Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 196

The bastard Sun Xiangfu was talking about was Li Shimin, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Why did he give such an order?This is the time to talk about what happened in Chang'an during this period.

In the eyes of people in this feudal era, the plague of locusts is a punishment from God. In the eyes of most people, killing locusts will anger the locust god. The hall talked nonsense about killing "locusts" as killing the emperor, and repeatedly advised the emperor to order that the people be prohibited from hunting and killing locusts.

As smart as Li Shimin, of course he knew that it was the landlords of the aristocratic families who wanted to disrupt the government for profit, so they never paid attention to it. However, the plague in Weinan County broke out at this time.

The plague is something that everyone talked about in ancient times, especially when the plague broke out in a county close to Chang'an. If one is not well controlled, the entire Tang Dynasty is in danger of extinction, and when many When the courtiers all said that eating locusts was the cause of the plague, Li Shimin had to treat it with caution.In this period when medicine is not developed, who can explain this matter.

For the sake of caution, and for some other purposes, Li Shimin issued this order, and after the emperor's list was posted, the people who knew that locusts can be used to satisfy their hunger were also afraid. Not only did they dare not eat them, but they were also afraid of them. With the scene of starvation and death everywhere.

Just as Sun Xiangfu finished cursing, he saw a team of cavalry running over from the market at high speed. Behind their team, Sun Xiangfu saw piles of corpses on the carriages.

"The imperial court has an order that all corpses that die of starvation or disease will be handed over to the government for disposal. Those who dispose of it without authorization and do not report it will be punished for three thousand miles..."

Soon, as the sergeant's yelling spread, several corpses were carried out by the common people in Xiaoheji. The body was thrown into the carriage.

Sun Xiangfu, who saw the whole process, hesitated, reached out his hand to stop the team and asked, "This military academy, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Sun Xiangfu was wearing an official uniform, the officer in charge cupped his hands and replied, "My lord, this general is performing official duties. The new imperial physician ordered Sun Daozhang to say that in this weather, corpses are perishable, and rotten corpses are easy to cause plague." Therefore, every day we have to patrol the villages and market towns, and incinerate the corpses that died that day."

Sun Simiao's suggestion was correct, but seeing the corpses being taken away by trucks, Sun Xiangfu felt uncomfortable. Why did the fertile land in Guanzhong become like this?

"How many corpses do you collect a day?" Sun Xiangfu asked heavily.

"When there are many, there are more than 30 corpses, and when there are few, there are more than a dozen. The hotter the weather, the more people die. In Xinfeng County alone, there are more than 30 corpse patrol teams. The last team is only responsible for happiness. The surrounding area of ​​the village is more than a dozen miles away, the situation is considered good, and those who can survive to reach Xingfu Village will basically not die."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded in relief, waved his hands, and signaled the riding school to go about his business, and asked the guards to carry some of the rice on the boat, and set up a cauldron by the river to gather food for Xiaohe. Those who are too hungry to walk make porridge.

In less than half an hour, Sun Xiangfu led Zhao Gang, Zhang Ke and others to Xingfu Village. This village, which used to be green and full of various crops, has become a bit dry now, but there is one thing that is better than other places. Well, there are far fewer locusts flying in the sky. Because the population is relatively densely populated, and effective methods of killing locusts have been mastered, in the village, near the reservoir, there is still a little green field, and eels and loaches in the back mountain Above the pond, the branches and leaves of the vines are still lush.

Of course, this is just an embellishment. What really makes the sight impossible to ignore is the population.

At least tens of thousands of people have gathered in Xingfu Village. Due to the midsummer weather, sheds are set up everywhere. The big room in the public house is even more crowded with children. On the podium, Sun Deshou is explaining to the children What.

Seeing Sun Xiangfu and his group squeeze in, Sun Deshou ran down from the podium with a look of surprise.

"Brother, you're finally back, our village can't hold on anymore."

As the foundation of Sun Xiangfu, Happiness has sufficient food reserves and money reserves. However, when faced with tens of thousands of victims who eat and drink for nothing, it seems a bit thin. Not long after the locust plague broke out, the food reserves They were eaten up by the disaster victims who came one after another, and it was a drop in the bucket to use the reserved money to buy food. The daily expenses were hundreds of thousands of guan, and the tens of thousands of guan cash reserves were almost used in a month.

"Don't worry, everything will pass. Where's Brother Dali? Why haven't I seen him?"

When Sun Dali was mentioned, Sun Deshou lowered his head with a gloomy face, and said in a low voice, "There is a censor in the imperial court impeaching us that Xingfu Village violated the order to catch locusts. Your Majesty ordered Dali to be imprisoned."

"what?"

Sun Xiangfu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then thought of the imperial list on Xiaohe Ji, and suddenly a burst of anger burned in his chest.

"Zhao Gang, you stay here and organize people to unload food at the pier, Zhang Ke, you take someone to follow me to Chang'an."

Sun Xiangfu stopped in Xingfu Village and hurried away in a hurry. However, it was the journey in less than two hours that gave him a concrete understanding of the disaster of this period.

Group after group of patrols passed in front of him. The corpses piled up on the carriages numbered at least hundreds of people. On both sides of the road, those people begging with pottery bowls, as if nothing happened. , In the next few days, it will become the bones of the carriage, being sent to the incineration site one after another.

Li Shimin's [-] troops, except that most of them were used to block Weinan County, the rest were assigned to do such work, which may be why he couldn't allocate a few thousand people to destroy the Luoyang Canal and Shuzhong Mountain Road. The reason for the private soldiers of the family.

The world's ability to resist disasters is too low. Seeing the corpses and ashes piled up outside the cremation site, Sun Xiangfu felt extremely heartbroken.

Proportional to the heartache is his anger towards those who rebelled against the government. If it weren't for them, these people shouldn't have died. They succeeded in making Sun Xiangfu want to kill them.

"Enter the city, go to the palace."

Sun Xiangfu's tone was decisive, and Zhang Ke could hear that he must have made a major decision in his heart. Therefore, he felt that the way he swung the whip and whipped the horse looked very tragic. He followed the footsteps without hesitation, as if his own life and death were not so important at this time.

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