Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

Xue Shu's gaze was too frank, with strong and straightforward emotions in the dark eyes, which made Yin Chengyu's heart move slightly.

It seems that regardless of past life or present life, Xue Shu has an extraordinary trust in him.

He recalled the situation when he just returned to the court in his previous life.

When he left, he had nothing and was full of stigma.

Five years later, he returned to the court, and his grievances have not been cleared. In order to prevent Emperor Longfeng from restoring the crown prince, it is inevitable that the old things will be brought out by those who have a heart to criticize.

The old things that had been silent for five years were brought up again, and the smell was even more rancid than five years ago.The Second Prince's Party and the Third Prince's Party couldn't wait to pour all kinds of dirty water on him.

Although he was mentally prepared, it was hard to avoid hearing it.

But at that time, he had learned to plan before acting during the five years of confinement. If he couldn't clear up his grievances in one fell swoop, he might as well stand still.

The one who couldn't sit still was Xue Shu.

When the courtiers once again brought up the old story of his "adultery" with Concubine Rong, and even used it to keep putting all kinds of dirty things on his head, Xue Shu, who was in charge of the government, stepped down from the Golden Luan Terrace and pulled out the guards With his saber, he beheaded the loudest censor on the spot.

Under the horrified eyes of a group of courtiers, he coldly threw the blood-stained long knife on the ground, his brows and eyes full of hostility: "An idiot who can't even tell the truth from the fake is really an eyesore to our family."

At that time, he only felt that Xue Shu's temperament was violent and authoritarian, and he would not allow anyone to question his decision, but now that he thought about it, his tone of determination at that time was the same as now.

But he and Xue Shu had no intersection before.However, the fact that he and Concubine Rong "sleeped" on the same bed five years ago was almost a well-known secret, and Emperor Longfeng bestowed Concubine Rong to death to seal this matter.

Why didn't Xue Shu believe in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but believed in him instead?

Where does his certainty come from?

Yin Chengyu slowly loosened the grip on the opponent, retreated, and carefully examined Xue Shu.

There are many doubts in his heart, and once some things are discovered, they will be like a ball of thread, and the doubts will become bigger and bigger.

However, in the end, he did not express his doubts.

Slowly stroking the folds of his clothes with his fingers, Yin Chengyu got up, smiled meaningfully, but talked about something else; "You send people to Datong, Xuanfu and other places to deploy troops to guard the fortresses between Shanxi and surrounding states. Before the epidemic is under control, only entry and no exit are allowed. Another [-] soldiers from the Four Guards Battalion will be stationed on the Shanxi border. Once the epidemic in Shanxi cannot be controlled..."

Having said this, Yin Chengyu's face darkened, but he did not continue to speak.

But Xue Shu already understood what he meant: Once the epidemic in Shanxi cannot be controlled, I am afraid that he can only take the next step.

He lowered his eyes, and said in a deep voice.

Yin Chengyu thought about it for a while, and wanted to ask about other arrangements, but suddenly noticed the sky outside, and thought that he had already been running around in the daytime, so he stopped the topic: "The rest of the matter will be discussed tomorrow, I have to go to bed alone, you go back first. "

Xue Shu backed out according to his words, and carefully closed the door for him.

He didn't leave immediately, but stood quietly in front of the door for a long time, and then he took a few steps away and summoned the soldiers on duty to give Yin Chengyu's orders.

After finishing speaking, he pondered for a moment, and added: "Tomorrow morning, I will have people build a house outside the city away from human habitation, prepare a few iron cages, go to the countryside to find ten dogs, catch more than a hundred mice, The captured mice are kept together with the dogs, and they are only given water, not food."

The conversation between Yin Chengyu and the imperial physician fell into his ears today, which made him somewhat concerned.

Although the imperial physician said that it was only speculation that the plague came from rats, he felt that the disease was probably related to rats.In the past, he had heard from an old man who had experienced a severe epidemic that rats in disaster years were not to be eaten.

During the calamity year, people don't have to eat, so where do the mice get food?

Most of them feed on dead bodies that no one restrains.

If such a mouse is eaten, it is easy to be contaminated with the filth and evil spirit of the dead. If it is mild, it will be sick for a few days, and if it is severe, it will lose its life.

