Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 217 Conflict in Changning County

In the middle of the night, on the official road outside the north gate of Zhongqing City, there was a burst of dust, and several horses galloped towards them.

Before arriving at the city gate, seeing a figure flashing, the leader jumped off his horse, raised his head and shouted violently at the city gate:
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up, open the city gate quickly. Those who hinder, die!"

As soon as the words fell, there was only a burst of piercing sound, which came out impressively.

I don't know what it is, and it shoots from the bottom of the city wall with Peiran's strength.There was only the sound of "clang" and the sound of gravel, and a red flag was inserted directly above the city gate.

The flag was shaken slightly, revealing the red flag surface, and the words "delivery immediately" were written on it.

Above the city gate, the soldiers of the city defense battalion knew the identity of the person coming when they saw the command flag.Looking under the city wall again, he saw several guards standing in front of the city gate, their figures were in a state of embarrassment, and their faces were still anxious.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the city defense battalion were shocked immediately.

Expedited [-] miles is already the method used by the imperial court to deliver the highest level of urgent documents.It can only be used for delivery, such as urgent reports of domestic rebellion and enemy invasion.

Along the way, no matter who has the courage to stop the delay, it will be a third-class crime.If the war is delayed, the result will be irreversible, and even the whole family can be sentenced to death.

All the soldiers of the city defense battalion did not dare to delay, they immediately opened the city gate and let all the servants in.

Immediately, the messenger shouted loudly, and the horse hissed, galloped into the city, and headed straight for the palace.

In the palace, Xiao Cheng, who was about to go to bed, was suddenly rushed out of the palace by these eight hundred miles.

Xiao Cheng was wearing a single suit, pushed away the little eunuch who wanted to cover himself with clothes, and asked in a deep voice:

"what happened?"

The little eunuch on the side quickly handed over the urgent secret letter from eight hundred miles, and replied:
"Your Majesty, Jianchang Mansion urgently reports!"

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, but his movements were not as quick as before.

After receiving the secret letter, Xiao Cheng glanced at ten lines, and immediately said in a deep voice:
"Sure enough, it was Changning County, Jianchang Prefecture, who discovered the urgent report of the plague. Feng Bao, this time, all the people who have made contributions in your East Factory will be promoted to a higher rank, and will be rewarded with a hundred gold!"

Hearing this, Feng Bao on the side quickly bowed his head and thanked:
"Slave, thank you for your majesty's reward!"

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, and continued to speak:

"Ji Huan, how's the progress?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Ji has already led 27 disciples of the Fang Ji family to the northern border in two days. After calculating the distance, I am afraid that we have already arrived at Weichu Mansion."

Ji Huan, Qin He, with the support of Xiao Cheng, had established Fang Jijia and settled in Jixia Academy.

It's just like the military school, among the hundreds of schools, each has its own medical skills.Therefore, students who are interested in solving the suffering of diseases for the people rarely choose to directly join Fang Jijia.Even though the medical skills of the two of them can be called life-and-death human flesh and bones, they only gathered dozens of disciples by their side.

Now that Ji Huan is leaving for the northern border, she has already brought all the disciples gathered during this period of time!

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Let your subordinates deliver a secret letter and tell Imperial Physician Ji about the plague in Changning County."

"Yes!"

Xiao Cheng paused slightly, pondered for a moment, and continued:
"Order Shen Wansan and Jin Shengyuan, the head of the Miscellaneous Family, to fully cooperate with the court and dispatch and collect various supplies and medicines at all costs. The situation in the northern border must not become uncontrollable!"

With the power of the imperial court, it would cost too much to collect a lot of materials in a short period of time and then dispatch them to the northern border.

Therefore, under such a situation, it can only be completed with the help of private merchants.

As long as there are enough gold and silver goods, the strength of these merchants will become extremely amazing!
And Xiao Cheng had swallowed the accumulation of Ganye Temple for 600 years before, and not long ago, there were a small number of Buddhist temples involved in the assassination case of Rouning Emperor Ji.Xiao Cheng was not polite to them, he had already arranged for people to confiscate all temple properties.

Although these things have not yet been included in the national treasury, they are definitely quite a lot.Therefore, Xiao Cheng does not lack gold and silver in the national treasury.

Feng Bao heard the words and quickly responded:
"Yes!"

Xiao Cheng pondered for a moment, then suddenly said:

"By the way, didn't you hand over the list of new censors today, find it out and let me have a look again!"

Hearing this, Feng Bao immediately signaled his young eunuch to fetch it.

Not long after, the list of new censors discussed by the court was placed in front of Xiao Cheng.

The censor of Yushitai has the duty of impeaching all officials. It is an important institution to clean up the government and control the court.

