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Somewhere in the capital, on a branch road on Hu Guang's way to the Mangui command camp, he saw a large group of soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division shouting something in the distance on the left side of the street. In front of them, although they were blocked, they could see that there seemed to be a lot of people there.

One advantage of his patrol was that no one knew he was coming, so what he saw was unvarnished. There was so much movement over there, it was obvious that something was going on.

Hu Guang frowned, pulled the reins, and wanted to turn his horse and move forward.

Gao Shiyue had already followed the emperor's gaze to see the situation over there. Seeing that the emperor wanted to go there, she quickly stopped and advised him: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the situation is over there. I'll wait until I send someone to check and make arrangements before proceeding." Bar?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Guang waved his hand and said: "This is in the capital city. I have you protecting me. What can happen? Don't worry, let's go!"

The emperor refused to listen, and Gao Shiyue had no choice but to signal Fang Zhenghua with a wink, asking him to protect the emperor.

As soon as more than two hundred horses started running, the sound of hoofbeats became louder. Before he got close, the people over there turned around when they heard the sound.

As soon as Gao Shiyue waved her hand, two chamberlains nearby accelerated their horses and ran over first. At the same time, they shouted: "The emperor has arrived, everyone kneels to welcome him!"

One of the main tasks of these two people is to urge all the soldiers over there to put down their weapons, just in case.

Seeing Huang Luo Umbrella and listening to the eunuch's high-pitched voice, in this capital city, even if you didn't know it in advance, you knew that no one would be impersonating you. It must be the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who has arrived.

After the initial daze, the people over there put down their weapons one after another under the scoldings of the two eunuchs, and all knelt down to greet him.

Seeing the people in front kneeling down, Hu Guang was on his tall horse again, and he immediately saw clearly that on the other side of the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were countless common people wearing ordinary clothes.

Hu Guang was stunned when he got so close. These people looked abnormal at first glance. They were wearing all kinds of clothes to keep out the cold. But even so, many people were not able to withstand the cold of this severe winter, and they knelt there shivering.

Also, these people were disheveled and disheveled. Even some of them were dressed appropriately. It was obvious that they had not been dealt with for many days. No one's expression is normal. When seeing this, one word naturally comes to mind: refugee!

After Hu Guang arrived, he reined in his horse and stopped. Fang Zhenghua and other chamberlains hurriedly stepped forward, trying to get as close as possible without passing him. They were tense and stared in front of them, like eagle eyes scanning possible prey.

There is a square here, but it is already packed with people. At several street entrances outside the square, refugees and soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were confronting each other. Of course, they are all kneeling on the ground now.

Hu Guang glanced across, and suddenly the pupils in his eyes shrank. He saw many people lying on the ground motionless on his side of the refugee confrontation, including men, women and children, mostly old and weak. They had obviously been dead for a long time.

Just when he was about to say something, a child's clear and frightened voice suddenly rang out on the quiet street: "Mom, mother, what's wrong with you? Wake up, mother..."

When most of the people present heard the sound, they knew what had happened. They were either numb, or because the emperor was coming, they knelt and did not dare to move. Even the people around the child, no one dared to move.

Hu Guang heard the sound and looked around, only to see a thinly clothed woman leaning to one side, lying on the ground next to a child wrapped in various fabrics, apparently unconscious.

When he saw that no one was moving, he immediately roared: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and save people!"

The last time Hu Guang roared, he was directed at the chamberlain beside him. Immediately, a chamberlain immediately got off his horse, walked quickly through the slightly commotion crowd, and reached the child. He helped the woman who fell on the ground, examined her for a moment, and then loudly reported: "Your Majesty, she is suffering from hunger and cold. Get warm and eat as soon as possible.”

Perhaps Hu Guang's performance just now gave the refugees a little more courage, so when the servant finished speaking, the first voice suddenly sounded from the crowd: "Your Majesty, please save me and other common people!"

When the first sound rang out, the second, third, and then countless sounds rang out: "Your Majesty, save us!"

After the refugees finished speaking, many of them couldn't bear it anymore and started crying.

While they were talking, many people who were dying, who could have squeezed together to stay warm, were now kneeling apart because of the emperor's arrival. Without the warmth of hugging together, they were blown away by the cold north wind. They all fell to the ground and passed out.

Among these people, those who have relatives around them are lucky, because there are previous examples, and they can help them to avoid lying on the cold ground. And those who no longer have relatives or whose relatives are no longer around, just lie on the cold ground.

Hu Guang looked at this scene and suddenly remembered something in the memory of the former Emperor Chongzhen, namely Ma Maocai's "Preparation for the Great Hunger of Chen". What is written in this memorial is simply hell on earth.

Although what I see now is not that tragic, but now I can see with my own eyes that lives can disappear in the blink of an eye. This is still under the emperor's feet, in the capital city. As far away as Shaanxi, I'm afraid what is written in the memorial is far from the actual situation.

If his soul traveled to ordinary people in Shaanxi, Hu Guang couldn't help but shudder when thinking about the tragic ending that his parents, brothers and sisters would encounter, and he didn't dare to think about it at all.

He looked at the crowd of people shivering in the cold wind in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little sour and a little painful in his heart. The human heart is made of flesh, not to mention that Hu Guang is still a soul from later generations.

At this moment, what he was thinking about at this scene made him swear in his heart that even if there was no pressure from systematic erasure, he would do his best to change the history of this hell on earth in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Ding, the system has detected that the host's subjective initiative to revive the Ming Dynasty has reached the standard. Here is a reminder: starting from the third year of Chongzhen, the drought in the north of the Ming Dynasty became more serious and spread to the northern provinces. Please prepare the host in advance!"

Hu Guang was speechless after hearing this. Chongzhen's third year was just over ten days later. But Jianlu was still wreaking havoc in the capital. According to historical progress, by the time Jianlu was released and peace returned to the capital, half of the three years of Chongzhen would have passed. There is actually not much difference between having this reminder and not having it.

Okay, let’s not worry about it now, let’s solve the matter at hand first. Hu Guang thought like this and suddenly shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Save everyone."

In the middle of the square, there are several fires for warmth. But the places are limited and occupied by some able-bodied refugees. But now that the emperor had spoken, those who were treating him easily approached the fire after carrying him over.

Hu Guang looked away and looked at the officials kneeling at the front, his eyes a little cold: "Tell me, what's going on?"