Chapter 2699: Anchoring Utility: Old Resentments
Dali Temple in Chang'an has always been a relatively clean place.
Of course, this place should be clean. Just like if the court in later generations is as busy as a vegetable market, it is often not a good thing.
Twenty or thirty people dressed as refugees suddenly gathered outside the Yamen of Dali Temple. They all knelt down and shouted their grievances.
This strange sight naturally attracted everyone's attention.
The refugees, dressed in rags and dusty, knelt down in front of the Yamen of Dali Temple, while the people in the city crowded around to watch the excitement. After all, this was a rare sight.
Seeing such a situation, Sima Yi, as the chief official of Dali Temple, of course could not neglect it. He came out from inside, came to the refugees, and shouted loudly: "What is the injustice? Tell me quickly!" 』
Seeing Sima Yi appear, the refugees looked a little timid, but as someone in the crowd shouted "Unjust", others also shouted loudly, making the sound noisy.
Sima Yi's eyes were slightly cold.
Some people can't make it without plug-ins, while some people are plug-ins themselves.
For example, people like Sima Yi realized that something was wrong almost instantly. Although these refugees may seem miserable, their shouts are full of energy.
Another point that is more critical is that there are camps for accepting refugees at the passes of Sanfu in Chang'an, and the surrounding counties are responsible for the preliminary resettlement work. Just like Wuguan, it corresponds to the Lantian refugee camp. After the refugee camp, relevant diversion will be carried out, either to Hedong, or to Longyou, etc.
So where did these twenty or thirty refugees come from?
Sima Yi has not heard of anything happening in the surrounding refugee camps recently.
Sima Yi did not roar loudly in an attempt to overwhelm these refugees amid the noise, but stood quietly and watched until the voices of these refugees fell down again.
The refugees shouted for a while, but when Sima Yi didn't answer, they gradually stopped talking.
Sima Yi then said again: "Where are you from?" What are you here for? 』
Sima Yi deliberately did not speak in official dialect, but tried to use common language as much as possible. Not only so that the refugees can understand it, but also so that the other people watching around can understand it.
Among the refugees, an older man stepped forward and said in a trembling voice: "The Caomin, the Caomin are from Sichuan... I came to Chang'an to sue the Qiao family in Sichuan!" The people of the Qiao family do all kinds of evil things, collecting money under various names. If they don't pay, they will collect it by force. If we are slightly dissatisfied, we will be beaten severely! Many people's fields and houses were robbed! We wanted to go to Chengdu to complain, but Qiao sent people to disperse us halfway..."
The older man said with a sad voice.
Logically speaking, it seems to make sense. The road to Chengdu to complain was blocked, so I came to Chang'an to complain.
When Sima Yi heard this, he sneered in his heart.
If it were really ordinary people, how many would choose to go to Beijing to complain? After all, this departure is not just a day or two. The family's labor force has been away for such a long time, and the wife, children, and children are all gone? Or is it that these people are the only ones left after their wives, children, and children are all dead?
Even in later generations, why do so many people arrogantly express that they have the ability to sue? Isn’t it because ordinary people have to take care of food and drink every day, so they can really be as free as some brick-and-mortar families, saying that litigation is very simple, and they only need to go once every fifty years. ? Therefore, in fact, most people do not understand the law as some experts say, but they do understand it. It does not mean that everyone is willing to swallow their anger, but it is just because they know that they will suffer a loss, but they still litigate. The cost was too high, so I finally gave up.
Dali Temple is the final review body for legal trials in various counties and counties. Its most important responsibility is to review the severity of prison sentences in various regions. It does not directly accept complaints submitted by ordinary people. This is somewhat similar to the Supreme Court of later generations, which generally does not accept direct lawsuits, but Sima Yi took it.
Not only did they accept the complaint, but they also asked the scribes of Dali Temple to come out and register these refugees one by one. At the same time, they also publicly announced that they would help these refugees find a place to live first...
Logically speaking, these refugees arrived in Chang'an and slept in the open all the way. It would be better if free accommodation was provided, and as Sima Yi said, there may be some things that need to be supplemented later. If you really want to complain, of course not It may be said that it is as if the complaint is submitted and that is all.
It turns out that these refugees really seemed to be here just to deliver the writs...
Sima Yi did not let anyone stop them.
Because not only were these refugees present, but there were also onlookers.
The refugees all said that they did not need Sima Yi's help. They said that it was good enough to accept the complaint. They did not expect anything else, and then they dispersed amidst the constant praise of Sima Yi.
There was something fishy about the whole thing.
But apart from the strangeness of the incident itself, what made Sima Yi most uncomfortable was that these people actually treated him like a fool.
So Sima Yi decided that he must figure this out clearly...
……(〃′ Pan`)q……
What happened next, just as Sima Yi had guessed, the matter immediately became complicated.
Chang'an City is very big.
A large city means there are many people.
When there are more people, there will naturally be more people who are idle or have fun.
Moreover, these matters involving public power have always been a gathering place for people's gossip, so the news spread quickly.
