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Liu Jingting took the initiative to undertake the arduous task this time, that is, to enter the capital and tell Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet, that the Black Death must be determined to defend, otherwise the capital is likely to be completely destroyed. Yan Yingyuan did a very good job in Liaodong, which made Liu Jingting a little discouraged, and when he was in Nanjing, he did a very good job.

Liu Jingting entered the capital, this is a decision made by Su Tiancheng, it is a decision that no one expected, not only the capital, but also Dolgon in Tongzhou, and the Liaodong border army that is about to reinforce the capital, can be notified and warned that they should attach great importance to the Black Death and put an end to the way of the spread of the Black Death.

Su Tiancheng believes that the battle to conquer the world is a contest between countries and countries, to put it mildly, it is a struggle between the elite class, and it has nothing to do with the common people, although it is said that the common people will suffer a huge disaster, but in the face of the common enemy of mankind, everyone must give up prejudice and resist together.

The harm of the Black Death, Su Tiancheng knows very well, no matter how brave the army, no matter what kind of high position, it is impossible to resist, a little careless, let the Black Death spread, the consequences are devastating, the Black Death in history, because of the ignorance of its harm, large-scale flight of personnel, or migration, brought the virus to various places, the disaster caused by it is simply not something that can be resisted by manpower.

When Su Tiancheng made this decision, there were still some people who couldn't understand it, thinking that the Great Jin Imperial Court could do the necessary defense, as for other places, they couldn't manage so much, and people didn't necessarily pay attention to such things. The Black Death has happened before, but the Ming court has never paid attention to it, and it has not survived, Su Tiancheng directly refuted this view, he believes that now is the time for large-scale conquest. The movement of people was very rapid, and the common people of Beizhili, because they couldn't bear the famine, were contaminated with rats, which led to the outbreak and spread of the Black Death, and once this irregular, blind large-scale movement expanded, no one was spared, which was beyond the scope of war, ignoring the disasters brought about by the disease. Eventually, you will become a victim yourself.

The Great Jin Dynasty is basically unified in this point of view, and in the south, the defense of the Black Death is also gradually being pushed forward, who knows if there will be people from the north of the road who have entered the south from other passages, and will be this terrible disease. Straight to the south.

Inside and outside the capital of Daming, it is already a miserable situation.

Ordinary people outside the capital. A large number of people die every day, and on both sides of the road, unattended corpses can be seen at any time, and these corpses have also become the source of the Black Death, and no one knows all this, the rest of the people. Regardless of whether they were infected or not, they fell into a panic, and most of them were ready to flee to Tianjin, and the capital to Tianjin. Nearly 300 miles, even if you go to Tianjin, it will take at least five days or more, and there are some people who know that it is difficult for them to insist on going to Tianjin, so they choose to return to their hometown, even if they die, they will die in their hometown.

The situation in Beijing was just as bad, and once the Black Death was contagious, it was inevitable no matter where it was.

The number of deaths in the city also began to increase, and even the sergeants who collected the corpses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division suddenly collapsed in the process of being busy and became one of the dead.

However, such a situation did not attract the attention of the imperial court, and the places that the imperial court paid attention to were in Tongzhou, Tianjin, and Liaodong, and there were no other things to control at all.

It was in this atmosphere that the seventeenth year of Chongzhen arrived.

Dolgon in the direction of Tongzhou, did not launch an attack for a long time, which made the Ming court a little relieved, at this time, finally some officials understood, this is just the strategy of the Houjin Tartars, through the attack of Dolgon, mobilize the Liaodong border army to defend, the Houjin Tartars took advantage of the emptiness of Liaodong, launched an attack, and occupied the entire Liaodong in one fell swoop.

If that happens, the pace of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty will be faster, so the voice of condemnation for the slow reinforcement of the Liaodong border army is much smaller, and no one continues to ask for Shi Kefa's responsibility.

On the third day of the first month of the second year of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Jingting came to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

This time their outfits were eye-catching, all of them had white things on their faces, which they had never seen before, white gauze that covered almost their entire faces, revealing only their eyes, and thick hats on their heads, and their whole bodies were tightly wrapped under the mountain, and a group of several people were riding horses all the time, and they were very fast, and they did not walk at all, nor did they speak to anyone.

When Liu Jingting entered the capital, he didn't get off the horse, he threw out a piece of silver, the sergeant guarding the city gate, after seeing the silver, didn't say anything, just a few people with Liu Jingting, want to make trouble in the capital, that is impossible, people are rich people, the identity must be unusual, maybe the family of a powerful person came to the capital, otherwise how can one person and two horses, so generous.

