Chapter 440: Spirit Magpie (II)
In Qinyi, and even in the entire Central Plains, the third day after the winter solstice is a big day, because today is the day of the Lap Festival.
According to the tradition of the Zhou people, they should hunt every lunar month, and sacrifice the ancestors with the hunted birds and beasts, so as to seek a bumper harvest in the coming year, safe and auspicious.
At this time in previous years, according to Zigong's narration, Zhao Wuxian saw with his own eyes that "the people of a country are crazy" when the people of Lu were sacrificing, just as the poem said: "Friends enjoy wine, kill lambs every day, enter the public court, call them squirting, and live forever", which is similar to the atmosphere of the New Year in later generations.
This year, because of the war and the sudden typhoid fever, the preparations for the Qinyi Lap Festival were not comprehensive: because they had to hoard grain, they did not brew much; Because the walls are clear, the people can't go more than ten miles outside the city to cut wood to make a fire. However, things such as using smoke to remove rats and cleaning up garbage were done by the people in order to prevent typhoid fever.
Dr. Qin Yi was so frightened that he ran to the suburbs when typhoid fever was raging, and now that the epidemic has been eliminated, he is embarrassed to run back immediately, so he still complains about his illness. Now the affairs of Yizhong are presided over by Zhao Qing of the Jin State and Zhao Wuxian, the small secretary of the Lu State, on the day of the Lap Festival, they sacrificed the victims of the war and epidemic, and prayed to Haotian that the souls of the dead would return to Artemisia as soon as possible, and not stay in the world.
Seeing Wu Zhu jumping around with a hideous mask in the field, Zhao Wuxian said to Yi Bian Que, who was standing aside and frowning:
"Ordinary people think that the cause of the disease is caused by ghosts and gods, and it will not be corrected for a while, and it is impossible for them to accept the theory of fine Gu causing disease overnight. Nowadays, even we can only worship ghosts and gods and stay away. ”
Although the Chinese view of nature is precocious, the concept of materialism is after all the patent of a few wise men. It's so hard to go viral. As a ruler, even if you don't believe it in your heart. You also have to be in awe to calm people's hearts. What's more, some of the ideas grafted from later generations are too advanced. "There are hundreds of reasons for getting sick, mainly cold and heat disorders and overwork, and worshipping ghosts and gods can only close one door, and it cannot completely prevent the invasion of diseases." Bian Que expressed his understanding, and he shook his head helplessly: "After changing to the little gentleman's statement, it is really easier for the people to accept it." "However, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, these are the things that the Master needs to spread when he travels and walks in the future, and only more and more people will learn to prevent the epidemic. With the confidence to cure the disease, we can save more people, and even save this season, and I hope that the master and all the teachers and brothers will encourage him. "It's nature."
It was almost evening, and in the cold wind, a round of red was sinking in the west, and the sky was shining at sunset.
Although there are many difficulties to face, Bian Que only feels that the road ahead is smooth.
Because today's significance is not only the day of the Lap Festival, but also the day when the organization called "Lingque" was established in Qinyi!
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Later generations. In the winter of the tenth year of the Luhou Song Dynasty, more than 50,000 people from the Qi army and the Zhao-Xilu coalition army of the Jin State fought fiercely on the snowfields on the west bank of Ohno, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Bian Que, the ancestor of the doctor, passed through this place and was shocked by the tragic scene. He immediately decided to put aside his career and devote himself to battlefield ambulance.
Subsequently, Bian Que also treated the epidemic Xilu and curbed typhoid fever to cause more casualties. After this incident, he wrote the book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" in Qinyi. Spread the methods of epidemic prevention and treatment.
At the end of the book, he put forward two important suggestions: First, "Yi Bian Que" and his disciples will summon doctors from all over the world who can save lives and help the wounded, and travel together in various countries. Spread the art of epidemic prevention and treat the war wounded and the people suffering from the epidemic in various towns. The second is to ask the leader of Zhuxia's alliance, Jin Guo, and even Zhou Tianzi to pay attention to it, resume the duty of "sympathizing with disasters and dangers, and preparing for the rescue", and then issue a policy to Bian Que and his disciples to ensure their neutral status.
His suggestion was appreciated and supported by Zhao Ying, the vice secretary of the Jin state, and Zhao Wuxian, the small secretary of the Lu state, and it was decided to provide labor, medicine, wagons, and unconditional protection in Jin and Lu.
Therefore, on the day of the ceremony, led by Yi Bian Que and several of his disciples, several doctors of the Zhao family joined in, announcing the establishment of a cross-border medical organization called "Lingque".
The "Lingque" is still taken from the meaning of the Lingque, and Bian Que hopes that this organization can become a good remedy for Ji Shi. And "Bian Que" has also become the name of the leaders of the past dynasties.
"Lingque" relied on the funding of the doctors to maintain expenses, and called on scholars and foreign food doctors, disease doctors, ulcer doctors and even veterinarians to join. At the same time, he swore to Shennong that after joining the "Lingque", he would not belong to any state and would not intervene in any disputes.
Its slogan is "Sympathize with the disaster and prepare for the rescue", and it is engaged in the "humanitarian rescue" proposed by Zhao Wuxian.
Zheng Zichan once said: Heaven is far away, humanity is good! Lingque puts saving people first, so it is called humanitarian rescue. “
Zhao Wuxian's eloquent talk confused Bian Que's disciples, and they all felt that this word had a deep meaning and was very in line with their careers.
In fact, the so-called Lingque is also an initiative of Zhao Wuxian to learn from the Red Cross Society in later generations, after all, when a neighboring country suffers from an epidemic and famine, it is a fine tradition of Zhuxia Bangguo to extend a helping hand to it.
