In June of that year, there was a great flood in Dinghai, a flood and many people were killed and wounded, a great hunger, a great epidemic in July, corpses were everywhere, and there was a great chaos in August.

In September of the same year, there was a great drought in western Fujian, the people had no harvest, great hunger, cannibalism, it was November of the same year, and the northern Xinjiang recruited barbarians to enter the customs, and even went down to nine cities without injury, and approached the Beijing Division, and the world was in chaos.

With the arrival of bad news one after another, not only was there chaos in the court, but the ministers and nobles were prevaricating one by one, and under the court, there was also panic among the Jingshi, and many timid people had even begun to gather their families and plan to move to the south, after all, not all places in the south were affected, and the area in the south of the Yangtze River was quite good.

You can't blame everyone for being so flustered, everyone is really very clear, there may not be any generals available in the court, the British Duke has died a few years ago because of the conquest of barbarians, and the Duke of Li Guo also died of a recurrence of the old disease the year before last, and the generals who were once intimidated for a while are all old, either have died, or are covered with injuries, and most of these generals have no successors, so it does not mean that they have no descendants, but that their descendants are different from them, either transferred to civilian officials, or have not practiced martial arts much, just a gentleman.

In such a situation, who can rest assured that anyone who has some understanding of the civil and military situation in the court?

As the situation became more and more severe, and more and more places were captured by the barbarians, even Wen Qilian, who had never listened to the news of the government, hurried home in a panic, and rarely stepped into the courtyard of the arbor, wanting to ask the arbor if he wanted to move out of the capital quickly.

In the yard, beside the old tree, Qiao Mu looked at Wen Qilian like a fool: "I think you are scared stupid these days, do you think we are those rich businessmen?" If you want to go, you can go, we are the Hou Mansion.

If you want to leave the capital, you have to apply to the above, how do you apply? Because you are worried that the capital will be breached, do you want to flee quickly?

I think you're crazy! ”

Qiao Mu seemed to know this son for the first time, he was very surprised and looked at him back and forth a few times, and even a little doubtful that this son was dropped, although their Hou Mansion was not as powerful as the Wangfu, but the treatment in many aspects was the same as the Wangfu, such as not being able to go out of Beijing casually, not being able to do many things, and so on.

Fortunately, their family did not support troops, and if they supported the army, I am afraid that there would be more restrictions.

It's basically common sense.

"Mother, of course I know this, but the barbarians have already hit the north of Hebei, you know, after the north of Hebei is Kyoto, the distance between the two sides is no more than 1,000 miles, if we don't hurry up, once the barbarians enter the city, I'm afraid ......

Don't worry, a few friends and I have already discussed leaving together, even if the emperor is a little dissatisfied, he should not be held accountable. ”

Of course, Wen Qilian couldn't have wanted to leave on a whim, he heard the relevant news when he was drinking tea with friends outside, and then discussed the future situation with his fox friends for a while, and then decided.

"The law does not blame the public, when it is not about oneself, the law can not be held accountable to the public, and when you touch the scales, you still think that you do not blame the public, are you joking? You idiot!

Don't worry, I have already arranged things in the house, not to mention the barbarian invasion, even Emperor Ming Ling is going to raid the house now, and I also have a way to take our family away safely, so you don't have to worry about these things, go back and play with yours. ”

Qiao Mu was going to be laughed at.

The law does not blame the people, it also depends on the situation, well, when there are many people in the rebellion, when have you seen the above law does not blame the people, in some cases that do not involve the ruling foundation above, it is possible to achieve the law without accountability to the people, once it really touches the ruling foundation above, or touches the dignity of the above, no matter how many people you have.

It's normal to be killed with a stick.

"Mother, don't laugh, what I told you is true, you don't know if you have much contact with those generals, but I drink tea and chat with those generals every day, they not only eat empty salaries and eat badly, but also training or something is almost perfunctory, some of the troops have not even been trained for four or five years, and the armament or something is even more wasteful.

With this kind of army, where to resist the invasion of those barbarians, you don't know how ferocious those barbarians are, to a place, it is burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, sometimes once they are in a hurry, they may also slaughter the city.

We can't afford to be on guard.

I've already figured it out, we can find a few stand-ins to stay in the house first, and we will leave the capital first, go to other safe places to take refuge for the time being, if the capital is okay, we will rush back then, if there is something in the capital, we can also save our lives. ”

Wen Qi even felt like he was dying, why was his mother so strong, those barbarians should not be too cruel, just thinking that those barbarians had arrived thousands of miles away, he already felt goosebumps all over his body, and he was a little frightened.

When Qiao Mu heard this, he turned his head and smiled: "I thought you wanted to escape so openly, but I didn't expect that there was still a bit of a plan."

Don't worry, those brutes won't get in.

Several big cities near northern Hebei have begun to transfer troops to help, although they may not be able to completely defeat those barbarians, but it is still no problem to stalemate for two or three months, those barbarians do not have the determination to completely go south, and after they can no longer stalemate, they will naturally retreat. ”

Arbor is really not worried at all.

Over the years, through business, she has also set up a primary information network throughout the country, for a lot of information understanding, maybe much clearer than the emperor, this barbarian is still in the form of the Great Khan to gather clans, and there is no tendency to establish a country and claim the king, so, as long as this side does not resist at all, then there is no need to worry about those barbarians will enter the capital, compared to worrying about those barbarians, it is better to worry about the peasant uprising in Dinghai in the south and western Fujian!

"This ...... How do you know about the military intelligence transfer, isn't there no reason for the court to quarrel yet? ”

Wen Qilian was a little surprised.

"The so-called horse has not moved, grain and grass first, a little attention to the direction of the flow of grain and grass to know, recently the household has not been less allocated grain and grass, although the court is still arguing, but it is estimated that the emperor has already privately ordered the household to transfer grain.

Don't think that Emperor Ming Ling is stupid in his sixties or something, he has a clear mind, he knows very well that this world is his own world, don't worry about these things, if something really goes wrong, I will definitely make a decision in advance. ”

Qiao Mu explained two sentences casually, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he hurriedly sent Wen Qilian away, and then began to write letters, informing Hu Yinglong to continue to recruit refugees and rebels.

In short, the more people, the better, in this era, the demographic dividend is always the best thing to use, it is rare to have this opportunity to recruit a large number of people, but you must not seize the opportunity, can not miss it.