The old and young men of Yujing City, whether native-born or refugees who had fled here, all felt that "Heaven" had changed...
Changed so much that they could barely recognize it anymore...
In the past, the constables and bailiffs who had held their nostrils high and barked orders at everyone now patrolled the streets. Whenever they encountered commoners, they would actually take the initiative to yield, with several traces of cautious ingratiation still on their faces.
Those purple-robed nobles and powerful officials who had always been as elusive as a dragon glimpsed only by its head and never its tail were now appearing frequently in the streets and alleys.
Cabinet Ministers, Grand Secretaries, Dukes, and Marquises had even personally brought their servants to set up porridge sheds by the roadside and distribute porridge to the refugees.
The sight was so astonishing that people clicked their tongues in wonder and cried out that the sun must have risen in the west.
Large numbers of shops in the city had been transformed into refugee shelters overnight.
Some prestigious estates had even taken the initiative to open their side courtyards, allowing women, children, the elderly, and the infirm who truly had nowhere to go to stay there temporarily.
The Imperial Physicians who had once served only high officials and nobles, along with the famous folk healers of the capital, had also appeared on the streets in force.
They either set up crude charity clinics or went out in groups of three or five, walking the streets and alleys to treat the sick refugees at their homes, asking after their well-being and taking not a single coin.
Of course, a certain inconspicuous Emperor had also secretly given Li Wei's campaign a boost.
He had made some slight adjustments to Li Wei's crude "free relief,"