Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 112 Pimple Disease

Now it is time to rectify the various yamen on a large scale, and when they are resuming work one after another, the emperor urgently called, no matter who it is, they dare not neglect, for fear of leaving a bad impression on the emperor.

Therefore, the chief officials of each yamen hurried to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters.

While waiting for the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, they probably guessed that the emperor had further instructions on the resumption of work in various yamen.

For example, I want to know how many officials in each yamen have not returned to work in the yamen, what is the reason, and whether they need to be replaced?In other words, how much money for corruption has been paid by each yamen?
In short, on the capital's side, this is the big event now.

As a result, when Emperor Chongzhen came and spoke, they realized that they were all wrong.

"I have personally shown you that there is no danger in inoculating cowpox!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious expression after all the officials were present, "Now all the inoculations in the palace have been inoculated. But what about outside the palace? And your yamen , how many people have been inoculated with cowpox?"

As soon as this question was asked, many civil officials couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't expect the emperor to ask this question.

Although people in the palace, including the emperor and empress, were vaccinated against vaccinia, it was a big deal.

But the turmoil in the officialdom, compared with the previous party disputes, has more unexpected events, such as the establishment of the West Factory, the cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru, the minister of the Ministry of War Chen Xinjia, and a series of unexpected arrests. They didn't care about smallpox at all.

They are all thinking about official matters, so they don't want to get vaccinated in the past!
With so many officials present, only Chief Assistant He Fengsheng and his family were vaccinated.

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen asked the question, there was silence, and no one dared to answer that he could not take care of the vaccination for the time being.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the expressions of the officials below, and he knew what was going on in his heart, so he said solemnly: "The plague of smallpox has harmed the people for a long time, and now there is a fundamental way to prevent it, why don't you pay attention to it? Do you regard the lives of the people as worthless? Or, Qing and others have put life and death above all else, and don't want your own life or the lives of your family members? Or, have you all already had smallpox?"

When he asked this, the officials below were speechless.

On weekdays, you are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, how do you say it now?
It can't be said that the most important thing right now is the officialdom, right?

This kind of thing is acceptable by everyone by default, but it must never be said publicly!
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Sun Chuanting coughed, stepped out of the queue, and played to Emperor Chongzhen: "I am ashamed of myself. From now on, I will take the lead in inoculating vaccinia in person, and the officials of the Ministry of War will not be allowed to return to the yamen unless they are vaccinated!"

What Emperor Chongzhen wanted was for all the yamen to do this. Seeing Sun Chuanting standing up first, he nodded and said, "That's good!"

When the other officials heard this, they immediately knew that this was what the emperor wanted.

Moreover, the emperor had personally vaccinated against smallpox in front of them, and everyone in the palace had been vaccinated. Not to mention whether it was useful for preventing smallpox, at least it was safe.

Therefore, other officials echoed Sun Chuanting's statement one after another. They all said that they would go back to arrange vaccination immediately, not only to take the lead in vaccination, but also to let their family members follow suit.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Chongzhen was still satisfied.Because this voluntary approach is better than his next will.Waiting to look back at the effect, and finally make a decree, enforcement is the last step.

As long as all officials, including their family members, are vaccinated against vaccinia, then their servants, as well as other people in the capital, will all be vaccinated.

All the people in the capital are vaccinated against vaccinia. With the flow of people, the rich people in other places will also be vaccinated first.The most important thing is that this situation will be spontaneous, the efficiency will be higher, and the court will be able to worry less.

If the rich get vaccinated, everyone else will too.After all, no one wants to die, right?

Of course, the decree to vaccinate all over the country must also be issued, and the local government must be stipulated to provide convenience for the people to vaccinate.

In this way, the matter of vaccinia vaccination can be regarded as promoted.

When Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, he saw Zuo Maodi coughing and came out again and said: "Your Majesty, my minister inspected the water transportation, and saw that the people were infected with the epidemic, and most of them died. This epidemic is not smallpox, but It's pimple disease, I don't know if there is a cure for this disease?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a look of anticipation.

He would never have said that before.Because these have been incurable diseases since ancient times, how could the emperor cure them?
However, smallpox is also terminally ill, and now the emperor already has a solution!
So, is there a cure for the pimple disease?
According to legends, and not only legends, there is a high probability that the emperor has a treasure bestowed by Emperor Taizu in his hands, maybe there is a way to deal with pimple disease?
It may be impossible for others, Emperor Taizu is not an ordinary person!
Hearing Zuo Maodi's words, and hearing the three words "pimple disease", all the civil servants and eunuchs showed expressions of fear, and they all followed suit, telling Emperor Chongzhen one by one. "pimple disease" is severe.

Some said that when an official was drinking tea and greeting his colleagues one moment, he "failed to die" the next moment;

Another said that there were two people chatting on horseback one after the other, and the person behind just said a few words to the person in front, only to find that this person had "dead in the saddle, with his hands still whipped up";
The common people's family is even more so. There was a wealthy family whose whole family died in the plague, so two thieves planned to make a fortune. , As a result, the person below died suddenly while handing the bag, and the person above was also infected with the plague and died when receiving it. When they died, the two thieves were still holding the stolen bag in their hands.

There are also newlyweds, the newlyweds died together at the wedding, some people are riding on horseback, talking, and the people behind have died.

……

In short, the more these people talked about this "pimple disease", the more terrifying they became. Even if they were just talking about it in the Wenhua Palace, their faces were pale.

In fact, this "pimple disease" has a high fatality rate, and almost no one survives after being recruited, and it is extremely contagious. They can't understand this disease, so they naturally feel more terrifying.

Similar to the things they said, a Ming Dynasty adherent named "Hana Village Kanxing Waiter" wrote a memoir called "Hana Village Talks", which recorded these things.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw the appearance of the people below, he thought it was just the right time!

If they don't mention this, he will also mention this matter. Now that they have mentioned it, it is just right to talk about this matter.

(End of this chapter)