After leaving Tianjin, everything he saw along the road made Liu Jingting extremely shocked, and he was even more surprised that the emperor would know these things for Lu, and for what would he take the Black Death as the biggest enemy, and even notify the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong Border Army and the Houjin Tartars, asking them to also prevent the Black Death, Liu Jingting had only heard of it before, but this time on the road, he saw with his own eyes that the people walking suddenly fell, and there were countless corpses along the road, he knew that the arrangement of the emperor was absolutely correct, If such an arrangement was not made, the same situation would have occurred in Tianjin, whether it was the emperor or the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, they could only choose to escape.

The atmosphere in the capital is just as miserable, although it is during the Spring Festival, there is no joyful atmosphere to be seen, and the people on the street are weak, and the expressions on their faces are very indifferent.

Getting into the inner city isn't that simple.

Liu Jingting directly took out the letter and handed it to the Jinyi guard who was guarding the inner city, the letter was written directly to Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen, and it was Su Tiancheng's handwritten letter.

The brocade guards guarding the inner city immediately surrounded Liu Jingting and the others, and a brocade guard took the letter and hurriedly entered the inner city to report.

Soon, Liu Jingting was taken to the Forbidden City.

This was the first time he had entered the Forbidden City, and several sergeants who had followed him also entered.

Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen were both sitting in the main hall.

Liu Jingting hesitated for a moment and took off the mask, this thing was invented by the emperor, requiring them to wear it all the time, no matter when, don't take it off, in principle, don't contact anyone, and don't talk to other people, but when you enter the Forbidden City and continue to wear a mask, you can't talk about it, and it's not very convenient to speak.

"In Xialiu Jingting, on the orders of the emperor, I came to visit Lord Zhou and the prince."

Zhou Yanru nodded, and Wang Chengen's face did not have any expression.

"The emperor's letter, the lord and the father-in-law have seen it, and when they come down, they also talk about the harm of the Black Death, the Black Death is extremely powerful, and we must find a way to prevent it, otherwise the future will be endless......"

After Liu Jingting finished speaking, Wang Chengen spoke.

"Liu Jingting, our family has heard of it, you used to be a storyteller."

Liu Jingting glanced at Wang Chengen and spoke without being arrogant or humble.

"My father-in-law is right, he was a storyteller before the next month, and thanks to the emperor's grace, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility."

"It's strange for our family, Su Tiancheng rebelled, he was originally thinking of plotting against the imperial court, is there such a kind reminder, wouldn't it be better to watch the fire from the other side, and when the Black Death spreads, wouldn't he take the capital directly without spending a single soldier, and he still has to pretend to remind something."

A trace of anger appeared on Liu Jingting's face, but he quickly thought of the emperor's request.

"The father-in-law is wrong, the soldiers on the battlefield fight, that is to fight for life, become a king and defeat the king, this is also the rule, but the harm of the Black Death, whether you are a prince or an ordinary person, one will not let go, the emperor is worried about the spread of the Black Death, the crisis to everyone, including adults and father-in-law, this Black Death is a deadly killer, not good defense, it is not only the capital that is destroyed, so I came down to remind that the emperor has begun to defend against the Black Death in Tianjin, the emperor also said, before the Black Death was extinguished, The emperor will not attack the capital. ”

Zhou Yanru glanced at Wang Chengen and finally spoke.

"Liu Jingting, did you come to the capital just for this matter?"

"Under the emperor's order, it is to prevent the Black Death, in addition, the emperor ordered to bring a mask under the order, that is, the thing that is worn below, there are not many masks brought, but there is no problem with the palace people wearing them, as for how to defend against the Black Death, the emperor has already said it in the letter, so I won't say much about it."

When a few sergeants put down the boxes containing masks, Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen's faces were slightly better, no matter what, Su Tiancheng still didn't want them to die at the hands of the Black Death, in fact, they wouldn't have any problems, the control of the Forbidden City was still very tight, it was impossible for ordinary people and others to come in, and it was almost impossible for the Black Death to spread to the palace.

Wang Chengen walked to the side of the box, picked up a mask, and tried to put it on his face.

The mask is soft, worn on the face, there is no feeling of discomfort, I can smell the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and Wang Chengen observed carefully, the mask is very white inside and out.

Seeing Wang Chengen wearing a mask, Liu Jingting spoke again.

"This mask has been specially disinfected and fumigated, which can prevent the spread of the Black Death, and the method of making it is also explained in detail by the emperor in the letter......" (to be continued......)