Chapter 238 Benevolence and Skillful Hands Shocked the Apricot Forest

"As expected, this Zhao Manqing can always cause trouble wherever he goes."

After reading Zhao Jingyun's letter, Zhao Heju rubbed his forehead and said half teasingly.

Wei Liaoweng is a sincere person, and when he heard the words, he saluted: "Your Majesty, this matter has been going on since ancient times, and it is not Zhao Manqing's doing, Your Majesty is cautious!" ”

"Wei Qing, you are also very boring, if Cui is here, it must be another way, that is, Ge Hong, at most silent, you want to be more serious with me." Zhao and Ju complained.

Zhao Jingyun is now on Jinghu South Road, but he did not go to Li Chuxiong's hometown, but stayed in Yueyang, because what he found here shocked him.

"In the Jinghu area, there are many people with Gu disease, their abdomen is swollen, and the sick author is wailing and dying, which is miserable. The students visited with a strange doctor in the countryside, and five or six of the ten rooms must be like this, and the people suffered a lot. The students thought that this would be a disease, but the state and county pastoral orders were accustomed to it, and they all said that there was no cure for this bad water. ”

Zhao Jingyun wrote more than 1,000 words, talking about the outbreak of diseases in the Dongting River Basin, he was an outsider, and when he entered Dongting, he felt that such a sick ratio was really abnormal, while the local officials had long known the customs and customs, saying that it was due to the endemic disease caused by "bad water", and there was no way to treat it.

Zhao and Ju's heart moved, judging from the symptoms recorded by Zhao Jingyun, this is likely to be schistosomiasis, schistosomiasis has plagued Jiangnan for a long time, and now the economic center of gravity of the Great Song Dynasty is in the south, if it cannot be effectively controlled, the damage to the labor force will be very large, and the medical expenses are also a heavy burden for the sick family.

However, at this time, there is no specific medicine for the treatment of schistosomiasis, so it can only be put first.

He continued to look down, only to see Zhao Jingyun wrote: "The students went back and forth for this reason, only to know that twenty years ago, this disease was heavy in Yueyang, and the rest of the prefectures were not much heard, ten years ago Jinghu South Road was heavy, Jinghu North Road, Jiangnan West Road was not much heard, but now it is not, Jinghu North Road, Jiangnan West Road also seems to have a disease, the students are extremely frightened, if it is caused by bad water, how can it be that there is bad water everywhere on both sides of the river?" ”

Zhao Youju's gaze immediately became stern, if it was just a matter of Yueyang, then it could be relieved, but with so many places involved, this schistosomiasis disease already threatened the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, so it had to be prevented and controlled with all its might.

"Wei Qing, your household has a household registration in the world, how has the population of Jinghu South Road grown in the past 20 years?"

"The population is not obvious, in the past 20 years, the annual population growth of Jinghu South Road is about 4 per 1,000."

As for the population growth data, Wei Liaoweng came easily, and he didn't need to check it at all, and Zhao Youju was quite satisfied with it. Zhen Dexiu and Wei Liaoweng are roundabout people, but they are not stupid people, they are quite responsible and capable when they really do practical things.

"How does it compare to the rest of the place?" He asked again.

"Two Zhejiang is six out of a thousand." Wei Liaoweng said simply.

That is to say, the population growth rate of Jinghu South Road is two thousandths less than that of Liangzhejiang, and the two Zhejiangs are narrow and densely populated, and the growth rate is limited by geography, but Jinghu South Road has not yet been fully developed, and the growth rate should have been higher than that of Liangzhejiang, which also proves that Zhao Jingyun's worries are not unreasonable.

Zhao Youju secretly scolded himself in his heart, the era he traveled through, although the schistosomiasis is still there, it is not so serious, so he did not pay attention to this matter, although he is trying to establish a grassroots medical system that includes the whole country, but the teenagers who will take on this heavy responsibility in the future are still only studying, and it will take at least five to eight years before they can come in handy.

"Time is running out." Zhao and Ju sighed after a while.

The nation's medical and public health work must begin now, and we cannot wait for the time to come.

