People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 204 Heavy rain causes disaster! Civil servants passed the responsibility to Chen Han, and even shameless civil servants took the opportunity to embezzle disaster relief funds!

The rain came down quickly, and Zhang Juzheng felt very powerless standing in the rainstorm.

He wanted the world to reform, but he didn't want so many people to die from the reform.

He was a bit hesitant.

Just like his real reform, he wanted to become a saint and also wanted to enjoy himself a little.

That's why there is a phenomenon where he starts to pay attention to ostentation, self-aggrandizement, and all kinds of contradictions are concentrated on him when he is in great power.

This heavy rain lasted for four or five days, and the Yongding River surged. There were signs that villages were flooded and people were displaced around the capital.

The officials of Qin Tian Jian could be regarded as finding evidence that attacking Chen Han's reforms had brought about anger and resentment.

Originally, this time Chen Han destroyed the Confucius family, which caused dissatisfaction among scholars all over the world.

Now there have been heavy rains, and even the capital has been flooded, which has given these officials and scholars an excuse to attack Chen Han.

But after all, there are still few beneficiaries, and most people have not benefited.

Under the instigation of officials, the theory that Chen Han's implementation of the New Deal caused God to rain heavily finally began to spread.

In the feudal era, such weather disasters must have been caused by the lack of benevolent policies on the part of the administrators. Therefore, the officials of Qin Tian Jian immediately seized this opportunity and vigorously attacked Chen Han's new policy.

What's worse is that this time the heavy rain not only affected the capital, but the entire land of Hebei and even northern Henan were flooded and suffered great trauma from the Yellow River surge.

But the opposite happened after the Little Ice Age.

When food production cannot keep up, various vicious cycle problems are exposed.

The lives of the people down there during the Little Ice Age were simply inhumane.

The people were displaced and mourned everywhere. It can be said that this was Chen Han's misfortune.

It is said that Chen Han's new policies caused anger and resentment, and heavy rains fell.

Even in winter, it rarely snows in the north.

Now even some people began to doubt it.

Originally, I wanted to give the common people a good life, but it is often these common people who create obstacles.

This all happened because of the arrival of the Little Ice Age.

Although some people firmly sided with Chen Han and said that Chen Han was the great master of Qingtian.

Concentrated rainfall causes floods.

This disaster is not only one or two heavy rain disasters, but also continuous floods, droughts, ice disasters, wind disasters, etc.

Originally, falling snow in winter would kill pests and diseases in the soil, and rain in spring would be beneficial to the growth of crops.

Now he has to resist the slander and opposition from the civil servant group and scholars all over the world.

So everyone doubted whether Chen Han's reforms and changes were working.

Why did you make God angry?
Why let God bring such a big disaster?
Although our life was not good before, at least we could survive.

Although Chen Han has the title of Lord Qingtian in the capital, he has killed many corrupt officials and distributed all the land owned by corrupt officials to the common people.

We must also resist the huge disaster brought about by God, the Little Ice Age.

Due to various problems caused by this heavy rain.

They want to ask Chen Han for an explanation.

As a result, the entire late Ming Dynasty experienced a cycle of droughts in spring and winter, and floods in summer and autumn.

In fact, they didn't know why there was such a heavy rain just at the beginning of summer, that is, in May.
Spring and winter are cold and dry, which means the Little Ice Age has arrived.

If the Ming Dynasty had been under the warm weather like the Tang Dynasty, it might have been able to survive for a while longer.

Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, the biggest reason for its collapse must be internal corruption.
But another reason is the various natural disasters caused by the Little Ice Age.

There was a drought in the spring, when rain was supposed to fall but it didn't, making it impossible for crops to survive.

But now it is difficult to even survive.

This is probably the biggest contradiction among reformers.

Because when he came to this Wanli era, he had already entered the end of the dynasty, and the power of the Little Ice Age began to show.

As a result, people from the capital and Hebei began to gather.

A particularly striking feature of the Little Ice Age was that there was no precipitation in spring and winter.

On the contrary, there are more heavy rains in summer and autumn.

But most people and scholars blamed Chen Han for this heavy rain disaster.

Winter is just cold, very, very cold, but it doesn't snow.

Especially those victims who had no way to go, so they could only bring their families and gather all the way to the capital.

It's just that those officials in the Qintian Prison could not understand the situation of the great times. They would only think that the summer should have just entered a warm period.
However, the continuous heavy rains not only failed to reduce the cold air dissipated in summer, but also caused the river surge to wash away the experts and rush back to the farm.

