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Chapter 912 Plague Theory (Third Change)
As this person said, at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen was in the Wenhua Palace, calling all important officials to discuss the waterlogging in the south.

The lower reaches of the Yangtze River is the prosperous area of ​​Ming Dynasty, where taxes are important. The loss this time is not insignificant.This made Emperor Chongzhen a little helpless. This year is the year when the overall situation of Ming Dynasty has improved. Why did God not let it go and come to make trouble again?

But if you really think about it, it's actually normal.When is the rainy season in the south?There are also typhoons, several of them will land in a year, and every time they land, it will bring serious disasters!Even in later generations, with the weather forecast, the flood of the Yangtze River and the typhoon have brought huge disasters to mankind.

After Wen Tiren finished reading the memorial to report the disaster in the south, he closed the memorial, handed it over to the servant who came over, and presented it to the imperial court.

Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious face: "My dear friends, this disaster is different from the previous two years. The number of people affected by the disaster is so large that it is very rare. Can you have a good plan to alleviate the pain of the people?"

Many ministers in the hall looked at each other, but no one spoke for a while.

In fact, for the waterlogging in the south, there are basically rules and regulations. In the past, whatever happened, it didn't matter much.After all, the south is much better than the north. As long as people are willing to live, they will eventually find something to eat.Unlike the barrenness in the north, there is no food under the disaster, and the children cannibalize each other, which often turns into civil uprisings, rebellions, etc. in the end.

"Your Majesty, according to the old practice, we can reduce or exempt money and food, and order the local government to provide disaster relief, and the wealthy households to contribute money to tide over the difficulties together." Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, played respectfully.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and still looked at the courtiers below.

"Your Majesty, the waterlogging in the south can be considered a plague!" Wen Tiren himself is a southerner, so he knew better, so he added: "Strictly order the local authorities to bury the corpses in time, and if the epidemic is discovered, they must be quarantined in time."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately remembered, and immediately ordered: "In the place where the decree is delivered, the people affected by the disaster must boil water to drink, and it is strictly forbidden to drink boiled water. Also, when there is a plague patient, Wear a mask, wash your hands, preferably gloves, and pay attention to mosquitoes, rats and ants, which must be eliminated..."

Hearing the emperor's words, all the courtiers looked at him in surprise, most of them had surprised expressions on their faces.

Emperor Chongzhen also noticed it, and couldn't help but said inexplicably: "What's the matter, did I say something wrong?"

Xue Guoguan, who has always had a big mouth, listened, and played respectfully: "Your Majesty, mosquitoes, rats and ants are annoying, and it is understandable to prevent and eliminate them. But why is it strictly forbidden to drink boiled water? The weather in the south is hot now. A sip of cold water can also relieve the heat. Those people who heard the government's announcement didn't understand what it meant, and I'm afraid they wouldn't care!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard his words, he saw the other courtiers nodding slightly, and was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, and couldn't help but suddenly realized.These things that are common sense in later generations were still unknown at this time in the early seventeenth century!
Imagination is also true. At this time, there is no microscope and no microorganisms can be seen. Naturally, I don’t know this situation.

In the original history, in the last years of Chongzhen, there were nationwide wars and corpses littered the fields, resulting in the loss of life and the rampant plague.It can almost be said that at the end of the year, a nationwide plague broke out.

Speaking of it, Daming eventually perished, but in fact it also died of the plague.When Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, based on his siege skills at that time, it was actually impossible to capture Beijing. At least he thought so. Therefore, he also proposed to make peace with the king, and he could even fight for the court. Captive's suggestion.However, the plague broke out in Beijing at that time, and almost all the defenders at the top of the city were recruited. There were almost no Ming troops who could stand on the top of the city.In this way, Li Zicheng accidentally picked up a big bargain.

However, there was another saying at the time that the greater advantage was picked up by Jianlu.When Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing, they came into contact with those people and were also infected with the plague.But it was still in the incubation period, so I didn't notice it at the time.Then Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and Li Zicheng led the troops to fight. As a result, the plague just broke out, and Li Zicheng's army in history was defeated like a mountain. They retreated all the way, and retreated to hundreds of thousands of miles away. They didn't fight back at all. Power.

At that time, Jianlu had realized this, so he did not dare to enter the city of Beijing. He waited for a period of time and waited for the weather to cool down before entering Beijing. Instead, Jianlu escaped and picked up the largest It's so cheap that future generations will sigh for it. This Jianlu is really lucky!

Against such a background, Wu Youke, a famous doctor of a generation, summed up some prevention and treatment methods of the plague after obtaining many cases, negated the old view that the cause of the plague was "untimely but with its own spirit", and founded Epidemiology Said to be at least 200 years ahead of the Western world.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and felt that it was necessary to talk about it, so he put on a serious face and said seriously: "The plague is mostly infected by viruses or bacteria, and its transmission method may be water. If If it is boiled, it can kill most of the viruses and bacteria in the water. Don’t question what I said, don’t look at the water as if it is clean, but that’s just an appearance. One day, when you have the corresponding tools, you will be able to see it. How many things are there in the so-called clean water..."

The reason why he added a sentence saying don't question it was because he saw doubts on the faces of the courtiers below.He has no way to prove it at present, so he can only use the emperor's authority to emphasize it.

"The plague still has some ways of transmission, that is, it is transmitted through blood. Mosquitoes that bite patients and then bite normal people can also spread the plague. The same is true for rats, flies, etc. They may carry viruses, bacteria, etc. on their bodies. If Living in a place where there are many mosquitoes, rats and ants, it is easy to be infected. The same is true for air and water. It looks like there is nothing, but in fact there are many things in the air..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the movie "The Great Ming Tribulation" that later generations had seen. That Wu Youke was inspired by seeing dust flying when the sun shone through the window, so Emperor Chongzhen said again: "If you Believe it or not, I can prove this to Qing."

Hearing this, the most senior civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, arguably the most knowledgeable scholars, were all very curious. Could it be that His Majesty will overthrow their previous understanding and concepts today?
Thinking this way in their hearts, they were very curious about what they could see next?
　Work hard, another chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)