Yangzhou City is busy.

Although they have been busy enough since the outbreak of the plague, the doctors are busy, and in order to alleviate and cure the disease, they are so busy that they are described as haggard; Officials and guards are also busy, busy investigating the source of the epidemic, searching for the epidemic, isolating the sick, and pouring detoxifiers into the canals and wells, but this busyness brings anxiety and panic, although because of Shen Lun's sitting, everyone's hearts are still stable, the epidemic has not spread throughout the city, and people will not be afraid and desperate, but the disease is not cured but it is always panicked, like a boulder hanging over the head, who knows if it will fall and hit yourself?

It's different now.

With the first patient cured, the doctors were excited, the officials in the city were even more excited, and the guards guarding the quarantine area were even so excited that they shed tears, and finally they didn't have to worry about being infected and dying in one fell swoop!

This good news was immediately told to the whole city by beating gongs and drums, and the people of Yangzhou who were closed to their homes wept with joy, and some even cried. After that, under the call and organization of the government, a large-scale environmental clean-up of the whole city began, especially in the slum areas. The division workshop led the officials and migrant workers to inspect the sewage pipes in the city, and the damaged places were covered with red bricks and plastered pits to prevent it from leaking out, and the new sewage pipes were installed and replaced after they were fired. There is also a layer of filter screen embedded in the bottom of the hanging bucket hanging on the public well, and the screen is equipped with a yarn bag of medicine to detect pests, once the water poured out of the bucket is light purple, it is not drinkable.

In short, there are many things to do, but both the government and the people feel at ease when they are busy at this time, including the people in the slums, and they are working very hard to clean up the dirt in the alleys, lest they miss any corner.

Yangzhou City is busy and relaxed, but at this time, in the East China Sea Metropolitan Protectorate, Fujian Road and Lingnan East Road, it is a panic of people's hearts.

On the seventh day of February, before the edict of the imperial court came out of Chang'an, a violent plague broke out in Tangzhou, Luzhou and Liuzhou, the capital of the East China Sea, killing thousands of people, including merchants, sailors, people on the island, as well as officials, soldiers, and tens of thousands of infected people. Because some officials and soldiers were also infected with the epidemic, the Donghai Metropolitan Protectorate did not have time to block the port, so dozens of ships with people escaped.

But before these people reached the coast, the two largest cities in the southeast, Guangzhou and Quanzhou, had already broken out with a violent plague, killing hundreds or thousands of people in a few days.

Cholera had already occurred in these harbor states before, but because there were not many people infected with the epidemic, they reported the epidemic to the imperial court with a regular vomiting and diarrhea epidemic, and then because the imperial court reported a violent cholera outbreak in Yangzhou, these officials strengthened their precautions; However, because the cholera epidemic in Yangzhou has not been confirmed, and the investigation of the source of the epidemic has not yet been confirmed, other harbor states where cholera has occurred have not thought that the source of the epidemic is from the sea. Therefore, the pharmacy and medical center were only strictly ordered to report any patients with vomiting and diarrhea immediately, and only the merchant ships and fishing vessels entering the port were inspected for symptoms of diarrhea, and there was no measure to blockade the port.

On the sixth day of February, two Datang ships fled from Tianzhu to Tangzhou Port, the capital of the East China Sea, and the officials who collected the commercial tax learned from the panicked crew that there had been an outbreak of plague in Tianzhu Port, and there were dead people everywhere. Prior to this, there had been countless merchant ships carrying infected people into the Nanyang countries and the Datang seaport.

No one thought that the seafood entering the port could also carry the plague.

Before Shen Qingyi's verification came out, who would have thought that shrimp would also carry the disease? Or maybe it's not just shrimp.

In Tangzhou, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, these harbor cities of the rich people enjoy seafood every day, it is also a normal thing for dignitaries to feast, where would they think that the seafood in their mouths may eat cholera?

When cholera broke out among the people because of the epidemic, officials in Guangzhou and Quanzhou also unfortunately bumped into cholera shrimp or cholera scallops, and contracted the epidemic because of the banquet, and dozens of officials were infected with cholera, including Quanzhou thorn history. Because the government did not respond at the first time, it also caused the plague to get out of control.

During the turmoil in the Tokai Prefecture, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou, cholera also broke out in the port cities of Shilan, Siam, Champong, and Sriwijaya in Nanyang, Fuso, and Silla in the East. Mizhou, a seaport in Shandong Province, was also affected.