Zhao Wuxian felt that if this tradition could be carried forward, and there would be an additional non-governmental cross-international medical aid organization in places beyond the government's control, perhaps reducing many civilian casualties and famine epidemics during wartime.
There were many princes in the pre-Qin period, and doctors traveled to various countries to meet this condition. Didn't the Mojia Army, which shouted the slogan of "stop the war, not attack, and love" in later generations, come into being in such a background of the times? This is what the outstanding politicians in the Spring and Autumn Period advocated when they fought against the army, so after being transformed by Zhao Wuxian, it does not look abrupt.
Bian Que and his disciples have the benevolence of a healer and have the potential to do so, and they have full confidence in them. And the loose Yibian Que faction has also begun to condense and stereotype, Lingque may also be the beginning of the doctor's family.
Later generations of physicians were not prominent, only Bian Que and Canggong were listed in the "Liebiography", and the medical book was not regarded as one of the books of the people, but was placed together with planting trees, divination, and farming. But in this plane, how can the family of Zhao Wuxian's unmarried wife not be ranked among the hundred? I didn't think about which one to exalt alone, but whatever is beneficial to civilization. If you can support, you will support.
Now in addition to the "Su Wen", "Lingshu" and other dynasties of Bian Que Tuogu Yellow Emperor said, in addition to the bamboo books that have been copied and copied. The "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", which was simple and easy to understand and could be taught to the general public, became his founding work. Confucianism, which has not yet been fully formed, has fallen behind!
When everything is ready, Zhao Wuxian will lead the troops and the newly established "Lingque" to Suju City, a hundred miles to the east, to carry out armed relief against the epidemic.
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On the third day after the establishment of Lingque was proclaimed, the people provided by Zhao Ying loaded the remaining medicine into the cart and began to walk slowly to the outside of the city.
When the people of Qinyi learned that they were walking among them these days, they looked forward to hearing and asking about it, and the old and sick doctors who had been extending the medicine were leaving, so they came out one after another to see them off. One by one, they held the food that was easy to save. Slurry water, fried corn, and those who have a heart even found pasta, and wanted to stuff it into Bian Que's disciples, and the ox cart was full after a while, and the scene was even more lively than the day of the Lap Festival. "Tao Li doesn't say anything, it's a strange thing, it's a person like Yi Bian Que."
Zhao Ying, Zhao Wuxian, father and son looked at the old Bian Que who was standing on the ox cart and saluting the people around him, and he seemed to be accustomed to such scenes. Just with a light smile on the cloud.
In addition to wanting to shed less blood and die less in this era, so that doctors can improve their medical skills in the process of battlefield treatment and accelerate the development of medicine. Zhao Wuxian is naturally selfish.
Bian Que was already very popular among the princes, and the doctors at the top regarded him as a miracle doctor, and the people at the bottom thought that he was a messenger sent by the Emperor of Heaven to save the suffering. It is said that in places such as Huaihan Caiguo, there are even obscene shrines dedicated to his gods.
This influence will be multiplied after the establishment of the "Spirit Magpie". Although the "Spirit Magpie" considered himself neutral, he was walking around the world. As the biggest economic and human supporter behind it, Zhao's reputation will also spread to the people at the bottom of the world. There is little effect in the short term, but there are many benefits in the long run.
The Zhao family will unconsciously get one after another people's hearts.
This may be the mentality of the wealthy and wealthy businessmen of various large enterprises in later generations to fund humanitarian causes.
Zhao Ying had already approved Zhao Wuxian's plan, and he ordered: "The people who are suffering from the cold in Sujuyi are afraid that they are looking forward to the good luck of the spirit magpie like a long drought and a rainy day, and you can't wait, let the whole division start immediately!" ”
According to the plan, Zhao Wuxian's 2,000 soldiers will set off first to clear the insecurity along the way, and at the same time force Dr. Xu Ju to open the door for medical treatment.
Watching Zhao Wuxian leave, Bian Que in the crowd also looked up and saw him away, and then said with emotion to Yang, the disciple of the big apprentice beside him: "Zhao Xiaojun threatened to learn from my doctor's heart and cure the world's diseases, although I have strong ambitions, I think this is a matter of decades later." Unexpectedly, only a few days later, he proposed this good way to save people and save the world, this son was like a dancing god of war when he was killing in the battle array, and after the war, he took off his armor, but he became a good doctor who loved the people like a son. This is the little gentleman's healer's heart, although I have medical skills, but I can only save my body, I can't save the world, and it's better to do it! “
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Zhao Wuxian and his army left Qinyi on the same day, and they braved the fine snow and spent a day arriving at Yiyi, and after resting for the night, they set camp and headed east.
Under the guidance provided by the Otto Expressway, after approaching the swampy area created by the northern injection of Onozawa, the already modest Tu Road gradually turned into a trail. They slowly walked along the winding causeway, through the seemingly never-ending mud, but fortunately it was all frozen hard by the cold winter. So it took them a total of two days to cross the causeway, which usually takes five days to cross, and reached the vicinity of Suku-eup.
What should have been a densely populated former capital of a small state is now depressed and lonely.
Just outside an empty and deserted Xiaolilu, Zhao Wuxian met his scout Yu Xi.
"Si Kou, although the Xiaoyi and Lilu around Suju also suffered from typhoid fever, at most one-tenth of the people died, and the rest of the people entered the city today."
"The epidemic is rampant, and the movement of people should be restricted, but this doctor has done the opposite, what the hell is he doing?" Along the way, the corpses were lying on the road, and the tragic images of people fleeing to Yiyi made Zhao Wuxian a little annoyed.
Yu Xi's expression was serious: "Si Kou, it was Doctor Suju who summoned the people to the outskirts of the city to watch. ”
"Watch what?"
"Look at the sacrifices of the living!" (To be continued......)
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