Chapter 368: The Method of Planting Pox

In fact, the investment promotion projects promoted by the State-owned Assets Management Department this time are not only limited to the mineral and iron smelting industry, but also include a variety of industries controlled by state-owned assets, such as bridge repair and paving, such as water conservancy construction, as well as related supporting industries, such as the lime industry, which has become popular in the whole Dachu.

In addition to these stupid and black heavy industries, there are some other related industries being introduced, such as tea planting and tea making, porcelain firing, and silkworm farming, which have expanded the scale of related industries under the guidance of the State-owned Assets Management Department and began to try to export on a large scale.

Nowadays, there is an overseas trade department under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, which will regularly hold foreign trade conferences in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places, and its target customers are overseas businessmen from the West, and build bridges for the front line of related domestic industries, so as to promote the development of foreign trade.

Because of this, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is almost the most popular department in the entire Dachu, and its State-owned Assets Management Department is a big sweetheart, and many people even spend a huge amount of money, just to be able to have a meal with the officials in the State-owned Assets Management Department, because they have too many resources in their hands, and if they miss a little, it will be endless benefits.

As the deputy director of the State-owned Assets Management Department, Deng Lin's background is not ordinary, he was originally a deputy division commander in the Fu Han Army, and later for some reason, he took off his military uniform and transferred to politics, and by chance became the deputy director of the State-owned Assets Management Department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, but his personality is straightforward, so even if his power has increased greatly, he still maintains his true colors.

"Whether the project can be promoted this time, our State-owned Assets Management Department will naturally help, but the key is the sincerity of your cooperation, Xiaogan County has resources, your two chambers of commerce have funds, you can work together to achieve a win-win situation, the State-owned Assets Management Department will only be responsible for supervising the entire project process, whether it is open and transparent enough."

After hearing Deng Lin's words, Liu Tongxun felt that he could no longer be silent, and he said very sincerely: "Xiaogan County is called Emperor Township, but His Majesty has never favored it, and there has never been any reduction or exemption policy. But as the parent official of a county, this official can't just watch the people continue to be poor......"

"This time the project landed, Xiaogan County can not show the most sincerity, but the lower officials can guarantee that they will definitely create a good environment for you to land the project, and relevant policies will also be introduced......

Cui Yu and Cheng Moran glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "We all understand what Lord Liu means, and this aspect will also become a factor for us to consider, but where we invest this time, we still need to conduct a certain comprehensive assessment, and please Lord Liu can understand." ”

"Understand, understand, please!"

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"Congratulations to Your Majesty on giving birth to a dragon son! Mother and child should be safe and worry-free, please rest assured that Your Majesty. ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the dragon son was born! The world is auspicious! ”

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On October 17 of the first year of innovation, Cui Xi finally gave birth to a baby, which made Ning Yu breathe a sigh of relief, looking at the little doll in his arms, he felt a little ecstatic in his heart, since he came to this world, this is the first time he feels the feeling of blood connection.

This is my son!

Ning Yu held the little doll in his hand, looked at his wrinkled little face, but was a little more worried in his heart, and turned his head to look at Ye Tianshi on the side, "Imperial Doctor Ye, is the prince okay?" ”

"Your Majesty, you are currently fine."

Ye Tianshi can only say this, and there are no more guarantees for the others, after all, he is only a doctor, not an immortal.

In this era, pregnant women give birth is no less than a life and death pass, a new life is born, it is likely to take the mother's life, especially puerperal fever, which can almost take a quarter of the mother's life, but no one knows why there is puerperal fever, so Chinese medicine requires confinement to sit for 100 days, not only can not comb hair and wash feet (bathing is hands-free), but also can not see the wind, all kinds of taboos, are because of the terrible puerperal fever.

As a descendant, Ning Yu naturally knows that the origin of puerperal fever is purely due to puerperal infections caused by various bacteria, mycoplasma, and chlamydia, but in this era, he has no way to make people understand what bacteria are. Due to the backwardness of medicine, the matter of connecting students is full of dangers, not to mention others.

In this regard, Ning Yu did not make any efforts, he had forceps made, and everyone washed and disinfected their hands with lime water, and then helped the midwife to use it to deliver the baby, in order to ensure that Cui Ji avoided puerperal fever, he asked people to open doors and windows to keep ventilation, so as to prevent the air from being too dirty.

