System, help me be an empress

Chapter 218
Since the 15th year of Tianyou, after the victory of the naval battle, several overseas countries have become more and more afraid of Daqian's military strength, but they dare not easily provoke troubles.

Xu Youxi came to the New Medical Pavilion. Half a year ago, he opened up an experimental field here.

This is also the only experimental field in Dagan that requires heavy guards. Xu Youxi walked into the greenhouse and found that it was already full of gorgeous poppies, and the entire greenhouse was filled with a strong fragrance of flowers.

"Your Majesty, it's the flowering period of Afulan. In this experimental field, except for Pei Pingan, a veteran who specializes in taking care of the greenhouses, only you and I have the right to come in. All the juice extraction these days is done by Chen and Pei Pingan. Two people are doing it."

Ruan Yuzuo's complexion is not as good as before, and he is obviously old. Even though Xu Youxi persuaded him many times, every time Ruan Wuzuo smiled and agreed, as long as he encountered a problem that was difficult to solve, he would repeat it all night long. Throw in the experiment.

"How about research?"

"Afuran does have strong medicinal value, but it is also addictive. Especially when it is added to tobacco and smoked, it will make people enter a state of hyperactivity for a short time. After a long time, it is basically difficult to quit. Once smoked If there is no opium, the person's mood will change drastically, as if in a daze."

When Ruan Yuzuo mentioned this, the sadness on his face deepened.

He went to Huacun Village with the army, and he also saw with his own eyes the villagers who were addicted to opium. After a period of time without opium, he repeatedly appeared in a mad state of rage and crying bitterly.

These villagers who had smoked opium were all brought back to Shangjing for intensive treatment. It was clear at a glance whether the villagers had smoked opium or not.

After questioning, I found out that at the beginning, these villagers really tried opium for the purpose of curing diseases. At that time, tobacco was still the main content in the pipe, and the opium content was very small, mainly for the analgesic effect.

Until later, I don't know who started it first, and the tobacco in the pipe became less and less, and even a few bold ones began to smoke pure opium directly.

Originally, the envoy of Xiayuan took these villagers to live in the traditional Chinese medicine hospital to see a doctor. As a result, there were many incidents of violent injuries among the sick villagers.The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine did not dare to continue to take him in, so he could only temporarily place the person in a house near the military camp and let the soldiers guard him.

During the period, the Xiayuan envoy thought of countless ways to reduce these people's dependence on opium, including Chinese medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, but in the end, dozens of experienced old doctors surrounded the villagers and were helpless.

I can only watch them go crazy over and over again, fearing that they will hurt me, I can only tie them up.

The only good thing is that most of the villagers do not take much of the drug, and after more than two months, they will be no different from ordinary people, and they will basically not get sick.

However, in order to ensure that these villagers will not relapse to opium in the future, Xinyige collected everyone's information and asked them to return to the doctor every month, and they were not allowed to leave Huacun village at will for three years.

Ruan Yuzuo finally recovered from his worries about the villagers in Huacun Village, only to realize that His Majesty seemed to be thinking about something too.

"Your Majesty, you still have to pull it out, but we haven't planted a few in total..." Ruan Yu made a bitter face, looking at the remaining flowers on the ground with a bit of distress.

Xu Youxi was stunned, only then did he realize that when he saw the poppy, it was a conditioned reflex to pull it out.

"It's kind of out of control."

"Your Majesty, in fact, the use of Afulan is not bad. If it is used in a small amount, not only will it not be addictive, but it will also have an excellent analgesic effect. If it is used well, the effect will definitely not lose to Datura flower." Ruan Ruan Although Wu Zuo was a bit jealous of Poppy, he didn't bring too many bad emotions into it.

To be honest, the poppies in full bloom at the same time are indeed a grand sight in the world.

However, Xu Youxi just subconsciously felt disgusted and disgusted, even if he stayed for a while, he would feel uncomfortable all over.

For Dagan who has not experienced that period of "tragic history", poppy is just a kind of half medicine and half poison.

But in Xu Youxi's eyes, these represent a generation whose lives have been ruined, an era riddled with holes and bullied by others.

Xu Youxi looked at Ruan Yuzuo: "I can understand that you look at poppies from a medical point of view, but Dagan's cultivation of poppies is no longer in the experimental field. Analgesics are important, but Dagan's national fortune is more important. From now on, I don't want any praise of Poppy from the New Medical Pavilion, do you understand?"

