Yangtou was a person who survived from the plague, so he knew the terrible plague. Do you know that the Yuan Dynasty was the most common epidemic in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and historical books recorded as many as twelve times.

On average, there is an epidemic every three years, and countless deaths occur.

By the late period of Emperor Shun, there was an epidemic almost every year. Of course, only a part of it was enough to be at the level of a major epidemic. To summarize the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, two were divided into natural disasters and eight were divided into man-made disasters. Plagues were a link in natural disasters.

In the late Yuan Dynasty, the temperature dropped and there were many disasters, resulting in the death of the people. This was a natural disaster. However, the Yuan Dynasty, which was established for a hundred years, had become extremely corrupt. The bureaucrats were violent and the gentry was cruel and cruel, and they still sucked the people. However, the disaster relief activities of the court were weak and the execution was extremely poor. This was a man-made disaster.

Yang Tou finally used his life to remind him of the plague. When he saw Yang Tou commit suicide outside the city gate and refused to enter the city, the local county magistrate also knew the seriousness of the matter. He prepared the report as soon as possible and sent it to Yingtian with an eight hundred-mile fast riding.

Just one day later, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the plague on his imperial table. He just glanced at it and immediately announced the convening of a grand court meeting.

This grand dynasty meeting also made a special suggestion that the Prince of Taiping Zhu Lang must attend.

Half an hour later, a carriage from the palace was about to pick Zhu Lang up to the palace to attend the ceremonial meeting. At this time, Zhu Lang knew something might have happened, without any hesitation. Zhu Lang got on the carriage, and it was another half an hour.

Zhu Lang appeared outside the palace. At this time, there were people standing outside the palace, including the crown prince Zhu Biao, the king of Qin Zhu Chuang, the king of Jin Zhu Chuang... etc., all the adult sons were there, and the other side were civil officials and military generals, Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da, Lan Yu, Li Wenzhong.... They were all standing on both sides.

At this moment, I heard the little eunuch shouting: "Go to court."

Zhu Biao was in front of him and led everyone into the hall. After entering the hall, he stood in his respective positions. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked in from outside and sat on the dragon throne. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little solemn.

"My dear friends..." Zhu Yuanzhang did not exchange greetings, but went directly to the topic: "Just just now, we received a report from 800 miles from Tianlan County, saying that plague occurred in Lijia Village, Tianlan County, and all 123 people in the village died. The plague is likely to have spread.

We have only recruited you all to hear what our Ming Dynasty should do when the plague is coming.”

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of the plague. When Zhu Yuanzhang was 15 years old, an extremely severe drought occurred in his hometown, and then it caused locust plague and plague. Many people around Zhu Yuanzhang died one after another in this plague, including Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and brothers. In the end, only Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's second brother, and Zhu Yuanzhang's sister-in-law and nephew were left.

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered all his life that it was a very ordinary summer, but that summer was full of murderous intent. There was no rain all over the summer. For farmers, it undoubtedly killed them. The green crops in the past have turned yellow today. The grain output in this summer has been reduced by at least half, but farmers have not starved to death and can still barely survive.

The so-called blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes never come alone. A locust plague swept across the entire Fengyang Mansion, and the only remaining green on the earth was swept away.

The food that was already small could not be less was less, and when the plants and trees were not green, people had to dig wild vegetables and peel the bark to eat. People were so hungry that they were dizzy and they didn't even have the strength to talk and walk.

It seems that God is determined to be unable to get along with the people here. Just when people are already struggling on the brink of death, God is another pusher. A plague has been rampant in Fengyang Mansion for 600 years. The symptoms are high fever and vomiting and diarrhea for unknown reasons. Usually, people go in about three to five days, and this suddenly brings inexplicable fear to everyone.

Death covers the earth. They understand that God is "receiving people". Many people are unwilling to sit at home and wait for death, so they go out to escape from this hell on earth.

Zhu Wusi (Zhu Yuanzhang's father), who moved his house seven times in his life, stayed at the most for no more than ten years. Now he is 64 years old, he is extremely old. His hair and beard are white, and walking is a big problem. He has long regarded this land as his last stop in his life.

Besides, he hasn't had enough food for more than a month and can't walk even if he wants to. The more direct reason is that he has been wandering many times throughout his life. He knows that it's the same everywhere now. People are living in dire straits under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.

Now he was also hot and lying on the bed and looking at the roof in despair. This dilapidated family now even hopes to hire a doctor. The only thing the family can do is burn incense and worship the Bodhisattva for blessing.

But he died on the morning of April 6th.

However, this was the beginning of the Zhu family's disaster. Three days after Zhu Wusi died, Zhu Yuanzhang's elder brother also went there, and his sister-in-law died of illness a few days later. A few days later, his elder brother's elder son also died. On the 22nd day, his old mother also died of dominoes. In less than a month, four people died of four in the Zhu family, who were originally strong. Before that, his second and third sister-in-law also died of famine.

My uncle's family was even more miserable. The family of fourteen died in this plague.

Since he came to this world, Zhu Yuanzhang's world has only cruelty, and he has not felt a trace of warmth. He used to be poor at home and had the last bit of comfort from his relatives. Now the only trace of comfort has been exploited by fate.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was under sixteen years old, instantly became an orphan without a father or mother. This should be a shadow of Zhu Yuanzhang's heart for the rest of his life. Later, because eggs could not be kept in a basket, these people also fled separately in order to survive. Zhu Yuanzhang was still very young at that time and had little experience in survival in society. He could only beg all the way, not having enough food or clothing, and even almost starved to death on the way to escape.

Fortunately, I met Aunt Wang, and Aunt Wang knelt down and begged the monks to send Zhu Yuanzhang to the temple, and followed him to take care of him without leaving any hesitation. For Zhu Yuanzhang, Aunt Wang was his sense of security, which was also why Zhu Yuanzhang was so intimate with Aunt Wang. Later, Zhu Erbao blocked him for his death. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang could give everything to these two people.

However, because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was very afraid of the plague. When he heard the plague, Zhu Yuanzhang even couldn't help but start to tremble. He didn't want the tragedy of his own family to be staged in the Ming Dynasty again. It was also because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang urgently held this grand dynasty meeting with unprecedented seriousness.

"Your Majesty... The plague is prevalent. I believe that the imperial physician should be sent immediately to the place where the epidemic broke out to save the people, and allocate funds, allocate grain, and provide comprehensive disaster relief." Li Shanchang moved forward slightly.

"I and others agree." At this time, the people in the hall agreed in unison.

But... Zhu Lang frowned slightly at this time, stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty...this is far from enough."
Chapter completed!