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"What? There are five more families infected with typhoid fever in the west of the city?! Isn't that the Hu people's market?" Hearing this, Wang Wen's face turned pale with shock. This year's epidemic came too early, and it was only May. , How come there is news of the epidemic?

"Half a month ago, people in the outskirts of the city began to get sick one after another. This time, the number of patients should have increased sharply because of the infection of nearby merchants." Doctor Jiang was much calmer than Wang Wen.

"Then what should we do? Is there still time to leave Jinyang?" These rich and powerful people would move into the Zhuangzi in the mountains every summer to avoid the possible outbreak of plague.It's just that the epidemic came too early this year, not only Wang Wen and Jinyang Gaomen, they were all trapped in the city in all likelihood.

"If you rush to leave Jinyang, I'm afraid you will encounter an epidemic on the way. And there are so many refugees this year, if you encounter it, it will be impossible to prevent!" Doctor Jiang immediately vetoed, "The current plan, we can only work together to prevent and control the epidemic!"

"This is typhoid fever, who can prevent it?" Wang Wen shook his head again and again.Even in a family like Jinyang Wang's, several of his close relatives died of typhoid fever.If it can be prevented, why is it so popular to take Hanshi powder?

"If it's really impossible to prevent, why did the Buddha fall into a dream? Why did Zhongzheng meet Liang Zixi and call me to see him? Isn't this what the Buddhists say?!" Physician Jiang also said He went all out, and moved out the name of the Buddha's dream.

As soon as these words came out, Wang Wen was stunned.Yes, why did he happen to meet Liang Feng?Could it be that the Buddha had seen Jinyang's difficulty a long time ago and sent him to resolve it?If he escaped from the city at this moment and ignored the words of Grand Physician Jiang, wouldn't it be a waste of this eternally hard-to-find Buddhahood?

Gritting his teeth, Wang Wen finally nodded: "In this case, let's listen to what Jiang Weng said, and see how to prevent and treat typhoid fever..."

Imperial Physician Jiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't panic, Zhongzheng. I have sent someone to call Ji En. He has been with Liang Zixi the longest, and he is familiar with the warnings of the Buddha's dream. There must be a way. The current plan is to organize manpower to control typhoid fever." At the same time, publicize the fact that wild rats and mosquitoes spread the epidemic, so that Li Shu can take precautions, so as to prevent the spread of the epidemic as much as possible."

"Listen to Jiang Weng! I will do my best to help!" Wang Wen immediately said, "Come here! Light up the incense and serve the pen and ink. I will personally hand over the book and give advice to Dongying Gong!"

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"Zixi, there is an epidemic in Jinyang City. My grandfather and father have already left for Jinyang, so I have to go..." Jiang Da was so ashamed that he hardly dared to look Liang Feng directly in the eyes.He clearly promised to help Liang Zixi take care of his body, but now that he has learned how to prevent the epidemic, he has to abandon his friends, which really makes him ashamed.

Unexpectedly, the person who should have been angry quickly replied: "A doctor saves people like a fire, Ji Enzi should rush to Jinyang as soon as possible! The mobilization of the alchemy in my body has been cured, and the rest is just taking the medicine on time. It doesn't matter. You walk In the epidemic area, you must be careful, and don't get sick."

Jiang Da couldn't help feeling warm in his chest: "Thank you Zixi for your concern! If this trip goes well, the anti-epidemic tips you taught will surely save the lives of countless people!"

"I hope so!" These days, he has indeed talked to Jiang Da about the theory of epidemic prevention for countless times, just to see if it can be used in this era.Liang Feng thought for a while, then picked up a letter from the table, "Here are more than a dozen chapters of the "Diamond Sutra" that I copied one after another. You take it to Jinyang and give it to Wang Zhongzheng. With these scriptures, he must It will also help you prevent the epidemic. Ah Liang, hurry up and prepare a fast horse for Dr. Jiang to drive."

This time, Jiang Da's eyes became hot.Carefully took the envelope, put the meat on it and hid it, and then gave a deep bow: "Zixi is righteous! I will live up to my trust!"

After that, he got up and walked out.

Lu Zhu's face turned pale: "Mr. Lang, why did you send Dr. Jiang away? If typhoid fever spreads, wouldn't it be bad if there is no doctor in the house?"

