Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 683

Zhao Wen took the memorial from Liu Wenzhong and flipped through it.

According to the memorial, a large number of rats appeared in the villages of Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi (Qingyang Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty) from about one month before the Chinese New Year.At the beginning, the local people did not pay much attention.

But after the Chinese New Year, the number of rats became more and more dense, and they even dared to swagger through the market in broad daylight. Among these rats, there was even a "rat king".

In the barracks of the local garrison, a large number of rats also appeared.

These mice are not afraid of the severe cold, shuttling among various villages, regardless of the day and night, there are as many as a cow's hair.

Nowadays, many people in Qingyang Mansion have high fever and chills to varying degrees, and human-to-human transmission has already occurred.

Some deaths have even begun to occur, but the number is not very large at present.

Today, the local garrison has sealed off villages with rats and places where patients appear, and no one is allowed to come in and out at will. At the same time, they are recruiting local doctors and various rat-catching experts to go to these places.

Looking at the contents of the memorial, Zhao Wen's heart was suddenly gripped.

This memorial was delivered on No. 15 of the first month, three days have passed since today.

Zhao Wen looked at the word "rat" on the memorial, and immediately thought of the term "plague".

This kind of disease is a disease that will be discolored in later generations, let alone now.

Zhao Wen read the memorial over and over again. Finally, he closed the memorial in his hand and looked at Liu Wenzhong, "Notify all officials to prepare for a court meeting."

Liu Wenzhong took Zhao Wen's order and hurried out of the imperial study.

Not long after, Zhao Wen sat in the Golden Luan Hall.

The hall was full of civil and military officials, and Zhao Wen was sitting on the throne, holding the memorial that Liu Wenzhong sent up before.

"Read the memorial again!" Zhao Wen handed the memorial to Chen Donglai who was standing beside him.

Chen Donglai took the memorial and read it out.

After Chen Donglai finished reading the contents of the memorial, Zhao Wen looked at the civil and military officials in the hall, and said, "There are a lot of rats in Shaanxi, and the rats are rampant. I am afraid that there will be epidemics. Dear friends, do you have any opinions!"

"Your Majesty, according to historical records, as long as there are rats raging, there is a high possibility of plague. If we don't respond in time, I'm afraid it will be out of control.

The top priority should be to let the local garrison blockade the area around Qingyang Mansion, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving.At the same time, the rats were exterminated, and a doctor was sent into Qingyang Mansion to prevent any accidents! "Lu Xiangsheng stood up.

Although Lu Xiangsheng is a scholar, he also has a deep understanding of how destructive the plague is.

"The local garrison has sealed off the area around Qingyang Mansion, and at the same time recruited local doctors and various mouse catching experts to enter Qingyang Mansion. However, these are not enough." Zhao Wen looked at a white-haired man standing in the ranks of civil servants. Official, this official is the medical officer of the Xuanzhen Tai Hospital, and Sun Liancheng, the general manager of the Tai Hospital.

"Sun Aiqing, your imperial hospital should be ready to go to Shaanxi. I will give you three days. After three days, there will be five left-behind doctors in the imperial hospital, and I will send the rest to Qingyang Mansion.

Except for the Taitai Hospital, recruit doctors in Xuan Town and go to Qingyang Mansion. If you encounter any problems on the way, report them to me in time, and I will definitely deal with them in time.

All kinds of medicinal materials in Xuan Town must be transported to Qingyang Mansion in time. Besides, medicinal materials are purchased from all over the country.Inform the various caravans below to transport medicinal materials to Xuan Town, no matter how many medicinal materials or what medicinal materials they can transport, I will demand as much as they can.

All kinds of daily necessities must also be transported to Shaanxi, and there should be no negligence for a moment.

There is also the Military Academy to inform the garrison in Qingyang Mansion that the withdrawal of the troops will be temporarily suspended, and all the garrison troops in Qingyang Mansion will be stationed at the same place for me, and they are not allowed to withdraw without my will.

People who come back from Shaanxi, no matter who they are or what they do, must be quarantined for half a month. During the half-month of quarantine, no one is allowed to touch them, and daily necessities that have been touched must be disinfected with alcohol.

The House of Representatives, the speed of sending officials to Shaanxi must be accelerated. No matter how difficult you are, I must send all the officials from Shaanxi to me within half a month.

There is also the Ministry of Industry, which notified the alcohol factory that starting today, I will work overtime to produce alcohol. After the alcohol is produced, it will be sent to Shaanxi immediately without any mistakes.

