The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Smallpox in this era is a frightening infectious disease.

At this time, there was already a way to vaccinate against human pox, but it had not reached universal popularization. Moreover, there were still cases of direct infection and death due to vaccination, so some adults were reluctant to give children pox for this reason. Inoculate.

Vaccination against smallpox is something that only a few people do.

So a few cases of smallpox appeared in the capital, and the whole city panicked.

Many rich and noble families moved directly from the capital to live in Zhuangzi outside, fearing that they would be affected in the capital.

The capital was also under martial law because of smallpox.

Fortunately, smallpox was prevalent in ancient times, and the imperial court already had a set of emergency measures to deal with this situation.

A notice has been issued to keep people from going out. As long as there is a smallpox-like situation, it will be sent to a place uniformly arranged by the court to be treated by a doctor sent by the court. This place is a special place in the suburbs. people take care of these people.

Water sources in the capital are also strictly monitored for fear of water pollution.

In addition to the capital, notices have been issued in every place near Gyeonggi to remind everyone to be vigilant, and resettlement points for patients infected with smallpox have been set up in most places.

This approach is already a very timely and correct approach.

Although Mr. Li Ge is a dictator and has no monarch in his eyes, he is not bad in terms of his ability to handle affairs.

The Ji Mansion was also blocked because of smallpox, and unless they had to go out for business, almost no one was allowed to enter or leave, so as not to bring smallpox into the mansion.

But the imperial court needs to be on duty, Mr. Ji still has to go to the yamen every day.

Brother Heng had been vaccinated with cowpox when he was four years old, and he had vaccinated it for Xu Qilang at that time. At that time, Mr. Xu and everyone around Mr. Xu had also been vaccinated.

But Xu didn't quite believe that smallpox could be prevented by vaccinating. At that time, he was just letting Brother Heng do something wrong.

Because of smallpox, Brother Heng no longer went to the palace to be a companion student, and went to school with Xu Qilang in the mansion every day. Since the smallpox, the master did not come again, Brother Heng had to study with Xu Qilang by himself, and the two of them were not abandoned studies.

Although the imperial court took countermeasures in a short period of time, the number of people infected with smallpox in the capital did not decrease.

So all of a sudden, people were even more panicked, and there were a lot fewer people on the streets of the capital.

The drinking water of Ji's family is the deep well water dug by the mansion itself. Although it is very likely that it will not be polluted, Xu's still let the water be treated with herbs and then boiled for use.

Other grains and vegetables are delivered directly from Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, but in order to ensure cleanliness, the mansion does not cook any more good food, and the food is limited to a few types.

Xu originally wanted to bring a family of women to live in Xishanzhuangzi, but he was afraid of accidents on the way, and Brother Heng might be summoned by the palace, so the matter of going to Xishanzhuangzi did not happen.

Brother Heng also persuaded Mrs. Xu to let everyone in the house vaccinate first with vaccinia. Mrs. Xu did not believe it was effective, so she said to him, "Vaccinia is used by many people. Can the pox on the cow really be counted? If something goes wrong after planting it, what should I do?"

Brother Heng said, "In the eighth year of Taiping, there was also smallpox. At that time, everyone in the mansion was inoculated with cowpox. Later, someone went shopping in Yangzhou City and brought Qilang to our house. Who would Infected. Mother, just believe me, cowpox is very similar to human pox, after vaccination, people will no longer get smallpox, but vaccination with cowpox is not as dangerous as human pox.”

Xu said with a sad face, "I can inoculate the people in the mansion with cowpox, but I think you should tell your father first, let him find the imperial doctor, and try it on the death row prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment." Try it again."

After thinking about it, Brother Heng said, "Then mother, you first vaccinate the family members with vaccinia according to the previous method, and then you say that it is varicella inoculated. As long as it is safe, everything will be fine, so the house will not be affected." People are panicking."

Xu also had no choice but to nod in response to him.

Mr. Ji came back late at night, Brother Heng went to him and told him about the vaccination.

Master Ji was sitting in a chair, exhausted. Hearing what he said, he was taken aback for a moment, and then asked unhurriedly, "Who told you that receiving cowpox can be the same as vaccination against human pox?"

Brother Heng said nonsense, "When I was in Yangzhou, there were Westerners who came by boat and said that they used this method to vaccinate pox. In [-], there was an outbreak of acne in Yangzhou, and I planted it at home. My son knows that my father will not believe this, but you can go and talk to the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital. If you use the death row prisoners in the prison to try Try, vaccination with vaccinia can indeed be the same as vaccination with human pox, why not give it a try, it will benefit many people.”

Lord Ji frowned at him, thought for a while, and then said, "Even death row prisoners in prison cannot be used for such things."

Brother Heng naturally knew that prisoners on death row also have human rights, so he said, "You can ask them if they are voluntary. If they are voluntary, we can commute their sentences after the event is completed. Or let me go out and try it now. I will vaccinate again, and then go to the patient farm outside the city to take care of the patients for a few days, if I am fine, it will explain the problem, right?"

