He just didn't know what the locust situation was like in other counties.
However, he also sent people to the other six county governments to reveal this matter. If someone listened, they could make preparations in advance and avoid more damage.
Moreover, as soon as he discovered the locust plague, he sent someone to report the problem to the higher authorities at an expedited speed of 800 miles.
But he didn't expect that the Great Zhou Dynasty had already fallen into a situation of internal and external troubles and could not care about a poor county town or whether there would be a locust plague. He submitted a memorial, but it was rejected by the Prime Minister.
Although the Great Zhou's God of War Xie Ruiyuan defeated Xiliang and temporarily resolved the crisis on the western border, Mobei was ready to make a move.
General Huai Yu, who was guarding Beiling City, reported urgently over 800 miles away and sent scouts to investigate. The investigation found that winter had arrived early in Mobei, and countless cattle and sheep had frozen to death overnight.
In order to survive the winter safely, they prepared for large-scale offensive and sweep operations, stockpiled food and fodder to make the winter more bearable, and prevented a large number of herdsmen from freezing to death.
That’s not all. A flood hit Guangping Prefecture in the south, and the dam burst. Countless civilians’ houses were flooded, forcing them to flee north to escape the famine.
In the Taiji Hall of the Great Zhou Imperial Palace, court officials stood in their positions according to the size of their official positions.
"My dear ministers, how will the situation in Mobei and Qingshan Prefecture be resolved?"
After saying this, Emperor Wuwen, sitting on the dragon throne, looked down at his ministers, all standing there with their eyes fixed on the ground, and said sarcastically, "Why, normally it's so easy for you to ask for money, but when the real trouble comes, you all become cowards."
Still no one spoke. Emperor Wu Wen wanted to slam his palm on the dragon throne and shouted, "Useless people! What are you all standing there for? I asked you to give me advice, and you just stood there without saying anything. Do you think I can do anything to you?"
At this time, the head of the civil service, the Prime Minister Yun Zhengchu, walked out of the procession slowly and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I believe that the most important thing now is to prevent the southern disaster victims from migrating north. At the same time, we must also strictly guard against them to prevent them from contracting the epidemic during their escape and causing the fall of the capital."
Yun Zhengqi has understood one truth since he started studying, that is, if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.
In order to pass the imperial examination to become a scholar, he stuffed cheat sheets into his friend's clothes, thus destroying his friend's chance of taking the imperial examination. In order to pass the imperial examination to become a juren, he gave laxatives to the people who were studying with him in the inn, making it impossible for more than 20 people to take the exam.
What conscience does he have? He doesn't care what happens to the people, as long as it doesn't affect his peaceful and prosperous life.
Upon hearing this, Grand Commandant Li Zhong frowned deeply. Unable to contain himself, he stepped forward and argued, "If we refuse to allow the disaster victims to migrate north, where will hundreds of thousands of them go? What will happen if the disaster victims realize there's no hope, anger stirs, and they rise up in rebellion? I wonder if Prime Minister Zhang has a plan for dealing with this?"
After a pause, he turned to Emperor Wu Wen and said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to open the granaries and release the grain. As long as there is a possibility that the disaster victims will pass through the city, we must set up refugee camps to accommodate them."
After hearing this, Yun Zhengqi sneered and then glanced at Li Zhong from the side.
"Do you know how huge the number of hundreds of thousands of disaster victims is? If we use all the food for disaster relief, not to mention the chaos in Mobei, if Xiliang gets wind of it and the Xijie army attacks again, who will go to the front lines and what will the soldiers eat?"
"A while ago, two hundred thousand dan of grain was delivered to Beiling City. If more grain is taken out, the soldiers in the west will be left without food. How can they resist Xiliang? Your Majesty, I implore you to abandon the victims in the south and wait for half an hour. If there are still victims alive by then, it will not be too late for the court to resettle them according to the situation."
Emperor Wuwen, sitting above, watched the prime minister and the general confront each other, wondering whose plan to adopt.
But after thinking about it, he still felt that what Yun Zhengyu said made sense.
After all, compared with the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, if he fails to resist Xiliang and Mobei, he will lose his country and will surely become the king of a fallen nation.
After thinking things through, Emperor Wuwen issued an order without hesitation: "Give this imperial edict to Lord Yun to stop the southern disaster victims from migrating north!"
After Emperor Wu Wen finished speaking, he signaled eunuch Liu Qingyun to leave the court.
"Withdraw from the court."
In this way, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims who moved from the south to the north were completely abandoned by the Great Zhou.
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