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    Suzhou is the seat of the Jiangnan Governor¡¯s Office. Whether it is economy or public security, it is one of the best in the entire Jiangnan. Lin Ruhai was the one who started the trouble first.  Naturally, because Lin Ruhai had already responded, the civil unrest has not spread yet, but panic is contagious, and if it cannot be calmed down quickly, it will be a serious problem.

    This is the basic truth that when you are a local official, you must have a foundation. Lin Ruhai's talent is in the emperor's heart. However, in this Jiangnan, there is also a feeling of being tied up. Without him, a strong dragon cannot overpower a local snake.

    Suzhou is the ancestral home of the Lin family, but many officials in this dynasty, except for officials in the capital, are not from their hometown. Those who hold important positions in their hometown like Zhen Yingjia are an exception.  Therefore, there are no people in Suzhou that Lin Ruhai can use.  After getting the news, after thinking about it for a while, Lin Ruhai hurriedly wrote several letters, some to Suzhou Governor Yao Guoan, some to the Suzhou prefect, and several elders of the Lin family. They stamped their official seals and private seals respectively, and sent their confidants  Send it quickly.

    Whenever civil unrest occurs due to the rush to buy supplies, most of it starts from rumors and panic.  For example, if you buy the salt stored in various salt shops in Suzhou City on demand, it can last for a while; if there is a panic buying, people who are really short of salt will not be able to buy it, and rich people will hoard it at a high price, driving up the price of salt on the market.  higher.  In a chain reaction, other prices also skyrocketed.

    In ancient times, if the poor people had no disease or disaster, and the weather was good, they might be able to live a safe life. However, if they encountered any natural disaster or illness, they would have to cut back on food and clothing, or even sell themselves into slavery. How can they save money?  Without savings, big troubles will arise if prices rise.

    Among them, the gangster rogue took the opportunity to smash and rob, and the panic sentiment spread to other places.

    Yao Guoan was able to become a high-ranking official in one place. He took countless policy exams and had countless experience in local governance.  They had already sent government officials to the streets to arrest those who spread rumors and caused trouble. They also hurriedly issued notices to calm the people and arrested the murderers. They were very busy, but had little effect.

    ¡°There is someone pushing this behind the scenes, taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

    When Yao Guoan was thinking about countermeasures, the Yamen servant came to report that there was an urgent letter from Yangzhou Yanzheng Yamen, and Yao Guoan hurriedly ordered someone to deliver it.  However, Lin Ruhai wrote in a letter that he asked the Suzhou magistrate to just issue notices to calm the people, and said that the Yangzhou Salt Administration promised that within five days, a large amount of salt would be put on the Suzhou market, and asked the people to be calm.

    The prefect of Suzhou, Ma Zhengzhe, was also discussing with Yao Guoan in the governor's office about quelling the civil unrest. After receiving such a letter, he felt as if a huge stone had fallen from his heart. He hurried back to the government office and issued a notice to calm the people. At the same time, he ordered the government officials to go around the streets and alleys to blow the gong and read it loudly.  To appease the people.  In addition, people had already been sent to block all official roads in and out of Suzhou City. No one except government personnel was allowed to leave the city.

    Once such rumors spread, they are difficult to control.  Therefore, even if they use tough measures, Yao Guoan and Ma Zhengzhe have to try to temporarily control the rumors and civil unrest in Suzhou.

    On the other side, Lin Ruhai also sent someone to send a letter to the Lin family.

    Although the Lin family members do not have high-level official positions in the local area, as a prominent family in Suzhou, the squires are also very prestigious.  Some people do not believe in the government, but are willing to believe in the noble families of the gentry.  Without him, officials would be transferred, but the squire would always live in the local area. If the squire deceived the village, not only would he find someone to reason with him later, but it would also weaken the family's prestige.  Therefore, the credibility of the squire is very high among the poor.  With the help of the Lin family to help the people, the riots in Suzhou were temporarily suppressed and did not turn into a major chaos.

    "But Lin Ruhai promised to solve the salt supply problem within five days. If the supply is not available, the people will rebound. If they don't trust the government, they will only cause greater trouble.  Besides, spring plowing is approaching now. If the riots expand and affect the spring plowing, and then turn into famine. If that happens, whether it is the governor or the prefect, it will be a small matter to save Wusha, and it is hard to say whether they can save their heads.

