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Part 7: Rise to Fame Chapter 1: It¡¯s better to block than to open up

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    Chapter 1 It¡¯s better to block than to open up

    Looking at the thousands of people gathered outside the city, Du He laughed and said: "Everyone, please leave. This gathering can't be held, and it will be a waste of effort to continue to stay here."

    Hearing this, more than a thousand people looked at each other in confusion. They all looked at Du He strangely.

    Du He said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, it's just an epidemic in the city."

    He said it in an understatement, as if he was talking about an insignificant thing.

    When more than a thousand people heard this, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue. Everyone screamed and looked frightened.

    The ancients regarded plague as a scourge. As soon as they heard this, some people immediately wanted to flee.

    Su Dingfang's expression changed after hearing this, and she winked at Du He repeatedly. She was anxious in her heart, but she couldn't express it. She thought to herself: "Brother Du seems to be attentive, why are you speaking so unmeasuredly?"

    Du He still said indifferently: "What are you afraid of? Aren't it just a few people contracting the disease? I can tell you clearly that there is nothing to worry about. It's just a few people and they have been controlled. The miracle doctor  Sun Simiao is on his way here, so there is no harm at all. It's just that the disease is contagious, so you have to be careful when dealing with it. Look" He pointed at the army behind him and said, "I brought it specially to prevent the spread of the disease.  Ten thousand soldiers and horses are guarding Suzhou, and the city gate will not be opened until the epidemic is completely resolved. Therefore, you can rest assured that the epidemic cannot get out of this city gate."

    "Originally, even if a few people are infected, there is no need to lock down the entire city. But for safety reasons, we still need to wait for Divine Doctor Sun to confirm it before releasing them. After all, we should take precautions before they happen, and we can't let the danger threaten you, right?  ?¡±

    Seeing Du He's unconcerned expression, more than a thousand people felt surprisingly relieved in their hearts. They all thought: "There must be nothing serious, otherwise how could this gentleman be so relaxed?"

    Du He smiled slightly, waved in a relaxed manner and said: "Okay, I won't tell you anymore, just go home in peace! I'm going to the city, and I will stay in the city until the plague is completely resolved.  " He leisurely rode forward, called the city gate open, and entered the city with a group of people.

    Looking at Du He and the others, there was a burst of discussion among the crowd.

    "Who is this sir? He is so young, he must be less than twenty years old, right?" After revealing his identity, Du He had already washed away his disguise, and now he was his true self, a handsome eighteen-year-old young man.

    "Then you are ignorant. This is the famous Du He, General Du. His father is the prime minister of the dynasty, and he himself is also a famous person in front of His Majesty, which is amazing."

    "Tch, aren't you just a playboy who relies on his parents?"

    "It's true that you are ignorant. General Du is a veritable general who has fought in hundreds of battles. Despite his young age, he is known for his outstanding military exploits. Not long ago, a country called Gaochang in the Western Regions attacked my business trip in the Tang Dynasty.  , His Majesty sent General Du to fight in anger. Guess what, General Du only used 5,000 men to destroy Gaochang and defeated the Eastern Turks' army of more than 100,000 people, which was impressive."

    Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, so the news has gone bad when it reaches here.

    Some upper class people can still hear the truth, but among the common people, most of what they hear are market rumors that have been processed countless times.

    Hearing how powerful Du He was, the people sighed repeatedly.

    One person said: "Since General Du is so great, why are you still willing to take this risk? It's an epidemic. Thinking about it makes me feel scared."

    "Hey, didn't you see General Du's appearance? Doesn't it look like the matter is serious? I think it's just a small problem, there is no danger at all. Otherwise, how could General Du be so relaxed and comfortable? It's because we think it's serious.  Let's go! Ah let's not talk about it, the meeting won't be held anyway, I will go home early, and maybe I can eat hot rice and hot dishes cooked by my wife." He said and prepared things slowly.

    Others agreed after hearing this and didn¡¯t take it seriously. They prepared things and planned to go home early.

    Since the matter is not serious, and since Du He is helping them guard and prevent the disease from spreading, what else do they have to worry about?

    The people said goodbye to each other one by one, and it was not because of the plague that there was any turmoil in the hearts of the people.

    When Du He entered the city, Su Dingfang, who was originally impatient, suddenly realized when he saw the reaction of the people behind him. He gave Du He a thumbs up and praised: "I thought Brother Du was indifferent to the importance, but it turned out that he had already planned it well and planned it well!  "

    Du He smiled slightly and said: "It's better to block it than to open it up. It's like this in everything. People are curious. If todayWe try our best to conceal it, and if the matter spreads, it will attract the attention of others exponentially. Once the news leaks out at this time, everyone will feel that something is wrong and the situation is serious, and they will be frightened, panicked, and rumors will spread everywhere.  On the contrary, telling everything frankly is the best way to suppress rumors.  Now these common people will be our propaganda soldiers, and they will take the situation here to other places in the south of the Yangtze River.  It has the effect of calming people's hearts and killing two birds with one stone.  However, if we do nothing to deal with this situation in the short term, it will still attract attention and cause problems over time.  All this depends on Dr. Sun's miraculous magic.  "

    Du He came to the government office.

