This year is really the wind is not in harmony and not smooth, the spring due to the late melting of ice and snow, the spring ploughing is very late, and the summer is a big drought, the history records the first year of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Zhenghe, the summer drought.

I don't know if the prince sent Lu Lian to ask for rain, there should be, but God doesn't respond to requests.

The worst is still the common people, the summer drought is great, the peasants are not harvested, but all kinds of harsh taxes still have to be paid, Liu Che period is famous for its harsh government, especially in his later years, dozens of battles have been fought, and the treasury has long been emptied. He likes to use cool officials and squeeze, which really makes the people miserable and starving.

The war not only emptied the treasury, but also brought terrible plagues. The Xiongnu were beaten away, but the cunning Huns, before escaping, threw all the infected livestock into the river, polluted the water source, and caused the Han army to get the plague. What's even more terrifying is that the plague is contagious, so after the Han army came back from the battle, they brought the plague back to the Central Plains, not only in Chang'an City, but also in the Sanfu area around Chang'an City, and other counties were more serious. Chang'an, which was the richest area at that time, was still plagued, and in other places, it was even more mournful.

Yangling is the mausoleum of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, built with Yanglingyi, and there are the Changling of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and the Anling of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and the Maoling of the Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty in the west of the Yangling, all of which are equipped with Lingyi.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a mausoleum system, in order to strengthen the centralization of power and manage the nobles and wealthy people in various places, a mausoleum was set up at the emperor's mausoleum near Chang'an City. The mausoleum system of Chang'an City has shouldered the two major tasks of "strengthening the capital and weakening the branches" and "defending against the Xiongnu", and has always played a huge role in politics and military.

This is mainly related to the political background of the time. In the ninth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang accepted the suggestion of Liu Jing in Langzhong, and moved a large number of 2,000 large households, heroes and their families in the Kanto region to Guanzhong, serve Changling, and build Changling County near the cemetery for the migrants to live. Later, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying built the Anling Tomb, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi built the Yangling Tomb, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che also followed suit and successively built the Anlingyi, Yanglingyi and Maolingyi near the cemetery.

Many of the Lingyi are moved by large families, relatively speaking, they are still relatively wealthy, and the scale of the city is also large, but there are also some criminals and refugees who have also settled here, forming a large gap between the rich and the poor.

Of course, the most famous in Yanglingyi is Zhu Anshi, the hero of Yangling, in fact, not only Yanglingyi, but also Changlingyi and Anlingyi all know the reputation of Yanglingxia.

The hero of Yangling still comes to the bazaar every 1st, 11th, and 21st to set up an altar to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases for the people, and still uses his summoning talisman to cure diseases.

Of course, not only Yanglingyi, but other apprentices of Yangling Daxia are also in other Lingyi, using his summoning talisman to treat people. Among them, the eldest disciple Wan Fang set up an altar in Changlingyi, the second disciple Tuda set up an altar to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases in Anlingyi, and some other small places also have his disciples who set up altars to drive away ghosts and cure diseases, there are almost a dozen of them, large and small, all over the Sanfu area around Chang'an City.

This year's drought has caused no harvest for the peasants, and to add insult to injury, the plague has been rampant again, and many people have died of hunger and disease, and the Lingyi area is no exception. Every time Zhu Anshi tried to open the altar, he saw groups of refugees, and the number of them increased.

The disciple also told him that it was the same in other places.

Zhu Anshi, who has a heroic temperament, saw batches of refugees who were about to starve to death, and he couldn't bear it, so he took out the food at home to help these refugees; But it's all a drop in the bucket, and the valuable things at home are basically sold, and they still can't plug this hole.

At the end of each month, the disciples who are distributed in various places will come back to Zhu Anshi's house in Yanglingyi to get together, just like the current company's end-of-month summary meeting, so as to discuss matters.

The end of June came, and disciples from all over the country also came to Yanglingyi one after another. Everyone sighed when they met, in fact, most of Zhu Anshi's disciples were also born as refugees, and they naturally had a sense of compassion for those refugees who lived in hardship, unlike those big families, who regarded refugees as grass mustard, and obviously the family was so rich that they were unwilling to take out a little food to help the refugees.

As soon as the disciples enter the door, they must first worship the statue of the pot gong, put a big gourd on the left side of the statue of the pot and put a nine-section scepter on the right, it is said that the gourd and the nine-section staff were used by the pot gong during his lifetime, and he passed it on to Zhu Anshi after his death.

After worshipping the pot prince, the disciples sat on both sides according to the eldest and youngest, and Zhu Anshi sat in the middle, and the meeting began.

