Chapter 180: The Cause of Shunzhi's Death
As soon as Tu Hai's words were finished, the entire Qianqing Palace was 'buzzing' and noisy, as I said before, the most feared thing by the Manchurians was smallpox, and many people were infected with smallpox since they entered the customs, and then died, but there was no effective treatment for smallpox, so they were very eager for someone to treat smallpox.
Smallpox is extremely contagious, and there are not a few people who have died of smallpox in the past, and even Shunzhi nominally died of smallpox, not to mention these clan ministers! The superior has power, but the fear of death does not have to be less than that of ordinary people, so how can they not be excited when they hear Tuhai say that someone can cure smallpox?
Even the topic of the cause of the death of the first emperor in front of them did not let them let go of this thought. So I can't wait for Tuhai to immediately say who that lama is?
Tu Hai's next words made them break their illusions, Tu Hai ignored the eager eyes of everyone in front of him, and said: "The slave went to check it out on purpose, that lama is just a swaggering person, and even his real identity is not a lama. ”
As soon as Tuhai's words came out, everyone's disappointment could almost permeate the entire palace, and even Kangxi was attracted, after all, although those who had smallpox would not get it again, but who could guarantee that there would be no problems? Therefore, Kangxi also wanted to know this question, but Tuhai's answer also disappointed Kangxi and breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone knows that the reason why Kangxi was able to defeat Fuquan Changning and others and ascend to the throne in one fell swoop, in addition to the support of the Empress Dowager, was also because the power of smallpox was too great.
If someone can cure smallpox, then the aura on his body will be much less, even if Kangxi thinks he is wise, he will inevitably have such thoughts.
Of course, Kangxi thought carefully about this, and everyone didn't notice it, just stared straight at Tu Hai and wanted to know what details from him.
Tu Hai saw that everyone wanted him to explain, so he said: "The slave is a little rough about medical science, so the slave is very disdainful when he hears the rumor that smallpox can be cured.
It's just that at that time, because of the sudden death of the emperor, the slave inevitably had a little hope in his heart, thinking that if he could cure smallpox, it would be a great achievement. ”
Tuhai's mentality is common to everyone, if someone close to him dies because of a certain illness, he will involuntarily pay attention to the same kind of things later, whether he believes it or not.
Of course, Tu Hai didn't tell the truth here, when he heard it, he felt that this matter was boring, and he didn't even think that it was true that this lama could cure smallpox, but in the Qianqing Palace, Tu Hai inevitably had to modify the words.
Then Tuhai said: "It's just that after the slave continued to investigate, he found that there was a lot of problems with this lama, and the slave knew that this lama was from Mongolia, but the slave had always been in contact with Mongolia, and there should be news about such a major event, after all, Mongolia is also afraid of smallpox, even more than the people in the capital!" ”
Tuhai's tone was very affirmative, but everyone didn't think what he said was wrong, and they also knew that the Manchus who had entered the customs still had the imperial doctors who were proficient in medical skills to treat them, and the Mongolians not only believed in immortality, but they also had a tradition of not asking about medicine, just like Su Malagu, since she was born, she was only rewarded with a bowl of medicine by the Empress Dowager after the previous earthquake, so Su Malagu was not willing to drink medicine.
In fact, most of the Mongolian concubines who married into the Qing court have changed this tradition, such as the empress dowager, but many people still abide by it.
This shows how poor the level of medical care in Mongolia will be, after all, you can't expect Mongolia, which never knows how to drink medicine, to have a lot of doctors with excellent medical skills.
Even the most famous Mongolian doctors are famous all over the world, but these Mongolian doctors are veterinarians, and Mongolians do not drink medicine when they are sick, but Mongolian livestock are required to drink medicine, which is the main job of these people who are called Mongolian doctors.
It is conceivable that the Mongolian doctor who heals livestock and begins to treat human beings, that will never be a good thing, most of the people here have fought in war, and they have also seen the scene of Mongolian doctors treating diseases, so they never thought that there would be such a person with very good medical skills in Mongolia.
Tuhai said again: "It's just that the slave found out that this lama had slipped away, and now the slave felt that there was something wrong with him."
The servant carefully investigated the people who had been coaxed by the lama before, and found that where the lama appeared, smallpox often appeared, but often only a few people were recruited, and after the lama came, he quickly cured these people who suffered from smallpox, and then collected a lot of money, and most importantly, these smallpox patients did not seem to be contagious! ”
Kangxi finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Tu Hai, "Tu Hai, what you said is true?" ”
Seeing Kangxi asking, Tu Hai did not panic, and continued to explain: "What the slave said is true, and the slave also ordered someone to take care of the person who was treated by the lama at that time, and the slave has been ordered to monitor it all these years, but when the slave found out about smallpox a few years ago, several families that the slave ordered to monitor were infected with smallpox again, and none of these people who had been treated by the lama were spared." ”
At this time, Prince Gong Chang Ning finally couldn't help but come out and asked, "Tuhai, will smallpox be infected again?" Prince Gong asked Tuhai and glanced at Kangxi a few times, and the meaning was obvious.
Seeing that Chang Ning's intentions were so obvious, Tu Hai instantly labeled Prince Gong as 'undeliverable', obviously this Prince Gong is still ambitious.
It's just that Prince Gong didn't seem to notice that Prince Yu Fuquan suddenly took a step back, and the distance between Prince Gong and Prince Changning widened, and Kangxi, who was sitting on the top, also had angry flames in his eyes.
Tu Hai lit a stick of incense for Prince Gong in his heart, but Tu Hai was still very respectful on his face, and said: "The slave doctor is not very good, I don't know if smallpox will be infected again, but those few people who have been treated by the lama have been diagnosed again by the doctor, saying that these people have not suffered from smallpox at all."
In other words, the lama used a certain means to make these people mistakenly think that they were suffering from smallpox, and then asked these people to hand over a large amount of gold and silver, of course, these people without exception were all rich people, and after they gave them gold and silver, the lama gave them a medicine that they couldn't see to be done, and let them take it, so the lama didn't leave any prescription or anything like that.
It's just that these people who have drunk that medicine say that there is a very strong smell of alcohol in it, and you should know that people who are seriously ill cannot drink alcohol at all, let alone smallpox. ”
Kangxi said with a calm face at this time: "I remember that before Huang Ama died, he couldn't drink alcohol, and Huang Ama wanted to drink at that time, but he was persuaded by the imperial doctor. The imperial grandmother was also present at the time, so I should remember it too! ”
At this time, the Empress Dowager had completely closed her eyes and remained silent, but at this moment, Prince An took the lead and said: "The slave remembers that the slave was serving by the side of the emperor at that time, and the emperor wanted to drink, but the imperial doctor refused, saying that it would affect the efficacy of the medicine, and the empress dowager also dissuaded him. ”
Prince Ann is a credible basis for everyone.
Tu Hai nodded and continued: "The slave searched all over the world for strange prescriptions, and finally found a very strange medicine, this medicine will be like a smallpox patient after eating, and the body will become very weak, but it is very easy to treat, as long as you drink some wine after this, it can be lifted, but this medicine is a little bad, it is very compatible with Yin and Yang San, it can be said to die at sight." ”