It's finally dawn.
The people of Chang'an, who had been in panic all night, wished each other peace on the messy streets.
The soldiers and guards not far away from the street still did not disperse, faithfully monitoring all unknown dangers.
In the palace, almost all the officials arrived before dawn! Nowadays, there are a lot of people crowded into the main hall, and there is a lot of noise, making this place not like the core place of a country, but like a busy city in the countryside.
Li Yuan, who had already put on his dragon robe, sat high on the dragon chair and looked at the court officials expressionlessly.
Next to him, a eunuch was beating the golden bell fiercely! The hall finally fell silent, and they all looked at His Majesty the Emperor.
"Where is the magistrate of Wannian County in Chang'an County? What was the loss last night?" Li Yuan's voice was cold. In fact, he had already received the report through other methods. Now he mentioned it again in the main hall just to tell the officials.
Chang'an County and Wannian County both belong to Chang'an, but they are governed separately.
Moreover, county magistrates in the Tang Dynasty were not the seventh-rank officials we are familiar with. Only county magistrates who were classified as lower counties, such as Lao Feng, were seventh-rank officials!
Those classified as Zhongxian are the lower ones of the sixth rank, and the upper counties are the upper ones of the sixth rank. As for Chang'an and Wannian, they are the only Jingxian counties in the world, and the county magistrate ranks as high as the fifth rank! They are fully aware of the government affairs in the previous dynasty.
After Li Yuan finished speaking, the magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County came out immediately.
Their official robes were all covered with mud and water. As the primary persons in charge of the disaster area, they had been running around all night last night, and their eyes were red!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, hundreds of houses were lost in Chang'an County..."
The two county magistrates reported the damage to the areas under their jurisdiction one after another. This can be regarded as a blessing among misfortunes. Chang'an City does not seem to be the center of the earthquake, so it was only affected. The losses cannot be said to be heavy!
At least the wealthy and high-ranking officials had little damage, but the poor people's houses collapsed and many people were buried inside!
This is not to say that the poor people in Chang'an should die, but because it is a house of a poor household, there are very few bricks and stones, so even if it is buried, as long as it is opened quickly, no big trouble will happen.
After briefly describing the disaster situation, the Chang'an County Magistrate and Wannian County Magistrate quietly withdrew.
Feng Deyi, who was Zhongshu Ling, came out and asked Li Yuan to immediately release food for disaster relief and rebuild his family!
Otherwise, without their houses and food, those unlucky people will not be able to survive the cold winter for long!
In this regard, Li Yuan naturally responded accurately, opened the treasury to provide relief to the victims, and asked the public to help rebuild the houses as soon as possible. It was necessary to give these people a place to settle down before the next heavy snowfall.
Politics in the early Tang Dynasty was still very pragmatic. With the continuous decisions of the officials in the court, measures for the government's affairs were quickly disseminated! There are some quick ones out there who have started organizing people to collect food supplies.
Gradually, the courtiers dispersed, but Li Yuan was still sitting on the dragon chair, bowing his head in deep thought.
In front of the seat, Li Jiancheng, who was wearing a light yellow crown with four claws, frowned slightly and glanced at his father. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and whispered: "Father, it is a great blessing that the disaster is not serious this time! You really don't need to worry too much. I heard that my father had been outside last night to check on the disaster, and he had just ordered the imperial doctor to prescribe a decoction to dispel the cold, and he had been heating it outside, so I asked them to bring the medicine."
Li Yuan glanced at his eldest son, nodded slowly, and then suddenly sighed and said: "Cheng'er, you are interested. It's just that the people from the Qintian Prison said that there were no signs of the earth dragon's turning over this time, and it did not happen in Chang'an. , I am worried about other places..."
Li Jiancheng handed over his hand again: "Father, if something happens elsewhere, they will naturally report it with a warning letter. Father only needs to wait quietly for a few days. I think that now father still has to put his own body first!"
Li Yuan coughed lightly, shook his head and said in a low voice: "That's right. At this time, it is beyond human power."
Communication in Tang Dynasty was really inconvenient!
Two days later, surrounding towns began to report the damage to Chang'an.
This time, Lantian County was the hardest hit, with nearly 30% of the houses collapsed! And because it happened late at night, everyone was sleeping, so there were countless people injured!
On the contrary, Sanyuan County was the least affected. The masonry and cement houses showed their sturdiness in this earthquake. Not a single house collapsed!
Based on the disaster situation and official descriptions, the people at Qintian Prison finally calculated that the center of the earth dragon's comeback should be in the Qinling Mountains!
Soon, Lantian County reported that most of the Baoxie Road and Tangluo Road leading to the Qinling Mountains were destroyed in the earthquake!
Before Li Yuan could worry about it, the bad news brought about by this earthquake seemed to come one after another!
Not long after reporting in Lantian County, Chencang sent news that Chencang Road was interrupted! Next, I received another message that Meridian Road was seriously damaged! At this point, all four passages from Chang'an to the Qinling Mountains seem to have been interrupted!
It was at this time that someone in the court remembered that Xiaohan, the Marquis of Sanyuan County in the Tang Dynasty, who had returned to Beijing to resume his duties, should be in the Qinling Mountains at this time!
After learning the news, Li Yuan was furious! Immediately order the Ministry of Industry to make every effort to repair the road to Qinling Mountains! Four of the Sixteen Guards immediately set off to Qinling with only one order: the emperor wants to see his people alive, and his corpse when he dies!
It was obvious that such big news could not be concealed. Soon, almost everyone in Chang'an knew that something had happened in the Qinling Mountains!
In Sanyuan County, Zhang Qiang climbed on a horse and rushed towards the Qinling Mountains with his eyes red with blood! Behind him, dozens of veterans followed closely!
Butler Lu pushed away the person who reported the news, shivering and wanted to follow him! As a result, I got on the horse several times and fell off because I was too excited. The worst time I almost got stepped on my waist by the horse's hoof!
All this was seen by Lao Zhao, who was left last!
He rushed over and dragged Butler Lu aside, leaving him alone to look after the house and leaving the rest to them!
On the third day after the earthquake, Li Shimin led his army back to Chang'an from Jinyang.
Before arriving at Shili Changting, the messenger sent by Changsun Wuji found Li Shimin. The generals who had returned with a great victory immediately fell into deathly silence after hearing that Xiao Han and his party did not know whether they were alive or dead!
Li Shimin, the one in the middle, suddenly turned pale and swayed!
"Is this true?!" Before Li Shimin could speak, Liu Hongji rushed over behind him like crazy! A pair of hands actually lifted up the person who brought the message, and the murderous aura that filled his body made the messenger stutter and couldn't even finish his sentence!
"Yes...it's true! His Majesty has sent people into the mountain to look for..."
Before the messenger finished speaking, he had already flown out!
"As for my people, they are not allowed to go home. They all go to Qinling with me to find my brother!"
Liu Hongji, whose eyes were red, roared and was about to rush out. Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others even followed with swords in their hands! In an instant, nearly half of the tens of thousands of troops were on the move!
"Wait, wait!!!" Li Shimin trembled and shouted with his last breath of strength. He was an extremely rational commander! Know the consequences of mobilizing troops privately, especially near Chang'an! Although he wanted to find Xiao Han more than anyone else, he couldn't at this time!
"Go back to Chang'an, go back to Chang'an quickly! Pay the order before going, I will go with you..."
(Note: In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor was often called: "Master", "Sage", and there were no titles such as "son, minister, father, emperor", etc. It is just for the convenience of reading here, so it was changed to a more familiar title ~ skin it, Coke is very happy ~)
