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Chapter 1191 Take charge of Northern affairs

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    It was approaching the end of the year and it was freezing cold, but Huang Mingyuan set off for Youzhou the next day after receiving the order.

    This expedition to Goguryeo will inevitably use the army of the General Manager of Youzhou as the main force. However, Huang Mingyuan has never served in Youzhou and is not familiar with the local officers and soldiers. It will take some time to control the various ministries.

    Before leaving, Huang Mingyuan went to the palace in person to meet Yang Guang, and told Yang Guang about the severe drought in Shandong, the people's livelihood, and the rise of refugees.  In order to make Yang Guang listen, Huang Mingyuan emphasized the dangers of refugees and beware of these refugees being used by traitors to cause trouble to the place.

    I don¡¯t know if Yang Guang listened to these words. Anyway, in the end he promised Huang Mingyuan that he would pay attention to these things and order disaster relief from various places to reassure Huang Mingyuan.  Now Yang Guang could barely listen to Huang Mingyuan's words, and Huang Mingyuan did not dare to push too hard in case Yang Guang had rebellious thoughts.

    After crossing the Yellow River from Mengjin, Luoyang City can no longer be seen, only Mang Mountain is in sight.

    After saying goodbye today, I don¡¯t know when I will be able to return to Luoyang. This is the place where I have put countless efforts.  Huang Mingyuan has made up his mind not to go back to the Luoyang court to waste time anymore. Now that troubled times are approaching, it is time for him to plan for his own destiny.

    Huang Mingyuan braved the wind and snow all the way north, and saw the miserable conditions of the people along the way.  A large number of corpses were lying on both sides of the official road. The place was deserted for thousands of miles, and even the sound of roosters could not be heard. It was a devastated, desolate and miserable scene.

    Every refugee you can see along the way has eyes that are numb and lifeless, or full of hatred and resentment.

    These refugees were not afraid of the officers and soldiers, and even tried to attack the officers and soldiers to steal food.  In fact, becoming a refugee is no longer a person. Everyone has already put life and death aside, so they don't care about the other person's identity.

    Huang Mingyuan also saw the tragic scenes of cannibalism along the way countless times.

    There was no food, and the bark and grass roots had already been dug up. Even the Guanyin soil was not available. Everyone was doing whatever they could to survive.

    At this time, many people turned their attention to the dead bodies lying on the ground.  As long as you can eat it and survive, who cares whether it is human flesh or not.  As for human nature, it has long been completely lost in the face of hunger.

    As for later, everyone ate corpses, and there was not enough human flesh to eat.  Many people became thieves and robbed living people to eat. Babies, young children, and young girls were the most popular.  As for those who have no ability but want to survive, they have to exchange their children and wives for food.

    Huang Mingyuan had only seen the tragic scene of Yi Zi's cannibalism in books, but today he really saw it in front of him.

    Huang Mingyuan¡¯s heart was extremely heavy. During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the number of ordinary people in the world dropped from 8.9 million households in the fifth year of Daye to more than 2 million households in the early Tang Dynasty. In more than ten years, the number of ordinary people dropped by 30 million.  Every time I read this, I sigh, but after all, these are just numbers in history books, but today, they are all living lives.

    Huang Mingyuan can't save them.

    Sometimes Huang Mingyuan also wonders, if Yang Guang dies and he helps Yang Ji ascend the throne, there will be so many tragic things in the future.

    Is it worth sacrificing the world for one person?

    Huang Mingyuan traveled all the way to Ping'en County in Mingzhou (now Quzhou County, Hebei Province). In addition to supplying them to Youzhou, Huang Mingyuan had already distributed all the food he brought with him to the people along the way.

    It¡¯s a drop in the bucket, and it won¡¯t save many people.

    Many people robbed the food that Huang Mingyuan handed out when they saw it. Many people advised Huang Mingyuan that even if these people were given food, they would not be able to keep it and would instead die for the food.

    "But Huang Mingyuan didn't care. As long as he could do it, he would definitely do it.

    Huang Mingyuan knew in his heart that this was called a woman's kindness, and it might not have any effect. However, if everyone in the world used various excuses to excuse themselves, who would save these struggling people?

    In this world, if one more person can be saved, it is better than one more person dies.

    Having seen so many tragic things, Huang Mingyuan thought his heart was really numb.  But every time he saw the unbearable tragedy, his heart bleeds.

    In a grassy land, Huang Mingyuan saw with his own eyes a woman abandoning her child in the grass.  The baby kept crying, and the crying tore the mother's liver and lungs. The woman's eyes were full of tears and she couldn't help but look back, but she finally shed tears and walked away alone.

    Xiong Kuohai looked really uncomfortable, so he stepped forward on horseback and asked the woman why she wanted to abandon her own flesh and blood.

    The woman was frightened at first when she saw the man riding a horse, but she may not be afraid later.Satisfied, he sat on the ground and burst into tears.

    "What can I do? I don't know where he will die. Apart from leaving him here and hoping to find some kind-hearted people, who can save us, mother and son?"

    The tough men around Huang Mingyuan couldn't help but blush slightly when they heard the woman's words.  Of flesh and blood, connected by blood. If possible, who would be willing to abandon his children?

    Xiong Kuohai stamped his foot fiercely. Finally, he couldn't bear to listen any more. He turned his head and said bitterly: "Lord, what is going on in this world?"

    "Yes, what is going on in this world?"

    Huang Mingyuan was also a little confused at this time. He had worked so hard, but the world was still inevitably heading towards chaos step by step.

    Huang Mingyuan got off his horse, picked up the child from the grass, walked to the woman, and handed it to the woman.  The woman hugged her son and couldn't help crying.

    Huang Mingyuan took out a jade pendant from his body, and asked someone to take out a steamed bun. He walked to the woman and said, "We don't have much food left. Let this steamed cake sister-in-law take it to satisfy our hunger. This jade pendant is also worth some money, sister-in-law."  Take it and exchange it for some food."

    The woman took the steamed bun and wolfed it down. Suddenly she thought of her son in her arms, spit out all the steamed bun, chewed it up bit by bit, and fed it to the child.

    "Thank you, my benefactor, thank you, my benefactor!"

    At this time, the woman belatedly thanked Huang Mingyuan, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

    Huang Mingyuan helped the woman up, and the woman cried and said: "Please take in our mother and son. I just want you to reward me with food. I can do anything"

    As he spoke, he knelt down on the ground and kept kowtowing, his forehead already turning red.

    "How can people have any dignity when they are forced to this point?"

    Huang Mingyuan helped the woman up again and said, "Sister-in-law, we are all soldiers. We have to go to the border to fight. We really can't take my sister-in-law with us."

    The woman confirmed again and again that Huang Mingyuan was telling the truth. She felt a little depressed, then thanked Huang Mingyuan again, and then left with the child in her arms.

    Huang Mingyuan watched the woman walking further and further away, and shook his head helplessly.

    The world has changed so fast that I have not even reacted.  Now I am really unable to save them.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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