"Are you sure there will be an outbreak of smallpox?"

In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Queen Ma and Zhu Biao's narration of previous events.

His expression was also a little ugly at this time.

The eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying, is likely to have been infected with smallpox and died violently...

And in the near future, there will be a large-scale smallpox plague outbreak in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Either of these two things is definitely too bad news to be true.

Especially the outbreak of smallpox plague.

In history, as long as the plague broke out, which time was not a corpse?

So when he heard smallpox, Zhu Yuanzhang had to cheer up 120,000 points at this time.

"Your Majesty, I don't know exactly when, but the outbreak must have erupted. Anyway, during the Ming Dynasty, there were quite a lot of disasters around the world. ”

"Like the Spanish flu and the Black Death, almost all of them were concentrated in the time frame of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that I don't quite remember whether it was the early or late Ming Dynasty. ”

"And on the local side of the Ming Dynasty, smallpox also seems to have erupted more than once."

"Specific situation, I'm not very..."

"Okay, okay, we don't want to hear this nonsense from you!"

Seeing that Chu Ze wanted to chatter again, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt his words.

Speaking of it today, he was also a little sad.

I was scolded by Queen Ma for some reason, but now I heard such damn news again.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who came from the war, knows better than anyone the terrible consequences of the plague.

Once the plague breaks out, the people's livelihood is light.

"Are you sure that the method of vaccination you mentioned can cure the smallpox plague?"

After interrupting Chu Ze's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked in a low voice.

Seeing that he was about to start talking about business, Queen Ma, who was originally sitting on the main seat, also stood up from the dragon chair silently.

And Lao Zhu, who was still full of seriousness, suddenly melted away when he saw his sister-in-law give him a seat.

The whole person looked at Queen Ma with a smile and silently handed over the teacup in his hand.

Seeing the teacup handed over by Lao Zhu, Queen Ma naturally took it.

"Your Majesty, I can't guarantee it! And I want to remind you that vaccinia is not a cure. He is a means of prevention! ”

"I remember that people who have had smallpox once and are lucky enough not to die will not be infected with smallpox again in the future."

"And cowpox, it seems to be talking about the illness of cattle infected with smallpox, how to explain it... It means that the cow's body is better, and it can independently cure part of smallpox, so that smallpox is weaker, but it is still smallpox. ”

"At this time, people take the initiative to get this kind of smallpox, which is much weaker, and after it is good, it will not get that kind of smallpox very badly in the future."

"That's pretty much what it means."

"Remember, this cowpox inoculation is for prevention, not treatment! Don't go for vaccinia when you already have smallpox, that joke will be too big. ”

Regarding things like vaccines and viruses, Chu Ze really didn't know how to explain them to Lao Zhu.

Anyway, given the current generation gap in knowledge between them, it is estimated that this matter is difficult to explain clearly.

All Chu Ze could only focus on telling Lao Zhu that prevention is not the same as treatment.

After listening to Chu Ze's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little frowning.

Chu Ze's explanation, he naturally understood.

But after he understood, he was still a little unsure...

After all, according to Chu Ze, cowpox is a disease after a cow is infected with smallpox.

On weekdays, the smallpox plague is avoided.

At this time, take the initiative to get one. Even if it's a weaker one... That's a bad thing!

If something goes wrong, it's a terrible thing!

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's frowning brows, Queen Ma on the side naturally saw that he was scrupling about something.

This inoculation against cowpox and prevention of smallpox is even true.

But if you want to popularize it, I'm afraid it's also a little difficult!

At least until smallpox doesn't break out... The imperial court can't just force the order to let the people get vaccinated against cowpox, right?

Although cowpox is not highly fatal, it still has a fatal probability.

If someone with a heart secretly obstructs at that time, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster.

You know, this is not in modern times, just send a news with some notice.

Now that we know that cowpox can prevent smallpox, how to spread it on a large scale is also a problem!

"Chu Ze! Have you all eradicated the smallpox plague once and for all? How did you find out that cowpox can prevent smallpox in the first place? How did you completely eradicate smallpox? ”

After seeing Lao Zhu's concerns now, Queen Ma took a sip of tea on the side, and mentioned this sentence very casually.

And when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Queen Ma's words, he glanced in the direction of Queen Ma with some blame.

However, as soon as his gaze was cast, he immediately collided with Queen Ma's sharp gaze.

This frightened old Zhu hurriedly looked at other places again.

Lao Zhu is like this, many times, he has a better face, and there are some things that he can't make up his mind, but he doesn't want to ask others, so he thinks about it himself.

Among them, especially Queen Ma, he actually likes Queen Ma to give him ideas, but many times he is worried that Queen Ma's ideas are better than his.

It's not a loss of face like that.

At this time, although he was also worried about this matter in his heart, but when Queen Ma asked him so clearly, Lao Zhu felt a little embarrassed.

"Queen Mother, there is no need to force this to be arranged... Moreover, the compulsory arrangement is easy to cause the rebellion of the people! ”

"It is human nature to be a little good and avoid evil, and the imperial court only needs to send out the news that the smallpox plague may break out, and then tell the people that the imperial doctor's research has found that after vaccinating with cowpox, there will be no more smallpox."

"If the imperial court compulsorily requires the people to be vaccinated with cowpox, then the people are good, and you have to let the family get sick. Aren't you harming everyone's interests by the imperial court! If one's own interests are damaged, there will inevitably be resistance. ”

"But if you look at it from a different angle, you tell them that smallpox is coming, and the horror of smallpox, that's basically everybody knows, at this time. Under the threat of death, the court found a way to avoid death. ”

"A cowpox and a smallpox, most people know how to choose."

"Those who don't want to... Then just let them die. If some people don't die, how can it be possible for the world to understand how great the merit of the imperial court's move is? ”