Although it is just word of mouth passed down by the old people, and ghosts and gods are also involved, these old sayings are all from the experience of the predecessors, so they may not be useless.

If it can be confirmed that pimple plague is related to rats, finding the source may help to control the disease.

"When catching mice, be more vigilant, wrap your clothes thickly, cover your mouth and nose, and don't do it. After the matter is done, burn the old clothes immediately, and then go to the imperial doctor to smoke your body with wormwood."

This night Yin Chengyu woke up after only sleeping for three hours.

The sky just turned pale outside, when Yin Chengyu got up and opened the window, he saw sporadic figures on the street.

Seeing that they were all old and weak women and children, they bowed and ran quickly across the street. When they saw an empty house, they went in to search for it.

He stared at it for a while, until Xue Shu came in with the washing utensils, then closed the window and stopped looking outside.

"Why did you get up?"

"Wake up early." Xue Shu replied, and after he finished rinsing his mouth, he handed him a warm veil to clean his face.

"Can you explain what you arranged yesterday?" Yin Chengyu wiped his face, threw the handkerchief into the basin, and stretched his arms again, allowing him to change his clothes.

Xue Shu has become extremely proficient in changing clothes, first the inner shirt, then the outer robe.He drooped his brows and eyes, and took every step very slowly and carefully, every wrinkle on his robe was carefully smoothed out.

"The order has gone on, and all intersections should be blocked tonight."

Yin Chengyu nodded: "Any news from the disaster relief team, how many days are there?"

"Fast two days, slow three days."

"Then I can't wait." Yin Chengyu frowned and said, "It's better to control the epidemic sooner rather than later. I will go to Shanxi's chief envoy first to make arrangements for disaster relief. When the relief supplies arrive, I can make arrangements as soon as possible."

After tidying up, Yin Chengyu went to the official office in Taiyuan Fucheng, and at the same time ordered someone to summon the Shanxi chief envoy and the capital commander to come to have an audience.

Since governor Zhou Weishan was removed from his post and imprisoned, chief envoy Jing Weishan has always been concerned, for fear that the guillotine hanging above his head will fall down at any time.

Hearing the prince's arrival suddenly this morning, his heart skipped a beat, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of the outcome, the knife above his head has finally fallen, and someone has finally come to clean up the mess in Taiyuan Mansion and even Shanxi. .

Shanxi's chief envoy, all command envoys, and the prefect of Taiyuan led a group of subordinates to welcome Yin Chengyu in front of the Yamen gate respectfully.

Yin Chengyu sat down at the main seat in the lobby, looked at the trembling officials with bowed heads and shoulders, and eased his tone slightly: "Why are there only so many people?"

Among the officials still standing in the hall today, except for the chief envoy and the Taiyuan magistrate, there are only a dozen or so officials left.

The chief envoy Jing Weishan showed bitterness on his face, and cupped his hands to confess: "Going back to His Royal Highness, many officials in the government office were also infected with the disease before, and they were all... executed."

Zhou Weishan has served as the governor of Shanxi for nearly 20 years. He is in charge of the civil affairs and military power of the entire Shanxi.

This time the pimple plague broke out suddenly. In order to hide the epidemic, Zhou Weishan ruthlessly executed many people, even some low-ranking officials were not able to escape.

These officials were used to listening to Zhou Weishan's words in the past, but when they suddenly encountered such a major event, no one dared to resist Zhou Weishan's atrocities.

If Xue Shu hadn't sent someone to convince Sun Yao, the commander of Anton's central garrison guard, to make a report, the matter might not have reached the court at all, and the officials and people who were burned to death might have been just a generalization in Zhou Weishan's memorial. numbers.

Although he was a little angry, Yin Chengyu couldn't say too many harsh words when he saw the haggard and frightened faces of these officials.

Before he came here, he had seen Jing Weishan's life, although this person was mediocre and had no opinions, he did not do evil.

The decisions made by Zhou Weishan, he just followed orders.

"Zhou Weishan has already been imprisoned, and will be handed over to Dali Temple after the incident in Shanxi. As for you and others, although you have made mistakes, but for the sake of being an accomplice and not doing evil intentionally, I promise you to make up for your mistakes."

