The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Just as he was preparing for the battle with both hands, a news came, and Xun Zhen, who was in the hall of Fuzhong was so shocked that he was reviewing the official documents, his hand loosened, and the pen fell to the ground.

It was Xi Zhicai who brought the news. He rushed to the main hall of the lieutenant's mansion from the Lieutenant's Hospital, and said to Xun Zhen worriedly, "Lieutenant, this morning, doctors have been reporting one after another, and every hospital in the city has symptoms. Similar patients seek medical treatment, either with body heat or cold, and most of them are accompanied by body pain and nausea."

Body heat, body cold, body pain, and nausea, these four symptoms are not the same, why does Xi Zhicai say "the symptoms are similar"?

But because these four are all typhoid symptoms.

In recent decades, there have been several major epidemics in the world. Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there have been many types of epidemic diseases, such as parasitic diseases, dysentery, malaria, etc. However, these major epidemics in recent decades are all typhoid fever. When the outbreak broke out, most people who were not studying medicine knew about the symptoms of typhoid fever. Xun Zhen knew this very well. His "parents and brothers" died because of typhoid fever in this life.

Moreover, as early as the second half of last year, he worried about whether there would be another outbreak of the disease this spring.

He thought to himself: "The house leaks in the middle of the night. The yellow turban is newly broken, there are countless refugees, and the county is short of food. It is difficult to stabilize the place. This has caused swarms of thieves and thieves. He calmed down and asked, "Did you go to the hospital to see it?"

"Look. I went to two medical centers in the city. There are patients with such symptoms in each hospital, ranging from more than ten to a few."

Handan County is the county seat of Zhao County. It is a famous capital in ancient times. It has a large population and is on the main road of north-south traffic. During the Taiping period, there are many merchants going to and from the county. Therefore, there are two "cities" in the county, one in the south of the county. , one is in the north of the county, and each "city" has a medical clinic.

Xi Zhicai paused, then continued: "Not only are there such patients in the hospital in the city, but I also sent a few people out of the county, the villagers in Tingli Sheli, the township outside the county, and the people in the wild fields on the road. There are also many people among the refugees who have such symptoms.”

Xun Zhen was speechless, sat in the hall for a moment, and asked, "Does Xiangjun know about this?"

"The doctor in the medical center sent news not only to my lieutenant's mansion, but also to the prime minister's mansion. The prime minister already knew about it. I met the officials of the prime minister's mansion in the medical centers in both cities. "

"Instruct the mansion to prepare a car, and you and I will go to the prime minister's mansion to meet with you."

Strictly speaking, the epidemic was also civil, but the matter was so big that Xun Zhen could not care about the distinction between military and civil.

In fact, at this juncture, once a large-scale epidemic breaks out again, it will not only be civil, but also military.

Just imagine that there are tens of thousands of refugees in the county, and it is enough that they are short of clothing and food. If there is another epidemic, it will be worse, and there will inevitably be groups of people who do not want to sit and wait to die, and they will simply become thieves.

After leaving the lieutenant's mansion, the streets in the county were sparsely populated. Occasionally passers-by were in a hurry, covering their mouths and noses, or walking with their heads lowered.

Xi Zhicai lifted the curtain of the car, saw this scene, frowned and said, "It seems that the news of typhoid fever patients in the county has already spread."

As mentioned above, there have been several major epidemics in recent decades, and many people are aware of the symptoms of typhoid fever. "City" is a place in the county to focus on buying and selling things. There are many people going there every day. There are many fish and dragons. At the same time, there are many people. Half a day's effort is enough to spread the news all over the county. When Xi Zhicai went to the medical center in the morning, the streets were still very lively, or even sweating and raining, but it was a bustling atmosphere. However, after only half a day, there were almost no pedestrians. I think the people of the county should come to avoid the pollution. Got typhoid and hid at home.

Passing through the small half of the county town, the driver took a shortcut to the Xiangfu.

After getting off the bus outside the mansion, Xun Zhen and Xi Zhi entered the mansion.

Although Liu Heng, the prime minister of the state, was "obedient and obedient" to Xun Zhen, he was still relatively strict and disciplined. Advances and retreats were orderly and orderly, but today the prime minister's residence was a mess. The officials and servants who came in and out, and passed by were all terrified, and some even forgot to salute when they saw Xun Zhen.

Above the main hall of the prime minister's mansion, Wei Chang, Le Biao and other senior officials of the prime minister's mansion are present.