Xiao Cheng is now taking advantage of the plague in the southwest of Xia Kingdom to expand the number of censors at the Yushitai, and assign them to various parts of the northern border to supervise the epidemic prevention.But in fact, Xiao Cheng's real purpose is to prepare for the large-scale implementation of the examination method.

Xiao Cheng spread out the memorial, pondered for a long time, finally frowned, raised his ink pen, and added a line of annotations on the memorial.

"Hai Rui, a Jinshi of the new department, was granted the censor station to supervise the censor and supervise the epidemic prevention in Jianchang Mansion."

Feng Bao glanced slightly, although there was no expression on his face, he was somewhat puzzled in his heart.

What is so strange about this Hai Rui that His Majesty deserves his personal approval at this time, and appointed him as the supervisor of the Jianchang Mansion?
Xiao Cheng put together the memorial, looked at Feng Bao, and ordered:
"Let Physician Ji of the Official Pharmacy Bureau pay attention to Hai Rui!"

Feng Bao nodded quickly when he heard this, and quietly remembered Xiao Cheng's concern for this Hai Rui.

Xiao Cheng put down the vermilion pen in his hand, sighed lightly, his eyes were full of seriousness.
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Jianchang Mansion, Changning County.

At this time, in Changning County, the city gates were closed.On the city wall, there were pieces of cloth covering their mouths and noses, and the soldiers of Yun Kingdom, who were waiting in battle, looked at the refugee gathering place outside the city with guarded eyes.

Under the city wall, the refugees from the Xia Kingdom looked at the towering and dangerous city, and felt despair in their hearts.

Among so many refugees, not all of them are mud-legged.At this time, someone is obviously aware of their situation.

plague!

For thousands of years, from the courts of various countries to the common people in the rivers and lakes, everyone has heard of it.

The chaotic crowd of refugees stopped in front of Changning County. Some people fell on their backs on the muddy ground, shaking their bodies, and their breathing was extremely weak. The family members beside them couldn't help crying.

There were also people kneeling in front of the city gate, kowtowing to the soldiers of Yun Kingdom on the city wall, begging them to show mercy and open the city gate to let them in.

There are even more people who are unwilling to wait for death, or they want to cross the continuous mountains in groups, or they want to swim across the turbulent rivers, and some people even connect secretly, looking at the city ahead, showing a hideous look .

In short, under such circumstances, these people are doing everything possible to find a way out for themselves and their families.

Refugees from the Xia Kingdom regard the territory of the Yun Kingdom as their habitat, as if as long as they enter it, they can escape.

But in Changning County, the situation is also grim.

A county town that usually accommodates 20 million people at most has accommodated several times as many people at this time.With the gates of the city closed tightly, the people could not pass through, and the situation in the city was like a powder keg, which could be destroyed at any moment.

In the city, the frontier army of the Five Thousand Clouds who originally defended against the Xia Kingdom's invasion, now in sharp clothes, scattered into the city to maintain order in the city.

A vicious-looking monk in black monk clothes, with a group of servants, arranges and coordinates the residence, food convenience and many other miscellaneous things in the city for the refugees in the city.

"Why don't you let us out?"

"That is, why closed the city gate and trapped us in the city?"

A group of refugees gathered in front of the city gate of Changning County, looking at the Julu erected in front of them, and the Yunguo soldiers with cloth covering their mouths and noses, and their eyes full of warning, agitated emotions spread among them Diffuse.

The generals headed by the soldiers of Yunguo held long knives, pointed at the refugees obliquely, and shouted violently with indifferent eyes:

"return to!"

"Retreat! Those who don't retreat will die!" All the soldiers of the Yun Kingdom immediately shouted.

The ferocious aura, accompanied by the sound of shouting that resounded through the world, rushed towards the refugees in front of them.

The elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time are full of murderous aura, how can these ordinary people be able to resist?

Everyone felt a stagnation in their chests and couldn't breathe.Under the murderous aura of the soldiers, the refugees did not dare to look directly and took a few steps back unconsciously.

Seeing that the refugees were about to retreat, the soldiers of Yun Kingdom immediately put away their weapons and took a few steps back.

But at this moment, a burst of exhausted roar was suddenly heard from behind the refugees.

"Yunguo government has arrested someone, run away!"

A shout immediately caused the crowd to explode.

The refugees who had already retreated suddenly lost their minds, and the crowd rushed towards the city gate.

The refugees, who were already worried about their own situation, were like frightened birds. Out of fear in their hearts and distrust of the government, they immediately caused riots.

Regardless of the spears and swords in the hands of the soldiers, the refugees grabbed onto the deer and tried to climb over.

