Liu Jun immediately guessed Wu Fu's intentions.

Of course, he hopes that Liu Zongzhou and Ding Wei will go to work, so that only he and Wu Fu will be left among the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, so it will naturally be beneficial to him from the three-person decision-making group to the two-person decision-making group. On the surface, though, it can't be too obvious.

"I support the intention of the first assistant, at this time the court is inseparable from the second assistant, I will go with the first assistant to see Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to make an order to win love."

Although Liu Jun hoped that Liu Zong and Zhou would be worried, he did not show it on his face, but took the initiative to ask the emperor for advice. He did this because of his understanding of Liu Zongzhou. Liu Zongzhou, a generation of great Confucianism, in Confucianism, that is the great master of the founding sect, and it can be said that after Wang Mingyang, it is a rare grandmaster in the Ming Dynasty.

But it is precisely because of this that Liu Zongzhou's identity as a Confucian is more important than that of an official. When he became an official, he also emphasized too much on the moral character of the officials, rather than on the ability of the officials to do things. This kind of person is an official, has a rigid personality, does not know how to be flexible, and has a slight lack of work ability, but he insists on moral integrity.

And Ding Wei Shou Shou system, this matter is a joint exercise, for a Confucian master, he will not accept the love no matter what. They pay the most attention to morality, and even put this in the first place.

Liu Jun followed Wu Fu into the palace to face the saint, reported the matter to the emperor, and asked the emperor to issue an order to win favor and retain Liu Zongzhou. Zhu Cihong followed the advice and immediately made a decree.

Liu Jun and Wu Fu went to Liu's mansion again, but after Liu Zongzhou listened to the will, he refused to accept it as Liu Jun expected.

"Jifu!" Wu Fu was furious, when did this happen, he still held on to these and refused to let go. "Now that it's going to be tough, how can you just walk away when you need you right now? Are you so right about the trust of the first emperor? ”

But no matter how Wu Fu persuaded him, Liu Zongzhou refused to change his mind.

"The matter of the DPRK and China. It will be handed over to the king of the county and Yuanfu, I have already packed my bags, and I will leave Beijing today. ”

Liu Jun also opened his mouth to persuade a few words, but the result was still the same.

On the same day, Liu Zongzhou left Beijing.

Liu Zong left on Monday, and there were only two ministers left in the imperial court. There is also a vacancy in the Cabinet for the position of first assistant to the cabinet. Zhu Cihong didn't care much about this matter, in his heart, Liu Zongzhou was an extremely strict old gentleman, and when he saw him, he often didn't do it like this, he didn't allow it like that, and he was extremely old-fashioned.

Now that the old man is gone, he feels much more relaxed.

"Brother Huang, since Mr. Liu refuses to take advantage of the favor and stays, he insists on returning to his hometown to guard the system. I can only follow him. However, the position of the second assistant of the cabinet cannot be vacated for a long time, so the imperial brother will take over the position of the second assistant. ”

No one refuted this proposal of the emperor. In fact, many people want to refute it, but they can't find a good reason.

Liu Jun was originally the third in the cabinet, Liu Zong left on Monday, it was very reasonable for him to take advantage of the situation, and Liu Jun was still a minister. If he doesn't take over this assistant, who will take over?

In fact, Liu Jun didn't really care about whether he took over as the second assistant. He is a cabinet scholar himself, or a minister of care, what does it matter if he is not a second assistant? The important thing is that the original minister and second assistant Liu Zongzhou left the imperial court.

Even if he doesn't take over this second assistant, someone else takes over as the second assistant, and it will not affect him much. After all, even if the other party is a second assistant, he is not a minister.

But as a secondary assistant. There are still a lot of benefits, and now, he is the second-in-command of the Ming Dynasty.

took over the position of second assistant, Liu Jun still used the original duty room in the cabinet, but the door was replaced with the sign of the second assistant. Liu Jun also went from a scholar of Wenhua Hall to a scholar of Jianji Temple.

