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Chapter 143 Apocalyptic Big Bang

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"People, people in the city of Beijing, I have a very important announcement to you! Before the sixth day of May, there will be a catastrophe in the capital. For your safety, it is best to take your parents, wives and children with you temporarily. Leave the capital, and return to the capital on the seventh day of May! Common people, folks in Beijing...!"

Starting from the morning of April 28, the sixth year of Tianqi, such a rather absurd scene appeared successively on the main streets of Beijing. A young man wearing a wooden shackle and prison clothes led a group of The guards of the East Factory, who were wearing hats, and Jin Yiwei, who was wearing a flying fish suit, preached the theory of the end of the world in the streets and alleys, and encouraged the people in the city to leave the capital temporarily and seek refuge in other places.And this young man who looks like a dog, needless to say, is our young master Zhang and the number one actor of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Gou Shao. With [-] points of energy, he stood on the street patiently explaining the propaganda, went to the people's homes to show condolences, and persuaded the people to evacuate.

As Young Master Zhang expected, his efforts had little effect. Only a very small number of officials and civilians chose to evacuate the capital, and most of the soldiers and civilians were skeptical of Young Master Zhang's propaganda and held a wait-and-see attitude. There are two reasons for this. One is that Beijing is a consumption-oriented city, and the people’s income mainly comes from commercial income and service income. Commercial and service income mainly comes from daily accumulation. It is a small golden period for the service industry to make profits, and how can those shops and small businesses be willing to give up so easily?The second reason is even more terrible. Master Zhang can’t tell others that he came from more than 300 years later, so he knows that the apocalyptic explosion, one of the three major mysteries in the history of world disasters, will definitely happen in the capital on the sixth day of May. The superstitious method of propaganda, the persuasiveness will naturally be greatly reduced.So Young Master Zhang's team has been propagandizing on the streets for a whole morning under the scorching sun, but there are less than ten ordinary households who believe what Young Master Zhang said, and are planning to leave the capital temporarily with their families.

It’s fine if the common people don’t believe it. Young Master Zhang has long been prepared for this. The key is that most of the Dongchang Fanguan and Zhenfusi Jinyiwei who helped Young Master Zhang with publicity would not believe it. , Xiao Chuan, Tian Ergeng, and Cui Yingyuan, the chief and deputy commanders of the Zhenfu Division, are all hard-core allies of Young Master Zhang. I am afraid that these Dongchang Fanjun and Jinyiwei have protested and protested, but this is the case. Jin Yiwei was still full of complaints, lazy and slippery in a weak way, and didn't work hard.Young Master Zhang saw it and didn't pursue it. He just ordered: "Everyone is tired, let's go home to eat and rest, and come here to gather after noon."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang." Dongchang Fan and Jin Yiwei cheered loudly, and dispersed in the blink of an eye.Young Master Zhang, accompanied by a few guards from the Zhen Fu Division who escorted him, went to a nearby restaurant to eat, and was going to take a break to continue publicity. He sat down in the restaurant and cheered. She came in, and sat down opposite to Young Master Zhang without saying a word.Young Master Zhang took a closer look, but saw that the people who came were Man Gui, Hei Yunlong and Wu Liuqi who were supposed to lead the army to be stationed in the school grounds outside the city, besides Xu Guangqi, Bo Jue, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang, etc. People, by the looks of it, this group of people should have made an appointment to trouble Master Zhang.

"Master Zhang, why do you do this?" Xu Guangqi first said: "You have read the scriptures, don't you know the theory of ghosts and gods, which is illusory? You even carried the coffin to the Taimiao for a dream. Bringing the people from Dongchang and Zhenfusi on the street to persuade the people to evacuate the capital and become the laughing stock of the government and the public. How obsessed are you? Stop it, stop now, there are nine thousand years old to protect you, and we will do our best Excuse you, the emperor will definitely not punish you severely, if this continues, we and Jiuqiantui will have no way to protect you."

"Yes, third brother, stop it." Liu Ruozai also persuaded: "Just this morning, more than 30 officials came forward to impeach you for your rumors and confusion, and asked the emperor to stop your propaganda and put you on the stage. Re-imprisonment and serious questioning!"

