"I heard that you went to Chunxifang, and I knew Li Qiang, you would definitely ask me about this!" Sun Bingchen smiled, his expression on his face was very calm, "Fang Beidou and others were not arrested, but were temporarily under house arrest in Luyuan!"

House arrest? When Yan Liqiang heard Sun Bingchen say this word, his tense heart relaxed a little, but he was still puzzled, "Sir, Fang Beidou and others are either ordinary people or craftsmen. They usually follow the rules in their daily work. I don't know why they are under house arrest?"

"Then do you think the "Han Empire Times" belongs to them or to the court?"

"Well, why did you say this?"

"Although the "Han Empire Times" was created by you, you have given it to Your Majesty in the end. This newspaper is the court's newspaper. Since it is a newspaper from the court, it should naturally speak for the court and act according to the will of the court. The reason why Fang Beidou and others were under house arrest was that they controlled the newspaper, were self-righteous and did not listen to the court's orders, so I ordered them to be arrested, all of them were removed from office and placed under house arrest in Luyuan, and no longer participated in the daily life of the newspaper..."

"How could they... dare not listen to the court's orders?" Yan Liqiang looked incredible.

"The court asked them to publish articles in the newspaper again, but they didn't post them. What is this not to obey the orders?" Sun Bingchen said, then stood up, went straight to a bookcase in the study, took out a stack of things from the bookcase, and then came to Yan Liqiang, and placed the things on the table in front of Yan Liqiang. "These are articles published by the Han Empire Times after they were dismissed from office and house arrest. Before they were dismissed from office and house arrest, they insisted not to post them, so don't blame me..."

Yan Liqiang took the stack of "The Times of the Han Empire", but only read the headline title of the top newspaper, and was shocked. "Ling'an River Stone Turtle, the Devil's Words Confuses the People", and the title of the following newspaper is "Everything is normal in Liuzhou, and there is no matter on the Day of the Dog Food", and the following is "A common person reported that he had seen someone gangster put the stone turtle in the river overnight", "I regretted it, sold the imperial palace in the capital at a low price, and wanted to double the price of redemption"...

Most of the headlines of the newspaper "The Times of the Han Empire" were like this. The news and reports in the newspaper almost completely overturned the news reports of the stone turtle's birth. Yan Liqiang saw that these news and headlines were made to deceive people. No wonder Fang Beidou would not post such news, because Fang Beidou knew what the consequences would be if such news were posted. He and he worked hard for several years to give the people in the capital a chance to escape before the heavenly disaster. After publishing these articles, wouldn't it be a waste of all his efforts and efforts? After reading these articles, many of the people who originally wanted to run away might be lucky and die without a place to die.

Of course, these articles cannot deceive smart people, but the general public is most likely to be deceived by these articles and propaganda. Not to mention this era, even in their previous life, they already had the Internet, TV, and various media, obtaining information is extremely convenient and free. It is common for ordinary people to be deceived and deceived by the media, because most ordinary people do not have the ability to distinguish the truth and obtain real information. They believe whatever the media says. Even if they don’t believe it at the beginning, the media will say it too much, and they will believe it. In comparison, the channels for people in this era to obtain information are narrower and more lagging. Is there a Tiangou Food Day in Liuzhou and a severe drought in Zhuzhou? How do they know?

"Sir, although I have been in Ganzhou these days, I have also heard about the birth of the Ling'an River stone turtle. Moreover, the severe drought in Zhuzhou has been printed on the Tiangou Food Day in Liuzhou. Why did the court still ask the Han Empire Times to publish such an article to fool the people?" Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen with shock.

"The two evils are the most powerful, and the court has to do this!" Sun Bingchen sighed.

"Ah, didn't I hear before that the court had already been preparing to evacuate the people in the capital? All states and counties have allocated evacuation indicators and quotas. Why is it completely reversed now? At this time, the people in the capital should be allowed to flee quickly. But this time, I heard that the people in the capital were going to leave and the government needed a road guide. If there was really a disaster, wouldn't they let the people in the capital wait for death..."

"Yes, the imperial court had indeed been preparing to evacuate the people and people in the capital, but later he had to stop..." Sun Bingchen said with a complicated expression.

“Why?”

"Well, Liqiang, do you know how many people there are in the entire capital of the capital within a thousand miles?"

"It should be quite a lot!"