"The epidemic area is in Jinyang, which is far away from us. But there is no one to treat it, so it will endanger the surroundings of Jinyang. Dr. Jiang is doing good deeds, and he is also saving ourselves."

Liang Feng figured it out clearly, before it was midsummer, the plague broke out.If it spreads accidentally, it will really be full of corpses.The Jiang family's ability to go deep into the epidemic area and prevent the spread of the epidemic is definitely a righteous move.At times like this, of course we have to give our full support. Is it possible that we want to hold back others for our own benefit?

Luzhu bit her lips: "Then I'll burn more wormwood and burn incense every day, and pray for the blessings of the Bodhisattva!"

Liang Feng smiled, but did not answer.Hope this epidemic can be brought under control.If there is a successful example, it will be a great blessing for the common people to have the imperial court designate epidemic prevention measures.

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The horse sent by the Liang Mansion was indeed a good horse, and it didn't stop around the clock. It only took four days for Jiang Da to arrive in Jinyang City.The bustling streets in the past have become deserted, and pedestrians on the road are covered with thick cloth towels, looking like they are in a hurry.Without stopping too much on the street, Jiang Da directly rode his horse to the Chengxi Annex where his grandfather was temporarily staying.

This is the medical office specially provided by Wang Wen for the Jiang family. As soon as he entered the door, the strong smell of wormwood rushed into his nasal cavity.Jiang Da wrinkled his nose, but he didn't care, and walked quickly to the main courtyard. Along the way, he saw several men in linen robes and brown cloth scarves walking out with wooden barrels in their hands. The lime water was unique. The smell came from the barrel.It seemed that these were handymen who went to pour lime water, Jiang Da couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. His grandfather really read his letter and put disinfection at the top of the list.

Going around several corridors, a wide courtyard appeared in front of you.A large pile of medicinal materials was placed in the corner, and several medical workers were busy sorting the medicinal materials.The pungent smell of medicinal soup overwhelmed the smell of wormwood and lime water, but Jiang Da didn't care about it. He had already seen the old man standing in the middle of the courtyard, busy ordering the handymen.

With just one glance, Jiang Da's eyes glistened with tears.I haven't seen him for half a month, but my grandfather's straight back has been bent, his face is no longer rosy, but sallow and wrinkled, looking like he has been overworked.He couldn't help but quickly stepped forward, held the old man's arm, and said with a sob: "Master Grandfather, the child is late."

"It's not too late!" Imperial Physician Jiang couldn't help being overjoyed, "We are organizing people to splash lime water here. Everyone is wearing sackcloth and masks. So far, no one has contracted typhoid fever! Liang Zixi's method is useful. !"

Jiang Da immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and said seriously: "I don't think it's enough to just splash lime water, and the patients must be isolated to stop the spread of the epidemic as soon as possible."

"What is isolation?" Imperial Physician Jiang couldn't help asking.

"Send people to guard the neighbors who are sick, and close the doors of each house to reduce going out. Set up a medical hut, place the sick people there, and be diagnosed and treated by the doctors. If they can be cured, they can be released back to their original homes. If they can't, they should be returned as soon as possible. Dispose of the corpse."

"Isn't this against filial piety?" Doctor Jiang frowned.

"Filial piety is divided into life and death. If there is no defense, the epidemic of one person will become the epidemic of a family, a district, and a city. It will be difficult to deal with it at that time!"

After all, Physician Jiang is also good at typhoid fever, so he naturally knew that the epidemic is terrible, after thinking about it for a while, he finally made up his mind: "I'm going to see Wang Zhongzheng right now, and see if I can get him out of the way to take in patients. Da'er, you also go with me..."

Jiang Da nodded immediately, and took out another letter from his pocket: "This is the scripture Liang Zixi gave me, saying that as long as you present it to Wang Zhongzheng, Wang Zhongzheng will help us prevent the epidemic."

"Is it a scripture again?" Imperial Physician Jiang couldn't help being a little moved. He used Buddha's dream to stimulate Wang Wen before, but Liang Feng actually agreed with this statement.If you don't have the heart to help the world, why bother with these twists and turns?

"It's so good! Ah Cheng, hurry up and get the horse!"

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"What? Put the sick people together and separate them from their families?" Wang Wen immediately shook his head when he heard the suggestion of Jiang Taiji, "It's not appropriate, isn't this to separate the flesh and blood. Under serious illness , how can there be no one to serve you?"

