Since Yuan Shu took control of Yuzhou, he has been dying for many years and levying heavy taxes, which has caused deep pain to the people of Yuzhou. Under natural disasters, ordinary farmers are busy working for a year, and their income from per mu is often only three or four bushels of dendrobium, barely enough to feed their families. But Yuan Shu
But they only care about personal enjoyment and recruiting troops to expand the army.
Take away two or three of them. How can people survive?
By the time of the Battle of Ruying, Yuan Shu had hundreds of wives and concubines, all dressed in beautiful clothes, countless grains for daily use, and more than 200,000 soldiers under his command. But under this glory, there were countless bones of the people of Yuzhou. The people had nothing to offer.
Surplus food, hungry and cold days,
Spring plowing without seeds,
After the battle of Ruying, the Baibo army plundered the remaining wealth and elites of various counties. The victims were incalculable, and various human tragedies also occurred.
When Liu Bei expelled the Baibo Army from Yuzhou, he saw no human beings for dozens of miles, and he was extremely shocked. He urgently ordered Huangfu Li, the governor of Yuzhou, to rectify civil affairs and appease him. Then he sent letters to Guanzhong and Jinyang, asking Chen Chong to allocate 80 grains and rice.
Tens of thousands of stones were used to provide disaster relief, but he also knew that distant water could not relieve nearby fire, so he transferred half of the rations from the army to provide emergency relief first.
After Huangfu Li received the military rations, he distributed them to each county. The plan was to distribute the rations to each county by the governors of each county. The county officials were responsible for gathering the victims and eating in the county. However, the officials appointed by Yuan Shu died or dispersed, so that the counties
There were many officials and government offices without officials. Liu Bei had no choice but to hurriedly appoint county magistrates and arrange assistants from the Bafu to deal with the matter temporarily. Even though the disaster relief was like a fire,
But many sad things still happened during this period,
It makes those who hear it move to tears.
Wei Kang, who was engaged in admonishment, was appointed by Liu Bei as the Jianping Order. When he was appointed, he was quite hesitant and told his friends: "I am going to Jianping, which is adjacent to Taiqiu. At that time, Taiqiu Gong (Chen Shi) governed the county.
He is good at tempting and guiding, benevolent and loves others, and the people will return to him as if they are relatives. Now that I am leaving, I should not focus on his former beauty."
However, he first traveled westward for forty miles from Xiang County, and the road became more and more deserted. Even the official roads were invaded by fragrant grass. Only the bones along the road showed that he had not lost his way. He continued westward for another forty miles, and even the human habitation was cut off along the road.
, at night, they rested in a deserted pavilion, and the cry of jackals could be heard outside. Wei Kang stayed up all night, and as the sky grew dim, he continued westward with his entourage. After three hours of light riding and fast horse riding, they finally arrived.
At the foot of Jianping City. But no one was seen outside the city.
No one was seen in the city.
Among the ruins, only wild foxes scurry across.
Compared with Jianping, which has been reduced to a wasteland, the deeds of Taiqiu are even more shocking. After Sun Meng, the new Taiqiu sergeant, took office, he sent officials to the village pavilions to inform the people, asking them to gather in the county to eat. The whole county
There were fourteen townships, so scholar Sun Meng sent fourteen people to make an announcement, but only thirteen came back.
The county government thought that they encountered tigers and wolves on the road, so they had to send a team of five soldiers to make a notice. After waiting for another day, only two people came back on horseback and hurriedly reported to the county government that the villagers had gathered to attack the messenger.
As soon as they entered the countryside, one person was killed on the spot and two were captured. Only the two of them ran back.
When he learned that the villagers had gathered to rebel, scholar Sun Meng was shocked and hurriedly contacted the county government to mobilize troops for the expedition. Before the county soldiers could gather, the situation changed again. Three elders who rebelled against the villagers tied themselves up and came to plead guilty, saying
The attack on the envoys before was not intentional, but because there was no food stored in the village, so they had to attack passers-by to survive. When the envoys sent by the county government first entered the village, they cooked and ate them. When they used force for the second time, they
After capturing the prisoner, I realized that I had made a big mistake and came here to apologize.
