This edict can be said to be very dissatisfied with all the kings.

Especially Dong Jingzhen, his own brother was killed by Xiao Miao, he guarded Changsha, the emperor sent someone to pardon him, but asked him to disband the soldiers and horses, and then recruit him back to Jiangling, as long as he was not stupid, he understood that the emperor was not well-intentioned.

Even the Eight Kings were already annoyed, not to mention that Yang Shilin Tianzan was not a subordinate general of his lineage.

"Xiao Milling has a generous temperament and a suspicious heart, jealous of those who have won, but there is no real power in the hands of soldiers and horses, before it was just the turmoil in the world, and the south of the mountain was empty, so the generals could conquer the city and be invincible, just a few years with 400,000 followers, dozens of counties, and now there is a king in the Central Plains, but Xiao Milling also made the disarming and returning to the field, this is to do death."

Xu Shao previously led the four counties to Qin, Xiao Mo sent the King of Song to attack, but instead suffered a big defeat, and then the Qin army attacked Fangling and beheaded the king of Dongping.

"Dong Jingzhen guards Changsha, Zhang Xiu guards Baling, and Lei Shimeng guards Jiangxia, if you can persuade these three generals to return to Qin together, the credit is not small."

"Dong Jingzhen's brother rebelled and was killed, Xiao Mo is now going to recruit him to Jiangling, I think I can contact him, as for the rest of Zhang Xiu and Lei Shimeng, I can't see it clearly for the time being, these two have always been brutal, I'm afraid that they may not be willing to give up the position of the king of freedom."

"Then contact Dong Jingzhen first." Tian Zan decided.

Changsha County.

Dong Jingzhen was worried when she received a secret letter from Yang Shilin in Handong, and after reading it, Dong Jingzhen gritted her teeth.

"Xiao Milling Lao'er, dare to bully me like this? If there is no generation, how can he be called a lonely widow, if he is undecided today, but he is already going to kill the heroes, since this is the case, it will be the opposite! ”

Dong Jingzhen is very burly and tall, he was born in the army, and he is also from Dongting Lake, and his temper has always been short-tempered.

In fact, his brother's rebellion also had his meaning, and it was not really a rebellion, but because of Xiao Miao's order to disarm and return to the field, the kings were very dissatisfied, so he asked his brother to deliberately do something to knock down the emperor.

Who knows, this Xiao Mo actually had the courage to trick his brother into the palace and kill him, and now he has to recruit him into Beijing.

If that were all he had, he would not be afraid.

But now he has news from Jiangling, saying that the emperor listened to the advice of his advisers and gave Zhang Xiu, the king of Qi, who was guarding Baling County, a secret decree, asking Zhang Xiu to send troops to attack Dong Jingzhen, and promised to give Changsha County to Zhang Xiu after capturing Changsha, and promoted Zhang Xiu to Shangshu Ling.

With this benefit, Zhang Xiu was tempted.

Zhang Xiu and Dong Jingzhen were not in the same group, at first Dong Jingzhen and others were the captains of Baling County, and Zhang Xiu and his gang were the captains of the government soldiers of Weiyang County.

Now Dong Jingzhen guards Changsha County, and Zhang Xiu guards Baling, and the strength of the two sides is equal.

"Lao Tzu did this at the beginning, it was also for everyone, and now Zhang Xiuxiao'er actually betrayed me, since this is the case, it is the opposite."

At that moment, Dong Jingzhen immediately replied to Yang Shilin and Tian Zan and others, and made an appointment with the five counties to raise troops to return to Qin together.

Zhongjing, Luoyang.

After Luo Cheng became emperor, he came to the Eastern Capital for the first time.

The last time I came to Luoyang, I returned to Luoyang to see the Son of Heaven after an Eastern Expedition.

It's been six years.

When I went south from Hedong, I saw better along the way, although the large fields were barren and many villages were destroyed, but there were still many people in the cities.

But after crossing the Yellow River and entering the boundary of Henan, it was shocking.