On the ninth day of the second lunar month, Chang'an received information about the spread of the plague from Tianzhu from Jing Anwei.

The distance caused the intelligence to lag behind, and the system of Jing'an Division only reporting to the emperor also prevented the coastal government from being able to obtain this information at close range, and take measures and decisions in advance.

In short, the accident and inevitability of a qiē caused the outbreak of the southeast plague in the thirty-second year of Changzhi.

The epidemic in Donghai Prefecture, Guangzhou and Quanzhou has reached Chang'an, and it is already mid-to-late February.

When Quanzhou's recital first arrived in the capital, the sage immediately summoned the crown prince and the political affairs hall to the chief executive and the imperial physician to order the Zichen Palace to discuss emergency measures.

The Governors said:

"An immediate order must be made to blockade the port."

"Not only Quanzhou, but all coastal ports must be closed."

"All seafood brought in by sea ships must be banned, and it cannot be released without quarantine."

"Quanzhou Thorn history infected with the epidemic, don't drive only the deputy position, the official is low and from a poor family, blockading the four cities, I'm afraid it can't suppress the family in the city, the people of Quanzhou are brave, if there is no prestige people in the town, it is strictly forbidden not to go out of the city, the people are afraid, afraid of the people. It is necessary to order Fujian to observe Yan Bowei to sit in Quanzhou. ”

The Taoist rule of Fujian Province is Fuzhou, and the observation makes the yamen also in Fuzhou, and in the chaotic situation of the Quanzhou government without a leader, the observation of the three products makes the big people pass, and they can stabilize the hearts of the people.

The prince sat on the small square couch under the Danqi, wearing a wide ochre yellow seven-group dragon robe to cover his weak body, the thorn gold of the dragon showed that his face was pale and unpretentious, but it did not affect the temperament that was as warm as jade and noble and elegant, he never spoke, but he said: "Even if you adjust Yan Bocheng in the past, I am afraid that you will not be able to suppress some people in the city." There must be another decree, and anyone who dares to disobey the order to go out of the city, regardless of his official position, will be immediately beheaded. ”

The prince's voice was as gentle and tolerant as his people, but the resolute meaning contained in this sentence made several of the rulers of the family surnamed A in the palace shudder.

Quanzhou is a big port in the southeast, and all families have sent their children who have no official status to operate maritime trade there, and now the plague is together, which powerful family does not want to escape from the dangerous place? Four of the five rulers in the palace have children in Quanzhou. Fujian Dao observation made Yan Bowei the head of the Langya Yan family, and he was friendly with the Qinghe Cui family and the Langya Xie family, so he could not care about the family surnamed A, and did not show favoritism?

The prince didn't think that Yan Bowei could intimidate the whole of Quanzhou like Shen Lun was living in Yangzhou City, so he needed the imperial court to give him a knife.

If he has this knife, Yan Bowei can't suppress Quanzhou City, that is, his ability or responsibility is insufficient, and there is no need to hesitate to withdraw or degrade.

The prince added: "In view of the fact that the closure of Quanzhou is not timely, it should be ordered that all vehicles and ships that have escaped from Quanzhou in neighboring states should be seized and quarantined. His voice was gentle and unquestionable, "In short, we can't let cholera cross the Jiangbei." ”

Shang Shu Ling Wei Chongrun said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true. ”

Shao Chonglian, the servant of the door, also said: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Except for Li Yuzhen, the remaining six are in the palace, and among these six, only Wei Chongrun and Shao Chonglian are from poor families, and there are no children doing business in Quanzhou, so they support the prince's opinion.

Can Pei Chang and Cui Xizhen say that they are opposed? I was glad in my heart, but fortunately, the report in Yangzhou came and the cholera had been resolved.

The sage said: "The book is based on this to the Fujian Dao. ”

The scholar immediately picked up the pen and ink, sat down behind the bookcase, brushed and drafted the edict.

The sage also instructed: "Immediately arrange for Hu Rulin and Chang Tao to lead some doctors in Yangzhou to the south, and ask the pharmacists of Daomen to continue to go south to support; It also announced that the medical bureaus in the neighboring states will select local doctors to accompany the support, and the specific states will be determined by the Tai Yi Department, and the decree will be issued. -- Not only Quanzhou, but also the East China Sea Protectorate and Guangzhou have to guard against the epidemic report, if the situation is bad, maybe the epidemic report is already on the way, and then the imperial court will issue an order, then it will lag behind. Chang'an is too far away from the southeast, and the instructions and orders are not in time, so Li Zaiying, the king of Han, stayed in Jiankang Mansion and led the southeast epidemic prevention and control system envoy, and led the epidemic prevention and treatment matters nearby; Shen Lun is the deputy envoy, responsible for specific measures and scheduling. ”

"Whoa." All the ministers answered.