Liu Jun carried a copy of the fold and went straight to Wu Fu's duty room next to him.

"Motosuke."

Wu Fu looked up at Liu Jun, and continued to look down at the official document, Liu Zongzhou's departure, he thought that Liu Jun was unwilling to keep him, and Liu Jun deliberately let Liu Zongzhou leave. He was very dissatisfied with this.

"Yuanfu, the epidemic situation in various places is getting more and more serious, I think the imperial court can't continue to hide it, and it has to make it clear to the provincial capitals and counties, tell everyone that the epidemic is coming, let all places be prepared, be careful, and isolate the patients, do a good job of publicity, and impose prevention and treatment"

"Jifu, if this is the case, I am afraid that people everywhere will panic, and this will only cause panic. If it causes unrest among the army and the people, won't the army be in turmoil, and how can they fight against bandits in the Central Plains and rebel at the border gates? ”

"This epidemic is very bad, it can't be stopped, and now it has spread to Zhending Mansion, and it will soon be transmitted to Baoding and Shuntian Jingshi. This epidemic is not more menacing than before. Now it's not about panic, it's about real contagion. There are millions of people in Beijing, once they are infected into Beijing, it will be fatal. If it is transmitted to the border again, how can it be rebelled against thieves? Liu Jun retorted.

"I thought that compared to the plague, Wu Yi was only a second threat."

"I'm afraid I'm just alarmist, this epidemic is so serious?"

Liu Jun handed an official document to Wu Fu, "Yuanfu, please see, this is Jinyiwei's epidemic investigation report, this plague originally started in Shanxi, and it was not terrible at first, but this year, the spread has been very rapid and very ferocious." Several counties have died because of ineffective prevention and control. ”

"Linqing, an important canal town, has a population of hundreds of thousands, and more than 10,000 people have died of the disease in just over a month since the epidemic was discovered, and many families in the city are full of households. If the army hadn't been sent to blockade Linqing and block the canal, I'm afraid that the epidemic would have spread to Beijing long ago. ”

When Wu Fu heard that tens of thousands of people had died in Linqing, his brows furrowed, and he took the official document and read it.

The report reported in detail the plague situation in various places, and there was a detailed number of deaths on it, and the epidemic had spread in Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Zhili, and the total number of deaths in various places exceeded 100,000.

Shocking.

"Why don't I know this?" Wu Fu asked.

"This is also the practice of local officials, reporting good news but not bad news, and always trying to hide it in case of disasters and epidemics. This is Jinyiwei's report, without the slightest exaggeration, it is all the truth. ”

Wu Fu said worriedly, "Is this epidemic really so fierce? ”

"Yes, after research, this plague is also called the plague, and there are many ways of transmission, and there are four main ones. It is transmitted by fleas on rats, and rat flea bites are the main route of transmission. It can also be transmitted by respiratory droplets. Human-to-human transmission is formed through breathing, talking, coughing, etc., through droplets. ”

"The third type is skin infection, which can be transmitted through skin wounds by eating the skin and flesh of diseased rats, rabbits and other rodents, or directly in contact with the pus, blood and phlegm of infected people."

"Eating undercooked infected meat and water can also be contagious."

Wu Fu felt that his scalp was a little numb when he heard this.

"Is that a cure?"

Liu Jun shook his head. "There is no cure for the time being, and the epidemic spreads very quickly, and the onset is very rapid, and it often dies within two or three days after infection."

According to the report of Jin Yiwei, infected people generally have fever, sudden onset of high fever, and a few hours after the onset of the disease, they will have symptoms such as chest pain, cough, sputum, and even bloody sputum, which is the most serious place of infection. Most deaths.

In the early stage of general infection, it is not so rapid, and it is mostly manifested as sudden chills, high fever, headache, fatigue, body aches, occasional nausea, vomiting, irritability, skin bruising, and bleeding.

