Chapter 121: Omen of Troubled Times
"Report, the five provinces in Hongzejiang were hit by disasters, thousands of hectares of fertile land were destroyed in one fell swoop, and the people had no food for the winter.
"According to the report, six provinces in Ziyan Xinjiang have been hit by disasters, the embankments along the Huangshui River have collapsed, floods have flooded, the victims have been displaced, homeless, and there have been frequent looting incidents in various places."
"Newspaper, eight provinces in Yanxiu Xinjiang were affected by the earthquake, all the ground buildings collapsed, hundreds of people were buried in the rubble, the earthquake caused a mountain fire, the fire rushed into the sky, and it has not been extinguished so far."
"Report, the six provinces of Cheng'an Xinjiang have collapsed, and the place where the earthquake occurred happened to be in the base camp of the war guards, and more than 600,000 war guards and officials from various provinces, governments, and counties have all suffered misfortune and are completely paralyzed at this moment."
"Report, all the ten provinces of Penglai Xinjiang were covered by the earthquake, tens of millions of people were killed, ruins and broken walls everywhere, like purgatory on earth, officials from all over the country lost contact, and the victims began to loot supplies."
At this time, although it was late at night, but no one slept in the forbidden city, in front of the gate of the Heavenly Palace, Zhuge Yiyan and the four scholars of the Wenfang Hall were reporting the excerpts presented in various places, after hearing these data, the emperor on the dragon collapsed showed a trace of sadness on his face, and he was silent for a long time.
"Emperor, the current disaster is urgent, Weichen and others think that they should send important ministers to the disaster to relieve the people, and must not let the natural disaster turn into a disaster. Seeing that the emperor didn't say a word, Zhuge suggested softly.
"Tell me the will!" The words sounded suddenly, and the emperor who was meditating with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the ministers in front of him, and ordered in a solemn tone: "Qin gave the second prince Yuanwen as the Qin mission, and personally went to Penglai Xinjiang to relieve the disaster and comfort the people."
The four princes of Qin gave the four princes to go to Yanxiu Xinjiang for disaster relief and relief in person, Qin gave the three princes to go to Cheng'an Xinjiang for disaster relief and relief for the people, and Qin gave the six princes to go to Hongzejiang for disaster relief and relief for the people. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Qin gave Ma Lingxia as a messenger to go to Ziyan Xinjiang for disaster relief and comfort the people, in view of the fact that the former governors of Liuli and Ziyan stayed in the imperial capital after leaving office, I ordered the ------- princess Xia Ning'er to go to the fief to benefit the people."
The five Qincha were ordered to leave the city immediately and go to their respective areas for disaster relief, exempt the affected areas from paying taxes for three years, and the yamen of all provinces, prefectures, and counties immediately provided disaster relief, resettled the victims, quelled the riots, and activated the household department to reserve rice and grain, and urgently distributed them to the affected territories, giving priority to ensuring the food and clothing of the victims. ”
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As soon as Ling Xia came out of the ministry, he was passed into the palace by the eunuchs, and after he figured out what had happened and received the emperor's will, he hurriedly received the decree to thank the emperor, and met the emperor with the other four princes, and listened to the emperor's instructions for disaster relief.
Because Ling Xia is a concubine, his grade is a few levels lower than that of the princes, so he is the last to meet the emperor, as soon as they meet, the emperor will go straight to the topic and ask Ling Xia, do you have any plans for disaster relief?
In the face of the emperor's inquiry, Ling Xia did not hide it, he told the emperor that the top priority is to give priority to ensuring the basic living needs of the victims, including food, drinking water, tents, warm clothing, and secondly, to fight the riots, and must not let the riots spread and rage.
All that remains is to dig up the rubble, remove the bodies of the dead, cremate and disinfect both human and animal carcasses to prevent the plague, and then rebuild damaged embankments to help rebuild their homes.
Seeing that Ling Xia already had a clue about the disaster relief matter, the emperor nodded approvingly, and after adding a few words, he looked at Ling Xia with a solemn face, and said in a sighing tone: "You just finished forming the division today, and I originally wanted to keep you to guard the forbidden city."
