Chapter 476: Smallpox Outbreak Causes Turmoil Jiang Ji calms the people's minds
There was smallpox in the palace, and the whole capital was under martial law, but the emperor stopped for a few days, and the important ministers of the court still had to enter the palace to discuss matters, fortunately, smallpox started from the harem, and it has not yet spread to the front court, but it is enough for these old ministers to be frightened.
Jiang Ji, as the commander of the military camp, could not be lazy, but the emperor was afraid that his sister would be widowed, so he acquiesced to Jiang Ji's closed door.
After a smallpox in the palace, there were a few more cases soon, and the people who had been in contact with the little palace girl before had signs, and the queen would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go, and moved to the palace with a little omen, and encircled these people with omens together, regardless of whether you really had smallpox, locked up with these people, and if you didn't get it, you would get it.
The only exception is the third princess, the rash on her body has spread to the whole body, I heard that even the scalp is dense, and there are signs of purulence, the queen has not seen it, but it sounds creepy, the imperial doctor has been diagnosed with smallpox, after the emperor and queen discussed, the third princess was moved to a royal village outside the palace, which is equivalent to giving up on her, after all, there are so many masters in the palace, and she can't be passed on to others.
Concubine Hui has been taking care of the third princess closely, although she is still healthy, but the palace can't tolerate her, she doesn't want to stay in this cold place, she asked to accompany her daughter out of the palace, hoping that her daughter can bear this experience, if not, she accompanied her daughter to die outside the palace.
The emperor was sad for a moment, and allowed them to leave the palace, but he did not hesitate to take medicine, after all, it was his own daughter, he still hoped that they could come back safely, I heard that if they had smallpox, they would be disfigured if they did not die, but as long as they could leave a life, he could afford to raise a disfigured daughter.
After Concubine Hui's mother and daughter left, the palace was even more martial law, the entire Shadow Hall was empty, the queen asked people to burn the things in the Shadow Hall, the house was also blocked, and the people who had been in contact with the three princesses also followed the three princesses out of the palace.
Those who rushed to the outside of the palace, once they were diagnosed with smallpox, or the signs were obvious, they were directly tied up and burned, and there would be riots under the heavy ceremony, and these people gathered together to seize the door and flee, scratching people in the streets, spilling their blood into the moat, and killing everyone together.
The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division quickly dispatched troops to suppress the riot, except for the Huangzhuang where the three princesses were, the rest of the people were burned clean, those who were scratched by smallpox patients, they had to be locked up to check the situation first, and after half a month the diagnosis was safe to let go, the people in the capital were panicked for a while, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division patrolled the city day by day, and those who found signs of smallpox were taken away first, so they fell into a strange circle, people may just catch a cold and sneeze, but because the court is full of soldiers, the good people and the sick are locked together, The good guys were also infected, and smallpox was rampant.
Smallpox still arose in the capital, originally only started in the palace, and the smallpox patients were sent out in the palace and spread to the people, which led to the rise of smallpox among the people, and the people were resentful. Now they are still arresting people in Beijing, and good people are also arrested, they originally lived and worked in peace and contentment, but suddenly their families were broken and their wives were separated, all of which were harmed by those rulers, and they were unwilling to accept their fate like this, and if they wanted to die, they had to bring those nobles to accompany them to be buried.
There was a riot in Beijing, the soldiers and horses of the five cities couldn't bear it, Jiang Ji, as the commander of the military camp, must lead the troops to quell the chaos, Jing'er wrapped him tightly before letting him out, now it is the middle of summer, the epidemic is more contagious in hot days, Jiang Ji feels that he may have heat stroke before he has smallpox, but now he can't care about the heat, no matter how hot he is, he has to endure it, he still has his parents, wife and children to take care of, if he is infected with smallpox and dies, how can he give up these people.
Although the people's grievances were boiling, they were not able to suppress them with heavy troops, Jiang Ji first and then salute, moved with affection and reason, and told them: "No one wants to see smallpox rampant, I understand that you are reluctant to give up your family, but if smallpox is not strangled in time, will it be passed on to the whole family to die together?" His Majesty's biological daughter, the third princess, also had smallpox, and has been sent out of the palace for isolation, and His Majesty, as a monarch, cannot dominate this matter, and you are the same, your family has smallpox, and you must be sent away, you can be reluctant, but for the safety of other family members, no matter how reluctant you are, you have to endure the pain and break your wrist to stop the loss in time, you are now in turmoil, and it will only bury the life of the family. Lay down their arms and go back to their respective homes, the court does not pursue the matter, everyone lives behind closed doors, and if there are signs of smallpox, do not hide them, and think more about others. ”
Jiang Ji is right, the people still have servility in their bones, the uprising is just a moment of enthusiasm, and they are afraid of death when they calm down, and they are even more afraid that their families will die with them, and the court said that they will not pursue it, so will they go home now? You won't settle accounts after the fall, right?
The people's mood was relaxed, but another voice soon sounded in the crowd, "The third princess still lives in the imperial village when she has smallpox, and there are people who are good to serve her, and even let good people who have not had smallpox serve her, and pass on the good people to smallpox and then burn them, don't you have a bad conscience?" Our family members were not diagnosed with smallpox, but they were arrested and locked up together, just to let them wait for death? Why don't you lock up the three princesses with them? Why does the third princess have such preferential treatment, just because she is the emperor's daughter? ”
The resentment of the people, which had just been slightly quelled, was aroused again, and the prince and the prince Xiang Ning had a kind of thing, although the class concept was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but after being oppressed, there would be a peasant uprising, and now the people of the capital have signs of uprising.
Jiang Ji stared at the person who had just taken the lead in fanning the flames, and did not find him out, and said, "The third princess has been diagnosed with smallpox, if your family is locked up with her, won't your family also spread smallpox?" Wouldn't it be better for your family members to gather in one place, with the imperial doctor on guard, and to take the pulse and prescribe medicine in time, than for them to fend for themselves at home? Your Majesty loves the people like a son, how can he ignore the safety of the people, not to mention the people in the capital, they are all the children of his relatives, now the martial law in the capital is also to prevent the spread of smallpox, the hospital distributes medicines every day, you all go to get them in time and take them on time, so that it is right to protect yourself, how can you think of asking everyone to die together? ”
Jiang Ji is a military general, but not only know how to dance guns and stick rough people, he has been tested in the Wenju year, if you want to talk about the Confucianism is not bad, while suppressing the riots while appeasing the people, the first soldiers and then the salute has a good effect, the people are driven back, he took the soldiers to patrol all over the city, the city gate also restricts entry and exit from the city, some people heard that there was smallpox in the capital and wanted to slip away, the city gate has been martial law, smallpox has spread from the palace to the outside of the palace, can no longer spread from the capital to the outside of Beijing, the bigger the place, the more difficult to prevent, only in the capital is good to do things. It's just that there is a hidden danger in the safety of the capital, and the emperor praised Jiang Ji's method of soothing the hearts of the people, and now it is not suitable for civil strife, the imperial city is on fire, and many people outside must be eyeing the capital, and the military camp must guard the capital well.
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