have been ordered to be mobilized. It is difficult for villains to ask about the specific situation."
"Well, thank you for your hard work, go down and take a shower, change your clothes, and rest for two days before going back." Li Ling knew that it was impossible to ask him for more details, so he waved his hand to ask him to retreat.
The officer came in a hurry in the rain. His body was already wet and could not tell whether it was rain or sweat. At this time, after hearing Li Ling's words, he was also happy and kowtowed again. Then he was taken down to settle down.
After sending the person away, Li Ling opened the envelope and quickly browsed the letter Wei Liang had to him. After seeing this, his expression became more and more calm, and his eyes were full of worries.
"Sir, what did the Lord of the Mansion say?" The two assistant officials saw that the problem was not good and asked quickly. In fact, the answer just now made them feel uneasy. Now it seems that the situation is even more dangerous.
"The conspiracy of Luotian Sect has been successful to a large extent. In addition to our Songjiang Prefecture, Yangzhou, Jinling, Lin'an, Shanyin and other places, floods or rebellions have occurred. What is even more worrying is that there are still a large number of people in Jiangnan who welcome them, and five or six cities have fallen one after another!"
As Li Ling briefly revealed the current situation in Jiangnan, the two assistant officials also turned pale. They were in Huating and didn't expect the situation to be so bad.
This is the problem of poor communication today. With the distance between the prefectures and counties, coupled with the inconvenience of roads caused by floods, the transmission of information about this chaos has been largely delayed until officials in a certain place slightly calm down, or someone escapes from the city and flees to the next place controlled by the court, so that this amazing news can be spread.
It is so difficult to convey this news in Jiangnan alone, let alone report to the capital and wait for the capital to react. If we really count this way, I am afraid that when the capital dispatches troops to quell the chaos, the Luotian Sect can gather hundreds of thousands of troops and stir up the entire Jiangnan!
No, I must not be so passive and do nothing. I just wait for them to take down the prefectures and counties before attacking me. Even if the people are united, I cannot stop the army of thieves that have become a climate. I must take the initiative before this!
Li Ling's eyes moved away from the teacher's letter. Although the letter finally proposed that he should stabilize the situation in Huating and not make risky decisions in a hurry. But he knew that now, whether it is the teacher or Jiangnan, too many people need someone to stand up and reverse this extremely unfavorable situation!
Chapter completed!