Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

In the imperial study room, Emperor Jingchang threw the booklet of Hebei governor Jiang Daocheng on the ground, his face sank like water, "You all have a look."

A group of people standing below trembled, and in the end Li Qing, the cabinet scholar at the front, picked up the booklet, looked at it, and handed it to the people next to him.

Smallpox broke out in Hebei. At first it was only a small village, and later it spread to the county seat. People gathered to watch over it!As a result, those people saw that they couldn't enter the city, so they went to the next town!So after the above received the news, smallpox broke out in several towns again!

The magistrate of Hebei has reacted, and immediately sent people to guard the refugees outside the city, and sent troops to surround those towns. At first, they said they would give some medicine, but when they found out that they couldn't stop it, they stopped taking medicine. Order to kill!

The prefect's idea is very simple, isn't it a plague?Then if I kill all the people infected with the plague, won't I stop making trouble?

However, it is impossible for those people to stand there and wait for you to kill them!Who doesn't want to live?Yes, they were infected with smallpox, but weren't there people who were infected with smallpox and survived?Although the probability is very small, what if he is the lucky one?So they ran away.

The magistrate sent not enough soldiers. Seeing those people running, they couldn't stop them, and they didn't dare to stop them with dead hands. Those people were all infected with smallpox!What if they get infected too? !So in the end there were more outbreaks of smallpox.

The prefect was dumbfounded when he heard this, so he thought about asking the governor.

Governor, I told you about this situation before, when will you come down with this solution?And when will Beijing's decree come down?

The governor... the governor is also stupid!He didn't even read the magistrate's brochure before!

The governor's surname is Jiang, and he is the elder brother of the noble concubine Jiang in the palace. There is no need to worry about these government affairs on weekdays. Those things are handled for him by those aides. How can you not be dumbfounded when you hear this news suddenly.

Jiang Daocheng was in a hurry and wanted to run away immediately, but was stopped by those aides with sharp eyes and sharp hands.

They persuaded Jiang Daocheng, as the governor of a province, you don't want to report such a big matter and work hard to solve the problem, but you just want to escape?And now that the plague is so big, how can you, the governor, be responsible for negligence!If you run away now, the emperor will definitely punish you, even if your sister is a noble concubine, she can't keep you!So you can't run, you have to stay, what is smallpox afraid of?If you stay in the mansion well and pay attention, will you still be infected with smallpox?

Jiang Daocheng was persuaded and stayed, and with the help of his staff Qingke, he wrote a note to rush to Beijing.

Jiang Daocheng cried in the booklet, saying that he was sorry for the emperor, the emperor trusted him so much and handed over Hebei to him to take care of it, but now a plague broke out in Hebei!Still so big!He didn't know until so late that he had committed the crime of negligence!He said that he had no face to face the emperor, said that he wanted to stay, and if he didn't solve the plague, he would have no face to face the emperor!Even if he died here, it was his life!I just hope that the emperor will not criticize his sister for the sake of his sister's sincere service to the emperor for many years.

Jiang Daocheng also wrote in detail how he knew about the plague in the booklet—because the people below kept it from them, they didn't report it for a long time, and only told him when they couldn't hide it anymore.

And how miserable the situation in Hebei is now—ten rooms and nine empties, many soldiers died of smallpox, that's why they didn't stop those refugees, many doctors died, and the medicine was almost used up, every time he saw those suffering The people are all sad!

In the end, Jiang Daocheng tearfully asked the emperor to send troops, doctors, and medicine quickly in the notes. Now he is the only one who can still manage the council, and he can't hold it anymore!

All the ministers read Jiang Daocheng's papers, and they had a point in their hearts.

This excerpt, it should be said that it is almost inseparable, but it is wrong, Jiang Daocheng is treating the present as the same person as the Supreme Emperor, thinking that if he cries and talks about love, it will be fine.

You, Jiang Daocheng, have neglected your duty. After all, no one could have predicted the smallpox outbreak in Hebei. This is a natural disaster!What can they do?Can only try to save.