Yin Chengyu looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and said slowly: "Gu has ordered Datong and the Xuanfu to send troops to blockade the entire Shanxi, and no one is allowed to leave until the epidemic is under control. The imperial court's disaster relief team will arrive in two or three days, Yin Zi, Food, medicinal materials... Gu can ensure that there is no shortage. But right now there is only a shortage of people who obey orders, may your lords be competent?"

Although he has not been angry since he entered the door, his tone is still moderate.

But when a group of officials heard him say that troops had been dispatched to blockade the entire Shanxi Province, they felt chills in their hearts.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked amicable, but his actions were probably no softer than Zhou Weishan's.

If the epidemic can be controlled, everyone will be happy, if it cannot be controlled...the people dare not think about it.

Jing Weishan bent down deeply, and took the lead and said: "But with the orders of His Royal Highness, the ministers will definitely be completely devastated."

Yin Chengyu raised his prestige and nodded in satisfaction: "Since that's the case, I will send an order to count the number of people in Shanxi as soon as possible. How many are alive, how many are dead, and how many are sick? Make a clear calculation and record it in a book. "

"Again, order the soldiers to build the Sian Chi Tang Pangren House in an open space one mile outside the Fucheng to house the sick."

"..."

Yin Chengyu ordered one by one, and a group of officials finally found the backbone again, and they each received their errands and dispersed to work.

Three days later, the imperial court's disaster relief team finally arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi.

A large number of officers and soldiers escorted the cartloads of grain and medicinal materials into the city. Yin Chengyu asked Xue Shu to take people to inspect the carts one by one to confirm that there was no mistake in the grain and medicinal materials before they were put into the warehouse.

"The relief food has arrived, and it is time to distribute it to various state capitals, and ask the guards to make a public announcement to notify the victims to come and receive the relief food."

Yin Chengyu said, but his brows remained unfurled: "It's just the rosters of statistics from various places, and the number of patients in each place is actually empty. This pimple plague is so severe. Before the number of patients is known, it may be counterproductive to gather a large number of people."

The reason why the number of patients is empty is easy to guess. Previously, Zhou Weishan’s actions were too cruel, but anyone with a cough and high fever would be treated as infected and punished by burning at the stake. Now the common people no longer trust officers and soldiers. I dare not let others know, let alone take the initiative to report it.

In such a situation, Yin Chengyu couldn't think of a good solution for a while, so he could only say: "Forget it, let Taiyuan Prefecture make a good start first. When more people receive food and receive treatment, other prefectures can follow suit."

Looking at the grain piled up in the warehouse, he said, "I will ask someone to prepare porridge tonight, and the porridge can be distributed in the morning. I will also send two imperial physicians to follow. If anyone with symptoms of the epidemic is found, they will be sent to the Pandemic Center immediately." .”

Now the three imperial physicians and the doctors recruited by the people have been studying how to treat pimple plague, but before finding a cure, they can only transfer the infected patients to the Plague Institution and isolate them from normal people. To prevent more people from getting pimple plague.

"The disaster victims may not wait until tomorrow morning."

Xue Shu shook his head when he heard the words, and suggested: "Your Highness can order people to guard near the warehouse tonight, I am afraid that some victims of disasters will force their way into the warehouse."

In the past few days, Xue Shu has dispatched soldiers to find out the situation inside and outside Taiyuan Mansion. Although Taiyuan Mansion looks like a dead city, it is actually because the officers and soldiers arrested people before and frightened the common people. Most of them are hiding. , hiding in the cellar at home during the day, only coming out at night.

Just now when the grain carts were entering the warehouse, some servants came to report that they saw sneaky figures around the warehouse.

"This is food for disaster relief, why should they come to grab it?" Yin Chengyu was puzzled when he heard this.

"The previous disaster relief food has not yet fallen into the hands of the people, and coupled with Zhou Weishan's atrocities, these people who are like frightened birds may not trust the government easily." Xue Shu lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Instead of looking forward to the government's handouts It’s better to grab some relief food by yourself.”

The great famine in Shanxi has been going on for more than a month, and these people who have survived such hardships may have reached their limit.

Once a person reaches a desperate situation, he will no longer trust anyone but himself.

Yin Chengyu thought for a moment, and felt that what he said was not unreasonable.

It's just that he was still a little puzzled, and looked at Xue Shu appreciatively, with persuasive eyes: "How do you know the thoughts of these disaster victims so well?"

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