Chapter 147 The last straw that crushed the Ming Dynasty is here

When the peach blossoms bloom, there is a faint thunder in the sky - it is for Jingzhe.

"Collected Explanations of the Seventy-Two Monthly Orders": "On February, all things come out of shaking, and shaking is thunder, so it is called Jingzhe, which means that the hibernating insects are frightened and left."

This should have been a refreshing time for all things to revive, but in the spring of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the thunder not only woke up the snakes and insects, but also awakened another terrible devil - the epidemic!

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, this strange epidemic only occurred in Shanxi, and usually erupted in spring and dissipated in midsummer.

The epidemic is like a hungry beast, and people expect it to disappear after it is full.

However, in the coming year, this beast will arrive as scheduled and continues to spread to the surrounding area and has been in the human world for six consecutive years.

When the spring of the 14th year of Chongzhen arrived, the epidemic became more and more fierce.

It has spread from Shanxi to Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and even the capital.

Fortunately, Yun Zhao has emptied the population of Yan'an Prefecture, otherwise Yan'an Prefecture would have been doomed.

In Yun Zhao's eyes, it was not only the bandits like Jiannu, Li Hongji, and Zhang Bingzhong who destroyed the Ming Dynasty, as well as the various evil consequences caused by changes in the natural environment.

It was also the result of the concerted efforts of countless traitors from the Ming Dynasty.

If we make a sort, the traitors who carefully selected and took on great responsibilities by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty were the real first.

Since Yun Zhao discovered that this thing appeared, he even ignored the persuasion of the Government Affairs Department and the Secretary-General, and insisted on retrieving all the people lurking in Hebei back. At the same time, he also blocked Tongguan and ordered the Lantian County officials from Tongguan to Mianchi to enter Tongguan without any trouble.

In the past, Yun Zhao wanted to use Tongguan as the gate of Lantian County to isolate the connection between Guanzhong and the Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the refugees who kept coming over forced him to give up this initial plan and then place the gate at the ancient Hangu Pass.

The purpose of doing this is not to occupy the land, but to resettle a large number of refugees.

Since this plan came into being, millions of refugees have gathered outside Tongguan without realizing it.

These people now regard themselves as people from Lantian County, which makes Yun Zhao happy and a headache.

What is happy is that he has many people, and what is headache is the epidemic isolated from Tongguan.

Now, the demon of the epidemic has finally found Yun Zhao's head - the Mianchi epidemic broke out. In ten days, more than 3,000 people have had the disease.

When Yun Zhao saw the three words "Genta plague" from the document sent by the Mianchi officials, he felt cold all over.

The three words "pill plague" are not unfamiliar to Yun Zhao. He even knew that this was the terrible bubonic plague in the plague. Once infected, more than 70% of the deaths were killed.

He not only knows about bubonic plague, he also knows about the pneumoplague that can make people die without life!

When he was a basic official in the Northwest, he encountered the plague spread by marmots, and for this reason he was forced to learn all the knowledge about plague.

Although there was only one person who died that time, Yun Zhao and the others were busy for a whole year, killing rats, lice, and fleas. They built a bathhouse in the village and urged the villagers to change their clothes and clean their rooms frequently. The rat poison was distributed in a small village for more than 200 kilograms.

A total of twenty chickens were poisoned, four dogs, seven or eight rabbits, four sheep, and two people who did not want to live. As for the mice, they were all killed and injured. For a moment, the birds in the sky were almost extinct.

This memory has become one of the few things that Yun Zhao doesn't want to recall.

Now, he has to face the safety of millions of people.

So—after Yun Zhao issued an imperial edict, everyone in the 68 states belonging to Guanzhong were busy.

Many people like taking a bath, and many people don’t like it. Some people like clean clothes, and some people like an old sheepskin coat full of fleas and lice for the rest of their lives.

Now it's not done. Lantian County has a order - everyone takes a bath every two days, changes their clothes every two days, and soaks all their clothes with quicklime. Everyone needs to clean them carefully. If they find fleas and rats and lice, they will be fined 100 yuan.

At the same time, there are also a large number of rat tails collected in the countryside, one or two dollars!

This strategy is just the same as in later generations, but Yun Zhao really dared not send out the poison. Once he sent out this thing, Yun Zhao believed that there would be a large group of people who were poisoned to death by the poison in Guanzhong.

Xie Zhi, Hanlingshan, and Duan Guoren all thought that Yun Zhao's order was a bit unreasonable, but they did not give any suggestions, because Yun Zhao's release of this order did not look like they were asking them to give suggestions.

"County master, the yamen runners use sticks to beat them and do not take a bath. People wearing dirty clothes have already become public grievances. Many people say that you are rich and noble, naturally you like cleanliness. They are just a group of bitter people. They are dirty, and they cannot be compared with noble people.

Some people also say that clothes soaked in quicklime are likely to fade, and wearing half-white and half-dyed clothes will make the appearance more impactful!

