Xi Bin swore that from that moment on, he fell in love with this collective. And the situation from that moment became a moment that he will remember for the rest of his life. In 1644, on February 20, 276 of the Ming Dynasty, there was silence in the army hospital.

This kind of silence is a little less peaceful and a little more welcoming.

This enthusiasm comes from the man standing tall on the steps. Young and vibrant, full of passion and eagerness, he opened his mouth and uttered this rumored manifesto.

"I know. I know that some people will wonder that we are a dignified army hospital doctor. The monthly salary of at least two taels of silver was respected by the sergeant and respected by the emperor. How can you suddenly leave the palatial house, leave the bright and clean hospital, and go out into the streets, deep into the alleys, to treat the smelly, dirty mud legs? ”

In the corner, Xi Bin writhed uneasily. This was the deepest fear he had ever had, and he could not understand why this obviously expensive and expensive military hospital needed to be opened to the people so cheaply. And now, it seems that his Emperor Majesty is about to give an answer.

"But I also know that some people are destined not to be satisfied with food and clothing, but to think about the meaning of their existence in this world. It is destined to wonder where his mission, his duty, and his morality lie as a healer! Zhu Cihong's voice was sonorous and powerful, and it hid a righteous spirit.

In the court, Kong Luoling's eyes suddenly moistened.

He was one of the few in the army hospital. He was originally born in Qufu Confucius Mansion and was a beautiful lady among the partial branches. It's a pity that the Qing army attacked, and Qufu Confucius Mansion also suffered a catastrophe. The Qing army was killed, and the lives everywhere were destroyed, and Kong Luoling was also captured and plundered to the Qing army. Although it was a fluke, he was able to rescue him by defeating Abatai by the Royal Guard. But everyone in the Confucian Mansion said that he had been victimized by thieves, obviously because he didn't want to admit that this woman who might have been humiliated in every way went home.

Grief and indignation, Kong Luoling joined the army and joined the military hospital. Because she is a son who is both smart and diligent, in just two years, Kong Luoling has already left the school and has become the youngest female doctor in the army.

Becoming an official doctor, Kong Luoling earns two taels of silver a month, plus a variety of allowances, not to mention that a person can eat and drink without worry, even in this imperial capital, he is also expected to be able to buy a house and a slave, and his life is nourishing.

But Kong Luoling was not satisfied, but wanted to prove to the elders of the Kong family who abandoned him at the beginning: women are not out of line, and without men to watch, they are meaningless!

"In my Chinese world, there used to be a popular saying: Shinong industry and commerce. Medical workers are the last stream, not the mainstream of society. Therefore, even if the famous doctor is in the world and the reputation is rumored for thousands of miles, he still cannot be forced by the dignitaries and nobles, like a slave. Zhu Cihong's words were low, and he turned to quietly excitedly said: "But I think that there is no distinction between high and low professions, but the division of labor between the sky and all living beings is different. I, a Chinese doctor, have always been committed to the purpose of 'loving the world with sincerity and sincerity'. Medical skills are also benevolent skills. The same is what my saint said, a path to the road of benevolence and righteousness. And I will give the doctor dignity and the respect he deserves! ”

Kong Luoling suddenly brightened, and his eyes brightened in vain. At the front of the queue, Wu Youke, Gong Juzhong, Li Zhongzi, and countless famous doctors who were recruited by Zhu Cihong from all over the country gradually became serious with expressions on their faces.

And such respect, such generous treatment without worrying about food and clothing, has never been without premise. Just like me, as the emperor of the Ming Empire. I will not take brocade clothes and jade food for granted, but will always think that every rope and thread on this body is people's fat and people's ointment. I will try my best to make everything I do worthy of the fat and anointment of the people on this body! Therefore I am here, and I will lead you to wage war against the plague! After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Wu Youke, Gong Juzhong, Li Zhongzi, Kong Luoling, Xi Bin and everyone quietly ironed.