But it is cold and dry.

Chen Han was also stranded in Tianjin for several days because of this heavy rain.

When he saw the heavy rain disaster coming, he saw people along the way starting to gather in northern Anhui. At the same time, all the things Jinyiwei had brought to him, whether it was scholars or officials' propaganda, public opinion was already moving in a direction that was not good for him.

Especially the scholars in the capital, who gathered in tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, waiting to confront him, made An Youniang and the others even heavier.

Because they analyzed the news from Jin Yiwei that those who opposed Chen Han and Chen used the publicity of this flood disaster to cause all this because of Chen Han's reforms.

The common people were deceived, and the scholars were filled with indignation.

Everyone gathered in the capital to ask Chen Han for an explanation.

An Youniang and the others were anxious.

But it was different from the anxiety they felt today.

Chen Han was particularly relaxed at this time.

After five or six consecutive days of heavy rain, it rarely cleared up. Chen Han was stranded in Tianjin Wei and actually went to visit privately incognito.

On the one hand, he wanted to see how the Haihe River surged after being flooded by river water, how the land was submerged, and how the disasters were.

On the other hand, you should also take a look at the local customs.

After seeing it, Chen Han was angry.

It turned out that the local officials of Tianjin Wei not only failed to organize rescue and disaster relief, but instead spread rumors along the way, saying that all of this was caused by Chen Han's reforms and was a disaster caused by God.

This is not a natural disaster, this is a man-made disaster, pointing all fingers at Chen Han.

After the disaster, the people felt aggrieved, and because of their superstitious ideas, they actually believed it. All this was caused by Chen Han.

He immediately directed all his grievances towards Chen Han.

Chen Han paid a private visit incognito to a dock. This place in Tianjin was home to merchants from flood and drought docks, mostly from three religions and nine streams. At this time, scholars gathered here and started another lecture.

Chen Han stood behind the crowd with great interest, listening to the group of people choreographing himself.

An Youniang accompanied him and asked in a low voice, "Sir, those people are obviously slandering you, why are you still interested in listening here?"

Chen Han said with a smile: "Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. I want to see how these people slander me, so that I can take advantage of them."

The scholar no longer spoke to the people in a formal tone, but became approachable, "Fellows, do you know why it rains heavily?"

Of course the common people didn't know that they had suffered a disaster and were looking for someone to take the blame so that they could get compensation from the court.

The scholar said: "The new emperor ascended the throne this year. His Majesty is young and talented, and it was originally a good year.

But just because of the appearance of sycophants like Chen Han, who massacred officials and scholars, and even made up a random reason to wipe out the family of Saint Confucius in Qufu, he also wanted to carry out new political reforms.

This made God angry, and this heavy rain was God's punishment.

God originally wanted to punish Chen Han, but we ordinary people suffered innocently.

Go and take a look. The Haihe River surged, and the people on both sides suffered a great disaster. The farmland was flooded, the houses were washed away, and the people were drowned. Every household wore mourning.
These are all caused by the new policy introduced by Chen Han. "

When the people heard this, they were very angry. They clenched their hoes, smashed them on the ground hard, and shouted:

"What kind of new policy is this bastard? It's none of our business whether it's new or not. Why does God want to punish us?"

Some people nearby said, "Didn't he say that? It's not about punishing us, it's about punishing that person named Chen Han. We are implicated."

When these words came out, those people were even more angry.

They yelled.

"This bastard should die."

"Don't let me meet this bastard. If I do, I'll beat him to death with a hoe."

Chen Han stood behind the excited citizen and said that he was not angry, which was definitely impossible.

I have worked so hard to carry out reforms so that you people can have a good life.

But you didn’t remember all the things I did. Instead, these scholars just said a few random things, and you all became so indignant.

No wonder you are easily controlled by these scholars, and you really deserve it.

I am really sad for his misfortune and angry for his inability to fight.

An Youniang clenched her fists, listening to the people's obscene insults to Chen Han, and shouted loudly, "If we don't reform, will it stop raining?
Wasn't there heavy rain in the past two years?
Didn't disaster happen?
Are every disaster caused by the implementation of new policies? "

As soon as these words came out, the people all turned to look at An Youniang.

An Youniang was completely unafraid to face the anger of so many people, "What? Was what I said wrong?"

Some people shouted, "Who are you and why do you want to speak for Chen Han?"

