The amount of silver consumed in setting up the quarantine area is by no means a small amount, it can be described as a flowing cost, but at this time, Zhu Xianxuan can only grit his teeth and insist, fortunately, the household department is Su Tianhao, in terms of using silver, as long as Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxuan open their mouths, they will do their best to support it.

With the passage of time, the role of the quarantine area has become more and more prominent, and around the city of Tianjin, there has not been a single case of the Black Death, and the spread of the Black Death has basically been contained.

But the situation in the capital of the Ming Dynasty is far from the case, the good and evil of human nature have been fully confirmed in the face of the Black Death, and the expression of fear and indifference can be seen at a glance.

Although the officials in the court are not very aware of the severity of the Black Death, they still feel fear of this kind of dead people, including in the palace, some eunuchs and palace maids who came out also died because of the disease, so some people proposed that it was necessary to clean up the outsiders on a large scale, and the capital could not be destroyed by the exiles. There are also reasons for the lack of food, and the imperial court should allocate silver taels and grain at this time to save the people.

So a large-scale clean-up began, whether it was the people who were exiled to the capital, or the gentry and wealthy merchants, all within the scope of the cleanup, in fact, Dolgon had been evacuated, the threat of war did not exist at all, it is said that the imperial court could also take out part of the silver taels, and began to relieve the people inside and outside the capital, but unfortunately the choice of the imperial court was the opposite, they did not care about the life and death of the people, and did not think of the good treatment.

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was completely in a contradiction.

On the one hand, he tried his best to ask the Ministry of Household to allocate silver taels, and the Ministry of Industry and Shuntianfu organized Langzhong to treat the sick people, but on the other hand, the emperor was indifferent to this matter. Wang Chengen and others, who were in power, thought of cleaning up these people, because the Black Death had begun to spread to the palace, causing them great fear.

It was in the midst of this contradiction that a large-scale clean-up operation began.

As a dynasty that lasted for hundreds of years, regardless of the gentry and wealth. Or ordinary people, in their hearts are recognized by the Ming Dynasty, but also recognize the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, even if the South established the Great Jin Dynasty, even if the Great Jin Dynasty has a lot of advantages, but the people's understanding will not change for a while, not to mention the Houjin in the north, which is completely regarded as alien and barbarian, and so on. If the Great Jin Dynasty wants to unify its thinking, I am afraid it will be much more difficult than unifying the world.

This is precisely the factor that Zhu Youzhen and the Ming court can make full use of, and it is also a problem that Su Tiancheng is more worried about, just imagine, even if the Ming court is overthrown, there are still many scholars and gentry who support the Ming court, and these people are always making trouble behind their backs, as the imperial court. It's also very annoying.

It's a pity that Zhu Youzhen and the Ming court didn't do this at all, quite the opposite. Everything they did was ruining their orthodox positions and highlighting the excellence of the Great Jin Dynasty.

From the beginning of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to control the government, this sign became more and more clear, and most of the officials in the court felt disheartened. began to secretly contact the Great Jin Imperial Court, hoping to find a place in the Great Jin Imperial Court in the future, even Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, had such thoughts, not to mention the officials below.

When the Black Death began to spread inside and outside the capital, the contradictions within the imperial court were already very acute.

Su Tiancheng specially sent Liu Jingting to come. Remind the court to pay attention to the Black Death, the news has spread, I can't imagine that Jinyiwei and Dongchang, represented by Wang Chengen, actually thought of killing Liu Jingting, thinking that Liu Jingting was sent by Su Tiancheng, and anyone who was connected with Su Tiancheng should be killed, although Zhou Yanru finally insisted on letting Liu Jingting leave the capital, but this influence was radiated in the court, and everyone thought of the officials who were still in the prison, and thought of the terrifying atmosphere that shrouded the court.

The imperial court decided to clean up the people inside and outside the capital and the people who took refuge, and it was even more disappointed by countless people with righteous feelings, to say that ordinary people, after the cleanup, it will not cause much impact, but there are many gentry and wealthy households, who are specially here to join relatives and friends, these people have also encountered the cleanup, you say clean up, you can clean up, actually bribe the relevant officials, you can stay in the capital, it is time of life and death, and some people take the opportunity to make a fortune, this is probably not a few words can be explained.

Finally, some officials couldn't help it, and began to raise objections in the early dynasty, unfortunately, the officials who raised objections were quickly thrown into prison, and some officials went to find Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhou Yanru also said that there was no way, everything was controlled by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and they had the final say on whether to let people go.