"Before the war began, I heard a story, a man. In the West about 2,000 years ago, the age of the birth of Confucius and Mencius. There, there is an ancient civilization like the pre-Qin period - Athens. One day, there was a terrible plague in Athens, and many people suddenly developed fever, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abscesses on their bodies, and severe ulceration of their skin. Sick people died one after another. Within a few days, the city of Athens was littered with corpses that had not had time to be buried. The people avoided this life-threatening disease. But at this time, a doctor from the Macedonian kingdom in northern Greece risked his life to go to Athens for treatment. While investigating the epidemic, he also explored the cause and how to relieve it. Soon he discovered that there was only one kind of people in the city who were not infected with the plague, and that was the blacksmith who worked with fire every day. He thought that perhaps fire would prevent the disease, so he lit fires throughout the city to extinguish the plague. ”

"There is no doubt that this is a sage. Today, as a person who has personally established the military medical system and established a new medical system, what I want to say to you is not simply how to extinguish this plague. More than that, I want to tell you. Zhu Cihong said slowly: "When we put on this white coat of a doctor, we have an additional responsibility as a doctor!" Benevolence and sincerity are our aim. Fighting disease is our mission. When the plague strikes and the trumpet of war sounds...... We must act! ”

"Today, I, as a member of the founding of the medical care system, join the ranks of all medical staff, repeat the words of the sages, and swear to the heavens! Relying on the gods of heaven and earth as evidence, the contemptible people solemnly swear that they are willing to abide by this covenant according to their own ability and judgment. Whoever teaches me the art respects him like his parents, and as a lifelong companion, he urgently needs my help. If you want to teach your children, your brothers, let them teach them free of charge and without conditions. Whoever knows more than my son, who is passed on orally, and the children of my teacher, and his followers who have sworn to keep this covenant, shall not pass it on to others. ”

In the corner, Hu Bo looked at Wu Youke, Gong Juzhong, Li Zhongzi and many other famous doctors, and said softly: "The new hospital system is built for the saint's hand, and it is no less than 300,000 taels with the saint's private pocket. Many of these medical concepts have been created by His Royal Highness......"

After speaking, Hu Bo stood tall and swore in a loud voice: "Relying on the gods of heaven and earth as evidence, the contemptible people respectfully swear that they are willing to abide by this covenant with their own ability and judgment." Whoever teaches me the art respects him like his parents......"

Zhu continued: "I am willing to use all my ability and judgment to abide by the creed of serving the benefit of the sick and to discipline all depravity and harmful behavior. I am willing to carry out my duties with this pure and holy spirit for the rest of my life. If you have stones, I don't have surgery, and this is up to the experts. Wherever I go, whether I meet a man or a woman, a nobleman or a slave, my sole purpose is to seek happiness for the sick family, and to examine my body, and not to commit all kinds of harmful and evil acts, especially to commit adultery. Whatever I have seen and heard, whether there is a business relationship or not, I am willing to keep it a secret if I think it should be kept secret. If I ask the gods to give me the supreme glory of my life and my healing skills, when I keep the above vows, I will die together with heaven......, earth, ghosts, and gods."

Listening to Hu Bo's words, Wu Youke, Gong Juzhong, Li Zhongzi and Kong Luoling quietly shouted in unison: "...... My sole purpose is to seek happiness for the sick and to examine my body, and not to engage in all kinds of harmful and bad acts, especially to commit adultery. Whatever I have seen and heard, whether there is a business relationship or not, I am willing to keep it a secret if I think it should be kept secret......"

"After the oath!" Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "To the plague, start a war!" ”

……

The atmosphere in Xuannanfang, southeast of the intersection of Caishi Street and Worship Temple Street, is gloomy.

On the way west from Luoma Street to Caishi Street, there are devout believers who go to Chongfu Temple to worship the Buddha, and these believers rarely have poor families in brown clothes and short shirts, and most of them are servants of wealthy and noble families in Nancheng.

There is no doubt that they went to worship the Buddha, instead of the master who did not dare to go out.

In February, the fog was hazy in the early morning, and the crowd walked on the road that was suffocating, which was a little difficult. Unlike the clean streets in the inner city, the outer city, that is, the outer Guo City, is even dirtier.

The streets are very narrow, and the shops on the street are even more extensive. Some just set up a shed to store the goods, while others built a pavilion as if they were already part of the store.

There are still many stalls on the street of the vegetable market, selling chickens and ducks, and there are also shops hanging cows, sheep and pig heads, shouting and selling.

Cattle and sheep were driven on the road, and from time to time donkeys and horses stopped on the side of the road, forcing the beggars in the corners to retreat. It didn't take long for lumps of black and stinking feces to fall. The beggars cursed angrily, spat a few times, and sat down again, only a little further away from the droppings, and then continued to froze, apparently accustomed to all this.

Unlike the classical aesthetic world that most people imagine, with the exception of a few regions, most of the time in antiquity was always associated with filth. Of course, with the premise of the afterlife.

