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Chapter 692
It was a month-long epidemic, and most of the people in Luoyang died.

——"Book of Jin Emperor Ji Third"

It wasn't that Sima Yan didn't want to make trouble for Yang Zheng, but that his own trouble came too.

God is fair. The Qin State has just emerged from drought, locust plagues, and disease disasters, showing great vitality.

Something happened in the Central Plains.

Sima Yan had just ascended the throne, and after pursuing Sima Yi, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao, a great plague broke out in Luoyang.

It seems that God is also cursing the Sima family.

Of course, the plague did not appear suddenly, but started from the flood in Qingzhou, spread to Yuzhou, and spread to Luoyang.

But the unlucky ones are always the people.

The door of the scholar's family is closed, and the family has the best doctor and the best medicine, so they don't have to worry about food and drink.

The Jin State of the Sima family did not learn from Cao Wei's good, but completely inherited Cao Wei's bad.

The government is dull and corrupt, indifferent and ineffective in management.

The common people have to run around for their livelihood, and they have no power to resist.

Luoyang City couldn't even deal with the corpses, so it was directly thrown into Luoshui. The floating corpses were densely packed, layer by layer, and floated downstream, infecting more areas.

But these are acceptable to the Sima family, which has a big family and a big business.

Although the people in Luoyang have heard about the sufferings of the people, they have never seen them in person.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, you don't know the suffering of the people.

"Your Highness, don't stay here for long!" Ji Xi persuaded.

But Sima You was indifferent and insisted on giving porridge to the people on the street.

It was also his move that made Luoyang live more people.

"The people are in dire straits, how can this king remain indifferent? Open the treasury of Luoyang to help the people!" Sima You sighed.

Ji Xi frowned, "Your Highness must not, Xun Xu and Feng Wei have repeatedly slandered His Majesty, and His Highness is now opening a warehouse to help the people, isn't it in their favor?"

In order to ascend to the throne, Sima Yan actually made compromises with Sima You.

The emperor belonged to Sima Yan, but President Sima You was in the military, Fu Ning inside and outside.

The matter of opening the warehouse door is naturally within its purview.

"When is it, are you still struggling with this? If the plague spreads, I'm afraid the people in the Central Plains will die!" Sima You sternly said.

This is not alarmist talk. The great plague at the end of Han Dynasty killed more than tens of millions of people?

"Wei!" Ji Xi cupped his hands.

"Let all the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital summon their staff to stop the plague!"

As Ji Xi said, it is not only Xun Xu, Feng Wei, but also Xun Wei who are slanderous.

"Since the King of Qi has proclaimed the country, he should be granted it. Why should he stay in Luoyang?" Xun Yi is highly respected and is the sixth son of Xun Yu, but he does not have the integrity of Chen Tai. , Attached to Sima's knee early.

Of course Sima Yan doesn't like Sima You, but he can't move him. The clan headed by Sima Jun also tends to him.

But it's better to put it under the nose than to release it to Qingzhou.

There were many casualties in Luoyang City, but what the meat-eaters were discussing was not a disaster.

"King Qi's name is too real, and the world will return to him, Your Majesty must not be careless!" Feng Wei also took the opportunity to say something.

Sima Yan didn't want to get entangled in this issue, so he turned his gaze to Jia Chong.

Jia Chong knew what Sima Yan meant, but as Sima You's father-in-law, he really didn't want to talk too much, so he simply changed the subject, "The clock will return to Wu, and it must be a confidant of the country. Your Majesty must be prepared!"

One sentence diverted the attention of Shi Bao and Yang Hu.

Both of them are smart people like Jia Chong, and they will never participate in the Sima family's family affairs.

"How to be prepared?" Sima Yan became interested.

After this battle, he finally understood a truth, that Soochow is easy to bully.

Jia Chong's triangular eyes turned round, "Uncle Yang has a strategy of first going south and then going west. Attacking Dongwu has become our national policy of the Jin Dynasty. We should gather heavy troops in Huaibei."

