Now.

There are two dragon chairs in Wenyuan Pavilion, and five Taishi chairs on both sides.

Fang Xiu and the little empress walked into the hall.

The four councillors hurriedly stood up and saluted: "See Your Majesty, see the Prime Minister (Regent)." ”

Wu Mingkong glanced at Li Yingyue, who was sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face, retracted his gaze, his expression was also indifferent, and waved his hand and said, "No courtesy." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The four Parliamentary Ministers saluted again.

Fang Xiu, on the other hand, looked at the guards behind him and ordered, "Go and move another chair." ”

"Yes!"

The guard took the order, turned to leave, and a moment later brought a chair and placed it in the back.

Fang Xiu, Wu Mingkong, and Shangguan Haitang each sat down.

Fang Xiu spoke first: "You should already have some understanding of what is going on here, but the actual situation in Yan Country may be much more complicated than what you know. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Shangguan Haitang, who was sitting at the back, and said, "Haitang, you will tell you what you know." ”

"Yes!"

Shangguan Haitang stood up and repeated what he had said before in the Heart Cultivation Hall with a serious expression.

When everyone heard this, their expressions changed somewhat.

It is unbelievable that the Euro people really hit the capital of Yan Kingdom.

Such tactics can't support them to stay in Yan Country for a long time.

So they didn't plan to occupy the land of Yan in the first place?

So what exactly do they want to do?

How should the imperial court respond?

For a while, such questions appeared in the hearts of several important ministers.

Fang Xiu looked around and said, "This is the situation, the most important thing next is to accept the request for help from the Emperor of Yan State, send troops to attack the Euro people, and tell your opinions." ”

When several important ministers heard this, they looked at each other.

A moment later.

Xie Qian stood up and said in a deep voice, "In the opinion of the ministers, it is better for the imperial court not to wade into this troubled water, for three reasons, one is that the purpose of the Euros is not to occupy the land of Yan Kingdom, so that they will not pose a threat to my Daqian and Da Zhou.

Second, Emperor Yan regards my Daqian and Da Zhou as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, always thinking about the invasion, although he is now in the twilight, but as long as he is alive, he must be a thief will not die, in this case, it is better to let the Euro people eradicate him and set up a new king.

The plague spread in the country of Sanyan, and the imperial court sent troops to support, so it had to bear the risk of contracting this kind of plague, which was really more than worth the loss. ”

I have to say that Xie Qian's words are reasonable and very convincing.

When Du Chen'an on the side heard this, he showed a look of agreement and echoed: "The lower officials think that Xie Ge's words are reasonable. ”

And Qin Xingyan, who was sitting next to Du Chen'an, looked thoughtful and did not speak.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu looked at Qin Xingyan and said, "What does Qin Shangshu have in mind?" ”

Qin Xingyan saw Fang Xiu asking himself, and hurriedly stood up, with a smile on his old face, and said, "Back to Fang Xiang, the lower official does have some ideas, but the lower official doesn't know whether to say it or not." ”

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said: "The Council of Ministers is to let you speak freely, you have to say what you should say, and you have to say what you shouldn't say, after all, if you don't say it, how do you know whether you should say it or not." ”

When Qin Xingyan heard this, he no longer hesitated, and said: "Then the lower official said it, and the lower official thinks that the imperial court should send troops!" But instead of sending troops to flank the Euro people, he sent troops to capture many cities in the south of Yan Kingdom! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The entire Wenyuan Pavilion was silent for a moment.

As early as a little over a month ago.

These people in the Council of Ministers were discussing whether to go north to the Yan Kingdom.

Now Emperor Yan's letter asking for help has disrupted their original plan, making their thinking change from whether to go north to whether to go north.

In Qin Xingyan's opinion, since the Euro people did not intend to occupy the land of Yan Kingdom, they would occupy it.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits......

"Whether it is Da Qian or Da Zhou, it has never been an ally with Yan Guo, and the fall of Yan Guo should be a good thing for me Da Qian and Da Zhou!

Although there is a saying that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, but with the strength that the Euro people are currently showing, it is not enough to pose a threat to my Daqian, in this case, why not take this opportunity to destroy the Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop!

Even if it can't be destroyed, it is always good to eat more and occupy more. ”

Qin Xingyan's words aroused the contemplation of everyone present.

A moment later.

Qian Haonan, the secretary of the military department, who had not spoken, spoke.

