The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 215 I Can Only Release Pigeons
Looking at the data in the memorial, Zhu Ying's face began to gloomy.

The data in it is very confusing, not just one memorial, but all the memorials added up.

The number of reported memorials for most of them is not very high, and occasionally the number of memorials with only one or two volumes appears to be even lower.

But these days, Zhu Ying has benefited from reading and reviewing memorials, and is already very familiar with most of the situation in Daming County.

When they don't understand, they will ask Bingbi eunuch Guo Zhong directly.

If Guo Zhong didn't know, he would find out by himself, and then come back and report to Guo Zhong.

Among these memorials, there is a certain small county where nearly 2000 people died due to the plague.

It seems that there are not many, and the number of deaths in a county under the plague seems to be normal.

But Zhu Ying just learned that the population of this county is very small, only about [-] households.

In other words, when the report was submitted, half of the families in the county had died in the plague.

The transmission of memorials is naturally a post station, and such a transmission, although it cannot reach six hundred miles to expedite, but it is at least three hundred miles a day.

This also means that what Zhu Ying saw happened ten days ago.

Before that, when the plague broke out in Henan, the imperial court had arranged for officials to deal with it, and Zhu Ying also sent almost all the doctors in the Qunying Chamber of Commerce who knew how to treat the plague.

Moreover, many rules have been established regarding the epidemic prevention measures. These rules are issued by the imperial court, and naturally they are widely spread.

In the ancient plague, because of the low population mobility, even if the infection was extremely fast, it would take a lot of time to react.

Unlike later generations, because of the speed of travel, it spread more quickly.

In the current Ming Dynasty, under the formulation of Zhu Yuanzhang's rules, people are generally restricted to the local area and are not allowed to move around at will. Even if they have to travel far away, they must go through the approval of the government and obtain road guides before they can pass the checkpoint.

There is no doubt that such measures have limited the spread of the plague.

So from the appearance of the plague to the present, this matter has not caused much fluctuation in the court.

Ordinary plagues occur almost every year, and the ancient hygienic environment can easily cause them.

Nothing to be surprised about.

Although Zhu Ying wanted to do more to contain the plague, under the circumstances in ancient times, he could only say that he did his best.

But this time, things seem to be completely different.

"No, historically, there was no large-scale plague in the early Ming Dynasty. Why is it happening now?"

"Could it be the butterfly effect?"

"No, the plague thing has a hammer relationship with the butterfly effect. I don't read much, and I haven't seen any relevant records in the classics."

Zhu Ying pondered in her heart, although she did not graduate with a history major, men, after all, have a high interest in history.

Especially tomorrow.

Of course, the details are not clear, but some big things must be more or less impressive, and there is also a general scope.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Ying took out a blank sheet of paper and began to sort out the records.

This looks more intuitive, and it is also convenient to check the actual situation of the plague.

According to the time of the memorial and the scale of the plague, Zhu Ying simply marked these cities, similar to a map.

From which day, the scale of how many people, and then to which day, the plague began to appear in the next city.

Listed one by one in this way, more than 30 counties were soon marked.

After more than half an hour, Zhu Ying looked at the complete marking in front of him, and felt a little scalp tingling all over his body.

The number of plagues is almost rising in a straight line, and the speed of spreading is very fast.

The slowest transmission process in the middle is only about twelve days, and the shortest transmission process is only three days.

That's theoretical, and it's definitely faster in practice.

Because people will never go to see a doctor directly when they get sick at the first time, but stick to it for a day or two before talking.

This is especially true in today's Daming.

Most people's family backgrounds are not well-to-do. Basically, when they encounter some minor illnesses, they rely on their bodies to survive. Only when they can't bear it, they will go to the doctor.

"Guo Zhong, come quickly."

The next moment, Zhu Ying shouted loudly.

The door was pushed open immediately, and Guo Zhong appeared immediately.

"Go and find out, what kind of plague is the plague that happened in Henan Province?"

"The minister obeys the order."

