On the side, Xie Qian's eyes widened when he saw this, and he was a little incredulous.

In his opinion, Wu is not a small country that can be bullied casually, and if you want to use troops, you should be cautious.

However, the decision of the regent and these court officials to conquer Wu in the south was really incredible.

After struggling for a long time, he couldn't help but speak, "Your Highness, is this a bit hasty?"

Fang Xiu turned his head to look at him and said, "Why do you have such thoughts?"

"This ......"

When Xie Qian heard this question, he didn't know how to answer it for a while.

This time.

Du Chenan said with a straight face: "Wu is weak, I am strong, I send troops to fight, not to mention invincible, but not much worse, plus Wu Guo took the initiative to provoke, my Daqian is famous, in addition, the most important thing is that I Daqian is united, and they all want to use troops against Wu and open up the market of Wu.

The territory of Wu is small, there is not enough depth, and it has just been hit by the Yue State, ceding a large area of land and fertile land, from the emperor to the small people in the market, all are demoralized.

No matter how you look at it, this is the best time for me to conquer the state of Wu in the south, and it is not hasty."

When Xie Qian heard this, he was slightly stunned, looking at the few second-rank hall officials in front of him, he suddenly realized that these guys had already set their sights on Wu Guo and were ready to go south.

The reason why it has not been brought up is because the regent still thinks about the Northern Expedition to Yanguo.

Now that the dust has settled on the Northern Expedition, it is impossible to send troops within a year.

Only then did they dare to put forward the idea of a southern expedition.

That's it.

Xie Qian didn't say anything more and fell silent.

This time.

Qian Haonan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Elder Xie Ge doesn't need to worry too much, now he has just decided to go south, and the specific use of troops will have to be discussed with His Majesty and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

After a pause, he said, "Having said that, Wu Yue proposed an idea to this official yesterday, saying that he wanted to recruit people from the territory of the Zhou State and form an alliance with the Shenji Battalion and the 5,000 Battalion under the jurisdiction of my Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to train and fight together on weekdays......

Of course, it's just an idea, how to do it, whether it's feasible, this official hasn't thought about it carefully."

Side.

When Xie Qian heard this, his heart sank.

Since he led the cadres and troops stationed in various provinces and prefectures, he thought that sooner or later there would be such a day, but he did not expect such a day to come so quickly.

The formation of a coalition army means that the Great Zhou no longer has its own army.

The court of the Zhou State occupied only one seat in the so-called Council of Ministers.

His Majesty is also the puppet of the regent, and it is almost impossible to influence the regent's decision-making in Chang'an.

In this way, it means that the Great Zhou court exists in name only.

Now there's a fig leaf of the alliance in the way.

One day in the future, the court of the Zhou State will be completely reduced to the existence of a local government.

The Council of Ministers made a random decision to annex the land of the Zhou State to the Qianguo, and the Zhou people could not afford to make any waves.

The truth of boiling frogs in warm water, Xie Qianbi understands everyone.

But what could he do?

At the beginning, if he didn't sign his name on the peace agreement, he was afraid that now the entire Zhou Kingdom would have been scorched earth, and the result would be the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species.

Forming an alliance with the Qianguo is not only a bit more decent, but most importantly, it still retains the hope of survival.

Thinking of this, Xie Qian sighed in his heart, pretending not to hear Qian Haonan's words.

Seeing that Xie Qian didn't answer, Qian Haonan thought about it, didn't continue to dwell on this issue, snorted, and led the topic elsewhere: "Wu Yue, this person, has a bunch of messy ideas all day long, and it is really humiliating to let him come to the military department to be a waiter, he should be transferred to the household department, maybe he can create some more taxes and silver for the imperial court."

By the way, Lao Qin,

I heard that Erlang of your family has been restless again lately?"

Qin Xingyan heard him mention Erlang, his brows furrowed instantly, and he said helplessly, "Hey...... I don't know what he thinks, but he has to go to Huizhou to make a general judgment, saying that he doesn't want to waste his life in the Ministry of Rites, and he wants to go to the local area to do some practical things."

"That's a good thing."

Qian Haonan raised his eyebrows and said, "Although the general judgment is subject to the prefect, if you want to do something practical, you can still make some merits."

When Qin Xingyan heard this, he glanced at him and didn't take a stubble.

There is nothing wrong with going to the local area to make a general judgment, the point is that this place is not right.