Yang Hu cupped his hands and said: "No, now the new city of Hefei has been acquired by thieves. After Hefei there is Dongguan, and after Dongguan there is the Yangtze River. It will be futile to march into Huaibei!"

"Does General Wei have a good strategy?" Sima Yan asked.

"Raising troops in Huaibei is worse than vigorously cultivating in Xiangyang, training the navy, and waiting for food and grass to be plentiful, the all-powerful army besieged Jiangling, just like besieging Shouchun Zhugedan back then! Then go down the river and wipe out the east of the river in one fell swoop!" Yang Hu said in a deep voice.

In essence, it is still the same set of national power crushing and Mount Tai mountain crushing.

But the stupid way is often the most unsolvable way.

The state of Jin is at its peak. Currently, it is the strongest among the three kingdoms. After Sun Hao's toss, the state of Wu's national strength is not as good as before.

Drought and locust plagues occurred in Qin State, floods and plagues occurred in Jin State, and there were no natural disasters in Wu State, but there were human disasters. The bandit Shi Dan and others gathered thousands of people in Wu State Yong'an (not Shu State Yong'an) and kidnapped Sun Hao's younger brother Yong'an Hou Sunqian to leave Wucheng. They took away Sun He's mausoleum and preached Qu Gai, and directly attacked Jianye. When they arrived at Jianye City, there were tens of thousands of troops, and they were defeated by Zhuge Liang and Ding Gu.

The soldiers and civilians of Guangling fled to Jin in fear of Sun Hao's cruelty, and were shot and killed in Huaishui by Wu Jun's navy.

There is also the Xiling Supervisory Association of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, who sent secret envoys to have secret talks with Wang Yi many times.

Just waiting for Sima Yan to confer rewards, Sima Yan is busy ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, the efficiency of the Luoyang government is slow, and they haven't paid attention to this.

After Sun Hao returned to Jianye, he was not a peaceful master, so he moved his mind again to build a palace.

Thousands of girls have been selected in advance.

The common people complained, and Wu's national power was further squandered.

"Great kindness!" Sima Yan applauded and laughed.

In my heart, I somewhat disapproved of Yang Hu, thinking that although he was talented, his name was too real.

In the battle of Yiyang, Zhong Hui played a golden cicada to escape his shell and rescued Sun Hao, otherwise Sima Yan's victory would be even greater.

Although in the end Yanghu defeated Shouchun, Shouchun at this time has no real meaning.

Zhong Hui had already transferred his troops to Hefei.

Of course, Sima Yan still valued Yanghu. Yanghu was not good at fighting, but his governance level was the best choice.

"Since this policy was proposed by General Wei, it should be carried out by General Wei!" Jia Chong said with triangular eyes flashing.

Yang Hu threatened him too much, kick him out of Luoyang and stay away from Sima Yan to be at ease.

Sima Yan stared at Yang Hu, as if he was thinking about it.

Shi Bao on the side was snoring loudly, but fell asleep leaning on the table.

Yang Hu took the initiative to ask for orders: "This minister's long-cherished wish is also the heart of the world in Jingzhou. I have been operating for several years, stockpiling grain, grass and military equipment, gathering people's hearts, and dissolving the fighting spirit of the Wu people. Your Majesty can send powerful generals to attack it!"

In Luoyang's Longtan and Tiger's Den, Jia Chong and Shi Bao didn't like him, and Xun Xu, Feng Zhen, and He Shao also didn't deal with him, and stayed in Luoyang all day long.

Yang Hu still has a bit of a scholar's integrity, and he doesn't want to flatter him, so he is out of tune with other people.

Sima Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was useless to keep Yang Hu. This man was too smart, as if he knew what he meant, and he would never get caught up in court disputes. .

"Transfer Wang Yi, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, to the governor of Huainan, and Yang Hu, the general of Wei, to supervise the military affairs and holidays in Jingzhou!"

Shi Bao, who was still snoring just now, trembled imperceptibly with his hands.

This naturally did not escape Jia Chong's sharp triangular eyes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Hu heaved a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)