Lord of Time!

Chapter 233 It hurts the peace and burns it

"It's all said, His Royal Highness Ping Wang has already received his merits. If there is something important, just report it yourself. Why do you need my lady to accompany you?"

This is the voice of Fangqing Bamboo Forest.

Of course, the sound of teeth chewing meat is indispensable.

Chen Ping couldn't help laughing, and pushed open the door, only to see Feng Yuantu's face was slightly embarrassed, covering half of his face with a folding fan, and Fang Qingzhu and Xiaoyu, master and servant, stood beside him impatiently.

In addition to these three people, there is one more person.

It was a chubby middle-aged man who was dressed in an official uniform, neatly crowned, but slightly bowed, smiling a little obsequiously and fawningly.

"The next official sees His Royal Highness King Ping."

When the obese middle-aged man saw Chen Ping appearing, he hurriedly greeted him.

The etiquette is extremely thoughtful.

Therefore, Chen Ping understood that this must be a problem with the people's livelihood in Guangyun Mansion, and the fat man dared not be professional, let alone delay, so he came to ask Feng Yuantu, the military adviser, for an introduction.

As for Feng Yuantu, he knew that he was practicing, so he didn't dare to disturb him, and he didn't know what kind of words he used, but he encouraged Fang Qingzhu's master and servant to come over.

This person's mind is really good, and every time he plots, he hits every time.

However, after all, he used to follow King Zhenwu and fight against his own army of King Ping, and surrendered after defeat, so he lost a little bit of intimacy.

When doing things, there is always a little more restraint and a little less cordiality.

It's not his fault.

"Why, are the snacks in Guangyun Mansion so delicious? After eating for three days, you still can't eat enough?"

Chen Ping nodded, motioned for a few people to go to the gazebo by the small lake to talk, then turned to ask Fang Qingzhu.

There is a fate between people.

Chen Ping naturally has his own set of analysis methods when looking at people.

Get along with each other with different attitudes.

For example, the fat man in front of him is named Qin Yuan and Qin Guanhai. He was born as a fellow Jinshi in the seventh year of Yuan Zhen. Because he is used to flattering, considerate, and has excellent ability to govern, he actually climbed to the seat of Guangyun magistrate. .

Speaking of which, local officials are not as good as Beijing officials.

But it also depends on what kind of magistrate.

Such as Xingqing Mansion, Guangyun Mansion and other big mansions, the status is actually very good.

Not to mention serving as an official and benefiting one party, even if it is to make money, it is still more huggable than others.

Qin Guanhai has nothing else wrong with him, but loves money.

Even, his reputation of love for money has spread to the ears of the examiners of the Ministry of Officials.

But this guy is capable, and he gets average grades every year, so he gets benefits without being harshly criticized. Even if there is no change in Jiangdong, this guy still has a chance to be promoted.

The reason why Chen Ping didn't replace him, but still let him take the post of magistrate, was also due to practical considerations.

When the army marched into Guangyun Mansion, Qin Guanhai immediately opened the city gate and took the initiative to seek refuge.

Moreover, he spent all his wealth, just to save his life.

The most powerful thing is that when he entered the city, Chen Ping even discovered that the people in this city did not have any resistance to his own army. Instead, many people came to welcome them under banners, completely in the attitude of "opening the door to welcome the King of Chuang" attitude.

Moreover, with his extremely sensitive ears, he could still hear many common people furtively and excitedly discussing the political strategy of "equalizing the fields and reducing taxes", imagining that they would live a better life in the future.

In view of this, even if there were no considerations of "buying a horse bone with a thousand pieces of gold", Chen Ping would not be easy to deal with this fat man.

This guy must be so afraid of death that he played so many tricks in advance.

For a moment, Chen Ping almost thought that Guangyun Mansion was not an enemy territory, but the boundary of his own Xingqing Mansion. To be honest, the atmosphere was not too far away.

It is conceivable that without the public opinion offensive that lasted for ten days and a half months, it would be impossible for the people under the rule to welcome King Ping's army so much.

Especially not long ago, when Yan Beifei, the governor of the imperial forest, had been here, it was very commendable to be able to achieve this step.

They sent out some people to inquire about Qin Yuan's daily life, and found out that it is true that this person is greedy for money and capable of doing things. Moreover, he still has some bottom lines, but he doesn't have much notoriety.

At least, he will not rely on the power in his hand to kill people for no reason.

Therefore, not only did Chen Ping not move his prefect position, he even did not replace the assistant officials and staff in the mansion.

At this position, personal preferences are not too important, but attitude is more important.