You, Jiang Daocheng, are not running away now, and you are still working hard to make up for it, then it’s okay, as long as you solve the matter in the end, even if you don’t solve it, and you have a sister who is a noble concubine in the palace, at most you will be taken away from the official position and let you go home to eat Myself, but now that you write it like this, it doesn't feel right.

In this note, I want to clean myself up between the lines, and I want to describe myself as a noble person who serves the common people, and I even mention the imperial concubine in the palace. What is this trying to do?Force the emperor not to punish him?

If the Supreme Emperor sees this booklet, maybe he will be merciful, after all, everyone knows that the Supreme Emperor misses the old love, but the one sitting on the throne now is the Emperor!Back then when he was a prince, he didn't like these things, and what he hated the most was people who were sitting on vegetarian meals. Now that the prince has become the emperor, this temper has only grown and never disappeared.

A group of ministers looked at me and I looked at you. No one wanted to be the first to speak. When the room was full of silence, Feng Tao walked in quickly, kneeling on the ground, not daring to lift his head, " Your Majesty, Jiang Guifei will meet you outside."

Emperor Jingchang looked even colder, "No see!"

Feng Tao didn't dare to back down, and said in a low voice, "Jiang Guifei...kneeling outside."

As soon as these words came out, many ministers frowned.

Why is Concubine Jiang so stupid? !

In the next second, a teacup hit the ground beside Feng Tao, and the debris splashed all over the ground. Feng Tao even felt his cheek was cut, and a stream of heat flowed down.

Feng Tao buried his head lower, and the whole imperial study room became quiet, only the rapid breathing of Emperor Jingchang remained.

After a while, Emperor Jingchang's breathing calmed down, "Xuan, Noble Concubine Jiang has a pure and kind heart. When she heard that there was a plague outside the palace, she felt compassionate and volunteered to become a monk on behalf of the royal family to pray for the world."

Emperor Jingchang looked at Feng Tao, "Go pass it on, the imperial concubine is impatient, so I went to Huangjue Temple today."

Feng Tao broke out in a cold sweat instantly, and when he heard what Emperor Jingchang said, he respectfully kowtowed and said, "Yes." Then he bowed and exited the imperial study.

Outside the imperial study room, after Feng Tao delivered the oral order, he smiled and said to Concubine Jiang: "Your Majesty, please."

Concubine Jiang is not feeling well, she got up from the ground trembling, and wanted to rush into the imperial study, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it! The emperor will not treat me like this! No! The emperor! The emperor!"

Feng Tao hurriedly ordered Concubine Jiang's mouth to be gagged. Concubine Jiang struggled several times, but in the end she couldn't break free from the guards.

Feng Tao looked at Concubine Jiang and smiled, "Your Majesty, tell me, I'm going to send you to the temple today."

The guards around all laughed, "Don't worry, father-in-law, let's prepare the carriage to go, if it is fast, we will be able to arrive at the temple tonight, so that the imperial concubine and empress will not be delayed."

"In short, the sooner the better, don't miss the master's business!" Feng Tao looked at Concubine Jiang staring into his eyes, smiled more gently, and reached out to comb her hair, "Your Majesty, it's time to go .”

Concubine Jiang turned her head, trying to avoid Feng Tao's hand, but she didn't. She could only endure the nausea and asked Feng Tao to straighten her hair. When she heard the words "Let's go", she shuddered even more.

The Concubine Jiang, who was once invincible in the palace, was dragged away like this.

The little eunuch at the side cleverly came over with a wet handkerchief and wound medicine, "Eunuch, wipe your face."

Feng Tao took a look at the little eunuch, took the handkerchief and wiped his face, but the medicine didn't work, "I do have a bit of eyesight."

The little eunuch laughed.

Feng Tao threw the handkerchief back, "What's your name?"

There was a trace of excitement on the face of the little eunuch, "The young one's name is Laifu, and he is in charge of sweeping around the imperial study."