Master Ji's face darkened, and he slapped the tea stool, "Nonsense."

Brother Heng said, "Father naturally knows that his son is not a fool. I will not do things that I am not sure about. I will go to the patient's village in the east of the city..."

Before he finished speaking, Lord Ji had already stopped him, "Don't mess around. I'll try it with a prisoner, and if it's all right, tell the Tai Hospital."

Brother Heng heaved a sigh of relief, he knew Master Ji was a very safe person, and he would not do things that he was not sure about.

Brother Heng said again, "Mother knows how to inoculate cowpox, you can ask her."

Brother Heng likes to drink milk and eat dairy products. There are ready-made dairy cows in Ji's mansion, but the cows in Ji's mansion are well taken care of and there is no cowpox, so Xu's had to send someone to find it elsewhere.

After finally finding it, and bringing it back to Ji's mansion, it soon infected several cows in the mansion. In the past few days, Brother Heng has no milk to drink.

Mrs. Ji had just done a cowpox experiment with a few condemned prisoners, and before he had time to tell the Tai Hospital, something terrible happened in the palace.

Brother Heng was reading a book in the study at that time, when suddenly someone came, two guards, and Lord Ji.

Master Ji came in and said, "Ji Heng, get ready and go into the palace with these two guards."

Brother Heng felt surprised, "Father, what happened?"

Mr. Ji's serious face made Brother Heng feel that it was not a trivial matter.

Master Ji asked everyone else in the study to leave, and then said, "A young eunuch in the Qilin Palace where the emperor lives was found to be infected with acne. The Qilin Palace is now isolated. The emperor said he was very scared. You go in with him."

Brother Heng immediately understood. He looked at Mr. Ji with clear eyes and said, "Can you put the cowpox in a small jar for me?"

Master Ji put his hand on Brother Heng's shoulder, and said to Brother Heng, "Your Majesty, you must keep it. You have to let him inoculate the cowpox. The former death row prisoners are now living in the east of the city. So far nothing has happened in the village of the sore patient."

Before Brother Heng left with the guards, Master Ji gave him a small and tightly sealed porcelain bottle, and Brother Heng put the small porcelain bottle into the purse with amulets hanging around his neck.

The carriage that came to pick him up from the palace was much larger than the clean oil carriage that Brother Heng usually sat in, and the guards were also sitting in it. The two guards were still very young, only in their twenties, but they looked solemn and did not say a word.

Brother Heng didn't ride a horse from his bodyguards but rode in the same car with him in the same city. He guessed that the bodyguards came to pick him up in secret. He didn't know if this was the emperor's intention to take him into the palace, or if it was just a balance between Master Ji and the emperor who had a heart in his heart. The meaning of the national family.

The car went all the way on the avenue. The avenue, which was very lively in the past, is now very deserted. Suddenly, I heard a very sad voice, "No, my son, he is not acne, please do me a favor, he really needs it." It's not acne, it's just a rash that grows every year at this time, and the doctors of Mingdetang can testify..."

When Brother Heng heard the sound, he opened the curtain a little bit and looked out. He saw a crying woman trying to snatch someone from a cart, and the man who escorted the cart had a pockmarked face. Suffering from smallpox, he pushed the woman away, "You can't decide on this, if you are worried, you can follow along."

The woman cried, "My son will turn into acne if he doesn't have acne. Please do me a favor. I will take him to live in the mountains by myself. Is it okay to live in the mountains?"

The gentleman persuaded her, "It's not something we can decide, we have to follow the rules."

In the end, the woman followed the car and ran away. Brother Heng wanted to do something, but one of the guards held down the curtain of the car and said, "Young master, don't open the curtain."

Brother Heng said, "Mother and son just now..."

The guard said, "You are going to enter the palace now."

Brother Heng had no choice but to remain silent.

Soon arrived at Danfeng Gate, Brother Heng was very familiar with this gate.

The two guards who picked him up only took him to the Danfeng Gate, where two eunuchs and a sedan chair came to pick up Brother Heng.

The Qilin Hall, where the emperor lived, was very close to the Qinzheng Hall where they attended classes, and it was right behind the Qinzheng Hall, which was convenient for the emperor to go to court.

When Brother Heng entered the palace this time, he could obviously feel the solemnity and lifelessness everywhere.

When we arrived at the Qilin Hall, far outside, the guards were taking turns holding hands, and there was no voice at all.

The weather in late May was already very hot. Although the road was covered with sedan chairs, Brother Heng was still sweating from the heat.

The door of the Qilin Hall was closed tightly, and when Brother Heng arrived, the eunuch sang outside, "Master Ji Shilang's family has arrived."

The door opened a crack from the inside. It was a young eunuch known by Brother Heng. The emperor called him He Yeer. When he saw Brother Heng, he said, "Young Master Ji, please go in with your servant."

Brother Heng was surprised that it was so deserted here, he lifted the hem of his clothes and stepped over the threshold.