"Are you planning to wait until they are short of supplies before taking action?"

Fan Zhongyan frowned.

If we wait until that time, won’t the victims below be in trouble?

"How can that be possible?"

Zhao Jun sighed and said, "Do you know why prostitution is banned in our new era?"

"Why?"

Fan Zhongyan was puzzled.

Zhao Jun said softly, "Because the most basic requirement of our country's laws is to protect people and their basic rights as human beings, even if it goes against their wishes."

"I don't quite understand."

Fan Zhongyan shook his head.

Zhao Jun said: "For example, if a mother has a seriously ill child who is about to die, but she has no money for treatment, and someone offers to pay her to sleep with the child, the mother will definitely agree. Therefore, the law is to protect people from doing things that harm themselves in such desperate situations."

"Would I just watch my child die? What's the point of pursuing chastity at this moment? If I were a mother, I'd probably do the same."

Fan Zhongyan frowned.

"This is just an example given by an authoritative law professor named Luo Xiang. It has nothing to do with chastity."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "He's using the example of sleeping with his partner, but in reality, he might ask the mother to do something far more extreme, and that promise might not be fulfilled. Even if it were, it wouldn't be something the mother could stop if she wanted to. The law requires everyone to live according to their human rights; that's the fundamental meaning of the law."

"What about the child?"

"There are always other options, such as social assistance, charity fundraising, national health insurance, etc."

"Can you do that?"

Fan Zhongyan thought of the Song Dynasty. Not to mention a poor mother in trouble, even some landlords and gentry with a little wealth were so powerless when facing the court's extortion and extortion. Many landlords and gentry rebelled, which shows how difficult it is to reach that level.

"No matter how difficult it is, we must work hard to do it. Even if we don't have the conditions now, we must move forward in this direction."

Zhao Jun said, "So, it would be best to just wait a few more months, until the enemy, lacking supplies, suffers severe internal losses and many of them die, before attacking. However, to protect the human rights of the victims, we must act in advance. This is what a responsible and effective government should consider."

"I see."

Fan Zhongyan nodded, and his frown relaxed.

He and Zhao Jun have the same idea.

Even if now is not a good time to launch a forced attack, because the terrain below is too complicated, the officers and soldiers will not only suffer damage if they go out, but once the enemy breaks up and flees in all directions, the government will simply not be able to turn over the entire Bianliang sewer.

At that time, a large number of criminals will escape, and may even run out of Bianliang and go to other places to commit crimes, causing serious security problems in the entire Jingji Road.

But as Zhao Jun said.

The beasts below are not human, but the victims are living people.

A responsible government must guarantee the basic human rights of the victims to survive.

Then they can only choose to take action in advance, otherwise the longer they delay, the more cautious they will be.

"Now is the time."

Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, then said, "I will ask His Majesty for leave shortly. Without further delay, we must officially begin our operation tonight. We will gather in Kaifeng Prefecture to discuss the battle plan. You are not allowed to tell anyone else about this except me. We must not give them the opportunity to learn about it in advance."

"good."

Fan Zhongyan finally waited for this moment and became a little excited.

He had served as the prefect of Kaifeng for more than a year, and his biggest regret was that he failed to clean up Kaifeng Prefecture and the corrupt officials under it.

Now Zhao Jun's three-step plan has reached the second step. Even if he cannot completely wipe out the people below, he must at least rescue a large number of victims and then slowly clean them up. This is better than them still living a life worse than death underground!

(End of this chapter)