Although the Urat Ministry fled back, the account still has to be settled. It's just that the most important thing at the moment is to encircle and suppress the thieves in the pass, and this account can only be written down in a small notebook first.

In addition, Chai Shihua was also escaped by him, this person, no matter how far he escaped, he must also be captured and brought back to the Fa-rectification.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen quickly gave a conclusion on the battle of Gansu.

Guyuan's deputy envoy Lu Daqi was appointed as the governor of Gansu, and Wang Shizhong officially became the chief soldier of Gansu. The two of them were stationed in Gansu to prevent the Urad tribe from coming back, or they entangled other tribes to invade the pass again.

As for the Hetao that had just been laid, it had been burned to white ground by Hong Chengchou, because according to Emperor Chongzhen's intentions, he had no intention of going to garrison. After all, at this time, the Ming Dynasty still had to adopt a defensive state against the Manchus. Not to mention, there is no danger to defend on the Hetao Plain.

Another reason is that after years of war and natural disasters, Shaanxi has actually lost its population and become a vast and sparsely populated province. Although the Hetao was down, there was no manpower to develop it.

These reasons add up, and the result is that the Hetao is burned, and whoever likes to occupy it will occupy it. When Daming has the strength to turn around, he will fight again!

After arranging all this, Emperor Chongzhen and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, led the elite soldiers of Qin to the south to encircle and suppress the thieves, with a total of about 6,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 foot soldiers.

Don't look at the total number of troops, it seems that there are not many soldiers, but the 26,000 soldiers are all soldiers, not the kind of old and weak soldiers who have a small number of families and most of them are indiscriminate. In this way, the combat power of this army is very strong. As for the supply of grain and grass materials, in addition to carrying some of them with the army, the emperor came in person, so naturally there were supplies from various cities along the way.

When Emperor Chongzhen first set off to Yan'an, he received a piece from Beijing for the first time.

The first recital was originally due to the fact that Zhang Guowei, the governor of Tianfu, had arrived in Beijing and took up his post in the cabinet. In this regard, the first thing that Emperor Chongzhen gave to Zhang Guowei was to ask him to rush to Shaanxi to survey the terrain and build water conservancy.

The reason for this is that after Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition, he believed that there would be no more Dagu thieves, and there were money and grain from the vassal palaces, which could alleviate the food crisis a little;

Another reason is that he has seen the drought in Shaanxi with his own eyes. Originally, many places were grain fields, but they have dried up, and even the ground is so dry that it cracks. Only a small part of the grain fields along the river can still see long crops. However, it is mostly the peasants who have exhausted all kinds of irrigation methods to keep the few grain fields.

The second letter is in the northern part of Shandong and the southern part of Hebei, where the plague occurred in these areas that had been built and poisoned, and many people died, and even Fang Fengnian, who was sent to the Dezhou Mansion, did not escape the catastrophe and was infected with the plague.

Generally speaking, officials rarely get infected with the plague, and they all hide far away. If there is something, let the subordinates do it. However, when Fang Fengnian first started the plague, he just let his family go back to his hometown, and he himself went to the epidemic area to settle the people, and accidentally infected and died. When he was dying, Fang Fengnian told the people around him that he had failed to live up to the saint and did not govern the Texas Mansion well! If there is an afterlife, I will be a responsible person from beginning to end!

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt that the piece in his hand was heavy, and remembered that he had finally seen Fang Fengnian and reprimanded him, he said to himself: "The sinners don't dare, the sinners really don't take responsibility, they have the teachings of the saints, and they have the grace of the king!" ”

I remember that I said that I would give him a chance to change his ways, but he didn't pat his chest to promise it, nor did he hang his head, but just said to himself gratefully: "Your Majesty's teachings, the guilty minister will remember it in his heart, and he dare not forget it." ”

Now that I think about it, he really put his words at ease at that time, and he always wanted to be a responsible person. It's just a pity......

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Then he mentioned Zhu Pen, and commented on the chapter: Fang Fengnian is dedicated to his duties and anxious for the people, which is really an example for Ming officials! Died in the line of duty, sigh and pity!

