In late July, the entire southern region of Jingjiu Dynasty officially entered the hot summer. Taking Fengri City as an example, the heat here can make dogs too lazy to move.
However, the impact of the scorching sun as always has begun to change. The really rich people have actually been very low when they have been hit by the scorching sun in the past two years. Only ordinary people are still sweating in the sweltering summer, while those who can afford air conditioning are enjoying the artificial coolness.
There is no such thing as "technology changes life" here, or even "technology" does not exist. Even the Ministry of Industry only conducts some basic mechanical research, most of which are used in battle formations, and a small amount of them are used in farming.
Therefore, the emergence of air conditioners has really changed the living habits of many people.
Of course, even today after the war in the south, Panling Stone is still a strictly controlled material. Only a small amount of it is sold outside. Most people still have to go to the black market if they want to obtain it. In addition, the emergence of air conditioning has increased the consumption of pan spiritual stones during non-war times, which has resulted in the price of pan spiritual stones remaining high or even rising steadily.
Therefore, although the price of the air conditioner itself has been falling again and again, the most basic air conditioner is actually enough for ordinary people with a wealthy family to buy it, but due to the Panling Stone, they cannot afford to buy it.
However, yamen all over the country have begun to use air conditioners. At least they are available in the main government offices. Even the most basic ones are rough in appearance and do not affect the actual practical effect.
And those celestial eyes that were infiltrated into the air conditioner and disguised as components also slowly entered the interior of the yamen along with the popularity of air conditioners. Among them, local government offices are the most common, because they have the fewest opportunities for high-level monks to come and go, which also minimizes the chance of the Sky Eye being discovered.
On the contrary, the more the Sky Eye is spread out, the more information will be sent back, and the more information needs to be screened, analyzed, and sorted out. This makes Blackwater's already limited manpower even more stretched.
Wang Jian had already reported the shortage of manpower to Shen Hao, and Shen Hao also agreed to Blackwater's second expansion application, and this time he took a drastic step and directly allowed Wang Jian to double the manpower. Of course, the expansion mainly focuses on the middle and lower-level structures. However, the expansion of the Blackwater core structure cannot be done in such a hurry. It can only be done slowly, which has become the norm.
However, due to the spread of air conditioning, Heishui has tasted the benefits of relying on the eyes of the sky to obtain intelligence, which has also given Black Flag Camp's intelligence side a great blessing. But no matter how cool the air conditioner is, it cannot make many people feel comfortable this year. This is especially true for people in Xuanqing Guards Stations everywhere.
In the past, Xuanqing Guards would carry out "purges" every now and then, and some examples would be picked out in official newspapers to deter unclean people everywhere. But generally speaking, it's just scratching the surface, and those who are dealt with are some unlucky people or idiots who have offended the top. It seems that they have to take action every time, but in fact, the core issue is never involved.
If we really want to count, Jingxi has conducted Operation Clean West before. It was also considered an internal purge of Xuanqing Guards, and it was also a relatively powerful operation. In addition, the copper cabinets in Jingxi are real. Taking advantage of the actual results, after a lot of hard work, Jingxi is now much cleaner than other places.
And places other than Jingxi have suffered severely this time.
Qian Huguan is considered a big shot in the local area, right? What's more, the Qianhu officials of Xuanqing Guard, who are all big shots who stomp their feet and tremble three times, were like little chickens this time. They were directly pressed to the ground and then locked and taken away. The whole process even Without leaving any room for reaction, the tyrannical commander would attack immediately. Who dared to stop him?
Officials from thousands of households were randomly picked and killed like chickens, let alone the people below? Who doesn’t live with their heads down?
If you don’t do anything wrong, you will naturally have no fear in your heart. But the problem is that what used to be a "normal" little move is now a big disaster with big brains. Who can bear this? It's okay if you don't get called out. But if you get called out, you'll really be dead.
There are also careful people who can find that all the people who suffer are connected by threads, and the source is those copper cabinets that have been on the street for many years but have not been taken seriously by everyone. To be precise, it's the reporting letters in those copper cabinets!
What is a copper cabinet? Isn't that a decoration created by the evil star in Jingxi to pile up his own achievements? In the entire Jingjiu Dynasty, except for those fools in Jingxi, who else cares about those ugly cabinets? The common people who are worthless want to overthrow Xuan Qingwei, who cannot even be controlled by the law, just by posting letters in such a cabinet? Isn't this whimsical?
But the reality is so fantastic. A mere copper cabinet that no one looked down on has now become a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the arrogant big shots in the past. Life and death depended on whether their names were written on it. The feelings in the report letters in those cabinets were so reversed that it was hard to accept.
More and more people died, and eventually even the governor's family members were affected. They were also treated equally, and few people who went in could come out again.
However, many people have died, and many people have seen some clues, that is, everyone who goes in is a person who has no bottom line. People who are not in pain or itchy have not been bypassed so far. It seems that the Black Flag Camp has also restrained some strength, otherwise no one in the Xuanqing Guard would be clean, right?
Shen evil star? Of course it won't be clean, but why is the handle of the knife in someone else's hand now? He can kill whoever he wants, but can you turn around and bully him? Moreover, not only is he now the same fourth-rank minister as the envoy, but he is also a popular person in front of the commander. His majesty has even summoned him alone. Who can afford to offend him?
Although this judgment is not enough to stabilize the mentality, it also comforts many people. After all, the most important thing for everyone is to get some, and use some sophistication conveniences on the way, without harming God or human life. This is not a heinous crime, right? Your Black Flag Battalion won’t really kill everyone like this, right?
At the same time, the atmosphere in the Xuanqing Guards was stirred up by the bloodshed. More and more people, whether timid or on guard, were secretly quickly getting rid of their gray income. They would rather live a tighter life and wait for this gust of wind. Finish blowing first and then talk.
However, by the end of July, Xuanqingwei's internal purge was actually coming to an end. As most people nervously watching the excitement think, although this kind of purge is unprecedented in intensity, it will never be achieved in one step.
It's not that Shen Hao doesn't want to get it right in one step, or that he doesn't really want to use "shock therapy", but Xuan Qingwei really can't "shock", the cost is too high, and such a decision will probably not even support him. would agree. Therefore, we can only kill the first ones to hold down people's hearts, and then rebuild the atmosphere from the bottom up, supplemented by long-term purge intensity, so as to slowly reverse Xuanqing Guard's stubborn problems.
