Chapter 148: No trace of anger

Jingzhe, the emperor went to the Hall of Prayer for the Year and apologized to God, and spoke humbly and heartbroken.

During the Qingming Festival, the emperor went to the southern suburbs and apologized to the Emperor of Heaven again. This time, the emperor crawled on the ground, cried loudly, begging the Emperor of Heaven to put all the punishment on him alone, and not punish the people of the Ming Dynasty.

All of them burst into tears as they smelled.

The emperor did not drink or eat, and knelt down at the southern suburbs to worship the heavens for a day and night, almost fainting. Even so, he still announced his third edict to the gods and the people of the world.

"The edict said: "...There are frequent disasters, wars and chaos, stirring up troubles, and nights of troubles and tranquility. These are all caused by my unvirtuousness! The sins are in my hands, so don't dare to be lenient. From now on, I respectfully tell God in the palace, to rectify and observe the affairs of the crime, and to kill the enemy to atone for the sins and evil spirits..."

Unfortunately, the emperor's sincerity did not touch God, and he did not even have the function of alleviating the epidemic.

In May, the epidemic is even worse...

Two people were riding horses on the road, chatting happily, but suddenly one person stopped talking, and the other person was dead when he looked back.

Some people were chatting at the doorstep, and as they were talking, one of them began to vomit blood and then fell to death.

There was also a squire whose servant died of infection with the plague, so he sent his maid to buy a coffin shop. He waited for a long time but still didn't come back, thinking not to infect me too.

So he went to the coffin shop to check, but as soon as the squire entered the coffin shop, he found that the maid was dead next to the coffin.

There are countless such **.

The epidemic is everywhere, nine out of ten rooms are empty.

There is a nursery rhyme saying: The rat dies in the east and the rat dies in the west. When travelers see it, they feel like they see a tiger!

Yun Zhao issued a prophecy under the name of the wild boar spirit: the plague god descended to earth and collected eight million lives, which made the people of the Ming Dynasty feel uncomfortable.

Yun Zhao once again issued a "face-covering order" while everyone was in awe.

The so-called "face-covering order" means that everyone must make a clean cotton cloth to cover their mouth and nose tightly, and cover their faces, and they must not be taken off at any time, so as not to be seen by the plague god and snatch your life away.

With the endorsement of the wild boar spirit, and after Yun Zhao issued a death order to officials from all over the country, the frightened people finally found a thick cotton cloth to cover their faces.

After receiving the order, Yun Yang felt very unreasonable. While he was coming back to report his duties, he smiled and took the sweet potato to look for Yun Zhao, but was punched by Yun Zhao wearing a mask.

In order to cover the scars, you have to wear a mask.

Han Lingshan walked closer to Yun Zhao carefully with a mask and said, "Tell me, you can't cover your face so ignorant."

Yun Zhao said: "This is an qi epidemic. When you speak, a lot of saliva will be sprayed out. If I spray saliva when I am very close to you, and I breathe, I will suck your saliva into my lungs.

If you are sick, I will soon be sick, which is why this epidemic spreads so quickly.

Someone has begun to die in Tongguan. I don’t think that Lantian County and Yushan City are safe.

It’s not too much to be careful about such things.”

Han Lingshan found a place where no one was around, talked to the white paper for a while, then put on a mask, held the wet white paper and said, "It's true.

Since this is the reason, why can't you explain it explicitly? You have to talk about the plague god.

This makes us always feel like a fool.”

Yun Zhao rubbed his swollen temple and said, "You can understand it, and you can understand it even if you come from Yushan Academy. How do you let the people understand it? It's better to use the plague god's affairs to say things quickly."

Seeing Han Lingshan looking like he was eager to speak, he sighed and said, "The words of the wild boar spirit are true. They were calculated using a model I made with calculations. Look, if fewer than eight million people die of illness in this plague, you can come and scold me."

Han Lingshan touched his mask and said, "I feel much more comfortable saying this. It's time for me to go to Yushan Academy to tell my classmates and those gentlemen who are preparing to form a group to scold you.

In addition, Wang Qiaonian was killed by Zhang Bingzhong, and Wuchang was taken away by Zhang Bingzhong."

Yun Zhao shook his head and said, "The plague cannot pass, we will not come out of the mountain. Your focus now is to overcome the epidemic. It is not about the general trend of the world. As long as you ensure that no one comes to us for bad luck, it will be a big victory for us!"

Han Lingshan nodded and hurriedly left.

Since the epidemic began to approach Tongguan, the government affairs in Lantian County have almost stopped. All officials, all minor officials, all the army and the available personnel are busy preventing the epidemic.

After Lantian County, which had been busy for many years, suddenly closed all roads to enter the pass, the commercial activities in Guanzhong and the east basically stopped.

Especially the caravans facing Gyeonggi Province cannot enter or get out of the gate.

However, it is no exception. Hou Fangyu left Tongguan under the cover of a caravan.

He was indeed his father's beloved son. After the 20,000 taels of silver were handed over, Hou Fangyu finally didn't have to push the mill alone.

