Since the top leaders of the military and government in the northwest attach great importance to the matter of vaccination, the officials below naturally do not dare to slack off, and they all wake up and go all out to implement it.

In just half a month, all residents in towns and larger villages have been vaccinated, leaving only some more remote and isolated villages that need further implementation.

Through this massive nationwide vaccination campaign, Ning Zhiyuan unexpectedly discovered an additional benefit, that is, by the way, he conducted a large-scale survey of the population and household registration in the whole northwest.

This is not a trivial matter, although the household registration examination of Dawei should be conducted once every five years according to the regulations, but in fact, because the large-scale examination of local household registration is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming work, and the results of the examination are not included in the performance evaluation of local officials, many officials do not pay attention to it, and they are sloppy.

A slightly more conscientious official, at best, conducts a brief examination of the residents of the towns under their jurisdiction as the latest results of the verification. As for the villages and retail households outside the towns, they don't have the heart to care.

And more officials who don't care about this at all don't even want to check, at most they just send a few officials to walk around the city to make a show, and then add a few hundred people to the original household registration, anyway, no one knows whether this data is true or false.

However, this time it is different, and at the same time as vaccinating everyone, their household registration information will be registered.

As a result, this check found that the data was not as simple as a little bit different from the data registered in the household registration book of each place, and some larger counties even differed by tens of thousands of people.

At this time, less than a year has passed since the last household registration review, and this huge data discrepancy has suddenly slapped officials everywhere.

Since the vaccination work was under the full supervision of the Northwest military, it was difficult for local officials to do anything, and they could only watch the evidence of their negligence being dug up little by little, and their hearts were terrified.

Yan Chun, the political envoy who is the number one in the political circles in the northwest, saw that the officials under him had stabbed him in such a big basket, and felt that his face was a little unbearable, and he was preparing to severely punish the officials who neglected their duties.

But Ning Zhiyuan stopped him, saying that everything is not as important as epidemic prevention and sores now, and everything else is a trivial matter. Even if you want to be punished, you have to wait until the matter is over.

Yan Chunlai is now the only one who is looking ahead, so naturally he does not dare to go against his wishes, so he has to temporarily let go of those local officials who have neglected their duties.

After obtaining the latest household registration data in various places, Ning Zhiyuan immediately sent a large number of soldiers to carry out large-scale arrest operations against unidentified people in various places.

Anyone who does not have registered information in the household register, or who has no relatives to prove his or her identity, will be arrested first, no matter what the circumstances.

As a result, hundreds of people were arrested.

After interrogation and investigation one by one, in addition to eliminating some merchants and real beggars, it was discovered that more than 100 people were fugitives wanted by the government in other places, and some had even been on the run for more than ten years.

In addition to these fugitives, there are more than 200 people whose identities are very suspicious.

In order to find out the identities of these people as soon as possible, the military in the northwest began to torture these people to extract confessions.

Under all kinds of torture, these people finally couldn't stand it anymore and began to confess one after another, and most of them were really mixed-race spies of the Hu people.

Many people have been infiltrating the northwest for many years, and some have even married local children. If it weren't for the coincidence of this incident, it would be really difficult to find out his true identity.

The results of this investigation caused a shock in the entire military and political circles in the northwest, and no one expected that there were so many Hu people who had infiltrated the northwest for many years and had never been discovered.

In order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Ning Zhiyuan immediately organized a larger-scale arrest plan, dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers to conduct a carpet search of the entire northwest region, and arrested all unidentified people.

On the other hand, Yan Chunlai, the political envoy, also asked the local government to mobilize the local people to report all suspicious people, and all those who reported true were to be rewarded heavily.

Under the temptation of heavy rewards, the entire northwest people suddenly fell into a frenzied wave of searching for spies.

Many people flocked to the local government to report the so-called suspicious figures, but the government sent people to investigate, and most of them were unreliable.

But even so, the local government did not dare not investigate, because the top was all staring at it.

Some people who were lucky really caught suspicious characters, and immediately as if they had found a treasure, they hurriedly notified the military headquarters to come and take people away.

As a result, following the mighty vaccination campaign, a large-scale campaign to catch spies arose in the northwest, and it really never stopped for a moment.

With the completion of the vaccination plan in the whole northwest, Chi Fei finally began to be idle.

The only thing he can do now is wait for the results.

As long as there are no new sores in the Northwest in the next few months, the vaccination will be officially successful.

Of course, it doesn't matter if there is a new smallpox patient, as long as the person has not been vaccinated with cowpox.

But if the patient is a person who has been vaccinated with cowpox, then everyone will be suspicious of the so-called "miracle drug", and then things will be troublesome.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the vaccination, Chi Fei suggested to his father-in-law, Ning Zhiyuan, that it is best to ask local officials to send someone to follow up and check whether all vaccinated people have mild symptoms of sores every few days. If not, you need to re-inoculate to avoid omissions.

