Now Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Bureau are only clearing out the internal cancer. If they want to wipe out the cancer below, they have to increase manpower, otherwise it will be impossible to attack by force.
But as long as those people are not stupid, they will definitely take this opportunity to send people to sneak into Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Bureau. If there is an insider, it will be difficult to eliminate them.
"Furthermore, there are a large number of evil forces entrenched underground, such as Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower. Even if we recruit enough manpower, it may not be easy to defeat them. Perhaps we can only think of other ways."
Zhao Jun said thoughtfully.
"Do you have any ideas?"
Fan Zhongyan asked.
Zhao Jun said, "I've been thinking hard these days and have come up with some ideas. However, to completely wipe them out, we need the right time, place, and people."
"you say."
Fan Zhongyan sat up straight.
Zhao Jun said, "This is about mobilizing the masses. These people are difficult to eliminate because they are entrenched among the people. If we can win the hearts of the people and have the government back them, I believe that most of those bullied by them will be willing to work for the government and provide us with information."
Fan Zhongyan pondered, "You mean posters?"
"Um."
"I'm afraid it's difficult."
"Why?"
Zhao Jun was puzzled.
Fan Zhongyan said, "Everyone is afraid of trouble. For most people, it's common sense to seek benefits and avoid harm. The government won't take action against innocent people, but those people are different. What if they report to the government during the day and are retaliated against at night? So I think this method is unlikely to be effective."
"Hmm"
Zhao Jun thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "There is a way."
"oh?"
Fan Zhongyan said, "Tell me about it."
Zhao Jun said with a wicked smile, "We'll post notices during the day, and have them torn down at night. Then, we'll distribute notices throughout the city, threatening people from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, saying that if anyone dares to provide information about them to the authorities, we'll send people to retaliate immediately."
Fan Zhongyan frowned and said, "Wouldn't the people be even more afraid to report this to the authorities?"
"That's certainly the case at first."
Zhao Jun said, "We just need to do this a few more times, using the threats of the people from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower. Then, we can publicly behead those people from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower from the prison in front of the palace, and publicize that the government will protect the people. It would also be best to tighten the city's security and have soldiers patrol every street at all times to make the people feel safe."
"I don't understand how this can be of any use."
"We can't solve them by our own strength; we must rely on the people. But if conflicts can't be resolved simply, they will only intensify."
"Exacerbate the conflict?"
Fan Zhongyan had heard explanations about contradictions from Zhao Jun before, but he didn't really have a deep understanding of this thing.
"Yes."
Zhao Jun smiled and said, "The threats from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower will repeatedly test the bottom line of the people of Bianliang. Keeping the people of Bianliang in a state of panic and anxiety will make them feel that only a life without those underground evil forces can bring good things. If the government executes their people in public at this time, the people will think that the government and the Imperial City Bureau will become their backers."
"I see."
Fan Zhongyan understood immediately and said excitedly: "When the time comes, the people of Bianliang will definitely actively provide information to destroy those people."
"Exactly."
Zhao Jun laughed. Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Administration were directing and acting out this plot, which would only completely destroy the hands and feet of Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower on the ground, and their forces hidden among the people would also be eradicated.
"But this will at most make the rats underground disappear from the surface. What will happen if they all hide underground?"
Fan Zhongyan was still worried.
Zhao Jun's method is indeed feasible, but Wuyou Cave, Guifan Tower and the bases of many evil forces are all hidden deep underground in Bianliang, covering dozens of square kilometers.
There are numerous pipes there, it is dark and intricate, and even the Song Dynasty Palace does not have a map below.
Because the underground water system of Bianliang had been built as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was only during the Song Dynasty that large-scale expansion and renovation work was carried out.
Not to mention the Imperial Palace of the Great Song Dynasty, even the sewer rats living there might not know the complete route. At least when Zhao Jun interrogated those members of the evil forces, they only knew the terrain of their own branch and had no idea of the complete terrain.
"yes."
Zhao Jun sighed and said, "So we don't actually have the advantage of terrain, but we can only try our best. Do you know why I haven't taken action to clean up those gangs on the ground?"
"Why?"
Fan Zhongyan was also a little puzzled.
In addition to Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, there are actually many gangs on the ground in Bianliang.
These people formed groups of three or five, or a dozen or more formed a company, or even used their hometown ties as a rallying point, with dozens or even hundreds of people acting tyrannically. There were even communities of foreigners, who huddled together for warmth in a foreign land.
Logically speaking, these people should also be the targets of Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Bureau, but these days Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Bureau have only wiped out the officials and some evil forces, and have not carried out a city-wide crackdown on gangs. Fan Zhongyan thought that Zhao Jun had no time to do it, but it turned out that he had other intentions.
Zhao Jun said, "I've already sent people to win over some of the gangs that usually behave well. Many of them are just local gangs that stick together to prevent being bullied. They used to be quite law-abiding, so I don't plan to kill them. We can then launch a city-wide crackdown and force a large number of gang members to the ground. These people will become our internal supporters."
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