When the old servant at home saw Hou Fangyu, he could hardly believe his eyes. The man who was unkempt and rubbed with his face in front of him would not be the spoiled young man.

Knowing that Hou Fangyu shouted out the old servant's name in a trembling voice, then lifted his hair, letting the old servant see his eyebrows clearly, the old servant barely recognized that the slave-like person in front of him was his son.

Hou Fangyu has nothing to ask for when he is able to survive.

Since he parted with Mao Pijiang that day, he has never seen them again. When he pleaded with the strong men who enslaved him countless times, he always got a burst of crazy laughter.

So he firmly believed that Mao Pijiang and the three of them were dead.

This is a result he can accept, or even a result he hopes for.

The fourth young master of Fushe, now he is the only one left. When the glory of the four people gathers on him who is the only one who has survived, he can ask the scholars of Jiangnan for more.

Before leaving the jurisdiction of Lantian County, he was submissive and did not dare to show off. When he left Tongguan, his face was covered with frost. After leaving Mianchi area, he stood on a low hillside and cursed in the direction of Tongguan for an hour.

This time in Lantian County, he suffered the worst humiliation in his life.

He swore that as long as he was still alive, he would not have a break with Yun Zhao's evil thief.

After making the vow, he stopped riding a fast horse, and ran back to Nanjing day and night under the escort of his servants.

At this time, Mao Pijiang and others who lived in Xie Zhi's home had a hard time.

When they saw Lu Xiangsheng, they all thought they were dead.

This should be a meeting between souls.

When Lu Xiangsheng's whip in his hand whip was whipped on them, the pain finally made them realize that this place was still the world of the world.

The moment he realized that Lu Xiangsheng was a living person, Mao Pijiang and others finally felt that they could survive.

He wanted to cry with Lu Xiangsheng's feet, but Lu Xiangsheng avoided it and asked the servants to take the three of them to wash and change their clothes. After a full meal, he left them with pen, ink, paper and ink.

Each of them asked to write down their views on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and the way they have dealt with on paper.

Such a question is not difficult for Mao Pijiang and the other two. They have fantasized countless times on weekdays what they would do once they gained power.

At this time, facing the general proposition of Lu Xiang's teaching examination, the three of them wrote more than ten thousand words in a row.

After reading the articles of the three of them, Lu Xiangsheng lamented without saying a word.

I began to travel to Guanzhong with these three people.

For a whole month, their pace never stopped. Lu Xiangsheng even asked a small official from Lantian County to take these three people to visit how Lantian County operates.

When Lu Xiangsheng appeared in front of the three again, Mao Pijiang and the other two became very silent.

"No matter what, Yun Zhao is still a traitor."

Mao Pijiang did not have any concealment in his words because he was still in Lantian County at this time.

Lu Xiangsheng stroked his beard and chuckled, "Who do you think this world belongs to?"

Mao Pijiang said loudly: "This world is naturally the world of all people."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Okay, since this world is the world of the world, there is naturally Yun Zhao's part. The emperor of the Zhu family cannot govern the world well and give the people a way to survive. Yun Zhao thinks he can, why can't he replace him?

You should know that the Zhu Dynasty was also the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty who felt that the Meng Yuan could not manage this land well, so they raised an army to seek justice for the people of the world.

What Emperor Taizu did was right back then.

Could it be that what Yun Zhao is doing is wrong now?

It’s right to serve the country with loyalty. Each of us should serve the country with loyalty. However, you must remember that we are applying to this country, not any emperor!”

Fang Yizhi shook his head and said, "Yun Zhao is not a Confucian child."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "This world itself is something that talented and virtuous can be obtained."

Chen Zhenhui frowned and said, "If this continues, the world will never be peaceful. Anyone will feel that he is a person with both virtue and talent."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the three young men with a strong bones, and the smile on his face became stronger.

"These days, you have seen the four scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in Lantian County. How do you think Lantian County is different from the world?"

Mao Pijiang, Fang Yizhi, and Chen Zhenhui were so disgusted by Yun Zhao that they wanted to select some disadvantages from them to criticize them, but in the end they were unwilling to say something against their will.

Qiqi said: "It can be said to be a prosperous era on earth."

Lu Xiangsheng took out the test papers written by the three of them in advance from his sleeve and put them in front of the three of them one by one and said, "How is Yun Zhao's ability to govern the world than what you wrote in the paper?"

Mao Pijiang shamelessly kneaded the paper he wrote into a ball and said, "It's far from it."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Fang Yizhi, who was also ashamed, and Chen Zhenhui said, "Where are you?"

The two of them also kneaded their own papers into a ball by like Mao Pijiang.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and shouted outside the door: "Huang Taichong, Gu Ning, come in too. I have used up all the magic to these three stubborn donkeys, and it depends on your methods."

When Lu Xiangsheng talked about Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu, Mao Pijiang and the other two were shocked and looked at the door together.

The two of them really appeared at the door.

Huang Zongxi frowned and said, "Why are you so stubborn?"
Chapter completed!