On May 2, the second year of Yanhuang, the "Great Song Times Weekly" published an article written by the Son of Heaven himself, "Jingnan Gu Disease and Its Prevention and Control", in order to make the officials and the people pay attention to this matter, this time Zhao Youju did not use the pseudonym "Zhao Yi", but used the name "Zhao Yun", Deng Ruoshui of course did not dare to print this name on the newspaper, so the signature of this article finally became "Today's Great Achievement Revival Emperor", the Ministry of Rites tried every means to make Zhao Heju accept the honorific title, appeared on the newspaper signature, and it can be regarded as Zhao Youju's acquiescence The legitimacy of the honorific title of "Great Meritorious Revival".

In this article, a comprehensive analysis of the epidemic called Gu disease was carried out, pointing out that the reason why it is called "Gu disease" is because there are insects that cannot be seen by the naked eye, and combined with the information sent back by Zhao Jingyuan, it is proposed to eliminate the source of its breeding and actively prevent the epidemic from spreading. Originally, Xinglin had a lot of arguments about Gu disease and bulging disease, especially the main attack faction and the main supplement faction, but as soon as Zhao Heju's article came out, all the famous doctors in the country were dumbfounded.

It's not that they really obeyed Zhao and Ju, but it's just that in the face of the authority of the Son of Heaven, they didn't dare to speak out.

On June 29, famous doctors from all over the country gathered in Yueyang because of the edict of the Son of Heaven, and they were surrounded by Li Hanyun and Zhao Jingyun.

"This Gu disease is also caused by parasites, the eggs are like dust, invisible to the naked eye, swimming in the water, getting into the skin, following the blood, until the human abdomen."

In the face of these famous doctors in the world, Li Hanyun was a little frightened, so he didn't look at them at all, but pointed to the drawings behind him, which showed the appearance of schistosomes, looking hideous and disgusting. A faint red light floated on Li Hanyun's face, he tried to calm his mood, and glanced at Zhao Jingyun, who nodded in encouragement.

He was in a trance, feeling like he was in a dream.

Zhao Jingyun's letter to his teacher Wei Liaoweng was quickly forwarded to the Son of Heaven, who not only attached great importance to it, recruited famous doctors from all over the world to explore the method of treatment, but also wrote a letter to Li Hanyun himself, specifically instructing him how to study Gu disease.

Li Hanyun had been tracking this disease for twenty years, but because of the wrong method, he didn't have a clue, and he was instructed by Zhao Heju, and consciously went to the liver and spleen to study, and it didn't take long to find the legendary Gu worm. This made him see the hope of completely eradicating the Gu disease, and it also made him extremely excited, and the original suspicion of the current emperor immediately turned into a dead heart of loyalty.

"Today, I will join all the seniors to see this Gu worm that has killed countless lives appear!" Li Hanyun froze, and then said: "This is a famous doctor from Liuqiu, surnamed Qiu Mingshuang, and his words are clear!" ”

Qiu Shuang silently walked out of the crowd and saluted the dozens of famous doctors and imperial doctors present.

"Autumn breeze? But the author of "Journey to the East"? "Doctors and Confucians are not separated, and famous doctors are often also great Confucians, so some people think of the "Journey to the East" that has been popular in the Great Song Dynasty in the past two years.

"Don't dare, it's Qiu."

Qiu Shuang clenched his fists again, he followed Zhao and Ju's order, and rushed to Yueyang, in the middle, if it wasn't for the steamship, he might not be able to come in such a short time.

Originally, when everyone saw that he was young, they still had a little disdain for him: medical skills are not as good as other learnings, and there can be prodigies and geniuses, and practicing medicine relies on decades of experience. But after hearing his reputation, they couldn't help but be in awe, and went overseas to promote his prestige, how can this be done by ordinary people!

"Mr. Qiu's knife skills are unparalleled in the world, and he has seen it with his own eyes, so he must have Mr. Qiu to hold the knife and demonstrate it for all the sages and predecessors." Li Hanyun said.

After a while, two wrestlers brought two cows, which were already dead and placed on the stage, and all the famous doctors looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

"The cow on the left is Gu disease and died." Li Hanyun said again.