All ministries must pay attention to this epidemic and focus on this epidemic.The ministries cooperate with each other and communicate with each other. "

Zhao Wen looked around, and said loudly: "In a word, this matter is of great importance, there can be no negligence, and anyone who dares to play tricks on me here, I will never forgive you lightly.

Alright, let's stop here for today's grand meeting. If anyone has any other opinions or contacts, please come to Yushufang directly to find me. "

Zhao Wen quickly made arrangements, and then walked out of the Golden Luan Hall.

Now that the medical facilities are backward, Zhao Wen had to make such a decision.If the disease is really allowed to spread, it will be a huge disaster.

Fortunately, the population in this era is not very mobile, otherwise, the impact would be even greater.

Zhao Wen came to the imperial study room and asked Chen Donglai to place the rice paper and ink on the table in front of him.

Zhao Wen took the brush and began to write on the rice paper.

Zhao Wen kept writing on the rice paper, recalling the treatment process of this infectious disease in later generations.

Later generations have a detailed process for infectious diseases, and Zhao Wen also knows a thing or two about these things.

Zhao Wen didn't dare to write down all these procedures, but it was better than not knowing anything now.

In about two hours, Zhao Wen wrote out these procedures.

Maybe not very detailed, but better than nothing.

After Zhao Wen finished writing these things, he handed them over to Chen Donglai, "You take these things to the printing factory and ask them to print them quickly. They must print [-] copies before the doctor of the Imperial Hospital goes to Shaanxi."

Chen Donglai took the brochure that Zhao Wen handed over, saluted, and hurried out.

"Let Lu Xiangsheng come here!" Zhao Wen looked at the guards standing outside the imperial study and shouted.

The guard at the door hurried out, and after a short while, Lu Xiangsheng came to the imperial study.

Today, Lu Xiangsheng is working in the Senate. After Zhao Wen's court meeting, Lu Xiangsheng returned to the Senate and began to deal with the affairs arranged by Zhao Wen.

"Your Majesty!" Lu Xiangsheng came to the imperial study and was about to salute Zhao Wen when he was interrupted by Zhao Wen.

"Don't salute yet, I've come to you because I have something for you!" Zhao Wen looked at Lu Xiangsheng who was standing in front of him.

"Your Majesty, what do you dare to ask?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

"It's like this. I want you to go to Qingyang Mansion. I don't know if Aiqing dares to go? Now that Qingyang Mansion is in such a situation, if there is no one with outstanding ability to sit in Qingyang Mansion, I will not feel at ease. This What happened this time is nothing compared to a war, so I have to treat it with caution." Zhao Wen looked at Lu Xiangsheng.

Without hesitation, Lu Xiangsheng said directly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go!"

Lu Xiangsheng is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Under such circumstances, he chose to go to Qingyang Mansion.

"That's good, that's good. After you go, if you have any difficulties, tell me, and I will do my best to solve it for you.

After you go, I hope you can report to me the daily situation of Qingyang Mansion. " Zhao Wen said.

"Your Majesty, I will do my best to resolve this matter." Lu Xiangsheng bowed solemnly to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen originally wanted Liu Wenzhong to go, but once Liu Wenzhong went, the Senate might be much slower in handling matters.

After much deliberation, Zhao Wen chose to let Lu Xiangsheng go.

There is no doubt about Lu Xiangsheng's ability and Zhao Wen's ability. The fact that this person in history was able to chase down thieves proved his ability.

"After Aiqing goes back, write a list of what she needs and report it to me. I will definitely do my best to meet the contents on the list." Zhao Wen said.

"The minister leads the order!"

After Lu Xiangsheng left, Zhao Wen asked people to go to the Council with his order, and asked Liu Wenzhong to draft an imperial decree, and Lu Xiang was promoted to the imperial envoy for epidemic control, and the governor of Shaanxi to control the epidemic. During this period, all epidemic control affairs in Shaanxi must be listened to. Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement.

After the prevention booklet written by Zhao Wen was sent to the printing factory, the workers in the printing factory began to work overtime.

Within two days, the quantity Zhao Wen needed was finally printed.

After they were printed, Zhao Wen gave these brochures to Doctor Cheng of Tai Hospital and Lu Xiangsheng.

Three days later, the train bound for Shanxi departed.Because the railway from Xuanzhen to Shaanxi has not yet been completed, it can only go to Shanxi first, and then enter Shaanxi.

The doctor of the Tai Hospital took the doctors in the Tai Hospital and the doctors recruited from Xuanzhen on the train, and Lu Xiangsheng also took the people on the train.

In addition to them, various anti-epidemic materials were also loaded on the train and transported to Shanxi.

