EBE Chapter 209: Surviving the Disaster Year
Chapter 209: Surviving the Disaster Year
A catastrophe, but with the ascension of the new emperor, the people who were suffering from dire straits were saved.
But this catastrophe also took the lives of countless people.
Kaoshan Village can be regarded as a paradise, and it is also the village with the least casualties in the entire state.
All of this was actually thanks to Xia Shengsheng. Xia Shengsheng also ensured that he, several children, and all the villagers were safe and sound and survived the disaster peacefully.
Doctor Zhao's prescription for treating the epidemic was ideal, and it was used in various places at the first opportunity.
After several months of fight, the epidemic in the entire region was brought under control.
Although many people died in this disaster, the majority of people survived.
In the end, Lord Jin was thrown into prison for his poor performance, and the position of Ping'an County magistrate was given to a poor student who was selected from another family.
Not only Ping'an County, but all the nearby provincial capitals and counties have replaced a group of officials.
Among them, students from poor families accounted for the majority, which also shows the new emperor's position.
Let the scholars in the world, those who have no connections, have a goal to strive for.
After this matter came to an end, Han Ming also stayed in Ning'an Prefecture to work.
Doctor Zhao made great contributions in the process of controlling the epidemic because he was the first person to test out an effective prescription.
The new emperor specifically issued an edict to restore Doctor Zhao's position as imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Service and appointed him as the head of the Imperial Medical Service.
But Doctor Zhao was not satisfied with this decree. He had long been accustomed to the peaceful country life and did not want to go to the palace again and engage in any intrigue and struggle.
Although he knew that the new emperor was different from the previous one, he still wanted to stay in Kaoshan Village and enjoy the peaceful time.
So after everything was settled, he resigned from his post and returned to live in Kaoshan Village.
Although the new emperor felt a little sorry for Doctor Zhao, he also understood that this matter could not be forced, so he just followed Doctor Zhao's wishes!
Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Shu and the Eighth Prince colluded with foreign officials and attempted to usurp the throne.
In the end it didn't work.
When Shu Guifei was captured, she was executed directly, and the new emperor also killed all nine members of her clan.
But the Eighth Prince was, after all, the blood of the previous emperor, and was also blood-related to the new emperor. In order to appear merciful, the new emperor deliberately pardoned the Eighth Prince's crime, but he ended up being sentenced to life imprisonment.
All of his accomplices involved in the incident were executed, leaving no one alive.
When General Yuwen and the new emperor just took control of the entire harem, Concubine Shu and the Eighth Prince had already been put under surveillance. Logically speaking, they had neither the opportunity nor the ability to collude with foreign officials to usurp the throne.
It's just that this opportunity was given by some people.
Since we have given them this opportunity, we should let them use it, so that we can deal with them with justification.
Pardoning the eighth prince was also to stop the world from talking. The new emperor had just ascended the throne, and he couldn't let people think that he couldn't tolerate even his own brothers. So, in order to show mercy, he only imprisoned the eighth prince and did not execute him.
An imprisoned prince posed no threat to the new emperor.
The late emperor also died in his own palace on the third day after Concubine Shu was executed.
The statement made to the public was that although Concubine Shou had committed a heinous crime of treason, the late emperor still loved her terribly and could not bear to see her walk alone on the road to the underworld. He also became indifferent to the world, so he followed Concubine Shu!
No one in the world will care about this result.
Because in their hearts, the late emperor was not a good emperor. He was neither diligent in government nor caring for the people.
Even when the common people were in dire straits, he would pour fuel on the fire, making it burn more fiercely and draining the last glimmer of hope from the people.
For them, it would be better if such an emperor died. No one could guarantee that they would live a stable life. It would be the same in this world no matter who was in power.
General Yuwen cleaned out all the traitors in the court, and only after watching the late emperor die did he feel that his wish had been fulfilled.
But he was, after all, a man who had rebelled before, even though he was once the third prince and now the new emperor, he had reached some kind of agreement.
But there is no guarantee that the new emperor will regard this incident as a stain on his life, and then their Yuwen family may be in even greater trouble!
Looking at the military power in his hands, although he was particularly reluctant to give it up, in order to preserve the glory of their Yuwen family, he returned the military command to the new emperor before leaving the capital.
He also assured the new emperor that he would retire to the mountains and be an ordinary person who would not bother with the world and enjoy his old age.
Although the new emperor has not yet thought about what to do with the Yuwen family!
But the Yuwen family knew his weakness.
As a prince who usurped the throne and killed his father, he was also afraid that this matter would be known to future generations.
So when General Yuwen handed in his military orders and wanted to retire to the mountains, he fully agreed.
But there was an expression of regret on his face, showing how tolerant and generous he was.
An emperor needs to be talented, kind to the people, able to distinguish right from wrong, but what is more important is to be ruthless!
But if this kind of ruthlessness is used in the right place, it can truly govern the entire court.
Old General Yuwen did not tell the new emperor that the only bloodline of their Yuwen family was still alive.
He felt that the best arrangement for his grandson's future was for him to no longer have the surname Yuwen.
The few people who knew that the only bloodline of the Yuwen family was still alive were all his right-hand men and close friends.
This time, he even withdrew from the court with him, so he was not afraid of the matter being exposed.
After leaving the capital, he did not go to Kaoshan Village to see the beloved grandson he missed day and night, but went in a completely different direction from Kaoshan Village.
He thought that after a few years when things had settled down and the court and even the new emperor were no longer keeping an eye on him, he would then recognize his grandson.
In recent years, he just wanted his grandson to be an ordinary citizen.
Everything is developing in a positive direction, as if God is also having mercy on the suffering people.
The streams and deep wells dug by the imperial envoy were not enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of millions of people.
Who would have thought that one day, without any warning, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds. After all the clouds quickly gathered together, a heavy rain poured down!
When people heard the sound of rain falling, they all ran out of their houses. Some stood in the yard, some stood on the street, letting the rain wash their bodies bit by bit.
Everyone was dancing and cheering happily in the heavy rain.
While being happy, I did not forget to take all the water-holding things in the house and put them outside to welcome the downpour!
The villagers of Kaoshan Village were the same. Everyone cheered and jumped for joy in the rain! It seemed that they had overcome this disaster! !
Xia Shengsheng looked at the children playing together in the yard and shed two tears of joy.
She did it, and every child was safe and sound, and survived this disaster year.