In a place that was once famous for its good deeds, active murder and cannibalism occurred. The impact was so bad that it is hard to overestimate. Liu Bei personally intervened and ordered the execution of ten of the top villains, their heads were displayed to the public, and then all the villagers involved were moved to Yingchuan.
, to eliminate the surrounding discussions.
Liu Bei talked about this matter in his reply to Chen Chong and wrote: "Although the villagers are extremely intolerable, the hunger and cold are so great. What's the fault of the villagers? What's the fault of Yuan Shu? It's been difficult for people in Yuzhou for a long time, and it's not just
Where is Taiqiu? The suffering in Guizhou is so great that it is hard to describe."
In early June, Liu Bei's government tried its best to contain the famine. However, there is a famous saying: good fortune never comes alone, and misfortunes never come alone. Under the hot and humid weather, corpses rotted in the wilderness, and diseases grew, gradually spreading from the countryside to the county, and then from the county.
When the news reached the military camp, the soldiers in the army began to fall in the wind and were covered with abscesses. But after they had been wailing for a few days, they heard the news about the epidemic in Yanzhou. It turned out that the epidemic was not limited to Yuzhou, but also spread across the river.
In the south and west of the Huaihe River, there are corpses lying in the ground due to the epidemic everywhere.
For some reason, the epidemic under Cao Cao's rule was particularly serious. Not only ordinary people fell down in droves, but also many well-dressed scholars from famous prefectures and counties were infected with the disease. What's more, some, such as Xi Zhicai,
Famous scholars such as Deng Zixiao and Zao Zhi, despite their great knowledge and magnanimity, walked faster in front of the god of plague, and died in three or four days.
These people were all Cao Cao's loyal ministers and relied on him to achieve great things, but they died of illness one after another due to a cold. Cao Cao couldn't let go for a long time, and then the headache recurred and he fell ill. He lay on the bed for several days and could only
Reluctantly drink some soup.
Cao Ang was worried and sent people around to find doctors for his father. The hard work paid off. Hua Tuo, a famous doctor from the northern country, happened to be practicing medicine in Yongqiu. Cao Ang even sent a troika to take him to Puyang. Hua Tuo's medical skills were indeed superb. He used acupuncture.
By pricking the acupuncture points, Cao Cao's headache was relieved in one day, and he felt no pain in four days.
On this day, Hua Tuo finished the acupuncture. He applied a hot towel to Cao Cao's head and started to pack up the medical tools. Cao Cao closed his eyes to recuperate and couldn't help but admired: "I have a wind in my head. When it hurts, it feels like a mountain is cracking and rocks are shattering. It's like my soul is flying out of the sky. But
Sir, he has no rare treasures and no precious treasures. He can relieve such severe pain by just pricking acupuncture points. Sir, his medical skills are truly magical."
When Hua Tuo heard Cao Cao's compliment, he just smiled silently, and then slowly said to him: "Your illness is only 80% cured. No matter how much more, there is nothing I can do. At least within half a year, the headache will not recur. If you pay more attention,
If you eat more and eat less fishy and smelly things, it will be better. Maybe you won’t get sick again in two or three years."
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Cao Cao was startled, opened his eyes and asked, "Can't even your husband cure my disease?"
Hua Tuo stroked his beard and shook his head and said: "Shijun is extremely smart, and his thoughts are like knots. His worries are hard to get rid of and accumulate in his blood. This is the root of the disease! No matter how brilliant my medical skills are, I am only a mortal. I can only cure Shijun.
This is it.”
In the first half of listening, Cao Cao found it quite helpful, but after Hua Tuo finished speaking, he hurriedly sat up, holding the hot towel on his forehead and asked: "Sir, do you mean to go far away?" Hua Tuo handed over the medical tools.