In this regard, another holy decree was issued, Fang Fengnian was reinstated, and the celebrant and the cabinet were asked to draw up a nickname for Fang Fengnian, and called on officials all over the world to take Fang Fengnian as an example, fulfill their duties, and be a responsible parent official.

After doing this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered a movie about the end of the Ming Dynasty that he had seen in later generations, there were two protagonists, one was Sun Chuanting, and the other was Wu Youke, and the theme of the movie was the plague!

At this moment, he truly realized the seriousness of the plague.

In fact, in the original history, the plague was far more serious than he imagined at this time.

According to historical records, at the beginning of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the plague of the Daimyo Mansion was rampant, and five or six out of ten people died, and they were fierce. There was a great famine in Quang Binh Province, and people were cannibalistic. The Great Epidemic in Beijing, the Great Epidemic in Tianjin. The epidemic in Henan Province, Yangwu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, died 19, and there were countless exterminators. In Rongyang, the people are not separated by death, and there is no one on the road in March. Shandong Qingzhou, Jinan, Dezhou, Tai'an have been hit by major epidemics. The epidemic in Anhui, the blueflies were as big as jujubes, Fengyang Mansion, Anqing Mansion, and Luzhou Mansion were successively attacked by the plague, and the death population in the place with the most deaths reached 90%.

Even the Ming Dynasty perished, it was because in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the plague began to break out in the Jingshi, and all the defenders were infected, and it was the same that Li Zicheng's troops easily captured the Jingshi.

In addition, there is a theory that Li Zicheng did not know about this, and when he entered the Beijing Division, his soldiers were basically infected with the plague, and when they were still in the incubation period, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was introduced by Wu Sangui, and at this time, the plague broke out in Li Zicheng's department, so, just like in history, Li Zicheng's department had no resistance at all, and retreated again and again, and was finally won by the Manchu Dynasty.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen immediately recalled the knowledge about the plague in later generations, and even sent Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, to ask him about the plague.

I don't know, it turns out that there have been plague outbreaks here in Shaanxi. Every time the plague breaks out, a large number of people will die, and the medicine stone is ineffective! Not to mention, in the tenth year of Chongzhen, major epidemics occurred in the counties of Yulin Mansion and Yan'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province one after another, and even the dead in Mizhi City were sleeping.

When Zheng Chongjian said these things, even Emperor Chongzhen could feel a word from him: talk about the distemper change!

If you want to treat the plague, Emperor Chongzhen is not a medical graduate, and he doesn't have the ability, but there are some common sense of prevention and control, which can be promoted at this time.

So, he recalled on the spot and asked Zheng Chongjian to write it.

First, we should pay attention to hygiene, wash hands frequently, and prevent diseases from entering the mouth. Zheng Chongjian did not have any objection to this and wrote it as such.

Second, you must not drink raw water, you must boil it before drinking, and in the same way, illness comes from the mouth. Zheng Chongjian has no objection to this and writes accordingly. However, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who was waiting on the side, spoke: "Your Majesty, the last general sees that many brothers in the army drink raw water, will this be implemented in the army in the future?" ”

The implication is that the soldiers in the army all drink raw water, and they will be fine if they don't! If it is stipulated that all the troops drink boiled water, I am afraid that some people will think that the emperor is making a fuss!

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to pretend to be forced, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to say: "There are a lot of invisible things in the raw water, some of which can't be drunk into the stomach, they will have diarrhea, and if it's serious, it's possible to worry about your life." And after boiling water, it can kill most things, and it is no problem to drink it again! ”

Li Ruolian's mouth opened slightly when he heard this, this was the first time he had seen it. As a martial artist, even if he is in a high position, he still has a time to drink raw water. Doesn't the water look very clear, what's there?

Regarding Emperor Chongzhen's statement, even Zheng Chongjian was slightly surprised. For him, he usually drinks tea and the like, and rarely drinks raw water.

Seeing them like this, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to say again: "Not yet, but in the future, I can let you see with your own eyes how many living things will be in the so-called clear and colorless water!" For the time being, there are clouds in Buddhist scriptures, and there is a world of sand. You can imagine that there is a world in the water! ”

Looking at the emperor when he said this, he seemed to be very confident, whether it was Zheng Chongjian or Li Ruolian, he couldn't help but look forward to it, I don't know what means to see it?

