Chapter 379: This Year's Major Epidemic

In Bianjing, Zhao Kuangyin was relieved to see that the stone table moved into the room still showed strange phenomena.

At this time, the weather outside was very cold. Although he was strong and not afraid of the cold, it was not as comfortable as watching it by the stove indoors.

Compared with Zhao Kuangyin's comfort, Zhao Pu beside him was really surprised.

However, this prime minister had been ups and downs in the officialdom, and his ambition was far from what he was when he was young. Now he was just surprised to see this, and then he kept trying to touch it with his hands, showing interest.

Looking at Zhao Pu again, Zhao Kuangyin said amiably:

"This fairy secret is of great importance, Guangyi might as well write it down in writing."

Zhao Guangyi looked at the low table next to the stone table, which was equipped with writing brushes, paper and inkstone.

Then he looked at Zhao Pu who was still at the stone table with grievance, and could only reluctantly say "Ah" and began to copy at the desk.

The sound of wind and snow outside the house became louder, and Zhao Pu, who lowered his head, had an unreadable look in his eyes.

…

Li Shimin’s question on the light curtain made Liu Bei’s face stiffen, and then he felt a little aggrieved:

“From the 14th year of Jian’an to the 18th year of Jian’an, it’s only four years. Does the Emperor of Tang think that we are all gods?”

The written paper in his hand was folded again by Liu Bei and placed on the table.

The 14th year of Jian’an was the first time he saw the light curtain. At that time, he was in Gong’an. Although he was known as the land of the four counties in southern Jing, his family knew his own business. Besides the empty title, there was no surplus of soldiers, food, and money.

And now that four years have passed and he can report the good news in Chang’an, Liu Bei feels…

Forget it, the Emperor of Tang’s standards are too high.

That’s not right. It should be said that the Emperor of Tang thinks that everyone is the same as him?

That’s still not right. It should be said that the Emperor of Tang seems to think that Kong Ming should have this ability…

Liu Bei fell into a strange tangle.

Kong Ming beside him didn't care about it at all. He just saw the juniors' jokes on the screen saying "what", and Kong Ming was suspicious. Why didn't they say it clearly?

In his heart, Kong Ming also vaguely realized that the once prosperous Han Chang'an might have a side that he didn't know before.

The prosperous old Chang'an was relatively unfamiliar to everyone in the hall at that time. After all, before the chaos came, they were all unsuccessful, and who would come to Chang'an for nothing...

Even Fa Zheng, who was closest, had already fallen into decline at that time.

...

Li Shimin in Ganlu Hall no longer had the excitement he had before.

The four words "Wu Zhou replaced Tang" gave Li Shimin a blow, and the four words "dirty Tang and smelly Han" also stunned him.

Empress Wu replaced Tang with Zhou, which is a meaning that can be easily interpreted, and it is difficult to have any ambiguity.

Even though Li Shimin felt that his ability to bear it was much stronger now, he was depressed for a while and almost vomited blood.

His talent, his son's queen, and the Zhou ruler who replaced Tang.

The complicated relationship made Li Shimin not know how to curse, and he could only stare at the four dirty Tang stinky men in a daze.

Then thinking about the extraordinary actions of the Tang princesses he had seen before, Li Shimin actually had a little sense of identity with these four words.

However, I always hear the younger generation sighing about the oppression of women by the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty... Could it be that they took the Tang Dynasty as a lesson?

Without the previous interest, Li Shimin sat back on the couch and stared at the light screen in a daze, always feeling that this kind of thing seemed to be not the first time.

He didn't want to hear this topic, he wanted to hear how Wu Zhou replaced the Tang Dynasty and how it was restored in the end.

It's just that the younger generation in later generations will not do as he thought, and still tell the story at their own pace.

[Now we all know that the chaotic times in ancient times often featured a multi-line parallel progress.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters were carried out simultaneously. The Three Kingdoms era was a relatively important chaotic time, and naturally it could not escape this law.

In 217 AD, Cao Pi, who was happy to be the King of Wei, went south to attack Sun Quan and received a letter of surrender from 100,000 brothers. He returned to Emperor Xian with great pride and successfully obtained golden equipment such as the twelve-tassel crown, the six-gold-rooted chariot, and the five-time auxiliary chariot. In form and fact, he had almost completed the usurpation of power.

On the way back, a small incident happened. Wang Can, one of the Seven Sages of Jian'an, died of illness.

At Wang Can's funeral, Cao Pi said that Wang Can liked donkeys the most when he was alive, so why not make a sound to send him off, and took the lead in learning to bray like a donkey.

This incident has also become one of the most famous things that reflect Cao Pi's character. We have also briefly talked about the life of this Emperor Wen before. The most classic poem of the poet Li Bai is:

When you are happy in life, you must enjoy it to the fullest, and don't let the golden cup face the moon in vain.

Cao Pi's mentality of enjoying life in time has largely led to the nobles forming a luxurious and dissolute lifestyle, which eventually lasted until the Jin Dynasty, and thus pushed the wealthy families into the abyss.

But if we link it to a specific era, Cao Pi's various unruly behaviors may have a very reasonable explanation.

In the year when Cao Pi learned to bray like a donkey, Chen Lin, Xu Gan, Ying Yan, and Liu Zhen also died in the same year as Wang Can. These four people were listed as the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period with Wang Can.

As for the other two of the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period, Kong Rong was killed by Cao Cao before the Battle of Chibi, and Ruan Yu died early, so in 217, the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period were completely wiped out.

And the cause of their death was the epidemic, and in fact, this was not the first outbreak of the epidemic.

According to historical records, from the time when Emperor Ling ascended the throne to the time when Cao's family usurped the Han Dynasty, the epidemic broke out on a large scale in 171, 173, 179, 182, 185, and 217, respectively, and the history books called it "the great epidemic."

According to historical records, the most severe epidemic was the one that wiped out the Seven Sages of Jian'an in 217.

Many years later, Cao Zhi still had lingering fears when he recalled this year, and wrote "On Epidemic Qi" to record his own experience.

"Every family has the pain of zombies, and every room has the sorrow of crying. Some families die, and some families die."

Looking back on history, epidemics often affect and change history in various ways, and 217 was no exception.

The beginning of this epidemic was at the Ruxukou battlefield at that time, and as Sun Quan submitted a surrender letter, the Cao army returning home became the best spreader of the epidemic.

The result was that the epidemic area of ​​​​the epidemic spanned the north and south, and broke out on a large scale in Yecheng, causing all the Seven Sages of Jian'an to be infected and die.

Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang also died of the disease when he went to deliver medicine to the soldiers.

As for Sun Quan, 45-year-old Lu Su and 28-year-old Ling Tong both died suddenly in this year. It is hard not to wonder whether their deaths were also related to the epidemic.

After the death of Lu Su, who was in his prime, Lu Meng, who advocated to attack his ally, succeeded in taking power and planned the White Clothes Crossing the River two years later, which made Cao Cao the winner.

However, wars and epidemics often occur simultaneously in troubled times. After Lu Meng attacked and killed Guan Yu, an epidemic broke out in Jingzhou, which was taken over by Jiangdong. Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, and Sun Jiao, who were guarding Jingzhou in Jiangdong, also died suddenly in their prime, and there was a high probability that they died of plague.

It is no wonder that the Ming Dynasty created the plot of Lu Meng being killed by Guan Yu's ghost. If we only look at the epidemic, there is really a little cause and effect relationship. 】