Chapter Forty-Eight: The Disaster Victims Return to Their Hometowns to Give Money and Food, Give Doctors and Medicine, and See People
After the great plague there will be a great plague. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info was nothing new in the Ming Dynasty. Almost anyone with a little insight will know this sentence, but in the officialdom, few people will take this warning to heart.
The dynasty is a cowherd, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a feast of burning tails, which meant that after the new officials took office, they would burn off the fish tails, get out of the mortal womb, and turn into a real dragon from then on. After the Song and Ming dynasties, there was a banquet of Qionglin, and Yuyi ascended to the immortal, and he was no longer a mortal person.
After the change of ichthyosaurs, will they still regard the carp gate in the river as the same kind? After Yunbu ascended to the immortal, looking at his former companions, would he also watch the ants on the cloud platform, and he disdained it.
Anyway, after the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as the common people in the eyes of the scholars. The so-called love for the people like a son, and not competing with the people for profit are all said to the emperor. They are the representatives of the people, and the people are a sign ready to be used by the king.
A high-sounding signboard and representation that never needs to be taken without the consent of the parties.
is not virtuous and shameless, but you can be ashamed of it, and you don't feel anything wrong at all.
At this stage, the Ming Dynasty can't do without them, and more is really a scourge.
In the middle of the night, Lichen stood on the platform of his house and watched the stars. Seeing the division of the five stars in the distance, the stars of the year are hidden in the southeast, and there seems to be a red light, indicating that the disaster is about to arise and is irreversible. And the Yin and Yang under the city of Jinling are in conflict, the Yangtze River comes to the south, the water is dusk and yellow, and it is really the weather of Jinling's luck and ebb tide so that the air is not in harmony. Even more black gas is diffused, and Jinling is already in a catastrophe.
The sins of heaven are forgivable, but they are not allowed to live. The gentry of Jinling want to kill themselves, but how can the people of this city be innocent? To suffer from the plague, the plague of swords?
With a long sigh, he walked downstairs. Sometimes, being able to predict the outcome is not necessarily a good thing.
So what? The general trend has arrived, and there is no reversal. Lichen does not have this selflessness, and will lose his luck, cultivation, and even his life for the people who do not know each other in this city.
Immortal Dao is "selfish", everything you can do, you must not compensate yourself.
The next day, the old housekeeper brought a few of the most prestigious victims to the dust house, and the dust directly asked them to convey on their behalf that all the victims who were willing to help unload the ship at the wharf, regardless of men, women and children, would be given 100 catties of grain and five taels of silver, so that they could disperse as soon as possible and not stay in this place of right and wrong.
The victims were stunned by Chen's words, and even the old housekeeper was so shocked that he didn't speak, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted "Master". Obviously, the old butler did not approve of the behavior of the dusty family.
Lichen waved his hand and said: "I brought back this food for disaster relief, but now there is not much time, so the victims brought food home and wanted to go." The flood should have almost passed, and when they get home, they will plant a season of autumn rice, and there will be a way to live."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, you are really a good person, a living Bodhisattva... A few of the victims returned thankfully, and by noon, a large number of victims should have flocked to the docks to help unload the food. The war in Nanjing is about to start, and saving more food can always save more people.
"Old butler, did you send the medicine for the eunuch's mansion?" Lichen asked.
"Send it over, sir!" The old butler replied.
"That's good, whether our family's food can be safe or not, now it's up to the town guard eunuch Tan Gonggong!" After finishing speaking, he suddenly asked the old housekeeper: "Old housekeeper, you haven't been home for a long time, have you?" ”
"Back to my lord, I was too busy with chores in the house to take care of it for a while," the old housekeeper replied honestly.
"If possible, tell your family to stop staying here and leave for the north for a few months, or if they have nowhere else to go, they can come to stay here for a few days. Nanjing may not be peaceful recently, so it's better to be careful! After finishing speaking, he added: "The rest of the family is the same, those who can leave will leave, and those who can't leave will come up!" If you are worried about your family, you can ask for leave, and the government will pay the travel fee and let them go home! ”
After hearing this, the old butler's eyes widened in an instant, and he asked with a frightened face, "Master, do you know something?" What big things can happen in Jinling? ”
Lichen sighed and said, "Didn't the old butler pay attention to the people outside? The government ignores it and blindly persecutes it, which is clearly the official forcing the people to rebel! ”
The old butler's face turned white in an instant, and after thanking the dust for his kindness, he hurriedly ran out.
The house has to be arranged, and the family has to be picked up, after all, Jinling City is high and wide, and it is the safest. If you still live in the Zhuangzi outside, the swords and soldiers are together, and the Zhuangzi Zhun Bao becomes the first target of the thieves.
After finishing his instructions, he walked to a well in his house, and after thinking about it for a while, he took out a jade box from his arms. After the jade box was opened, a fiery red elixir was immediately revealed, with a strange fragrance and sparkling gray in the sun.
