After Lianglanggu Road, you will reach Daizhou. Daizhou is located in the north of the Central Plains. It has four prefectures and seventeen counties, namely Daizhou Prefecture, Shuozhou Prefecture, Yangquan Prefecture and Xuanhua Prefecture. The capital of Daizhou is naturally
Daizhou Mansion, and the one close to Lianglang Pass is Daizhou Mansion. Daizhou Mansion is two hundred miles away from Lianglang Pass, and it takes five days to go by horse and cart. Everyone is not in a hurry and goes all the way along the official road.
But after entering the pass, Zhang Xiaowu and others felt a big difference. Logically speaking, there are many deserts in the northern part of the Great Wall, so it should be hotter than inside the pass. But they never expected that when they arrived in the Central Plains, they felt that the Central Plains area was even hotter. Everyone rode away.
After a while, he was sweating profusely. Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly asked Jas to find a place to buy an umbrella to protect him from the sun.
"The closest to Guan Road is Shangyi County, but Shangyi County is not on Guan Road. When Guan Road was built, there were three rivers between Shangyi County and Guan Road. In order to avoid the trouble of building a bridge, Guan Road did not connect Shangyi County.
County. I don’t want to change the course of the river.
The three rivers washed away the official road, and the county magistrates in Shangyi County did not want to spend money, so they did not build a branch of the official road." Ruan Qingwen shook his head and said, "Maybe the officials only care about making money.
I didn’t think about building a road for myself.”
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Corrupt officials are everywhere, and they will be killed and exterminated without stopping."
Ruan Qingwen said: "It seems that the general supports the corruption of some officials?"
Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while and said: "You have to know that everyone in the world is selfish. Only saints have high reputations. However, how many saints are there in the world? Who can say that he is a saint? I can't guarantee it, and you can't guarantee it. Since there is no such thing in the world,
There are more common people, and common people have to be selfish. You don’t allow others to occupy some of your urine.
Otherwise, others will treat your words as farts, and even stab you in times of crisis. Naturally, I do not approve of corruption. I just acquiesce in allowing everyone to take advantage of it. I don’t think the emperor wants all his officials to be saints.
——After all, saints can only educate thoughts, but cannot teach facts."
Ruan Qingwen laughed and said: "What I fear most are those officials who embezzle gold and silver but are unwilling to do anything for the people."
"Of course those kind of dog officials will kill every one they see." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "It's a pity that I am not the censor of the Supervisory Council, so I can't control them. If an official can be corrupt, he will be corrupt, but a mediocre official will be corrupt.
Deserve to be killed."
Ruan Qingwen shook his head and said: "The general should set high standards and strict requirements, otherwise people will think that the general encourages corruption."
"That's true."
While the two were talking, Jia Si also came back from Shangyi County, but his expression was strange. When Zhang Xiaowu asked why, Jia Si also said: "In Shangyi County, there is no one in the government office anymore, and the streets are very empty.
A few scattered families all hid after seeing us."
"But you scared people?"
"No, there are only five of us, how can we scare others?"
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the sky and said, "It will be dark in an hour. Why not stay in Shangyi County, rest early tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning."
"Here."
Arriving at the gate of the county town, it was indeed extremely desolate. There was not a single guard on duty at the gate. Looking at the dust and spider webs on the gate, everyone burst into tears and laughter. They never expected that a dignified county town would be so desolate, let alone
The common people were everywhere. When they entered the county town, they saw no one on the road, but there were a few wild dogs walking around on the streets. When they saw this group of people, they scattered in fear.
Bao Yan took out the bow and arrow to kill a few wild dogs. Zhang Xiaowu said: "The plague of the Central Plains is rampant. I know if the wild dog is carrying a plague here?" Bao Yan was scared to collect the bow and arrow.
The crowd came to the station in Shangyi County, and Jas also stepped forward and knocked on the door. Suddenly he heard the response sound. There was still a post in the station. After a while, everyone was happy. After a while, the door of the station finally opened.
The old man trembled and came out. When he saw everyone, he was stunned first, and then kneeling on the ground, saying in a hoarse voice: "Little Lao Er Shangyi County Post Changwu Shihan, I have seen the generals of the generals."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Give him a mask and speak again."
Jas also threw a mask and instructed: "Put it on it, like me and wait."
The post -long disassembled mask and looked at the crowd, and then took the mask, saying, "It's all dead, what's the use of wearing this?"
Jas also asked: "Bresom in Wuyi, why is this Shangyi County so desolate?"
Chief of Wuyi replied: "There are not many people in Shangyi County, which is one of the poorest counties in the country. Today, the drought is drought, the plague runs rampant, and the people will naturally run away."
Jas also said: "Why is the county also empty?"
Wuyi Changdao: "The county's command was died, and other officials in the yamen also ran away. Everyone was to live for life.
The old man and some lonely gathered, everyone couldn't escape, or was worried that people were eaten on the road, so they stayed in their hometown. "
Everyone exclaimed: "Eat?"
"Yes, eat people." Wu Yi said helplessly. "Shangyi County was originally a poor county. There are many stones in the local area.
. It is also eaten by Yizi in the city, alas ... "
Everyone was speechless. Everyone knew that the Central Plains was poor, but I didn't expect it to be so poor. Bao Yan said that it may be because of the special cases of Shangyi County. Other places may not want this.
The last time I ate was still three days ago. These days, I lived by eating bark.
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Twenty noodles for the elderly."
"喏."
After Wu Yichang took over the noodle cake, he was so surprised that he had always been receiving the official house of the post.
After Zhang Xiaowu, Wu Yichang kneeled on the ground with tears on the ground and said: "General Zhang is reincarnated by the sage.
The Shangyi Station can not stay in the nearly twenty -twenty -two team. In addition to the eighty guards, there are fifteen carmen who are caught by the car.
The elite selected in the middle. The chief of Wuyi opened the door of almost everyone next to the station, saying that they were all fled, no one at home, and they could stay freely.
When everyone saw that the station was torn, it was better to live in the neighbor's house, so they cleaned it simply, and everyone lived one after another. Zhang Xiaowu lived in the main bedroom of a large household's home. In addition to some dust, it was clean.
There is nothing valuable, the most valuable is a bed, there is no quilt yet.
To what extent is the hunger in Shangyi County?
Zhang Xiaowu fell asleep, and she couldn't hear the voice of the mouse. The county where even the mouse had no hunger to what extent can be imagined.