Although this series of practices was not understood, Ning Yu was the emperor, and even if he didn't understand, he had to implement it, so after such efforts, Ning Yu was a little relieved, but when his son was born, more worries came back to his heart, because the rate of neonatal death was too high!

The premature mortality rate of newborns is so high that you don't need to look at ordinary people, just look at Emperor Kangxi, who is known as the supreme emperor in the world, you can find a surprisingly high mortality rate - Emperor Kangxi has bred as many as 55 princes and princesses in his life, but only 27 can really live to adulthood, and the mortality rate is as high as 51%.

You must know that the infant death of a civilian family can be attributed to the poverty and hunger of the people, or the frequent wars and plagues, but for the Qing royal family and nobles, this is not true. But even in such an environment, there is still half of the mortality rate, which also means that once the baby is born, he will step on one foot on the door of the ghost, and the slightest carelessness will be the fate of premature death.

"Your Majesty....." Ye Tianshi's expression was a little solemn, "Your Highness has not yet flowered, and you still need to be mentally prepared." ”

There is a folk proverb, "Only half of the children are born, and smallpox is complete." ”

Ning Yu was silent for a moment, he had heard this folk proverb, of course he also knew the horror of smallpox in this era, since the smallpox virus came out, it has taken a lot of lives, whether it is a noble family or a rural villager, as long as he is infected with smallpox, then life and death will be determined by heaven.

If you survive it, you will be considered an adult, and if you don't survive it, you will only be halfway born.

The smallpox virus was unfolded in almost all of the most brutal ways.

The reason why Ye Tianshi said such a sentence to Ning Yu was actually worried that the emperor would be too happy, if the prince had smallpox, I was afraid that there would be a great chance of death, and I was afraid that he would not be able to bear such a blow at that time, resulting in excessive sadness, so he took the risk to remind such a sentence.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that the real extinction of the smallpox virus would not be until the 20th century, so if he wanted to avoid the threat of smallpox in this era, he could only choose to inoculate pox, so he said in a deep voice: "Imperial Doctor Ye, has the pox planting method ever been effective?" ”

Ye Tianshi pondered for a moment, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know much about this method, but there is a doctor in the Tai Hospital who specializes in this way, and he is called Yu Maokun, so it is better to call this person." ”

"Well, that's fine."

Ning Yu heard Ye Tianshi say this, but he felt that this person's name was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it, so he had to keep his doubts in his heart, anyway, his purpose was to let the imperial doctors find a way to get cowpox, and it didn't matter if anything else.

After a while, a gray-haired old man walked into the hall, saluted, and said in a low voice, "Weichen Yu Maokun has seen Your Majesty. ”

Ning Yu glanced at this person, only to feel that although his appearance was ordinary, his eyes were extremely bright, and he felt a little more good in his heart, and he didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "Imperial Doctor Yu, do you have any research on pox seeding?" ”

Yu Maokun said softly: "Weichen knows the pox method very well, and is now compiling a book on the pox method, but it has not yet been compiled, maybe in another three years, Weichen will be able to dedicate this book to His Majesty." ”

"What's the name of this book?"

"Hehe, Weichen hasn't thought about it yet, it's tentatively set as "The Golden Mirror of the Pox Department", and I also ask Your Majesty to give it a name."

When Ning Yu heard this, he suddenly recalled in his mind that in his previous life, he had heard of a strange person in the Kangxi period, called Yu Dajia, specializing in the treatment of pox, although his fame was not as great as Ye Tianshi, but the "Pox Golden Mirror Fu Ji Solution" compiled by him became the direction of reference for later doctors.

"It's a good name, and it doesn't need to be changed. It's just that I also asked Imperial Doctor Yu to tell me about the current pox planting method. ”

Yu Maokun nodded humbly, and then began to introduce: "The method of planting pox has been more than one hundred and fifty years, and it is said that it started in the Longqing period of the previous dynasty, and there were eight or nine thousand people who planted pox, and there were twenty or thirty ears of those who could not be saved, which can be called miraculous, and Weichen is just the magic hand of the ancestors. ”

"This method is to take the acne slurry and put it in the child's nose, or grind the acne scab finely, blow it into the child's nose with a silver tube, so that it can plant flowers, and the flowers can be cured within 100 days, which is called the pox planting method."