As for some people who were broken by the yamen runners and caught lice by catching them, they were depressed."

Liucheng Qiqi Ai's way.

Yun Zhao said without raising his head: "Reward the yamen runners who have done these things!

Let me tell the people that if I don’t want to abide by these regulations, I will learn from Li Hongji’s way of dealing with the plague.”

After hearing the county magistrate Leng Ruobingshuang's words, Liucheng couldn't help but tremble and hurried to do business.

This great plague naturally affected Li Hongji, who occupied Henan.

His method of dealing with sick people and those who have contacted patients is simple and rough - he cuts it to death with one knife, and then sets a torch to burn the body to ashes!

It is said that it is very effective, but there are a lot of people killed.

Yun Zhao was very envious.

This method seems cruel, but it is really the most effective way to talk about it. Of course, if Li Hongji uses Yun Zhao's method together, it will be almost the most perfect way to control the epidemic.

Yun Zhao himself only dares to do this when swine fever, chicken plague, and rinderpest occur.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, this epidemic was not so severe, and there were not as many people who died now. After six years of fermentation and mutation, a disaster that massacred tens of millions of people was right in front of us.

After this disaster, the Ming Dynasty was completely over.

Yun Zhao tried hard not to think about the consequences of this disaster.

At this time, it’s better to shrink your head as a turtle.

People don’t fight with heaven!

It’s not that you don’t want to fight, but that you have to have the capital to fight for!

As of now, Yun Zhao believes that it is okay to use the power of Guanzhong to fight against a flood, drought, earth dragon turn over, etc., and Yun Zhao has no confidence in fighting the real heavenly punishment of the plague.

That is what the human [new    www.xsbiquge.info] class will continue to grow and science will be able to do after it will flourish.

The brave and fearless Han Lingshan hoped to go to the territory outside Mianchi to actually investigate the epidemic, but was sternly rejected by Yun Zhao.

He even did not allow officials from Mianchi to enter Tongguan.

Yun Zhao did something unkind about anything about the plague.

Yun Zhao didn't need to explain, and he couldn't explain it.

The most powerful weapon of the epidemic is human family affection, and it also hurts human family affection.

A father suffered from a plague, so their filial children were not untied and were restless at night to take care of them. Then he would be surprised to find that his filial children were also infected with a plague.

And those unfilial sons who burned their father and the house as soon as they got infected with the plague will not punish them because of their ruthlessness.

Just like whenever Li Hongji discovered that there was an epidemic patient in a village, he immediately ordered the village to be massacred, and then a fire broke out with people and the village, his army and his subordinates were not punished by the epidemic.

Emperor Chongzhen, who should have been hard at this time, did the opposite.

Not only did he go to the Hall of Prayer for the Year to mourn the Emperor of Heaven and apologize, he once again saved food from his mouth and sent eunuchs to those who had no food and clothing due to the plague.

So, in April, groups of mice, one by one, jumped into the river fearlessly and headed towards the capital.

Yun Niang caught a cat, and found Yun Zhao early in the morning and placed the dead mouse at Yun Zhao's feet to ask for help. So Yun Zhao wiped the cat's mouth and claws with alcohol as a reward.

As for the mouse, Yun Zhao personally found firewood, put it on it with a clip, poured oil and ignited it, and completed a cremation.

While he was doing these things, Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo stood behind him. When her husband finished doing this strange thing, Feng Yingcai whispered: "Is the mouse terrible?"

Yun Zhao said without looking back: "The Ming Dynasty died in the mouse!"

Qian Duoduo giggled and said, "No matter whether your order is right or not, at least the people in the city wash it clean and look much more pleasing to the eye."

Yun Zhao whispered: "Take a bath frequently, change clothes frequently, and wash your hands frequently, which can prevent the occurrence of epidemics than decoctions."

Feng Ying said: "You always have to make a statement, otherwise, your current actions will hurt the hearts of many people, especially you cruelly gave up the officials who were infected with the disease and did not allow them to enter the city for medical treatment.

This will hurt many people's hearts!"

Yun Zhao used a clip to pull the ashes, confirmed that the mouse had been wiped out, and stood up and said lightly: "If you get a plague, the only thing I can do is to send you into the mountains and forests, and look at your destiny.

If I get a disease, I will squat beside the iron smelting stove. Once I find that I am going to die, I will jump in, so that you will not build a tomb for me and hold a funeral."

Feng Ying naturally did not doubt Yun Zhao's affection for her and frowned: "How did you know these principles?"

Yun Zhao looked up at the sky and whispered: "The plague god has come down to earth, and this time he will kill eight million people."

Feng Ying pulled Yun Zhao's sleeve and said, "You shouldn't say such strange powers and gods."

Yun Zhao said to Qian Duoduo: "Just tell Liu Cheng that I will stamp my seal and spread it all over Guanzhong and the world."

“What if someone asks how you know?”

Yun Zhao looked at his two wives and sighed, "Just say it was said by the wild boar spirit."
Chapter completed!