The court was even more silent, and what happened next, even Zhu Youzhen didn't expect it.

Officials who asked for leave began to appear on a large scale, among these officials, some of them were bold, they had secretly left the capital, and went in the direction of Tianjin, of course, those who left the capital were basically low-level officials, their families were not in the capital, and they left alone.

For a period of time, Zhu Youzhen was still losing his temper in the Yangxin Palace, thinking that the officials were all snobs, and when he saw that the Ming court was difficult to maintain, he fled one after another.

Soon, some high-ranking officials of the imperial court also found a way to leave the capital.

The management of the capital is already a mess, because of the ravages of the Black Death, although the inspection is very strict, but as long as there is silver, everything is easy to say, so some high-ranking officials try their best to get their families to quickly leave the capital and go to the south, and then they disappeared silently, and also left the capital.

It wasn't until half a month later that the imperial court discovered such a situation.

During the sixteenth day of the first month, the officials who came to the palace, just over half, nearly half of the officials were gone, witnessing such a situation, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be furious, Jinyiwei and Dongchang began to go to the mansion of these officials to investigate, only to find that the people went to the empty building, and the mansion was left behind, basically some people.

Of course, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were able to think of a way, and they were quickly interrogated, and many officials had already left the capital with their families, as for where they went, there was no need to say more.

The spread of the Black Death and the betrayal of officials completely crushed Zhu Youzhen.

In the whole New Year, the officials in the court and the central government almost did not see Zhu Youzhen, all the early dynasties, were presided over by the cabinet, in fact, there were not many things to discuss, plus there was the spread of the Black Death in the capital, there were dead people every day, many officials were also afraid of contracting the Black Death, when they came to the palace, everyone wore masks, and they did not take off the masks until they entered the main hall, because the emperor did not participate in the early dynasty, and some officials simply wore masks, as if this mask was a talisman to prevent infection with the Black Death.

However, the pressure on the capital is relatively small, because a large number of people have begun to move in the direction of Tianjin, and the number of people gathered around the capital has been greatly reduced, and most of the pressure has been transferred to the direction of Tianjin.

Zhou Yanru is still trying his best to ask the household department to come up with silver to rectify the Black Death, of course, it is almost impossible to defend against the Black Death like Tianjin, and it is impossible for the imperial court to come up with so much silver, and even many Langzhong in the capital have followed to Tianjin.

The situation in the direction of Tianjin, Zhou Yanru still knows a little bit about the Dao, what quarantine area, what detoxification and serum drying, decoction to save the lungs, etc., including the relief of grain and grass, etc., are all carried out on a large scale, and the Great Jin Dynasty court does not know how much silver Lu Dao has taken out, and it seems that it will continue to be consumed.

In his heart, Zhou Yanru is grateful to Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng is actually under the pressure brought by the capital, if there is no relief from Tianjin, I am afraid that major problems have begun to appear around the capital.

As for the situation in the imperial court, Zhou Yanru is also dead, Zhilu Dao has little hope, Liaodong dares to resist the order, dare not send 200,000 border troops, to say that there is no influence of Su Tiancheng in this, it is almost impossible, Su Tiancheng's hand has been extended to Liaodong, he used to be the Liao Governor, he is very familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and the influence in Liaodong is very great, it is not a big deal to be able to affect the border army of Liaodong, and even the situation in Liaodong.

The only thing that Zhou Yanru felt at ease was that Zhou Kang saw Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng made his statement very clear, remembering him Zhou Yanru, as for the words in the back, there is no need to say so much, at least even if the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, he Zhou Yanru will not suffer, I am afraid that in the Great Jin Dynasty, there are still officials to do, as for what officials can be done, I can't think of so many at present.

There is no hope for the Ming Dynasty, at least Zhou Yanru sees it this way, he would never have imagined that the huge impact created by hundreds of years of precipitation is so vulnerable, Su Tiancheng's rebellion has only been a few years, that is, in just a few years, everything has been wiped out.

The spread of the Black Death not only defeated the Ming Dynasty from the aspect of strength, but also destroyed the Ming Dynasty psychologically, and the back of the people's hearts has long been revealed, even some of the great Confucians in the capital used to scold Su Tiancheng and the Jin Dynasty, but now they don't speak, and they don't comment on the Jin Dynasty at all. (To be continued......)