In just half a day, the news seemed to have spread in Chang'an City.
But all rumors in the world always have one characteristic, that is, they will become more exaggerated as they spread.
At the beginning, it was just about twenty refugees. Later, when it was spread, it gradually started to be outrageous. It was almost impossible to make anything double the number. Some said there were hundreds, and some said nearly a thousand. Yes, just like what later generations claimed was a century-old store, but it turns out that it was still ninety-nine years old.
Not only was the number of people exaggerated, but some people also said that people were beaten, injured, bleeding, and dead...
There are countless rumors, but they are so convincing that people have no choice but to believe them.
There are irresolvable conflicts between the gentry and ordinary people. In the past few years, after Fei Qian's governance in Chang'an Sanfu, the gentry's children have somewhat restrained themselves, and the conflicts have eased slightly. However, among the rumors this time , suddenly those conflicts that had settled in the early years surged up again.
This kind of rumor is even more "convincing" than the theory of ghosts and gods.
Ghosts and gods are too far away, but in reality, the nobles are very close.
Those things that bully the people and bully the weak in daily life have not disappeared from the memory because of the people's silence or swallowing their anger. Instead, they have settled down, like mud and dust settling in the river of their hearts. At any time, as long as it is stirred, it will surge up again!
At this time, the evil deeds of the "Qiao clan" mentioned by the refugees were mixed with the difficulties that these ordinary people had endured before. As ordinary people of Chang'an Sanfu who had suffered from the noble families, they were naturally more willing to I believe what the "refugees" say, and I am more willing to believe those rumors that sound a bit outrageous.
Even though they may have doubts intellectually, they choose to believe emotionally.
Because they feel that this is what the nobles are like.
This is how big local households exploit them.
As the spread of rumors becomes wider and wider, and their influence becomes greater and greater, many people who spread rumors swear by it as if they have seen it with their own eyes, which in turn makes the people who originally did not believe it begin to doubt it and are led to believe it. He was shaken, and the thoughts that he thought were impossible before began to change, "Is it possible that this is true?" Otherwise, why are so many people talking about it? 』
Once such an idea arises, it is like a seed that sprouts in the hearts of the people and then grows rapidly. Later, many people even mixed the sufferings they had endured into it, and joined in the rumors, angrily accusing the cruelty of the wealthy noble families and displaying their guilt...
So "Qiao Shi" did more and more evil.
Some of the "evil things" in these rumors have nothing to do with the Qiao family at all, but now they are placed on the Qiao family's head, because the people think that those damn big families are like this, and the "Qiao family" naturally This is also true.
This kind of inherent contradiction cannot be completely eliminated by Fei Qian's governance or measures...
It's like later generations are very disgusted with Zhuanjia. Not all experts are Zhuanjia, and not all caring people are black-hearted. However, there are some weird things that have left a deep impression on the minds of the people. , even if it is adjusted and modified later, the original anchoring effect cannot be easily pulled out.
Especially once it is anchored and reinforced once, twice, three times, or more times, it becomes an inherent impression. For example, when we talk about Fu, we think of touching porcelain. When we talk about penis, we think of Sister Qing. When we talk about Shandong, we think of schoolmates. These instigators may think that they just did something wrong. Why is there such a thing? Big reaction?
Even if the people stop talking or mentioning it, it does not mean that this matter can be completely ignored and there will be no subsequent impact.
The Dali Temple lawsuit against the "Qiao clan" has escalated at a speed beyond imagination.
It also exceeded Sima Yi's imagination.
Sima Yi found Kan Ze.
Naturally, Kan Ze also heard about what happened in Dali Temple.
Because Kan Ze was not present at the time, and the people from Wen Si were not near Dali Temple, the whole incident actually happened very quickly from the occurrence to the end. Therefore, when the people from Wen Si arrived at Dali Temple, they did not see him. to those refugees.
Kan Ze is also skeptical about these refugees, because these people seem to appear out of nowhere. But Kan Ze cannot say that there must be something wrong with these refugees. After all, the ordinary people in Chang'an may be more willing to believe that "seeing is believing." If the Wen Secretary says that there is something wrong with these refugees, the people watching may think that " Officials protect each other."
This may be because these refugees know that there may be flaws, but they still do this, because they don't need to deceive everyone, they just need to deceive some ordinary people.
Therefore, when Sima Yi found Kan Ze, Kan Ze pretended that he knew nothing.
"Why should Derun be like this?" Sima Yi frowned slightly, "Don't say you don't know why so-and-so is here?" 』
Kan Ze still had that honest expression on his face, "Please give me some advice from Brother Zhongda." 』
"Check people!" ” Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
Kan Ze was silent for a while, "There is no official document on this matter." 』
Kan Ze did not say no, nor did he say that the matter was not under his control, or that it was a matter of Dali Temple, but said that there was no official document.
The Wen Department has two parts, the light and the dark. I won’t talk about the dark part, but the light department also has the responsibility of hearing about the place and collecting information, so Sima Yi came to Kan Ze and asked the Wen Department to investigate. It was not completely against the rules, it was just There is no official document.
