Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 502 The First Contradiction
The wheels of the carriage creaked on the bluestone boards, and Lin Chuan leaned on the seat in the carriage alone and read the briefing sent by the Supervision Office.

The Office of Supervision is now on the right track, and the organizational structure is gradually improving. The news sent by the ravens and fast horses from various provinces and regions has been quickly sorted out, making the briefings look clear and concise. Lin Chuan can know all the provinces well. .

To what extent is it specific, for example, who the governor of a certain province meets in a day, and what he eats for lunch will be reported in detail to Wang Jing's supervisory office by the staff of the local supervisory agency.

And according to Lin Chuan's suggestion, the Supervisory Office has trained a group of ravens to transmit information, so even the most distant frontier provinces, the news can be delivered within ten days. Great reference help.

Of course, a copy of the daily bulletin of the Supervision Office will be sent to the imperial city for emperor Long Han to read. In the hands of Lin Chuan.

The original intelligence agency of the Far Eastern Dynasty was the dark hall, but the dark hall has been fragmented in the melee of the princes and has become the dust of history. Some of them were disbanded by themselves, and some were incorporated by the supervisory office. The power of the Supervision Office is not only focused on the acquisition of intelligence, but also has greater law enforcement powers, which is why officials are afraid of the Office of Supervision.

"Woo--" The slowly moving carriage stopped suddenly, Lin Chuan dropped the briefing, raised his head and frowned.

Thunderstorm knocked on the car door and reported: "General, the road is blocked by marchers."

Lin Chuan pushed open the window, and a huge din came, and hundreds of naked refugees rushed over from one end of the street holding slogans and shouting.

"Move the carriage to the side of the street." Seeing these angry and distorted refugees, Lin Chuan frowned.

"We want to live! We want food, we need housing!"

"We don't want gruel! We want to eat!"

"We're going home! We need travel money!"

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The refugees crowded the entire street densely, with slogans covering the sky and the sun, shouting louder and louder. They were like dry firewood that had been exposed to the hot sun for a long time. It only needed a spark to detonate them.

The soldiers of the Internal Guard who were in charge of maintaining law and order kept shouting, they were sweating profusely, but there were too many refugees, tens of thousands, and many angry refugees rushed into the shops next to the street and started looting. confusion.

"Dispel them! Dispel them!" There was a lot of commotion on the street, and the internal guards of the brigade came from a distance, punching and kicking these refugees, trying to disperse them.

Lin Chuan saw with his own eyes that several refugees were beaten to the ground with their heads covered in blood, and some people fell to the ground and wailed in pain, but these heavily armed soldiers of the Internal Guard did not have the slightest sympathy, and the wooden sticks kept calling , There was a scream on the street.

There were also single inner guard soldiers who were besieged and beaten by the refugees, and the inner guard soldiers were beaten black and swollen. Facing the well-trained inner guard troops, these refugees finally retreated and fled in all directions, but Lin Si in the carriage However, Chuan's mood became inexplicably heavy. Obviously, if this matter is not handled well, it will definitely lead to greater contradictions and conflicts, and a new round of civil war will break out in the newly stabilized dynasty.

The streets were under martial law by heavily armed internal guards as refugees marched.

"We are people from the Supervision Office—" Thunderstorm showed his ID before Lin Chuan's carriage passed the blockade and continued on.

The street where the refugees marched was in a mess, countless shops were looted, and the owner of the smashed shop sat helplessly on the steps. From time to time, a large group of inner guard soldiers ran past the carriage and drove towards the noisy place. .

Although Lin Chuan knew that there were a large number of refugees staying in the Wangjing area, he did not expect that it had reached such a serious level, so he was not in the mood to read the briefing from the Supervision Office. After arriving in the imperial city, he hurriedly walked straight to the meeting hall .

"Master Lin, Your Majesty and your lords have been waiting for a long time, please follow me." At the gate of the imperial city, a burly guard officer was already there.

Following the guard officer, Lin Chuan went towards the meeting hall, and soon arrived outside the meeting hall. The outside of the meeting hall was more heavily guarded than the previous few days. Two rows of inner guard soldiers with sharp spears stood on the steps. Their faces were serious, Serene and cold, Lin Chuan felt an unusual tension.

The meeting hall is a newly established office location by Emperor Long Han. Compared with other emperors' one-word halls, Long Han is much more humble, and the meeting hall is a good example.

On the morning of each week, the civil and military officials will focus on reporting on various issues, and all important matters that cannot be resolved at the time will be submitted to the meeting hall for discussion by the emperor and the important ministers, and the final decision will be finalized.

The military and political meeting in the meeting hall is to discuss the major proposals of the entire Far Eastern dynasty. After the cabinet, the military hall, and the supervisory office focus on the discussion, the emperor Longhan finally decides on the organizational situation, so the meeting hall is held once a week. It is a permanent office outside the court, where military and state affairs are discussed, and generally low-level officials are not eligible to enter.

When Lin Chuan stepped into the meeting room, everyone's eyes were on him.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, my lords, I was delayed by the crowd of parades on the way." Lin Chuan found a reason for his lateness.

"Lin Aiqing, sit down quickly, our meeting is about to begin." Long Han didn't mean to blame Lin Chuan, and hurriedly called Lin Chuan to sit down.

Long Han sat at the top of the long table, and on the left sat Zhou Rulin, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Liu Wenhai, Minister of Civil Affairs, Asius, Minister of Finance, Feng Zhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Wu Jingtang, Minister of Internal Affairs. They were also the representatives of the five major families in the court .

On the right is the military represented by Chief of Military Affairs Yang Yanxu, Commander Zhao Feng of the Internal Guard, Marshal Qin Lan of the Southern Army, Marshal Zhou E of the Northern Army, Marshal Liu Wenwu of the Far East Army, and Xinxiang Hou Lin Nuoyan.

The Supervisory Office represented by Lin Chuan is neither affiliated to the civil service system nor the military system, so he is seated at the other end of the long table facing the emperor Long Han, sitting alone.

Those who are eligible to sit in this meeting hall are all important officials of the dynasty, but most of them are veterans of the former dynasty, and they are relatively senior. Compared with them, Lin Chuan can only be regarded as a junior.

It is precisely because the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are veterans of the former dynasty that Long Han relies more on and trusts Lin Chuan, who is also young and capable.

When Lin Chuan saw these senior officials, he was also very moved: As the power center of the dynasty, there were a group of old men who were depressed and did not have the slightest vitality. They used their usual stubborn thinking to govern the country and consider things. He is mature and prudent, but he also lacks innovation and aggressiveness. Lin Chuan believes that with Long Han's personality, as long as the time is right, these people who should have retired long ago but occupy positions of power will be replaced sooner or later.

If this country wants to rejuvenate and become stronger, the top management must have the spirit and courage to forge ahead. It is obvious that the people sitting here are some old people who are about to die. They are content with the status quo and stick to the rules, which is the biggest obstacle to reform They will eventually be eliminated.

(End of this chapter)