Xu Youxi spoke very seriously, and this was the first time she hit Ruan Yuzuo like this.

"The minister obeys the order."

Ruan Yuzuo is the leader of the new medical pavilion, and every word he says will affect the thoughts of many people.

"Every medicine formulated by poppy must be strictly numbered and have a clear description of its use. Once the opium is released, or the relevant medicine disappears, the entire New Medical Pavilion will be completely shut down and will never be restarted."

Ruan Yu made a somewhat astonished expression.

"If I can build a new medical cabinet, I can build the second and third ones. I don't want to waste this time and energy, so Ruan Yan has to keep an eye on the researchers below."

It was also the first time that Ruan Yuzuo saw His Majesty's attitude towards something completely arbitrary, but when he thought about those people who had relapsed from opium and were arrested and returned to Shangjing to quit again, he suddenly understood a little bit. .

If the entire Daqian is full of people in this state, the country will be ruined.

After Xu Youxi left the New Medical Pavilion, Jin Yiwei's previous investigation on the origin of poppy seeds also came out.

Most of these seeds came from countries in Southeast Asia and were brought into the territory of Dagan by some businessmen. But at that time, no one knew that this kind of flower could be used for viewing.

A few years ago, a group of poverty alleviation scholars who went to the "Flower Village" felt that the land in the Flower Village was special and especially suitable for cultivating flowers, so they purchased different flower species from all over the country, and changed the name of the village to "Flower Village".

It's a pity that the scholar was too idealistic. The flowers in Huacun village didn't bring much economic benefits. It was far less profitable than the neighbor village who planted fruit trees on barren hills. bad trend.

In the second year, that scholar was replaced.

The successor chose to shovel the flowers to plant other crops, but after careful consideration, he decided to keep some of the most beautiful flowers, including asparagus.

'Flower Country' does seem to be unlucky.

Although it is called "Flower Township", the flowers here seem to have been repeatedly planted and shoveled, and now they are bare again.

Xu Youxi looked at the names of those Southeast Asian countries on the Jinyiwei secret report, and seemed to think of something: "Aren't these countries all colonies of Great Britain and Portugal?"

"Yes."

"Investigate whether these countries planted poppies spontaneously, or whether they were guided by those countries."

Xu Youxi's expression was serious. If there were really shadows of those colonial countries behind the poppies, then she might take the initiative to start a war.

Opium is Xu Youxi's bottom line.

After returning to the palace, Xu Youxi called Chen Huishi, Li Shangyun, and Peng Yan over.

"I asked you to discuss the opium legislation before, what was the result?"

"These are the preliminary ideas discussed by the ministers and others. Please see if there is anything that needs to be revised." Chen Huishi brought the draft with him and presented it with both hands.

Xu Youxi glanced at the past: "No, the punishment is too light."

"Your Majesty... drug traffickers are already punished by death." Chen Huishi couldn't help reminding.

"What is the punishment for treason? According to the crime of treason, drug traffickers and their blood relatives will not enjoy any national welfare policies. Immediate relatives within three generations are not allowed to be officials in the court, and they are not allowed to join any institutions directly under the court. Of course, if the relatives discover the situation immediately Report, the relative can be dealt with lightly."

"People who take drugs will continue to be sent to Beijing for drug rehabilitation. Their names will be registered in the government register. Local officials will be responsible for regular inspections. All travel must be reported."

"Those who grow more than five opium poppies will be sentenced to three years to life imprisonment, and the whistleblower will be rewarded with silver ranging from ten taels to a hundred taels."

……

Xu Youxi basically revised the regulations that the three of them had discussed.

"Your Majesty, aren't the laws you stipulated too strict?" Chen Huishi couldn't help but asked, "I'm afraid it will cause criticism from the people..."

"Is it strict? When the "Ganbao" promotes it, the title will simply be called the most stringent law in history."

"Okay, I don't have any comments, let's all go down. I hope to see the perfect law within seven days."

"Yes."

After the three of them retreated, Xu Youxi summoned Liu Jiye from the Household Department and Rong Yingran from the Rites Department. Liu Jiye was the first to arrive.

Since "Gan Bao" became official, although Liu Jiye was still the president of the newspaper in name, in fact he basically stopped doing such things as writing articles.

"The household department seems to be quite busy recently."