Large fields are overgrown with weeds, and some fields have even grown thickets that are taller than a person, not in a year or two, but at least because of several years of desolation.

On the side of the road, there are even many unburied bones exposed in the wild.

Sometimes, for hundreds of miles, there was not a single human population in sight, and all the villages they passed through were destroyed, and even many cities were left in ruins.

"The Central Plains, which was once the richest, is now such a post-apocalyptic scene, with white bones exposed in the wilderness, no roosters crowing for hundreds of miles, and all the fields are barren."

Xiao Yu rode a horse beside the emperor and couldn't help sighing.

"Although there have been many bandits in Hedong in recent years, there have been no major wars after all, but in the Central Plains, first there were thieves and rebellions, and then Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and then Li Mi, and then Wang Shichong, I don't know how many battles have been fought. The people could no longer live, so they had to flee. ”

The continuous bandit and military disasters, coupled with the dragnet-style plundering and conscription, and the desertion, followed by several floods caused by the disrepair of the water conservancy, coupled with the great drought that is almost every three or five years, made it impossible for the people of the Central Plains to survive.

Either they were coerced into the thief army, or they were conscripted into the official army, or they joined the army of deserters.

"In the land of Henan in the Central Plains, there used to be a county with a population of 230,000 households, with a population of 12 million people, and there was an endless stream of vendors, how lively, but now, there is only a desolation."

Wen Daya, as Luo Cheng's bachelor of Hanlin, reported to the emperor, "According to the preliminary statistics of the counties in Henan, there are only 10,000 households left in many counties, and even 10,000 households in some counties. ”

It wasn't until I arrived in Luoyang that I felt that there were a little more people here, and I was a little more popular.

But after entering Luoyang City, Luo Cheng couldn't help but shake his head.

Luoyang City, the new capital, which has only been repaired for more than ten years, is now dilapidated.

The canals are clogged, the city is dirty, sewage is overflowing, and there are beggars and hungry people everywhere.

How can there be a little bit of the glorious weather of Kyoto.

Where the Emperor's chariot passed.

Countless people knelt on the side of the street, crying.

Their cries are joyful and joyful.

The Great Qin Emperor is here, and perhaps the suffering can finally end.

Luo Cheng turned his head to Xiao Yu and Wen Daya and said, "The most urgent thing now is disaster relief and peace of mind. Bring all the food you have on hand to help the disaster, so that these hungry people can fill their stomachs and survive first. ”

It is best to give food to the people for disaster relief, and choose the strongest among them to build bridges and pave roads, repair river embankments and bridges, and repair cities.

"The next step is to resume production, the people who are willing to return to their hometowns will be given food, and those who do not want to return can settle down on the spot, and then give them land and land, if they are willing to go outside the customs, they can enjoy generous immigration treatment, can divide more land and grant land, and there are free houses to live in."

"There is no harvest this summer, but we can't delay the summer planting any longer."

"Your Majesty, Luoyang is ruined, do you want to recruit young and strong people to repair the palace first?"

Luo Cheng had a dark face, "What is the palace anxious about?" No matter how dilapidated it is, it is much stronger than the conditions for marching and camping, don't repair the palace first, just make up for the people who can live there, repair the yamen simply, and quickly restore the operation of the yamen. Releasing grain for disaster relief, building roads and bridges, repairing river embankments, and dredging canals are the top priorities. ”

Questions were raised.

"Your Majesty, if you use food for all-out disaster relief, then you will not be able to supply the army for war."

At present, the situation is very good, and it is time to take advantage of the victory to attack Guanzhong.

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"Since the grain transshipment is not in time, then there can only be one of two things in the disaster relief and reassurance and the conquest of Guanzhong, so we will suspend the attack first, make every effort to pacify and relieve the disaster, and just give the soldiers a little time to rest, and then let them go all out to sweep away the bandits in the newly recovered land, I don't talk about any road not to be left behind, but there will never be bandits and bandits rampant in the countryside."