Chapter 52 The Law is Always Ruthless, but the human heart is affectionate
Infectious diseases are a terrible disaster in any era, in any place, in any country, especially in ancient times when medical technology was not developed. Although the plague in Chang'an City is lighter than that in the surrounding areas, the population base in Chang'an City is large, and it still cannot be underestimated. In particular, the proportion of displaced and poor people who beg is even higher.
Lin Yi successively issued bans such as "It is not allowed to drink raw water and eat raw food!", "It is not allowed to eat the dead bodies of animals!", "As long as one person in the family is infected, other family members who have not been infected must also be isolated and monitored for half a month!", and the spread of the plague was finally controlled. It's just that the tens of thousands of patients who have been isolated are still untreatable, and the daily pain and wails are very miserable, but they can only be left to fend for themselves. Lin Yi was in a very heavy mood, and he spent a lot of money to recruit famous doctors in the city, but the effect was still minimal. Every day, countless patients are dying in agony, ranging from dozens to hundreds. Every evening, the west of Chang'an City is full of flames, and the smell of burning corpses is choking, and these are those corpses that die every day are forcibly burned.
Ten days later, the elite troops of the Donggong pro-army, under the leadership of Sima Ya, the left guard, finally arrived in Chang'an City. Sima Ya's speed was half as fast as Lin Yi imagined, and Lin Yi knew that they had suffered a lot of hardships along the way, after all, they didn't want to be as light as the silver-armored cavalry, and they could march hundreds of miles in one day and one night. Most of them are heavy infantry soldiers, as well as a large amount of military rations, salaries and other logistical support, as well as a large number of civil servants and staff members of the East Palace.
"Aiqing has worked hard!" Lin Yi hurriedly helped Sima Ya up. Sima Ya is a distant relative of the clan, and he has always been loyal to the prince, originally he was only a middle- and lower-level officer in the guards of the Middle Palace, after Liu Bian trained the East Palace pro-army, Lin Yi transferred him to the East Palace and became Liu Bian's deputy.
"Shubao, why are you here!" Lin Yi saw a familiar figure among Wenchen's staff, although he was a ten-year-old child, he stood out from the crowd, like a pearl, shining brightly, really warm as jade. This person is the little scholar accepted by Lin Yigang, who was later called Wei Jue, one of the four beautiful men in ancient China, and the word Shubao. This is the front line of the war, with little food and soldiers, and a plague raging, and it would be a sin to be unfortunate enough to let him fall here.
"Your Royal Highness, Shubao does not want to stay in the East Palace, and is willing to serve His Highness to make contributions left and right, besides, Manager Pei, Wang Niangniang, and Jiang Niangniang all agree!" Wei Jue hurriedly bowed and pleaded for sin, and did not kneel. Wei Jue is not only as beautiful as jade, radiant, but also extremely intelligent and knowledgeable. He had been by Lin Yi's side for several months, and he had already figured out his temper. Lin Yi is obviously different from those princes of the Sima family in that he looks down on those who kneel and flatter him at will.
"It's really nonsense, you're not sensible, Pei Quan, Hui Feng and Jiang Jun are not even sensible! You're here like this, your mother, does your brother know what to do?" Lin Yi scolded again. The charm of this beautiful man is really great, and he is still such a hairy boy, men and women of all ages can eat it, Pei Quan, Wang Huifeng and Jiang Jun will definitely not be able to withstand his soft and hard grinding.
"My mother and brother have long known the Tao, and I have been instructed to take good care of His Highness, study hard by His Royal Highness's side, and make contributions to the country in the future!" Wei Jue said in an orderly manner.
"Since you are here, stay by the king's side, and you are not allowed to leave this Chang'an City!" Lin Yi paused and said, finally acquiescing, Wei Jue was overjoyed for a while.
The elite of the pro-army in the East Palace has all arrived, and as soon as the imperial army of generals such as Meng Guan, Zhou Chu, and Li Ji arrives, Lin Yi can open up the front line, find the lair of Qi Wannian and Hao Duyuan, and fight them to the death. Lin Yi couldn't help but be eager to try, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he had already sent light cavalry back to Beijing to order them to send troops forward as soon as possible, and every day he sent countless light cavalry to the east to inquire about the news, and finally wanted to look forward to them, and the army could be gathered in less than 10 days at the earliest.
The prince's army is a private army paid by the imperial court, of course, the imperial court pays very little, it is really nominal, the key is to pay out of his own pocket. Therefore, although Lin Yi's Donggong pro-army went out with him to quell the rebellion, its main task was to protect the safety of the prince, except for what Lin Yi took the initiative to ask them to do, those counterinsurgency matters should be the responsibility of Meng Guan and others.
The palace of the general of Zhengxi was heavily guarded. Liu Bian divided the more than 20,000 elites into four groups: one group patrolled the general's mansion, and the other three groups trained and rested in the camp outside the city, taking turns to change shifts. Therefore, five or six thousand elite soldiers suddenly poured into the already small general's mansion, plus the guards left by King Liang, it was really five steps and one sentry, and ten steps and one post. Xu Chao and Shiyi, two fierce generals, led countless pro-troops, patrolled day and night, and did not disarm at night, laying a net on the general's mansion, which was impermeable.
In this way, it was all under the deployment of Lin Yidong's palace subordinates on their own initiative, they knew that it was an eventful time now, and they learned the lessons of the last few attacks. The world is only afraid of countless people who want the lives of His Royal Highness, Jia Hou and his party, countless princes who peep into the throne, Qi Wannian and other rebel leaders. These people knew that their lives had long been tied to Lin Yi, and they were all proud and lost, and they all fulfilled their duties, but they were afraid that it would be difficult for even a sparrow to fly in.
