Chapter Forty-Nine: Rise and Fall Are Bitter
In the past 5,000 years in China, there have been countless famous poems and famous sentences in the past dynasties, either because of the gorgeous and beautiful rhetoric, or because of the political needs of the time, and even because of the author's own identity and fame. But there are not many that can really be passed down through the ages, and they all have one characteristic, that is, they move people's hearts and resonate with those who hear them.
"Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer!"
Zhang Yanghao's poem Tong cares for the ancient truth, which can be said to have exhausted the vicissitudes of the world.
"Kuroko, Kuroko," Xu Ruyi sat on the back of the black donkey and stroked its mane gently, "I really hope you can walk slowly... ”
The black donkey could not understand the words of his master on his back, and still walked leisurely.
Regarding the black donkey under his crotch, Xu Ruyi probably had some understanding and some guesses.
Since buying this donkey, Xu Ruyi felt that he should have picked up a treasure. Although this rammer is lazy and lazy on weekdays, every time he is full of wine, he really runs all the way. Although it does not travel thousands of miles a day, at a certain distance, the speed is really not weaker than that of ordinary horses, and it is very stable, and Xu Ruyi, who is sitting on its back, has never felt bumpy.
Xu Ruyi doesn't have the ability to match horses and donkeys, but in his previous life, he once heard people mention a special kind of donkey when they talked about cross talk.
Dragons are naturally promiscuous, often mating with other races, if the centipede is polluted, the one born is called a flying dragon, if the horse is polluted, the one born is called a dragon horse, and if the donkey is defiled, the one born is called a special. Legend has it that the mount of Emperor Wenchang is special.
People often say that a thousand miles are lonely, referring to this kind of donkey.
Xu Ruyi had experienced its speed, but he would have preferred it to go a little slower.
Half a month ago, the Xuzhou Mansion Dilong in the south of Shuzhong CD turned over and affected 16 villages and counties. (According to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the country is divided into two capitals and 13 provinces.) Among them, the Sichuan Buzheng Division, which is equivalent to today's Sichuan Province, has nine prefectures and one prefecture under its jurisdiction. Both Xuzhou and CD are under its jurisdiction. )
In ancient times, communication and transportation were not well developed, and the key point was that the division of duties of officials was too complex and simple.
To put it simply, the Sichuan political envoy Yamen can basically directly manage all the personnel and government affairs under his rule, and if the earth turns over, the yamen officials only need to investigate the matter and report it to the imperial court.
It is complicated because although the official position of the political envoy in Sichuan is nominally, he cannot manage the head of the army and the head of the vassal king (Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, was in the 23rd year of Hongwu in the CD government), so if you want to investigate the losses and casualties caused by the turn of the earth dragon, you can only rely on those scholars and civil officials under your command, as well as the head of the government service team and so on.
Passing the buck to each other and being inefficient, how can we quickly check and report things?
For these people who really do things, the earth dragon can't turn over their heads, and the speed of the investigation will not affect their future, even if they want to get angry, there is nothing they can do, after all, the law does not blame the public.
But the people who were afflicted down there suffered.
"Alas... Xu Ruyi sighed, closed his eyes a little helplessly, and shook his head.
Although there is still a distance from the Sichuan Political Division, one after another, on the official road, the city has begun to appear as a fleeing victim.
The victims are still a little different from beggars in the general sense, the biggest difference is in their eyes, beggars' eyes are a habit, when they ask for money, their laughter is not fake, and when they are hungry and screaming, their crying is not real. And these fleeing victims, there are doubts, blankness, and longing in their eyes.
Just by looking into their eyes, you seem to understand the confusion in their hearts: "Why me?" "Where am I going?" "What will happen to me?"
Natural disasters are different from man-made disasters, and when man-made disasters occur, you can have an object to vent and hate. For example, if you are robbed by a robber, you can scold the robber, you can fight hard. But when a natural disaster happens, you can only blame yourself for being unlucky.
In ancient times, the people had no security in life, and once they were old, they could only rely on the family funds they saved when they were young to live. As long as you leave the land, even if you are old and can no longer farm, there will always be your son to inherit your meager inheritance and continue to live in the soil.
However, an earthquake caused the earth to fall. Victims may not care about the lost homes or even have time to grieve for their loved ones, they care about the land. The victims of the Xuzhou Prefecture were still glad that they had not yet started spring planting when the earthquake struck, but the ensuing floods were like a blow to the head, completely extinguishing their hopes. This time, the earth dragon turned over, so that the Jinsha River and the Minjiang River flowing through the local area broke one after another, and none of the 16 counties were spared, and thousands of miles of fertile land were destroyed in one fell swoop, and they had to embark on a journey of escape.
Xu Ruyi sat on the back of a donkey and looked back in the direction of Nanjing: "I hope the imperial court can take some measures in time."
When
Chengtian Temple
Today's morning dynasty is not over yet.
The noisy noise filled the golden and splendid hall, making the originally solemn court hall look like a vegetable market.
"Your Majesty, the turning over of the earth dragon is really a warning from God to Your Majesty, Your Majesty should issue an edict to appease the people of the world" Under the imperial stairs, the East Palace attendant looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with tears in his eyes.
"Wang Peng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, seconded the proposal"
"Your Majesty, the earth dragon turned over, this is a bad omen, it will be a warning to Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will introspect!" Qi Tai also came out of the crowd, unwilling to be left behind.
"Your Majesty, since the Han Dynasty, the induction of heaven and man has been confirmed by many, which is the most reasonable thing in the world. If Your Majesty does not accept the words of the ministers, the heavens will be angry, and natural disasters will occur frequently, then the society will be in danger!" Jiang Yucheng, the secretary of the ministry, kowtowed on the ground, and his forehead was bruised, which showed the weight of the force.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... "This is the Imperial Historian Duan Zhe.
"Your Majesty... "This is Feng Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"Your Majesty... ”
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The noise in general should be divided into three parties. The nobles in the army, led by Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, Wang Bi, Tang He, etc., remained silent as always. The military and government are divided, and the nobles are not allowed to participate in government affairs is an iron rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang, although it has been gradually abolished in later generations, but at least in the Hongwu Dynasty, this rule is still firmly implemented.
The other two parties, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is the supreme, and the civil official group below are the protagonists of this noise, or more precisely, at this moment, in the face of the excitement of the crowd and the civil officials vying to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang just remained silent, but his belt under his belly, and the heavy wheezing sound showed the anger in his heart, showing how much he wanted to raise the butcher knife, but unfortunately he couldn't, because the leader among the civil officials was not someone else, but his most beloved grandson, Zhu Yunwen.
About a month ago, in order to allow Zhu Yunwen to get training earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang specially allowed Zhu Yunwen to participate in politics together.
"Grandpa Huang, the earth dragon turned over, and the heavens and people sensed it, maybe it was really the heavens warning my royal family, maybe 。。。。。。。 ”
Listening to Zhu Yunwen, who was a few steps away from the left, talking eloquently, Zhu Yuanzhang was really a little disappointed.
"Maybe the little eunuch should really be let come back quickly! How can a rotten Confucian sit firmly in this splendid country?"