The Imperial Physician Ling and Cheng immediately immediately discussed in a whisper which states of medical officers and doctors should be transferred close to the place where the epidemic occurred, and the possibility of local epidemics must also be considered.

The sage sat cross-legged on the golden dragon carved lacquer couch, holding Shen Lun's notebook in his hand, patted it on the imperial case, and his swarthy eyes swept over the ministers of His Royal Highness, "You should be glad that Yangzhou has developed a cholera formula, otherwise, it will not be these thousand people who have died!" It is necessary to reward the meritorious personnel, and the Zhongshu immediately drafted the decree, and the edict of the reward was issued to Yangzhou together with the decree of medical transfer. ”

"Whoa." The six governors immediately exchanged heads to discuss the reward for Hu Rulin and others.

didn't discuss it for long, and then ordered Pei Changgui to return to the general ceremony to reward the matter, and the imperial doctors who went down and the officials of the Yangzhou Medical Bureau were easy to handle, and there were official regulations of the imperial court, and the position was a radish and a pit, and there was no way to go up, that is, to be promoted and dispersed according to merit. As for the folk doctors who have made meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded with gold and silver, and a few with high merit can be given official bodies, which will be determined by Hu Rulin and Chang Tao after drafting the Baojiao chapter.

As for the pharmacists of the Taoist sect, the Taoist priests who have become monks cannot be awarded official ranks, but can only reward money and goods; If there is no ordination, the fire dwelling Taoist can be granted the rank of scattered official, and only receive the rank of Yulu and not be an official.

The saint listened to them one by one and did not raise any objections, but raised his eyelids when he heard Shen Qingyi's reward, "Doctor Chaosan? ”

"Yes, from the bottom of the five grades, when the ministers are discussed, they think that it should be consistent with the reward of the Supreme Huan Daoist." Pei Chang said.

The sage sneered and unceremoniously criticized his deacons: "Short-sighted! Calculate this account, in order to prevent Tianzhu, and in the future, possibly, plagues in other places, should the port be closed and the sea ban implemented? How big is the loss? -- Wei Chongrun. ”

Shang Shuling bowed his hand slightly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the commercial tax income of the cities of last year, the annual loss of commercial tax alone is more than 43 million yuan. ”

The sage sneered and looked at the ministers, "A year's loss is this number, how about ten years?" How about 100 years? What do you use to fill in these lost business taxes? The Ministry of Industry is clamoring for money, expanding official roads, dredging rivers, and repairing river embankments; The Ministry of Rites is clamoring for money to expand the state and county schools; Sinong Temple is clamoring for money, building a community warehouse, innovating agricultural tools, and promoting agricultural technology; The ordnance superintendent asks for money and innovates the ordnance ...... These are important things, and you say, what can you not give? Can Datang afford the loss of closed sea trade? Or can you afford cholera every three years? Or some other epidemic? ”

"That's talent!" The sage said in a loud voice, "Epidemic prevention is more important than epidemic treatment. There is one case of epidemic, and that is loss. Hundreds or thousands of people have been affected by the epidemic, and tens of thousands of people have been affected by the epidemic, how can the losses be calculated? The one who can develop quarantine agents is a wizard! The new argument of 'microscopic worms' is excellent, this is a creation theory, which doctor has put it forward before? How can such a creator, such a genius, be rewarded in the same way as everyone else? All of them are short-sighted. ”

Cui Xizhen said slowly: "When the ministers discussed, they considered what Shen Lun said in the report, the quarantine medicine is not perfect, and at present, it can only be used by those who have been affected by the epidemic, and those who have been quarantined cannot be quarantined. Therefore, the ministers and others thought that after Shen Zhiyuan Daoist perfected the potion, they would further reward. At present, this Cheng dù, from the fifth grade, is already a very high reward. ”

The saint snorted, accepted the explanation of the servants, and said: "The edict should be written in order to wait for the future work." ”

"Whoa."

When the ministers responded, Pei Chang and Cui Xizhen looked at each other, and they both understood.

When they mentioned this reward, they also had a temptation, and now it seems, hehe.

That Supreme Yuan Daoist was not just the Shen family.

Is this going to be held up by the saint, or is it going to be separated?

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