    A group of people gathered in the government office. They were passionate and noisy. They surrounded the government office tightly and there was no leakage.

    Their noise can be heard from afar.

    A middle-aged man in his forties was surrounded by a group of people, with a look of helplessness on his face.

    "Sir, the whole city is full of disease. If you don't leave, you will die if you stay!" A fat man with a strong build and gorgeous clothes, with a pale face, shouted loudly and regardless of his manners.

    Another Confucian scholar who was more than seventy years old said: "The Master said, 'Prevent disasters first and not hurt later. Know and act with caution. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, how can he take it lightly.' Now that epidemics are everywhere,  Isn't it the way of a gentleman to stay in the city? Why should the governor be so stubborn?"

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    A group of people, without exception, were all asking Wang Guanghong, the governor of Suzhou, to open the city gate and let them leave.  Since the yamen servants were also infected with the disease, Wang Guanghong had no one to turn to. He was besieged by the big families and servants in the city, and even had the intention of persecuting him.

    Du He was furious when he saw it. No wonder he couldn't see any measures after entering the city. It turned out that it was these bastards who were not infected by the plague who gathered to make trouble.

    "What are you doing? Do you want to rebel?"

    Du He led the soldiers and horses and walked into the government office.

    Seeing that Du He was followed by more than a hundred soldiers, the group of people did not dare to be presumptuous, and their arrogance immediately disappeared.

    The Confucian scholar who was over seventy years old came forward and said, "Your Excellency, you have come just in time. Gu is the head of the Gu family in the south of the Yangtze River. Confucius said"

    When Du He heard him speak, he said "Zi Yu" and his head felt heavy. He was really worried that his eloquence was too sharp and he accidentally became Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and talked about him.  After he died, he immediately said: "The Master said: 'You are a thief if you don't die when you are old.' You are so old and you don't want to live the rest of your life well, so you gather people to make trouble?"

    He waved his hand and without saying anything to them, he directly ordered: "Come here, put these bastards who are making trouble in a prison."

    Su Dingfang smiled ferociously. As a military commander with an upright personality, there was no one who didn't hate the verbose literati and philistine businessmen. When he first saw them surrounding the local governor for routine persecution, he felt angry in his heart. But Du He was the biggest here, which was not good.  I can only secretly hate myself for being a substitute.  Hearing that Du He acted decisively, he felt a big heart and personally led his guards to arrest the person.

    "Bold! You who are you, dare to be rude to my grandfather! My father is an admonisher in the capital How dare you be so presumptuous!" Next to the head of the Gu family, a young man under the age of twenty said proudly,  It seems that in his eyes, the admonishment officer is a very big official.

    Du He was very happy and thought to himself: "My father-in-law is the emperor, I am the prime minister, and a small admonishment officer is here to show off?" In the remote places south of the Yangtze River, a capital official is extremely rare, and an admonishment officer is very rare.  But in Chang'an, this king, that prince, and the little remonstrating officer are not ranked at all!  He immediately smiled and said: "I'm going to show you a little boldly now to see how you can stand me General Su, this kid relied on his father's power to prevent me from doing something important. I took him down and beat him twenty times as a warning."

    Du He knew that if he wanted to deal with the epidemic with peace of mind, he must first shock those who were not infected with the disease, so that they would stay safe and not cause trouble with him, so he had already planned to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and the boy from the Gu family happened to commit the crime.  On his hands.

    Su Dingfang was extremely strict in his military use and was familiar with military stick punishment.

    In complete silence, the boy from the Gu family was pushed down and beaten with a cane. All he could hear was "push", "push" and the boy's heart-rending screams.

    This method immediately shocked everyone in the government office.  The head of the Gu family waited for his beloved grandson to be beaten, and shouted angrily: "Who are you? How dare you abuse lynching? I will definitely sue you, and I will not spare you."

    Du He smiled slightly and said, "My name is Du He, the patrol envoy to the south of the Yangtze River. If you want to sue me, please do so!" If the head of the Gu family was younger, based on his previous words, a meal with the military staff would be indispensable, but he is seventy years old.  It was the age when one foot was in the coffin, and Du He couldn't care less about it, so he just let him have his way.

    The head of the Gu family's face turned pale. When he heard Du He's name, how could he dare to speak?.

    Even in the capital and Chang'an, there were not many people who could shout in front of Du He, let alone only in Jiangnan.

    All the people who made trouble were put in jail by Du He.

    As soon as Wang Guanghong's siege was resolved, he immediately came forward to pay homage and suggested: "Everyone will die. It is human nature to be afraid of epidemics. Why should you embarrass them?"

    Du He snorted: "You have good intentions Don't worry, these people are just donkeys and cows. They won't rest until they are whipped or beaten. Just teach them a lesson. The epidemic is still more important.  I have a few views on preventing epidemics, which should be implemented immediately."
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