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Chapter 29 The situation in the four northwest prefectures

The land of the four prefectures in the northwest.

After seven days of traveling day and night, Grand Master Wen Zhong and others finally entered Xi'an Mansion.

Along the way, Grand Master Wen Zhong saw with his own eyes that under the influence of drought, the people in most places in the four northern states had ten houses and nine empty houses, and the people were in dire straits.

Dozens of people fought over a piece of wowotou.

How many people were left dead in the wilderness, starving to death everywhere.

All the weeds and tree bark were plundered.

Especially once you enter the four northwest provinces, the misery is even more horrific.

Man cannibalizes man, father cannibalizes son.

Wails filled the field.

It's like hell on earth.

As for selling children and selling daughters, you can see it everywhere.

Even Grand Master Wen Zhong, who was used to seeing life and death, couldn't help crying for him.

These are all the people of Zhou Dynasty.

How could the people do anything wrong to suffer such a bad fate?

When he thought of this, Grand Master Wen Zhong could not control his anger.

If it hadn't been for the failure of the imperial court to provide disaster relief, how could such a human tragedy have occurred here.

Next to them, Xiaoyao Wang Zhou Qian and Kang Wang Zhou Qi couldn't bear to look directly at it. Such tragic scenes shocked their hearts like never before.

Zhou Qian and Zhou Qi have always lived in Luoyang, the divine capital. How had they ever seen such a human tragedy?

Even if it is known from books or from the mouths of ministers in the court that the people in the disaster area are miserable, it only stays in the ears.

But now when the two of them experienced all this personally, they realized that no matter how many times they heard it, it would not be as powerful as experiencing it once.

"Is this the current situation of the people of my great Zhou Dynasty? Why is it like this? Why is it like this?" King Kang Zhou Qi's eyes turned red.

"The master deserves to be killed."

"Those officials who failed to provide disaster relief should all die."

King Kang Zhou Qi couldn't help but said harshly.

But as soon as the words came out, Kang Wang Zhou Qicai woke up, realized something, and quickly closed his mouth, but his face looked ugly.

Xiaoyao Wang Zhou Qian took a deep look at Kang Wang Zhou Qi. He didn't express much. He was just silent and his expression was also very ugly.

A skinny woman stopped the army, knelt in front of Taishi Wenzhong, and begged Taishi Wenzhong to take her child, who was only a few years old, away.

Because the woman knew that when she starved to death, the child would definitely be eaten by hungry and crazy people.

Grand Master Wen Zhong couldn't bear to refuse, so he left a group of soldiers and all the dry food they brought to distribute to the surrounding people.

Then.

Grand Master Wen Zhong raised the whip in his hand, whipped the horse hard on his crotch, and shouted: "Speed ​​up."

Grand Master Wen Zhong rushed to the four northwest prefectures as soon as possible to prevent the situation in the four northwest prefectures from deteriorating.

Therefore, after leaving Luoyang, he took the first step with five thousand cavalry.

Xiaoyao Wang Zhou Qian and Kang Wang Zhou Qi also followed on horseback.

Half a day later.

Xi'an Prefecture.

The head of the Xi'an Palace and many officials gathered outside the city to greet Grand Master Wen Zhong and the two Zhou princes.

"I have met the Grand Master and the two princes." The master of Xi'an Palace said respectfully; "The Grand Master and the two princes have worked hard together. I have prepared a reception banquet for the Grand Master and the two princes. I also invited the Grand Master.

Move with the two princes..."

The head of Xi'an Mansion said with a worried look on his face.

I heard that the emperor in the palace of Luoyang, the capital of the gods, had already thrown the Taifu into a prison because of his inability to provide disaster relief.

Who is the Taifu?

That was the auxiliary minister left by the late emperor and one of the four most powerful ministers in the imperial court.

Such important ministers were all taken down because of their ineffective disaster relief, so I don't know how the local officials below them who were ineffective in disaster relief, resulting in such a corrupt situation, will be dealt with.

