The first year of Xingping, that is, 194 AD.

After Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou to prepare grain and grass, he raised troops again to attack Xuzhou at the beginning of the year.

Wherever Cao's army passed, he attacked the city all the way and slaughtered the city. The Xuzhou army could not resist and retreated to Tanxian.

And the state, Jinyang, the state of the pastor's house.

Chen Xu was thinking about the war between Cao Tao when he suddenly heard someone report that it was Zhang Yu asking to see him.

Although there are many people in the state, many people feel that Changyu is chattering and very disapproving of him. But Chen Xu knew that this person had the talent of ghosts and gods.

Hearing that Zhang Yu asked to see him, Chen Xu didn't dare to slack off and went out to greet him in person.

As soon as he walked out of the state pastor's mansion, he saw Zhang Yu with an anxious face, and he was shocked, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yu's arm and said, "Why does Nanhe look anxious? ”

Zhang Yu looked around and said in a low voice: "This is not a place for discussion, please enter the mansion and discuss it again." ”

Chen Xu looked at Zhang Yu's face with a heavy face, didn't dare to slack off, nodded, and pulled him in.

As soon as the two of them entered the house, Zhang Yu hurriedly said: "Lord, I have been watching the stars at night for this time, and I found that the entire Han was covered by a blood-colored mist, which is a great omen!" ”

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and then said with some disapproval: "The princes are fighting endlessly, bleeding and drifting, and the Han is shrouded in blood-colored mist, which is reasonable." ”

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "This kind of bloody disaster is not a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster!" I have never seen such a large-scale natural disaster since I studied physiognomy and stargazing. ”

"If the lord does not prevent it as soon as possible, he will be robbed in the future!"

Chen Xu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Nanhe knows what kind of natural disaster it is?" ”

Zhang Yu sighed and said, "If today's machine is chaotic and the will of heaven is unpredictable, I have tried my best to only predict that there will be a large-scale natural disaster. As for what kind of natural disaster it was, it is impossible to predict. ”

"Large-scale natural disasters?"

Chen Xu walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

After a while, he said: "The so-called natural disasters are nothing but floods, droughts, earthquakes, fires, ......"

"The only thing that can take care of the formation of large-scale natural disasters and envelop the entire Han is drought!"

When Zhang Yu heard this, he was stunned at first, and then sighed: "I only care about observing the stars, but I forget to analyze rationally, what a shame." ”

"The lord's guess is very reasonable, but from the astrological point of view, this disaster will spread throughout the entire Han Dynasty, which is an unprecedented disaster in the past years, and the lord should take precautions as soon as possible."

"An unprecedented catastrophe in history?"

When Chen Xu heard this, he was even more shocked in his heart.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, China was a nation of many disasters, floods, earthquakes, and locust crossings. It was precisely because of this that a large-scale peasant uprising broke out at the end of the Han Dynasty.

But today, in Changyu's mouth, this disaster will be more than every time in the past, how can this not shock Chen Xu?

Suddenly, the long-sealed memory appeared in Chen Xu's mind.

In history, in Cheng Yu's life, there was a big stain, that is, to make human jerky for Cao Jun.

That year, when Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian, the whole country was in drought, coupled with the ravages of locusts, and Cao's army almost fell apart.

If it weren't for the human jerky made by Cheng Yu, which relieved the logistical pressure of Cao Jun, I am afraid that Cao Cao at that time would have been defeated. This is also why, Cao Cao in the future trusts Cheng Yu very much.

Thinking of this, Chen Xu suddenly woke up: "Yes, it's drought and locust plague!" ”

However, what Chen Xu didn't know was that this natural disaster that swept the entire Han Dynasty was far more serious than he imagined.

According to the record of "Three Kingdoms: Emperor Wu Ji": In the first year of Xingping, Cao Cao fought with Tao Qian and Lu Bu in Xuzhou and Puyang.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Sima Lang" records: In the first year of Xingping, when Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Puyang, Sima Yi's elder brother Sima Lang 'returned his family to warmth, and when he was hungry, people cannibalized'.

Gu Yihu has more than 500,000 yuan, this kind of food price, not only ordinary people can't afford it, but even those wealthy families may not be able to support it.

It was precisely because of this sudden natural disaster that Emperor Liu Xie changed the name of the year to Xingping.

Even Liu Xie personally worked for the relief of the victims.

At that time, Hou Wen, who was in charge of relief for the victims, withheld food. Emperor Xian personally sent someone to take five liters of rice and beans, boiled them into porridge in front of him, and finally boiled two pots, which confirmed that Hou Wen was greedy for ink, so he scolded Hou Wen for fifty court rods.

Later, Li Dao and Guo Yan had no food in the army, and robbed the Son of Heaven of food and grass to help the victims, making Chang'an City, which has a population of one million, hungry everywhere.

According to the record of "Zizhi Tongjian": Dong Zhuochu died, and there were still hundreds of thousands of households in Sanfu. Li Yu, Guo Yan and others let their troops plunder, and starved, and the people were cannibalized in two years.

This disaster lasted for several years, and after that, even Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government could not eat food. It wasn't until Cao Cao took back the Son of Heaven that Emperor Xian and the hundred officials could eat enough.

In the second year of Xingping, after Liu Bei was attacked by Lu Bu to take Xuzhou, he packed up his scattered soldiers and ran to the area of Guangling, according to the record of "Heroes": the reserve army was in Guangling, hungry and defeated, and the officials ate each other, poor and hungry invaded......

Later, Liu Bei couldn't find food, so he went to the countryside to ask for food, and the people themselves couldn't survive, so how could there be surplus food for Liu Bei?

Just when Liu Bei was hungry, a person heard Liu Bei's name, so he secretly killed his wife and entertained Liu Bei with her meat.

This shows how severe the famine was. From the first year of Xingping to the third year of Xingping, this famine lasted for at least three years.

It can be said that after this famine, the number of people starved to death was far greater than that of several large-scale wars.

Chen Xu unconsciously walked back and forth in the room, since he had come to this era, he wanted to change.

He has no control over the rest, but he has an obligation to keep the people alive in drought, locust plague, and famine throughout the state.

"No, it's not a trivial matter, I have to gather a few advisors from the state to discuss this matter together."

Thinking of this, Chen Xu hurriedly called the soldiers at the door and said to him: "You go now, and gather Tian Yuanhao, Chen Gongtai, Jia Wenhe, Li Wenyou, Sima Boda, Xia Houlan, and Chen Jing." ”

The soldiers looked at the solemn expression of their lord and shouted these names, and they were secretly surprised at the moment. He didn't know what was going on, so that his lord summoned all the ministers of the entire state.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, he did not dare to slack off on the actions of the pro-soldiers. He said yes and hurried out.

It didn't take long for these people to come to the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion one after another, and only Chen Gong did not arrive.

After waiting for half a pillar of incense, Chen Xu was already a little impatient. The pro-soldier ran over out of breath.

"Lord, lord, Chen Junshi has left Bingzhou!"

When Chen Xu heard this, he was shocked.