Seeing Xun Zhen coming, Liu Heng went down to greet him with a heavy expression, and said, "The lieutenant has also been informed?"

"Yeah, so I came to Xiang's mansion to ask Xiangjun how he plans to deal with it."

"I'm discussing with Wei and Le Zhujun."

Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai took off their shoes outside the hall and followed Liu Heng into the hall. Although there was a brazier burning in the hall, it was as warm as spring, and the floor was still cool as soon as I stepped on it. Liu Heng moved to the main seat after the case and sat down, and Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai knelt on the seat one after another.

After the three of them sat down, the officials of the prime minister's residence who stood up to greet them returned to their seats.

Even though the epidemic was threatening, Xun Zhen was worried in her heart, but she still took it easy, smiled and nodded at Wei Chang, Le Biao and other ministerial officials. Le Biao hurriedly returned the salute. After visiting the county with Liu Bei, Wei Chang's perception of Xun Zhen had improved, and he also returned the salute.

All the people present here, regardless of their official positions, are from scholar backgrounds. No matter how urgent the matter is, the proper etiquette cannot be wasted.

Xun Zhen said: "It stands to reason that the typhoid epidemic is not under the management of the lieutenant's mansion. It is really a matter of great importance, so I took the liberty to come here. I heard the Xiangjun said that the gentlemen are discussing how to deal with this matter. I wonder if there is a regulation. ?"

Liu Heng said, "I just started to discuss. Before you came, Le Qing was talking." He said to Le Biao, "Go on."

Le Biao answered the promise and said, "When Zhengdan is over, typhoid fever will occur. Could it be that some county residents did not fight the epidemic at the beginning of the year?"

Typhoid fever and other epidemics mostly broke out in the early spring, and the two Han Dynasties had the custom of "chasing the epidemic at the beginning of the year", especially in recent years, because of the frequent epidemics, officials, temples and people in various counties and counties paid more attention to it. The so-called "chasing the epidemic" is not a specific administrative measure, but is all formal, such as "toasting peppers and drinking wine" on the day of Zhengdan, "painting chickens at the door" and so on.

Although Youzi said that he was eccentric, but because of the lack of technological conditions and so on, the people of the Han Dynasty were still very superstitious.

Le Biao attributed the typhoid fever in the county to the fact that "some county residents did not fight the epidemic at the beginning of the year". This sentence is not the most absurd. The most absurd statement Xun Zhen had ever heard was: After the Yellow Turban turmoil last year, several officials in the court, county, and local dignitaries once said, "If you read the Book of Filial Piety to a thief, the thief will be eliminated."

However, Le Biao is absurd, but it doesn't mean that others are also absurd. Needless to say, Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai didn't believe it either. Hearing this, he frowned. Speaking of which, Xi Zhicai's temper was much better than before. If he had heard Le Biao's extremely absurd remarks when he was in Yangzhai, he would have refuted them on the spot. Now he is following Xun Zhen. , Shifting Qi and nourishing the body, he has also been in the top position for a long time, and has raised a little city house, but he just frowned and did not speak.

Among the people in the hall, only Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai did not believe in the idea of ​​"chasing the epidemic at the beginning of the year", and Liu Heng and Wei Chang also believed in it. Liu Heng sighed and said, "How can this be good? How can this be good?"

Le Biao said: "It's not too late to make up for the dead sheep. Chancellor, it's better to report to the counties immediately, so that the county officials and people who did not draw chickens on the day of Zhengdan should make up for it immediately. Among the six animals, chickens follow From the beginning of the day, the yang energy is the most prosperous, and if a chicken is painted on the door, it will be difficult to get started with typhoid fever.”

"Qing Yan is very good! Okay, I will draft the letter and spread it to the counties."

Unexpectedly, Liu Heng "follows goodness like a stream" and really accepts Le Biao's absurd suggestion. Xun Zhen couldn't listen to it anymore, and said: "Xiangjun, Zhenyu thinks that it is a top priority to spread the word to the counties, and it can be done by the counties. The first thing seems to be to make painting chickens in the door."

"Oh? What's the lieutenant's opinion?"

"Since typhoid fever has appeared, it cannot only appear in the county of Handan. It is very likely that there have been patients infected with the disease in Zhongyu County. Zhen was on the way to the prime minister's residence, and saw that there were few people on the street, and there was a typhoid fever in the county. The matter may have already spread. With this in mind, if typhoid fever occurs in the remaining counties, it may have already spread. Now the first thing seems to be to order the county officials to appease the hearts of the people."

