Chongzhen was already frightened by Zhu Jie's words, and asked weakly: "Zhu Aiqing, this, this plague is not so powerful, right?" Millions of deaths? ”

Zhu Jie smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I only want to say one thing, around the beginning of Emperor Taizu's founding of the country, the West, which is the hometown of Lord Tang Ruowang, the Qintian Supervisor, once encountered a serious plague, do you know the consequences of this plague?" ”

Chongzhen shook his head blankly, what happened two hundred years ago in the Western Ocean, tens of thousands of miles away, how did this emperor know?

"Your Majesty,"

Zhu Jie took a deep breath and replied: "This plague has been raging in the West for decades, according to statistics, the death of more than 20 million people in the entire West has reached more than 20 million, in the West, the whole city has become a tomb, extremely terrifying, everywhere there are dead bodies that cannot be buried, everywhere is filled with the smell of corpses, more than 20 million people, accounting for as much as one-third of the population of Western countries at that time......

Syllable......

Chongzhen's face was full of horror, and finally showed great fear, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't even notice it!

"You—how many people did you say died? More than 20 million people! How can it be! ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a long time, and then roared out, 20 million people, I don't know anything else, just the Ming Dynasty, the Heavenly Empire, the territory of tens of thousands of miles, all the population is only about 10,000 people, and more than 20 million people died, which is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty, and a quarter of them died in one breath! The population of the entire Ming Dynasty is too exaggerated, it is not easy to compare, and now the population of Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong provinces is about 30 million, which is equivalent to the death of everyone in the entire Gyeonggi area!

Zhu Jie smiled bitterly: "If the emperor was not in an emergency, the minister would not ring the Jingyang bell late at night, Tang Ruowang and others are all Westerners, this matter, if they are called to ask, you can know whether it is true or false, 20 million people died of the plague, this number is still a bit conservative......

Chongzhen was completely panicked, he would rather believe it than believe it, once this thing is true, how will the Ming Dynasty deal with it?

"Aiqing, how could this plague appear in the army? What the hell is going on? ”

Chongzhen asked urgently.

Zhu Jie sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this plague did not begin to appear in the army of Tongzhou Town, as far as the minister knows, this plague is most likely to start from Shaanxi, Henan and other places, these places have been in drought for many years, the people's livelihood has withered, and it is most likely to breed plague, through the flow of some merchants and voles in the provinces, resulting in the plague gradually spreading from these places to the Gyeonggi area, Tongzhou Town is definitely not an isolated case, presumably in the past two months, there have been epidemics in other places, but there are local or no reports, Or maybe the cantata has been suppressed by the six......"

"Bastard!"

Chongzhen roared angrily: "Such a big thing, something that is enough to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to hide it and not report it?" Damn it! Damn! ”

Zhu Jie hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's useless to be anxious and angry now, the most important thing is to hurry up to prevent and treat, once it really spreads in the capital, then Beijing City will really become a ghost!" ”

"How to heal? Aiqing, is there any way for you, I know that you are the best! ”

Chongzhen is now six gods and no master, since he met Zhu Jie, Zhu Jie has never said a word of nonsense, every word must be true, if this is really Beijing City becomes a ghost city, then wouldn't he become the king of Yama, then still a fart?

Zhu Jie took out two prescriptions from his sleeves, handed them to Chongzhen, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is the secret recipe that the minister has just copied, when he was young, the master took the minister to travel the world, and he once encountered this plague in Nanyang, these two prescriptions are what he left to Weichen, and they are extremely magical ...... the treatment of the plague."

Chongzhen turned out to have two prescriptions, and his heart was like a big stone falling, with these two prescriptions, at least, his heart was also a little more stable.

"Your Majesty, it is not enough to rely on these two prescriptions alone, the minister has already ordered Tongzhou Town to strictly control the spread of the epidemic, and the whole of Beijing had better follow the minister's plan, otherwise, once Beijing City spreads, then even if there is a prescription, we will not have a place to purchase such a large number ......of herbal medicines."

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Aiqing, what kind of strategy is needed, you just have to put it forward, we will discuss it in the court, no matter what, we must not let this plague spread, and we must not let Beijing City become an empty city!" Wang Chengen, immediately announced the decree, the Ming Qin Heavenly Supervisor Zheng Tang Ruowang, and the deputy prisoner Ai Ru slightly entered the Hajj to see me, and I want to consult important matters! ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly went down to announce the decree.

The two of them stood opposite each other, silent, and the atmosphere was quite tense.

"Your Majesty, the time has come, it's time to go to court......"

Cao Huachun knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, and reminded Chongzhen tremblingly.

Chongzhen took a deep breath and replied: "Zhu Aiqing, you go down first and prepare to go to the court, Cao Huachun, pass the decree and order the civil and military officials to enter the pilgrimage!" ”

Zhu Jie bowed and retreated.

Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, looked at the ministers on both sides, and his heart became more and more breathless, these corpses are wasted by vegetarian meals, now Gyeonggi is about to be in a catastrophe, they don't even have a single one to report to me, if it weren't for Zhu Jie coming back, if it wasn't for Zhu Jie rushing back to Tongzhou Town overnight to check the epidemic, if it wasn't for Zhu Jie returning to the Forbidden City overnight to report the news, his emperor would still be kept in the dark!

"The emperor has a decree, and all ministries and institutes have their own morning music, and they have no book to retreat!"

Cao Huachun stood beside Chongzhen and shouted.

Zhu Jie hurriedly stood up and was about to speak, Chongzhen waved his hand and shouted: "Zhu Jie, you step back first, I will listen to the concerts of other ministries first!" ”

Zhu Jie was shocked, so he had to retreat, as for the imperial history of the six ministries and the nine Qing ministries, they looked at each other and were confused, what happened to the emperor today? People Shuntianfu Yin wants to do something, but he doesn't listen, but he wants to listen to the other six Jiuqing's concerts, which is really rare......

However, there doesn't seem to be anything special today, who wants to go to bed and look for trouble?

However, there are also those who are not open-minded, Zuo Qing, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took a step forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister heard early in the morning that Zhu Jie trespassed into the palace at night, rang the Jingyang bell with Yinshi, disturbed the holy driver, and asked the minister to strictly deal with the generals of the Beijing camp on duty, and to impeach Yin Zhu Jie of the Shuntian Mansion before driving, please ask the emperor to surrender!" ”

Chongzhen's face darkened, and he glared at Zuo Qing angrily, but there was no way, Yushi did just the work of rumors, although he was not satisfied, he had no way to deal with others.

"Okay, Zuo Aiqing, there is a reason for this matter, I will give you an explanation in a while, you also step down first, I ask again, do you have any chapters to play in various ministries?"

Above the court, all the civil and military officials have been blinded, and the emperor took the wrong medicine today, right? Or was he frightened by Zhu Jie?