Specifically, it is premised on the concept of health standards in later generations.

Waste and garbage are polluting the city, and underground ditches dug along the streets are being covered up or clogged up by buildings everywhere.

"Over the years, the road on the street of the vegetable market has been getting better and better...... "The old man with a rickety figure sighed softly, with a look of remembrance and sadness: "Over there, it is Mrs. Qiu's home." Here, it's Widow Liu who makes osmanthus cakes. The third one under the locust tree on the right is the old Qin family, who opened the tofu workshop...... Now, they are all hung with white flags. ”

Xi Jinwen, who was urgently transferred from the Taiji Factory, followed behind a burly man and listened carefully to the card armor in front of him to introduce the situation.

Pai Jia's surname is Cai, and no one knows the name. Although standing up is a similar position to the director of the neighborhood committee in later generations, looking at the old man's situation, he knows that this is obviously not a good errand.

Behind them, there were several chief armors of the patrol shop and soldiers from the Terracotta Division, but there were not many policemen in black skins. It is said that they were all transferred to Chongnanfang, where the situation was even more serious. As the main force are a few emaciated and weak fire armor and soldiers and horses.

The imperial capital is the first good area, and public security is naturally valued by the imperial court. In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were soldiers and horses led by archers and swordsmen. After the Xuande period, it was obviously inconvenient for the regular army to continue to use it to maintain law and order. So patrol shops were set up in the various cities as conscripts. There are brand armor and fire armor in the patrol police shop, which is responsible for public security and water and fire disaster prevention.

Since it is a conscription, the duty and the good or bad can be imagined. Although the imperial court clearly said that the patrol police shop should choose people with surplus wealth and enthusiasm, they can work for the court full-time, suppress local law and order, and fight with villains, but they have no salary, and they can't stand it even if they are a normal person.

So those who have a little relationship are shirked in every way, and those who have a little spare money also go to work. As a result, it is difficult to maintain the shop system. Later, during the Jiajing Wanli period, it has even been followed until now, and the imperial court began to revive the armor protection system. Let each household choose its own and exercise local security autonomy.

Although the imperial capital is not the first good capital, where are so many people who have spare money to do this thankless task? In addition, disasters are frequent, disaster victims are crowded, and countless people with different intentions pour into Beijing, and the difficulty of public security is extraordinary.

Even the soldiers and horses who suppressed the law and order, because the brand armor and armor played by the locals were full of green-skinned scoundrels, and the security of the Beijing division could be imagined.

Finally, after the new emperor ascended the throne, everything quietly began to change.

For the old man Cai, the biggest change is that he can finally get the silver from the imperial court. Although it is not much, it is only five buckets of rice in a month, but five buckets of rice is enough for a lonely old man to live.

Therefore, as soon as Old Man Cai heard that someone was coming from the police station, he immediately called out the cards around him to greet him. He had to get his money and food from the police station.

The one who came from the police station was this burly man, that is, the main police officer Xi Jinwen wanted to help this time, Zhao Yingxian, director of the Dongcheng Clarification Sub-police Station.

Zhao Yingxian's left hand was still empty, but his steps were steady and unsmiling, although he was disabled, it made Xi Jinwen behind him feel at ease. This kind of peace of mind was obtained by comparing it with the soldiers and horses and the brand armor that came with him. Compared with these colleagues who have doubts about their combat effectiveness and loyalty, he still believes in Zhao Yingxian, who also belongs to the same yamen. This one, but he has worked as a Tartar in Liaodong.

Zhao Yingxian walked all the way to the inner room of the neighborhood under the guidance of Old Man Cai. There were still some figures on the main road, but as Old Man Cai went deeper, Zhao Yingxian's mood sank suddenly, and even a small soldier sent by the Soldiers and Horses Division was so frightened that he didn't dare to leave.

"Although I have long heard that the epidemic in Guocheng is serious...... But I didn't expect it to be like this......" Zhao Yingxian muttered.

Xi Jinwen was taken aback and said, "Director, why do you say that?" Isn't it quiet right now? ”

The alley was silent, and all the way through, there was only the sound of a group of people walking.

Zhao Yingxian shook his head slowly, his face full of heaviness: "I feel ...... I'm afraid this street is dead......"

After speaking, Zhao Ying first pushed open a door on the side of the street at random, and sure enough, he found that a foul smell came to his nose suddenly. Countless corpses had swollen bellies, red eyes, and pus constantly flowing from their gaping mouths, like hell. (To be continued.) )