At this time, they naturally will not refute, shut up and write as written.

After Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, he continued: "Some disease-causing things are transmitted from the air. In particular, some of the most contagious plagues. To take precautions, we can't just isolate the sick and burn the bodies of the sick and dead; People who have contact with it must also wear masks, and their clothes must be changed every time and steamed in boiling water. ”

His words once again surprised the two listeners.

This time, Zheng Chongjian didn't record it directly, but asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the solution is for this airborne transmission?" ”

They were already surprised that there was something alive in the transparent water, and now the emperor said that even in the air that could not be seen or touched, there were disease-causing things spreading, which was really a little unimaginable to them.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and remembered that in the movie at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was through a coincidence that Wu Youke understood that there was actually something in the air.

This is much better proof than the statement of water.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked to the window, watched the sunlight shine in through the gap, found an angle, and then said to the two people: "Two Aiqing, come and see for yourself!" ”

Zheng Chongjian and Li Ruolian are a little suspicious, I don't know what to watch? Curious, both of them moved quickly, and walked quickly to the window, wanting to see what was here.

Under the guidance of Emperor Chongzhen, the two of them changed their angles, and naturally, they saw that on the light of the sun, the dust was flying. However, from a different angle, it is not visible.

The moment they saw the dust flying, they were truly shocked. Unexpectedly, there was something in the air!

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them in shock, and he didn't feel a little surprised, after all, this is common sense in later generations. At this time, he just smiled and said to them: "There is a fragrance in the air, there is a smell, etc., this is obviously because there are different things in the air, which are sensed by our noses. For example, there are various flavors in the water, do you think that this water will still be the same? In the world, there are still too few things we can know! ”

In this regard, Zheng Chongjian and Li Ruolian couldn't help but nod their heads again and again, that's the reason! At the same time, they were all very curious, these things that they usually don't pay attention to, the emperor actually noticed, and even associated, deduced some inexplicable plagues, the most likely way of infection!

Under admiration, Zheng Chongjian hurriedly wrote down this article.

And Emperor Chongzhen didn't go back to his seat, just stood by the window and continued to explain: "Usually do a good job of mosquito prevention to prevent mosquito bites from being transmitted through blood. In addition, there are fleas, which are also very likely to be spread through blood......"

The ancients still knew about this, so Zheng Chongjian didn't have any doubts, and immediately wrote it, and at the same time thought in his heart, it's okay, the emperor didn't say anything amazing after all, otherwise, he would have read so many books and read them all into the dog's stomach!

However, just when he thought of this, he heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "In normal times, all localities should do a good job of exterminating rats to prevent the fleas on the rats from turning to bite us and spread the plague." This plague, called the plague, is manifested as high fever, swollen lymph nodes, pneumonia, bleeding and other symptoms, as long as it is infected, there is basically no cure! ”

In fact, the spread of plague is not only the spread of fleas, but also includes many other ways, but who made Emperor Chongzhen not a professional, only remember this one. Other forms of transmission, if they can do the kind of precautions he mentioned earlier, can also be well prevented.

However, I was still impressed by the plague. Because this plague, called the Black Death in Europe, was the great plague that swept across Europe that year, taking away one-third of the population, which is equivalent to one person in three deaths, which is not much worse than Thanos' Golden Glove.

Zheng Chongjian was a little confused when he heard it, it was really some words of Emperor Chongzhen, he had never heard of it. But he could probably guess it, so he asked, "The plague that Your Majesty is talking about, is it pimple, or pimple?" ”

This time, it was Emperor Chongzhen's turn to be puzzled, and after a communication, he understood that this was the plague.

It turns out that "pimple" is the name given to the swollen lymph nodes of bubonic plague patients in this era, and the bleeding is described as vomiting blood like watermelon water and dying instantly. In fact, they are all one, and that is the plague.

At this time, Zheng Chongjian finally understood that the source of such a dangerous plague actually came from rats! Although he didn't understand how Emperor Chongzhen came to this conclusion, there were two previous statements as a foundation, plus he would rather believe it or not, so he didn't say a word and wrote it immediately.

Plague is such a thing, but it must be eradicated, regardless of whether it is rich or poor!