At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 89

Mizhi County, the suburbs.

More than [-] people gathered here, all of whom were relocated from towns and crowded in temporary tents, like a captive camp.

Not only here, but within a radius of a hundred miles, Belin set up more than ten resettlement sites, each of which was guarded by [-] battalions of soldiers. Tens of thousands of people who did not know the truth were forced to move out of the town. Full of resentment.

During this period, Jiang Wenke, the prefect of Yulin, came to check the situation in person.

In his opinion, isn't it nonsense to go to such great lengths and waste people's money based on just a false guess?
As a result, before the two sentences were finished, Belin scolded her head and face.

Jiang Wenke was so angry that he returned to Yulin and immediately wrote a memorial to impeach Belin, and sent Liubaili to send it out urgently.

As the saying goes, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse.

Since ancient times, people are rarely willing to leave their homes easily.

What's more, it's snowing and freezing cold now.

However, Li Yan, the county magistrate, didn't think so, because he would really lose his head.

Thinking of the murderous aura emanating from those sergeants, he couldn't help but shiver.

Therefore, seeing the county magistrate's death, the servants below had no choice but to show their vicious side, almost broke into the house, extremely rude.

Only then did the people reluctantly walk out of the house, carrying their burdens, and followed the officials to seek refuge in the city.

All of a sudden, tens of thousands of people gathered in the suburbs, crying for their fathers and mothers everywhere, and the soldiers were like bandits.

In particular, some large households suffered the most.

Ordinary people, it can be said that they have no possessions, can hide for a while, after all, the government also promised to have relief food.

But a big family, after all, has a large population, so many mansions and fields are left here?
God knows if I'm gone, there is no one here, whether someone will miss it.

In the past, Li Yan, the county magistrate, would have given some favor to the local gentry, but not now, life and face are more important!

Therefore, the guards all launched a ruthless attack, broke the door directly, and dragged the person away.

Whenever someone resists, the [-] Battalion will come up.

The gentlemen were terrified.

I've never seen such a cruel one!

The trembling gentry had to be guarded by the government obediently, and went to a temporary shelter in the suburbs.

In a seemingly spacious tent, dozens of gentry gathered together to whisper and vent their dissatisfaction with the court.

In fact, ordinary natural disasters do not have much impact on them.

After all, they are landlords, and the landlords have surplus food, so even if an earthquake does occur, they can still cope with it.

Not only that, after a catastrophe, food prices often rise. Although they have no harvest this year, the price of food in previous years has been several times higher, or even more than ten times higher.

Ordinary ordinary people will go bankrupt in a disaster year. In order to survive, they have to borrow money. This is a loan at a high rate. If you borrow a bucket of rice, your children and grandchildren will pay back a load.

In a calamity year, with food and money in hand, it is much easier to annex land.

"Hey, this is the government forcing the people to rebel!"

The person who spoke was Liu Jiangwu, who was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Yongle, and he was quite prestigious here, even if the magistrate met him on weekdays, he would pay three respects.

The other gentry looked at each other and nodded secretly.

Liu Jiangwu shook his head and said: "I have lived for most of my life, but I have never heard of earthquakes on the yellow land? The government suddenly moved us here. What is this for? They say that the current emperor is a good emperor. , how could there be such a decree? We are all law-abiding ordinary people, and we have suffered such an unreasonable disaster. Hey, these days...how can we live, the old man's house is still unattended, God knows what will happen The thief is thinking about it, cough cough..."

The more Liu Jiangwu spoke, the more excited he became, and he coughed desperately.

"Old Mr. Liu, that's all. The government has always deceived the people. Now it is the emperor's order. What can we do?"

Everyone fell silent.

The man felt a slip of the tongue, and also shivered, and did not continue speaking.

It was still chaotic outside.

The county sent people to deliver porridge, and the victims scolded again, because everything was too urgent, and the county couldn't transfer much food.