The minister also agreed with Qin Shangshu's statement, but it was just ...... There was a great obstacle to the Northern Expedition to Yanguo, which was the plague that was spreading in Yanguo.

No matter how well the Fifth Military Battalion and the Shenji Battalion do, as long as they come into contact with the plague, the consequences will be unimaginable! The end result is most likely outweighed by the loss! ”

Hearing this question, Qin Xingyan sighed and said: "This is indeed a problem, if the plague in the Yan Kingdom does not spread again, the imperial court can send troops without any scruples, but it is a pity that at that time, I am afraid that the best opportunity has been missed." ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The crowd fell silent.

Even Fang Xiu sighed in his heart.

Compared with the Black Death, smallpox is still under control.

But at present, there is no conclusion on whether the Yanguo is making trouble with smallpox or not.

Therefore, it is indeed very risky to let the army enter the Yan Kingdom.

After all, once the morale of the military is weakened, it will be more difficult to unite again.

Moreover, the soldiers stationed at the border passes bordering Yan are all the elite of the elite.

One died of smallpox, which was a great loss.

"In addition, Wu is also an obstacle, judging from the information obtained by the Ministry of War, if the imperial court goes north, it is very likely that the Wu State will send troops to attack and harass the southern part of our Daqian and disperse the forces of the imperial court."

Qin Xingyan looked around and said.

"In that case, wouldn't it be nice to act as if nothing had happened and to set up two more lines of defense at the border pass bordering Yan Kingdom?"

Wu Mingkong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, heard the discussion of several people and thought so.

However, Li Yingyue on the side did not speak, and she also chose to be silent.

Otherwise, the ideas put forward were picked by others, not by Li Yueyue.

It's just this time.

Fang Xiu looked at her and Li Yinyue and asked, "What do the two Majesties think?" ”

“......”

Wu Mingkong glanced at Fang Xiu and said in his heart: If I had an idea, I would have told you yesterday! What is there to ask!

Li Yingyue, on the other hand, shook her head and did not speak.

"In that case, according to ......"

Fang Xiu opened his mouth, intending to adopt Xie Qian's suggestion and stand still for the time being.

But before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise outside.

I could faintly hear someone yelling.

"Where did you come from! is so unruly, I don't know that in Wenyuan Pavilion, His Majesty and Fang Xiang are discussing! What a noise! ”

And then there was the voice of a young man.

"I really have extremely important good news to tell Fang Xiang, please let your lord report it!"

The guard shouted loudly: "The big thing has to wait for the end of the discussion!" You're going to make noise here again, and you're going to get out of the palace!" ”

Wenyuan Pavilion.

Fang Xiu heard the voice of the young man outside, and he always felt a little familiar.

After thinking for a while, I suddenly remembered that this was not the student from Mingxiu Medical College who studied "Basic Immunology"?

It seems to be called something to think.

What happened to him, could it be that the smallpox vaccine has progressed?

That's it.

Fang Xiu looked at Shangguan Haitang and ordered, "Go out and say something, let him in." ”

"Yes!"

Shangguan Haitang saluted and got up to leave.

A moment later.

Li Si, who was veiled and covered his mouth and nose, came to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Fang Xiu frowned slightly when he saw Li Si's outfit, and asked, "Why are you covering your mouth and nose?" ”

Li Si arched his hand and said: "If you go back to the prime minister, because the student has been to Yan Country before. ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Everyone in Wenyuan Pavilion was shocked.

Fang Xiu's brows were also furrowed even tighter.

Seeing this, Li Si realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained: "Although the student has been to Yanguo, he has been locked up at the border for nearly a month, and there are no symptoms of smallpox, just in case, he covered his mouth and nose. ”

The voice fell.

Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Xiu's brows also softened a little, and he asked, "You shouted outside the hall just now, saying that there is extremely important good news, tell me about it, what good news." ”

When Li Si heard this question, his face showed excitement, and he arched his hand and said: "Hui Fangxiang, the student arrived in the Yan country two months ago on your order to study the plague in the Yan country, in the Yan country, according to the characteristics of this plague and the symptoms already shown by the patient, it can be concluded that the plague spreading in the Yan country is the smallpox recorded in the book!" ”

The voice fell.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other.

"It's smallpox!"

"I didn't expect that Fang Xiang actually had a lot of research on medical skills!"

"Is there anything else in the world that Fang Xiang doesn't know?"

Now.

Even Xie Qian, who used to be on an equal footing with Fang Xiu, couldn't help but admire Fang Xiu.

