After Kangxi returned, he thought over and over again about the cowpox prevention method he had previously received from Xi Rui, and decided to hand it over to his brother, Prince Yu Fuquan, to take charge.

They also selected a dozen death row prisoners from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and secretly transferred them to Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

Send people to find sick cows with smallpox and try to bring more pus and pox inoculations.

At Xi Rui's request, he also brought people from the Niu Hulu family with him.

The candidate was Yin De, who was awarded the third-class bodyguard title in the th year of Kangxi's reign and was also good at fighting.

The fourth master of the Niu Hulu family.

"My lord, do you think this cowpox method will work?" Yin Deji, who had been trapped in Zhuangzi for several days, had a big blister on the corner of his mouth after secretly testing it.

They were busy following Lin Xuan, an imperial doctor who specialized in smallpox, and it was finally time to accept the results.

Cowpox pus has been planted on more than a dozen condemned prisoners.

Among these dozen people were old and young, male and female, some were sick and some were strong.

Enough for them to gather the information they want.

"This method was taught by Lord Long Live personally, so it must be effective." When they sent people to look for smallpox-sick cows, they also had people check it out.

Some people who raised sick cattle were infected. The symptoms were similar to smallpox, but they were not as contagious and the symptoms were much milder than those of smallpox.

With this news as a foundation, it was at least confirmed that there would be no big problem in inoculating people with cowpox, so Prince Yu was not so worried.

As for whether smallpox can be prevented or cured, it depends on luck.

If it really succeeds, it will be a blessing to all people in the world and a blessing to the Qing Dynasty.

Prince Yu and Yin De stood outside a row of enclosed houses waiting for news.

Inside the enclosure were the dozen or so people who had been vaccinated with cowpox pus. Imperial physician Lin Xuan and his disciples were closely observing their situation.

It has been two days since I was vaccinated against cowpox. Whether I can succeed in the first step depends on the next few days.

"Bang~" A loud noise came from the third enclosure.

The person guarding in front of the house immediately came over.

"What's going on?" Prince Yu asked anxiously.

The people inside were so excited that they forgot the rules, "Your Majesty, he has a pimple, he has a pimple!"

The person living in this third enclosed house is an elderly man.

I had suffered a lot in prison, and my body was not that strong.

The imperial doctor who stayed outside the house to take care of them drove Prince Yu and others away. Now that someone has developed acne, this area has been classified as an epidemic area.

The contagiousness of cowpox was unknown and they could not be left to risk it.

"I am waiting for news in the front yard." Prince Yu knew that if he stayed, he would cause trouble, so he led his people out of the backyard without much persistence.

The front and back yards were cordoned off and no entry or exit was allowed.

It was not until the sun was about to set that afternoon that the news from Imperial Physician Lin was compiled and sent to Prince Yu.

"Physician Lin said that the patient had a high fever, a lot of pimples and rashes, and the condition was severe." The person responsible for delivering the message was a young apprentice of the imperial physician named Zheng Sheng, a relative of the imperial court's judge.

Zheng Sheng was young, so he happened to be sent by his master to run errands to spread the news, so that others who didn't know anything about medicine would spread the word.

"It's coming fiercely? Is it smallpox?" Yin De exclaimed.

"Mr. Lin said that we need to observe it for a few more days, or wait for other people's conditions before making a judgment."

Prince Yu naturally fully supported them, "Tell Lin Xuan to let him go and do whatever he wants. I believe in him, and the palace is waiting for good news about him."

Lin Xuan has always been in charge of smallpox cases. He was responsible for the vaccination of the princes and princesses in the palace. Even when Kangxi got smallpox when he was a child, Lin Xuan followed his master and took care of him.

Kangxi trusted him very much.

And Lin Xuan finally lived up to Kangxi's trust.

After the old man in the third room got acne, the people in the other rooms also got acne one after another.

Just different.

Among the dozen or so people, the most serious condition was the elderly man in the No. enclosure, who suffered from acne on large areas of his body, along with high fever and twitching of hands and feet.

The one with the mildest symptoms was a six-year-old baby. Apart from a few sporadic pimples on his vaccinated arm, he had no symptoms, no fever, and no discomfort.

Lin Xuan looked through the files sent by the Ministry of Punishment and found out that he was the Qiuhou Wenzhan who had been repeatedly sentenced to death by his fathers.

Before he was arrested, he was a sturdy child. He ran around and played in the fields every day, and his body was very strong.

"Your Majesty, everyone in the backyard enclosure has acne. Physician Lin found that the older you get, the greater the symptoms, and the stronger the reaction when your body is not in good condition." Zheng Sheng came to the conclusion with Lin Xuan. Come back.

After several days of observation, diagnosis and treatment, except for the first old man who developed acne who did not persist, the remaining seventeen were all cured.

This cure rate is many times higher than that of smallpox.

Yin De was so excited that he wanted to return to the palace immediately to announce the good news.

"Wait a minute, don't be anxious." Fuquan stopped him, "The disappearance of the acne is only the first step. The most important thing is to prevent and control smallpox."

This next step is crucial.

They cannot afford to relax.

After observing and confirming that the acne symptoms of those seventeen people have subsided.

Lin Xuan used smallpox on them.

They wanted to test whether the cowpox would cause smallpox again.

This is their ultimate goal.

In the palace, Kangxi paid attention to the news in Zhuangzi every day. He could still hold back that day when he knew that the cure rate of cowpox was extremely high, but when he saw Fuquan's good news announcement, he really couldn't help it.

Another rude rush.

The little eunuchs carrying the chariot were walking very fast.

He rushed straight to Cining Palace.

"Mother Huang!" Kangxi breathed rapidly after entering the inner hall, so frightened that the Empress Dowager, who was sitting in the first place, thought something big had happened.

"What happened? How did the emperor come in?" The Empress Dowager was very concerned about this grandson whom she had raised and supported.

Kangxi was still out of breath, but with a smile on his face, the Empress Dowager's heart was firmly put down.

Aunt Sumala waved to the people waiting on her to leave, while she looked at Kangxi's eyes.

The Empress Dowager is too old to have anyone around her to serve her.

Kangxi did not let Aunt Sumala withdraw. She was his language enlightenment teacher and was not considered an outsider.

"My grandson congratulates Madam Huangma for finding a way to control smallpox."

The impact of smallpox on people at this time was undoubtedly huge, and even the emperor could not avoid it.

"What did you say?" The smile on the Queen Mother's face was no longer there, but a serious look on her face.

"Brother Huang Fuquan and his people tested the method of preventing and treating cowpox on Zhuangzi. The mortality rate was less than one percent of that of smallpox, and after cure, you would not be infected with smallpox again." Kangxi was very excited.

"Mother Huang, we no longer need to be afraid of smallpox, the people can be saved."

Smallpox appeared in many places throughout the Qing Dynasty from time to time. Once discovered, the local area was a purgatory on earth.

Blockade, burning alive, leaving nine out of ten rooms empty.

"Are you serious?" The Empress Dowager, who was already weak and weak, insisted on standing up.

"Exactly!"

"Okay! Good! Good! Blessed by our ancestors and blessed by the Immortal God!"

Both his ancestors and grandson were extremely excited. Kangxi even decided to offer sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple and tell his ancestors the good news.

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