Liu Jiangwu almost stomped his feet as he ate the clear soup with little water: "The county magistrate has always been respectful to us, but this time, he didn't show any mercy at all, hmph!"

"Yeah, I wanted to see him several times, but he refused to see him. I don't know what that means."

"This is harming the people. I heard that some people refused to leave and were beaten to death by the guards."

Trembling violently, Liu Jiang dropped the bowl with a bang, and the debris splashed everywhere.

"I don't believe it anymore, there is no justice in this world, old man... I'm going to sue!"

"Look at what you said, the imperial decree is what the emperor meant, who are you suing?"

Liu Jiangwu thought for a while, and said: "I heard that His Royal Highness King Yi is a rare and virtuous king. How about this? I have a nephew who works in the official department. Why don't I write a letter, sign it, and order it to be delivered quickly?" In the capital, what do you all think of letting the nephew of the old man go to find the king?"

Suddenly someone hesitated, no matter how big the king is, he can't be bigger than the emperor!
The more Liu Jiangwu thought about it, the more angry he became, he ordered someone to take the pen and paper, and then looked at the other gentry: "What do you say?"

"We...we..."

"This is pleading for the lives of tens of thousands of people, can you stand by and watch?"

"Okay, count me in."

"Then... count me in too!"

Seeing someone responding, Liu Jiangwu went ahead and started writing.

Everyone seemed to be inspired, and they stepped forward one after another, looking down at what was written in the letter.

Suddenly, someone timidly said: "This... this... Mr. Liu, this letter is too explicit, can you be more tactful?"

Liu Jiangwu shouted angrily: "There is nothing to dare to say, since we have read the book and understand the truth, we need to fight for justice..."

While cursing, he crumpled up the paper and threw it away, and took out a new one.

Everyone sighed, "Old Mr. Fang is an upright person!"

After finishing writing, hand over the letter to the servant and order him to send it to the capital as soon as possible.

Fortunately, although the [-] Battalion was very strict, they only prohibited them from entering the city, and didn't care about those who went out.

At night, the shelter was still a mess.

I heard that the county seat was empty, and some bandits took the opportunity to clean it up.

I don't know how many people, thinking of home in their hearts, gathered in this harsh place, looking at the white snow with tears streaming down their faces, choked up and speechless.

Liu Jiangwu only lived here for more than a day before he fell ill.

In addition to being depressed, the more important thing is that I can't adapt to this simple condition.

It was late at night, but he couldn't sleep at all, leaning on the bed, looking at the direction of the county, couldn't help crying: "I'm afraid I can't bear this body anymore, hey, how did the world become like this?" It's sinister..."

As he spoke, he sighed.

"The emperor credulously trusts the traitors around him. Hard times are yet to come. Don't give us a way out!"

Many people bowed their heads and cried after being scolded by him.

A soldier of the [-] Battalion saw the situation and wanted to come forward, but was stopped by another person.

Because Belin had already ordered that here, the people here should not blame them for scolding them however they like.

As a result, many people pretended to be deaf and dumb, and dispersed separately.

Liu Jiangwu's scolding sounds seemed to detonate the powder keg, and there were all kinds of scolding voices throughout the night.

At dawn, Liu Jiangwu pointed to the pitch-black sky, and cursed hoarsely: "Without saying anything, the people were moved and people were displaced. Is this still a good emperor? I haven't lived for a few years, so I just want to ask, God, are you still letting people live?"

Boom!

Speaking of this, suddenly, the earth shook!

Everyone was stunned.

Liu Jiangwu's frightened face turned pale.

The body trembled violently, and then the crutch fell to the ground, and the whole person fell to the ground.

rumbling...

There was another muffled sound, as if the sky had fallen!
The ground was shaking, and the tents suddenly collapsed one by one, but these were temporary buildings, and it didn't hurt to hit people.

All of a sudden, the camp became surprisingly quiet.

"quick!"

I only heard Liu Jiangwu yelling like crazy: "Go to someone and get the letter back!"

(End of this chapter)