"According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, the entire capital, including the Imperial Capital and the Four Capitals, including five big cities, thousands of villages and towns, with a total of more than 13 million people. According to the court's plan, it was indeed necessary to gradually evacuate these people, but in fact, it was impossible..."

“Why is it impossible?”

Sun Bingchen's tone was filled with an unspeakable fatigue and helplessness, "If these more than three million people want to evacuate from the capital, they must pass through Huizhou, Jinzhou, Yuanzhou, Tongzhou, and Anzhou. Only through these states can the people in the capital be transferred to other prefectures and counties. Look at this..." As he said, Sun Bingchen directly opened the drawer in front of him, took out several memorials in the drawer, and handed them to Yan Liqiang...

Yan Liqiang took the memorials and just opened the two books in front of them at will, and his face changed, because the news on the memorials was the news that the official warehouses in Jinzhou and Huizhou were in fire and suffered heavy losses...

"This...is it intentional?"

"If the court wants to resettle the people who have evacuated the capital, they need to mobilize grain from the official warehouses and grain warehouses of these prefectures to serve the people's needs along the way. The court's previous evacuation and resettlement plan was also based on the decision made on the official warehouses reported by these prefectures and counties. But in fact, the official warehouses of these prefectures and counties have been eroded and the situation is shocking. The data they reported on the court on weekdays are all fake. If the court inspects on weekdays, the official warehouses of these prefectures and counties can also be moved from the local area to deal with inspections and create an illusion. However, this time the people in the capital are going to evacuate and migrate, and the court needs to transfer grain from the local government warehouses and grain warehouses. The need is huge. Those methods of circulating and turning are no longer useful, but they need to take out so much food in a solid manner..."

"So they simply set fire and burned these official warehouses with a torch, and there was no evidence to die..."

Sun Bingchen nodded with an extremely serious expression, and his tone was filled with a hint of unspeakable fear. "If the official warehouses and grain warehouses along the way had no food and could not be allocated and operated, the tens of millions of people who moved and evacuated from the capital will eventually become tens of millions of refugees and mobs, tens of millions of them, Li Qiang, can you imagine what the final scene will be like when these tens of millions of refugees and mobs rampant from the capital? The country of the entire Han Empire will be destroyed under this torrent..."

Yan Liqiang's whole body was cold, his voice and fingers trembled. He finally understood why Fang Beidou and others were arrested, and finally understood why the court made a way out to restrict the people in the capital. "So...so the court could only let these ordinary people and ordinary people stay in the capital and wait for the arrival of the heavenly disaster..."

With Yan Liqiang's eyes straight, Sun Bingchen lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and finally spoke slowly, "It is not possible to say that the people in the capital will die... Whether the stone turtle's words will all come true, maybe... maybe it may not be possible..."

"What if there is really a heavenly disaster?" Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen with a burning gaze and asked.

Sun Bingchen looked at Yan Liqiang's eyes and his tone was as iron as iron, "The Han Empire's country and country do not exist, and there will be more than tens of millions of people who die. Liqiang, you are not in my position. If you are there, you will understand that sometimes, you have to make choices. As long as Your Majesty is there and the court is there, even if the capital is within a thousand miles, even if tens of millions of people die, with the national strength of the Han Empire, it will still be damaged, but in just a few years, you can still recover..."

"Then the deficits of corruption and grain warehouses in various states and places are so serious, why are the courts not prosecuted and seriously rectified? Why are there no mentions in the palace newspaper? Aren't those corrupt officials who should be killed now?"

"If this matter is really to be investigated, if one out of ten officials in each state and county is not left, the imperial court's majestic system will inevitably disappear, and local turmoil will definitely trigger local turmoil. At this moment, the court has just cleared Lin Qingtian's party. His Majesty is about to go to hunt next year. The court will rely on them to stabilize the place and maintain the country. Therefore, this matter cannot be investigated. We can only wait for the past few years to clean up slowly!"

"So many corrupt officials cannot be killed. Do these millions of innocent people deserve to die?" With a snap, Yan Liqiang slapped the table, shaking the tea on the table and screaming with excitement.

Sun Bingchen looked at the tea flowing on the table, his tone remained unchanged, "The people are like leeks, and they can be resurrected when they are cut, and officials are like beams, and they will lose their losses..."
Chapter completed!