As the prime minister, not only can he strategize, but also dabble a lot, and he can conclude that the plague spreading in Yan Country is smallpox from just three words and two sentences.

With such an ability, he can't beat the horse.

Then again.

Fang Xiang actually guessed correctly that it was smallpox.

Wouldn't the so-called smallpox vaccine also become a reality?

That's it.

Du Chen'an and the others all looked at Li Si with eager and expectant eyes, hoping to get the answer they wanted from him.

Of the people in the hall, only Li Yinyue didn't know anything about the so-called "smallpox", and her expression was extremely unexpected.

"What else to discover, go on."

Fang Xiu saw Li Si's expression, he had already realized something, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said.

"Yes!"

Li Si saluted again and said, "After the students confirmed that it was smallpox, they began to catch and study the pests and diseases, but after several attempts, the students finally found that the pests and diseases were indeed as seen in the book, even if they were magnified 10,000 times, they might not be able to see clearly.

Something that cannot be seen or touched, and even if it is captured, it cannot be observed without the kind of microscope described in the book......"

As a student of Mingxiu Medical College, Li Si gushed endlessly about the contents of these medical books.

It's just that everyone present couldn't understand what he was saying at all.

What are pests and diseases.

What is Microscope.

Why catch pests and diseases, and why observe them?

What they want to know is if there is a way to stop the spread of the plague!

And not these mysterious things!

A moment later.

The little empress sitting on the dragon chair finally couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted him by opening her mouth.

"Needless to say, just what you discovered!"

Li Si, who was still immersed in his own world, was interrupted like this, and finally came back to his senses and began to talk about the main points.

"The students found two cows suffering from cowpox in a place called Chengming Mansion, and according to the method in the book, they inoculated the cowpox on the body of the shadow guard, and asked the shadow guard who had been vaccinated with cowpox to contact the smallpox patient a few days after the symptoms appeared, and found that the shadow guard who was inoculated with cowpox would indeed not be infected with smallpox again as the book said!"

The voice fell.

The entire Wenyuan Pavilion fell silent.

Du Chenan and the others were all wide-eyed, a little incredulous.

Is there really such a panacea?

Just when they were in a daze.

For some reason, Li Si suddenly knelt down, his head on the ground, and his voice trembled.

"Fang Xiang...... The students did not fail in their mission and brought back cowpox from Yanguo! From now on, millions of people will no longer have to fear smallpox! ”

Fang Xiu took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, slowly stood up, walked up to Li Si, helped him up, and said, "Your trip to Yan Country saved tens of millions of people!" ”

Li Si said in a trembling voice: "Students don't dare to be greedy for heavenly merit, if there is no Fang Xiang, even if the students read more medical books and run more places, it is impossible for them to know that the plague in Yan Country is smallpox, let alone find cowpox ......."

He wanted to say something more, but Fang Xiu waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "It should be your credit, no one can take it away!" ”

After a pause, he added:

"In the past few days, this minister will separate some of the felons from the dungeon of Chang'an Mansion and hand them over to you, and you will take them to Yongzhou to continue the experiment.

Half a month later, if all of these felons are like shadow guards, inoculated with cowpox and no longer infected with smallpox, Your Majesty will knight you!

In addition, we will ask major newspapers to make an article for you and announce your achievements to the world! ”

When Li Si heard this, his expression became even more excited.

Although he did these things for the ideal of "hanging the pot to help the world" in his heart.

But who doesn't want to be able to achieve their dreams while reaping fame and fortune?

"Thank you, student!"

Li Si's voice trembled, and he wanted to kneel again.

Fang Xiu stopped him and ordered: "Time is urgent, if you have a greeting, I won't tell you, you take someone to the Yamen of Chang'an Mansion to pick up people, and then set off to Yongzhou, if there is a result, eight hundred miles will be sent to Chang'an urgently."

In addition, the Prime Minister will order the yamen of each state capital to buy a batch of cattle, and hand them all over to you, no matter what the result is, vaccinate them with cowpox first! You should know what you are. ”

"Students understand! Students must live up to Fang Xiang's expectations! ”

Li Siqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and bowed.

"Go ahead!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand.

"Student quit!"

Li Si saluted again and turned to leave.

After he left.

Wenyuan Pavilion fell silent again.

Fang Xiu turned his head and took a deep breath to calm his emotions.

Immediately, looking around, Zhengse said: "In two months, an obstacle to the Northern Expedition to Yan will no longer exist, what do you think?" ”