Chapter 242 Long Live Your Majesty
It got dark relatively early that day. The most fortunate thing was that before dark, a thousand dragon riders carrying thick clothes and bedding arrived in Jinzhou.
On this night, not so many people will freeze to death.
This night, there was still no rest.
Zhu Houzhao once again exuded bright golden light, allowing tens of thousands of people to see clearly.
He has been standing in mid-air for more than a day and a night.
More than 7,000 dragon riders, dressed in single clothes, led the victims and the young men who came to help from all directions, and continued to clear the roads and rescue people.
This year has passed in such a unique way.
After midnight, dragon knights with doctors, students, and medicinal materials began to arrive one after another.
Until noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, two thousand dragon riders arrived in Jinzhou with nearly 1,500 doctors, students, and a large amount of medicinal materials.
With the arrival of these doctors, students, and medicinal materials, the number of deaths in the disaster area began to plummet.
Afternoon.
Food and medicinal materials mobilized by the Ministry of Commerce began to be transported into the disaster area.
Disaster relief and rescue operations are on the right track.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Houzhao finally no longer had to stand in mid-air and be a shining little sun.
Putting back on the washed dragon robe and boots, looking at the disaster situation sorted out, he looked a little uncomfortable and rarely tired.
Jinzhou originally had more than 210,000 people, and including some hidden ones, the number was about 220,000.
More than 30,000 people were confirmed dead.
The preliminary statistics of those still alive are around 170,000, of which more than 3,000 are seriously injured.
In other words, there are still more than 10,000 people buried under the ruins who have not yet been dug out.
In this case, it is basically certain that the chance that they are still alive is very small.
According to overall statistics, the death toll will be as high as about 50,000.
An earthquake killed so many people.
This is the situation where he arrived in time with Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry.
If he didn't do this, how many people would die?
Zhu Houzhao deeply felt that the resistance of the people of the Ming Dynasty to natural disasters was too weak.
"Your Majesty, the main reason why so many people died this time is that the earthquake occurred in the morning, and most people had not yet gotten up.
They were either buried by the collapse of their houses. , or even if they ran out in time, there was no time to wear warm clothes.
There were no houses that could withstand the cold.
Except for the people who were buried under the rubble, most of them died. The people all froze to death on the first night," Xie Qian said in a condensing voice.
"I and Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry are still too slow." Zhu Houzhao sighed softly.
"Your Majesty, you must not say that.
Although so many people have died, without Your Majesty, most of the people in Jinzhou would never survive." Xie Qian said solemnly.
This is by no means a lie. Judging from past earthquakes, with weather like this, if only half of the 200,000 people survived, they would be lucky.
Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said seriously: "There are still too many problems. Zhending Mansion does not have much material rescue, the army at the guard station does not know how to fight disasters and rescue people, and the officials are also not active.
These must be changed. ”
Xie Qian was slightly silent and had no words.
Most of these, only His Majesty can change.
In his heart, he already had complete respect, just like this Jin land Like the hundreds of thousands of people alive,
no matter what His Majesty decides, he will support it.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Go and do your work. You must do your best to save every common person." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand.
"Yes, I understand." Xie Qian said seriously.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the eleven imperial concubines also returned to Jinzhou City from all over Jinzhou. Now there is no need for them to take action.
"Your Majesty." The women saluted while looking at their husbands.
In silence, they looked at their husbands with even gentler eyes.
It seems to carry a kind of light.
An indescribable light.
"Well, I have worked hard for you these past few days, so take a good rest." Zhu Houzhao looked at the girls with relief and satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, you are the one who is working the hardest. You should also take a good rest." Jin Bingyun said softly.
The girls nodded one after another, with worried looks on their eyes.
"I'm not tired. What does this mean? I think back when I defeated Kublai Khan, I chased him for ten days and ten nights, killing tens of thousands of people without stopping at all. I'm not tired at all." Zhu Houzhao said. Pat your chest and don't care.
The girls were helpless, knowing that no matter how much they tried to persuade His Majesty, they would not listen.
I won’t say more.
After Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, he ran out and went to Jinzhou to see various places in person.
He didn't take anyone else with him, only Mr. Zheng followed secretly.
So the speed is extremely fast.
After visiting various places, I couldn’t help but start helping.
His presence and countless voices of gratitude and reverence were left behind in one place after another.
It was already three days later when we returned to Jinzhou City.
At this time, Jinzhou City was even more lively, and aid from the imperial court was continuously sent here.
Under Xie Qian's leadership, everything is changing for the better.
In a blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and Zhu Houzhao knew that it was time for him to go back.
He is no longer needed here, the capital and the entire Ming Dynasty need him even more.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry has been assembled.
Zhu Houzhao led Yaoyue and the others out of Jinzhou City quietly.
But I don't know who leaked the news. One after another, people gathered on both sides of the road, looking at their emperor and his family with tearful eyes, and knelt down silently.
“Get up, get up quickly.”
