Originally, Prime Minister Xu and others disagreed and wanted the emperor to return to the capital first. After all, the court could not be without someone in charge. Besides, the plague in Xinping Town had not been completely cured, and they were worried that something might go wrong with the emperor.
But the emperor insisted on waiting for Chen Nian and the others in Xinping Town, so there was no choice but to go to Xinping Town first.
They didn't go into the town, but just found a place to set up camp between Xinping Town and Xiawan Village.
This way we are closer to Xiawan Village, and news can be easily conveyed.
However, he could not leave the court for too long, so the emperor simply asked someone to escort the prince back first, and Marquis Wu'an, Prime Minister Xu and others also went back with him.
Assist the prince to take charge of the capital first.
The emperor only left the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Personnel, and a part of the Imperial Guards waiting here.
Although Prime Minister Xu and others strongly opposed it, the emperor insisted and had to return to the capital with the prince.
The emperor waited until the prince and his companions left, then disguised himself and went to Xiawan Village with Eunuch Xu, the captain of the imperial guards, secret guards and others.
When the emperor and his men arrived, Shen Nian was directing the officers and soldiers, asking them to work with the yamen runners sent by the Jintai County magistrate to carry out work in each village, spreading lime and fumigating mugwort over a large area.
The main reason was that there were not many people infected in some villages, and they wanted to separate the infected people and isolate them. The villagers thought they were going to take these people away and burn them to death, so they were somewhat resistant.
Although they assured that the purpose of gathering them was to facilitate treatment, the villagers who knew nothing did not believe them. Some villages even set up roadblocks at the entrance to prevent them from entering.
Therefore, the subsequent work did not go smoothly.
When Shen Nian was worried, the emperor came over. He was surprised and hurried over to greet him, "Your Majesty, it's still quite dangerous here. How can you come here?"
"I was worried, so I came to take a look." The emperor looked Shen Nian up and down and said with a smile.
Fortunately, the officials of Jintai County and Mayor Qian were not there at this time, and no one knew the identity of the emperor. Shen Nian ordered that no one could reveal the emperor's identity.
Including Village Chief Liu and others who have met the emperor must keep their mouths shut, otherwise if some evildoers come to assassinate them, they may not be able to protect the emperor.
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