    Although Governor Yao Guoan and Suzhou Magistrate Ma Zhengzhe worked together to temporarily suppress the chaos in Suzhou, they knew that the matter was serious and were not at ease. Both of them hurriedly sent people to Yangzhou to ask Lin Ruhai where the salt came from.  Suzhou and Yangzhou are two hundred miles apart. If you ride a good horse, you can reach them in just two hours.  Before Lin Ruhai was sent to the Yamen, the governor of Jiangnan and the prefect of Suzhou sent people to the Yanzheng Yamen to urge salt consumption.

    How could Lin Ruhai come up with that much salt to stabilize prices at the moment? The urgent letter was just a temporary measure.  But Lin Ruhai can't tell the truth yet. Who knows whether the people sent by Yao Guoan and Ma Zhengzhe are trustworthy? If one of them leaks the news that there is no salt in the Yanzheng Yamen, all the previous efforts will be wasted. Not only that, but also cost the government  credibility.

    Therefore, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to pretend to be confident and said with a smile: "Just go back and tell your Lordships that Lin will use the black gauze on his head as a guarantee, and the salt will be delivered to Suzhou within five days."

    twonbsp;Although it was not really on the battlefield, the battle between the Jiangnan officialdom and the separatist factions was fierce.

    Fortunately, Lin Ruhai ordered someone to send a batch of salt to Suzhou the next day after he made the plan. When the people saw the salt transported by the government coming into the city one by one, they cooperated to refute the rumors, and the people of Suzhou gradually stabilized.

    On the third day, the imperial edict for the eight hundred miles of the capital was sent to the Yanzheng Yamen, and the imperial edict approved Lin Ruhai's request to increase the share of salt.  At the same time, the Ministry of Revenue also sent the first batch of this year's salt.

    Lin Ruhai brought the officials and servants of the Salt Administration Yamen to kneel down to welcome the imperial edict, and the four-legged couple came down. Lin Ruhai was loyal to the court, an honest official, and had outstanding political achievements. He was specially appointed as the new Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor, and authorized to increase the amount of salt as appropriate.  Introduce quota, assess and select qualified salt merchants to become official salt business households.

    The day when the imperial edict arrived in Jiangnan happened to be the Flower Festival, the day of Daiyu's birthday. Although many salt merchants had used Daiyu's birthday as an excuse to attend the ceremony, it was called congratulations, but it was actually to inquire for information.  But today is the official day of Miss Lin's birthday after all, and many salt merchants' wives are here.

    As soon as the news of Mr. Lin¡¯s re-election and the increase in Yanyin¡¯s share came out, it spread quickly through the mouths of these salt merchants¡¯ wives. The salt merchants who had fully cooperated with Lin Ruhai and put in large stocks were naturally overjoyed; those who had hidden secrets were upset.

    But in any case, the chaos caused by the lack of salt has been settled.  Because people were killed in this riot, it was naturally up to the local government to handle the matter.

    After the salt shortage crisis was over, Lin Ruhai followed the old practice of previous years and released a batch of salt to the salt dealers who had cooperated well before, but the new shares were not rushed to distribute.  The salt quota approved by the imperial court was for one year, and it was only mid-February, so the original quota could not be used for the new quota.  With this part of the salt quota in Lin Ruhai's hands, firstly, he can attract large and small salt merchants to fully cooperate with him; secondly, he can also spend more time on inspections and select some relatively kind businessmen to increase their quotas, at least in the future someone will use salt  When creating civil chaos for the tongue and groove, these people can cause less chaos to the government.

    After dealing with the problem of someone maliciously driving up the price of salt, Lin Ruhai had a good sleep.  The next day I felt refreshed.

    When reviewing the salt price war with Daiyu, Lin Ruhai asked Daiyu: "Did you see it?"

    Daiyu pursed her lips and nodded, saying: "This person is the real rival."

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    If you are older readers, you may have experienced the 311 earthquake in Japan and the domestic salt grabbing incident.  Spreading rumors and inciting people can really trigger irrational hoarding by a large number of people, and a market that is already well supplied will quickly get out of control.  At the beginning of 311, it was not really a nationwide grab for salt. I remember that on the first day, my family and many neighbors didn¡¯t believe it. But later on the first day, we really couldn¡¯t buy salt, and if we were short of it at home, even if it was at first  The rational part must also join the rush to buy.  In this way, the larger the group that is coerced into irrational consumption, the easier it is to cause unrest.  Of course, our government reacted very quickly during 311 and calmed down almost on the third day. However, in ancient times, neither the original material reserves nor the communication and transportation conditions could match the speed of modern society.

    And the average cultural level of ancient people was much lower than that of modern people. Logically speaking, they are easier to incite, so this crisis is still huge.

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