At this time, there was a similar rule in the court. If a court official had three relatives infected with a serious disease, even if he was not infected, he would not be allowed to enter the palace for a hundred days.However, this method has always been criticized.What's more, it is simply unethical for someone who is seriously ill to leave his family!

Physician Jiang replied: "It's not that there is no one to wait on, but a special person is assigned to take care of it. These people are familiar with the important tasks of epidemic prevention, so the chance of getting sick is greatly reduced, and the further spread of the epidemic can also be controlled."

"But after all, there are no relatives by your side, which violates filial piety. Dongying Lord will definitely not agree to this!" Wang Wen wrote to Sima Teng before, telling him about the epidemic prevention.

Ma Teng of the Dongying company has a close relationship with the Wang family, and Bingzhou is under his jurisdiction, so he did not object to the epidemic prevention.In addition, there are many high-ranking families in Jinyang, and they heard that there is a way to prevent the spread of typhoid fever, so many people came to look for Wang Wen and ask for advice.In order to repay favors, these noble families will more or less support some medicinal materials for epidemic prevention.That's why Jiang Taiyi's annex can be built quickly.

But epidemic prevention is epidemic prevention, and isolation is not a trivial matter.Filial piety is the most important human relationship in the country. If it is because of separating the flesh and blood and preventing relatives from serving the sick, I am afraid that they will be criticized by others, and their bones will be destroyed and their reputation will be stigmatized.This is not what Wang Wen can accept.

Glancing at his grandfather, Jiang Da took out Liang Feng's letter from his bosom, and handed it up respectfully: "Wang Zhongzheng, this is the scripture in Liang Zixi's new book. He also earnestly instructed me to leave Liang's mansion. I must send the scriptures to Zhongzheng. This method of isolation was first pointed out by Zixi. He once said that saving people is like putting out a fire. If you don’t tear down a house to separate it from the fire, wouldn’t you burn a house to nothingness? ? Still looking forward to thinking deeply!"

Wang Wen couldn't help being startled by these words.Of course, he also knew that if he wanted to fight the fire, he had to demolish the houses near the fire site in order to prevent the fire from spreading and burn more houses.But I never thought that epidemic prevention would have to be like this!Looking at the elegant and stretched handwriting on the paper, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.If it is true what Liang Zixi said, should he speak up or keep silent?

Seeing that Wang Wen was wavering, Jiang Da quickly added a sentence: "Actually serving the sick can also recruit relatives of the sick. If there are filial sons and grandchildren who are willing to serve the sick, they can all be recruited into the isolation area to take care of their relatives while taking care of them." , and also help other patients, wouldn’t that be fulfilling filial piety and accumulating virtue and doing good deeds?”

"This is a good idea." Wang Wen's brows slowly relaxed, "It's just isolated patients, where should they be placed?"

"Get out of the way, or find a big house?" Doctor Jiang said, "As long as the house is disinfected frequently, there will be no pests left in the house, but it must be spacious."

Wang Wen hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said: "Maybe I can borrow the monk's room in Huai'en Temple in the west of the city."

Huai'en Temple is a large temple in Jinyang. There are many Hu people in Bingzhou, Buddhism is prosperous, and the scale of the temple is not small.Wang Wen himself often gives alms in the temple.If the monk's house can be used as a medical office, then there should be a lot more people who are willing to seek medical treatment.

Jiang Da's eyes lit up: "That would be even better! The matter of the epidemic was originally instructed by the Buddha. If it is possible to borrow a monk's room, wouldn't it be a coincidence with the law of heaven? Moreover, it seems that the ritual of cremation is performed for monks who die. In the name of Buddha, you can cremate the corpses and relics, so that the disease can be controlled more easily!"

"It's so good." After discovering that everything in this matter implied Buddha's relationship, Wang Wen finally stopped refusing, and made a decision, "You two should also draw up a charter as soon as possible for the public counselor of Dongying to review. If you can really stop everyone from It is not in vain to be enlightened by the Buddha."

The grandparents of the Jiang family looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.They don't believe in Buddhism very much, but they don't mind using it if they can save people in the name of Buddha.I only hope that this time, more lives can be saved...