Guo Zhong seemed to be quite young, and he usually walked lightly, but when he felt the eagerness of His Highness Changsun's tone, he turned around and slowed down deliberately, and then quickly ran at a very fast speed.

This speed is completely inconsistent with his age.

Seeing Guo Zhong leave, Zhu Ying murmured in her heart: "Don't be plague!"

Perhaps very few people know that it is now, right now.

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Europe at this time was being ravaged by the Black Death.

In Europe, which was originally extremely sparsely populated, at this time, one-third of the population had died in this plague.

And the Black Death is the plague.

The plague in this period was almost invincible.

Once infected, it is almost a death situation.

For now, the Black Death in Europe has just come to an end, and it has come to an end.

The situation of Daming made Zhu Ying extremely worried.

This is no joke.

If you know how the Black Death in Europe is coming to an end, you will not think so.

This is completely different from the concept of war.

The Black Death in Europe did not disappear, but all infected people died.

Isolate all the people in the area infected with the Black Death, and wait for the time to disappear naturally.

In this way, there are currently about 500 million people in Europe who died directly from the Black Death.

"It shouldn't be. How could the plague spread in the early Ming Dynasty? It obviously only started to appear in the late Ming Dynasty when it was close to 300 years ago."

During the waiting time, Zhu Ying seemed a little anxious.

There were many factors for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but the plague was the last straw that overwhelmed the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the global climate experienced a small ice age, which caused a major blow to agriculture, and a large number of farmlands failed.

Some people made a living digging out the grain stored in the mouse hole, and then some people started eating mice. At that time, most of the mice were not cooked, and half-cooked was considered good.

I was so hungry that I was crazy, and there were not a few people who ate raw.

Mice originally lived in a dirty environment, and the carrying of various germs was beyond imagination.

This is how the plague broke out.

At the same time, the drought and the epidemic caused a large number of people to become refugees, and the floating population made the epidemic impossible to control.

In this way, the plague followed the refugees and spread everywhere in the land of the Ming Dynasty.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the plague spread to Daming Mansion in Beijing.In addition, there was not a drop of rain in the Daming Mansion, and as many as [-]% of the people died of illness and starvation in the end.

When Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army came to Beijing, the city that was waiting for them was already riddled with plagues. Only 5 of the three major battalions that guarded the capital survived the plague. about.

For these remnants and defeated generals, each soldier had to defend three crenels on average.

And they all survived the plague by chance, and their physical fitness has a huge gap compared with before.

At that time, the soldiers guarding the capital sat weakly on the ground, unable to whip their whips, and had no will to fight.

For Li Zicheng's peasant uprising army, there is no ability to resist.

Li Zicheng successfully captured the city of Beijing and changed the name of the country to Dashun. However, Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing in a hurry the day after he proclaimed himself emperor.

Li Zicheng was able to invade Beijing, largely because of the plague, and the reason why Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing was equally simple, that is, his rebels also suffered from the plague, and it was difficult for the cavalry of the Qing army to parry.

The Qing army had close contact with Li Zicheng's army, why didn't they suffer from the plague?Later, when people looked up historical records, they discovered that only the cavalry survived the great European plague.

Therefore, historians believe that the fleas that spread the plague may not like the smell of horses, and the Qing army is mainly composed of cavalry, so naturally it will not be infected with the plague.

"Perhaps, a large number of horses can be mobilized to prevent the epidemic."

Zhu Ying had a sudden idea.

Of course, horses are not used to control the plague, but a large number of horses pass by, which can protect the lives of epidemic prevention personnel to a large extent.

If it is really the plague, in such a situation, maybe we can really try it.

This is already an impossible solution.

At this moment, Zhu Ying has actually figured out why the plague in the early Ming Dynasty was not very famous.

It is very likely that when the plague broke out, most of the sick people in the city died immediately.

It's just that although there are a lot of people in Ming Dynasty, they are not as scary as in Europe now.

But as far as the memorandum is concerned, Zhu Ying made a rough count, and the number of people involved is probably around 20.