It's a pity that the heavens are not successful, such a natural disaster happened yesterday, hundreds of millions of Li people are homeless, my heart is like a knife, and now there are internal and external troubles, Peng Tiangang supports the army and stands on his own, although the infinite ocean island country temporarily withdrew its troops under fear, but this is only a temporary phenomenon.
The matter between Peng Tiangang and the Infinite Ocean Island Country has not yet been resolved, and such a natural disaster has occurred in the five territories, it would be better on weekdays, but at this juncture, I am afraid that it is not only the Infinite Ocean Island Country that has bad intentions.
Our other neighbor, the Million Mountain Alliance is estimated to be taking advantage of the situation, I don't know why you instigated the princess to choose Liulijiang in the first place? But since it is a foregone conclusion, it can only be prevented according to the current situation.
The Million Mountain Alliance has lived in the Million Mountains for generations, and they use the mountain peaks as their territory, the strongest priests live in the largest and highest mountain ranges, and the weak mountain lords can only choose small mountains as their territory.
Although the mountain people were primitive and savage, their fighting power was very fierce, and the emperor had fought with them several times during his reign over the ownership of the border peaks, and later the two sides took a natural snow peak as the boundary.
The snow peak is more than 8,000 meters above sea level, about thousands of kilometers long, and is covered with snow all year round, so that humans and animals cannot survive on it at all.
Liulijiang is close to the boundary line of the Million Mountain Alliance Alliance, although there is that snow peak as a natural barrier, but it is only the middle part, the height of the most corner of the snow peak is only a few hundred meters, and the other party can completely cross over and invade.
At present, the situation in the imperial capital is unstable, and the war guards in the surrounding nine frontiers have been requisitioned and transferred by the prince, taking advantage of this natural disaster, Ning'er still goes to the fiefdom for a good time, I am worried that after she goes, she will encounter millions of mountain ranges to take advantage of people's danger, so after thinking about it, I decided to send you back, with you to take care of Ning'er, I can rest assured.
Although I don't believe in fate, I feel that this is the number of days, throughout the past few days, neighboring countries have invaded, soldiers and horses have rebelled, the guards have made rebellion, the prince has left the palace, the five natural disasters in Xinjiang, the four princes have been relieved, Ning'er is gone, you are also gone, and the huge imperial capital is empty all of a sudden.
I think that this earthquake is a sign of heaven, it is the heavens that warn me, and it is the emperor who is giving me a revelation, enlightening me, this troubled world is coming. ”
When he said this, the emperor's face was full of embarrassment, he glanced at Ling Xia, and then waved his hand with a lonely face: "Having said so much, I am a little tired, you can go, tell Ning'er that among the many children, everyone else has changed, only she is the same as when she was a child, so I let her live a good life."
At this moment, she should have been sick, Ning'er when she was sick, she couldn't remember me at all, so I didn't see her, Ling Xia, you take her away later, this farewell, I'm afraid I'll never see you and Ning'er again, I hope you can remember what I trusted, if the court is in trouble in the future, you must help the prince. ”
"Ling Xia obeys the holy parable." After saying this, Ling Xia turned around and left, out of the Heavenly Palace, he went straight to Wanxiu Palace, called Yao Xinyao to open the door, Ling Xia asked her and Li Jinxuan to pack the princess's clothes, and after the order, Ling Xia went directly to Xia Ning'er.
Seeing that Ling Xia was coming to find her, Xia Ning'er was very happy at night, and pestered Ling Xia to tell her a story.
Looking at the innocent and innocent Xia Ning'er in front of her, Ling Xia pondered for a moment, and whispered a few words to her, after Xia Ning'er remembered it, Ling Xia pulled her back to the Heavenly Palace, and saw Ling Xia go and return, although the eunuch was strange, but still went inside to report, and after a while, the eunuch shouted loudly: "Xuan's horse and the princess are here." ”