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In the spacious monk's room, sandalwood is lingering.A benevolent old monk lowered his eyes and looked at the volume of scriptures in front of him.Although the items are incomplete, the scriptures are indeed detailed. In his early years, he had heard similar scriptures from a monk from the Western Regions, but the scriptures were in Sanskrit instead of Chinese.

It is inconceivable that a young man with a weak crown who has never left Middle-earth can recite such scriptures silently.After a moment of silence, he asked, "That benefactor Liang ever dreamed of a Posa Yayuan that was half gold and half mud?"

Wang Wen was slightly surprised: "Is there really such a garden?"

"That should be the Gion Abode. It originally belonged to Prince Jeta of Sravasti. Later, it was given to the lonely elder to welcome the Buddha. He asked him to buy it. Prince Jeta proposed to cover the ground with gold, and it was scattered for the lonely elder. Family wealth, taking gold to pave the ground, and finally enlightening Prince Ji Tuo. The two built this garden together and dedicated it to the Buddha. Therefore, it is called Zhishu for Lonely Garden."

The old monk used his fingertips to brush the line of graceful handwriting in the first chapter of the scripture.Such a story does not exist in the scriptures, but someone can describe it exactly.Even he did not dare to deny that the Buddha entered the dream.

After a while, he said again: "I don't know whether the so-called plagues that benefactor Liang can really prevent?"

"According to Doctor Jiang, none of the handymen who went to the epidemic area to pour lime water contracted typhoid fever. I also reported this matter to Dongying Gong. Reward! It's just the medical dormitory used for isolation, it's really hard to find..." Wang Wen gritted his teeth, "If the host is willing to lend the monk's room, I would like to donate 30 yuan to reshape the golden body for the Buddha!"

Unexpectedly, the old monk shook his head: "Since this matter is enlightened by the Buddha, the poor monk should follow the door of convenience."

Hearing this, Wang Wen couldn't help being overjoyed, clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you for your kindness! Tomorrow, Imperial Physician Jiang will bring people to the temple to clean the monk's room and house. This kind thought will surely save thousands of lives!"

The old monk nodded slightly: "This is the merit of the poor monk, and it is also the Dharma predestined relationship of this temple. Thank you, Lord Wang, for your kindness."

Thank you for your compassion with compassion, and the short answer also contains deep Buddhist principles.How can Wang Wen have no reason for unbelief at this moment?After paying homage again with joy, he bid farewell and left Huai'en Temple.

After the guests left, the monk who had been sitting behind the old monk frowned and said, "Master, use the monk's room as a medical office. What should we do if the monks in the temple are infected with the disease?"

"If you are afraid of dying, why do you need to practice?" The old monk said lightly, "Since this matter was inspired by the Buddha, it is better to push the boat along the way. If it can really prevent and control the epidemic, the number of people who believe in Buddhism in Bingzhou will multiply. This is the real truth. Fate!"

The disciple suddenly realized.Although Buddhism is prosperous in Bingzhou, most of the people who believe in Buddhism are Hu people.Lao Zhuang is admired among the high schools, and there are many believers in the way of heavenly masters.If the Dharma can be broadcasted on the grounds of eliminating the epidemic, the number of people who believe in Buddhism will increase sharply. Maybe even Dongying Gong will also start to worship Buddhism.How could such a great opportunity be missed? !

With a look of excitement on his face, he clasped his hands together and said, "This disciple will definitely cooperate wholeheartedly and proclaim my Buddha's name."

"Well, you go." The old monk lowered his gaze again, and landed on the scriptures in front of him.

The author has something to say: Regarding the epidemic prevention and isolation, there are records in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is just a forced closure.In the Jin Dynasty, there was also a rule that the family members of patients were not allowed to go to court. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were special hospitals.For leprosy, there are "Banrenfang" in every generation.Ancient times also attached great importance to epidemic diseases, but the isolation was not very thorough.

As for cremation, Buddhists must be cremated, and only cremation has the so-called relics.After the introduction of Buddhism in the Han Dynasty, the common people gradually had the custom of cremation. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, cremation began to increase. However, after the prevalence of Neo-Confucianism, there was an official ban.Therefore, cremation in the name of the Buddha should still be feasible in the Jin Dynasty.

Dongying Company, also known as Sima Teng, is currently the Governor of Bingzhou and General Ningbei.Ahem, there will be a lot of official titles for dignitaries at this time, everyone will be confused