The shares of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce that were sold before were even more powerful and quenched thirst and cut off the firewood from the cauldron. Many people could not hold on anymore and chose to commit suicide after bankruptcy, but more people chose to solve the problem by force.

What kind of rich people do not have dozens of servants or guards?

As long as there are enough people, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome!

The rabbit was forced to bite people when it was forced to do it. Who were we afraid of on this one acre of three-point land in Jiangnan?

Just like that, from Yingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Jiaxing Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture, countless rioters emerged almost overnight. They began to hunt and kill people from the mysterious forces and search for the main messenger behind them. In a day and a night, no less than 600 people were killed, but they still could not find the main messenger behind them.

This matter has become a big deal, and memorials from various prefectures and counties are sent to Yingtian Prefecture like snowflakes.

The cabinet finally couldn't stand it anymore and was ready to report to the emperor without any choice.

However, the emperor suddenly became ill and became unconscious!

Logically speaking, isn't this very strange?

Who is not a human being in the court?

But human nature is like this. When you are forced to do so, you always think and think about problems in the direction that is most beneficial to you.

The emperor suddenly became ill, which was equivalent to sending cotton jackets when it was cold and steamed buns when it was hungry. Everyone was happy and this was God's will.

As a result, a civil unrest that ran through more than ten coastal prefectures finally formed.

This civil unrest was initially just for personal grudges, and was seeking the mysterious force to retaliate, but at this time, it slowly turned into a riot.

The parents and officials of various prefectures and counties were also confused. Logically, there were military soldiers in the government, with one thousand major governments and three hundred minor governments. But the problem was that the riots broke out too quickly, and almost all these people were local gentry and villains who looked up and looked down. Some ministers in the court sent people to secretly reminded them not to send military soldiers to suppress and interfere.

In this way, riots in various coastal areas instantly formed tens of thousands of people in more than ten coastal prefectures. The number of people and the momentum were amazing.

But there are two places, no, to be precise, the two palaces are different. One is Yingtian Prefecture. There is almost no rioter in the city, and the people in the city cannot hear the riots in the southern prefectures.

Second, Hangzhou Prefecture, as the emperor's residence, after several civil unrest, the people's ideological awareness has become very high. To be precise, old people will not trust anyone and want them to riot. Unless their own interests are violated, no matter how big the officials are, they will not be able to make the people rebel.

Therefore, whether it is Yingtian Prefecture or Hangzhou Prefecture, those involved in the riot have already chosen to leave the city and go to Jiaxing, Zhenjiang and other prefectures.

The prefectures between Hangzhou Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture are completely in chaos.

These are not troops, they have the lead, but if they are asked to go out several or dozens of them, how can they not disturb the people?

As a result, burning, killing, looting and robbery also appeared, and the people were in chaos.

In just a few days, hundreds of innocent people were killed or injured, and countless people were robbed.

The problem is, it's too fast, so fast that no one can react, why is the world suddenly in chaos?

When the victims were unable to get effective help from their parents and officials in the prefectures, they began to think about going to Beijing to file a lawsuit.

But what is strange is that among the two cities of Yingtian and Hangzhou, the exchanges were still trading smoothly, and countless land deeds, house deeds, and shareholding certificates were transferred in an orderly manner, as if they were paradise.

....

“Why not stop it early?”

In Chunhe Hall, Wu Bochang turned over the secret report from Changlin Guard brought by Wu Zheng and couldn't help but sigh and asked.

"The law is hard to punish, and I cannot punish these people for false sins... just like I cannot slaughter before the pig is fattened!" Wu Zheng said calmly.

"But now... these are enough for you to do something, right?" Wu Bochang shook the information in his hand. "Hundreds of innocent people have been killed and injured due to this riot... how can you bear it?"

Wu Zheng was questioned by his father, and he couldn't help but raise his head and sigh, and then replied, "The people are ignorant...Did Dad find that in times of crisis, the first thing the people think of is not to fight, but to have nothing to do with themselves... As long as they do not harm their own interests, no one will think of counterattack. As long as they can save their lives, they can even be servile... It's not terrible to die, but the terrible thing is that the people themselves have no intention to resist!"

Wu Bochang frowned slightly. He was really thinking about Wu Zheng's words seriously. After a while, Wu Bochang looked up and asked, "But... you are the emperor, you have the obligation to protect the people under your rule!"

"What if I die?" Wu Zheng said lightly, "It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people... In fact, as long as the people dare to organize their own resistance, those mobs are vulnerable!"

"But the people are unarmed?"

"Dad thinks the decisive factor of victory is only a weapon?"

"What if someone in the court privately mobilizes the army?"

Wu Zheng smiled, "I'm just sick... they dare not. If they really dare to mobilize the army privately, my illness... will be cured immediately!"

Wu Bochang glanced at Wu Zheng angrily, "Then you let the people fight with these people... many people will die!"

"This is the choice of the people themselves, and it is also the choice of those people... I am just a neutral referee!" Wu Zheng smiled self-deprecatingly, "I admit that I am not strong enough, and I am kind to women... There are also good people among those people... So, in the end, they are on the side of the people and the side of the profiteering business, and it is their own choice... No wonder I!"

Wu Bochang thought for a while and said leisurely: "But you forgot the most important point...that is, if the people spontaneously organize resistance, will the emperor and the court still have any meaning of existence?"

Wu Zheng was stunned and grinned, "I once said... If one day my existence is contrary to the interests of the country and the interests of the most people, I can abdicate to the virtuous!"

Wu Bochang looked at Wu Zheng blankly for a while and sighed lightly: "You... don't really look like my biological child... but I'm still very pleased for my father!"

"Thank you dad!"

....

It is said that the Chinese people are the easiest to satisfy, but this is true.

From ancient times to the present, if the Chinese people have food that covers their mouths, they will not think of rebelling.

They will only wonder whether they should save this small amount of food to store it to deal with future crises.

This may be the subtle influence brought to the Chinese people by thousands of years of Confucianism!

Confucian scholars advised people to be good. During the Taiping period, it might be possible, but during the war, it was undoubtedly a matter of seeking fish from a tree.

After more than ten years of war, the people are at ease.

It was finally easy for the world to be peaceful, but suddenly, disasters arose again.

The people who originally wanted to live a stable life from now on naturally refused to follow the rebellious people, but in the face of the riots posed a threat to their own interests and lives, people's hearts are indeed trying to change.
Chapter completed!