From the apprentice, Su Wen did not get any valuable clues, but only a clearer understanding of the current predicament. It was only at this time that she had a first-hand understanding of the destructive nature of the rumor, and her heart became more and more angry with the rumor-mongers.

After encouraging the apprentices who had worked hard all day, Su Wen disbanded the summary meeting. They had a busy day, and although it was not as heavy as expected, it was not easy, and what they needed most now was rest. Only when they have a good rest can they devote themselves to the new day's work the next day.

After finishing the meeting here, Su Wen turned around and went to the yamen where the prince and Hong Qian worked. She is also an official now, and it is much more convenient than before to go out of the yamen.

After meeting the two of them, Su Wen directly described the difficulties encountered in vaccinating cowpox today. After explaining the practical difficulties, she did not forget to analyze the serious consequences that can lead to low vaccination rates. Based on the data at hand, if they want to defeat the smallpox plague neatly, they need to increase the vaccination rate to at least 60%.

The gap between 60 percent and less than 20 percent is not an easy task. Worst of all, they are running out of time and must resolve this difficulty quickly.

Tapping lightly on the table, Hong Qian immediately said with a serious face: "If you want to increase the vaccination rate to sixty percent, if you still follow the previous persuasion method, it will definitely not work." At the moment, the situation is special, and we can only use some extraordinary means. Since it can't be soft, let's go straight to the hard one, anyway, the final winner will only be us. ”

Faced with Hong Qian's proposal, the prince hesitated for a moment. Then he finally made up his mind and replied with a resolute face: "Okay, now the situation is critical, just do what Taifu said." ”

When Su Wen heard this, his heart moved, and he immediately asked with curiosity: "Sir, how do you say it?" With yesterday's rumor, ordinary people are now very resistant to vaccinating cowpox. If we force them to vaccinate at this time, will it cause any adverse reactions? ”

Hong Qian listened and thought for a moment. Then he said confidently: "This is simple." We can use a combination of coercion and inducement to increase the vaccination rate to more than 60%. ”

Seeing that the two students were looking at him expectantly, Hong Qian coughed lightly, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Highness's next will." All people must be vaccinated against cowpox. If there is a violator. Each person was fined twenty copper coins. On the contrary, those who are vaccinated will be rewarded with 20 copper coins. On one side is fine, but on the other side can receive money, and the people will inevitably make the choice of vaccination. ”

Hear this. Su Wen immediately asked with a worried face: "Sir, in this way, if the number of vaccinated people increases all of a sudden, won't the imperial court have to lose money?" ”

Seeing that Su Wen was worried about the economic situation of the imperial court, Hong Qian couldn't help but smile in his heart, and then explained in a good mood: "Girl, you just want to be bad." Even if everyone were willing to vaccinate against vaccinia, it wouldn't cost much in total. On the contrary, as long as these people can survive the smallpox plague, they will be able to pay more than twenty copper coins for the imperial court in the future. ”

When Su Wen heard this, his face immediately showed a sudden look. Her thinking was limited just now, so she couldn't think clearly about the huge amount of tax that these people could bring to the imperial court at the first time.

After getting a good idea, the prince immediately said with hidden excitement: "Taifu's idea is excellent, and Gu will give an order right now." Mo said that he could recover the cost in the future, even if he was destined to lose money this time, as long as he could save as many people as possible, it would be worth spending some silver taels. So then, the money to be used this time will come out of the lonely money. ”

Knowing that the prince had to pay for this vaccination, Su Wen nodded secretly in his heart. can distinguish the importance at critical moments, and such a prince should be able to do a good job as an emperor in the future.

After deliberating on a plan to deal with it, the prince immediately drafted a will. He was now in charge of the plague errand, and the order was a piece of cake. His men and horses were very efficient, and they spread this will to every corner of the capital overnight, to the point that everyone knew about it.

Faced with the choice of paying a fine or vaccinating cowpox, most of the people in the capital made the decision to vaccinate cowpox. Choosing to vaccinate not only can avoid paying fines, but also receive reward money, which is a good thing they will not miss.

Although they still had doubts about vaccinating cowpox, the prince's will was there, and they couldn't help but agree. Unless they were willing to pay a fine of twenty copper coins each, no one would be able to escape. In all fairness, twenty copper coins is not a small amount for ordinary people, and most people can't come up with it, so they can only get vaccinated with cowpox.

Early the next morning, Su Wen hurriedly went out for inspection after breakfast. She first went to the nearest stronghold to Hongfu, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a long queue there.