Chen Ping just wants to give the world a signal, an attitude.

As long as those who are sincerely attached and work hard have some shortcomings, it doesn't matter.

And it is clear that he will not turn over the account.

All the past, as long as there is no anger and resentment, the past will be ignored.

Because of this attitude.

City 52 quickly calmed down, without wind or waves.

Even after the defeat of Yan Beifei, the governor of the imperial forest, the 63 cities on the west bank of Wenshui immediately went to resist, and the chief officials of each city flocked to surrender.

Saved a lot of effort.

Of course, there are bound to be many hidden dangers in the border of Jiangdong, and the hearts of the people may not be allied in a short time.

But this matter is not to be feared, Zhuo Yunfei led the eloquent people under his command, and went to various cities long ago, re-arranging poor people to be Li Zheng.

Moreover, the trend of monitoring and exposing quietly started from the most miserable and tiring bottom, and at the same time, some truths about "too peaceful and happy" were preached.

Now that there are hidden dangers, you are not afraid, and you can do a few tricks in succession.

Keeping the boundary of Jiangdong will soon become like Jiangnan.

Even if Chen Ping leaves here...

Even if those aristocratic families make a comeback, they can't even think about gaining a foothold anywhere.

Hearing that Chen Ping was concerned about whether he was eating and drinking well, Fang Qingzhu smiled very satisfied, thinking that she deserves to work so hard to help you and attract talents everywhere.

She chuckled, looked at the fragrant tea brought to her by the maid, and felt better: "It's not very delicious, but the prefect of Qin has summoned famous chefs from all over the city to cook dishes in different ways. The dishes are even more special, which is a novelty. He really has a heart."

"Fairy Fang is happy to eat."

Qin Guanhai quickly nodded and bowed, smiling all over his face.

For those who don't know, it is completely unimaginable that this person is actually one of the parents.

"Okay, don't talk about food, talk about it, is it the spy of the barbarian in Guangyun Mansion?"

Chen Ping waved his hand.

At this time, he was worrying about where to get the disaster value that was still a little short, and how to be patient with trivial matters. Now that Jiangnan and Jiangdong have been leveled, and in the southwest, it is heard that Cui Huchen, Han Wushang and others have already attacked Nanman Mountain. , fought a few rounds with the totem warriors, and gained the upper hand, and Zhang Wendao could be calmed down soon.

In this case, as long as you develop steadily and don't go against the law and make troubles, basically there will be no troubles in the south.

Except for the barbarians of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

When I first heard that the Black Dragon Terrace of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was going south, I had been on guard for a long time.

However, until the life-and-death confrontation with Yan Beifei, the two armies fought.

I didn't see a single soldier in Heilongtai either.

Chen Ping didn't think that the men and horses of Heilongtai would just return in vain, give up the whole south, and then watch themselves grow stronger slowly.

This approach is not what a mature government should do.

Whether it works or not.

Always make a little noise, delay the pace of the opponent's unification, and make the rear catch fire, that is serious.

In fact, the Tianxin Pavilion that Ji Mingyue has now single-handedly sent out a lot of secret agents to secretly sneak into the territory of the Great Zhou in the Northern Territory to listen to news and stir up wind and rain.

This is what should be in the title.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Qin Guanhai quickly replied: "The lower officials didn't know who Fang Sheng was who suddenly spread the rumors. Hearing the king's words, he lifted the clouds and mist and saw the blue sky. Thinking about it, it really looks like the style of the north. "

"rumor?"

With a slightly cold expression, Chen Ping put down the teacup in his hand.

Although it is said that rumors stop at wise men, they can't cause real harm just by relying on lip service.

However, all dynasties and dynasties, any force has been quite afraid of rumors as a means.

Spread rumors with one mouth, avoid rumors and run away.

If the reputation is really ruined, no one will believe it even if it is washed clean again.

You can control what people say.

But you can never control what other people think.

The more you don't let it be said, the faster it will spread secretly.

"I don't know where the wind came from. In just a few days, it has spread throughout Guangyun Mansion, and it is also spreading to the surrounding fourteen counties. It has a nose and an eye."

Qin Guanhai frowned tightly, as if he had a headache.

"The lower officials have checked carefully. The rumors started to spread from the village of Ferry Crossing. Later, as the villagers entered the city, they spread immediately. Disaster strikes."

"It is also said that too many corpses are soaked in the river water, and the plague will be born. If it spreads to the tributaries in all directions, once an outbreak occurs, Jiangdong is likely to be empty."

The more Qin Guanhai said, the more serious he became.

