It has been a month since Liang Zhen's submission to the imperial court. During this month, he did a lot of work in Yuzhou, and he did not need to say it himself, and he had already passed it back to the court one by one.

On the first day he arrived in Yuzhou, he personally went to check the several prefectures and counties most affected by the epidemic. He went back to the garrisoned camp to transfer troops, surrounded the local ancestral home of the Yuzhou government envoy, and forcibly sent troops to the area. The eighty-year-old mother of the chief envoy carried it out from the house. The crowd watching the excitement at the door saw that the old lady was coughing and her face was blue and gray, and they immediately dispersed. don't know why this is a person who contracted the epidemic but was not sent to the quarantine area. infected.

After that, Liang Zhen and his soldiers surrounded several deep mansions, dragged many sick patients out, and sent them all away. If he couldn't resist, he drew his sword and slashed, no matter who the other party was or what forces were involved behind it.

On the same day, the governor of Yuzhou hurried back from his post upon hearing the news, and before he had time to argue, he was taken down by Liang Zhen, who took the Wusha cap and escorted him directly to Beijing.

Overnight, those wealthy and powerful families who had been lucky enough to rely on the power behind them and tried to hide their family members infected with the epidemic disease at home were frightened. Area.

The quarantine areas were scattered in the most severely affected counties in the prefectures. Liang Zhen quickly dispatched troops to relocate all the people nearby, and no one was allowed to approach within a radius of 30 miles. The isolated counties have closed the city gates, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city. Officers and soldiers are stationed outside the city. If any infected people want to flee, they will be served directly by artillery fire.

In just a few days, all kinds of rumors spread wildly among the prefectures and counties in Yuzhou. Liang Zhen was rumored to be the reincarnation of the evil spirit, and completely cut off the contact between the infected people and the outside world, and wanted to kill them all.

Under the instigation of people with a heart, civil unrest soon broke out. Some refugees rose up and tried to rush into the city in the name of asking for explanations, but Liang Zhen, who had been prepared, quickly sent troops to forcibly suppress it. Just when everyone thought he would kill all of them, he only dealt with the leaders, and pushed out the people who were instigating troubles in the city. After beheading, he hung his head on the city wall to show the public. .

Another two days later, Jiangnan suddenly sent 300,000 stone of rice and grain for disaster relief. Liang Zhen immediately organized people to distribute it to the refugees in the name of the emperor and the court, and the incident that had just occurred quickly subsided.

The epidemic is still going on, but it is much better than before. Although the decoction prepared by the imperial doctor cannot save the lives of those who have contracted the epidemic, it has a preventive effect on the people who drink it, which greatly reduces the possibility of contracting the disease. , but there were no new patients in a few days.

Only in the quarantine area, no one survived. In just three days, more than 10,000 infected people became more than 10,000 corpses, and they were burnt to the flames.

All those who had doubts were taken care of by Liang Zhen. Another half a month passed, and the weather turned cold. After confirming that the epidemic had completely disappeared, Liang Zhen ordered the warning to be lifted and posted a notice. One person paid fifty taels of silver, and the other households of refugees paid ten taels of silver to settle down on the spot, which completely settled the chaos.

Liang Zhen only told the whole story once in the remarks, and in a private letter to Zhu Yunxuan, he explained the secrets in detail.

The more than 10,000 infected people were indeed killed by him. He and the imperial doctor repeatedly confirmed that the disease can be spread by mosquito bites, and there is no cure for infection, so he decided to change the decoction that is distributed to the patients every day. It has become poison, and help them end it in advance. Otherwise, the number of new cases would never be reduced to zero in just a few days.

When Zeng Huai came in to report the matter, Zhu Yunxuan had just read Liang Zhen's letter, and Zeng Huai handed over the memorial in his hand. Before Liang Zhen returned to Beijing, his various domineering deeds in Yuzhou had already been brought to the front of the imperial court, especially when more than 10,000 people died together within three days.

"Your Majesty, King Zhao acted recklessly and recklessly. Although he contained the epidemic this time, his method was radical..."

Zhu Yunxuan sighed lightly and interrupted him: "Teacher, you know that he is doing things for me, and what he does... I acquiesced."

"But Your Majesty..."

"What's more, I can't deal with him now. It is the matter of the imperial censor's impeachment. There is no evidence. What will I do with him? On myself, what am I going to do with him?"

Zeng Huai was at a loss for words: "...Your Majesty, even if you can't do anything today, it will be a disaster to keep people with such ambitions as a wolf. If the monarch is not the monarch and the minister is not a minister, one day, you will still have to deal with it in order to clear the dynasty. "

No wonder Zeng Huai worriedly reminded Zhu Yunxuan about this. He had also heard of the shadowy rumors between the emperor and King Zhao. Although he couldn't believe it, he had to worry that Zhu Yunxuan would hesitate and make up his mind.

Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes and said slowly, "Teacher, do you think I will be soft-hearted? Don't worry... I won't."

"Your Majesty knows it's best, but also, the money and rice grains distributed by King Zhao did not pass through the Ministry of Households. Does Your Majesty know where they got it from?"

Zhu Yunxuan shook his head slightly: "He told me that it is his own private wealth."

Zeng Huai was shocked when he heard this: "King Zhao's private wealth?"

The millions of taels of silver was actually paid for by King Zhao himself. For a while, even Zeng Huai didn't know whether to be shocked by the huge wealth of his family, or surprised by how generous he was.

It was the first time that even Zhu Yunxuan knew that Liang Zhen had such a wealth. He took out millions of taels of silver like this and released it in the name of his emperor. For a while, Zhu Yunxuan had mixed feelings in his heart, and suddenly he was stunned. There was a bit of unsettled anxiety that could not be explained.

It was already mid-August when Liang Zhen returned to Beijing. Naturally, he did not recognize the impeachment. There was no evidence, and Yuzhou did not cause trouble because of it. In the end, it was over.

Seeing Zhu Yunxuan in Ganlin Palace, Liang Zhen's eyes fell on his thin cheeks, and then moved down to his flat abdomen that has been almost four months old, frowning slightly: "I have only been out for a month, why is your Majesty? Seeing that you have lost weight, haven't you eaten on time?"

Gao An on the side could not help shrinking his neck, for fear that Liang Zhen would find himself in trouble later.

Zhu Yunxuan said calmly: "The things you did in Yuzhou have already spread among the court, especially after the imperial court's impeachment, even if there is no evidence, everyone is now saying that you killed more than 10,000 people. ."

"Let them go." Liang Zhen didn't care, he killed him originally, and he didn't mind carrying the infamy.

The human heart is like this. Everyone knows that this is the only way to contain the epidemic in the shortest possible time. In the end, it's just a matter of trying to make a name for yourself.

I wish Yunxuan would have known that he would have such an attitude, and his mood is even more complicated: "...Where did you get the millions of silver? So much grain and rice shipped from Jiangnan to Yuzhou must have been prepared a long time in advance. , when did you start arranging these things?"

Liang Zhen smiled: "The first time Your Majesty sent an imperial physician to Yuzhou, the minister arranged for someone to go to Jiangnan to buy grain and rice. As for the money... it's not actually the minister's."

Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "It's not yours?"

Liang Zhen said calmly: "It is the private treasury of the late emperor. There are tens of millions of taels of silver in it, as well as some farm estates. When the late emperor was seriously ill, it was handed over to the minister. The minister has not used it before."

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned. He really never knew that his father and emperor actually had such a private treasury. The treasury left by Emperor Zhaoyang was not rich, and every sum of money had to be spent tightly. It is impossible to allocate such a large sum of money to buy people's hearts. If it wasn't for the money and rice grains that Liang Zhen took out, things would never have been so easy and good, and it is really ridiculous to think about.

It's a pity that his father has been in the camp all his life, and in the end he was completely defeated. All he could give was given to this self-confessed son in front of him, but he was actually an enemy who hated him deeply.

"I see."

Zhu Yunxuan nodded and didn't ask any further questions. Liang Zhen looked at him with a smile, and when he saw that his frowning brows were unconsciously stretched out, he seemed relieved, and immediately guessed what he was thinking.

Zhu Yunxuan probably didn't want to feel that he owed him because of this, but now that he knew that the money actually came from the late emperor's private treasury, he naturally fell into a big stone in his heart.

He still cares about himself like this, Liang Zhen sighed, and simply did a favor: "Since it is the private treasury of the late emperor, it is always inappropriate for the minister to hold it. After two days, the minister will ask someone to liquidate it and return it to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yunxuan was a little surprised: "Do you want to return it to me?"

Liang Zhen said with a deep laugh, "I can give you whatever your Majesty wants, as long as your Majesty is willing to trust the minister."

Zhu Yunxuan was speechless for a moment. He knew what he meant, but he didn't know how to respond. The word trust was too difficult for them. He couldn't do it, and Liang Zhen couldn't do it, otherwise he wouldn't be able to. Test yourself again and again.

"This time I was in Yuzhou, and I caught a cold one day. I thought it was an epidemic. At that time, I just thought that it would be good if I could see your majesty again before I died, but I didn't dare to see you, I was afraid I would be hurt. You, in the end, the minister came back alive and safe, will your majesty be disappointed?"

Zhu Yunxuan's expression turned cold, and he met Liang Zhen's gloomy eyes, and said in a cold voice, "I don't have it."

The smile in Liang Zhen's eyes deepened, and he stepped forward. Zhu Yunxuan's heart was tight, and there was no way to retreat. Liang Zhen pushed him in front of the imperial case and hugged him.

The warm breath bullied close, and whispered in Zhu Yunxuan's ear: "I know."