It was already a month after Liang Zhen's memorials were presented to the imperial court. He had done a lot of things in Yuzhou in this month, and he didn't need to say it himself, and he had already passed it back to the court one by one.
On the first day he arrived in Yuzhou, he personally visited several prefectures and counties that were most severely affected by the epidemic, and then went to the garrison camp to transfer troops, surrounded the local ancestral home of the Yuzhou chief envoy, and forced the The chief minister's eighty-year-old mother was carried out of the house. The people watching the bustle at the door saw the old lady coughing and turning pale, and immediately dispersed. They didn't know that this person was infected with the epidemic but was not sent to the quarantine area. If they ran a step slower, they would be caught infected.
After that, Liang Zhen led his soldiers to surround several deep houses, dragged out many sick people, and sent them all away. If he meets someone who resists, he draws his sword and slashes, regardless of the identity of the opponent and what forces are involved behind it.
On the same day, the Yuzhou chief envoy hurried back from his post after hearing the news, and before he had time to refute half a sentence, Liang Zhen asked someone to take him down, took the black hat and escorted him to Beijing.
Overnight, those powerful and wealthy households who were lucky enough to rely on the power behind them to try to hide their infected family members in their homes were terrified, and immediately arranged for Liang Zhen to send them to quarantine district.
The quarantine areas were scattered in several counties with the worst epidemic in each prefecture. Liang Zhen swiftly dispatched troops to evacuate all the people nearby, and no one was allowed to approach within a radius of 30 miles. The isolated counties closed their city gates tightly, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. There were officers and soldiers stationed outside the city. If any infected people wanted to escape, they would be directly served by artillery fire.
In just a few days, all kinds of rumors spread wildly among the prefectures and counties of Yuzhou. It was rumored that Liang Zhen was the reincarnation of the evil god, and he wanted to completely cut off the contact between the infected people and the outside world, and wanted to kill them all.
Under the instigation of people with good intentions, civil unrest soon occurred. Some refugees rose up and tried to rush into the city under the pretext of asking for explanations. Liang Zhen quickly sent troops to suppress it forcibly. Just when everyone thought he was going to kill all these people, he only dealt with the leaders, and pushed out the people who instigated trouble in the city, beheaded them and hung their heads high on the city wall for public display .
Two days later, Jiangnan suddenly sent 300,000 shi of rice for disaster relief. Liang Zhen immediately organized people to distribute it to the refugees in the name of the emperor and the court, and the incident that had just arisen quickly subsided again.
The epidemic is still going on, but it is much better than before. Although the decoction prepared by the imperial physician cannot save the lives of those who have already contracted the epidemic, drinking it will have a preventive effect for others, greatly reducing the possibility of contracting the disease , but there were no new patients in a few days.
In just three days, more than 10,000 infected people turned into more than 10,000 corpses, which were burned by a fire.
All those who had doubts were taken care of by Liang Zhen, and half a month later, the weather turned cold. After confirming that the epidemic had completely disappeared, Liang Zhen ordered the withdrawal of the alert, and posted a notice that if a family member died of the epidemic, every One person paid five taels of silver, and each household was given ten taels of silver to settle down on the spot. Only then did the chaos be completely quelled.
In the memorial, Liang Zhen only told the whole story of the incident, and in the separate private letter to Zhu Yunxuan, he explained the secrets in detail.
The more than 10,000 infected people were indeed killed by him. He and the imperial physician confirmed repeatedly that the disease could be transmitted by mosquito bites, and there was no cure after infection, so he decided to replace the decoction that was distributed to the patients every day. Became a poison, help them end it in advance. If not, it is absolutely impossible for the number of new patients to be reduced to zero in just a few days.
When Zeng Huai came in to report the matter, Zhu Yunxuan had just read Liang Zhen's letter, and Zeng Huai handed over the memorial in his hand, which was impeached by the imperial censor. Before Liang Zhen returned to the capital, his various domineering deeds in Yuzhou had already been brought to the fore, especially when more than 10,000 people died together within three days.
"Your Majesty, King Zhao acted recklessly and recklessly. Although he was the one who contained the epidemic this time, his method was really radical..."
Zhu Yunxuan let out a sigh of relief, and interrupted him: "Teacher, you know that he is doing things for me, and what he did... I acquiesced."
"But Your Majesty..."
"What's more, I can't deal with him now. It's the case of Yushi's impeachment. There is no evidence. How can I deal with him? He is in Yuzhou, and he is in the name of me and the court. How will I deal with him if it falls on me?"
Zeng Huai was at a loss for words: "...Your Majesty, even if you can't do anything today, it will be a disaster after all to keep such a wolfish and ambitious person. Whether you are a king or a minister, you will have to deal with it one day to clear the court."
No wonder Zeng Huai worriedly reminded Zhu Yunxuan of these things. He had also heard the vague rumors between the emperor and King Zhao.