Huizhou has just been hit by a disaster, and if you do a good job in this kind of place, you will not have too much praise, and if you do a bad job, you will be found faulty.

But his second son, Qin Yongxin, has to go to this kind of place in order to really do things for the people, except for Huizhou, he will not go anywhere else.

is so stubborn, it can be regarded as making him angry enough to be a father.

Listen to the two talk about their descendants.

Du Chen'an also joined in with great interest, raised his eyebrows and said: "If you want me to say, it's still habitual, take a whip and whip him, he will be obedient, let him go to study, let him go to study, let him take the imperial examination, he will take the imperial examination, let him go to the office, he will go to the office."

Teach his children and grandchildren, the old man still has some experience, and the summary is one sentence, filial piety comes out under the stick......

When Fang Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but think of when he went to the hot springs with the little empress, and the magistrate he met on the road who didn't recognize Du Chen'an, Lao Tzu, didn't know what to say for a while.

The three of them chatted for a moment.

Fang Xiu opened his mouth and said, "These are these two things to discuss today, and the original appearance still has something to do, so let's disperse."

When the four of them heard this, they all stood up, saluted respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty retires!"

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Before he could get out of the warm pavilion, he heard a knock on the door outside.

"The first Zhuang Shangguan Haitang asks to see the prime minister."

When the four of them heard Shangguan Haitang's name, they were all stunned, and subconsciously glanced at Fang Xiu.

They knew that Shangguan Haitang, as the owner of the first village, had no less status in the Fang Party than the eunuch Bingbi of the Zhou State.

She must have heard something very important knocking on the door at this time.

"Enter."

Fang Xiu's voice sounded.

The door was pushed open.

Shangguan Haitang, who was dressed in a white coat, walked in, first bowed his hand, and then walked quickly to Fang Xiu's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.

After Fang Xiu heard this, his brows instantly furrowed.

When Xie Qian and Du Chenan saw this scene, they all felt a little embarrassed, and they didn't know whether to leave or stay for a while.

Just as they were about to leave.

Fang Xiu suddenly opened his mouth and stopped them.

"Don't go yet, there's one more thing to discuss today."

"Sure enough, something happened!"

The four of them glanced at each other, and they could all see a trace of apprehension in each other's eyes.

With just a few words, Fang Xiang's face changed.

Obviously, this thing is not going to be a good thing!

"Yes!"

The four of them answered, returning to their positions.

Fang Xiu glanced at Shangguan Haitang and said, "You tell them about the affairs of Yan Kingdom, and talk about it carefully."

"Yes!"

Shangguan Haitang bowed respectfully.

Then he said with a serious face and a solemn tone:

"News came from the secret agents of Yan Kingdom, since two months ago, a new plague has spread throughout Yan Kingdom, at first only in Jizhou in the east of Yan Kingdom, then in the entire east, then in the central and northern parts of Yan Kingdom, and now there is a tendency to spread to the south.

This plague is extremely terrible and spreads at a rapid pace

According to reliable information, it only took more than half a month for the entire Jizhou capital city to be infected from the discovery of this plague to the infection of fifty percent of the people.

In addition, three out of ten people infected with the plague will die of serious illness, and even if the rest survive, they will have pockmarks on their faces, which is extremely terrible to look at."

"Plague?!"

When Xie Qian and the four of them heard this, they glanced at each other, and they could see the look of surprise in each other's eyes.

Obviously, they didn't expect that the sudden thing would turn out to be the plague.

"Three out of ten were seriously ill and died...... Such a plague is rarely recorded in the history books."

As a scholar of the first assistant to the cabinet, Xie Qianfeng read poetry and books, and he also knew a lot about the plague.

Hearing Shangguan Haitang's description, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and his brows were also furrowed.

"The most important thing now is to strictly prevent the Yan people from entering my Daqian and Dazhou, and pass this plague on to the people of my Daqian and Dazhou."

Xie Qian, as the head of the hundred officials of the Zhou State, has a brush to deal with unexpected things, and immediately pointed out the key.

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Elder Xie Ge is right, this is the most important thing now."

Speaking of this, he looked at Qin Xingyan and Qian Haonan on the side, and said, "After you return to the Yamen, put other things aside first, treat this matter as a top priority, and be sure to draw up the regulations within three days and send them to the border gate bordering Yan State, so that the soldiers stationed there can strictly guard against it!"