This matter was even more worrying than fighting. With Zhao Wen's strength, it would not be a problem if the big tent was delayed for a day or two, but for the epidemic, Zhao Wen did not dare to delay for a moment.

A few days later, the train stopped at the railway station in Fucheng, Pingyang, Shanxi.

These people and supplies will cross the Yellow River from the west of Pingyang Mansion to Qingyang Mansion.

Lu Xiangsheng got off the train with his entourage, and after changing to a carriage, he went to Qingyang Mansion non-stop.

The next place for Lu Xiangsheng is Xi'an Mansion, where Lu Xiangsheng will wait for the follow-up materials. After all these materials are delivered to Xi'an Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng will start to transport these things to Qingyang Mansion.

After another six or seven days, Lu Xiangsheng finally arrived at Xi'an Mansion.

While Lu Xiangsheng was waiting for follow-up supplies, Zhao Wen also dispatched men to inform Wang Qi to speed up his search for Wu Youxing.

The news of the fear of an epidemic in Qingyang Mansion was published by the newspaper as a headline on the front page. Along with this news, there were also some measures Zhao Wen had taken against the epidemic.

All of a sudden, the people under Zhao Wen basically knew the news.

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There is a county called Huanxian in the northwest of Qingyang Prefecture. Huanxian is located at the junction of Huanhe River and Ganhe River. Not far to the northeast is Taibai Mountain.

Because of successive years of drought, the water levels of the Huanhe and Ganhe rivers have continued to drop.

There is a small town called Quzi Town under Huan County, and this Quzi Town is where the rat infestation first emerged.

There are more than 100 garrisons in Quzi Town, and these garrisons were the first to report the rat infestation.

After the report was made, the army stationed in Huan County also quickly dispatched troops and began to blockade Quzi Town.

In today's Quzi Town, no outsiders are allowed to enter or leave.

Daily necessities are also delivered through the army.

In the town of Quzi Town, there is a huge mansion. This mansion was originally owned by a local evil gentry, but was later liquidated by the garrison and became a camp for the garrison.

In a room in the front yard of the house, a doctor wearing a simple mask was sitting by the bed, feeling the pulse of a middle-aged man lying on the bed.

The middle-aged man lying on the bed had his eyes closed, red spots appeared on his face, and some red bumps appeared on his body, and his body was still shaking.

The doctor frowned tightly, and after a long time, he let go of the middle-aged man's wrist.

The doctor picked up a jug from the table next to him, poured some alcohol out of it, and washed his hands and the places that had been in contact with the middle-aged man.

After doing these things, he walked out of the room.This person is a military doctor in the army.

The garrison chief in Quzi Town is a hundred households, and these soldiers have not yet changed their ranks.

Baihu was waiting outside the door. As soon as the Langzhong came out, Baihu came up and said, "Doctor Liu, how is it? This man is a well-known local gentry. When our army marched, it was of great help to our army, but Nothing can happen."

"It can't be done!" Lang Zhong shook his head, with a helpless expression on his face, "I'm already unconscious, and there are red spots all over my body, and there are very obvious small bumps.

When the fingers are pressed on the skin, dark brown blood spots will also appear.I guess it won't last for a few days! "

"Then what should we do now? What is his disease? Is it really hopeless?" Baihu asked.

"At first, I wasn't sure. Now, I'm 100% sure. This man had the infamous pimple plague.

It seems that the current epidemic in Qingyang Mansion is precisely pimple plague.Before, I was not sure, but now, I am sure that this person got pimple plague.

My lord, stay away from the room first! "The doctor pointed to the room, and then led Baihu to the courtyard.

Pimple plague is what the ancients called plague. Pimple plague was not uncommon in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, the most urgent task now is to find out who and what he has been in contact with before.

It is necessary to find out the people he has contacted in time, and then arrange them in a unified manner.As for the things that have been touched, they are all burned.And this room needs to be dealt with in time.As well as his family members, they must all be controlled, and they cannot be allowed to run around.I know it's hard for their families to accept, but now it has to be done.

The yard is also sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter. All people must cover their faces with towels when they go out, and the towels must be soaked in alcohol.

My lord, the most important thing now is those who have already been sick, and they must be placed in a unified way.At the same time, the people should be informed not to run around and stay at home.

Rats in various places should be exterminated in time, and all things that the rats have come into contact with should be destroyed.If someone died of illness, they were either buried deeply or cremated.My suggestion is to cremate directly without leaving any traces. "Langzhong looked at Baihu and said solemnly.

"Then what do you do?" Baihu was also wearing a simple mask, and when he heard what the doctor said was so serious, he immediately became worried.

(End of this chapter)