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How much Yan Xueyi hopes to unify the whole country at this time, and then lead the army to pacify this small country that has brought countless disasters to the Chinese nation, but not yet, Yan Xueyi does not have enough strength, and Yan Xueyi needs time.

However, the next thing that happened caused the anger of the entire Yan clan and opened the curtain of the Yan clan's rebellion against the Manchus under the leadership of Yan Xueyi.

On July 1, 1879, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale struck Wudu District, Wudu District, Longnan City, Kusu Province.

When the earthquake occurred, the landslide in the south of Wudu washed away dozens of meters of city walls, more than 200 houses, most of the temples and government houses collapsed, and the river bridge 50 kilometers outside the city collapsed. The hardest-hit areas include more than 10 counties, including Xigu, Lixian, Tianshui, and Qin'an. There are also more than 10 counties in the lightly affected areas. The earthquake affected five provinces, including Siqi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Hubei, and killed more than 20,000 people.

Historical records record that when an earthquake occurred, the sound of the ground was like thunder, and the ground cracked and the water surged, sweeping hundreds of miles. The castles, government offices, ancestral temples, and private houses in Wudu either collapsed completely, or the pillars collapsed and the walls cracked. Landslides blocked the river, and the river burst its banks and washed away half of the city. A total of 694 people died in the ten shops inside and outside the city, and 8,564 people died in the four townships. A total of 10,792 people died in Wen County. More than 2,000 people died in Xigu and Qin'an in Chengxian County. Qinzhou, Li County, Xihe, and Hui County were the lightest, with a total of more than 500 deaths. Livestock were crushed and injured in many cases.

There is a poem that describes the scene of the earthquake: "...... Suddenly, the earth roared, and the city fell and the houses cracked, and there was nowhere to go. The first house shook to avoid the mountains, and the landslide was buried under the deep cliff. The husband is looking for his wife and father looking for his son, and the crying is ignored all over the world. Poor Jiezhou 100,000 teeth, more than 30,000 people died on the same day. ”

Fortunately, the Wudu earthquake did not occur in modern times, otherwise the casualties would have been more severe, after all, the people of that era were just living in ordinary bungalows and tiled houses or even grass houses, and there was a great possibility of surviving the collapse of the house when the earthquake came, and it is impossible for such a major earthquake in modern times not to kill more than 50,000 people.

As a famous earthquake recorded in history, Yan Xueyi once ordered his subordinates to spread the news in the area where the earthquake occurred, and even ordered the Yan firm to prepare a batch of materials (not too much, to prevent outsiders from doubting) in Dasu to relieve the victims, so that this disaster-ridden nation could reduce its suffering.

Until the news of the earthquake reached Yanjiabao, Yan Xueyi's subordinates had a fanatical look every time they saw Yan Xueyi, that was a kind of faith, Yan Xueyi became the god in his heart, and even Yan Xueyi would not hesitate to agree if he wanted him to die, can people predict the earthquake?

But an incident that happened after the earthquake made Yan Xueyi, who still wanted to enjoy a more gentle township, angry, and the Yan clan people who got the news were also angry and scolded.

Zuo Zongtang, who was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu at the time (Zuo Zongtang served as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu for an uncertain period of time, the novel uses the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu from 1867 to 1881 in the sixth year of Tongzhi) quickly sent people to help the victims after the earthquake, but there was not much money and food in his hands, and there were hundreds of thousands of victims.

There is no money and grain in his hands, and it will take time to apply for transfer from the imperial court, and the imperial court will not be able to allocate too much money and grain, so Zuo Zongtang can only think of other ways to raise money and grain.

Thinking about it, the best way is to "borrow" from a businessman, wasn't it "borrowed" from Qiao Zhiyong when he put down the rebellion? This time Zuo Zongtang also planned to borrow, but this time he didn't ask Qiao Zhiyong to borrow, after all, Qiao Zhiyong was cut to only skin and bones, this time it is better to change someone, so Zuo Zongtang set his sights on the upstart Yan's firm, after all, Zuo Zongtang's relatives also cooperated with Yan's firm, and they got a lot of benefits every year, Zuo Zongtang knew a lot about the windfall profits of Yan's firm, so he was ready to cut meat on Yan's firm.

The matter was urgent, Zuo Zongtang did not hesitate, and took a team of Hunan troops to the branch of Yan's firm, found Yan Daoqing (Yan Xueyi's uncle), the manager of Yan's firm, and "borrowed" one million taels of silver from Yan Daoqing to help the victims, and at the same time hoped that Yan Daoqing would use the gathering of Yan's firm to buy various materials to transport to the disaster area.

However, Yan Daoqing was only a governor of Kusu Province, and he couldn't decide to borrow a million taels of silver, not to mention that the Yan family didn't have so much silver in Kusu Province, how could he borrow it.

Yan Daoqing just explained a few words, Zuo Zongtang didn't have the patience to listen, borrowing is borrowing, not borrowing is not borrowing, what are you doing with so much nonsense, directly let his subordinates Xiang Jun arrest Yan Daoqing, and let Yan's firm raise one million taels of silver (materials) to redeem, if you can't get the silver, you will seal Yan's firm.

In desperation, the second steward could only obediently raise money, while passing the book to the patriarch of Yan Jiabao and Yan Daozhen, the third uncle of Yan Xueyi in the capital (this thing can be had, and the cable telegraph will appear in China in a few years).

Yan Xueyi couldn't be angry after getting the news, and immediately ordered all over the country to raise supplies, money and food to arrive in the disaster area, and Yan Daozhen personally went to the town of Kusu and rescued Yan Daoqing.

Material resources worth more than one million taels of silver were continuously transported into the disaster area, but the Hunan army under Zuo Zongtang did not let the people of Yan's trading house directly contact the victims, but directly pulled away the materials when they arrived in the corresponding area, and the Hunan army provided relief to the victims.

The victims received effective relief, and Zuo Zongtang released Yan Daoqing, who had lost a lot of weight, although Yan Daoqing was not tortured in the prison, but is the prison a place for people? Yan Daoqing has never received this kind of treatment.

The Yan clan people who saw Yan Daoqing's tragic situation all scolded Zuo Zongtang, and the benefits that Yan's firm gave to Zuo Zongtang were fed to the dogs.

Originally, Yan's firm was ready to fully support Zuo Zongtang to help the victims, but he didn't expect Zuo Zongtang to force "borrow" one million silver from Yan's firm, and the possibility of repaying the money was almost non-existent, and everyone knew what happened to Qiao Zhiyong.

But what's the use of being angry, people are big officials, and they still have military power in their hands, even if the Yan clan launches a relationship network, it has no effect, Zuo Zongtang is a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and is deeply trusted.

The Yan clan had to endure this breath, and they had to continue to cooperate with Zuo Zongtang, otherwise they would be hit by Zuo Zongtang's forces.

Yan Daoqing was escorted back to Yanjiabao by Yan Daozhen after recuperating for a period of time, and each Yan clan saw the emaciated Yan Daoqing, and the anger that had not completely dissipated burned again, and the six elders of the Yan clan and the patriarch Yan Xueyi personally came out to welcome Yan Daoqing home.