Qiu Shuang put on a pair of leather gloves made of eucommia gum - these gloves are expensive, and then he picked up a knife and scissors, and a young man wearing a mask and wearing a white coat held a wooden plate for him. Qiu Shuang followed the process, broke open the left beef belly, took out the beef liver and spleen, and showed it to everyone.

Immediately afterwards, he broke open the belly of the cow on the right, took out the liver and spleen, and a young man in white wearing a mask came up and presented two pairs of beef liver and spleen with a wooden plate in front of people. Obviously, the liver of the cow that died of Gu disease was swollen, and all the doctors nodded frequently.

When everyone had seen it, Qiu Shuang cut open the bad beef liver again, and took out a few small worms from it with a clip, Li Hanyun pointed to the roundworm-like worm, trembling all over, and his voice trembled: "This is it...... This is the one who has ruined countless lives! ”

The doctors couldn't help but surround them, they were able to make such a reputation, they were recruited by the government, of course, they also studied the Gu disease, knowing that this Gu disease did not know how many lives they had, looking at those insects, everyone didn't feel furious in their hearts.

"I remembered that there is an incident recorded in the Biography of Gu Kai in the Book of Song, Peijun Xiangxian Tang ...... Tang ...... "The doctor thought half of it, but forgot about it.

"Tang Ci's thing!" Someone reminded.

"Exactly, it's Tang Ci!"

All the famous doctors were discussing, at this moment, Li Hanyun and Qiu Shuang exchanged a look, Qiu Shuang nodded, and then the two wrestlers carried the cow out, but a monk entered the house together.

"What are the monks doing?" The doctors were amazed.

A moment later, two wrestlers carried a man through the door panel, and the man was scorched and stiff, and he was already dead. All the doctors were stunned, and the monk and Taoist priest began to chant the scriptures, and after reciting the scriptures, Qiu Shuang and Li Hanyun bowed to the man three times with twisted incense.

"It is not enough to use cattle as evidence, so it must be proved by people. This person died of Gu disease, although we are saving people, but still have to destroy their corpses, so we invite famous monks and moral people to recite scriptures and lawsuits for their lives to pass away, and their bodies will save countless people. The Son of Heaven took pity on his misfortune, praised his virtue, made a name for his monument, and forgave me for my mistakes. ”

"Look, everybody."

After saluting, Qiu Shuang changed a pair of knives and lifted the cloth covering the deceased's abdomen, only to see that the man's abdomen was swollen like a bulge, which was a symptom of Gu disease. Qiu Shuang slashed down, his movements were fast and smooth, those famous doctors were used to seeing life and death, but after seeing Qiu Shuang's knife technique, he didn't feel chills on his body.

The knife technique is so skillful, it is obvious that he has been practicing for a long time, no wonder Li Hanyun, who presided over this matter, did not personally take charge of the knife, but let this famous doctor take charge of the knife. With this sword skill, I don't know how many people have practiced it.

After the deceased's liver was removed, it was still presented to everyone to see, and then the liver was scraped open and the Gu worms in it were removed. After confirming that this insect is really causing a large number of deaths every year, the world's famous doctors are all sighing.

"How so...... If you can't dissect a corpse, how can you see it? A famous doctor sighed: "Gu Kai's mistake is that the world has been living for 800 years!" ”

""Guangwu Xingji" also contains the affairs of Jiangzhou monks, is the same?"

Qiu Shuang put the liver back into the body of the deceased, and then quickly did the stitching, after a while, the famous doctors did not react, he had completed the whole process, then washed his hands, twisted incense, and bowed three times, and Lux came again to carry the body away.

"Although this person is dead, the future generations of Deze, our doctors, how can we not worship?" A doctor shouted.

"Exactly, exactly, it should be worshipped!" Another gray-haired old doctor said.

Qiu Shuang motioned to Lux to suspend carrying away the corpse, and the famous doctors present were all respectfully bowing to the corpse three times without exception.