The sudden turmoil caused the soldiers who were about to guard the city gate to be a little dazed.Looking at the slightly hideous people in front of him, he immediately panicked.

"But whoever advances to attack the city gate will die!" At this time, he shouted violently and suddenly remembered.

These Yunguo frontier soldiers were just slightly dazed before, not knowing how to deal with them.Hearing this order now, the habit of obeying military orders engraved in his bones immediately acted.

The guards at the city gate immediately lifted their spirits, straightened their spears in their hands, took a step forward, and made a huge sound of "boom" as they stepped on the ground.

"Those who advance, kill!" The soldiers shouted in unison, their faces showing ferocity.

The killing spirit in the army suddenly surged, making people tremble.

In the line of sight that ordinary people can't see, the blood-red murderous aura billows up like beacon fire.Although the vision was not condensed, it only turned the heads of the soldiers into bloody clouds of smoke.

But even so, it is enough to deter the disorderly people in front of us!

The group of refugees who were facing the army formation, under the impact of the army formation's killing spirit, suddenly stopped their steps, their limbs became weak, their whole body trembled and frightened, and they dared not go forward.

Among the refugee group, a road was separated by people.

More than a hundred soldiers from Yunguo came out, escorting Lieutenant Shi in armor and Dao Yan in black monk robes.

Lieutenant Shi looked gloomy, looked at the soldiers guarding the city gate, and sternly reprimanded:

"You guys just now, why did you back off!"

If they hadn't come in time just now, I'm afraid that this city gate would really be broken by these refugees.

Not to mention how shameful it is for this group of elite frontier soldiers to be dispersed by a group of unarmed refugees.At that time, the refugees fled in all directions, and the plague spread to all counties. That is a crime that cannot be excused!

The low-level generals of the Yun army who were leading couldn't help but bow their heads in shame, not daring to answer.

Lieutenant Shi gritted his teeth, lowered his voice and said:
"When everything here is over, go and receive the punishment yourself!"

"Yes……"

Dao Yan, who was standing beside Captain Shi, looked at these refugees at this moment, his sinister-looking triangular eyes narrowed slightly, took a step forward, and said:

"From today onwards, all the city is under martial law. Everyone, etc., will be resettled in the city, and all food will be supplied by the imperial court."

When the refugees heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

Among the crowd, someone, speaking mandarin with a southwestern accent of Xia Kingdom, said:

"Who knows if your Yunguo government wants to trap us in the city! Don't try to hide it from us, those people who were taken away by you are obviously suffering from the plague..."

There was a slight silence in the crowd, and not long after, there was a cry.

These refugees were all victims of military disasters, and they had just migrated to Chaoyun Country with their families.But now, they encountered the plague again, which made them weep for their miserable fate.

When all the soldiers of the Yun Kingdom heard the words, a trace of pity flashed in their eyes, and they all lowered their heads slightly, unable to bear to look directly.

At this time, Dao Yan was unmoved.He showed no emotion on his face, he encouraged his inner strength to make his voice louder, interrupted everyone loudly, and said:

"The court officials and soldiers in the city have never abandoned the city. Closing the city gate is also trapping us in it. I just want to trap you to death, shouldn't we block the city from the outside? Take it away before. Patients suffering from the plague, in order to prevent the spread of the plague, it is more convenient to treat. All the patients are placed in the Qingshou Temple in the city, and there are doctors to take care of them. If you don’t believe it, you can find a way to send someone in to spread the word to confirm.”

As soon as this remark came out, the refugees suddenly fell silent, their faces were full of uncertainties, and they looked at Dao Yan.

Dao Yan raised his head slightly, raised his head and said:

"The poor monk is a monk, and he will never tell lies in his life! If there is a half-truth, the poor monk can scream and fall into the endless hell."

As soon as this remark came out, the refugees froze in place, not knowing how to respond.

At this time, several voices were heard again, saying:

"Okay, it's what you said about serving food. If this statement is true, we will definitely not wait to die!"

"Go to Qingshou Temple first, and find a way to confirm whether the person is alive."

The refugees did not trust Dao Yan's oath.But looking at the murderous Yunguo soldiers in front of them, after calming down, they didn't have the guts to attack after all.

After a moment of hesitation, the refugees finally took a few steps back to express relief.

Xiaowei Shi, who was originally concerned, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the refugees backing away, and then glanced at Dao Yan, who didn't look like a monk no matter his appearance, temperament, or decisiveness.

It was noisy just now, and the refugees might not have heard it.

In the critical moment just now, the voice that ordered the soldiers to kill was actually Dao Yan who shouted before him.

(End of this chapter)