Chapter 224: The Hungry
"Okay, I see that my father is also tired, so let's go down and rest for a while, and then come up to persuade my father."
Princess Celestia's gentle voice rang out.
Li Xingchen sighed twice in his heart, this woman is really ruthless, and this kind of harassing behavior has caused great psychological pressure on Li Zhen.
It is estimated that it will not take a few times for Li Zhen to completely collapse and be at the mercy of others.
To say that Li Xingchen has no father-son affection for Li Zhen at all, it's not, there is a little bit of it, but it is not enough for him to help, unless he can apologize.
The prime minister's heart was like ashes, and Nana followed the crowd away.
Inside a small cabin on the outskirts of the Garden.
Li Xingchen sat opposite the eldest princess.
"I deliberately asked me to come to the capital this time, not just because of the jade seal."
The eldest princess smiled lightly, "General Longhu was indeed deceived by the prince into going to Lingzhou to kill you at my behest.
I thought that your bravery and good fighting were all based on false rumors, but now I believe it.
Just now, listening to your superficial views on one aspect of governing the country on the platform made me feel a little admiration. ”
The words are good, but there is no trace of admiration in the eyes.
Li Xingchen wrinkled his eyebrows and was silent.
The eldest princess said again: "Presumably, the third brother has seen a lot of refugees on the way from Lingzhou to the capital.
Many of those refugees came from the Wu Kingdom of the Hongong.
To tell the truth, from the beginning of August last year to the present, the major cities have not fallen for half a year, and there has not been a drop of snow in a winter.
As a result, large and small rivers have almost dried up, and winter wheat has dried up in large areas.
I don't know what the third emperor brother has to do about this?
Let's talk about it, so that this palace can see if the folk rumors that you can do anything are true. ”
Li Xingchen chuckled, no wonder there were so many languishing refugees when they came all the way.
It turned out to be the country of Wu, mixed with some other countries.
Wu was founded by the Han people, and most of the people were Han people, and when they were smuggled over, the defenders would mistake them for Han people and put them into the territory.
"Since your Wu State was affected by the disaster, you didn't accompany your Emperor Wu to deal with people's livelihood issues after being a country, and you still ran to Great Wei? Even brought so much trouble to the people of Dawei? ”
Li Xingchen said in a deep voice.
The Celestial Princess was silent for a moment before speaking, "Your reputation is far and wide, and this palace is simply wondering how you will solve this problem.
In the past two days, local governments have conducted a statistics, and the total number reported is the influx of one million refugees, and there are 200,000 in the capital alone.
You own half of the city of Great Wei, you should know that if this continues, there will be a big mess, right? ”
Li Xingchen tapped the table with his index finger.
At first, the border guards and even the soldiers of the various cities did not do a good job.
Now that the people have come, send a large number of soldiers to expel all the millions of refugees.
First, the national appearance of the country that affects etiquette will make it a country that thinks that a big country cannot even accommodate a million refugees.
But don't drive it out, the next batch of harvested grain will have to be three months later, and the grain stored is only enough for the people of Dawei, how can there be surplus grain for others.
In addition, the government sees that they are not from the Great Wei Dynasty, and does not come forward to guide these displaced people, does not open warehouses to release grain relief, and beats and encircles and suppresses them once they make trouble, so sooner or later there will be chaos.
At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly arrived.
"Queen, the homeless people are wreaking havoc on the main street of the capital."
Li Xingchen's eyes lit up, and the eldest princess looked at him, "Third brother, take out your skills, and let this palace see if you are the all-powerful that the people say." ”
Li Xingchen stood up and walked out, not to mention anything else, he couldn't let the people of Great Wei be threatened by the exiles.
The refugees are barefoot, and some of them are deadly.
Once you can't eat, you will definitely smash and loot.
Li Xingchen quickly led Dugu Ling and Yuan Wanshan to the main street.
When they arrived, they saw tens of thousands of homeless people pouring from all the streets and alleys to the main shops.
The young ones are all rushing to the front, mixed with a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled.
The street shops were so frightened that they hurriedly closed their doors.
Some of the Great Wei people who were wandering outside also fled in all directions.
There was a shopkeeper on horseback who wanted to go out to buy goods, but when he saw this scene, he whipped his horsewhip and rushed into his shop crying.
These refugees are terrifying, and their combat effectiveness is no less than that of soldiers who go to the battlefield to kill.
After all, under the premise of having nothing, people's potential has no limit, especially when they still fight for their own stomachs.
"Hurry up, close the door, hide everything, hide it in the cellar, put the money and finances in place."
The shopkeeper and the guys in the store are in a big mess.
"City lord, these people are Khans?"
Dugu Ling was surprised, and it was clear that after Li Xingchen developed hybrid rice, the people could eat.
Although these cities under the emperor's jurisdiction were still in a state of starvation from time to time, Li Xingchen did not ignore them, and sent people to send grain every once in a while to relieve the urgent needs of those with poor harvests.
Li Xingchen's face was like frost.
The current situation of repression will inevitably lead to a major war.
There are so many refugees that the convergence into the army is a terrible number. Therefore, it is only advisable to be sparse and not blocked, and they cannot be allowed to assemble into an army. Possibility.
"General Yuan, you immediately rush back to Lingzhou and lead 10,000 Lingzhou troops over."
Now the capital is not ruled by Li Zhen, and the prince is a puppet, and the power is in the hands of the eldest princess.
The eldest princess obviously had no intention of sending troops to suppress it, and Li Xingchen had no right to mobilize the guards in the capital, so she could only bring the Lingzhou army over in case of emergency.
He can't go toe-to-toe with the homeless, but he can't let the people of Great Wei be hurt and harassed like this.
"Yes, city lord, the last general will rush back now." Yuan Wanshan turned his horse's head and hurried towards Lingzhou.
Two days later.
The largest rice store in the capital broke out in a large-scale food rush by refugees.
None of the Miku in the entire capital were spared.
They were all snatched up, and there was not a grain of rice left.
Not only the rice shops, but also the major meat shops and dried fruit shops have also been impacted one after another, and the money and goods have been snatched up.
Whoever the shopkeeper dared to stop was beaten to death by the refugees and burned down the shop.
Refugees are becoming more and more unscrupulous, and for them, as long as they can get their hands on them, human lives are not valuable.
For a time, many innocent people in the capital were trampled to death by the refugees, and thousands were injured.
This refugee incident that shocked the entire Great Wei made everyone live in fear.
Other cities are not as crazy as the capital at the moment.
Most people know that the capital is the most luxurious place in the Great Wei, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the people here have money and food, so when the refugees invade, the first choice is to pour into the capital.
Only a part of the cities scattered throughout the Great Wei Dynasty, on average, each city is only tens of thousands of refugees, and the government is relatively controlled.