"Yes, if it weren't for his reforms, we wouldn't have to suffer this unreasonable disaster."

"Yes, if it hadn't been for his reform, there would have been such heavy rain. Do you know how many people were drowned? How many crops were washed away? How we will survive next year depends on Chen Han."

"What do you know about a little girl? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

The scholar standing on the high platform even jumped to his feet and yelled, "Did you see it? Did you see that there were no villagers? It is because of these people shouting for Chen Han that God will punish him."

We were living a good life, but it was all because of the new policy introduced by Chen Han that led to disaster.

Then Chen Han is a disaster, then Chen Han should die. Everyone who had the opportunity went to the capital to petition and asked the emperor to take him down.

Let him kneel in front of the Confucius Temple to repent and atone for his sins. "

If An Youniang wanted to say anything else, the people were already shouting at them to get out.

The tone of his voice was so excited that it really seemed as if Chen Han had a deep grudge against them.

An Youniang wanted to argue with Chen Han, so she took his hand and let's go first.

Seeing Chen Han and the others leaving, the scholar became even more excited, "Did you see it? As long as we unite, we can knock down any traitor. Let's all go to the capital and ask Chen Han to give an explanation."

Wait until this speech is over.

I saw the scholar sneaking into a small alley.

Chen Han and An Youniang followed and saw from a distance at the end of the alley a few people dressed as gentry, who gave the scholar a bag of silver and said a few words.

They acted very cautiously, as if they were secretly trading happiness pills.

Chen Han smiled and said: "Look, I guess the governor is right!"

After hearing this, An Youniang secretly sighed: "It turns out that we still charge money to do things."

"Go and capture those gentry as well, and the relief food will fall on them."

An Youniang was puzzled: "Sir, you still want to save those stupid people? Just starve them to death! A bunch of ungrateful people!"

Chen Han was helpless: "Who has been a reformer since ancient times who didn't know that there are stupid people among the people? My reform is not only for the people, but also for our country, the Han people!"

An Youniang heard it with sadness: "Sir! You have endured too much!!"

……

When the scholar took the bag of silver and returned with a smile to leave, he saw Chen Han, An Youniang and three Jinyi guards blocking his way.

Because An Youniang was so beautiful, the scholar had an impression and immediately recognized the person who scolded him in the square.

He quickly put away the money and sneered: "What? Haven't you been scolded enough just now? How dare you block my way and not let me get out of the way."

If I am unhappy, I can immediately attract the people to beat you to death. "

Chen Han laughed and said: "Thousands of scholars blocked the road outside Qufu City, and I killed them until no one was left alive;
Facing the Kong family, the governor also asked them to exterminate their species.

It is rare for someone to dare to speak arrogantly in front of the governor.

When I saw you bewitching the people just now, I thought you were a man who read poetry and books, but I didn't expect you to be a despicable person who gets paid to do things. "

Chen Han naturally spoke with a very powerful majesty. When the scholar heard this, he immediately trembled, "You are... you are..."

Behind me, Jin Yiwei sneered, "Didn't you have fun scolding the Governor just now? How come you see the Governor in person now, but you don't recognize him?"

The scholar's face immediately turned pale, and then he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.

"Sir, have mercy on me! My lord, have mercy on me!!

The young ones are paid to do things. That’s what the gentry asked me to say. It’s none of my business!

There is an 80-meter-high hall above me, and there are children waiting to be fed below. There is really nothing I can do! "

While he was speaking, the gentry who had just given him money were also arrested.

As soon as these officers saw Chen Han, they immediately knelt on the ground and said, "My hero, have mercy on me, my hero, please have mercy on me."

It turned out that they regarded Chen Han as a hero in the world.

Jin Yiwei roared angrily: "What hero? This is the imperial envoy you have been slandering.

We were listening below just now. Don’t you really like to bribe these spineless scholars to slander our family?

Now that you've met a real person, why don't you dare to be arrogant? "

When the gentry heard that it was Chen Han, they collapsed on the ground, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Excellency, please forgive us. We are also acting under orders, and we don't dare to think otherwise."

An Youniang asked: "Whose orders are you taking?"

Several gentry immediately said: "On the orders of the Tianjin Guard Commander, he asked us to take advantage of the surge in the Haihe River to destroy the people's fields and encourage the people to go to the capital to rebel against the Lord!"

"Sir, have mercy! We are innocent!"

Spare your life?

Is it so easy for Chen Han to spare those who slandered him?

funny?

