In the palace, because of the spread of the epidemic, especially the four-year-old princess, it may be transmitted, which makes people panic.

In the Tai Hospital, from the hospital envoys, hospital judges, to the ordinary imperial doctors below, they have not been able to get a good life in the past few days, and they have been consulting a large number of files day and night to find a way to deal with smallpox.

But no matter how nervous Zhu Youzhu is about his daughter, and even uses the country's resources to prevent and control it, it is still a drop in the bucket.

It can't be cured, it is the limitation of the times, and it is not transferred by human will.

In the court, Zhu Youzhu brought this emotion over, and there were still many important things to discuss that day, but because the princess was likely to have smallpox in a few days, Zhu Youzhu came up and brought the topic to the spread of the epidemic in the capital.

Yin Hanzhong of Suncheon Mansion came out to the emperor and the ministers present to state the seriousness of the epidemic around Suncheonfu now.

“…… After the autumn, the epidemic has spread from Bazhou and other places to the north, in the last ten months, the south city, the north city has reported the infected people one after another, people are panicked, although the morning and evening markets in various places in the past have been opened, but the people in and out are very few, the price of salt in the city has risen by more than 50% compared with ordinary years, and there are even nobles, taking the opportunity to raise prices......"

Han Chonggang was transferred from the position of political envoy of Shaanxi Youbu to the capital, replacing Gao Chang, who died in the office of Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and this time there was such a plague epidemic.

Coupled with the fact that the plague had reached the palace, he naturally felt that invisible pressure.

Zhu Youzhu interrupted him: "If you talk about the epidemic, you will talk about the epidemic, why should you be involved in other things?" Now that even Kunning Palace has infected people, can't even my family get a peaceful life? ”

Cabinet Minister Xie Qian came out and said, "Your Majesty, the epidemic does not distinguish between high and low, it is due to the destiny of heaven. ”

Regarding the epidemic of this epidemic, the common saying in the capital is that Li Guang broke ground to repair Yuxiu Pavilion on Wansui Mountain, and was punished by heaven.

At this time, people did not understand the pathogenesis of smallpox, and naturally blamed the plague and other things on God's damnation.

Zhu Youzhu was even more angry when he heard this.

When I told you this, I was discussing the method of prevention and control, and as a result, one of them was involved in the price hike of the nobles, and the other said that it was the "Mandate of Heaven...... To put it mildly, you are just relying on me?

Xungui is the one who raises prices, led by my two brothers-in-law, and the person who violates the mandate of heaven is not Li Guang and Li Tianshi, whom I have always trusted?

Zhu Youzhu glared at Liu Jian, the first assistant minister who was standing at the front, and asked, "Elder Liu Ge, now that my princess has been in contact with patients, is there any way to make her avoid danger?" Can I only pray here that she will not be infected by the epidemic, and I will not be able to do anything? ”

Liu Jian is also under a lot of pressure.

The predecessor Xu Pu retired from the first assistant in July, and he succeeded the first assistant for less than two months, and now it is the darkest time for the Hongzhi court, although it seems that Zhu Youzhu is still polite to Wenchen, but with the rise of Li Guang, and the emperor is becoming more and more paranoid in Taoist matters, so that the good relationship between Wenchen and the emperor began to crack.

Moreover, Liu Jian obviously lacks confidence in maintaining his relationship with the emperor.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, when there is a spread of acne among the people, it has also been spread according to the method spread in the Tang and Song dynasties, or the pox clothing method, that is, ordinary people wear the clothes of acne patients, or use the patient's mouth and nose as a nasal plug, so as to cause mild acne to avoid the epidemic. However, if an ordinary person has been in contact with the patient, this method is invalid. ”

The history of pox in China is very early, but it is a human pox, the safety of this planting method is very poor, often makes healthy people have smallpox, resulting in smallpox epidemics, and the onset time of human pox is the same as the onset time of acne, and it is impossible to use the blood method to plant human pox to speed up the onset time...... Unless you don't want to live anymore.

In short, this method is very backward, and there are not many people who adopt this method.

Zhu Youzhu listened carefully for a long time, and when he heard the end, he said angrily: "Now that I and my family may have been in contact with the patient, what's the point of talking about prevention?" What I want is how to heal it! Is there no mention of any more in the books of the houses? ”

The scene was silent.

We are professional politicians who help the emperor govern the country, and this is to use us as infectious disease experts?

The major is obviously not right!

Just when the monarch and ministers were in a hurry, Chen Kuan appeared next to the emperor again and said something in Zhu Youji's ear.

Zhu Youzhi immediately said angrily: "Nonsense, what nonsense!" ”

What are you messing around?

