Turbulent Times Chapter 1422: The real chaos is coming

In almost a day, Tai Sui, which was already at the end of the road, became even more precarious!

Since Yu Shiji got up today, his right eyelid has been twitching non-stop. He just went to Shangya early in the morning when his good partner Pei Shiju came out anxiously and said solemnly: "Master Yu, five counties in Henan have sent Urgently reporting official documents, a large number of refugees rushed into the yamen and robbed the county officials' warehouses for food!"

Pei Shiju's face suddenly changed. This is a sign that the order of the court has begun to completely collapse. Although they Wenxi Pei has put eggs in the three baskets of Li Yuan, Wang Junlin, and even Li Mi, they want to reach the goal after the fact. It is almost impossible for him to have such a position in the Sui court now. So if possible, he would like to keep Da Sui going.

"Local officials are a bunch of trash." Pei Shiju couldn't help cursing, and his face gradually returned to normal.

Refugees are nothing. In the past two years, a large number of refugees have appeared in various places in the Sui Dynasty, but refugees and rebels are still different. Rebels attack cities and beat officers and soldiers. Compared with the refugees, the proportion is a minority after all. If all the refugees become rebel-like existences, it is unimaginable.

Before Yu Shiji could speak, another official came in with three documents and said, "My lords, there is a plague of locusts in Guanzhong!"

Yu Shiji couldn't help but tremble when he heard this.

Although he no longer has much confidence in Da Sui, he has made up his mind to leave at any time and join Wang Junlin's command. However, he knew very well that if he went to Wang Junlin's command, he might not be able to reuse it. It was completely incomparable to the fact that he and Pei Shiju were almost in charge of the government now.

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Da Sui, the eleventh year of Daye, May 15th.

Affected by Li Mi's attack on the Liyang Warehouse, the Central Plains were in complete chaos, directly threatening the safety of Luoyang, and even causing turmoil in Luoyang. At that time, locust plagues appeared in Guanzhong, covering the sky and blocking out the sun. The crops and plants are exhausted, and there is no surplus food in the people's homes. There have been exiles everywhere before, but at least they are still looking for food in Guanzhong. Now when the locusts come, they must be forced to be displaced and come to Luoyang, the capital of the Central Plains.

It is imminent.

The news was rushed to Luoyang, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, by eight hundred miles from Guanzhong. The court of the Sui Dynasty became more and more turbulent. Sui Emperor Yang Guang was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood. He personally killed an **** that day and strangled him to death. A court lady.

Guanzhong asked the imperial court for disaster relief food, but Yang Guang couldn't afford so much food at all.

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The number of refugees from the counties not far from Luoyang in Guanzhong and Central Plains increased sharply. They gathered all the way from the villages and towns where they could not find any food to the nearby counties. people.

The county towns of the Sui Dynasty did not have much food in Changping warehouses, and the imperial court did not send any food. Even if there were food officials, they indifferently ordered the city to be closed to prevent refugees from entering the city.

The refugees could not find a way to survive, so they could only continue to gather in the nearest county town. As a result, the county town was the same as the county town, and the city gates were also closed. There were conflicts, bloodshed, and even riots, and many refugees were killed and injured.

There are conscientious and benevolent officials who will ask people to set up a stall outside the city, but the porridge in the pot is not much better than clear water.

The local counties and counties were not allowed to enter, and the parents and officials could not give them a way to survive. Most of the refugees began to gather in big cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang. But there are also people who are close to Fanyang County, Shanggu County, and Donglai County, because I heard that these three counties are controlled by the famous King of Qin'an, Wang Junlin, and they are relatively rich. After the prosperity of Fanyang County, these refugees gathered in these three counties.

As arranged by Wang Junlin, the county government offices of Fanyang County, Shanggu County, and Dongnae County and their county government offices have already made preparations to accept refugees.

Dongyang County in Donglai County was originally rich and prosperous. In the past year after it was occupied by Wang Junlin, with the continuous implementation of high-yielding grain seeds and various advanced agricultural tools and facilities, labor efficiency and production have been greatly improved. The appearance of officials has been improved, and Dongyang County has developed very fast in all aspects. Not only is it famous in Wang Junlin's system, but even the people in other neighboring counties and Sui Dynasty have heard of it, so the attached

Recently, many refugees have all gone to Dongyang County in unison.

The magistrate of Dongyang County has just been in office for more than a month. It is none other than Wei Zheng who took the initiative to serve Wang Junlin.

Although Wang Junlin knew Wei Zheng's ability, in the original history, after all, he experienced all kinds of experiences in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and various trainings at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and did not gradually show his talent until the middle and late Tang Taizong , and the integrity is highlighted.

Wang Junlin was worried that if he gave him a high position all of a sudden, he would ruin this piece of rough jade, but he couldn't afford to be too low in the official position. After thinking twice, he handed over Dongyang County, which is relatively affluent, to take care of him, and entrusted him with an important task. , can also be regarded as a test.

Therefore, Wei Zheng attached great importance to Wang Junlin's personal order to receive the refugees this time. He even deployed county soldiers on the border. Coming to the frontier.

Dongyang County is the westernmost part of Donglai County. After Wei Zheng came here, he saw a group of refugees who had left their homes. To be in a basket is to sit in a car.

Seeing a group of people coming straight forward, many of them were officers and soldiers with bows and knives, the refugees were frightened and fled in all directions.

Fortunately, there was a loud soldier next to Wei Zheng who shouted loudly at the right time: "Fellow folks, don't be afraid, we won't drive you away. Now our magistrate of Dongyang County, Mr. Wei, is here to visit you."

The words spread, and these refugees who had no energy to run fast stood still tremblingly.

Wei Zheng got off his horse far away first, and then walked forward slowly. Several guards were about to walk in front of him with knives, but he pushed them away.

The refugees were all disheveled and ragged. Adults are so thin that they are out of shape, and children's legs and feet are so thin that the bones can be seen.

The poorest family in Dongyang County is much stronger than these refugees. The poorest families in Dongyang County, although poor, can at least barely eat enough. But the current group of refugees are all yellow and thin, and it is not surprising that they will fall down at any time.

Seeing this tragic scene, although Wei Zheng has seen it many times over the years, he still feels extremely shocking at this moment.