"Prince"

"Prince"

After fighting for half a night, the next day when Chao Yong was still sleeping with Wang in his arms, He Yong shouted outside the house.

Chao Yong was about to get dressed, and when he saw that the plump Wang also woke up, he shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

"The crown princess is about to give birth."

Chao Yong heard that it was Hu Sanniang who gave birth, and immediately put on his clothes.

Wang didn't dare to be jealous, and was busy serving Chao Yong to dress.

Chao Yong arrived outside the Ruizhu Hall and called a palace maid with hot water: "How is the crown princess?" ”

"Wen Po said very well, the crown princess has given birth to a little princess again, this time it will be easier."

"Alright, you can get in quickly."

Chao Yong walked outside the hall for half an hour before he heard a loud baby cry from the hall.

The palace maid in the house exclaimed in surprise: "It's a prince." ”

When Chao Yong heard that he had given birth, he couldn't bear it anymore, walked quickly into the Ruizhu Palace, and went straight to the bedroom.

When the palace maids saw the prince coming in, they retreated to both sides.

Hu Sanniang was looking at the son who was hugged by the palace maid, and when she saw Chao Yong coming in, she said happily: "It's the prince." ”

Although Hu Sanniang knew that her position would not be shaken, and Chao Yong also promised that the future throne would be her son's, but seeing that there were eight more princes in the palace, she was still anxious.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Hu Sanniang saw full of love in Chao Yong's eyes, and the pain in her body was much lighter.

The two talked for a while, and Hu Sanniang suddenly said: "Prince, do you want to give Feng'er pox?" ”

Chao Yong was stunned for a moment and said, "What kind of pox?" ”

"When you get pox, you don't get acne."

Chao Yong wondered: "Acne? ”

"People with acne will have sores on their faces and bodies, and in severe cases, they will die, and even if they are cured, they will be left with pockmarks on their faces. I heard that some time ago. There were many people in Fangzhou who were infected with acne, and the imperial court could only block Fangzhou to prevent the spread of acne. ”

Chao Yong thought for a while, and suddenly said, "You're talking about smallpox." ”

Smallpox had been extinct in later generations, so Chao Yong didn't remember what the pox was, but he did learn how to treat smallpox. I also know that before the cowpox that was commonly used later, China invented human pox to prevent smallpox, and then spread it abroad, which led to the invention of cowpox.

Hu Sanniang was puzzled: "I haven't heard of the name of smallpox." ”

"So how do you get pox?"

"Take the scab from the child and grind it finely. Then let people come into contact, and after the pox is successfully planted, it will have a fever for a few days, and it will not be infected with acne in the future. If you fail, you can get acne directly. ”

Hu Sanniang carefully inquired about the imperial doctor. When it comes to the result of failure, there is also some fear.

Chao Yong had basically determined that the pox was smallpox, and said, "You didn't vaccinate Feng'er before, so the success rate should not be high, right?" ”

"Well, during the time of Song Zhenzong, there was a miracle doctor in Mount Emei who once inoculated Wang Su, the son of the then prime minister Wang Dan, with human pox to prevent pox. The imperial physician in the palace also learned to vaccinate against human pox. It's just that later vaccinations made people directly infected with pox, so the emperors of the Song Dynasty rarely vaccinated. Some time ago, there were acne sores in Dengzhou, and the Imperial Medical Bureau sent someone to inquire. I was afraid of failed vaccination. I didn't dare to let the imperial doctor vaccinate the people in the palace. ”

Chao Yong naturally knew that the people in the Imperial Medical Bureau were just routine, and most of the people who asked about the palace would still refuse, but if they didn't ask, once someone in the palace was infected. At that time, the Imperial Medical Bureau did not mention the matter of pox, and it was inevitable to investigate the guilt.

Chao Yong smiled: "Then why do you want Feng'er to get pox now?" ”

Hu Sanniang glanced at the newborn child. said: "If Feng'er doesn't grow pox, she can't touch her younger brother according to the rules of the palace." They have been separated since childhood, and I am afraid that they will not be close when they grow up. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "What you said is true, but human pox is still too dangerous, and cowpox is used to treat acne." I'm going to send someone to look for cowpox, and when we go back, we'll all be vaccinated with cowpox, and we won't get pox in the future. ”

Hu Sanniang heard that there was a solution, and she was also relieved.

Chao Yong chatted with Hu Sanniang for a while, then let Hu Sanniang rest, and then sent someone to ask for a divine doctor, An Daoquan.