He put his bag away and got water to clean his hands. Then he wiped his hands and said with a smile: "There is a big epidemic in Henan now. As a doctor, how can I just watch?"
Cao Cao had been troubled by a headache for a long time. Now he finally met a good doctor who could relieve the pain. How could he want to let him go? But after hearing what Hua Tuo said, he couldn't stop him. He simply lay back on the couch and sighed:
"Sir has a benevolent heart as a doctor and can save lives from ghosts and gods. I heard from Zixiu that many people built monuments for him. I am really envious! I believe that his medical skills will be remembered in future generations."
Hua Tuo glanced at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are so flattering. Our doctors are like treating your illness. Although they can relieve the pain, they cannot eliminate the root cause. Your Majesty is the governor of a state, and he is in charge of it."
In a territory thousands of miles away, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, cultivate their crops and have food and drink without worries, how can there be any serious diseases? Our medical skills are just a small way, and your governance is the way to eradicate people's diseases!"
When Cao Cao got the words, he was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "If things in the world were as easy as what Mr. said, there would be no disaster like today."
The reason why Cao Cao expressed this emotion was because he remembered the many major events caused by the epidemic.
During these days, Cao Cao ordered all cities to dig large pits outside the city and fill the corpses layer by layer in them, with only a thin layer of loess covering them. If more people died, they would continue to be piled on top. In the state
Cao Cao was extremely frightened by this, so he invited some Taoist priests to hold soul flags and sing sutras beside the pit for days to save the souls of the dead. The rituals continued for days, the bells and gongs rang, and the sound of Taoism filled the wilderness like smoke. Travelers heard it.
, all stopped. Even the chirping of the magpies around them seemed sad.
The epidemic has become so serious that a large number of fields in Yanzhou have been abandoned, and this year's harvest is about to be greatly reduced. Therefore, Cao Cao ordered to go to all counties and townships, move out all the villagers who showed signs of infection, and choose a place outside the county to build a
Camp resettlement, hoping that this can reduce the epidemic somewhat.
However, after the sick people were relocated, the counties had neither medicine to treat nor food to support them. Instead, they directly sent troops to guard them, intending to let these people wait to die in the camp. Under the combination of hunger and cold, some people tried to break out of the camp, but they were all killed by the garrison.
When the sick people in the camp died of illness or starvation, Cao Jun buried these people in large pits. Many of them were still alive and were buried alive. Only a few people survived the disaster and emerged from the mound.
Climb out and escape back to your hometown with difficulty.
When the news reached the ears of the person responsible for the case, Bian Rang was greatly shocked. He immediately sent a message to Cao Cao, demanding a strict investigation into the matter and the officials involved. Cao Cao agreed, but actually did something different. He sent
Root out the sick people who escaped and kill them all. In return, I will let you know that there is no such thing.
Bian Rang was extremely angry and personally led people to check, but the officials along the way were colluding, so all they got were rumors and no real evidence. But this could not let him give up, so Bian Rang simply changed the charge and went to Yanzhou County for inspection on the grounds of investigating corruption.
, more than 40 corrupt officials were arrested in a row, and there was solid evidence for everything, leaving Cao Cao speechless.
Bian Rang then wrote a sarcastic letter: "If Rang Su heard the name of Lord Cao's rule, he could make the Yellow River clear again from turbidity, and the universe clear again. It was promised to Yi Yin, but it was nothing more than this. Unexpectedly, there were rodents without eyes in Yanzhou.
I don’t know Mr. Cao’s outstanding virtues and splendid beauty. If he is caught by a small investigation, he will be deeply despised and must be killed to show Mr. Cao’s righteousness. It is expected that Mr. Cao thinks the same.”
So all these corrupt officials were sent to Puyang with letters, causing a huge earthquake in Yanzhou.