After the incident, officials from all over the country hurriedly moved out to persuade or disperse the people and maintain order.
Most of the people in the cities quickly dispersed, but there were four cities where people stayed. They only gave up on surrounding Gyeongo's shops when they were really hungry at noon.
By the afternoon, the local government reported their losses. Just the houses that were burned down and the goods that were lost were more than 1.2 million taels of silver, not to mention the indirect losses.
The discussion board also began to discuss this matter. Similar to the situation from a few days ago, Gyeongo continued to attack Xiangzhou. They believed that the Xiangzhou bandits would only harm their own people and that all those who opposed Gyeongo were wrong.
All of the Jingguo scholars objected to this extreme action, but they also pointed out that this incident was caused by Gyeongo's army's looting and that the Xuanwu Army should bear the main responsibility. At the same time, they believed that the ones who did this were not ordinary people. Ordinary people would never do such a thing. Only those fierce local ruffians would do such a thing.
Soon after, some Jingguo people from Xiangzhou appeared. Without exception, all of them apologized to Gyeongo. They all felt ashamed that they were Jingguo people and believed that opposing Gyeongo was the most stupid thing to do. They also cursed those who took to the streets as Xiangzhou bandits and even Jingguo.
A scholar named "Ge Songxiao" wrote a lengthy article, denouncing the ugliness of the Xiangzhou bandits. He believed that these people were the malignant tumor of the human race and the malignant tumor of Jingguo. He decided that tomorrow, he would bring his men to the nearby shops owned by Gyeongo people. If anyone dared to come, he would lead his men to fight back. He would protect his conscience and justice and not the Xiangzhou bandits.
When this article was published, all of the Gyeongo scholars supported it. Some Jingguo people also felt that this person's mind was not restricted and that he did not have a despicable sense of nationality. The human race needed this kind of broad-minded and righteous person the most. They also praised him.
The scholars from other countries also felt that Ge Songxiao was righteous and expressed that once they went to Xiangzhou, they would definitely look for him to drink and discuss the world.
In a short time, Ge Songxiao's name and Literary Name skyrocketed.
After two hours, some people raised their suspicions, saying that Ge Songxiao was a distant relative of Ge Yiming and had connections with Ge Baiwan of Qingjiang Enterprise. This person might have ulterior motives.
There were also people who revealed that this person was a typical Qing official. Back then, he had resolutely opposed Jingguo and Fang Yun.
However, only a few rational scholars realized that the words of these people were supporting them, but there were too few of them to change the situation.
There was a small courtyard to the southeast of the Xiangzhou government office. However, the signboard at the entrance of the courtyard made passersby extremely cautious.
Governor's Offices of the two states.
The governor's office had not been built, and there was no governor's office in Xiangzhou before. Fang Yun, as the governor, could only work in the state office. There were only ten officials and clerks in there, and they were all temporarily transferred from the Baling government office, state office, and various departments.
These people were usually responsible for receiving all kinds of documents and handing them to Fang Yun to read. They rarely sent out documents or Fang Yun's orders. This was because Fang Yun had not yet fully exercised his authority as governor. These people could not handle everything and had to be handled step by step.
Fang Yun was currently working with Dong Wencong to formulate some rules and regulations. The main thing was to specify which matters had to be approved by the governor's office, and which matters could only be reported to the governor's office. Just formulating a set of detailed regulations for the governor's office was not something that could be completed in a dozen days.
Fang Yun had long since stipulated that all sudden incidents must be reported to the governor's office. As a result, the ten people in the small governor's courtyard were all busy. The state office was constantly transcribing documents from various places and delivering them to Fang Yun's desk.
Fang Yun did not issue any orders from beginning to end. He only read the documents.
It was not until evening that Dong Wencong dragged his tired body to Fang Yun's office. He first bowed, then smiled bitterly. "Forgive me for being rude, but I won't be polite. I've been busy all day dealing with the matter of the people taking to the streets. I've been putting out fires everywhere. Most of the people have already dispersed, but there have been sporadic incidents in the afternoon. Most of the officials are doing their best to deal with it, but you know a portion of them. Not only are they not doing anything, not only are they deliberately indulging, but they are even suspected of adding fuel to the fire. Qing Guan, Jingguan, how laughable. We're all from Xiangzhou and Jingguo, but even the officials are so clearly divided. How can the people be united? "
Dong Wencong did not care about etiquette. He plopped down on the chair in front of Fang Yun's desk, somewhat dejected.
Fang Yundao asked, "What do you think of the people taking to the streets today?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Dong Wencong's face. "Last time, in order to put pressure on Gyeongo, I arranged for the people to take to the streets to protest. However, today's incident has nothing to do with the various state offices. It's obvious that someone else is behind it. This is probably the consequence of one's own actions. "
"How are you going to deal with it?" Fang Yun asked.
Dong Wencong thought for a long time, then gently shook his head. "I've already ordered people to investigate thoroughly. However, with the Qing Guan covering for them, they won't be able to find anything. In Xiangzhou, the Qing Guan officials are powerful. Other than the officials transferred from other places, most of the Jingguan officials will not take the initiative to become enemies with the Qing Guan officials even if they support Jingguo. After all … "
"After all, we're all on the same side. If Xiangzhou returns to Gyeongo in the future, we can at least continue to be colleagues," Fang Yun added.
Dong Wencong nodded, then asked, "Sir, what do you think? You didn't give any orders today."
"They're using the same old tricks again. They're just trying to create trouble to attack Jingguo's prestige and divert the people's attention at the same time," Fang Yundao said.
Dong Wencong was shocked, then immediately came to a realization. "You're right. The Xuanwu Army's robbery of the people should have been prepared in advance to attack your prestige and also to humiliate Jingguo, making the people of Xiangzhou admire Gyeongo. Lord Qingjun's appearance at Yingfang Pavilion was just a coincidence, but when the two incidents were linked together, it aroused the common people's hatred of Gyeongo. Gyeongo and Xiangzhou's Qing Guan officials are unwilling to see the common people's hatred of Gyeongo. Thus, they arranged for the common people to take to the streets to create trouble. Now, many of the common people no longer care about Yingfang Pavilion and the robbery. Instead, they've been led by many scholars to criticize the thugs who broke the law and looted. Now, everyone is cursing Xiangzhou as a thief. Everyone who opposes Gyeongo has been insulted. Many people no longer dare to oppose Gyeongo in front of others, thus achieving their goal. "
Fang Yun looked at Dong Wencong and said slowly, "This isn't the first time. There's a first and second time, but it can't be repeated. If this kind of thing continues to happen despite repeated prohibitions, it means that the officials of Xiang Province, from top to bottom, have either all betrayed Jing Country or are a bunch of useless trash. "
Dong Wencong didn't dare to speak. Fang Yun's words were too harsh.
Suddenly, their gazes moved slightly. They looked at each other and each held their official seals.
It was an urgent letter from the Ministry of Personnel.
When they saw it, they felt extremely helpless. It was a letter from the Ministry of Rites. It sternly pointed out that Xiangzhou's Governor Fang Yun, Prefecture Overseer Dong Wencong, and Governor Fang Shouye's inaction had caused the mass protest.
Dong Wencong said helplessly, "Sir, what should we do? You don't care about the Ministry of Personnel's evaluation, but I'm afraid it's going to be difficult for me this year."
"Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise." Fang Yun smiled and calmly raised his brush.
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