One of the edicts issued by the imperial court was to the effect that if there were wealthy merchants in the territory of Dayan who could assist the imperial court in overcoming the natural disaster within ten days, then after the disaster relief was over, the wealthy merchants who donated the most would be awarded the title of third-class county marquis, and the second to fifth place would be awarded the title of Wupin Township Pavilion Marquis, in order to reward the wealthy merchants who had made great contributions to the natural disaster.

As soon as this edict came out, the wealthy merchants of the whole country were excited. Although the status of merchants in Dayan is higher than that of previous dynasties, the eyes of the world still can't get rid of the saying that "Shinong Industry and Commerce" merchants are the lowest. If those wealthy merchants can be marquis, no matter how many marquis they are, it will always be the court's affirmation of the merchants, and it can be said that it is the best way out for those merchants who want to enter the upper class.

What's more, the main concubines and side concubines of this alcohol king are all from business. Although Princess Alcohol is the daughter of Wuyang Hou, no one in the Manda Yan Kingdom knows that Wuyang Hou is the president of the former Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and he is also a businessman. Didn't the first emperor also dislike the Marquis of Wuyang, who was born in business, and specially named him a marquis in order to praise him? Although the Marquis of Wuyang temporarily resigned from the appointment of the president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce after being enthroned, he still has a pivotal position among the merchants.

As a result, businessmen began to enthusiastically donate money and materials, and they were eager to gamble their lives to earn a future for themselves and their families, so as to get rid of the lowly background of businessmen and even embark on the road of imperial examinations.

The House of Residence

Yun Tianfeng forced the household department to count the disaster relief materials allocated by the imperial court and the latest silver and grain donated by the wealthy merchants within ten days, but who to send to escort the grain and grass and disaster relief silver in batches began to quarrel between the two ministers.

This time, the household department only needed to contribute 3 million taels of silver for the repair of the embankment in the early stage and 2,000 stone of grain for the first batch of disaster relief, and as for the subsequent reconstruction of the houses, all the expenses required for the construction of the embankment in the later period were allocated from the donations and grain donations of hundreds of officials and wealthy businessmen in the DPRK and China. Therefore, the face of Li Linzuo, the head of the household department, is much better.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that such a huge amount of money and grain really cannot be transported to the disaster-stricken state capital in batches." Zhongshu Ling stepped forward to report, "A few days ago, His Royal Highness Prince Yun had already gone to the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing with a hundred stones of grain and grass, which played a very good role in stabilizing the hearts of the people, and the rest of the ministers thought that it was better to follow this practice." ”

"Lord Xun, the prince of the court is only left with Prince Xian, His Royal Highness the King of Alcohol and His Royal Highness the King of Le, if such a large amount of money and grain are escorted by the prince, what if something happens?!" Right Prime Minister Fengzhao said, "Your Majesty, Prince Xian is very old, and he is the patriarch of the royal family, so it is indeed not to be taken lightly, it is better to go by the important ministers of the court." ”

"Feng Qing means that other princes will go instead?" Yun Tianfeng said.

"Yes, the minister thinks that it is better to appease the people, and he can take the opportunity to reward the wealthy businessmen, killing two birds with one stone."

Seeing this, King Alcohol secretly scolded Feng Zhao, the old fox, so he had to step forward and say, "Your Majesty, what Feng Xiang said is very true, and the minister should go." ”

"That being the case, the second brother will go back and prepare and set off for Yongzhou the day after tomorrow. 5,000 sergeants were transferred from the Gyeonggi battalion, 1,000 stone of grain and grass were escorted, and 3 million taels of silver were sent to Yongzhou and other places for disaster relief and grain release. I will make arrangements for the rest of the disaster relief money and food needed in the follow-up after the second brother returns. ”

Soon, Yun Tianxun, the king of alcohol, went to Yongzhou with the soldiers of Qian Liang. And Yun Tianhong had already brought 300 stone of grain to guard the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing five days ago. His Royal Highness King Li was not at ease and went to the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing to help Yun Tianhong take care of the refugees pouring in from all over the suburbs of Beijing. However, the heavy rains have caused more and more refugees to flock to the camps, and there is a faint trend of exponential growth.

The heavy rain for several days did not have a big impact on the academy, except for the suspension of the students' martial arts classes, everything else was normal. In addition, as the weather is getting hotter as June approaches, the summer break of the College will also start at the end of June and resume classes after the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. Autumn is on the third day of the ninth month, and it is very tense to arrange homework.

Yunlu Academy also has the tradition of assessing students at the end of the spring and autumn semesters, and once the assessment is not met, students will be dissuaded. In the hundreds of years since the establishment of Yunlu Academy, countless students have been persuaded to quit. Therefore, the closer the holidays, the heavier the students' homework will be, and there are not a few students who fight at night.

His Royal Highness King Li suspended his classes in the academy, and the incident of going to the refugee camp made An Yurao's heart as uncomfortable as a cat scratch. She is just a white body, the head of the academy, and she can't intervene in the matter of disaster relief and poverty relief, so she can only worry secretly.

The heavy rain for several days has caused prices in Beijing to skyrocket, and many poor people have begun to complain, and the resentment has accumulated more and more, and there has been instability in Beijing. Yun Tianfeng knew that he sent a patrol battalion to strengthen the patrol, and the Jingzhong family was also optimistic about the door, requiring the female dependents not to go out easily, and the academy also strengthened the access control to ensure the safety of students. But fortunately, the imperial court's measures to stabilize prices were extremely fast, which eased the tense situation in Beijing and central China slightly.

