Yizhou Wei family, the head of the family, Wei Gonghan, saw the defeat of the Ji family at the beginning, and he sent more than 100,000 troops to pursue the remnants of the Ji family. But before these soldiers and horses could fight with the Ji family, they were lost in natural disasters.

Immediately afterwards, Yizhou, which was under his jurisdiction, was also enveloped by natural disasters, and violent storms and rains hit the southeast of Yizhou. The vast and fierce earthquake struck the northwest of Yizhou.

All of a sudden, the entire Yizhou fell into a quagmire and swamp from which it was difficult to extricate itself.

In the face of such a sudden natural disaster, the Wei family had no defensive strategy and suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, the Wei family, which had already been hit hard by the Ji family, made matters worse, and it was difficult to control the situation again.

Countless children and elites of the Wei family died in natural disasters, and the wealth they had hoarded was also wiped out. In addition, they didn't hoard much food in the first place, but now that the natural disaster suddenly came, the entire Yizhou was suddenly a mess.

The people's hearts were lost, and the soldiers rebelled. These people did not want to die in vain, and they joined in the robbery of what little money and wealth they had left, in order to survive the natural disaster.

The Wei family no longer has the ability to rescue the people affected by the disaster, nor can they regain control of the area under their jurisdiction, because they are too busy to take care of themselves, and there is internal chaos and food shortages.

The once incomparably brilliant great family has completely lost its color, wealth and wealth in the face of terrifying natural disasters, and all that is left is unwillingness and despair.

This is the case for the Wei family, and so is the Huo family in Jingzhou.

The two families of them are in extreme chaos internally, and the descendants and collateral families are fighting for the food to survive.

They all know that this natural disaster will not pass anytime soon, and if they don't grab the life-saving food now, they will definitely starve to death in the future. At the same time, they also know that because of this natural disaster, all the areas under their jurisdiction will be lost. The little food that is left now is already the most valuable treasure and the foundation of survival.

On the premise of surviving, they no longer care about any family affection and affection, and they only have struggle left in their hearts.

"Hurry up and send a letter asking for help from Wang Mang!"

Huo Jianghai, the patriarch of the Huo family, aged countless times overnight, and he felt powerless in the face of such a situation, so he immediately thought of Wang Mang.

He deeply knew that if he didn't ask for help from Wang Mang, his Huo family's roots and seedlings would definitely suffer heavy losses.

He didn't want to see his Huo family's descendants starve to death on the streets, nor did he want to see them kill each other for food, he wanted to fight for a glimmer of life for his children and grandchildren.

"Wang Mang hoarded a large amount of grain three years ago, you quickly send a letter to him for help, and ask him to quickly transfer 1 million deniers of grain to the emergency disaster."

Huo Jianghai urged the clansmen: "At the same time, send a letter to my grandson Huo Rongsheng and ask him to come forward to negotiate with Wang Mang." I expect that this natural disaster will last for a long time, and our Huo family will not be able to survive it at all. We don't even have to wait for the natural disaster to pass, and the people of our territory will kill us and rob us of what little food we have left. You told Wang Mang that as long as he is willing to mobilize food for disaster relief, I am willing to agree to any request he makes. ”

Huo Jianghai went out, and he was willing to give up everything in order to protect the family.

Under his order, the master of the Murong family urgently sent a message to Wang Mang, asking for help Wang Mang to send troops and food for disaster relief.

Among the major forces in Kyushu at present, only Wang Mang's side still has the people's will, morale is still the same, and there is a lot of food hoarding, which is enough to survive the natural disaster safely.

Huo Jianghai thought of Wang Mang for the first time, and the leaders of other major families also thought of Wang Mang, because at present, only Wang Mang has excess food hoarding, and only Wang Mang can save himself from fire and water.

Regardless of whether they had a grudge with Wang Mang or not, they all put their hopes on Wang Mang.

There were even many princes and magnates who played slogans, saying that they were going to sacrifice their daughters to Wang Mang, so as to ask Wang Mang for help.

In order to survive, they let go of their dignity, their shame, their family affection, and everything....

Red dust, red dust!

As soon as the catastrophe came, the complexity and selfishness of the human heart were directly revealed.

Time flies, and a month passes.

Some people have gone to a dead end for a little food, killing their compatriots and plundering other people's rations. Some people sell their relatives and friends for a little food in exchange for a glimmer of life. Some people, in order not to starve to death, actually began to plan to eat human flesh....

The good and evil in the world have no cover in the face of this natural disaster, and in order to live, they have abandoned everything.

Jingzhou Huo family for help, Yizhou Wei family for help, Yangzhou Zhao family for help, Yongzhou Chen family for help, Liangzhou Zhuge family for help.....

All of a sudden, countless letters of help reached Wang Mang's side.

Wang Mang had expected that they would ask for help, but Wang Mang was also weak and could not meet their needs at once.

Because Wang Mang only had so much grain to hoard, and it was even more scarce if it was spread evenly, Wang Mang did not dare to rashly agree to the requests of these families.

He was waiting, waiting for those great families to be completely exhausted. Because only in this way can Wang Mang make better and more effective use of the already insufficient food hoarding to help them tide over the difficulties.

If they immediately rushed to Wang Mang's aid as soon as they opened their mouths, then they would definitely be wasted under the status of nobles, which was not in line with Wang Mang's wishes.

Wang Mang needed them to let go of their aristocratic status and extravagance, and like the people of Gansu, they could only eat two meals of fine grain a day.

Wang Mang didn't promise to help, but he didn't refuse either, his attitude was very intriguing, as if he was waiting for something.

Of course, although he did not immediately rush to the aid of the major families, he led a large amount of rice grain and soldiers to help the imperial capital Qingzhou. At the same time, he also asked Zhang Gongqiong to be on standby at any time, ready to rush to the aid of major families.

As soon as Wang Mang arrived in the imperial capital, all the civil and military officials of the imperial capital went out of the city to greet him.

The reason why he came to the imperial capital was also deliberately done by him, it was he who let Gongsun Ce operate, and let the Emperor Liu Geng, the son of heaven, issue an edict.

If the name is not right, it will be difficult for Wang Mang to act.

He needs a proper name, a proper identity. Because in the previous period, he was in a state of deposition, without any official position, and could not participate in the government.

Although identity and fame are just an ornament, sometimes this ornament is very important.

Under the operation of Gongsun Ce, the Son of Heaven Liu Xun issued twelve edicts asking Wang Mang to go to the imperial capital immediately but to serve as the prime minister, lead the court, lead the group, and lead hundreds of civil and military officials to help the people of Kyushu tide over the disaster.

Originally, the position of prime minister was controlled by Huo Jianghai, the head of the Huo family, but since the Ji family sent troops to attack Jingzhou, Huo Jianghai left the imperial capital and went to Jingzhou to sit in Jingzhou, his position as prime minister was like a fictitious, just a name, leaving a few dispensable people to stay in the imperial capital, and did not personally participate in the government affairs, nor did he have the energy to participate.

Now that the Son of Heaven has issued an edict to reinstate Wang Mangguan, not to mention the addition of an official to replace Huo Jianghai as the prime minister, Huo Jianghai has no objection to this situation, and at the same time he does not dare to object.

Huo Jianghai already knew that this natural disaster was Wang Mang's opportunity, and it was a good opportunity for Wang Mang to conquer the world, because only Wang Mang was prepared to deal with natural disasters in advance. I can't stop it, once I stop it rashly, my Huo family will not only be unable to get Wang Mang's assistance, but will even be attacked by other major families in the world.