"Why? You don't believe me either?" Young Master Zhang asked with a wry smile.Xu Guangqi, Yu Huang and others nodded together, expressing that they would not believe the words of ghosts and gods, while generals such as Man Gui and Hei Yunlong said in a dull voice: "Brother Zhang, you use soldiers like a god, and we will obey you on the battlefield." But you are too amazing this time——within ten days, the capital will be untouched? Who will believe such a word? So we think you'd better listen to Mr. Xu and stop, and we will go to the Ministry of War to protect you with all our strength. "

"There's nothing you can do if you don't believe me. I can only convince you with facts. I never joke about big things." Young Master Zhang shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Brother Man, Brother Hei, you don't have to believe me, but I hope You can do what I say. In the next few days, your army can't be indulged, and it must be ready at any time like in wartime. Once a disaster occurs, I will ask the emperor to allow your army to enter the city to participate in the battle. Disaster relief, rescue the people affected by the disaster, and maintain order in the capital."

"Brother Zhang, if a disaster really happens in the capital, we will definitely do this. But you just rely on a dream, just..." Man Gui also wanted to persuade Young Master Zhang to stop.But at this moment, people suddenly screamed in the street outside the restaurant, "My God! What is that? Look at the sky! Look at the sky!"

"The sign is coming!" Young Master Zhang jumped up and rushed to the corridor outside the building to check the situation. Man Gui, Xu Guangqi and others also rushed over suspiciously, but after looking at it, Xu Guangqi and others couldn't help being dumbfounded—just now In the sky that was still cloudless and the sun was shining brightly, at some point in the northeast corner of the capital, a huge slender cloud appeared. It was shaped like a flag, and it also looked like a knife. Its color was pure white. Rushing to the southwest, in just a moment, a huge white cloud dragon with no head or tail formed in the sky, spanning the sky, as if splitting the sky in half diagonally!
"Is this a sign of the big bang of the apocalypse?" Young master Zhang carefully recalled his natural science knowledge, but unfortunately, the reason why young master Zhang was able to remember the time of the big bang of the apocalypse was because the time of the big bang happened to be the time of the apocalypse. The second day of the Dragon Boat Festival in six years, I can't remember it wrongly, but there were those signs before the big bang of the apocalypse. Master Zhang returned it to the editors of popular science magazines such as "Flying Saucer Exploration" and "Mystery". It is impossible to determine whether this is a sign of the legendary apocalypse big bang.But Man Gui and Hei Yunlong's group of rough people shouted, "What kind of strange cloud is that? It's so weird! Could it be that what Brother Zhang said is true, that there will really be a catastrophe in the capital?"

"No, changes in the sky are very normal, and cloud changes are even more common. This is just a coincidence." Xu Guangqi, one of the greatest scientists of the Ming Dynasty, retorted loudly, saying that he did not believe that this was a precursor to catastrophe.But at this moment, the clouds in the sky changed again, first from white to red, and then from red to purple, which lasted for a long time.Seeing this, even Xu Guangqi was dumbfounded, and murmured: "What kind of strange cloud is this? I have lived for more than 60 years, why have I never seen such a strange cloud?"

"Could it be an earthquake cloud? Bo Jue, go to the Qin Tianjian right away to see if there is any response to the earthquake motion? Is there a small earthquake (earthquake) that cannot be directly detected in the northeast corner of the capital?" Young Master Zhang came Spirit, began to delve into whether the apocalypse big bang was related to earthquakes as a person who witnessed it.Bo Jue was taken aback for a moment, and then asked inexplicably, "Seismograph? Mr. Zhang, do you mean the seismograph invented by Mr. Zhang Heng? That thing has been lost for more than 1000 years. Where did the seismograph come from Qin Tianjian?"

"Damn it, it's a pity." Young Master Zhang slammed his fist on the wooden fence of the restaurant in frustration, regretting that he missed the opportunity to directly know the truth about the apocalypse big bang.And the flow of people on the street was already chaotic, and countless people shouted, "It's true! What Zhang Tanhua said is true, there will be a catastrophe in the capital, run away!" The crowd who had already started to panic became even more chaotic. , Crying and shouting soared into the sky, and countless people ran around like headless flies on the street, trampling each other.Seeing that the situation was not good, Young Master Zhang hurriedly shouted to Chen Jianhuang and the others who were secretly protecting him downstairs: "Chen Jianhuang, send your people out and ask all the troops of the five city soldiers and horses to take to the streets to maintain order! Dongchang Fanguan and Jinyiwei are called back to gather and organize the people to leave the capital!"

