Chapter 1518 - 475: Reunion and Bitter Regret, Gathering at the Mufu and Reproach_4
Chapter 1518: Chapter 475: Reunion and Bitter Regret, Gathering at the Mufu and Reproach_4
They only looked up after a dozen people above had gone inside.
"Captain Liu, make a trip and send the Token to the Mufu!"
The middle-aged general called over a junior captain and handed the Token to him.
After receiving the Token, the junior captain looked at it and said with a slight shock, "It really is Prefectural Governor Chu Tianxu. I just guessed it. Prefectural Governor Chu Tianming from Heyang, Prefectural Governor Chu Tianhe from Xichuan, Prefectural Governor Chu Tianmang from Fengyang, Prefectural Governor Chen Tiandong from Donglin, and Chen Tianyang, the City Lord of Pingyang, all arrived before dawn. I heard they all came to meet Lord Landgrave, just missing Yanling County..."
A few others nearby also gathered around and curiously started asking.
"The Five County Governors plus the City Lord of Pingyang have all come. Is something big happening?"
"You all don’t know yet. There’s a rebellion in Yanling County. Someone sent an urgent message in the middle of the night yesterday. I heard it’s over there in the Lu River Valley."
"Lu River Valley, something happened at the Su Field?"
"It must be, otherwise why would it be a commotion in the Town?"
"Lord Landgrave values Su Field so highly. If something really happened, it’s a big deal!"
"No wonder Yanling County came the latest. They must have been delayed by handling the rebellion."
"Rebellion? It must be that bunch of scum from the Slave Village, incited by the Frost Ash Association to cause trouble. They’ve been quiet for a few years, and here they go again."
"We should be harsher on this bunch of wretched vermin. I’ve heard that the slaves in Cai Qiu, not to mention hunting, don’t even have the right to gather alone. Lord Landgrave is generous and granted gathering rights to all slaves. It’s only been three years, and they’ve started rebelling again."
"Hmph, this bunch of scum, they’re just insatiable!"
"We should be more ruthless with them, leave them hungry. Without Lord Landgrave leading us to resist the Cold Beast and the Deceitful Monsters, they wouldn’t even have a stable life. It’s only been a short time and they’re already acting up, starting a rebellion."
"And that Frost Ash Association, they’re abominable, haven’t been eradicated all these years."
"Just wait, the Frost Ash Association will be uprooted one day."
"The arrival of the six lords must be to discuss dealing with the Frost Ash Association."
"This time, it’s not just the six lords who came..."
The middle-aged general suddenly interjected, seeing everyone looking over, he said in a low voice, "The one from Longxing City also came."
Upon hearing this, everyone’s pupils slightly contracted.
Besides the Town, Chen Cang has set up seven major cities across the Five Prefectures and Two Lakes. Among these seven major cities, Longxing City holds the most special status.
Nothing else, firstly, Longxing City is almost the same scale as the Town of Chen Cang; secondly, it is the stronghold of the Landgrave’s Lineage, the Chen Family. To some extent, its status is almost the same as that of the Town.
The person the middle-aged general referred to from Longxing City was, of course, the City Lord Chen Tianjue.
In terms of position, Chen Tianjue is on the same level as the Five County Governors and his cousin, Pingyang City Lord Chen Tianyang;
But due to Longxing City’s special status, its City Lord naturally has significant privileges, such as responding to commands but not proclamations.
Chen Tianjue has not visited Chen Cang City for over a decade.
The last time he came seems to have been for Lord Landgrave’s 300th birthday celebration.
This time, he came again!
"Quickly deliver the Token. Something major is definitely happening."
Hearing the middle-aged general’s urging, the junior captain quickly nodded in agreement and then hurriedly ran into the city.
......
Just as the middle-aged general at the door had guessed, within the main hall of the sprawling complex of palaces in the Chen Cang Mansion, a heated argument was indeed taking place.
"See, I said those slaves are just a group of ingrates. Three years ago, Father Landgrave listened to Mr. Zi Jing’s advice and granted them gathering rights, saying they would be grateful for the Mufu’s benevolence. Now it turns out to be nonsense!"
"Once given, they will only ask for more. Human nature has always been like this. This is how we came through it too. Mr. Zi Jing was too simplistic."
"As far as the treatment of those with Slave Status is concerned, Chen Cang is already much better than Cai Qiu, yet there is still rebellion and uprising. This time they went too far; they actually burned that whole large area of Su Field in the Lu River Valley.
This year’s rice yield aside, seventy to eighty percent of the five thousand strong army perished, Mufu’s prestige is tarnished, and to restore that large area of Su Field, it’ll take at least a dozen years, and the direct and indirect losses are likely to exceed billions!"
"I heard Mr. Zi Jing was advocating reform recently, wanting to further improve the conditions for those with Slave Status, lower the requirements for entering civilian status, and even eliminate more than half of the Slave Villages. If this really happens, these slaves might just overturn the heavens?"
"Reform, reform my ass!"
......
What’s happening within the Mufu is less a dispute and more a one-sided accusation.
Everyone focused on the rebellion in the Lu River Valley, directing their criticisms at a refined-looking middle-aged scholar dressed in blue with an official cap, standing right in the center of the great hall.