Chapter 30: The Plague
The river is mighty, and the beautiful woman is leaning alone on the railing, a little sorrow, two thoughts, endless longing and fascination.
Since the Heroes Conference, Kong Ling and Kong Fan have determined the person they like, and promised not to marry Fei Runzhi.
Runzhi is naturally aware of Kong Ling's thoughts, but the Mo family is known for its love and benefit, and for various occasions, it pays attention to maximizing the utility. For example, this is a gathering of heroes, the purpose of which is to spread the most advanced ideas and culture in today's society, and in this case, it is necessary to represent the ideas of the Mohists, compete with other schools of thought, and ultimately carry forward the ideas of the Mohists.
In this way, a night of tossing and turning, sleeping, thinking and serving; A gentle township, lingering to the fullest.
Before you know it, a few weeks have passed.
In this world, only time is the most magical, and the most ruthless, even if you are rich and armoured, once gray hair, a pinch of loess, let it have nothing to do with me?
Runzhi cherishes time very much, he maintains a high degree of self-discipline unique to the ink scholar, every morning and evening will read aloud the classics of each faction, in the long run, reciting like a stream, the export of chapters, for the ideas of each faction is far better than the leaders of each faction.
Runzhi has prepared some small funnels, the beginning of everything, the leakage is the end, so Runzhi is engaged, everything is smooth, and the reputation is far and wide.
Folk dances, the fields are crowded with people, gongs and drums, very lively.
Tian Wenjing, who was privately visiting and inspecting Shandong Weifu, was observing many villagers in a village holding social dances according to customs, and saw that in a vacant lot in the village, men and women were singing and dancing, praying for a good harvest this year.
"My lord, I can be regarded as finding you, the Qincha sent by the emperor has been waiting at home for a long time!" , A family member gasped and said to the real Tian Wenjing, his eyes were already full of 100,000 urgency.
"Okay, I'll meet this when I get home," Tian Wenjing said, and then got on his horse, ready to rush home immediately to meet this uninvited guest.
In Tian Wenjing's view, the most important thing is that the holy decree in the hands of the Qin Cha is the key.
The wind and dust were rolling, the horses' hooves were bursting, Tian Wenjing had just returned halfway, and suddenly encountered a pair of cavalry, the leading general looked at Runzhi, and then looked at the portrait, "This is the person!" ”。
The leader has a serious expression, with the arrogance and a special sense of mission unique to senior generals.
"Lord Qiyu, the plague in Kaifeng, Henan, countless dead, the lives are devastated, the emperor sent the general General Xiang to lead 20,000 soldiers to come, and carry 300,000 stones of rice and grain, 100,000 taels of gold to the disaster relief, and has sent officials to send the holy decree to your house, our army has been opened to Kaifeng, Henan by the will of the saint, immediately General Xiang sent me to inform the first inform, waiting for further instructions from the Lord!"
"Go back immediately, tell Xiang immediately, let him take people, immediately close the gate of Kaifeng, gather all the plague people in one place, if there is any delay, I will definitely ask him for the blame!" Hurry up! ”
"Yes, my lord, this soldier in the uniform of a junior general waved his hand, and five or six of his men immediately flew away after him."
Shandong Tianfu, an official dressed in a three-grade official mansion was pacing in the living room at the moment, as if thinking about some important issues.
is also an official in the capital, and Tian Wenjing's identity at this time is a member of the imperial court, so it is normal for the major affairs of the imperial court to be reported to him as soon as possible.
"Tian Wenjing took the order", the third-grade official said slowly.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I am not angry, not angry, not angry, now the plague in Kaifeng, Henan is prevalent, hundreds of deaths, countless, today I specially order you to immediately bring the court gold 100,000 taels, rice grain 300,000 stones, 20,000 soldiers to Kaifeng, Henan for disaster relief, hope to live up to my intentions, triumphant return, Qin!"
This official in a three-rank official uniform seemed to be very cautious, and every time he read a word, he must read the holy decree for a while, and after reading all the contents of the holy decree, it took more than twice as long as a normal reader.
Tian Wenjing felt funny in his heart, but when he thought of the death struggle of millions of victims in Kaifeng, Henan, he immediately became serious.
"The Holy One trusts you so much! I don't know how many officials from the DPRK and China are vying to grab this beauty, but the saint named the lord to go on the expedition, which shows the trust of the emperor in the current emperor, I hope that the lord will live up to his mission, live up to expectations, defeat the plague, and return triumphantly! ”
"Master Ji Yan, this official will do his best to ensure the safety of the community!" , Tian Wenjing took care of the officialdom's standard words and replied to this little Sanpin Qin who came from the capital.
This official doesn't have time for you to talk about it, Tian Wenjing thought like this, and didn't pay too much attention to this Sanpin Qincha.
"Dare to ask when the emperor will receive the recital from Kaifeng Mansion in Henan?" Although Tian Wenjing had a premonition of the seriousness of the epidemic, he pretended to be calm and asked.
This third-grade official was very happy to hear that the dignified first-rank official actually bent down to ask him a question, so he replied in a very kind word: "This recital was played by Lord Liu Fu Liu of Kaifeng Governor a month ago, and because of the busy affairs of the Holy Lord today, it has been a month when I saw this letter!" ”
"So, come on, prepare the horse with me immediately, and I will immediately pack up and rush to Kaifeng, Henan"
The housekeeper immediately instructed the family to prepare the finances, grain, grass, carts and horses, mobilize thousands of guards, and take dozens of servants to Kaifeng, Henan.
Along the way, countless people pushed carts, carried all their belongings, and brought their families with their families, appearing on muddy and potholed roads, on the edge of dilapidated villages and jungles.
Since entering the border of Henan, what I have seen is a depressed scene everywhere, if the refugees I saw on the road before still have some miscellaneous grains to satisfy their hunger, although they can sleep in the open air, at least they can survive, but after entering the border of Henan, they found that this place is far more serious than Liu Fu's twists and turns.
I saw corpses everywhere, countless corpses staggered on the streets, no one took them in, except for the corpses and some burned houses that were smoking, there was not a single living person on the streets, and they walked for more than a hundred miles.
After going all the way through Shandong, from the mouths of refugees, Tian Wenjing realized that this plague is far more than just Kaifeng, Henan, but also the four provinces of Henan, Hebei, Jiangsu, and Shandong have been fully infected, with at least more than 10 million infected people and far more than one million dead.
What made Tian Wenjing very angry was that since he entered Henan from Shandong, he had not found any trace of the 20,000 troops, and he did not know where the grain and gold had been transported by these troops.
Tian Wenjing decided to temporarily start the emperor to send more soldiers, and at the same time hurriedly ordered the soldiers he brought to look for the traces of the army of more than 20,000 people.
After three days and nights of cross-regional searching, it was finally discovered that the original 20,000 troops with gold and money and grain had been temporarily stationed in a deep mountain forest called "Tanxiao Mountain" by the locals.