"Brother Zhang, why don't you ask the emperor to let our army enter the city to help maintain order?" Man Gui asked.Young Master Zhang shook his head, and quickly said: "Not now, the disaster has not yet happened, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities can still control the situation in the capital. The emperor will not allow you foreign troops to enter the capital. Go back and make preparations, pay attention Your own safety. Also, Lu Xiangsheng and Wu Liuqi, you two martial arts masters, last time I asked you to develop the bayonet knife technique. I have to hurry up and research it. After this matter is over, I have to start to create a new army. At that time, don’t even have the skills to train bayonet tactics! Master Xu, Bo Jue, you must protect the research equipment and new muskets in the Royal Academy of Sciences, and you must not lose them in the chaos, but you must be more careful about your own. Safety……!"

Hastily arranged tasks with the de facto members of the Gou Shao Party. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanjun, who had gone back to eat, had returned to their original places to gather one after another. The young master's confidence was obviously much stronger, and his attitude was even more awe-inspiring. Under the leadership of young master Zhang, he began to organize the retreat of the people in the capital again.And the people in the capital saw that the cloud in the sky was too weird—it was probably an earthquake cloud, and they heard the propaganda of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanjun, and they were even more panicked. Residents began to evacuate with the old and the young in every street. In the scene of the capital, the five-city soldiers and horse troops under the indirect control of Wei Zhongxian were also fully mobilized, stationed in various streets to maintain order, and strictly prevent people with bad intentions from taking advantage of the fire to rob.

The cloud and gas phenomenon that appeared on April 28 lasted for more than an hour before disappearing (according to "Tianbian Dichao"). Although the shock to the people in the capital was great, its influence was still quite limited, except for those who were extremely superstitious and timid. Apart from the common people voluntarily leaving the capital to take refuge, more people still hold a wait-and-see attitude, and are still skeptical about whether a catastrophe will happen to the capital.The officials who supported Zhu Youjian and the political opponents of Young Master Zhang even blatantly clamored, "The way of heaven is not always changing, how can we be restrained? It is normal for the clouds to change occasionally, how can we lightly abolish the capital because of minor changes?" Not only to persuade the people not to leave the capital , and scolded Ming Xizong, who had already been shaken by Wei Zhongxian's persuasion, so that he dared not move, and did not choose to take the palace and concubines to leave the capital temporarily for refuge.

Some people want to say, since Young Master Zhang knew that the apocalyptic explosion only affected the area around Wang Gong Factory in the southwest corner of the capital, why didn’t Young Master Zhang let the army forcefully relocate the people in the area around Wang Gong Factory? City evacuated?The answer is simple. First, Young Master Zhang doesn't have that much power, and he can't persuade the officials in the court who have been brainwashed by stereotypes to agree.Second, Young Master Zhang wants to establish his own image, so knowing that he only needs to evacuate the people in the area of ​​Wang Gongchang, Young Master Zhang still insists on mobilizing the whole city to evacuate—no matter how big the impact of the apocalypse explosion is, those who have taken refuge outside the city When all the people returned to the city, they would definitely only pay homage and awe to Young Master Zhang.Third, of course, Young Master Zhang didn't want people to suspect that he already knew the process before and after the apocalypse big bang.

God favored Young Master Zhang very much. Just when the officials and people in the capital were still skeptical about Young Master Zhang's words, visions struck one after another.On Renyin Day, the first day of May, when the sky was about to dawn, a fireball rolled out of the Huoshen Temple in Houzaimen (now Di'anmen), flew into the sky in front of countless passers-by, and disappeared into the sky (from "History of Ming Dynasty") record).On the second night of the fifth lunar month, ghost fires were seen in the corner of the building at the front door. The green lights glowed like hundreds of fireflies, and merged together, as big as a wheel.On the third day of the fifth lunar month, strange clouds were seen again in the northeast, shaped like ribbons and red in color.On the fourth day of the lunar new year, the clouds appeared again, the shape was satisfactory, and the color was black (the above is from the record of "Tianbian Dichao").All kinds of weirdnesses are seen again and again, all kinds of strange cloud phenomena, fire lights, fluorescent lights and strange sounds continue for days, and the capital is terrified!

With so many strange scenes appearing, even the most stubborn people began to waver. It goes without saying that the officials and people in the capital fled to seek refuge. The young master summoned him into the palace, and asked Young Master Zhang face-to-face: "Zhang Aiqing, it's too late for me to punish King Xin now? If I demote King Xin to a commoner now and send him to the border gates to be imprisoned forever, will God stop this?" Bring disaster on the capital?" At this point, Ming Xizong's tone was already filled with pleading, "Youjian has already knelt down to the Taimiao to plead guilty to his ancestors for a day and a night, and he already knows that he is wrong. Zhang Aiqing, I am just such a younger brother, You can't let me kill him, can you?"