An Daoquan followed the army for thousands of miles to prevent and control the plague of the army, and this time he also received many rewards for meritorious deeds, which was the time when the spring breeze was proud.

Chao Yong saw An Daoquan in Yanfu Palace, greeted him slightly, and said, "How are the acne sores over there in Dengzhou?" ”

An Daoquan was in charge of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and he was naturally no stranger to the situation in Fangzhou, and said: "The local officials dealt with it in a timely manner, and the imperial court transferred 20,000 recruits overnight to blockade Dengzhou, so that the acne did not spread. No acne patients have been found in several nearby state capitals, and lockdowns have been lifted. However, the epidemic in Dengzhou is very serious, and there is no cure for acne, so the city can only be isolated according to the neighborhood to prevent mutual infection. More than 20,000 people have died in the city, and many more are getting sick. I don't know how long the acne will be going to be this time. The Imperial Medical Bureau has sent people to vaccinate people in the city, but pox is easy to fail, and I am afraid that many people in the city will refuse to be vaccinated. ”

Speaking of this, An Daoquan couldn't help sighing, although he was known as a miracle doctor, he couldn't do anything in the face of acne.

Since the discovery of acne in the Eastern Han Dynasty, famous doctors have done a lot of research, but they have not been able to cure acne. After the Tang Dynasty, the number of acne plagues began to increase, and all people could do was to seal off the affected areas and let the people in the epidemic areas fend for themselves. At that time, Wang Dan asked the doctor of Mount Emei to vaccinate his son with human pox, because the capital was ravaged by acne at that time, and the prime minister, as the head of a hundred officials, could only lead by example and take the lead in vaccinating his family with human pox. However, after inoculating a few people, there began to be cases of failure, and the vaccinated people directly contracted acne. Although it was later proven that successful people did not get acne, no one in the capital dared to take the risk of vaccination.

Chao Yong doesn't have to think about it, he also knows how desperate the people in Dengzhou are, there is no cure for acne, and the sick can only wait for death, but those who are not sick can only be locked in the city because of the incubation period of acne, waiting for the epidemic to end, and they have to be frightened every day. Perhaps the sergeants were afraid of getting sick and did not dare to deliver food. After a long time, I am afraid that not only will they die of illness, but also many people will starve to death.

"Acne can be prevented by planting cowpox, I will ask the imperial court to look for cowpox cattle in various places, and then you will send the imperial doctor to plant pox for the people of Dengzhou first, so that people who are not sick in the city do not have to worry about cowpox."

An Daoquan was puzzled: "Cowpox? ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Cowpox and pox are very similar, but the toxicity is much weaker. Vaccinia vaccination is unlikely to cause death, once the vaccination is successful. You can be immune to acne. ”

An Daoquan was a little suspicious, cows are much stronger than people, and if the same disease is the same, cowpox should be more toxic than human pox. However, he also knew that the crown prince was descended from the gods, and he would not be mistaken.

"Okay, as long as I find cowpox, I will take the imperial doctor to inoculate cowpox first, and then go to Dengzhou to treat the people."

Chao Yong smiled: "After finding the cowpox, you will vaccinate me in Xuandemen first." I will prove to the people that cowpox is harmless. ”

An Daoquan hurriedly said: "The prince is the world, how can he take risks lightly." I am a healer, and if I can find a way to prevent acne, I will be willing to die. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Cowpox is not dangerous, and cowpox is proposed by me." I should have been the first to get vaccinated. I'm vaccinated, and I can get people to receive cowpox right away. ”

An Daoquan also knew that no one could compare to the influence of the prince, and nodded: "What the prince said is that there are many cows in the palace, and we can look for cowpox in the palace, and after the prince is vaccinated, it will be promoted in the world." Without the help of the imperial court, the people will take the initiative to look for cowpox. ”

"Okay, then you can take someone to look among the cows raised in the palace to see if there are any cowpox."

Chao Yong asked An Daoquan to go down, and then he came to the palace with his own soldiers.

Chao Gai saw Chao Yong enter the palace. Smiled: "Didn't you get three days off?" The military situation in the north is not so urgent. ”

In the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Jin State captured the Zhongjing of the Liao State, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was chased by the Jin soldiers and fled everywhere. In March, Prime Minister Li Chuwen, Dutong Xiao Gan and others supported Nanjing to stay in Yelu Chun as Emperor Tianxi, and demoted Yelu Yanxi to the king of Xiangyin. In April, the southwest of the Liao Kingdom solicited the Jelu Buddha to reduce the gold. The Jin people took the opportunity to conquer Xijing.

