Now that it has fallen into the hands of the court, there is no point in quibbling.
"Before I came here, Your Majesty once told me," Wang Fuzhi stood up, "the key to the Yuyuan Rebellion is to appease rather than suppress it. So after I arrived in Shandong, I did not send troops to suppress it directly, but first issued an edict of appeasement and then used military force."
"After recruiting Ren Qi and others, I can let them lead the way and wipe out all the rioters in Yuyuan."
"But I did not do that. Instead, I asked them to return to Yuyuan and consume your stored food."
"You should already know what happened next."
Wang Jun nodded but still said nothing.
"God is merciful! You were all originally citizens of the Ming Dynasty, but for various reasons you came together and became a mob. Your original intention was to save the people from danger, but countless people died because of you. Don't dwell on this, and turn back from your mistakes."
"Sir," Wang Jun raised his head, "Do you know what the local government did before?"
"Know."
"They can kill tens of thousands of people with just one sentence. Although I have killed many people, I am not worthy of being compared with them."
"It's the fault of local officials, and the court will send people to investigate." Wang Fuzhi replied.
"What's the point of investigating? Thousands of people have been killed! Even if we investigate those people, we can't bring the people back to life."
"There's nothing we can do, that's the rule." Wang Fuzhi sighed.
"Rules are made by people, so why can't we make a rule to prevent the government and officials from committing tyranny in advance?"
Take precautions in advance?
Wang Jun's words struck deep into Wang Fuzhi's soul.
The rules of the Ming Dynasty were all aimed at the people.
Although there are rules for officials, they are for investigation and handling after the fact, rather than prevention beforehand.
This has led to many officials only considering their own interests when implementing policies and ignoring the needs of the people.
When the people's interests were damaged, they had no channels to inform the court and could only express their demands through extreme means.
How can we solve this drawback?
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