Because Youwensi is not private and cannot be used for public or private purposes.
Sima Yi nodded, and did not express any dissatisfaction because of this. Instead, he held up his hands and said, "It's a certain Meng Lang. I'll go ask the hussar for official documents right now." 』
Afterwards, Sima Yi left.
Kan Ze looked at Sima Yi's figure, thought for a while, then shook his head and smiled, calling the old Cong Cao at the back office and asked him to register the matter.
Did Sima Yi really not know that he wanted official documents?
Apparently not.
It was just Sima Yi's temptation. On the one hand, it was to test whether Yuwenji had done this, and on the other hand, it was to test whether Yuwensi, who was under the water, could be used by him.
In addition, there may be a third aspect of temptation...
Of course, Kan Ze's answer was just right.
The most interesting point is that through this incident, Sima Yi showed that the Youwen Division was no longer an insignificant organization in Chang'an Sanfu. This organization, founded by General Hussar, is showing its younger and stronger strength. In comparison, Dali Temple's ability to investigate is actually very weak.
Not long after, suddenly a messenger came outside the door, saying that the general of the hussars was summoned.
Kan Ze reached out and took out a small volume of literature from the table, then followed the Hussar guards to the General's Mansion.
In the General's Mansion, Sima Yi was sitting on one side. When he saw Kan Ze, he nodded slightly.
"Greetings to my lord. ” Kan Ze stepped forward and saluted Fei Qian.
Fei Qian stretched out his hand to signal Kan Ze to sit down, and then asked, "Zhongda just said that someone pretending to be a refugee complained to Dali Temple. Does Derun know about this?" 』
Kan Ze lowered his head slightly, took out the small volume he had brought with him from his sleeve, and asked the hussar guards to deliver it to him, while saying: "The incident in Dali Temple happened suddenly. When the Secretary heard the news and went there, the refugees had already dispersed." ...This is a summary of the follow-up investigation, please take a look at it. 』
Fei Qian took the book, opened it, and found that Kan Ze investigated more matters than Fei Qian had imagined. In addition to what Sima Yi said before about what happened at the Dali Temple Yamen Gate, Kan Ze also added some other information...
First of all, these refugees are not recorded in the various passes.
They are not from Sichuan and Sichuan, and they are also not from Shandong.
In the early days of chaos in various places, especially during Cao Cao's conquest, there were many refugees from Shandong, including Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Later, there were also many refugees from Jingzhou. However, as the war gradually After pacification, both sides, well, the three parties entered a relatively stable period, and the number of refugees decreased a lot.
In particular, after Cao Cao realized the dangers of population loss, he also vigorously promoted the strategy of recuperation and pacification of the local people, so that the number of people who originally fled Guanzhong began to slow down and gradually declined, and the number and scale of the Guanzhong refugee camps were also reduced. .
After learning that these refugees were said to be from Sichuan and Sichuan, Kanze sent people to Baoxie Road and Tangluo Road to inquire.
The Baoxie Road is relatively gentle and is the first choice for many goods exchanges and caravans to pass through. Therefore, if these refugees follow the merchants, they are likely to take the Baoxie Road. The front camp of the checkpoint on Baoxie Road said that during this period, it was all caravans, and basically no refugees were seen. Although it is not ruled out that there may be a small number of refugees mixed with the caravans, this possibility is relatively small. .
In addition, although the Tangluo Road passes through a series of mountain bridges and is much easier to walk than before, it is still relatively steep and is only suitable for small caravans. If there are a large number of carriages and horses transporting, it is better to take the Baoxian route. Road, or a detour to Chencang Road in Longxi is more appropriate.
As for Ziwu Road, it is basically impossible for refugees to pass through. Because there are no sufficient supply points on the Ziwu Road, unless these refugees can be like mountain soldiers, they can not only bring their own dry food, but also know how to survive in the wild...
As for Chencangdao and Longxi, no information has been reported yet, so Kan Ze cannot completely conclude that these refugees are fake. He can only temporarily say that these refugees are slightly suspicious.
In addition, Kan Ze's report also mentioned that these refugees who appeared in Dali Temple did not appear outside Chang'an City.
Because the time is short, the entire investigation comes to an end here.
Fei Qian read it again and then gave the book to Sima Yi.
Sima Yi first thanked him and then took the book. After reading it, he frowned slightly and said, "My lord, do you want to summon Taoist Priest Qiao to come?" This matter is afraid that the accusation against the Qiao family is false and the sutra conferring ceremony is disturbed. 』
Fei Qian thought for a moment, glanced at Sima Yi, and said with a smile: "There is no need to communicate." Since he appealed to the public in front of Dali Temple, he must have great intentions. The Five Directions Dojo is nearby, so you must have known about it. Just wait a moment. 』
This matter is such a big fuss. If Qiao Bing still pretends not to know and delays his attempt to come, then there is no need for him to come again...