Zhu Yunxuan closed her eyes and said slowly: "Teacher, do you think I will soften my heart? Don't worry... I won't."
"It's best for Your Majesty to know what's in your mind. What's more, the money and rice grains distributed by King Zhao have not passed through the Ministry of Households. Does Your Majesty know where they were raised from?"
Zhu Yunxuan shook his head slightly: "He told me that it is all his own private property."
Zeng Huai was shocked when he heard the words: "King Zhao's private wealth?"
The millions of taels of silver was actually paid by King Zhao himself. For a while, even Zeng Huai didn't know whether to be shocked by the huge wealth of his family, or by the lavishness of his spending.
Even Zhu Yunxuan knew for the first time that Liang Zhen had such a family background, so he took out millions of taels of silver and released it in the name of himself as the emperor. For a while, Zhu Yunxuan felt mixed feelings, and suddenly felt A little bit of inexplicable uneasiness was born again.
It was mid-August when Liang Zhen returned to Beijing, and he naturally denied the impeachment. There was no evidence in the first place, and Yuzhou did not cause trouble because of it. In the end, it was nothing.
Seeing Zhu Yunxuan in Ganlin Palace, Liang Zhen's eyes fell on his thin cheeks, and then moved down to his flat abdomen, which had been almost four months old, and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty has only been away for a month. Seeing that you are thin, did you not eat on time?"
Gao An on the side couldn't help shrinking his neck, for fear that Liang Zhen would make trouble for him later.
Zhu Yunxuan said calmly: "The things you did in Yuzhou have been spread in the court, especially after the impeachment by the imperial censor, even if there is no evidence, everyone is now saying that you killed those 10,000 people .”
"Let them go." Liang Zhenhun didn't care, he was the one who killed him in the first place, and he didn't mind bearing the infamy.
People's hearts are like this. Everyone knows that this is the only way to contain the epidemic in the shortest possible time. They dare not say it, let alone do it. After all, it's all about trying to gain fame.
Zhu Yunxuan knew that he would have such an attitude, and his mood was even more complicated: "... where did you get the millions of dollars? So much grain and rice were transported from Jiangnan to Yuzhou, and the preparations must have started a long time in advance. When did you start arranging these things?"
Liang Zhen smiled: "When His Majesty sent the imperial physician to Yuzhou for the first time, I arranged for people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy grain and rice. As for the money...in fact, it does not belong to the minister."
Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "It's not yours?"
Liang Zhen said calmly: "It's the late emperor's private treasury. There are tens of millions of taels of silver in it, as well as some land and manors. The late emperor handed it over to the minister when he was seriously ill. The minister has never used it before."
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned. He really never knew that his father had such a private treasury. The treasury left to him by Emperor Zhaoyang was not abundant, and every sum of money had to be spent urgently. It is impossible to allocate such a large amount of money to buy people's hearts. If it weren't for the money and rice grain that Liang Zhen gave out, things would never have been so easy and good, and it is really absurd to think about it.
It's a pity that his father had spent his whole life trying to do business, but in the end he was completely defeated. All he could give was given to the son in front of him who he thought was his own, but in fact he was an enemy who hated him to the bone.
"I see."
Zhu Yunxuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Liang Zhen looked at him with a smile, and saw his frown that had been frowned unconsciously relaxed, as if he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately guessed what he was thinking.
Zhu Yunxuan probably didn't want to feel that he owed himself because of this matter, but now that he knew that the money actually came from the late emperor's private treasury, he naturally felt relieved.
He still cares about himself like this, Liang Zhen sighed in his heart, and simply did the favor: "Since it is the late emperor's private treasury, it is not suitable for me to hold it. After two days, I will ask someone to liquidate it and return it to Your Majesty."
Zhu Yunxuan was a little surprised: "You want to return it to me?"
Liang Zhen said with a deep laugh: "Your Majesty can give you whatever minister you want, as long as your Majesty is willing to trust you."
Zhu Yunxuan was speechless for a while, knowing that he meant something, but he didn't know how to respond. The word trust was too difficult between them. He couldn't do it, and Liang Zhen couldn't do it, otherwise he wouldn't This is how you test yourself again and again.
"I was in Yuzhou this time. One day I caught wind and cold. I thought it was an epidemic. At that time, I only thought that it would be nice if I could see Your Majesty again before I died. But I dare not see you again, for fear of harming you." You, in the end, the minister came back safely and alive, will His Majesty be very disappointed?"
Zhu Yunxuan's expression turned cold, and he met Liang Zhen's gloomy eyes, and said in a cold voice: "I didn't."
The smile in Liang Zhen's eyes deepened, and he walked forward, Zhu Yunxuan's heart tightened, and there was no way to retreat, Liang Zhen resisted in front of the case and hugged her.
The warm breath approached, and whispered in Zhu Yunxuan's ear: "I know."