Chapter 011, Cowpox? Human pox?!
Concubine Shu said in a low voice: "Isn't this Prince Xiang's death day approaching, and the noble concubine wants to ask the lamas in the palace to do a ritual...... So I went to the palace to ask the queen mother. β
Concubine Shu showed a frightened look on her little face, "I heard the Queen Mother say that there was something strange in Prince Xiang's mausoleum, I am afraid that it is uneasy under Jiuquan, and I need to do a good job." β
Saying that, Concubine Shu couldn't help but shudder, "Amitabha! β
Lin Xianyu smiled: "Concubine Shu Niangniang don't have to be afraid, you have no grievances with Prince Xiang, even if she asks for her life, she will not come to you." β
Hearing this, Concubine Shu nodded her little head, and her little face regained a little blood, "That's right." β
Then, as Lin Xianyu expected, the palace began to be haunted!
First, the eunuch on patrol heard a strange sound in the imperial garden, and then the eunuch who kept vigil in the Chengqian Palace saw a vague ghost.
In the end, Lin Xianyu heard that Emperor Dong E's concubine was frightened and saw red.
When Shunzhi learned of this, he called the lama to do a water and land dojo in the palace for 7749 days, and the haunting in the palace gradually dissipated.
This Imperial Concubine Dong E is also quite resistant, lying in Chengqian Palace and raising a fetus for a month, coupled with the top doctors of the Tai Hospital to protect the fetus, in the end there was no miscarriage.
Lin Xianyu acted as a melon-eating crowd in this matter, but he was relished.
However, the letter sent to the palace by his Amabadu surprised her.
Cowpox...... I can't find this kind of thing!!
Lin Xianyu felt incomprehensible, now that smallpox was raging in the south, how could he not find cowpox?
Could it be ...... Is the system not allowed to exploit loopholes?
It's terrible.
Lin Xianyu had a headache, Emperor Dong E's concubine was to her, but so, although the queen mother had powerful means, as long as she was not an enemy. It was thought that smallpox could be avoided as long as cowpox was found.
Outcome......
"What if I don't have cowpox?" ββAccording to the historical trajectory, smallpox will definitely wreak havoc in the capital in two years, and even spread to the palace! Even Shunzhi, who is the emperor, was infected and hung directly on it!
With her six-point physical strength, she is only relatively healthy, far from being strong! She didn't have the confidence to survive smallpox on the basis of her physical qualities! She doesn't have Kangxi's ungodly luck!
What to do?
What to do?!
Lin Xianyu's mind was racing, and he began to recall the Qing Dynasty's response strategy for smallpox...... Since there is no way to take the shortcut to cowpox, then ......
Human pox?
It seems that after Kangxi ascended the throne, in order to deal with smallpox, and in order to prevent the Qing Dynasty emperor from hanging on smallpox again, Kangxi seems to have gathered the wisdom of countless famous folk doctors, and finally came up with a more mature pox inoculation method.
It appears to be inoculated with scabs from people who have survived smallpox.
This method, I also know that there is a lot of risk.
However, the smallpox virus will spread in a few years, and Lin Xianyu does not think that he can get away with it.
Therefore, she seems to have only one choice.
sighed, even if there was this option, but as the emperor's concubine, if she wanted to be inoculated with human pox, she had to nod the queen mother.
Thinking of this, Lin Xianyu asked his Ama to secretly collect some information about inoculating human pox.
In fact, the human pox inoculation method has been around for a long time, and there are four types: the pox coating method, the pox pulp method, the dry seedling method, and the water seedling method.
First of all, the pox clothing method is to go to the underwear of smallpox patients to put on for people who have not had acne - is there a difference between it and looking for death? Pass it!
The second is the pox pulp method, in which fresh pox pulp from children with smallpox is taken and dipped in cotton and stuffed into the nostrils of the inoculated subjects to cause acne...... Well, it doesn't feel very reliable.
Again, it is the dry seedling method, taking the smallpox scab and grinding it very finely, placing one end of the root canal of the curved neck, and blowing it into the nostrils - and the pox scab taken is all shed from the person who survived smallpox. Well...... This feeling also has a bit of that meaning, people who have survived smallpox, the virus should have weakened a lot. However, when the acne scab is blown into the nostrils, it will cause a sneeze and spray the powder, which may cause the vaccination to fail. - This is not a big problem, it is a big deal to get vaccinated a few times.
Finally, there is the water seedling method, which is similar to the dry seedling method, which is to take the pox scab of a person who has survived smallpox, grind it into powder, and then mix it with human milk, wrap it in cotton, and stuff it into the nostrils.
It is said that the probability of surviving the vaccination with the last two methods is 90% high. And this is all for children, and if you are an adult, the survival rate should be higher.
Of course, the so-called survival rate is what she said in her Amma letter! In Lin Xianyu's opinion, the mortality rate is still very high! At least much higher than COVID.