After a few days, the weather gradually began to clear up, and the guards in Beijing gradually relaxed. But Nan Lingmo was even more worried, and she asked Mei Xue to inform her brother to buy as many medicinal materials as possible to prevent epidemics, just in case of emergency.

"County Lord, what do you mean by preparing these medicinal herbs?" Mei Xue asked, "Although a catastrophe is a pandemic, the Imperial Medical Department has already distributed medicinal materials to prevent diseases, so why do we need to receive so many medicinal materials?" ”

"The epidemic is different every year, and the prescription of the hospital can only be used for prevention, but it may not be able to treat the symptoms. The herbs in this prescription are only for emergencies, and I'm not sure if they can really cure the disease. I just hope that this epidemic doesn't happen. ”

The Imperial Study

Yun Tianfeng was looking at the folds handed back from the Yongzhou Alcohol King, happy and worried in his heart. Happily, the refugees were well resettled and there were no riots; What worries King Alcohol is the tragic situation of the five counties of Yongzhou complained about in the twists and turns, not to mention the more serious Youzhou and other places.

"Your Majesty, there have been epidemic patients in the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and there are already people in and out of Beijing, but I am afraid that the epidemic will spread to Beijing." Jing Zhaoyin panicked and reported, "Dozens of families have died in the past two days, and General Lin reported that many soldiers in the Gyeonggi camp have been infected and died, and the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing is full of corpses. ”

"What?!" Yun Tianfeng was taken aback, what he feared most finally happened. "The Imperial Medical Department has already distributed prescriptions for the treatment of the epidemic before, how can there be an epidemic! Explain what is going on! Otherwise, I'll cut off your dog's head! ”

Jing Zhaoyin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said tremblingly, "This epidemic started to spread from the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing, at first it was just fever and abdominal pain, and everyone didn't care, but I didn't expect it to develop very quickly, and everyone died two days later, and the people who came into contact with it soon died as well...... The suburbs were already in a panic, and the two highnesses and the general were maintaining order, sending a message to the lower officials to inform the heavens. ”

"Quickly, I will ask the Imperial Physician Department to send the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital to quickly go to the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing and the Gyeonggi camp to deal with the epidemic, and quickly close the city gates, except for those with warrants, others are only allowed to go out of the city and not enter the city!" Yun Tianfeng's face changed and he quickly said, "Explain it, the six palaces prohibit unnecessary movement, and the palace people smoke moxibustion and pour vinegar according to the prevention methods of previous epidemics, and those who are found to be infected are quickly sent out of the palace for burning." ”

"Yes," Jing Zhaoyin crawled out of the imperial study in fright.

"County Lord, the County Lord is not good, there is an epidemic in the academy!" Mei Xue hurriedly ran out of breath and said.

"What!! Tell me what the hell is going on?! ”

Mei Xue took a breath and said, "The slave maid listened to what the master of the dormitory said, and I will give you a notice soon." ”

"Did you ask about the specific situation?"

When the slave went to cook for the master, she quietly asked Chef Zhang in the canteen, and the cook said that she was the first to find out from the cook in the canteen of the men's courtyard. It was the old Liu Tou, who delivered food to the academy every day, who had not yet been found to have the epidemic, and after coming into contact with Chef Zhang in the canteen of the men's hospital, Chef Zhang died in less than two days. When he died, the abscesses ruptured all over his body, and the cooks and ladies in the men's courtyard canteen had already died several times...... When the chief found out, he ordered the dormitory supervisor to strictly order the students to stay in their respective school buildings, and the daily meals would be delivered by special personnel. ”

Sure enough, the fasting chiefs quickly gave the order to be grounded in all courtyards.

Lin Chaoying and Eldest Princess Rong Zhen, who were also in the room, were so frightened that their faces changed color, and said, "Seventh sister-in-law, oh my God, there is an epidemic in our academy, how can this be good?!" No, this palace wants to go back to the palace, you have to go back to the palace, and this palace doesn't stay here. Said that the eldest princess of Rongzhen actually cried and wanted to go back. Such emotions soon led the people around them,

Most of the ladies in the women's hospital are young ladies of the family, although they have all heard about the epidemic and experienced it. However, most of them were still young and had not appeared in their respective homes, and there had never been a major epidemic in the capital, so they had never been so close. Many people were so frightened that they began to cry and clamored to go home.

"Enough, don't make a fuss!" Nanling Mo said sharply, "Go home, how to go back!" There is already an epidemic in the academy, is there no one in the city? What if you catch the disease on your way home, and then infect your parents, brothers and sisters, and then lose your entire life? ”

"Lord Ren'an, what you say is too ugly!" Su Qingyan said unconvinced, "We're all fine now, why don't you let us go back, won't we be infected with the epidemic if we stay here?" After hearing this, everyone also discussed, Nan Lingmo said: "The academy notified that the cook in the canteen of the men's hospital was sick, and the cook in the women's hospital has not yet been infected, so it means that it is okay for the time being, so how can it be said that it is infected." ”

"That's it! Will the mountain chief put our lives at risk? Lin Chaoying twitched the corners of his mouth disdainfully and said, "Instead of being scared here, it's better to drink two more bowls of medicine to avoid getting sick and sick." ”

"What's all the noise?! Do you feel that the schoolwork is not heavy enough? You still have the energy to quarrel here, so it's better for everyone to copy the Book of Songs ten times! An Yurao appeared in front of everyone with a gloomy face, "Don't go back soon!" ”

Nanling Mo pondered for a while, and said to Lin Chaoying and Princess Rong Zhen: "You stay in the house, I want to go to the mountain chief." With that, he quickly disappeared from the sight of the two.