The master of Xi'an Mansion thought in his heart.

At this time, the head of the Xi'an Palace only hoped that the Grand Master and the two princes were really here to relieve the disaster and quell the chaos, instead of dealing with local officials like them.

"The reception banquet?" Grand Master Wen Zhong's face turned gloomy.

The people outside have already exchanged their children for food, so why are these people in the mood to hold a feast to welcome the wind?

"Humph, people are lying dead thousands of miles away, starving to death everywhere, why should we hold a feast to welcome the wind?"

"The reception banquet is cancelled, so we all followed my grand master into the city and immediately discussed disaster relief measures."

Grand Master Wen Zhong snorted coldly, suppressed the anger in his heart, and threw five thousand cavalry directly into the city.

If he hadn't relied on these local people to provide disaster relief, he would have just captured and beheaded them all.

The failure to provide disaster relief and embezzlement of disaster relief money led to frequent civil unrest, and death was not a pity.

Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian and Kang King Zhou Qi also looked at these officials coldly and followed Grand Master Wen Zhong into the city.

The head of Xi'an Palace looked at each other with these officials, their expressions were all ugly, and they silently followed them into the city.

Government office.

Grand Master Wen Zhong sat on the main seat and looked at the head of the Xi'an Prefecture with a serious face and said, "What is the situation in the four northwest prefectures now?"

"How far has the civil unrest developed? Can your Xi'an government open a warehouse to provide full disaster relief?"

"Let me tell you the specific situation."

The head of the Xi'an Mansion was stunned, then hesitated and said, "To inform the Grand Master, the other three prefectures have all fallen. Even my Xi'an Mansion has three county towns that have been breached by the rebels."

"Now the rioters are pouring into our Xi'an mansion. As for disaster relief, the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court has long been used up."

The head of Xi'an Palace said in an evasive manner.

When Taishi Wen Zhong heard this, his expression became extremely gloomy: "Are you saying that your Xi'an Mansion will use the imperial court's disaster relief money to provide relief? Has your Xi'an Mansion's treasury been eaten by rats?"

"The rioters poured into Xi'an Prefecture and destroyed three county towns. As the head of Xi'an Prefecture, don't you know how to send troops to stop the rioters in advance?"

"What do you, the master of the palace, do for a living?"

Grand Master Wen Zhong could no longer hold back his anger and looked at the Lord of Xi'an Mansion angrily and shouted.

"I don't care what method you use, I only give you one day to go and raise money and food for me to provide disaster relief to Xi'an Prefecture."

"At the same time, I gave orders to all counties and cities to prepare with all their strength to prevent the rebels from attacking the city. If anyone dares to abandon the city and flee or lose the city, I will kill him."

Grand Master Wen Zhong said with an angry look on his face.

Use heavy scriptures in troubled times.

Grand Master Wen Zhong did not expect that, despite his haste and slowness, the situation in the four northwest prefectures still spread.

Before, only two prefectures fell, but now in less than ten days, another prefecture and three counties in Xi'an Prefecture fell.

Fortunately, he took the first step with five thousand cavalry.

If he had followed the large army behind and arrived a few days later, Xi'an Prefecture would have also fallen.

When the Palace Master of Xi'an Palace heard what Grand Master Wen Zhong said, his face turned pale and cold sweat broke out on his head.

He meant to say a few words, but when he saw the fierce look in Taishi Wen Zhong's eyes, he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.

At this time, he knew that if he dared to speak any more, Grand Master Wen Zhong might really drag him out and chop him down in anger.

"Pass this Grand Master's order to send out reconnaissance cavalry to detect the situation of the rebellious people in the other three prefectures."

"Inform all the wealthy households and aristocratic families in the city, asking them to provide money if they have money, and provide food to those who have food, so that they can be used for disaster relief first."

…

Grand Master Wen Zhong issued dozens of orders in succession.

All the officials present were ordered to leave one by one.

(End of chapter)