After looking at the pill quietly for a while, Lichen gritted his teeth and slapped the pill into powder and scattered it into the well water. The dust is like water, and the well water is suddenly boiling like a soup. After a while, the well slowly calmed down. A faint fragrance wafts out, which is wonderful and wonderful.
Lichen thought about it, and then pasted a spirit rune on the stone wall of the entrance. It prevents the thought from drifting out, being seen by others, and then attracting others to covet it. It can also keep the water in the well, the medicinal properties are not lost, and the aura is not dispersed.
At noon, a large number of victims of the disaster came up from the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, helping the old and the young to help unload the grain. In fact, unloading the ship is hard work, where is the old and weak women and children can do, and the dust is in line with the purpose of helping the group of rich and unkind guys to spread their wealth, and those who come do not refuse, it is counted as a head. It is clear that it is cheap to give away.
Before the start of work, a large pot of broth and steamed buns were prepared, and you can come and eat. These are all made by the dust and specially instructed the kitchen to be busy using the well water from the deep well where the dust was added. Regardless of whether the victims are already sick or not, there will be no more plague guides after this meal. And there was food in the cabin. Hubei in the Ming Dynasty not only produced rice, but also a lot of wheat, and how much to eat was only a dime.
However, what everyone doesn't know is that the victims are grabbing food for the coolies at the dock!
In fact, the guys on the dock seem to be hard, but their income is much better than that of ordinary people.
Why?
Because the coolies at the dock are strong and can fight and carry. It has always been a battleground for people in the middle of the door. Without a gang to lean on, you can't get on the dock at all. Whoever is to listen to the line must also ensure the interests of the coolies.
This time, when the dusty grain ship arrived, why did the coolies suddenly run away without a trace?
Didn't you say hello from above?
Although no one on the dock came to take this business for the time being, but the meat was on the dock, and it was in the pot of the gang, except for them, who would dare to earn this hard-earned money?
It's a pity that Lichen never disdained anything in the gang, and directly found the victims to unload the ship.
Is this still worth it?
The owner of the dock immediately informed his food and clothing parents, the grain merchants. At this time, the grain merchant is still preparing to dry the dust, and the dust lion is saved! I didn't expect the dust to be so unruly, and directly used the victims to unload the grain.
The grain merchants and the people behind them were furious, and at the sound of an order, the dock gang immediately gathered a huge number of people and horses, and one by one they were armed with weapons, and rushed towards the dock.
But before the large crowd reached the dock, the officers and men of the brigade surrounded them in the middle.
A big eunuch dressed in a robe with arrow sleeves stood in the middle of the road, and said loudly with a face full of anger: "Our family didn't believe that anyone dared to rob the food of the imperial court for disaster relief, but I didn't expect that someone would dare not take the law of the Ming Dynasty in their eyes!" You are armed with knives, guns and sticks, and so many people are gathered together to rebel! ”
The current Tan Gonggong's mood today is indeed not very beautiful, no matter who knows that someone wants to harm him, of course his mood will not be better. Especially when you know who it is, but you don't have any evidence, you can't even make a sound.
Gonggong Tan dug out the spies in the mansion with his front feet, and he didn't have time to interrogate, so he hurried to escort the national teacher.
The eunuch sounds like he has a lot of power, but after all, he is just a slave of the Son of Heaven. In today's Ming Inner Court, there are several people who must serve wholeheartedly, one is the current emperor Zhu Houzhao, the second is the current Empress Dowager Zhang and the little prince, and the third is the dust. Even the queen had to go to the back row.
Maybe Lichen won't give you a promotion, but it can save your life at a critical moment.
If you don't believe it, look at the predecessor Liu Jin, who is really in a situation where death is inevitable, but because of a good fate, he escaped. On the surface, the court reported a violent death, but in fact, who didn't know that the dust had rescued people. Although everyone doesn't know how Liu Jin is now. It wouldn't be too bad to think about. It's just that you can't show your face in public. The emperor is thinking of an old love, and he will not really pursue it.
Therefore, who in the palace doesn't want to have a good relationship with Master Chen's apprentice now?
No matter how many people you want to help. No matter how arrogant he is, when facing the iron fist of the country, he is just a lamb to the slaughter. When the army gathered together and raised their swords and guns, a large group of people immediately fell to their knees and trembled.
The sudden intervention of the eunuch palace in Nanjing caught all the gentry in Jinling City by surprise. The incident happened suddenly, some people panicked, some people died down, and some people smashed the teacup in their hands on the spot, and their faces instantly became like winter moon frost!
A wealthy businessman who is intent on stirring up the situation is not terrible, as long as he pulls down his face and stretches out his hand, he will be pinched to death by the way, but when this spoiler not only has endless money, but also has backstage support that cannot be easily moved, it is disgusting enough.