In addition, there are also merchants who come and go, and they must also be restricted! Don't let them come in and out at will! If the plague spreads in Daqian and Dazhou, Benxiang will punish you severely!"

When the two of them heard this, they hurriedly said, "Xiaguan must live up to the trust of Fang Xiang!"

Fang Xiu was silent for a long time, and then said, "In addition, there is another thing that I want to tell you."

Seeing Fang Xiu's serious face, the four of them all cheered up and listened attentively.

A moment later.

Fang Xiu's solemn voice sounded.

"From Begonia's description, Benxiang always felt that this kind of plague had been seen in a medical book."

Have you seen it in medical books?

Fang Xiang (Regent) still reads books on weekdays?

Reading a medical book?!

When the four of them heard this, they were all a little dazed, and it took a while for them to calm down and be curious.

Why did Fang Xiang suddenly talk about this.

Could it be that Fang Xiang knew how to diagnose and treat this plague?

But.

According to Shangguan Haitang's description, this plague is so terrible, how can it be easily diagnosed and treated.

Just when they were cranky.

Fang Xiu spoke again:

"According to medical books, this plague is called smallpox, and the ancients had a way to stop it from spreading."

Smallpox?

The five people, including Shangguan Haitang, were all stunned when they heard this.

It stands to reason that such a terrible plague, if it had ever appeared in this land, would have been recorded in the history books.

But Xie Qian was sure that he had never seen a plague called "smallpox" in the history books.

"How can we stop the spread of the plague?"

Xie Qian asked curiously.

Fang Xiu said, "In addition to the usual methods, the most important thing is to vaccinate against smallpox."

"Vaccines?"

A few people were stunned again.

It's the first time they've heard of the term.

In his previous life, as a biological dog, Fang Xiu had a fairly good understanding of the principle and preparation of vaccines.

But in the past few years, I have been doing mechanical work in the laboratory, and when I came to Daqian, I was doing things that had nothing to do with biology.

The various knowledge of vaccines in my mind, not to mention forgetting it, is not much worse.

Therefore, for a while, he didn't know how to explain, so he could only use words that a few people could understand: "It's just to inject a certain medicine into the body, and after that."

I won't get it again."

When several people heard this, they were stunned at first, and then their expressions became a little strange.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Obviously, they thought that Fang Xiu was too unrealistic.

If a certain medicine is injected to cure the plague, isn't the plague as terrible as the wind cold?

Plagues are called plagues because they are not so easy to diagnose and treat!

The history books record the plague: the epidemic of warp, the pain of zombies in every family, and the mourning of crying in the room.

or die with the door closed, or lose the family. Or think: the plague, the work of demons and gods. The husband suffers from this, and he is the son of the brown weed, and the ear of the person in the thorn room!

Ruofu Hall is in the home of Ding Shi, the door of heavy mink, if it is, it is fresh. This is the dislocation of yin and yang, the wrong time for cold and summer, it is an epidemic, and the foolish people are disgusted with it, which is also ridiculous.

It follows that the plague cannot be cured by one medicine!

Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't say it on my lips.

After all, Fang Xiang said it conclusively, if they denied it, wouldn't it be a refutation of Fang Xiang's face.

Side.

Fang Xiu saw the expressions of several people, and instantly understood their thoughts, waved his hand and said, "What you think in your hearts, say what you want, this is the meaning of the existence of the Council of Ministers, if you don't dare to speak, if you make a mistake in the future, won't no one be able to correct it?"

The voice fell.

Several people were stunned.

Especially Du Chenan and other three party cores felt even more shocked.

If it had been a few years ago, Fang Xiang would never have said such a thing anyway.

There was a moment of silence.

Xie Qian, who knew a lot about the plague, said, "Xia Guan thinks that if you want to stop the spread of the plague, you can only rely on a prescription, and I'm afraid it won't have much effect."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he looked at him and said, "The vaccine is different from the ordinary prescription...... But I will explain it to you, and you will not understand it."

After only saying a word, Fang Xiu gave up the idea of explaining the vaccine to them.

Looking at Qin Xingyan on the side, he said, "The household department allocated a batch of silver and sent it to the medical school in the suburbs, so that they can develop smallpox vaccine according to the ideas in the medical book!"

Qin Xingyan thought for a moment and asked, "Fang Xiang, how much silver is appropriate?"

Fang Xiu pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's allocate 100,000 taels first!"

(End of chapter)