"Your Majesty, I think it's too late." Young Master Zhang, who was also terrified by the strange omen, shook his head in pain, "God's calamity can't be undone by manpower. If you act against the sky, you can only bring about your own destruction. In my opinion, Now we can only move the people of the capital out of the city as much as possible, and return to the city after the disaster is over, so that the loss may be smaller."

"Is it really irreparable?" Ming Xizong asked disappointedly.Young Master Zhang said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, if this humble official can be saved, for the sake of the people of the capital and the people of Ming Dynasty, even if the humble official is smashed to pieces, I will be sorry, but no matter how powerful the humble official is, there is no way to prevent this catastrophe." Ah." After that, Young Master Zhang kindly suggested: "Your Majesty, I think it's best for you to leave the capital temporarily and return to the capital after the sixth day of May, so as not to be affected by the disaster. Also, please ask the emperor to send the three major officials of the capital to the capital." The army of the battalion was also mobilized to maintain order and organize the people out of the city, preparing to rescue the people affected by the disaster, and at the same time making preparations so that the people would not take advantage of the chaos after the disaster."

Wei Zhongxian was also at the side to help persuade, Ming Xizong was silent for a long time, stood up after a while and said: "Okay, pass the decree, I and the empress and concubines will temporarily move to Xishan, Zhongxian will accompany you, and Tian Ergeng will lead the guards in the palace to escort. You, Zhang Aiqing, will be in charge of the three major battalions temporarily, and organize the people to evacuate from the capital."

Ming Xizong had been confused all his life, but this time he finally made a correct choice. After temporarily handing over the troops of the three major battalions of the capital to Young Master Zhang, the evacuation of the people in the capital went much smoother.On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, at least [-]% of the people in the capital were evacuated from Beijing under the organization of the army. Among them, only [-]-[-]% of the common people and pedantic officials firmly refused to believe that there would be a catastrophe, and stayed in the city to continue their lives.Regarding these people, Young Master Zhang didn't even bother to pay attention to them. He just commanded the army to closely guard the streets, maintain law and order, and wait for the explosion to come.

The most deserted Dragon Boat Festival in the history of Beijing City has passed in fear among the people of the capital, and the day of the apocalypse explosion is also approaching while Master Zhang is nervously waiting.

In [-] A.D., on the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, the sky was clear and cloudless, and at the right time, there was a muffled thunder-like boom from the northeast, and the rumbling sound gradually moved to the southwest.Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and dust filled the sky in a radius of more than ten miles around Wang Gong's factory, and then the sky darkened, and it was shrouded in darkness in a short while. The ground shook violently, countless houses collapsed, and many big trees were uprooted. .At that time, the sky seemed to be collapsing, it was as dark as night, and ten thousand rooms were calm.Like messy threads, like five colors, like Ganoderma lucidum-like smoke rises into the sky, and it will disperse after a long time.From Shunchengmen Street in the east to Xingbu Street in the north, it is nearly four miles long and has a circumference of thirteen miles. Tens of thousands of houses have been reduced to dust.

The sound of the explosion was so loud that even Ming Xizong and his party from far away in Xishan could hear it clearly. Before their panic settled, there was another roar in Wang Gongchang, and the ground suddenly cracked, and two large pits more than ten feet deep appeared. .I saw a cloud of smoke rising from the pit and rolling away in the northeast direction.A huge stone lion weighing thousands of catties on Stone Son-in-Law Street was thrown out of Shuncheng Gate.Around Xi'an Gate, iron slag the size of rice grains flew and splashed in the air.In the Royal Elephant Garden on Xianglai Street, all the elephant houses collapsed, and groups of elephants came out in fright and ran wildly.In the area around Chang'an Street and Deshengmen, people's heads fell from the sky from time to time, some with only eyebrows and noses left.In the territory of Miyun, more than [-] big trees actually flew over. What is even more unbelievable is that many of the dead and injured, no matter men, women, old or young, were naked. Clothes, hats, shoes and socks were flying in the air, and most of them were flying tens of miles away. Xishan, falling to the teaching ground of Changping Prefecture in Xishan, clothes, jewelry, money, utensils rained down, everything is there.

"Pass the decree." Looking at the dust-covered capital city and the raindrops nearby, Ming Xizong trembled for a long time before uttering a sentence from his pale lips, "Order Zhang Haogu to search the palace of Xin Wang, the letter Wang Zhu was demoted to common people by the inspector, sent to Gansu, and imprisoned forever."

(End of this chapter)