Lin Yi knew that what they were doing now was not of much use, but it was difficult to refute their good intentions of loyalty and responsibility. With his current cultivation, it is difficult for mortals to meet opponents at all, especially after Xiao Lingtian's adventure, although those spiritual qi are not of much help to his dual cultivation path, this kind of adventure is wasted. But the immortal fruit spirit wine he took directly doubled his strength, he already had the power of ten tigers, but now he is only afraid of the power of thirty tigers, and he is afraid that the giant elephant can be torn apart, and he will not fall behind the cultivation masters who have refined themselves and built the foundation of the consummation realm. Therefore, if an ordinary assassin thief can't enter his body at all, if an immortal cultivator wants to take his life, he is afraid that it will be useless to protect him, so he can only pray for the protection of this Heaven and Earth Infinite Immortal Array.
Lin Yi had long been eager to try to rival Qi Wannian's rebels, just to try how strong he was without Dao techniques, just by relying on this physical body! He had to wait for the imperial army for nearly 10 days, in addition to dealing with the daily military and political affairs, Lin Yi devoted himself to cultivation, and his cultivation never fell behind.
It's just that Lin Yi has been in Chang'an City for more than 10 days, and he hasn't visited this thousand-year-old city yet. Therefore, Lin Yi wanted to go out of the house on a whim this day, take a look at the scenery of Chang'an City, and secondly, come to Weifu to visit the people's livelihood and suffering.
Lin Yi had already instructed the guards at the door to close the door today, and no one was allowed to enter his dormitory without his consent, and these guards were afraid that they would think that the prince was still concentrating on important military and political affairs behind closed doors as usual. Lin Yi had already called Wei Jue, and he left the general's mansion without knowing it.
Lin Yi is very chic, and he is followed by such a handsome child, who is so dazzling before he is an adult, which naturally arouses the attention of passers-by. Lin Yi ignored this, and Wei Jue only quickened his pace and followed closely behind Lin Yi. Lin Yi was reluctant to take Wei Jue out, but this person was his boy, and he didn't leave his body every day, Lin Yi couldn't get rid of him if he wanted to, so he could only agree to take him out. This Wei Jue is still a child, and he is happy to go out of the house to play, if he changes to someone else, he will never allow the prince to sneak out like this, and he has already opened his voice to the guards outside the door.
"What's going on in front of this, why are there so many people surrounding the road, let's go and see!" Lin Yi followed Wei Jue behind him and walked forward quickly. The sound of passers-by was already heard on the side of the road, chattering.
"Since the prince came to our Chang'an City, in just over 10 days, it is really a blessing for the people, daily relief for the victims, strict control of the plague, the whole army is napping, Chang'an City does not close the door at night, the road is not forgotten, it is really a thriving!" said a white-haired old man to the old man beside him. Lin Yi was really overjoyed to hear passers-by comment on him like this.
"You're right, it's just that the three generations of the Wu family have been passed down alone, and this one only son, although he has a strange disease, is obviously different from those plagues, but this official government is too unkind, and regardless of whether it is a plague or not, the only son of his family must be arrested and isolated, and the other six members of his family must also be confined for half a month. Everyone knows that Lu Dao went to the isolation residence of the government in the west of the city, and he can only wait for death, and there is still a glimmer of hope for staying at home, Wu Tiantian does not agree with the government to take away his only son!" The old man beside him also followed.
"You and I have both experienced the plague in the second year of Yuankang, and this year I am afraid that it will be more ferocious. If everyone is covered up like this, I am afraid that the plague will already wreak havoc on the whole city, so we must all support the government to do so. If it is a plague, I am afraid that in a few days, Wu Da's entire family will be infected with the plague! As long as it is a strange disease, it will be arrested and isolated, and there is no way for the government to do this, after all, the government has not found out the cause of the plague so far!"
"It varies from person to person and according to local conditions, and it must not be the same every time! The government's trip is too unkind!" another old man argued.
Lin Yi didn't care about their arguments, he only felt that the cry in front of him was very miserable, and there was nothing more than this when he parted with life and death! He had a lot of strength, and he squeezed in, and this Wei Jue was a little nimble, and he didn't know where the road came from, and he also squeezed to his side.
But in the crowd, the middle-aged man named Wu Da was holding the right leg of a servant stubbornly, and this servant couldn't pull his feet, so he wanted to pull out his water and fire stick and hit this man, but thinking about the military discipline that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had repeatedly ordered and forbidden, he still endured it and withdrew his hand, and could only shout at his accomplices to drag this guy away. I thought it was the new official who took office three times, but it was only more than ten days, because the malicious whipping of the people was brought to the yamen, and many colleagues were dismissed and returned home, and they had to eat a military stick before returning home. Not to mention eating a military stick for nothing, his errand took countless efforts to get it after dragging the seven aunts and eight aunts, but he didn't want to throw it away like this!
A middle-aged woman next to the middle-aged man hugged her son to the ground, knelt on the ground and cried: "Please, military master, let my dog go!" I use my head as a guarantee, he is not suffering from the plague, this has been sick for many days, I and the dog's father have not separated from him day and night, if it was the plague, the two of us would have been infected a long time ago! Our family has been passed down for three generations, just this only son, please let the dog go!" The two officials still turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye, they had seen too much of the tragedy of life and death and parting, and they had long been insensitive.
"Everyone knows that if you go to the official quarantine center, you will wait for death! I will not let our dogs go if I die!" The woman saw that the two officials were not accommodating at all, although one of the officials was held by her husband and could not move, and the other was three points taller and stronger than the other one, but she slowly came to take her son, and she had to cry and plead with the villagers around her. The voice was so miserable that the surrounding onlookers couldn't hold back their tears, and a few strong men were even more eager to try to stop these two officials, and Wei Jue burst into tears!