Liu Jiye didn't know why His Majesty asked this question: "Recently, spring tax is being levied, so I will be a little busy, and it will be fine after a while."

"Well, you leave the tax collection to Du Zhiyi, and you help me write a few articles."

When Liu Jiye heard what His Majesty said, he immediately paid attention to it.

Before Xu Youxi could speak, Rong Yingran just arrived.

"Your Majesty Rong came just in time, so I will tell you about the matter together." Xu Youxi thought for a moment and said, "A while ago, you heard about the eradication of poppies in Dagan territory, right?"

"heard."

"Poppy flowers can be made into opium. It is called Wuxiang in the palace. It is the kind of medicine that Emperor Huaguang used frequently during his lifetime. This kind of medicine is extremely addictive. Once you take it, you can't get rid of it. Once you quit, it will lead to smoking. The victim is extremely painful, and has an emotional riot, and the whole person has a strong desire to attack."

"People who take opium for a long time will look haggard, skinny, and can't do anything except smoking opium all day long. You can imagine, if this thing spreads in the big dry, what a terrible result it will lead to."

"You can look through Emperor Huaguang's daily life, and you will find that Emperor Huaguang in the later period was moody and easily killed because of his emotions. He couldn't do without Wuxiang. At that time, the imperial doctor said: the oil is dry and the lamp is exhausted. The physical condition of a 30-year-old person is similar to that of a 30-year-old man, and the effect of opium is not absent.”

Xu Youxi's heavy tone also resonated with the two of them.

"Calling you over each has a task. Liu Jiye, you will go to the imperial doctor of the Chinese Medicine Hospital to take you to see the real status of the opium addicts' detoxification, and then go to Huacun Village to learn the details."

"The new law on opium will come out in seven days. Mr. Rong, you are responsible for rewriting the textbooks, and putting the laws and regulations, the dangers of drugs, and the identification of poppies in the first class of each semester. And there is to start again To popularize knowledge among the people, everyone is required to memorize the law on poppies, and everyone is required to recite the identification requirements of poppies."

"From next month, the imperial court will give rewards for reporting opium planting in the surrounding area. If it is reporting opium smoking in the surrounding area, one person will be rewarded with a reward of 1000 yuan. Those who surrender to the Yamen in advance will not affect themselves and their relatives after successfully quitting. .”

After Xu Youxi issued all the tasks, the relevant personnel immediately took action.

Finally, at the beginning of April, Dagan’s first popular science article on “Opium” was published. The editor was Liu Jiye, who hadn’t written for a long time.The newspaper specially printed pictures of poppies and opium, and Xu Youxi also exchanged a few real pictures of opium smokers from the system and added them in later.

The streets and alleys began to discuss this issue of the newspaper again.

"Opium is equal to drugs. Smoking opium is chronic poisoning for yourself? Look at these people in the newspaper, they are all skinny and mummified. It's scary."

"Where is Huacun Village? It's too bad luck. If you come into contact with opium for no reason, your life will be ruined."

"I remembered! There was a period of time when the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine admitted a bunch of lunatics, and they fought with each other at every turn. It was very scary to watch. Suddenly one day, these people were transferred to other places to continue to see the doctor. At that time, we were all about to be I was scared to death, thinking that some new type of infectious disease had appeared again, which would make people crazy. My sister also wondered if those people had rabies, so we were so scared that we rushed to the Xinyi Pavilion to get a rabies vaccine."

"The poppy flower looks so evil, I feel creepy just looking at it."

"Isn't it safe for non-smokers like us? No one knows if they are unlucky, or when they don't know, they have come into contact with opium inexplicably."

……

Immediately afterwards, articles related to opium were published for several days in a row. Except for Liu Jiye, several editors who had not written articles for Ganbao for many years, such as Su Huaihe, He Muqing, etc., made a comeback and began to write Critical essay on poppy and opium.

These popular science articles have scared people who usually smoke tobacco. They are afraid that when they don’t know, someone has given opium to the tobacco. They start to try whether they can quit. Colleagues observe the process of quitting tobacco , Is there any pain during detoxification described in the newspaper...

Ok.

If he can quit smoking by himself, it means that his tobacco is fine and he has not been poisoned.

At the same time, more and more people from all over the country came to the yamen to inquire about opium. Many people were very anxious, for fear that they would have anything to do with opium.

In short, the enthusiasm for quitting smoking has once climbed to a peak.

(End of this chapter)