In the palace, people are panicking because of the spread of the epidemic, especially the possibility of it spreading to the four-year-old princess.
In the imperial hospital, everyone from the hospital envoys and judges to the ordinary doctors below have been unable to find peace of mind in the past few days. They have been consulting a large number of files day and night to find ways to deal with smallpox.
But no matter how worried Zhu Youtang was about his daughter, and even mobilized the country's resources to prevent and treat the disease, it was still a drop in the bucket.
It cannot be cured because it is a limitation of the times and cannot be changed by human will.
In the court, Zhu Youtang brought this emotion over. Originally there were many important things to discuss that day, but because the princess was likely to be infected with smallpox in a few days, Zhu Youtang came up and discussed the issues. The epidemic was brought to the capital.
Yin Hanzhong of Shuntian Prefecture came out to state the seriousness of the epidemic situation around Shuntian Prefecture to the emperor and the ministers present.
"After autumn, the epidemic has spread northward from Bazhou and other places. In the past ten months, Nancheng and Beicheng have successively reported people infected with the epidemic. People are panicking. Although morning and evening markets everywhere were open in the past , but there are very few people coming in and out, and the price of salt in the city has increased by more than 50% compared with normal years. Some noble people even took the opportunity to drive up the price."
Han Zhonggang was promoted from the position of Shaanxi Youbu Chief Envoy to In the capital, Gao Chang, who succeeded Gao Chang who died in the post of Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, was hit by a plague pandemic.
In addition, the plague had spread to the palace, so he naturally felt the invisible pressure. < /p>
Cabinet Minister Xie Qian came out and said, "Your Majesty, the epidemic does not distinguish between high and low, it is destiny."
The common saying in the capital about the epidemic of this epidemic is that Li Guang He broke ground to build Yuxiu Pavilion on Long Live Mountain and was punished by God.
In this era, people did not understand the pathogenesis of smallpox, so they naturally attributed plagues and other events to divine punishment.
Zhu Youtang became even more angry after hearing this.
I am telling you this to discuss prevention and control methods, but one of them blamed the nobles for driving up prices, and the other said that this is "destiny", to put it harshly, you are just blaming me< /p>
The ones who are driving up prices are led by my two brothers-in-law, and the person who violated the destiny is none other than Li Guang and Li Tianshi, whom I have always trusted
Zhu Youtang glared at the person standing at the very end Liu Jian, the chief minister in front, asked, "Mr. Liu Ge, now that my princess has been exposed to patients, is there any way to prevent her from being in danger? Can we only pray here to prevent her from being affected by the epidemic?" Ran, I can’t do anything?"
Liu Jian was also under a lot of pressure.
The predecessor Xu Pu only resigned as the first assistant in July, and he took over as the first assistant less than two months ago. Now is the darkest time of the Hongzhi Dynasty, although it seems that Zhu Youtang is not interested in civil servants. Still respectful of etiquette, but with the rise of Li Guang and the emperor becoming more and more paranoid about Taoist matters, civil servantsThe good relationship with the emperor began to crack.
Furthermore, Liu Jian obviously lacked confidence in maintaining his relationship with the emperor.
Liu Jiandao, "Your Majesty, when there was an epidemic of acne among the people, we also used the method spread in the Tang and Song Dynasties, or the method of acne clothing, that is, ordinary people wear the clothes of acne patients, or use The patient's mouth and nose are stuffed with stuff to cause mild acne to avoid the epidemic. However, this method is not effective if ordinary people have been in contact with the patient."
The history of vaccination in China is very long. Early, but it was variola. This method of transplantation is very unsafe. It often causes smallpox in healthy people, leading to the epidemic of smallpox. Furthermore, the onset of variola occurs at the same time as the onset of close contact with acne. It is impossible to use the blood method to inoculate Variola accelerates the onset of disease unless you no longer want to live.
In short, this method is very backward, and not many people adopt this method among the people.
Zhu Youtang listened carefully for a long time, and at the end, he said angrily, "Now that I and my family may have been exposed to patients, what's the point of talking about prevention? What I want is how to treat them?" Are there no mentions in the archives and books of each family?"
The scene was completely silent.
We are professional politicians who help the emperor run the country. This is to use us as infectious disease experts
Our expertise is obviously inappropriate
On the emperor and his ministers When the dispute was tense, Chen Kuan appeared next to the emperor again and said something in Zhu Youtang's ear.
Zhu Youtang immediately said angrily, "Nonsense, it's really nonsense."
What are you talking about?
The minister was confused.
