The officials knelt and sat in front of the palace for three days, and many people collapsed to the ground unbearably.
In the early morning, the emperor finally ordered the officials to enter the palace. It seemed that they meant to accept their advice. The gray-faced officials quickened their pace and staggered into the golden hall.
After entering, I found that the emperor was already sitting on the main hall, and just below the steps of the throne, was standing a dusty man. Although his clothes were not dirty, they were stained with dust at first glance, and his hair was slightly visible. Messy, with a whip in his hand. Just when the officials of the Ministry of Rites were thinking about how to participate in the performance later, the man turned his head and greeted everyone with a cracked mouth: "You adults, stay safe, I heard that you knelt outside for three times. God, I think you adults look pretty good, look at your strong body
It looks like, waiting for the border to fight again, you should go to the front line to kill the enemy for your country. "
Many people couldn't help but shrink their pupils: His Royal Highness King Yu, isn't he in Jiangnan? Why did it suddenly appear on the main hall
King Yu curled the corners of his lips, looking at him with a smile, but the surrounding officials felt cold behind them, as if they were being stared at by something dangerous. Many generals couldn't help but look at King Yu carefully, and secretly sighed in their hearts, the murderous aura of His Royal Highness the Second Prince was very strong.
"Chen and others see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."
The emperor didn't shout, his expression was cold: "Aren't you willing to kneel? Even now, I don't want to get up. I have never forced others to be difficult, so I will let you kneel for a while."
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen and others are all for the sake of thousands of people. Before, the ministers and others suggested closing Yishui City, but the Emperor did not agree, so that the epidemic spread to other cities along Yishui City. If this continues, the people of Jiangnan will be in danger. That's it!"
"Your Majesty, Lord Sun is right, please listen to the advice and close Yishui City." King Yu, who was standing above the main hall, suddenly looked sad and knelt down in front of the Emperor with a plop. He looked like he didn't care about the prince's majesty at all, "Father, I beg you to have mercy on the people of Jiangnan, and pull down and put to death Master Sun and Master Nan, who just spoke.
! "
"Your Highness Prince Yu, how can you...how can you talk like this?" Prince Yu's tears fell faster: "Father, according to the household registration records of Yishui City, there are a total of more than 43,600 people in the city. After that, there were less than 1,000 people left. Among the 1,000 people, more than 300 people were infected with the disease. According to the meaning of the two adults, should this be
Some people who finally got a chance to kill the common people again? This is too cold-blooded and ruthless! "
"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are ruthless, but that you can't lose the big because of the small. If more people are endangered because of these hundreds of people, then the gain will not be lost!" "Fart!" King Yu turned his head and said, "As officials, you don't want to treat the people after something goes wrong. The first idea is to kill them all. Now there are people in Guancheng who have the plague. Are you going to close the city gate now and trap more than 30,000 people. Died inside? If the epidemic follows
The water flow continues to spread, according to the meaning of the two adults, is it going to destroy most of the Dali Dynasty? "
The faces of the two officials who spoke were pale: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the ministers and others have absolutely no intention of this." "You officials, who keep saying that they are for the country and the people, are actually destroying the foundation of our Dali Dynasty's Jiangshan Society and Ji, the emperor and the monarch are heaven. , the people and the people are the earth, and the interdependence of heaven and earth is essential. Now that there is a problem with the land, you will destroy it. Dare to ask you adults, you have no feet
land, where do you stand? Without the land under your feet, how can you feed yourself? In a folk saying, what you do now is to go to the table to eat, and to scold the mother when you get off the table. To close the city gates and kill the people is simply treason! "
Several officials almost lay on the ground, and before they could refute King Yu's indecent speech, they hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others definitely don't mean this, it is His Royal Highness King Yu who slandered the ministers and others, please let the emperor know." Second Prince Yu Wang took two steps forward to his knees and banged his head on the steps: "Father, my son is heartbroken, you haven't been to the south of the Yangtze River, and you don't know the tragic situation of Yishui City. The whole city is in ruins, and there are corpses everywhere, everywhere. Howling! One of the soldiers who entered the city to help clear the streets
A seven-footed man knelt down and cried bitterly, a woman and a child holding a child, a man protecting his family, an old man struggling to survive... They are all ordinary people, they are all trying to survive, what are the common people, they just want to live simply , why is it so difficult! "
The emperor lowered his eyes to look at King Yu, and his eyes were sore: "It's my fault..." King Yu wiped away his tears, knelt up straight and looked resolute: "Father, my son is not filial today, he is going to make a fuss in the court, who would be if he were today? When he dared to say that Yishui City would be closed and the people infected with the plague would be killed, Erchen directly dragged his family and threw them into Yishui City, so that he could see with his own eyes how difficult it is for the people today, and how difficult it is to live. It's easy! King Yue and Princess Wenxian help the people to collect the bodies every day. The thick smoke can be seen from a hundred miles away. The billowing black smoke is the restless souls of the people. What are they doing? They are staring at us. ah, stand
Beside us, watching so many officials in our court do nothing, just thinking about how to destroy the people of my Dali Dynasty..."
Many officials couldn't help but shuddered. They didn't feel anything before, why did they feel so cold after hearing King Yu's words, as if something was really hiding in the dark, staring at them.
"Jun Yu, you've lost your temper." "Father, my son is guilty. You can punish me whatever you want. My son just asks my father for some grace, and asks my son to escort the medicinal materials into Yishui City first, and let King Yue and Wen Xian send them to Yishui City. The county lord will give medicine to the people first. The people are suffering, and the hearts of the sons are aching..." King Yu burst into tears, those who heard the cry were saddened, and those who heard the tears wept
.
The emperor couldn't help sighing, stepped down from the throne and helped him up with his own hands: "You got up, your temper has always been straight, and now you have seen the tragic situation of the people of Yishui City, and it is understandable to feel sad in your heart, ministers, what do you think? "
"Yes, understand... understand..."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Xu Li, His Royal Highness King Yu has worked hard all the way, and he has given him the right to see the seat in the main hall and bring a chair to King Yu."
"Yes."
Xu Li hurriedly instructed the maid to move onto the chair. King Yu was so tired from crying that he sat down after two sittings.
The emperor was even more heartbroken when he saw it: "You are a good boy. Let's talk about the specific situation of Yishui City." King Yu nodded and explained the situation of the three most severely affected cities, focusing on Yishui City: " ... The father, the county lord Wenxian knelt down and led the soldiers and the people to pray for the deceased. May they rest in peace in the spirit of heaven.
Killing their compatriots left in the world, how can the deceased rest in peace? I can't say that I will turn into a ghost and come to them to intercede..." The officials who heard this almost jumped up and kicked the chair where King Yu was sitting. To persuade him according to the old example before, only to be scolded by King Yu by pointing his nose