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Emperor Chongzhen actually already had a candidate in mind as the person to carry out the cowpox experiment. This candidate is Qian Fugui who is about to return to Ming Dynasty.

Remembering that at the beginning, he had promised to be rich and honorable, to be a good internal correspondent, and to promise him a bright future when he returned home. However, it is not convenient for him to disclose to the public the things he should be responsible for internally. Therefore, his achievements are destined to be known only to a few people. If this were the case, the first one would not be a good reward, and the second one would not be enough for Qian Fugui to return home in glory.

Therefore, if the merit of vaccination against smallpox is awarded to Qian Fugui, this merit can be used as an excuse to give Qian Fugui a title. And everyone, including future generations, will remember Qian Fugui and be grateful to him.

This credit, if compared, is obviously greater than his credit as an undercover agent. It’s good for him, his family, and everyone else!

In addition, there is another reason for awarding this credit to Qian Fugui.

It was Emperor Chongzhen who was promoting with great fanfare this time that not only would military merit be awarded, not only the emperor's relatives would be awarded titles, but he would be willing to grant titles to anyone who had made great contributions as long as it benefited the country and the people. The reason for doing this is to encourage the enthusiasm of the people of Ming Dynasty, so that they can be more motivated to make contributions and become people who are truly useful to Ming Dynasty.

And the best effect of this is to set an example. One example of Chen Shigong is not enough, we need another one.

Just imagine, Qian Fugui was not a doctor before, let alone a famous doctor. He publicized that he had paid close attention to observation and found that people who milked cows often got smallpox. He began to think about it and finally discovered that vaccination with cowpox could prevent smallpox. Once such a thing spreads, it will definitely give everyone in Ming Dynasty, including those who think they are ordinary people, a thought. Maybe if you observe more and think more, you can get lucky and do something great. To be knighted!

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen chatted with Qian Fugui privately and told Qian Fugui about the situation. Through communication through the chat group, it can be said that except for the two parties involved, Emperor Chongzhen and Qian Fugui, no one else will know that the fact that vaccination with cowpox can prevent smallpox is actually the credit of Emperor Chongzhen.

Qian Fugui was very excited after hearing this. He can naturally tell which one has greater credit and which one has a more pleasant reputation. Such a huge contribution was given to him. Suddenly, the frightened days and nights before were forgotten in the blink of an eye.

The war in Japan continued, and by the beginning of October, the Ming army had advanced to Sendai. The reason why it only took a few months to advance here is not actually because the Ming army was so good at fighting. More credit is actually given to food.

More and more soldiers and civilians under the daimyo from various places fled and took refuge with the Ming army. So that later on, in order to get rewards from the Ming army, in order to live a better life after joining the Ming army. Those at the bottom of the hostile forces of the Ming Dynasty often rebelled and sent their daimyo and other leaders to join the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, later on, basically the Ming army no longer took the initiative to attack cities and territories, in order to serve as a strategic deterrent force. To deal with the Japanese, we basically still use the Japanese. The people who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty could survive through disaster relief work. The captured leaders, such as daimyo, used the method pioneered by Emperor Chongzhen. After a public trial, they were handed over to the angry Japanese to kill them. The other soldiers were taken to Iwami Yinshan to dig silver mines and sulfur mines. Mineral and other resources.

Sendai is a place loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate. The daimyo here is Date Masamune, who experienced the Warring States Period and surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he was sealed in Sendai and became the first daimyo.

In the original history, he died of illness in the ninth year of Chongzhen. Before his death, the contemporary shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu personally waited at his bedside. However, in this dimension, because of the civil strife in our country, we have a lot to worry about, especially when Hauge raided Edo, made Tokugawa Iemitsu's head into a chamber pot, and gave it to the emperor. These things were all very shocking. He killed Date Masamune a few months earlier than in the original history, and died before the Ming army arrived.

Date Masamune's son Date Tadamune was appointed at the critical moment and became the second generation daimyo of Sendai. In the original history, Date Tadamune, who was rated as the "Famous Lord of Shoucheng", was unable to do anything in the face of chaos.

It is said that Hauge took the emperor and fled north. After a battle with Date Tadamune, both sides suffered heavy losses. After that, Hauge continued to flee north, but Date Tadamune was rebelled by his people, opened the door to welcome the Ming army, and occupied the Sendai area almost without bloodshed.

