Chapter 147 The last straw that crushed Daming came

When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, there is a faint thunder in the sky - it is for the sting.

"Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order": "February Festival...... Everything is out of the earthquake, the earthquake is thunder, so it is said to be stung, it is the stinging insect that is frightened and runs away. ”

This should have been a refreshing season for the recovery of all things, but in the spring of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the thunder not only woke up the snakes and insects, but also woke up another terrible devil - the plague!

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, this strange epidemic only occurred in Shanxi, and it generally erupted in spring and dissipated in midsummer.

The plague is like a hungry beast that is expected to disappear when it has eaten enough human life.

However, in the coming year, this beast will come again as scheduled, and it will continue to spread to the surrounding area, and it has been coming to the world for six consecutive years.

When the spring of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen came, the epidemic became more and more ferocious.

It has spread from Shanxi to Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and even Beijing.

Fortunately, Yun Zhao has emptied the population of Yan'an Mansion, otherwise, Yan'an Mansion will definitely be in trouble.

In Yun Zhao's eyes, it was not only Jiannu, Li Hongji, and Zhang Bingzhong who destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but also the various evil consequences of natural environmental changes.

It is the result of the concerted efforts of countless thieves in the Ming Dynasty.

If you make a sort, the national thieves carefully selected by the Ming Emperor and take on the great responsibility are the real first.

Since Yun Zhao found out that this thing appeared, he even ignored the persuasion of the secretary and the secretary and supervisor, and insisted on transferring all the people lurking in Hebei back, and at the same time, he also blocked Tongguan, and also ordered the Lantian County officials between Tongguan and Mianchi not to enter Tongguan if they had nothing to do.

In the past, Yun Zhao wanted to use Tongguan as the gate of Lantian County and cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Daming.

Unfortunately, the constant influx of displaced people forced him to abandon this original plan, and then placed the gate on the location of the ancient Hangu Pass.

The purpose of this was not to occupy land, but to resettle the large number of displaced people.

Since this plan, unknowingly, millions of displaced people have gathered outside Tongguan.

These people, now, also regard themselves as the citizens of Lantian County, which makes Yun Zhao happy and headache.

Rejoicing that his subjects are many, and the headache is the plague that has been isolated by Tongguan.

Now, the demon of the plague has finally found Yun Zhao's head - the Michi plague broke out, and in ten days, more than 3,000 people were sick.

When Yun Zhao saw the three words pimple plague on the paperwork sent by the officials in Michi, he felt cold all over his body.

The three words 'pimple plague' were not unfamiliar to Yun Zhao, and he even knew that this was the more terrible bubonic plague in the plague, and once infected, more than seventy percent of the people died.

He didn't just know about bubonic plague, he knew about pneumonic plague that could kill people!

When he was a basic official in the Northwest, he encountered the plague transmitted by marmots, and was forced to learn everything about the plague.

Although only one person died that time, Yun Zhao and they were busy for a whole year, exterminating rats, lice, fleas, building a bathhouse in the village, urging the villagers to change their clothes and clean their rooms frequently, and a small village issued more than 200 catties of rodenticide.

A total of twenty chickens, four dogs, seven or eight rabbits, four sheep, and two people who did not want to live, as for the rats, they were all killed and wounded, and for a time, the birds in the sky were almost extinct.

This memory has become one of the few things that Yun Zhao is unwilling to recall.

Now, he has millions of people in danger.

So, after Yun Zhao's edict was issued, everyone in the sixty-eight states to which Guanzhong belonged was busy.

Many people like to take a bath, and many people don't like it, some people like clean clothes, and some people love an old sheepskin jacket full of fleas and lice to wear for a lifetime.

Now it's not done, Lantian County has an order - everyone takes a bath once every two days, changes their clothes every two days, all clothes must be soaked in quicklime, and all homes must be carefully cleaned, and if there are fleas, rats and lice, they will be fined 100 dollars.

At the same time, the countryside also collects a large number of rat tails, one or two dollars!

Such a strategy is the same as that of later generations, but the poison Yun Zhao really does not dare to send it indiscriminately, once this thing is distributed, Yun Zhao believes that there will be a large group of people who will be poisoned by the poison in Guanzhong immediately.

Qi Zhi, Han Lingshan, and Duan Guoren all thought that Yun Zhao's order was a little unreasonable, but none of them raised their opinions, because Yun Zhao's appearance when he issued this order was not at all like letting them give their opinions.

"County Zun, the officials beat people who don't take a bath with sticks, and the people who wear dirty clothes have already been complained about, and many people say that you are a rich and noble person who naturally likes to be clean, and they are a group of bitter haha, dirty and dirty, and they can't be compared with the nobles.

It is also said that clothes soaked in quicklime are easy to fade, and wearing half-white and half-dyed clothes will affect the view even more!

As for some people, the officials had their hair scattered and their beards were used to catch lice, which was immoral. ”

The Tao of Ai Ai during the Liucheng period.