The action of the dust forced some people to speed up the pace of action, and there was no room for things to turn around, and there was no way to retreat, and there was only one way to go back in the morning.
The atmosphere in the grass hut outside the city was strange, and with the support of Chen, groups of victims hurried away with their good mothers on their backs, but on the other side, more victims were surging. But this time they are all young and strong, and women and children are rare.
There were more and more sick people in Jinling City, and at first everyone thought that the weather was hot, so that there were a lot of sick people, but when one family after another died, the atmosphere in Jinling City suddenly became tense.
If the ancient people were most afraid of anything, there is no doubt that the plague can be ranked in the top three. You still have a place to escape, and it has little impact on the rich family. But the plague is the threat of death for all people, rich and poor, equally.
The gentry of Jinling were the first to ask about the ominous taste, and one by one they rode in luxurious carriages, hugging each other, and the guards fled out of the city.
This is undoubtedly creating even greater panic in Jinling.
Just as the people were preparing to flee. Jinling City suddenly issued an order to block the four gates, urgently closed the city gates, and strictly prohibited the flow of people.
The gentry and nobles who didn't have time to run away were fried all at once, and one by one the big red posts were sent to the homes of all the officials in Nanjing, but they didn't know that when the city gate was closed, there were people who were more anxious than them.
The spread of the plague is a process of spreading from one to ten, and from ten to hundred. Especially in a densely populated place like Jinling, it is even more incredible.
Just when everyone was scolding the "cruel" Nanjing town guard eunuch to the blood, a strange pharmacy suddenly began to administer medicine.
Doesn't cost money for medicine, but also specializes in treating epidemics?
The people of Nanjing City began to scoff at it, because if the people in this world make the most shameless money, then pharmacies and coffin shops can be ranked on the list. This is especially true in Nanjing.
Not every doctor is as virtuous as Grandpa Yaowang, and not every doctor is a bodhisattva!
The common people will be skeptical, but there will always be people who will be the first to try, either out of curiosity or because they really have no way to walk.
Don't want money anyway.
With the beginning, then it's still free. With the urine nature of the Chinese, even if it is useless, people will flock to it. Soon there was a long queue at the entrance of the newly opened pharmacy. Outside the shop, Lichen was sitting in the carriage with the two little ones, nodding at the long line, and then left in the carriage.
Now the victims outside the city who want to go home and live honestly have left, and most of the people who have arrived now are not ordinary people who are keeping to themselves. I don't know if those officials treat the emperor in Beijing as a pig, or if they are absolutely sure that the emperor will obey. is so blatant, but the government has not responded at all, and no one knows that there is a big deal in it.
Of course, the dust can't save everyone, the Buddha has a Buddha fate, and the Tao has a Dao fate. The damned can't be saved, and the undeserving ones are worth saving.
But who should be saved and who should not be saved completely depends on the mood of the dust and the depth of the blessing on their own heads.
But the dignitaries and nobles in Nanjing City, especially those who have registered in Chen's heart, such as the governor and the officials who sent posts to Chen, invited them to the banquet, and those rice merchants are undoubtedly very blessed.
It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, at least they believe it.
So, the next day, when the people who had eaten the medicine in the dust shop were all pleasantly surprised to find that their family members had improved, there was a sensation in Jinling City. People begging for medicine filled the streets. The Nanjing town guard had to send a large number of soldiers to help maintain order.
"Why, those mud legs can be medicated, but we can't. How could it be so that your hosts should be called out? "Someone left the pharmacy and got angry.
"Giving medicine to the doctor, all by fate, your family is rich, just these days, the price of rice has risen, I don't know how much black-hearted silver, why bother to covet this two bags of medicinal materials? If your host really has a problem, there is a hall of daughters over there, you can go there! "The guy at the pharmacy is the one he found from the victims. Among them is the family that was treated by dust back then.
If there is anyone in this Nanjing city who hates those officials and gentry the most, it is undoubtedly these victims who have been ignored by them in every way. Before they came, Lichen gave them a spirit rune, and as long as the spirit rune was hot, they could not apply medicine. Then just answer according to the words that the dust explained.
The guys in the pharmacy are naturally unswerving, and the sky is falling, all of which are explained by their own benefactor. They don't care what identity they have!
Natural disasters and man-made disasters are treated equally, and the dust is to let those old men know that in front of God and Lord Yama, whether they read the books of sages or not, whether they have money or not, they will not be any more noble than the common people.
If there are many people in Jinling City who do not die and cannot survive the catastrophe, let those who do not produce, stand high, and treat the people as ants to die instead of the people, so as to complete this catastrophe, that is undoubtedly the best result.
Happy New Year's Day, New Year's Day, prosperous fortune, the longer the more beautiful. By the way, please give you a monthly pass for the New Year! (To be continued.) )