Chapter 428: The Officials Coerce the People to Rebel (Part II)
Although there were small conflicts in Chang'an City after the founding of the Great Shun Dynasty, there has not been a big military disaster like today for two hundred years. The people lived in Chang'an City in order to get the protection of the dragon qi of the Son of Heaven, but today it was a disaster, and there was such a big turmoil at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
After an effective organization, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Chang'an Battalion and the Dongshui Battalion quickly marched into the inner city, and cooperated with the Imperial Forest Army to besiege the recalcitrant rebels. In the face of the siege of regular soldiers, the rebels did not do the most difficult battle of the trapped beasts, and chose to surrender sporadically.
The rebellion began in the morning and ended before sunset.
The rebellion came out suddenly, and it ended quickly. The time was short, and the purpose of the impact of the rioters was clear, and it did not affect the lives of the residents of Chang'an City, and the ordinary people were just frightened for a day, and when the city quieted down at dusk, the people of the government came out to make a announcement, saying that everything was stable in Chang'an City, and the people dared to go out of their homes to the streets to see what was going on.
As a result of the incident, most of the men among the victims participated in the rebellion, and there were countless casualties, even if they did not die, the men in the family were gone, there was no house, no return, and the future was at a loss. Besieged by the imperial army, there was a dead silence among the victims, everyone had an expression of almost despair on their faces, even the Department of Commerce and Trade and the residents of Chang'an City spontaneously organized to open a porridge field, and the victims were unwilling to receive porridge, for them, with today, there may not be tomorrow, the imperial court had already given up on them to drive them out of the city, and now they have experienced this rebellion. It is already good if there is no wanton slaughter. Even if they don't slaughter, drive them out of Chang'an City. They still die.
The night of the 28th day of the lunar month was the saddest night for the victims in Chang'an City, and their relatives went out to grab food and clothes for them, but they could never come back. The bodies of the people who participated in the riots were transported away by the people from Jingzhao Prefecture who connected to the Yamen of the Sixth Defense Division, and they were all transported out of the city to the mass graves for burial, which meant that these victims would never see their relatives again. Many of them seem to be able to reunite on Huangquan Road.
On the twenty-eighth night of the lunar month, the cold wind was fierce, and most of the victims did not wake up after falling asleep. Women, children and children. Sitting in front of the cigarette sticks held by the old man's trembling hands, he listened to them preach the last doctrine. Under such a great tragedy, people can only hope that they will have a place to live after death, and they will no longer have to suffer in the world.
The story told by the old man was so beautiful, and the big eyes of the children seemed to have a little more yearning for the beauty of another world.
“…… There, there are white bread everywhere, and you can grab it if you want to, and after eating one, you can eat the next ......"
The story is told slowly. It's all over and over again, it's nothing more than eating and drinking in Heaven. Everyone was happy, and when the old man talked about the buns, the children would touch their bellies, and the women would wipe their tears. But at this moment, it suddenly seemed that something had fallen from the sky and was hard to the touch, but when I saw it by the faint light of the bonfire, even those old people were surprised.
White flour buns.
There was a commotion among the victims, and more and more steamed buns fell from the sky, and the steamed buns were stiff, although it hurt a little to hit the head, but it was dry food, dry food that could make people live. Could it be that the gods opened their eyes and really sent this gift from heaven so that the victims could survive this cold winter? The sky was so blank that no one could see the stars, and no one knew exactly how this steamed bun came about.
"Thank you, God, ......"
While picking up steamed buns, the victims thanked God for their blessings. The children finally had a smile on their faces, and the legendary white-faced steamed buns that only exist in heaven would fall from the sky, and if they died in the future, they would no longer be wrapped in darkness, but could go to heaven to enjoy themselves. The spirit of the gods that people have come to believe in these days has also made them more convinced of the new religion, and they will not change this faith even if they have a knife on their necks.
The victims were full of life, and the news of the steamed buns falling from the sky soon spread to the palace.
At this time, in the Yaqian Palace, Su Yan did not sleep until the second half of the night. The events of the past few days had completely made him insomnia, and he had lost the mood of having fun and even having fun with those concubines, so he chose to read the recital alone in the Yaqian Palace. He remembered what Liu Yu said: You are now the emperor, and everything depends on yourself.
"I can't let the master look down on me." Although Su Yan was a little annoyed, he still stiffened his body and read the notebook. Or for a breath, or for a promise to Liu Yu at the beginning. He said he wanted to be a good emperor.
At this moment, Su Bi, who had just returned, accompanied some ministers to report the steamed buns from the sky.
"Heavenly...... Drop the buns? Su Yan frowned, with an unhappy look, "This is impossible, the master said that there is nothing in the sky except stars and clouds, and all immortals and Buddhas are made up by people." Did you do something bad again, and you were going to force those victims to rebel against the court? ”
Su Bi was very surprised by Su Yan's thinking logic, in addition to mentioning Liu Wenyan who should not be mentioned, Su Yan seemed to have lost trust in them, who were courtiers, and even thought that they were going to frame the disaster victims.
"That's exactly what happened." Su Bi said firmly.
Seeing the affirmative expressions of Su Bi and the ministers, Su Yan just sighed, lowered his head slightly, and said, "I understand, it must be the master, he has found a way to relieve the victims in the city." ”
Su Bi was stunned for a moment, is it Liu Wenyan again? Why is everything related to Liu Yu in Su Yan's mind?
"Your Majesty, this ......"
"Fourth Emperor Sister, don't say it. Didn't you go to Huainan with your master, I have seen with my own eyes those new army soldiers trained by my master, they can go to heaven and earth, they can fly to the sky with a big round thing, and then fall into Jiankang City unharmed, so why can't they fly over Chang'an City and throw some buns down? ”
Su Bi was stunned, it was originally a very illogical thing, but it was really reasonable for Su Yan to say this.
For the other ministers, they couldn't help but admire Su Yan's imagination in their hearts, although they had also heard that Liu Wenyan had used the strategy of divine soldiers descending from heaven when pacifying Huaidi, but after today's incident, they didn't think of these at all, and thought that it was really the god and spirit that the victims believed in.
"Ladies and gentlemen, go back first, and when the day dawns, I am ready to go to the victims to see in person." Su Yan suddenly rubbed his sleepy eyes and said.
Su Bi immediately said: "The emperor can't ......"
"It's okay, we treat the master like that, the master still thinks of giving a few steamed buns to the people in the city to give them hope, why can't I go to the victims in person? They are also the people of the Great Shun Dynasty, and they have some flesh like us, and if I don't do something, I will feel uneasy. That will also be looked down upon by the master. ”
Su Yan was extremely sincere when she said this, even knowing that it would be dangerous for Su Yan to comfort the victims, she still had no reason to raise objections. (To be continued......)