Ning Zhiyuan immediately agreed and ordered the people under him to do the same.

To pass the time, Chi Fei began to continue writing his new book in his free time.

At this time, in the capital and the Jiangnan area, the matter of epidemic prevention and sores in the northwest has attracted the attention and heated discussions of many people.

Among them, the most discussed is whether the "miracle drug" that can make people unable to disperse sores is true or false.

Although the Holy Lord has sent a messenger to investigate the matter and confirmed that it is true, there are still many people who are skeptical.

If someone had found a cure for sores this time, there would have been much less skepticism.

After all, any disease can be treated by medication, even if it cannot be cured temporarily, it is because the right medicine has not been found, or the patient is too sick, which is already common sense for most people in this era.

However, this time it is different, this time the so-called "miracle medicine" is not to treat sores, but to prevent people from dispersing sores.

What is the rationale for this? It's simply unheard of.

The vast majority of those who were skeptical of this were scholars, who had never heard of such a miracle, and were therefore naturally skeptical.

If it weren't for the Qin messenger sent out to come back and confirm that this was true, I believe that most readers would think that this must be a trick made by some god stick.

In addition to the fact that this "miracle drug" itself is a bit unbelievable, another thing that makes people care is that the person who developed this "miracle drug" is actually the famous and popular author Mr. Chi Fei, which is the focus of everyone's attention.

Many readers who have not read Chi Fei and have only heard of his name are a little dismissive.

The author of a book that is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, and he is not a doctor, has found the so-called "miracle medicine" that can prevent people from dispersing sores, who believes this?

These people are all watching the situation in the northwest with a joke-watching mentality, waiting for a big reversal of things.

In this eventful autumn, another big event suddenly happened in the capital.

The saint finally decided on the candidate for his concubine, Princess Yanfang, the sister of the eldest prince.

It's just that as soon as the selection of this colt was announced, everyone's jaws were immediately shocked.

The other party turned out to be Xie Changting, the second grandson of An Guogong, that is, the cousin of the second prince by blood.

Everyone knows that the eldest prince and the second prince have always been in a hostile relationship. And An Guogong himself is the second prince's blood grandfather, and he is also his biggest backer.

But the saint promised the most favored Princess Yanfang to Xie Changting, the second grandson of An Guogong, the meaning of which is really incomprehensible.

After announcing the candidates, a few days later, the saint threw out an even more shocking decision: he decided to form a cabinet.

If it is said that the promise of Princess Yanfang to Xie Changting, the second grandson of Duke An Guo, is only an internal matter of the royal family, then the matter of the saint's determination to form a cabinet is the most explosive news.

The Cabinet was the first advisory body to the emperor proposed and established by the second emperor of the previous dynasty, Liang Suzong, and was mainly responsible for advising and assisting the emperor in handling daily government affairs.

At first, there were only three members of the cabinet, all of whom were members of the imperial court, also known as cabinet scholars, and gradually developed to five to seven people.

At first, the cabinet scholars only had the status of advisors, and the emperor had the power to make final decisions, and the scholars rarely had the opportunity to participate in the decision.

By the time of Liangguangzong and Liangjinzong, the status was increasingly respected. Since then, the power of the Cabinet has also increased.

The first assistant of the cabinet, that is, the chief scholar who is the real prime minister, can also suppress the six ministries.

However, although the head of the cabinet had the power to vote, he had to rely on the internal eunuchs to deliver the red.

The functions and powers of the cabinet chief assistant are the same as those of the prime minister in the past, but they must cooperate with the eunuchs in order to take charge of the government.

This is also a compromise method that the emperor came up with in order to prevent the cabinet from being too powerful, using the power of eunuchs to suppress the power of the prime minister, so as not to dominate the family.

Now the saint proposed to form a cabinet like the previous dynasty, which suddenly caused a big shock in the court.

Soon, a number of officials stood up to express their opposition, believing that the Great Wei was now stable in military and political affairs, and there was no need to form a cabinet at all.

Some people also pointed out that the power of the cabinet of the previous dynasty was too great and should not be implemented in this dynasty.

However, most of the officials who objected were the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and most of the real first- and second-rank officials remained silent.

In fact, they knew from some of the saint's usual words that he had long had the intention of forming a cabinet, but he had never officially proposed it, and now he had just implemented this matter.

They are all officials, and of course they want to go further.

Once they become cabinet members, their power often overrides the six ministries, and this temptation still makes them very excited.

Although some officials objected, in the end, the Holy Lord still insisted on forming a cabinet, and referring to the practice of the previous dynasty, three cabinet candidates were decided first, and then appropriately added according to the situation.

As for the candidates, they will be announced in five days.

At this point, the matter of forming a cabinet has become imperative, and now it is only a matter of who will serve as a member of the cabinet.

The matter of forming a cabinet immediately touched the nerves of all officials, and almost all of them were paying close attention to this matter.

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