He obviously saw the follow-up development of the matter.

If this kind of news is not suppressed, I am afraid that it will cause panic among people, and it will be more terrifying than facing a hundred thousand troops.

"puff……"

Fang Qingzhu sipped the tea carefully, enjoying it all over his face. He was not very interested in the so-called rumors at first, so he couldn't help laughing out loud at this moment.

"Isn't there a medical officer dedicated to handling this matter? Is there anyone who would believe such absurd news?"

Fang Qingzhu still knew this.

She even saw many soldiers and civilians digging pits and burying a lot of corpses.

It is worrying to see.

The girl still couldn't bear it, so she stood on the mountain and recited the Three Lights Mantra for several hours.

In addition, following Chen Ping, he summoned doctors from all walks of life, boiled medicinal soup, treated the sick, and prevented the virus when he was not sick. He was quite busy for several days.

Therefore, I am very impressed with this matter.

"Yes, I really believe it. The key is that many people have already suffered from the disease."

Qin Guanhai's face was full of bitterness.

The other party was holding on to each other, and by the time he got the news, the news had already spread to more than ten cities in the surrounding area, especially in Guangyunfu City, even the beggars in the streets and alleys already knew about it.

How can you hide it?

In particular, when Qin Guanhai sent a large number of people to arrest those who spread rumors, hundreds of people in the lotus village in the north of the city fell ill at the same time.

Illness comes like a mountain.

The wailing and screaming all day and all night made the north of the city restless.

In order to prevent accidents, Qin Guanhai has sent all the government soldiers to the north of the city, ordering the people not to travel and blocking pedestrians.

This approach can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Because, the medical officer who hurried over couldn't find the cause.

All I know is that those sick people were sitting at home, and the disaster came from the sky, and they didn't know how they got it.

"What do you think, Mr. Yuan Tu?"

Chen Ping remained expressionless.

He is already a little used to all kinds of open swords and dark arrows.

Not surprising at all at this point.

Judging from the direction of the rumors, he also vaguely felt that it was a bit like the North's style of attack.

Because, at every turn, they use tricks such as "harming the peace of heaven" and "not killing life" to fool the common people into good intentions to influence some ignorant common people.

Much like a sect.

And as far as he knows, the Jiangdong area is densely covered with water networks, and there are no famous temples. There are no temples in the three Buddhist sects here, so there is not much influence.

Most of the people here worship Wenshui Qingyi Empress.

The enemy who came to confuse people under the guise of "harming the harmony of heaven", if not from the three sects of Buddhism, was probably the Black Lotus sect behind the barbarians of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Venerable Mingxin came from this master.

To be motionless is to sympathize with the suffering of the world, to persuade people to do good, and to ask the lotus statue to save the world.

Feng Yuantu sat upright, hearing the words and murmured: "The rumors are coming fiercely, and the follow-up measures are very cruel and vicious, so we have to ignore them. If we ignore them, it is very likely that this epidemic will become true."

"Mr. Feng is saying that the plague poison in the lotus is fake?"

Qin Guanhai said in surprise.

"Of course it's a falsehood. When did the prefect Qin see such a violent outbreak, and how concentrated the disease was, with such dangerous symptoms? It doesn't look like a disease, but a poison."

"Have you seen a doctor?"

Chen Ping nodded slightly.

He also agreed with Feng Yuantu's inference.

The reason is very simple.

The day before, rumors spread everywhere that disasters were about to come from heaven.

The next day, disaster immediately appeared.

This is not a natural disaster, it is obviously a man-made disaster.

Therefore, whenever Chen Ping encountered Hu people from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he would not hold back at all, and he had to kill them all.

People who are not of my race must have a different heart, and this is one reason.

The biggest reason is actually not this.

It's because those Hu people don't have any Confucian culture in their territory, they don't pay attention to the way of benevolence and forgiveness, and they don't have any rules of keeping a line in everything so that they can meet each other in the future.

Whether they are internal or external, they actually follow the law of the dark forest, which is the law of the jungle.

Instead of asking them to talk about human nature, it is better to tell them about animal nature.

Have you ever seen beasts in the mountains and forests, would you feel guilty for killing them?

Will he be merciful because of benevolence and righteousness, so that wolves will not eat sheep or kill rabbits?

Therefore, under the guidance of this principle of conduct, if the population in the south can be wiped out to achieve the goal, the other party will not be relentless.

They also have no sense of soft hands.

Pity has never appeared in the culture of those Hu people from the beginning to the end.

Even if they rob women and don't kill them, it's only because women can bear children for them, and the very young children are not killed, because children are easy to educate, and they will forget the past after a long time...