Further north, there is the Ou Mountains. The road is difficult to walk, and there are no important towns in the north. Further north, the weather has become cold, so he ordered the Ming army to stop advancing. As for those Japanese who wanted to make contributions, he didn't worry about whether they would continue to look north for opportunities to make contributions.

While stationed in Xiantai, Lu Xiangsheng unexpectedly learned something.

It was in the 41st year of Wanli (that is, 1613) that the Sendai daimyo Date Masamune invited missionaries and sent envoys to sail overseas on the Kuwahan, a foreign-style sailing ship built by Sendai Domain, in order to trade with foreign countries. The deputy envoy of the envoy was the retainer Hasekura Tsunenaga. They crossed the Pacific and landed in Acapulco, Mexico. Then they crossed the Atlantic to Madrid, Spain, and finally to Rome, Italy. It took a total of seven days to return to Japan. year time.

Lu Xiangsheng knew that Emperor Chongzhen was interested in America, and he had also sent out the first advance fleet. What happened in Sendai shows that the emperor's idea of ​​crossing the ocean to reach America has practical examples in Japan, which proves that it is completely feasible.

So, he reported this matter through the chat group.

Emperor Chongzhen just smiled at this. He could always communicate with the first advance fleet through the chat group. He knew that the advance team had better luck at this time and had landed in North America without any trouble. It was establishing the Ming Dynasty's first base in North America where San Francisco would later be located.

Based on the current situation of the Japanese country, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to let Qian Fugui, Wu Daji and others return to the Ming Dynasty with important captives such as Dorgon. Lu Xiangsheng, on the other hand, will continue to be in charge of the Japanese country. He will not return until several vassal kings who have been entrusted with the Japanese country arrive in the Japanese country and divide specific territories for them. The handover is completed.

Among them, Wu Daji returned to North Korea and did not enter Beijing immediately. As for Qian Fugui, Emperor Chongzhen arranged for him to go to Liaodong first, where he found cows with cowpox in a place where cattle and horses were crowded. He only needed to test a few times, and he arrived in the capital before the New Year with the results.

Before he arrived in the capital, Dorgon and others had been escorted into the capital. There has been no excitement in the capital for a long time. Therefore, when the heroes were worshiped at the end of the year, and when they learned that the remnant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the puppet emperor Dorgon was going to be used to commemorate the heroes, the people of the city mobilized again. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer things like the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If you don’t look at them in the future, they will be gone.

Compared to the past, the people in the capital are now a little less surprised that Ming Dynasty captured the leader of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. With the current national power of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are just clowns.

Therefore, this time, although many people watched it, it was not so sensational. After watching it, it was over. At most, I would put incense sticks on my relatives and friends to tell them, and another enemy got the retribution he deserved.

On the topic of the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the people in the capital focused more on Dorgon and others. They did many evil things in the Japanese country, and they were caught by the Japanese people and castrated. It can be seen that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. It is not that they were not repaid in the past, it is just that the time has not come yet.

When Qian Fugui came to Beijing, he was under this background. Most people are still busy celebrating a good year.

I couldn't help but be filled with emotion when I came to the capital to be rich and wealthy.

I think back then, he was in the capital, and Yongping Mansion was plundered by Jianqi. At that time, he remembered very clearly that the Ming Dynasty was not so prosperous at all. Every time the end of the year comes, there are always people who are going to freeze to death, and there are always people who are looking sad just to celebrate the New Year.

But now, he has not been back for a few years. When he came back on the way, he passed by Yongping Mansion. At that time, he did not dare to think that this was Yongping Mansion.

When he left Yongping Mansion that year, he remembered very clearly that Jianlu burned down Yongping Mansion and drove the old and weak outside the city to die. But now, not only has the previous prosperity been restored, but it has become even worse. It is really unrecognizable.

On the capital side, seeing the people being prosperous and peaceful, he, who had just returned from the Japanese country, recalled the current situation of the Japanese people, and even recalled the situation of the people in North Korea and Liaodong that he had seen when he was with Hauge. , I couldn't help but sigh and realize that now that the Ming Dynasty is strong, the people are so happy.