"Alas......" Lin Xianyu sighed, but the mortality rate was lower than smallpox, right?
"Wait, the best way to do it is to put it in the nostrils ......" Not to mention that it is quite unhygienic, and in this way, the weakened smallpox virus will directly enter the respiratory tract!
She remembers that smallpox vaccinations were given on the arm in later generations, mainly because the blood vessels in the arm were farther away from the heart, so that the virus could travel far to the internal organs, so that the immune system had more time to react.
"Then let's try it." So Lin Xianyu spent a few days sorting out the information of the water seedling method and the dry seedling method a little, and then went to find the Xiaozhuang boss.
Although Xiaozhuang is a woman, in terms of political vision, she is definitely far better than the vast majority of men.
Although smallpox is now only raging in the south, how can Xiaozhuang not see its harm?
For example, if the country has just been pacified, it is the time to recuperate and reproduce the population, and smallpox is raging across the border, and the population has been killed and injured countless times. Smallpox is definitely the enemy of a country.
Therefore, after seeing Lin Xianyu drafting this document, the Queen Mother's face became solemn.
The Queen Mother took a deep look at Concubine Dong Eshu who was standing aside, "The emperor is already in power, and the emperor should be in charge of this matter." β
Lin Xianyu felt that Shunzhi's brain was lacking, and recently Shunzhi's mind was resting on the stomach of Emperor Dong E's concubine, so he came to find the queen mother, Lin Xianyu bent his knees and said: "But the concubine is a harem concubine, so she should listen to the queen mother." β
Hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled slightly, and then looked solemn again, "Although the mourning family is a woman and child, they also know the harm of smallpox. What you said about the method of human pox, there is some truth in it. Merely...... Not to mention that there are still risks, once vaccinated, I am afraid that I will inevitably have acne scars on my body, and if I am unlucky, this face will be ruined. β
Lin Xianyu said indifferently: "The concubine has a mediocre complexion, even if her face is not ruined, it is hopeless to be favored if she asks herself." Although her appearance is now two points higher than before, she can indeed be regarded as a little beauty, but in a place like the harem, where there are clouds of beauties, she is medium-sized.
Of course, this doesn't mean that she is indifferent to disfigurement, it's really smallpox as fierce as a tiger, and she has to balance the lesser of two evils!
Lin Xianyu sighed and said sadly: "The concubine heard that smallpox is now spreading to the north, and if it spreads to the capital, it will definitely cause a catastrophe. It is possible for a healthy adult to survive smallpox, but once a young child is infected, there is a chance that he will not survive. β
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's face really became even more solemn. If the Queen Mother is most concerned about now, in addition to her brain-dead son, she is the only two grandsons who are still fruitful, the second elder brother Fuquan and the third elder brother Xuanye - these two grandsons are young children!
Lin Xianyu knew that the Queen Mother had been tempted, so he continued: "That's why the concubine wants to vaccinate against human pox, and if it is successful, it can be promoted." β
The Queen Mother nodded: "You can have this heart, the mourning family is very pleased." It's just that you don't have to try it yourself, you can try it with death row inmates first. β
The Queen Mother's words are reasonable, but ...... The timing of smallpox ravaging the capital is still unknownβat least before Shunzhi contracted smallpox, Kangxi contracted it.
Therefore, Lin Xianyu couldn't afford to delay, so he bent his knees and said: "Don't hide it from the Queen Mother, the concubines are also selfish." And the concubines also believed in Amma. β
In the face of a smart boss like Xiaozhuang, there are some things that don't have to be said too clearly.
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, and immediately understood what Concubine Dong Eshu meant. If you take the initiative to vaccinate against human pox, if you succeed, it is a meritorious achievement. With the emperor's dislike for Concubine Dong E, I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to be promoted in this life. Therefore, Concubine Dong Eshu is in danger.
It's okay like this, Dong E's family is well-educated, one is loyal and righteous, and it can contrast with how unbearable the other is.
Lin Xianyu hurriedly saluted, "Ask the Queen Mother to be fulfilled!" β
The Queen Mother bowed her head with satisfaction, "Dong E's family is well-educated." But you are the emperor's concubine, and you need to ask the emperor what he means about this. β
Lin Xianyu's heart fell back into his stomach, "The emperor is now thinking about Chengqian Palace, so naturally he will not disobey the queen mother's will for this little thing." β
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyes suddenly had a haze, and her voice was a little cold: "Your clan sister is a little blessed, and now the fetal image is stable." β
Lin Xianyu knew that the Queen Mother hated Emperor Dong E's concubine, and she didn't even want to see her own grandson in her womb, but there were some words that couldn't be broken, so he said: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, concubine." β
The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows, this noble concubine is useless......
"Well, you can step aside."
"Yes, the concubine retired."