The "Weekly" also reported the whole process of this incident, and one of the direct consequences was to inspire doctors all over the world. In the past, he relied on looking, hearing, inquiring and cutting to diagnose the disease, and relied on the harmony of yin and yang and the five virtues to cure the disease, but now he realized that in addition to this set of theories, he can also judge the cause of the disease through dissection. Qiu Shuang's knife skills made them puzzled, and some people asked tentatively, Qiu Shuang did not shy away from this, the straight way is a knife practiced on the battlefield with the corpses of the enemy's fallen soldiers, and said that the flow of medical practitioners with this technique, in the Taizhuang victory to live my Song Dynasty loyal and brave officers and soldiers.

For generations, mutilating the corpse is an illegal thing, but both the enemy and the enemy eat their flesh and sleep their skin, not to mention the rest, these famous doctors know that Qiu Shuang showed a new world of general medical skills, and some people inevitably moved their minds to go to the flow to learn and practice to seek medical skills, and Qiu Shuang did not refuse to come, and later simply sent out invitations to ask them to go to the flow at a convenient time.

The medical school planned by Zhao and Ju is in need of the secret recipes hidden in the hearts of these famous doctors in the world.

With the promulgation of the "Weekly", there is also Zhao Heju's clear decree to kill snails, requiring all counties in Linshui Prefecture to extinguish all snails in the field ponds. Under the urging of the government, the people knew that this snail was actually the "plague host" that made them talk about it, and there was no reason not to be enthusiastic and active.

In addition to culling snails, measures such as disposing of the manure of sick animals should be taken care of, not coming into contact with infected water, and actively treating sick people. To this end, Zhao and Ju ordered the household department to allocate funds, the inner treasury support, recruit manpower to dig wells for the epidemic area, preach prevention and control strategies, provide free medicines, in order to prevent the well water from being polluted, they drilled a pressurized water well, this invention because of its convenience, quickly spread from the epidemic area to the rest of the area.

"Today, Jingnan said that there is no trace of snails in Tianhu, and the people dispose of feces, and according to His Majesty's words, they are soaked with lime." Cui He was very concerned about these civil affairs matters, and he said at the court meeting: "It's just that there are some remote and barren mountains, and the places where the barbarians live, and the government can't control them, so I'm afraid there are omissions." ”

Zhao Youju was helpless about this, even when he crossed over, he did not completely eradicate schistosomiasis, and only a few decades after he sang "Sitting on the ground and traveling 80,000 miles a day, surveying the sky and looking at hundreds of millions of stars", schistosomiasis re-emerged.

"Long-term unremitting, only in this way, in the future, when all officials in the epidemic area evaluate their performance, this Gu epidemic must be included in it, if there is a Gu epidemic offender, not only the responsibility of the chief official at that time, but also the former chief official must also be held accountable for this." Zhao Youju thought for a while and said: "The people are precious, the community is secondary, if you don't love its people, how to be loyal to its king, this matter is also a permanent example!" ”

Note 1: The population growth of Jinghu South Road is 4/1,000, which is not fabricated, but the data collected.

Note 2: "The Biography of Gu Kai in the Book of Song": "Tang Ci of Xiangxian County, Shipei County, went to the Peng family of his mother in Bi Village to drink, and because of his illness, he vomited more than ten Gu worms. When he was dying, his wife Zhang, fell ill after his death. After opening his hand, he broke his vision, and the five treasures were shattered. "Of course, in the feudal era, it was illegal for the wife to destroy her husband's body, and the son did not stop it, so the final outcome of this matter was very bad, under Gu Kaizhi's suggestion, the son was executed, and the wife was imprisoned for life, so there is a famous doctor behind who thinks that Gu Kaizhi has mistaken the world for 800 years. There is a fold of "The Soul of the Great Ming" in Peking Opera and Henan Opera, which is adapted from this historical site, and those who are interested can search for it.

Note 3: "Guang Wuxing Ji" cloud: Tang Yonghuizhong (Li Zhi's year name, 650-655 AD), a monk in Jiangzhou choked on illness, did not eat for several years, and his disciples said: After I die, I can open my chest and throat, depending on anything, I suffer like this. The dead man opened his eyes according to his command, and got something in his chest, and his head and body were like flesh scales, and he jumped in the bowl.