Liu Heng is old in government affairs and proficient in civil affairs. When an epidemic occurs, the first thing is to determine the epidemic situation and appease the people's hearts to avoid chaos, especially now after the new break of the Yellow Turbans. This matter should not have been reminded by Xun Zhen, just because Liu Heng had experienced almost every major epidemic in the past few decades. He had heard and witnessed it, and had left an extremely deep and terrifying impression on him. "The color of the tiger changed", so when he heard that there was another typhoid patient in the county, he lost his sense of control and forgot this article.

He woke up like a dream, and said repeatedly: "Exactly, exactly."

"The second thing seems to be an order to the counties that if typhoid fever patients die, they must be buried immediately and not exposed to the wild."

The Han people do not know how typhoid fever is transmitted, but they already know that if typhoid fever patients cannot be buried after they die, then typhoid fever will continue to spread. Whenever there is an epidemic, it is the practice of local counties to bury the dead patients in time to control the epidemic.

"Yep."

"The third thing seems to be to order the medical officer of the prime minister's residence and the medical officers of the counties to immediately prepare the right medicine and distribute it to the people."

Giving medicine to the people is a practice to control the epidemic.

"Yes Yes."

"The fourth thing seems to be to make the counties spare no expense to increase the porridge relief for the refugees, and also to start porridge relief for the poor in the county who have no food."

This article is to enhance the body's immunity and is also a commonly used method to control the epidemic.

"Yep."

"The fifth thing seems to be to order the counties to organize staff and file complaints from house to house, whether it's county residents or refugees, and tell them to bathe more frequently and pay attention to ventilation."

"Yes, yes."

"The sixth thing is that all patients who are infected with typhoid must be managed centrally. They must be centralized in one place, and they are prohibited from entering and leaving, and no one is allowed to enter except the doctor who is treating them."

This one is a bit difficult. It is good for the refugees to say that it is not difficult to gather the patients among them, but it is difficult for the patients among the county residents to take care of them centrally. Liu Heng said in embarrassment, "If the county residents are unwilling?"

"I would rather hear a family cry than hear a county's cry! In order to prevent the county residents from unwillingness, we can order the county to dispatch the county soldiers to handle the matter, and to prevent the county residents from contracting typhoid fever but their family members do not hide it from the report, you can Temporarily grant county officials the right to enter and inspect residential buildings."

According to Han law, officials and soldiers were not allowed to enter private houses without a reason, but now is an extraordinary period, and officials and soldiers can be allowed to enter private houses for inspection.

"Okay, just do as the lieutenant said! ..., is there anything else?"

"The seventh thing seems to be ordering the counties not to allow the refugees in the county to leave the country, and at the same time to control the county boundary, and not to allow the refugees from outside the county and the county to enter. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

This one is more difficult. Xun Zhen also knew that under the current conditions, it would be difficult to completely separate the counties and the county from the other counties. It is difficult, but although it is difficult, the counties must do their best to make it happen.”

"Anymore?"

Xun Zhen could only think of so much, she shook her head and said, "That's all for now."

Wei Chang said: "Last year, since the Yellow Turbans began, there were a lot of dead people in the county, and some of them were not able to be buried. In Chang's opinion, we should order the counties to set up platforms to worship the dead."

The bodies of those who died in wars or other disasters often could not be buried or worshipped. The Han people thought that these deceased would be dissatisfied with this, and even believed that the epidemic was spread by them to vent their anger.

Liu Heng nodded and replied, "Of course, of course." He asked Xun Zhen again worriedly, "I will order the counties according to these few rules, does the lieutenant think it's okay?"

"Can."

"Anything else to add?"

"Other? The other is military."

If there were a few cases of typhoid fever in Taiping, it might not have caused the epidemic, but now the yellow scarf is set, the county is short of food, there are countless refugees, and the county lacks both management and prevention measures. Xun Zhen knows that, even if he If the control measures mentioned above can be implemented, the epidemic this spring is likely to be doomed, and a large-scale outbreak and epidemic will only happen sooner or later.

Once the epidemic breaks out on a large scale, there will be refugees inside and bandits outside. It is one aspect to control the epidemic, but it is also another aspect to prevent chaos.