Zhu Houzhao shouted loudly, but no common people got up.
With so many people, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to speed up his pace, but ended up slowing down a bit. All the way to the cleared North City Gate, Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry was waiting here.
When Zhu Houzhao mounted his horse, he looked into the city.
Densely packed, tens of thousands of people were kneeling there.
"Get up quickly. Remember, we Ming people don't have to kneel down to others in the future. We must have backbone." Zhu Houzhao said loudly.
After a pause, he added: "Build your new home well, and the court will help you.
We have also exempted everyone from taxes for five years.
Remember, this is what I said personally. Anyone who dares to bully you will sue Jinyiwei and Jinyiwei and leave them alone. Come to the capital to find me, and I will make the decision for you.
I also promise you that I will definitely come back to see you in the future.
I'm leaving. "
When the voice fell, Zhu Houzhao turned his horse's head and left with Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry.
"Long live your Majesty! ”
Suddenly, the most sincere voice sounded behind him. Zhu Houzhao turned around and was lost for a moment.
Like him, there are other women and many dragon riders.
"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
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One after another, tens of thousands of people shouted it out, without training in advance or following the crowd.
Some are just the most sincere thoughts.
‘Long live your Majesty. ’
This sound overshadowed the sound of the dragon rider’s hooves and seemed to overwhelm the sky.
The women and more than nine thousand dragon knights turned around and looked at their Majesty with radiant eyes, unable to look away for a long time.
Amidst the constant sound, the dragon rider walked away.
After a while, tens of thousands of people stopped and stood up in tears.
Secretly or covertly, the spies from all sides who had been attracted in the past few days, as well as some people in the martial arts world, watched blankly.
This day...
In the distance, after hearing the sound, Zhu Houzhao took a breath and waved his hand: "Go back to Beijing."
The speed continued to increase. , the irresistible sound of horse hooves rushed straight into the capital.
Throughout Jinzhou, news of the emperor's return to Beijing spread.
Almost all the people knelt down in the direction of the capital and shouted the same words.
‘Long live your Majesty! ’
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Long live your Majesty!
These five words spread to every corner of the Ming Dynasty at a terrifying speed.
The hundreds of thousands of survivors of the disaster shook the hearts of countless people in the Ming Dynasty with their most sincere and simple voices.
It includes ordinary people and people in the martial arts world.
It’s as if the quantity has accumulated to a certain level and suddenly there has been a qualitative transformation.
An invisible general trend is spreading.
The names of this general trend are Emperor Shengwu and Zhu Houzhao.
Wudang, Shaolin, Tianshan, Huashan, Emei...
Major martial arts families, many evil forces, etc.
I don’t know how many people looked towards the capital with various emotions.
At the same time, all kinds of things happening in Jinzhou are also boiling and discussed in the big tomorrow.
Emperor Shengwu did not hesitate and went straight to Jinzhou himself, saving people along the way.
It’s like a god coming down to earth and lighting up the night of Jinju City.
The dragon robe is draped on ordinary people.
Emperor Wu’s dragon cavalry traveled six hundred miles in less than a day.
Single-dress rescued people for several days. Only when they were extremely tired did a few people get together to rest.
The military and civilians cooperate to fight disasters and rescue people.
Eleven imperial concubines, like fairies descending to earth, go around rescuing people.
The deeds and other deeds have been told over and over again by countless people, and countless people cannot get enough of them and are not tired of them at all.
The most talked about thing is of course the farewell that day.
That sentence.
‘Long live your Majesty! ’
I don’t know how many people are also saying silently in their hearts.
When the sky was boiling tomorrow, Zhu Houzhao returned to the capital with Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry.
This time, only he, Eleven Nu, Zhu Wuwu, Wang Zhi, Cao Youxiang, and Emperor Wu Longqi returned to Beijing.
The doctors and students stayed in Jinzhou to take care of the injured.
Yan Nantian and Zhang Daoqi also stayed in Jinzhou with two dragon beads, waiting for the weather to be warmer before returning.
After returning to Beijing, Zhu Houzhao held a court meeting.
At this time, the condensed spirit of the civil and military officials became even stronger.
There is unconcealable reverence in the many eyes looking at His Majesty.
Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention and talked about something he had been thinking about for several days.
As for the military, from now on, the military must be on the front line in disaster relief.
Wherever there is a disaster, the nearby Ming army must go and provide disaster relief at all costs.
There are also a series of related things.
Political affairs focus on the reconstruction of Jinju.
And a series of policies.
Throughout the whole process, no one had any objections, and some just helped improve it.
After about half an hour, everything that needed to be said was finished. Zhu Hou looked after the ministers. After thinking for a while, he said seriously: "All officials of the Ming Dynasty, you must remember that the biggest principle after the Ming Dynasty is , that is, focusing on the people.
If he cannot do this, he is not worthy of being an official of the Ming Dynasty."
(Chapter 2, Chapter 3 updated around 12 o'clock. )
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