Zhu Youtang said, "My dear friends, I will be here first for today's court meeting. After you go back, you must check the classics. I have lost my beloved son and don't want to lose my beloved daughter again. She is still young, so Please give me advice to help her grow up to the prime of life."
After saying that, without further explanation to the ministers present, he left in a hurry and headed towards the inner garden of the palace.
In the west hall of Kunning Palace, a half-year-old boy was sitting on the steps at this time, glaring at the eunuchs surrounding him with a murderous look, his small eyes, small nose, and small mouth almost all Huddle up together.
"If you don't let me in, I will have you beaten to death. You deserve to be beaten to death."
It's the prince Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao came to play with his sister that day, but he was blocked outside Kunning Palace, and she could not even see my mother.
Due to a smallpox epidemic in the West Hall of Kunning Palace, the Queen and the principal Queen of Kunning Palace also moved elsewhere, leaving only the little princess Zhu Xiurong still living in the West Hall.
The eunuch could not explain this to Zhu Houzhao, so he could only try his best to prevent the brother and sister from seeing each other.
The eunuch Liu Jin next to him said, "Your Highness, you can't go in. If you get sick, the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty will be ruined. You must take care of your body."
At this time, it seemed that only Liu Jin dared to peel off the window paper and tell the prince that it was related to an infectious disease.
Zhu HouzhaoPointing to Zhu Xiurong, who was standing at the door of the west hall of Kunning Palace, and was blocked by the palace maid, looking out with a pitiful expression, he said, "The imperial sister is right there. Look at her, does she seem to be sick?"
Liu Jin said, "This is acne. No one knows whether it is sick before the onset of the disease."
At this moment, Luan Jia and his party came over from a distance. When the eunuchs saw this scene, they finally felt a little relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to line up to greet the king, but Zhu Houzhao took the opportunity to stand up and quickly rushed to the west hall of Kunning Palace.
Fortunately, the palace maid opposite realized something was wrong and quickly closed the door.
"Let me in"
Zhu Houzhao knocked at the door.
It doesn’t matter whether he plays with his sister or not. For Zhu Houzhao, face is more important than anything else.
At this time, Zhu Youtang had already arrived outside the palace.
"Come here, bastard"
Even if Zhu Houzhao keeps messing around and sees his father's angry look, he can only walk over with his head lowered. As he walks towards his father, he will look back from time to time. .
"Cough, cough, cough"
Because he was angry and anxious, Zhu Youtang coughed. He was not in good health. In the past two years, Li Guang has continued to collect heavy metals from unknown sources that exceeded the standard. After receiving the elixir, his body was even worse than before.
"I thought that after you left the government to study, your personality would calm down and your temperament would become gentler. Why are you still making such nonsense? Do you want me to never be the next queen?"
These words Very harsh.
It also scared the eunuchs around.
The emperor might be really afraid, thinking that this might be God's punishment for him, so he said such words to the prince.
Zhu Houzhao is currently eight years old. He left the imperial court to study in March of the 11th year of Hongzhi. He is relatively early among the princes in the past. It may also be that after the death of his second son, Zhu Youtang hoped that his eldest son would be born earlier. Become a talented person.
"Father, I just want to play with my sister for a while." Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with anger.
He felt he was right.
Zhu Youtang said, "Your imperial sister has been in contact with patients with acne and is still recuperating. If you want to find her, you can wait for half a month to make sure that she has recovered. If you If you dare to come again, I will punish you by facing the wall and thinking about your mistakes, and you will not be allowed to step out of the palace for a month."
"Father"
"Bring him back to me and keep a close eye on him. No, you are the only one asking."
"Yes"
When Zhu Houzhao looked unwilling and was pulled away by the eunuchs.
Zhu Youtang couldn't help but look at Zhu Xiurong, who was blinking his big eyes and looking aggrieved, but didn't understand why his parents treated him like this.
That pitiful little face made Zhu Youtang heartbroken just looking at it.
From the perspective of family inheritance in China’s patriarchal society that has existed for thousands of years, a father would prefer to have a son, but in terms of emotional ties, a father will feel more sorry for his daughter, because the daughter is the father’s little cotton jacket.
Zhu Youtang was afraid that he could not help but go over and explain to his daughter, but he could only force himself to explain it to his daughter.Heartbroken, he sighed and turned around.
"Your Majesty"
Chen Kuan saw Zhu Youtang's sad face and couldn't help but want to comfort him.
Zhu Youtang said, "Everyone from Taiyuan Hospital has called me to Qianqing Palace, as well as Li Guang. I have to take countermeasures. I must not let the little princess suffer any damage, even if it leaves acne scars." It’s also unacceptable.” Please remember to bookmark it. The latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft