Hearing Fang Yun's words, everyone put themselves in Fang Yun's shoes. Indeed, as Fang Yun had said, they would definitely do the same.
"I don't know what other people are thinking when I see some people covered in dust, but I'm very happy! Come, Mid-Autumn Night, let's drink to Fang Xusheng! "Wu Jun raised his wine cup high. He drained it in one gulp.
Everyone who had wine raised their cups and drank.
"Delightful! A real man should repay kindness and enmity as he pleases! How can we humans, Xusheng, be humiliated by these demons and monsters? "The foolish scholar, Tian Songshi, put down his wine cup and looked at Fang Yun in a carefree manner.
At this moment, Xiang Province's governor, Fang Shouye, quickly walked to Yueyang Tower and said in a thunderous voice, "I, Fang Shouye, have something to report."
"The meeting is going well. What can't be reported later?" Fang Yun didn't seem to know what Fang Shouye wanted to do.
"It's a matter of great importance and involves the safety of Xiang Province. I have no choice but to take up the time of the meeting," Fang Shouye said.
"Forget it, speak."
"Yes! When the hour of the Zi had just arrived, all of Xiang Zhou suddenly broke out in a commotion. There were people in the city who used chrysanthemum as a sign of recognition, openly inciting the people of Xiang Zhou to commit treason. They also declared that you were about to lose the literary competition, becoming the shame of Jing Zhou and so on. Some people took action in villages and towns. Local ruffians gathered people to disturb the people, vainly trying to offer the area to Gyeongo. Some people repeated the same trick, burning down houses and smashing Gyeongo people's shops. "
Fang Yun and Fang Shouye immediately became the focus of the crowd.
These days, almost everyone present paid attention to Fang Yun, the governor of two provinces. As news about Xiang Province spread, their admiration for Fang Yun grew. It wasn't just because of Fang Yun's brilliant methods, nor was it because of the novel affairs such as the People's Daily. It was because of Fang Yun's righteousness as an official, a role model for the human race. What made them admire him the most was that Fang Yun didn't even hesitate to take the risk of being counterattacked by the bureaucrats. This was something no one had done before.
It was precisely because Fang Yun was so special that some conservative scholars were dissatisfied with him.
However, although the conservative scholars were dissatisfied with Fang Yun and even saw Fang Yun as a great enemy, they still had a bottom line. They were different from the Zong and Lei families. At least until now, the two sides were only fighting over ideas, not the Divine Path.
At this moment, many people recalled that Fang Yun was Fang Shouye's uncle.
However, more people paid attention to the "smashing and looting" because Fang Yun had appeared many times when he was the Governor of the two prefectures.
Scholars from all over the world with a little bit of experience were very clear in their hearts that no matter which country or where the smashing and looting took place, once it reached a certain scale, it was absolutely impossible for it to be a sudden incident. Either the local people had accumulated a deep grudge, or the local ruffians and hooligans deliberately retaliated, and 99% of the time it was driven by profits to achieve an unspeakable purpose.
Naturally, the ordinary people did not understand Fang Yun's words. However, when the scholars heard the words "repeating the same old tricks", they immediately thought of the matters in Xiangzhou that Fang Yun had dealt with a few days ago. All the riots that had occurred a few days ago had all been directed at Gyeongo and the Qingjiang Trading Company.
Many scholars had seen an insightful Jingguo person write a paragraph in the tone of a Gyeongo person on a discussion board.
"If you oppose Gyeongo, we will burn down the shops of the Gyeongo people and then hire a group of people to taunt and attack the Jingguo people.
"If you want to incite hatred towards Gyeongo, we will create a few clowns who appear to hate Gyeongo on the surface and hire a group of people to taunt and attack the Jingguo people.
No matter what you want, we have a way to plunge the people into chaos.
"What's the situation like?" Fang Yun asked.