Yun Zhao didn't raise his head and said, "Reward the officials who have done these things!"

I also told the people that if they are unwilling to abide by these regulations, I will learn from Li Hongji's method of dealing with the plague. ”

Liu Cheng couldn't help but shudder when he heard the cold words of the county honor, and hurried to do something.

Naturally, the plague also affected Li Hongji, who occupied Henan.

His method of dealing with sick people and those who have been in contact with them is simple and brutal - they are directly slashed to death, and then the corpses are burned to ashes!

It is said to be very effective, but there are a lot of people who have been killed.

Yun Zhao was very envious.

This method seems cruel, but it is really the most effective method, of course, if Li Hongji uses Yun Zhao's method together, it is almost the most perfect way to control the epidemic.

Yun Zhao himself only dared to do this when swine fever, chicken plague, and rinderpest occurred.

When Chongzhen was nine years old, this epidemic was not so bad, and the number of people who died was not as many as now, after six years of fermentation and mutation, a disaster that slaughtered tens of millions of people was just around the corner.

After this catastrophe, the Ming Dynasty was completely finished.

Yun Zhao tried not to think about the consequences of this disaster.

At this time, it's better to shrink your head and be a turtle.

People, don't fight with the sky!

It's not that you don't want to fight, but you have to have the capital to fight!

For now, Yun Zhao thinks that with the power of Guanzhong, it is still possible to fight against a flood, drought, earth dragon turning over or something, and fighting against the plague This real sense of heavenly punishment, Yun Zhao has no confidence at all.

That's what only human power can do until the power of humanity continues to grow and science grows.

The brave and fearless Han Lingshan wanted to personally go to the boundary outside Mianchi to actually investigate the epidemic, but Yun Zhao sternly refused.

He didn't even allow officials from the pond to enter Tongguan.

For anything related to the plague, Yun Zhao did something unkind.

Yun Zhao didn't need to explain, and he couldn't explain it.

The most powerful weapon of the epidemic is human affection, and what he hurts is also human affection.

A father is sick with the plague, and their filial children are unclothed and take care of them at night, and then he will be amazed to find that his filial children are also infected with the plague.

And those unfilial sons who burned their father along with the house as soon as they were infected with the plague, the plague did not punish them for their ruthlessness.

Just as Li Hongji immediately ordered the entire village to be slaughtered as soon as he found a plague patient in a village, and then burned down with the people and the village, his army and his subordinates were not punished by the epidemic.

Emperor Chongzhen, who should have hardened his heart at this time, did the opposite.

Not only did he go to the Hall of Prayer to plead to the Emperor of Heaven and plead for his sins, but he once again saved food from his mouth and sent eunuchs to give to those who were deprived of food and clothing because of the plague.

So, in April, there were swarms of rats, one biting the tail of the other, fearlessly jumping into the river and heading for the Jingshi.

Yun Niang's cat caught a mouse, and found Yun Zhao early in the morning and put the dead mouse at Yun Zhao's feet to ask for credit, so Yun Zhao wiped the cat's mouth and paws with alcohol as a reward.

As for the mouse, Yun Zhao personally found firewood, put it on it with a clip, poured oil on it, and completed a cremation.

When he was doing these things, Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo stood behind him, and when her husband finished doing this weird thing, Feng Ying said in a low voice: "Rats are terrible? ”

Yun Zhao didn't look back and said, "Da Ming died to a mouse!" ”

Qian Duoduo said with a smile: "Whether your order is right or not, at least the people in the city are washed clean and look much more pleasing to the eye." ”

Yun Zhao said in a low voice: "Bathing frequently, changing clothes frequently, and washing hands frequently can prevent the occurrence of epidemics more than decoctions." ”

Feng Ying said: "You always have to give a basis, otherwise, with what you are doing now, it will hurt the hearts of many people, especially if you ruthlessly gave up the officials who were contaminated with the epidemic and did not allow them to enter the customs to see a doctor."

This will break the hearts of many people! ”

Yun Zhao pulled the ashes with a clamp, made sure that the rats had been wiped out, stood up and said lightly: "If you get the plague, the only thing I can do is to send you into the deep mountains and old forests, and live or die to see the destiny of heaven."

When I have a plague, I will crouch by the iron-making furnace, and when I find that I am going to die, I will jump into it, lest you should build me a mausoleum and make any funeral. ”

Feng Ying naturally didn't doubt Yun Zhao's affection for her, and frowned: "How do you know these truths?" ”

Yun Zhao looked up at the sky and said in a low voice: "The plague god has descended to earth, and this time he will kill eight million people." ”

Feng Ying tugged at Yun Zhao's sleeve and said, "You shouldn't say this kind of strange power." “

Yun Zhao said to Qian Duoduo: "Just tell Liucheng like this, stamp my seal, and spread it all over Guanzhong and the world." ”

"What if people ask you how you know?"

Yun Zhao looked at his two wives, sighed and said, "Let's just say that the wild boar spirit said it." ”