Many people will have swollen and painful lymph nodes, which will develop rapidly.

"There's no cure yet, but we can prevent it."

"Can it be prevented?"

"Doing a good job of prevention can effectively reduce the spread of the epidemic. First of all, it is necessary to lock down the epidemic areas where the epidemic is violent. No people should be allowed to enter or leave, especially to prevent people from leaving the affected areas. These people may have contracted the disease, and if left unchecked, they could carry it to other areas. ”

"Second, fleas on rats are the spreaders of epidemics, and rats like to hide in dirty places. We're going to do a big cleaning, we're going to clean up the garbage. Exterminate rats, burn the rats that are killed. When cleaning garbage and removing rodents, be sure to wear masks, gloves and clothing. Rat-flea bites should be avoided, and killed rats must be burned in a timely manner. ”

"Third, the food you eat, including water, must be boiled before drinking, you can't drink raw water, you can't eat raw meat, so as not to get infected, wash and bathe frequently, and keep it clean."

"Fourth, it is necessary to reduce the gathering of people and keep the house ventilated."

"Fifth, keep the patients isolated, establish a camp for the isolation of the sick, and once a person with fever, cough, bloody sputum and other symptoms is found, he or she should be immediately sent to the isolation camp for testing and observation. If they are confirmed to be infected, they must be isolated and treated, and they should not be allowed to come into contact with outsiders again to avoid spreading the virus. ”

"The most important one is that everyone should wear masks."

What Liu Jun said is basically some very simple measures to prevent infectious diseases. But for people in this era, many people do not have this concept of prevention.

They don't know how the plague spreads and how to prevent it.

"Early detection, early isolation, early treatment. It is necessary to control the epidemic as much as possible to avoid contagion. ”

"Is that useful?"

"The most terrible thing about the plague is not that it is difficult to treat, but that it spreads rapidly, and we can't find a cure for it now, so we can only strengthen prevention. We must give more publicity and do a good job of hygiene and cleanliness. We must not allow this epidemic to continue to spread, and we must contain it. ”

Liu Jun proposed that a health and epidemic prevention department should be established immediately to be responsible for this work.

"Jingshi has a large population, especially all kinds of dirty messes in the outer city, which is the hotbed of epidemic infection, and from now on, Jingshi will have to clean up."

"Just do it." Wu Fu nodded.

After Liu Jun returned to his room, he summoned his subordinates and asked them to draft an epidemic prevention announcement. Liu Jun attaches great importance to this matter, a great plague can kill millions of people, and can turn many cities into ghost towns.

This is more terrible than war, fighting, Liu Jun is not afraid of anyone. But for this plague, Liu Jun has no cure, so he can only let the people everywhere strengthen prevention.

"Since this plague is so powerful, can we get some rats from the epidemic area and send them to Monan Mongolia and Liaodong Jianyu outside the Guan!"

In the evening, Fu Shan, the chief of the General Staff who was a guest at Liu Jun's house, put forward an idea, which made Liu Jun speechless for a long time. , Fu Shan actually wants to engage in biochemical warfare.

But when you think about it, it seems to be operational. There are also many precedents recorded in ancient times for the use of plagues, and even for man-made plagues to be used for warfare.

It was a dangerous idea, but if it did succeed in spreading this violent plague through the Manchus and Mongols, it would be comparable to a conquest of 100,000 troops.

However, how to bring the source of infection to the enemy territory is quite difficult.

"Try it, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, but what if it happens?" Fu Shan said, "If there is also a large-scale plague outbreak in the territory of Jianlu and Tartar, it will be an unexpected harvest. ”

Liu Jun felt that this kind of rat plague was a bit too inhumane, and once the plague spread, it would be indiscriminate between men and women, young and old. But after a moment of silence, Liu Jun still shook his head, "Forget it." ”

Although the war is always so cruel, Liu Jun still hopes that there is a limit. (To be continued.) )

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