After a hurried count, Su Wen found that the number of people today was obviously much more than yesterday. She estimated it and felt that if the current trend continued, she should be able to complete this cowpox vaccination tomorrow. She doesn't care about anything else, as long as the vaccination rate can reach more than 60%, of course, the more the better.

After knowing the number of people in line, Su Wen went into the base to inspect it. Due to the sudden increase in the number of people today, the apprentices are busy one by one.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Su Wen did not interrupt their work at will, but turned around and went to another stronghold. Just like yesterday, she checked almost all the strongholds in the capital one by one, and she was pleased to find that the waiting queue had become much longer than yesterday.

Everything was getting better, and so was her mood.

After taking care of this matter, Su Wen went to the Yamen first, ready to tell Hong Qian the good news. After she arrived at the Yamen, she heard that Hong Qian and the prince went to the imperial study.

Before she could ask why, someone took the initiative to say it. The reason why they went to the imperial study was that a courtier handed the emperor a complaint and convicted them of coercing and seducing the people. After inquiring carefully, she knew who the people who complained, and I heard that they were all officials of the Cold Ice Party.

After knowing this news, Su Wen was not worried, but gloated over the courtiers who complained. They didn't do anything before, and she was hesitant to vaccinate them with cowpox, but now it seems that they don't need it.

Since they dare to stand up against vaccinating the people with cowpox, how can they, as officials of the imperial court, say one thing and do another? Even if they wanted to, she wouldn't say yes. Being a man must be consistent with his words and deeds, especially the officials of the imperial court, and this aspect cannot be ambiguous.

Thinking of this, Su Wen immediately sent someone to send a notice to the people below: From now on, they can only vaccinate the people with cowpox, and they are not allowed to vaccinate officials and their families without approval.

Soon after the notice was sent, the crown prince and Hong Qian returned from the imperial study. Looking at the spring breeze on the faces of the two of them, it is expected that they must not have suffered in the imperial study. She inquired curiously and found that this was indeed the case. They were determined to speak with facts, so they completely ignored the impeachment of the courtiers.

Of course, being able to put on a posture of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water is inseparable from the emperor's support. Anyway, with the endorsement of the emperor, no matter what the courtiers of the cold ice faction say, they are always silent.

When those people said that their mouths were dry, the emperor directly dissolved the meeting, and did not show any intention of blaming the prince. At the end of the meeting, he also coolly dropped a sentence, saying that the crown prince was the messenger to deal with the plague this time, and as long as it was beneficial to the epidemic prevention work, he could give any order.

After listening to the emperor's statement, the courtiers still have something to say, but unfortunately the court meeting has ended. Before they could express their opinions, the emperor had already left the imperial study in a dashing manner, without taking a single cloud with him.

Seeing that the emperor was gone, the courtiers on Hong Qian's side immediately came back to life with full blood. They are full of poisonous snake skills, and they mock the cold ice party in all directions. They had just accumulated a stomach full of complaints, and at this time it was finally time to find their way back, so they were all sharp and spicy.

After a fierce ridicule, the courtiers of the Hongqian faction turned around and left directly, without any intention of entangled with the Han Bing party. Their immediate priority now is to deal with the smallpox plague, and it is good to vent their dissatisfaction a little, and there is no need to entangle with each other.

After learning about what happened in the imperial study, Su Wen directly told Hong Qian and the prince about the notice he had issued. She knew that the two of them were certainly not the kind of soft-hearted people, and they would never blame her for doing things too well. Sure enough, after she finished speaking, she immediately received praise from the two.

In the eyes of the two of them, the Cold Ice Party must pay some price for its ability to spread rumors and try to interfere with the normal progress of the response to the plague.

Because of them, many people who wanted to be vaccinated ended up giving up the opportunity, which is very likely to lead to death. Even for the sake of these innocent people, they must be punished. There is no doubt that refusing to vaccinate them with cowpox is the best punishment at the moment.

When smallpox really came, they would see that the people who had been vaccinated with cowpox were safe and sound, but they and their families were infected with smallpox, and they would definitely regret it.

Seeing that everything was under control, the prince was in a good mood, so he thought about promoting the technique of planting cowpox to the whole world, so he opened his mouth and suggested: "Senior sister, when the crisis in the capital is resolved, I want to send these apprentices to other places threatened by the epidemic. You know a lot about this, I don't know what to think? If you have any suggestions, the junior sister can say it directly. (To be continued......)