Great Qin Empress's Infrastructure Handbook

Chapter 359 Controlling the Epidemic
"I just received the news that there was an epidemic in Lingnan, and 7 to [-] people have died now. Do you have anything to say?" Zhao Qingrui looked at everyone coldly.

Such an important matter was actually being kept secret, and it was not reported until it could no longer be kept secret.

Well, it seems that she is too kind to them, everyone thinks she is young and easy to fool, right?
When Zhao Qingrui questioned, the people below were like sticking tape on their mouths, and none of them dared to say anything.

"Hehe, no one knows about this, right? Very good. If I let Yushitai find out something, then don't blame me for being ruthless. If anyone commits a crime, they will spend the rest of their lives digging for me." Zhao Qingrui kept a cold face.

What Zhao Qingrui said, the officials below remained silent.

Few people know about this matter, and it is impossible for everyone to know about it, otherwise the epidemic in Lingnan will definitely not be hidden.

"Your Majesty, the impact of this matter is bad, and we must not tolerate it. It is the lives of tens of thousands of Guizhou leaders." Chun Yuyue stepped forward, and now he is no longer the same as before. Now he has entered Taichang Temple and managed it here. With sacrificial rites and music.

Now Mr. Fusu doesn't fight anymore, even if he wants to fight, it's useless, he might as well work hard and save more things for his descendants.

At this time, he would stand up, angry in his heart, Daqin is so good now, yet there are still people sabotaging it, he is courting death.

He has accepted Zhao Qingrui now, seeing that Daqin has become so good now, this is something Mr. Fusu can't do, he doesn't want people to ruin this beauty.

Seeing Chunyu Yue jumping out, Zhao Qingrui raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't expect him to jump out, a little unexpected.

"Qing is right, I will punish you severely." Zhao Qingrui glanced at Chunyu Yue with satisfaction.

Sure enough, following her actions, those personal spirits in the court immediately began to attack the officials who did not report the knowledge.

As for how many of them are fishing in troubled waters, Zhao Qingrui doesn't care, and sooner or later they will all be caught, just as the mining side still needs a lot of manpower.

Zhao Qingrui made some more arrangements to properly arrange the disaster relief.

This year's official assessment has not been affected by the Lingnan epidemic, and it is still going on unswervingly. The main reason is that the government is too short of manpower.

Following various orders, the medical materials related to the treatment of the epidemic in Daqin were quickly transported to Lingnan.

Among them, there are also those who want to make money for the country. Zhao Qingrui directly ordered them to be arrested. If the evidence is convincing, they will be sent directly to Dali Temple and locked up first. When the epidemic is almost handled, all the prisoners will be sent to Go to Yingzhou Island.

There are so many mines over there, and the number of prisoners and prisoners of war sent there every year is still too small, not enough at all.

Zhao Qingrui's various actions showed that she could not tolerate people who knew the law and violated the law and regarded human life as nothing.

After catching some who wanted to make a fortune for the country, the medicinal material market suddenly calmed down a lot, and the prices of medicinal materials that had been soaring gradually dropped back to their original prices.

There are also some rhythmic ones, saying that the epidemic is God's punishment for the king, and that your majesty has no virtue.

These people, Zhao Qingrui, were arrested together, and it happened that Yingzhou Island was short of people.

Constantly arresting people, the cells in Dali Temple are almost full now, and these are the people who made trouble during this period.

The ups and downs outside have some influence on those who are preparing to participate in the official assessment in Xianyang.

His Majesty's attitude is as tough as ever, but they all know that the epidemic is terrible. This is a person who is about to die every now and then.

Zhao Qingrui called Feng Quji and the others over, "This time I am going to add an additional question to the test paper for the cabinet selection and assessment, and I will use this epidemic as a question to see their ability to handle affairs."

"Your Majesty, the exam questions have already been printed, and I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to make changes at this time." Feng Quji was stunned for a moment, but unexpectedly, His Majesty suddenly added questions.

"This question is printed and answered on a separate page, and does not need to be added at the end of another test paper."

"In addition, pass on the order. If you answer the additional questions well this time, I can make an exception for admission, and the scores of the additional questions will also be included in the total score." Zhao Qingrui said calmly.

"The minister takes orders." Feng Quji didn't say any more, and this question was only used as an exam for current affairs, not to introduce new knowledge, and it had little impact on those candidates.

"In the examination room for the cabinet selection assessment, the examination time will be increased by half an hour." Zhao Qingrui reminded.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty doesn't say anything, I will make adjustments." Feng Quji said seriously.

One more question is added, if the time is not increased, it will be unfair to these candidates.

As the order continues, many candidates in Xianyang City have no time to pay attention to the epidemic.

Students participating in the cabinet selection now have to add an additional question to the exam, which is already a little more difficult than other exams, but now it is even more difficult, they will all cry.

Outside discussions did not affect the imperial court's decree, and at this time in Lingnan, Wang Yuan and his doctors were already orderly treating those infected with the epidemic.

With the various disinfection measures given by Zhao Qingrui, all the infected people were gathered together for diagnosis and treatment by doctors.

The epidemic here was quickly brought under control, and the eyes were no longer wanton.

And all the officials here have been arrested by Feng Jie, and they have been investigated and interrogated one by one.

With all kinds of torture tools added to the body, there are not many strong-willed people among these people. Within two rounds, all these people were recruited.

Looking at the interrogation results delivered to him, Feng Jie's face was very ugly.

"Go and call Wang Yuan over." Feng Jie closed the interrogation results in his hands, and said to the attendants beside him with a cold face.

Soon, Wang Yuan was invited over.