Now the Liao State can be said to be divided into two, and Yelu Yanxi fled in Shangjing Road. Yeluchun was proclaimed emperor in Nanjing, and Xijing, Zhongjing, and Tokyo were captured by the Jin State.

Chao Yong led the troops only after receiving the news that the Jin State had used troops against the Liao State.

"I'm not here for the northern military situation, I heard about acne today, and the Nine Heavens Xuan Niang gave me a way to vaccinate cowpox to prevent acne. I want to publicly vaccinate acne in front of Xuande Gate, as a demonstration for the world, so that the people can be vaccinated with cowpox, so that my Liang will no longer have acne. ”

"Good"

When Chao Gai heard that there was a way to prevent acne, he couldn't help but stand up and said happily: "This acne is going to rage every few years, and every time the imperial court can only block the epidemic area, there is no way." No one dares to inoculate the pox studied by the imperial doctor, and with this cowpox prevention, the pox can be prevented from wreaking havoc.

Without acne, it won't take many years for the population of my Daliang to surpass that of the Song Dynasty. ”

This is undoubtedly Chao Yong's favorite thing to hear, and said with a smile: "There is no shortage of land in Daliang, there are still thousands of miles of land in the Kingdom of Annan, and the sixteen states of Yanyun will definitely be recovered in the future, and my Daliang is still vast and sparsely populated." The father can encourage the people to have children, and if they have more children, the court can reward land, money, and goods. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "Well, the imperial court does not collect agricultural taxes, exempted from forced labor, and the people should have surplus food in their homes, as long as the imperial court rewards them a little, they will have more children." ”

Chao Yong said: "No agricultural tax is collected, and the people do not collect more than three or five stones, once the harvest is harvested, the price of grain is bound to decrease." The people's income may not be able to increase, and the imperial court must prepare early. ”

Chao Gai smiled: "This doesn't matter, after a bumper harvest, the imperial court can buy a large amount of grain to stabilize the price of grain." The liquor shop you got is a big grain eater, and Haohan wine is very popular in Liao and Jin, but last year, the grain harvest in various roads was poor, and the household department could only limit the output of the liquor shop. Now the liquor workshop produces 200,000 catties of spirits per month, with an income of 100,000 yuan, except for the tens of thousands of catties sold in China, the rest are sold to Liao and Jin by sea. The Jin State seized many state capitals of the Liao State, and the wealth of the Liao State also fell into the hands of the Jin people. I heard from the people who sold spirits in the household department that the Jin people were originally addicted to alcohol, and after tasting the good man's wine, they spent even more money. Even if you produce one million catties per month, you can sell it all in Jindi. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then we will sell all the good Han wine to the Jin country, the Liao country is already in decline, and we will use the good Han wine to draw their blood, I'm afraid they won't be able to support it for long." The Jin country is all wild people who come out of the mountains and forests, once it borders us, even if we don't go to the sixteen states of Yanyun, those wild people will definitely be greedy when they see the prosperity of the Central Plains, and sooner or later they will inevitably fight. The sale of Haohan liquor in large quantities can not only weaken the strength of the Jin State. It can also make up for the treasury of our dynasty. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "After the Jin State captured the Xijing of the Liao State last month, I discussed with Wu Yong and them, the household department will sell more Haohan wine to the Jin Kingdom, but it is not easy to do too obviously, the Liao Kingdom will still sell some here." ”

"The Xijing Road of the Liao State is the land of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and when the Jin State captured Xijing, didn't it inform my Daliang?"