Therefore, if you want to know what the other party is thinking, you must focus on interests.

What are the interests of the other party, and what is the purpose?
"Sun Yutian, a famous doctor from Jiangdong, is in Guangyun Mansion. The officials asked him to have a look, but he couldn't tell what happened. He tried several medicines, but nothing worked."

Qin Guanhai's expression became even more bitter.

"However, it's not completely undiscovered. According to Dr. Sun's judgment, this disease is somewhat similar to typhoid fever. Patients are sometimes afraid of cold and sometimes afraid of heat.

The worst thing was that the patient had already drank a lot of water, but he was still very thirsty. He had to drink until his stomach burst, and he didn't know how to stop. "

"Afraid of heat and cold, always want to drink water?" Chen Ping shook his head. He was not a medical student, so he couldn't guess what the disease was, and even if the other party used some toxin, he couldn't tell it at all.

"Go and have a look."

Some things are useless to rely on guesswork alone.

After going to the scene to see it, maybe you will find it.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I think of something, the more than three hundred patients seem to be depleting their vitality very quickly, Doctor Sun said that they may not be able to survive for a few days.

Moreover, even though the government soldiers had sealed off Hehuali, the same cases began to appear in several other residential areas. "

"Exhausted vitality?"

There was a flash of inspiration in Chen Ping's mind, as if he had thought of something, but he was not very sure.

……

Close to the lotus.

Chen Ping could already hear howls and tears from a distance away.

Except for the absence of the sound of gongs, drums and suona, it was as if tens of hundreds of families were holding a funeral together.

It made people feel cold.

Walking several hundred steps forward, I saw an old man whose clothes were washed white, busy feeding pills with needles, and instructing several young people to add fire to boil the herbs.

After being given pills and needling for pain relief, a patient calmed down.

Not far away, another patient suddenly turned blue and his whole body twitched.

The old man's complexion changed drastically, and he hurried over.

"Let me do it."

With one step, Chen Ping arrived beside the twitching patient.

"What are you doing...ah, Your Majesty."

The old man was angry at first, turned his head to look, and saluted quickly.

He has traveled all over the world, healed diseases and saved lives, and has extensive experience. When he saw Chen Ping's attire and demeanor, as well as the calm and prestige on his brows, he guessed Chen Ping's identity with a sudden sudden in his heart.

Especially when he saw Qin Guanhai, the official following behind Chen Ping respectfully, he had no doubts in his heart and hurriedly bowed to salute.

"Miraculous doctor Sun doesn't need to be too polite, it's been hard work."

Chen Ping had a good impression of this old man.

On the way here, he heard Feng Yuantu talk about this old deed.

This man is very skilled in medicine. He only wants to travel the world and treat the poor.

Even when the imperial court learned of his reputation and wanted to extend his appointment, he was unmoved.

Because of this matter, it also attracted some suspicions, and some stupid officials who guessed what they wanted wanted to harm him.

However, Sun Yutian looked like a doctor. In fact, his martial arts cultivation was very good, and he was not a pedantic person. After killing some masters who chased him down, the matter of the court's invitation was over.

all in all.

This genius doctor Sun does not seek fame or profit, but only seeks to cure diseases and save lives.

Although such people are rare, every time one appears, it is like a treasure. As long as they have a little conscience, they will have some respect in their hearts.

Naturally, Chen Ping would not take the university in front of him.

Just glanced at the twitching, dying patient, and realized that this was no longer a disease that Dr. Sun could treat.

"The vitality is exhausted, the five elements are out of balance, and the water element is strong. This is really a disease..."

Chen Ping sighed inwardly.

He was surprised to find that he could really cure the disease.

The Longevity True Qi cultivated by the Green Wood Longevity Kungfu can best reconcile the five elements and replenish vitality.

Think about this.

The aura in his mind became more and more obvious.

At this time, Chen Ping's comprehension has reached 16 points, which is a rare state in ten thousand years.

How quick it is to think about the problem, see the subtlety and know the problem, and immediately figure out what the crux of the matter is.

"Come on."

Chen Ping looked awe-inspiring.

"In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, all the patients were gathered together, and the firewood was collected, and it was burned here."

"Yes."

Immediately, a large number of soldiers obeyed orders.

The crying became louder all around.

"Your Majesty, don't..."

"I don't want to die, I still have salvation."

The patient was also begging loudly and crying bitterly.

Countless people fell to their knees and howled.

Sun Yutian's eyes were full of disbelief.

"All burned? These people are still alive."

……

Ask for a monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)