The minister was confused.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's court meeting will be here first, after you go back, you must consult the classics, I have lost my beloved son, and I don't want to lose my beloved daughter again." She is still young, so I asked you to give advice to her to grow up to the cardamom years! ”

After speaking, he didn't explain much to the ministers present, and left in a hurry and went to the inner courtyard of the palace.

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In the west hall of Kunning Palace, at this time, a half-grown boy was sitting on the steps, staring at the eunuchs surrounding him with ferocious eyes that were almost murderous, and his small eyes, small nose, and small mouth were almost curled up together.

"If you don't let this palace in, this palace will let people beat your board! You deserve it! ”

It is the crown prince Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao came to play with his sister that day, but as a result, people were blocked outside the Kunning Palace, and she couldn't even see the old lady.

There was a smallpox epidemic in the palace due to the west hall of Kunning Palace, and the queen of Kunning Palace also moved to other places first, leaving only the little princess Zhu Xiurong living in the west hall.

The eunuch couldn't explain this to Zhu Houzhao, so he could only desperately prevent the brother and sister from seeing each other.

Liu Jin, the eunuch next to him, said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, can you go in, if you get sick, the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty ...... Woo, you must take care of your precious body. ”

At such times, it seems that only Liu Jin dared to open the window paper and tell the prince that it was a matter of infectious diseases.

Zhu Houzhao pointed to Zhu Xiurong, who was standing at the door of the west hall of Kunning Palace, and looked at Zhu Xiurong outside with a pitiful face when he was stopped by the palace maid and said: "The imperial sister is there, looking at her, does she look like she is sick?" ”

Liu Jin said: "This is a pox, before the onset of the disease, no one knew whether it had been infected or not. ”

At this moment, Luan Jia and his party had come over in the distance, and when the eunuchs saw this scene, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to line up to meet the king, but it was Zhu Houzhao who took the opportunity to get up and quickly rushed to the west hall of Kunning Palace.

Fortunately, the palace maid on the opposite side saw that the situation was not right, and quickly closed the door.

"Let Hongu in!"

Zhu Houzhao patted the door at the door.

Now it doesn't matter whether you play with your sister or not, for Zhu Houzhao, face is bigger than the sky.

At this time, Zhu Youzhu had already arrived outside the hall.

"Bastard! Come here! ”

Even if Zhu Houzhao was messing around again, seeing his father's angry appearance, he could only walk over with his head down, and when he walked to his father's side, he still looked back from time to time.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Because of anger and anxiety, Zhu Youzhu coughed, he was already in poor health, and in the past two years, Li Guang has continued to offer heavy metals of unknown origin and excessive pills, and his body is not as good as before.

"I thought that after you went out of the pavilion to study, it would make your personality restrained and your temperament become gentle, why are you still so nonsense? Do you want to make me die? ”

This is said harshly.

The surrounding eunuchs were also frightened.

The emperor may have been really scared, thinking that this might be God's punishment for him, so he would say such things to the crown prince.

Zhu Houzhao is currently eight years old, and he has been out of the cabinet to study in March of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, which is considered to be the earliest among the princes of the past dynasties, or it may be that Zhu Youzhi hopes that the eldest son can become a talent earlier after the death of his second son.

"Father, the son just wants to play with his sister for a while." Zhu Houzhao's face was puffed up.

He felt like he was right.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Your imperial sister, she has been in contact with a patient with acne and is still recuperating, if you want to find her, you can wait for half a month to make sure that she has recovered." If you dare to come again, I will punish you for thinking about it, and you will not be allowed to step out of the temple for a month! ”

"Father!"

"Take him back to me! Strictly guarded, if you don't see it well, you are the only one who asks! ”

"Yes!"

When Zhu Houzhao looked unwilling, he was dragged away by the eunuchs.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but look inside the crack in the door, blinking his eyes wide, looking aggrieved, but he didn't understand why his parents treated Zhu Xiurong like this.

That pitiful little face made Zhu Youzhu heartbroken when he looked at it.

From the perspective of thousands of years of patrilineal social family inheritance in China, a father prefers to have a son, but from the emotional bond, the father will feel more sorry for his daughter, because the daughter is the father's little padded jacket.

Zhu Youzhu was afraid that he couldn't help but go over to explain to his daughter, but he could only harden his heart, sigh and turn away.

"Your Majesty......"

Chen Kuan saw Zhu Youji's sad face, and couldn't help but want to be comforted.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The people from the Tai Hospital have called me to the Qianqing Palace, and Li Guang, I want to take countermeasures!" I must not let the little princess have the slightest damage, even if it is a pox scar, it is unacceptable! ”