"No, last year the Jin envoy came to Tokyo, and the imperial court rejected the Jin envoy's alliance between the two countries to jointly attack the Liao State. The Kingdom of Jin did not send any more envoys. After the Jin State occupied Xijing, many people asked to send troops north to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun. You led the army to sweep the world, and now the subjects think that I am invincible in the world. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Hedong and Hebei have all replaced our new soldiers, and the elites of each department can be mobilized at any time, and the military department can start a war with the Jin State at any time." It's just that the grain and grass of the household can still keep up? ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "Now the granaries of the imperial court have bottomed out. is unable to support the war, and the sixteen states of Yanyun also had a drought last year, and this year's war is afraid that it will be abandoned again, even if it is reluctant to send troops and recapture one or two state capitals, it can only stop and help the people. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "If there is no food and grass, it will be impossible to send troops, but the imperial court may be able to start with the Daohan people in Nanjing." The Jin State captured Xijing. You can attack Nanjing Road from the west and north, and Nanjing Road will inevitably be panicked. My Liang dominates the Central Plains, and the Northland Han'er will inevitably want to surrender to my Liang. What's more, the Jin country is still a group of barbarians, between my Jin country and the Great Liang. It should be a good choice. ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, if you insist on disarming all the soldiers and horses in the newly returned land, those generals who lead the troops may not be willing to give up the military power in their hands and belong to my Daliang." ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "Since the national policy has been set. Then it can't be changed. Although when I swept away the Yue Li Dynasty, I also called in the barbarian army. But nothing more than expediency. In order to ensure a stable rule, I must have a strong Han army. After a while, I want to let Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian, and Jiangxi soldiers and horses take turns to enter the Kingdom of Annam, sweep away the remnants of the Yue Li Dynasty, and at the same time let them adapt to the climate in the south, so as to ensure that our soldiers and horses can fight in the south and the north. I don't know what my father wants? ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "You can call the shots about the affairs of the military department." By the way, let's talk about cowpox, what is cowpox? Where can I get it? ”

"Cowpox can also be said to be pox, but it is the cow that is sick. The toxicity of cowpox will be much smaller, as long as cowpox is planted on people, after we have a fever, we will develop immunity, and we no longer need to be afraid of acne. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "It sounds the same as human pox, but there shouldn't be many cows infected with cowpox, right?" If you only have a small amount of cowpox, you won't be able to get everyone to get pox. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "We can artificially make the cows infected with cowpox, and we can extract a large amount of cowpox." ”

Chao Gai also immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Yes, in this way, it would be good for us to raise a batch of cattle and specialize in extracting cowpox." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Well, the imperial court can set up epidemic prevention bureaus in various places to specialize in planting pox for the people, and at the same time monitor various epidemic situations." Once an epidemic is discovered, the imperial doctor can be sent to prevent and treat it. ”

"Okay, that's a good idea, when you plant cowpox in Xuandemen, I'll let people set up an epidemic prevention bureau. However, there are only 300 medical students and 40 students, and it may take some time to set up epidemic prevention bureaus in all state capitals. ”

After Chao Yong began to write mathematics and physics, he also made an acquaintance with the colleges of the Song Dynasty, Guozijian can be said to be the department in charge of all education, Guozijian has jurisdiction over the four colleges of Taixue, martial arts, law, and medicine.

Taixue is a place to train civil officials, martial arts is a place to train military generals, law is to train judges, and medicine is naturally a school to train doctors.

"You don't need a doctor to plant pox, you just need to cut a small wound on your arm and plant cowpox, but you still need a doctor to monitor other epidemics. Nowadays, there are too few students enrolled in medicine, and the common people can do without officials, but they cannot do without doctors. There is also the study of law, the law of our dynasty also inherited the system of the Song Dynasty, only recruiting officials and raising people to enroll, it can be said that it is to let the literati learn the law before becoming officials, but there are many laws and regulations, with the development of society, the laws will only increase, and officials will not be able to remember all the laws in a short time. Therefore, Erchen suggested expanding the enrollment of medicine and law, and at the same time opening a special subject to select scholars from law, so that they could go to the local area to judge cases full-time. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Since you like education, I will also hand over the Guozijian to you, you can do these things, as long as you can cultivate useful talents for the imperial court." After the world is unified, the military affairs will gradually decrease, and you will always have to deal with some things for your father. ”

Chao Yong also felt that education was the foundation of a strong country, and nodded: "Okay, the child must share his father's worries." ”

"By the way, and your noble academy. After the news of Jiangnan paying money to confer knighthoods spread, the squires from all over the country asked the imperial court to allow them to pay money to confer knighthoods. In the past, all dynasties had more or less paid money and grain to confer knighthoods, but the people had never been so enthusiastic. After discussing with the other five Shangshu, I asked all walks of life to pay money and grain to confer knighthoods. Now there are nearly a thousand barons from all walks of life, and ninety percent of them are weak champions, and they are all coming for you, the noble college, and they are all waiting for you to start school. The imperial court has already collected the money and grain, so don't delay too long on your side. ”

"Well, after dealing with the cowpox matter, I will start to open the Noble Academy."

Chao Yong didn't think that there were too many people, how could it be called an academy without a few thousand people.