I don’t care why you come out to slander you.

"Bring the knife!!" Chen Han stretched out his hand.

Liu Ting and the others handed over the embroidered spring knife.

The scholar moved back desperately, begging for mercy while moving back: "Sir, please forgive me, I don't dare to do it anymore! I don't dare to do it anymore!!"

Phew!

Chen Han hacked him to death with one knife.

Then he looked at the gentry and said, "First ransack their homes, and then destroy all nine of their clans!!"

Jin Yiwei nodded: "Yes!"

Several gentry fainted from fright!
……

The official residence of the Tianjin Guard Commander.

The commander is summoning all officials in Tianjin to celebrate.

The Eight Immortals table, which can seat twenty people, is filled with delicacies from all over the world.

There are fifteen or six officials present.

"Everyone, it seems that God is also helping us fight against this bastard Chen Han's reforms. It is really gratifying!"

It stands to reason that the commander of Tianjin Guard is a military position and should be held by a military general.

But Tianjin Guard is special. Although he is a military officer in the guard station, the place is crowded with commercial ports and commerce is prosperous. Although there is a large army to guard it, civilian officials are sent as commanders here.

Of course, he does not directly participate in military management, which is left to the commanding colleagues.

"It's a good plan, sir. If we don't go to the disaster relief, all the money allocated by the court for the disaster relief will fall into our pockets," the chief bookkeeper said.

The commander laughed loudly: "Thanks to the bastard Chen Han who pushed the New Deal, the people suffered great injustice. It was also caused by Chen Han. The people scolded him, Chen Han, but it was us who benefited. Haha... so cool!
Still according to the previous division of accounts, the disaster relief silver allocated now is 300,000 taels, my lord's three achievements are 90,000 taels, and the rest will be divided with the officials...

Of course, we can't completely stop providing disaster relief. We can spend 10,000 taels of silver, buy some bran from grain merchants, and distribute it to the victims. They say that the court and the Yamen have no money because of the New Deal introduced by the traitor Chen Han. They want to If there is trouble, let them go to the capital to find Chen Han. "

Hahaha……

All the officials present laughed.

"Your Excellency is wise, let's take the money and let Chen Han take the blame. Who makes him like to be in the limelight? Let him show off enough this time!"

boom! ! !
Just as they were changing glasses.

The door to the hall was suddenly kicked open.

The conductor sat in the master's seat and could see clearly.

I saw Chen Han with a stern face, standing at the gate under the protection of dozens of Jinyi guards.

The servants and guards in his house were all tied up in the yard.

"What a plan! All the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court were stolen, but the governor was asked to take the blame. Amazing! Amazing!!" Chen Han said with a smile.

Chen Han was wearing the official robe of an imperial envoy, and all the royal guards were wearing flying fish uniforms.

The conductor made a dozen of them fall to the ground in fright.

Then he immediately crawled over on his knees.

"My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life!"

"Your Excellency, I made a mistake in lowering my rank! I made a mistake in lowering my rank! I will never dare to lower my rank again. Please spare my life!"

The commander was even more frightened and trembling all over.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would not do it myself.

Chen Han was famous for being cold-blooded and ruthless. If he said that in front of him, he would definitely die.

But he still wanted to make a final struggle.

He knelt down at Chen Han's feet.

"Your Excellency, I made a mistake. Your Majesty, I will immediately open a warehouse to release grain and provide disaster relief! Please give me a chance!"

Chen Han was amused by his words, "Spare you? Why?"

The commander raised his head and met Chen Han's sneering face.

"Sir, I am willing to recruit anyone. It was the people above who asked me to do this. In fact, the superiors allocated a total of 500,000 taels for disaster relief. After layers of exploitation, only 300,000 taels were left. ”

Chen Han said: "Write down the list!!"

The commander thought he was saved, so he quickly got a pen and paper, knelt in front of Chen Han, and wrote down the list.

"Sir! Spare your life!"

After Chen Han read the list, he handed it to Liu Ting to keep, and then said: "Bring the knife!!"

The commander fell back, "Sir, spare your life! Spare your life!!"

Phew...

Chen Han killed him with one strike.

The remaining officials were so frightened that they fell to the ground: "Sir, please spare your life... spare your life..."

"Kill!!" Chen Han ordered.

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PS: A five thousand word chapter! The main reason is that there is some foreshadowing in the front, and the result is in the back. I am afraid that people will scold me and I will release it out of context.

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