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Chapter 405 Epidemic Prevention
When the sun slowly rises from the east, the brilliant sunlight shines on the earth, and Jiangling, where there were sporadic disturbances before, completely returns to peace.

Under the double blow of many days of brutal bloody battles and the plague, there were only [-] warriors left in Jiangling City. After one night, hundreds of people were killed, and more than [-] fell. None of them.

After occupying Jiangling, Liu Jing's first task is to prevent the epidemic. This is the top priority right now. Nothing is more important than epidemic prevention.

However, epidemic prevention involves all aspects, and there must be one person to take charge of the overall situation and coordinate all parties. Therefore, after some consideration, Liu Jing worshiped Xu Shu, the right Sima, as the prefect of Nanjun to preside over Jiangling's epidemic prevention matters.

The reason why Liu Jing promoted Xu Shu to be the prefect of Nanjun, besides Xu Shu's outstanding talent and proficiency in the law, is qualified for the position of prefect, there is another important reason, that is, he has a lot of money.

Xu Shu was born in a poor family. When he was studying in Xiangyang, he had only a slight reputation. Now he has joined Liu Jing for less than two years, and he has become the prefect of Nanjun.

Liu Jing's appointment was beyond everyone's expectations, even Xu Shu himself was greatly surprised.

Xu Shu was quite self-aware in his heart, whether it was in terms of qualifications, closeness, achievements... even in terms of talent, he was not the first choice, but Liu Jing chose him.

Xu Shu felt that the most correct thing he did in his life was to go south to Liu Jing with his friend Zhuge Liang.

I think before he was 29 years old, he lived in Xiangyang, achieved nothing, and often fell into confusion because he couldn't see the way forward.It has only been two years since he went south, and he has become the prefect of two thousand stones. Xu Shu was very grateful for Liu Jing's special encounter.

Liu Jing took Xu Shu's hand and said, "Yuan Zhi, the current epidemic situation in Jiangling is quite serious. It may be risky to enter the city at this time. Yuan Zhi might as well stay in Jinxiang for the time being to manage affairs. When the epidemic situation in the city has eased, he can enter the main county again." It's not too late."

Xu Shu politely rejected Liu Jing's proposal without even thinking about it, saying: "Liu Jingsheng is a gracious man, he governs leniently, and is known to be kind to the people. Although Jiangling is restrained, the hearts of the people are not attached. Right now, Jiangling is raging with disease and the people are terrified. Entering the city to show kindness and caress people's hearts, if you are afraid of disease and epidemics and hesitate to move forward, you will be disappointed."

How could Liu Jing not know this truth, seeing Xu Shu's firm attitude and insisting on entering the city, he stopped talking immediately, nodded and said, "Okay, but Yuan Zhi must be more careful and take care of his health."

"promise."

Without further ado, Xu Shu bid farewell to Liu Jing and entered Jiangling under the escort of soldiers. When he arrived at the county mansion, he immediately summoned the county officials.

Due to the untimely death of the prefect Liu Qi and the disapproval of the new ruler from the bottom of his heart, less than half of the county officials were summoned, and none of the county officials such as the meritorious officer, the master book, and the postal governor were there.

Xu Shu was not surprised by this. The Han Dynasty regarded the county as a state, especially the meritorious officials, the chief bookkeeper, and the postal governor. Compromise, or you will lose your reputation and be reviled by others.

The first decree issued by Xu Shu was that if the officials were infected with the disease, even if they were in good health, they had to go home immediately and be quarantined for [-] days.Anyone who dares to hide the epidemic and not return home, beheaded!
"..." The officials couldn't help looking at each other, this order was too strict.It's just that Xu Shu, the new eunuch, has a resolute appearance and a stern expression. At first glance, he is not easy to get along with, and they dare not raise any objections. Immediately, more than ten people resigned and returned home. The huge main hall of the county mansion suddenly became even more empty. .

Xu Shu didn't make his own claim, but acted in accordance with the epidemic prevention regulations drawn up by Liu Jing.This [-]-day quarantine is the first article of the epidemic prevention regulations. After all, if the plague starts to spread among officials, there will be no way to talk about epidemic prevention, so the prevention and control of officials is the top priority.

The so-called epidemic prevention regulations were formulated by Liu Jing two years ago. At that time, after years of war in Jingnan, coupled with the outbreak of floods, many places were plagued by plague.

In order to prevent and control the plague, Liu Jing gathered all the staff of the general's mansion, officials and doctors, and after several days of deliberation, compiled it. There are dozens of regulations.

It is thanks to the epidemic prevention regulations that the epidemic in southern Jingnan was contained in time before it started to erupt on a large scale.

This time the plague broke out in Jiangling City, but Liu Jingjun who lived in the wild was safe and sound. It has to be said that it is all thanks to the epidemic prevention regulations.

The anti-epidemic regulations summarize more than ten kinds of common diseases throughout the ages, such as dysentery, malaria, typhoid fever, disasters, ghost injections, pulmonary impotence, bitter wind disease, water poisoning disease, etc., and the methods to deal with them.

Judging from the symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea among the infected people in Jiangling City, it seems to be similar to cholera, and the peak season of cholera is during the hot summer months.

Cholera is mostly caused by food and drink. Contaminated water and food are the chief culprits for the breeding of cholera. When a war breaks out, food is usually not guaranteed, so cholera is one of the diseases most likely to break out in war.

Then the doctor Cao officials also confirmed Xu Shu's speculation.

After confirming that the disease in the city was cholera, Xu Shu had a plan in his mind. At present, there are vacancies in the chief secretary, meritorious service officer, and postal supervisor, and they must be filled as soon as possible, otherwise the county government will be difficult to operate.

Xu Shu didn't have time to carefully select his confidantes, so he could only randomly pick a few Cao Caos to stand up for the time being. If they performed well during the epidemic prevention period, they might not be able to take the position of high official.

Then, Xu Shu wrote an article in his own handwriting: "Everyone in the world is plagued by epidemics, and they are slaves. They say that there are ghosts who perform slavery, or carve peach charms, or light firecrackers to drive away the epidemic. The cold and heat are wrong, and it is caused by poor diet. There are no ghosts and gods, and medicine and stones can heal..."

Xu Shu wrote more than a thousand words eloquently, and asked people to announce this article to the whole city, and then officially promulgated the decree:
First of all, Jiangling was besieged for several months, and there were countless dead and piled up corpses. The corpses must be transported out of the city as soon as possible and cremated on the spot.

Huaxia advocates burrowing into the ground for safety. If some people cannot accept cremation, they will dig deep pits, bury the corpses in the ground, and cover them with quicklime to ensure that the plague poison in the corpses is completely isolated.

The second is isolation, delimiting areas in the city, building epidemic centers, and preparing medicines to accommodate the infected in the army.Those who are infected by the common people are quarantined at home. During this period, all infected persons and their family members are not allowed to leave the house at will. In January, those who dare to cross the door will be killed without mercy!

Again, warn the people not to drink raw water, but to drink more boiled water. As for the lack of firewood for the people, Xu Shu will order the villages to send more people to go to the mountains to cut trees to supply the needs of the city.

The last is to organize the officials and people in the city to clean up feces, water and garbage, and eliminate mosquitoes, snakes and rats.

As Xu Shu's government orders were issued, all the officials rushed around for a while, the army and the people worked together, and the whole Jiangling devoted itself to epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic in full swing.

(End of this chapter)