Among them, the current number of deaths is about tens of thousands.

This is just the beginning.

If it is not dealt with according to the current situation, then the loss of millions in the later period may not be able to stop.

Compared with the 500 million people in Europe, it is naturally nothing.

But since Zhu Yingjue knew about it, he couldn't just watch it spread.

Although it is a bit sad, there is no good treatment for the plague in Daming today.

At present, those who contract such infectious diseases are basically close to death, and the only means of containment are disinfection and isolation.

That's it.

Some people may be surprised that the ancient government would not isolate people infected with the plague.

What's more, after the plague was infected, people died within three days. How could it spread so fast.

To understand clearly.

The spread of the plague does not depend on the spread from person to person.

It is spread by rats.

In the beginning of the plague, rats died, and people feared dead rats like tigers.

In a few days, people began to die. During the day and night, countless people died.

What's even more frightening is that three seemingly normal people were walking on the road, and suddenly two people were on the road.

The speed of infection and the number of dead are terrifying.

Not long after, Guo Zhong returned: "I tell Your Highness, it's the plague."

Hearing this, Zhu Ying immediately got up and went to the Huagai Palace without hesitation.

He had to explain this matter directly to the old man without delay.

The plague was prevalent in Henan, but it did not affect the excitement on the streets of the capital.

Moreover, even at present, the court did not pay too much attention to the plague in Henan.

Inside Yanwang Mansion.

Xu Miaojin dressed up and waited here.

Just now when Zhu Gaochi came back from the palace, he had already told Zai that at around noon, his elder brother would come over and take them to play together.

Qixi Festival is lively during the day and even more lively at night.

After Xu Miaojin heard the news, she was very excited.

From time to time, let the servant girl see if there are any flaws in her makeup and clothing.

Women in ancient times were actually simpler and more direct than later generations.

This involves the influence of the growth environment.

For Xu Miaojin, the people he has known at such an age can be described as only a handful.

Familiar people are even more pitiful.

Under such circumstances, it is easy to understand Xu Miaojin's thoughts on Zhu Ying.

Which girl doesn't have a spring.

This is also the reason why in ancient times, heroes who saved the beauty were always talked about.

"Auntie, why don't we have a cup of tea first, let's play backgammon first. It will take at least one or two hours for Big Brother to finish his work, maybe even later."

Zhu Gaochi said helplessly.

My aunt gave him the feeling now, as if the elder brother would come over in just one or two sticks of incense.

Maybe the two hours are not necessarily the same, if Grandpa Huang has something to explain, it is possible to come back after dinner.

Backgammon was handed over to the two primary schools by Zhu Ying. This is a simpler and easier-to-learn game than Go, and soon became popular in the Imperial Academy.

Zhu Gaochi also knew from this.

To a certain extent, the Imperial Palace Academy can also be regarded as the vane of the top honors of the Ming Dynasty. After all, those who study here include some descendants of princes and princes.

Everyone is young, and Go is really too profound, but everyone has Go in their homes.

If you change to a simple model, it will naturally be more popular and spread.

According to Xu Miaojin's excited mood, of course he was not in the mood to play backgammon, but Zhu Gaochi's next sentence immediately made Xu Miaojin change his mind.

"Auntie, I heard from Yunxi that the invention of backgammon is the elder brother."

Hearing that it was Zhu Ying, Xu Miaojin became energetic all of a sudden, and started to play chess with Zhu Gaochi.

Looking at the chess pieces, there seemed to be a little tenderness.

It's just that Xu Miaojin didn't know it at the moment. Because of the plague in the memorial, Zhu Ying, who was destined to be on the Qixi Festival, could only let go of the pigeons.

At this moment, in the Huagai Hall of the Daming Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang is discussing important political figures with various ministers and scholars.

Liu He whispered beside Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty, His Highness the eldest grandson is asking to see you. This old slave seems to have something very urgent."

Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words, glanced at the ministers who were discussing, and said: "Let the grandson come in directly."

(End of this chapter)