Fang Shouye said resolutely, "Thanks to your 'emergency plan', we have already made sufficient preparations. Furthermore, under your command, we have already grasped the whereabouts of 90% of the troublemakers. As soon as they took to the streets, the provincial army was fully mobilized and suppressed all of the rebels. You are the mastermind, but my abilities are limited. I was unable to fully execute your emergency plan and caused a certain amount of damage. "
"How many places in Xiangzhou have there been disturbances?"
"I have just tallied up the reports. There are a total of 14 disturbances in the six prefectural cities and 53 disturbances in the forty-five county cities. Apart from that, there are also disturbances in 120 villages and towns. I believe that after tomorrow, I will give you a detailed report."
Fang Yun nodded lightly. Only the county cities had Divine Temples and could send messages. It would take a long time for news from the villages and towns to reach the county cities.
"How are the casualties?"
Fang Shouye said confidently, "Up until now, apart from the provincial army and the troublemakers, not a single civilian has been injured. However, some property has been damaged. The total losses have been calculated to be around three thousand taels of silver. In addition, benefiting from the people's trust in you, the people of various places have spontaneously set things right. Before the meeting, I received news that a man in Xiaogouzi Town in Hu County claimed to have received an edict from the Qing Emperor and rebelled against Jingguo. He called himself the King of Jingguo and founded a country. He made his own imperial seal, crown, and dragon robe and wanted to make Xiaogouzi Town his fief. Coincidentally, two bailiffs escorting prisoners passed by and stayed the night there. They quickly rushed to the site of the coronation and captured four people to put out the Xiaogouzi Kingdom. "
"Haha …"
The meeting broke out into laughter. Fang Shouye spoke with a deadpan expression, creating a strong contrast that made people laugh.
"Xiaogouzi Kingdom? Is his title the Idiot King?" A group of people held their stomachs and laughed endlessly. Many people laughed until tears came out of their eyes.
"The bailiffs destroyed the country! Our great Jingguo bailiffs are mighty, hahaha … "
Even many of the people who came to Gyeongo were laughing. They didn't think there would be such a stupid person. They even thought that the people of Gyeongo were all stupid. But as they laughed and laughed, the people of Gyeongo felt that something was wrong.
This idiot claimed to have received an edict from the Qing Emperor!
A small number of scholars suddenly discovered that the officials of Xiangzhou had quietly begun to counter Gyeongo!
Fang Yun wanted to establish his own image by attacking Gyeongo. Gyeongo beat him at his own game and began to smash the Gyeongo Trading Company in the name of supporting Fang Yun. Now, Fang Yun beat him at his own game and concocted the Xiaogouzi Town and the Idiot King, turning the large-scale riot that Gyeongo had been planning for a long time into a joke.
Punishing evil was always more attractive than promoting good, and those funny and interesting people or things often received more attention than serious matters.
With the appearance of the Xiaogouzi Kingdom, no one cared about the riot. Everyone was talking about it. At the same time, they would bring the Qing Emperor into the discussion and greatly damage his image.
The expressions of the officials in Gyeongo responsible for controlling the riot became incomparably serious and even a little ferocious. They had never thought that their many years of hard work would go to waste.
To be able to cause so many places in Xiangzhou to riot at the same time, they had used all of Gyeongo's manpower and resources in Xiangzhou. All of the Qing officials, merchants, and spies in Xiangzhou had worked together. They had even overdrawn the power of the future Gyeongo in Xiangzhou.
However, not only had Fang Yun sent people to put it out in time, but they had also failed to achieve the intended effect. On the contrary, it had been diluted by the laughable matter that Fang Yun had concocted. It had dealt another blow to the Qing Emperor's reputation.
Now, everyone thought that the Xiaogouzi King was a joke. Then, wasn't the Qing Emperor, who might have been related to the idiot, also a joke?
Some of the Gyeongo officials helplessly discovered that Fang Yun had used a small, possibly fabricated story to drag the Qing Emperor down to a level higher than the idiot.
The Qing Emperor sat there awkwardly. He didn't know whether to laugh or not. Other than cursing Fang Yun in his heart, there was nothing he could do.
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