Of course, Ning Yu knows the specific process of planting pox, and he also knows that the method of planting cowpox in later generations is actually transformed from the human pox method, the key is that in this process, the human pox method always has a certain degree of danger, and the risk factor of the cowpox method will be lower, so Ning Yu thought about telling Yu Maokun about the cowpox method.

"As soon as the pox method came out, it really benefited the people. At that time, the Kangxi Emperor also ordered the pox to be planted all over the country, although I was determined to overthrow the Qing court, but I still respected the Kangxi Emperor's move and was willing to follow suit. ”

When Yu Maokun heard this, he was instantly overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, if you can go all out to promote pox in the south, then there is no need to worry about the poison of smallpox, and the people do not have to suffer from smallpox. ”

"I do want to promote pox, but it's not the human pox I am now."

"If you don't plant human pox, what kind of pox should you plant?"

This surprised Yu Maokun, and he asked himself that he was the person who knew the most about pox in the world, but he had never heard of any other pox.

Ning Yu smiled slightly, "When I set out on the expedition before, I met a strange person to breed cowpox, this method is similar to the type of human pox, except that the pox vaccine has been replaced with cowpox, and its toxicity has been weakened, so it is safer to give children pox." ”

"But..... But this method is never found in the texts......"

Yu Maokun stammered a little, although he already believed it in his heart, but after all, he couldn't overturn what he had learned all his life at once, so he had to refute it like this.

"The previous method of human pox has not been seen in the classics......," Ning Yu said with a bit of determination on his face, "The method of planting cowpox can be applied to the prince first, and if it is effective, it can be popularized throughout the country." ”

"Your Majesty, no!"

Ye Tianshi and Yu Maokun shook their heads at the same time, "How can there be any reason to take risks with the heirs of the Heavenly Family?" Ministers and others tried their best to make a cowpox method, and perhaps it would be more appropriate to find young children to be vaccinated among the people. ”

Ning Yu knew in his heart that the cowpox method was safer, and there would be nothing wrong with vaccination, so how could he let go of this opportunity to brush up his reputation?

"You don't need to say that although the prince is a heavenly family, he should be the same as me, to create well-being for all people, and the cowpox method will be used on the prince first, and once it is successful, it can be immediately promoted to the whole country."

Seeing Ning Yu's resolute attitude, the two had to agree to retreat first to study this cowpox method.

However, the cowpox method that Ning Yu made was supposed to be used on the prince first, but it caused the queen mother to be angry, and she specially sent someone to ask Ning Yu to go to Changchun Palace to give an explanation.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that sooner or later there would be such a thing, but he was not curious, but when he arrived at Changchun Palace, he found that not only the Queen Mother with an unhappy face was there, but even the Emperor Ning Zhongyuan was also on the side, but he seemed quite indifferent.

"Emperor, if it is a state affair, the palace should not interfere, but the cowpox method you mentioned has never been verified, how can it be used on the grandson of the palace, not to mention that this is still your eldest son!"

Ning Yu showed a wry smile on his face, and he had to explain patiently, "Queen Mother, the method of cowpox is safer than the method of human pox, and the eldest son of the emperor will not experience smallpox in the future after using it, there is no risk in this move, not to mention that the royal family should set an example, so that all the people will be relieved." ”

Seeing that Ning Yu insisted on this, the Queen Mother was a little anxious, and said to Ning Zhongyuan: "You have something to say!" This is our grandson, and we can't afford to miss it at all! If there is really a mistake, how to explain it to Cui Qing? ”

"Huh...... Don't be angry first, in fact, Yu'er's move is reasonable, but I just want to ask, is this method really safer than human pox? Ning Zhongyuan had a bit of a solemn look on his face, Ning Yu had received human pox when he was a child, so he knew a little bit about this aspect, so he was not so worried.

Ning Yu said solemnly: "Father, you can rest assured, the method of cowpox is not so toxic compared to human pox, so it will only be safer." ”

Ning Zhongyuan saw that his son gave such a promise, so he gradually put his mind at ease, and turned around to comfort the Queen Mother, "I seem to be quite reliable in this matter, after all, Yu'er is not such a person who talks about it, if this matter can really be done, it is indeed a good thing for the people, and it can also accept people's hearts!" ”

"But..... But....... Why do you have to use it on the emperor and grandson first...... That's it, you father and son, don't regret it in the future! ”