Feng Tao went to the imperial study again, "Laifu, it's a good name, okay, you can follow me to do things from now on."

"Oh!" Laifu whispered in the back, his voice was full of joy.

In the imperial study room, several young eunuchs quickly went forward to clean up the debris on the ground, blotted up the water with a cloth, and served tea again at the same time. During the whole process, there was no sound at all.

Emperor Jingchang looked at the ministers, "Tell me."

Li Qing hesitated for a while, and was the first to speak, "The most urgent thing is to confirm the epidemic and bring it under control." So we should wait until the plague has passed to deal with those people.

Emperor Jingchang was silent, and asked: "How is the epidemic situation now?"

The leader of the Gyeonggi Guard Battalion said: "Knowing about the epidemic in time, those refugees failed to enter the capital, and were stopped and guarded far away. So far, there is no case of epidemic disease in Beijing."

The Minister of the Ministry of War also said: "The Ministry of War also sent troops to guard all the main roads in Hebei, and also reported to the surrounding places to make more preparations."

Minister of the Ministry of War paused and said: "According to reports from the scouts, there are almost no people in the counties where the smallpox broke out at first, but in the following towns and the refugees, there are more and more people with smallpox."

Emperor Jingchang closed his eyes, "What about the people in Tai Hospital? What do they say?"

Feng Tao said softly: "People in the Tai Hospital are still reading medical books in the Tai Hospital, looking for a cure for smallpox."

Emperor Jingchang said: "Go, call the Taiyuan hospital over here."

"Yes." Feng Tao backed out again, and not long after, he came over with the Supreme Hospital.

The Tai Hospital is an old man with half white hair. This epidemic has made him emaciated, his clothes are wrinkled, his beard and hair are a little messy, his eyes are protruding, his eyes are still red, and he walks flickeringly.

The principal of the imperial hospital knelt down as soon as he came in, "Cao Ge, I have met the emperor, long live my emperor."

"Okay, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jingchang looked at Cao Ge, "How did you find the prescription for treating smallpox?"

Cao Ge hesitated for a moment, then said: "The ministers have come here since they were ordered. They dare not slack off day and night. After reading many medical books, they came up with a few prescriptions. For example, take ginseng for two dollars..."

Emperor Jingchang's expression became ugly again when he heard this. People like them all knew some medical principles. To put it bluntly, these medicinal prescriptions are to make people feel better when they suffer from smallpox, and to fight for more points. It's just the possibility of survival, and several herbs in these prescriptions are quite difficult to find, and it is impossible to mass-produce them.

"Okay." Emperor Jingchang interrupted Cao Ge, "In the final analysis, there is no cure for smallpox."

Cao Ge immediately knelt down, "This humble minister is incompetent, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The minister said: "Your Majesty, since the appearance of smallpox, it has always been to wait for the patient to recover." So now there is a prescription to help the patient survive, which is already very good.

Emperor Jingchang thought for a while, "I remember, there seems to be a medical book that said that smallpox can be prevented in advance?"

Cao Ge immediately said: "Smallpox was also prevalent in the past. At that time, there were indeed doctors who suggested that smallpox could be prevented in advance, that is, to take scabs from smallpox survivors, grind them up, and blow them into the nostrils of children to make them heat up, and then recover. "

"However, this method has a high fatality rate, and it is also easy to cause an epidemic, so it will no longer be used soon."

"Then you haven't improved it all these years?"

Cao Ge replied: "In the past few years, we have also improved it. First of all, it is for young children, preferably those who are five to nine years old. Then take the scabs of the cured people, add water and grind them, and then spread them on young children. in the nostrils, and by doing so, the fatality rate can be reduced."

Emperor Jingchang narrowed his eyes, "How much can it be reduced to?"

Cao Ge replied in a low voice: "The fatality rate can be as low as [-]%."

As low as [-]%, it sounds like a small amount, but when you think of so many young children in middle schools, it seems a lot.

Emperor Jingchang sighed silently.

The hall became dull again.