The first to speak was Zhu Anshi, who saw him say: "Everyone, I didn't expect that there has been not a drop of rain in the past few months, the land is cracked, there is no harvest, the people are not living, and they are starving all over the wilderness; We follow the instructions of the pot before his death, hang the pot to help the world, but our resources are limited, and what we can help is a drop in the bucket. ”

The eldest disciple Wan Fang was a short man, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master, Changlingyi is the same, every day many refugees pour in from the north and south; I am also from a refugee background, and fortunately because Master rescued me back then, otherwise I would have ascended to heaven, so whenever I see those refugees starving to death on the streets, I shed tears, but we can't help it. ”

"It's all like this now."

It was the second disciple Tu Da who spoke, with a very sturdy figure, a full beard, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was full of swearing, only to hear him say loudly: "Although there are many big families in Anlingyi, all of them are misers, and they don't take some food out to help the refugees; The most hateful thing is that the government, not only does not help the refugees, but also often drives them away, does not let them into the city, that day I saw a soldier guarding the city gate beating and scolding the refugees, Lao Tzu almost went up and beat the damn one. ”

"Master, if we continue like this, we won't even have anything to eat ourselves, let alone help others."

The third disciple Wu Yingxian is a straight man, as soon as he opened his mouth, he said everyone's sore spots, the current situation is that he is about to run out of food, how to help the refugees, I saw him continue: "Last month, the master went to borrow grain from Zhang Gong at the South Gate, and the old immortal lonely cold was so cold that he didn't borrow a grain of rice, and he didn't give a face; Later, I went to Ren Shen's house at the east gate to borrow it, and I also ate the closed door soup, these misers, God will accept them sooner or later."

The fourth disciple Guan Jian looks like a weak scholar and has been silent, but don't look at him silently, in fact, he is full of ghost ideas, Zhu Anshi usually asks his opinion when he encounters any thorny questions: "Guan Jian, what do you think?" ”

"Master, brothers, I also went with Master to borrow grain last month, and I saw that many big families in the city actually had their granaries full, and they only sent a few families to garrison them. The officers and soldiers in the city have been requisitioned and transferred to Yanmen Pass at the beginning of the year, and now the city is empty, so it is better for us to ......."

He didn't continue, but everyone present knew what he was going to say.

Wu Yingxian, who was anxious, immediately echoed: "Master, those birdmen will definitely not be able to come soft, it is better to come hard." ”

Tu Da couldn't sit still, stood up and said: "Master, now we don't have anything to eat, starving to death is death, going to rob and being beaten to death is also death, now there are so many refugees, they trust us very much, as long as we raise our arms, they will definitely follow us in response; Or maybe we get food and don't get killed. ”

Wan Fang also said: "The granaries of many big families over there in Changlingyi are also guarded by some people, we have a lot of people, it is easy to get it, our purpose is to grab grain, it is best not to kill people, so that the government will investigate it, and our responsibility will be less." ”

So everyone chattered and discussed, Zhu Lilun has not been silent, Zhu Anshi has always known that his brother has seen the world and has political acumen, so he asked him: "Lilun, I see that you have not spoken up, do you have any good suggestions, say it for your reference." ”

Since Zhu Lilun returned to Qi after Gongsun Qing, he also returned to his hometown in Yangling and joined Zhu Anshi's camp. Seeing that his brother Zhu Anshi was asking him, he said: "I'm thinking about the aftermath, if the matter gets big and the government sends someone to suppress it, what should we do?" Since we want to grab food, we can only grab the grain of those big households, and we must not rob the grain of the government, and it is better to find a safe place to hide after grabbing, and wait for a while to see how the situation comes out; If the crown prince can ascend the throne earlier, we can explain to the prince clearly by virtue of the relationship between the prince and the grandson, saying that we are also forced by the times to do so, and we are forced to do this out of desperation, and ask the prince for forgiveness, so that we may be able to survive. ”

After listening to Zhu Lilun's analysis, Zhu Anshi nodded and said: "It makes sense, we only rob big families, rob the rich and help the poor, so that we will not be said to be against the government, but where do we hide after we grab the grain?" ”

At this time, Wan Fang said in his hoarse voice: "Master, we can escape to my hometown in Qishan, Qishan has high mountains and dangerous roads, and there are many caves, which are very suitable for hiding, I grew up there since I was a child, and I am very familiar with the mountain roads over there. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Anshi also nodded yes, Guan Jian saw that everyone agreed with his proposal to grab grain, so he said: "Master, brothers, after we act, those big households will definitely report to the government, and the government will send troops to investigate at that time; We can do things together in different places at the same time, so that we can disperse the government's pursuit so that we can retreat. ”

After Tu Da heard Guan Jian finish speaking, he slapped his thigh and said loudly: "The fourth brother is reasonable, senior brother and I can do things in Changlingyi and Anlingyi respectively, and the time, Master, you will decide, and everyone will act separately after making an appointment." ”。

"Master, set a time........

At this time, everyone urged Zhu Anshi to make up his mind as soon as possible.