However, Qian Fugui didn't have much time to express his feelings. Emperor Chongzhen considered it for him and asked him to go to the Rites Yamen as soon as he arrived in the capital.

At the Rites Yamen, the officials are all busy. After all, at the end of the year, they have to summarize this year and plan for next year, and no one has time.

However, when Qian Fugui appeared in front of the yamen and said loudly in front of the officials at the yamen gate and the officials and people passing by that he had a solution to smallpox, everyone exploded, even Sun Yuanhua, the Minister of Rites, heard about it. Feng rushed to the yamen and asked Qian Fugui excitedly: "You said you can solve smallpox, are you serious?"

Smallpox threatens everyone, regardless of rich or poor, high or low. It is precisely because of this that the example cited by Emperor Chongzhen at that time was smallpox.

Qian Fugui faced the crowd of onlookers, including the high-status Minister of Rites, ordinary officials, and the common people passing by. There were so many people, there were three floors inside and three floors outside. If it were an ordinary person, he would have had stage fright. After seeing this, A formation.

However, Qian Fugui has learned through experience and practice that he has never seen any battles before. Just his experience in Cao Ying and Han Dynasty can already make him calm. Therefore, faced with such a situation, he still replied calmly: "Sir, since the villain has come to the capital, he is sure of it. Even if the villain has great courage, he will not dare to deceive the court or the sage. !”

Sun Yuanhua was also very surprised by his neither arrogance nor humility. He immediately set about arranging Qian Fugui and prepared to verify the authenticity of Qian Fugui's method.

This shocking news spread too fast. In less than half a day, people from the other six departments came over to ask about the situation, and even the factory guards, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc. came. However, no one thought that even those senior officials of the Ming Dynasty who had conversations with Qian Fugui in the chat group did not know that he was actually the number one in the Ming Dynasty, the secret agent who contributed most to the elimination of Jianlu.

Emperor Chongzhen also pretended not to know about this, and specifically issued an order to let Qian Fugui prove his method in public.

So cows with cowpox were brought, six prisoners on death row were brought, and one man infected with smallpox was brought. When the conditions were ready, we immediately started testing in public. Five days later, the five death row inmates who had been vaccinated with cowpox lived with people infected with smallpox, but nothing happened. The condemned prisoner who was not vaccinated with cowpox was infected with smallpox and executed.

It can be said that except for Emperor Chongzhen, everyone is looking forward to a good result. Many people are even praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, hoping that this method will work. As soon as the best result came out, it immediately caused a sensation not only in the capital, but also in the whole world (the result was immediately informed to the world through the chat group system).

One of the most threatening infectious diseases in human history was solved by an unknown ordinary person. Not only was the result shocking, but the person who made the suggestion was also shocking. Just as Emperor Chongzhen expected, this topic immediately accounted for more than 90% of the topics during this New Year's Eve, and no one was interested in discussing other things.

Emperor Chongzhen also took advantage of this opportunity and immediately issued an order to meet Qian Fugui and make him a civil prince to fulfill his promise.

Of course, by this time, big bosses such as Wen Tiren, as well as Liu Xingzuo and others, already knew Qian Fugui's true identity. Therefore, these smart people do not believe that Qian Fugui discovered the cowpox vaccination. Thinking of Emperor Chongzhen's various incredible inventions and discoveries, they had enough reasons to speculate, and they were not far from the real facts.

But whether they know it or not will not affect reality. At most, they would mention this matter in a few words to their descendants.

Emperor Chongzhen was a reasonable man and knew what he expected most from the current money and wealth. Therefore, they did not persuade him to stay and asked him to leave Beijing immediately and rush home to celebrate the New Year.

In the past, he made arrangements in a hurry, taking this into consideration.

How many years have I not been home? In many dreams, I thought I could return to my hometown in fine clothes. At this moment, it has come true. Money and wealth will naturally come to me day and night. I just want to rush back to my hometown to reunite with my family before the Chinese New Year.

The parents at home, as well as my wife and children, who I have been thinking about in my dreams, will finally be able to see them.

On New Year's Eve, Qian Fugui finally saw the gate of his hometown with a tired look on his face.

Thanks to the stingy person for the 1,000 starting coin reward, and thanks to the rain, rain, rain, water, water for the reward!