"Why is Mr. Feng looking for the next official office at this time?" He is busy here. There are so many epidemic patients who need him to arrange, as well as the transfer of various supplies. He must pay attention to them all, but he can't. Anything went wrong.

"I've already found out the whole story, and I need to take the officials here back to Xianyang for conviction." Feng Jie looked at Wang Yuandao.

In a few years, Wang Yuan also grew up rapidly, Feng Jie was still a little envious, his sons' qualifications were relatively mediocre.

Over the years, I have also taken the official assessment several times, and only two of them passed the exam. Because of their lack of ability, they were assigned to less important positions.

As for Wang Yuan, he is already a close minister of the emperor, and he is quite trusted by His Majesty.

"Can I see the results of the interrogation?" Wang Yuan looked at Feng Jie and asked.

The situation here is a bit bad. During this period of time, the high-level officials were almost wiped out by Feng Jie. The remaining officials were only three or two kittens. Fortunately, he brought a lot of people from Xianyang, otherwise there would be no one. available.

"Yes." Feng Jie nodded, and reported the interrogation on the desk to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan looked at ten lines at a glance, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Those people are crazy? Just to avoid affecting their official career and leaving no stains, they did this??" Wang Yuan was furious.

The promotion system for officials in the DPRK and China is gradually improving. If you want to rise, you must not leave any stains except for your absolute merit.

This time the epidemic came quickly and violently. At the beginning, it only spread in one county. The county magistrate directly ordered the execution of serious people. He didn't dare to report it, so he concealed the matter.

However, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he used his savings to manage officials at all levels in Lingnan, hoping that they would not mention this matter during the assessment and hinder their promotion.

In this way, when they feel that everything is safe and they enjoy the epidemic at ease, the number of people infected with the epidemic increases rapidly.

The epidemic spread rapidly, and they also wanted to solve the epidemic before the court knew about it, but they underestimated the horror of the epidemic.

Even if they asked doctors to treat Guishou who was infected with the epidemic, it didn't have much effect. Coupled with their various random commands and operations, the epidemic has spread to other counties.

This time it is completely impossible to hide it, and if it continues, even if the punishment of the Yi tribe is abolished, they will probably be pulled out of the Yi tribe.

The impact of this epidemic is too great, they only have one thought left, it's over, their lives are over.

After reading the results of the interrogation, Wang Yuan wished he could kill those officials right now.

"Not only did these people fail to report the epidemic, but they also offered and accepted bribes. You will take people there and have their homes ransacked." Feng Jie looked at Wang Yuan.

"Master Feng, don't worry, I'll go as soon as I'm an official." Wang Yuan simply hated these people, these people are not worthy of being officials.

After leaving Feng Jie's side, Wang Yuan went directly to Li You, borrowed hundreds of people from him, and ransacked the houses of these officials one by one.

Seeing the copied items, no matter whether it was Wang Yuan, Li You, or Feng Jie, several people were silent. There were too many of these items.

These officials have stayed here for at most three years, and together, they have embezzled nearly [-] million yuan.

"These people are too much." Wang Yuan said angrily.

"I have brought these things back to Xianyang first. Such a huge amount of money needs to be determined by your Majesty." Feng Jie said seriously.

"What Mr. Feng said is that this incident has a bad impact, and these people must be punished as they should." Wang Yuan said angrily. He has also seen a lot of darkness in the officialdom over the years, but this time such a bad thing , he has never seen it.

Feng Jie started to rush back to Xianyang with the officials who had committed crimes and a lot of money.

While Wang Yuan and Li You continued to be busy managing the affected people here, the impact of the epidemic was too great, and there were still too few doctors brought in.

Even if there are local doctors here to help treat the affected people, they are still too busy.

Among them, a doctor developed a prescription to prevent the epidemic. After Wang Yuan made sure that there was no problem with the prescription, he began to send people to various places to boil the medicine, trying to make everyone drink a bowl.

Under the various actions of the imperial court, the epidemic was slowly cured, and some people who were seriously ill were gradually getting better.

When Zhao Qingrui received the news, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this time the epidemic was not some kind of smallpox plague, otherwise she would definitely go crazy.

In two days, Feng Jie will be able to return to Xianyang, and by then, she will be able to know the situation there in detail.

Thinking of the memorabilia sent back by Feng Jie, Zhao Qingrui's mood was not good.

She hates those people who eat vegetarian food.

"Your Majesty, the exam is going to start tomorrow, can Your Majesty go over to inspect it?" Shang Lian carried the memorial and asked Zhao Qingrui about her next plan.

"Go and have a look." Zhao Qingrui nodded. Those who took the exam are the future of Daqin's officialdom, and she is still very concerned about this matter.

"Your Majesty, let's make arrangements now." Shang Lian said respectfully, since His Majesty wants to go over to see, then he must make arrangements for everything. If something goes wrong, ten of their heads are not enough to cut off.

"There's no need to be grand, I'll just have a private look at it when the time comes." Zhao Qingrui said, going there with great fanfare, I'm afraid there will be a lot of deliberate performances and want to take shortcuts.

"promise."

After Shang Lian left, in the Zhangtai Palace, Zhao Qingrui flipped through the memorabilia sent by Feng Jie.

With the approach of the exam, before the exam started, the candidates had already arrived at the auditorium.

According to the different classifications, these candidates were divided into various places as soon as they came, so that they would not be able to find their way and delay the exam.

Zhao Qingrui stood on the attic, looking at the countless people below, feeling deeply moved.

In just a few years, many talents have emerged in Daqin.

At the beginning of the assessment, the number of people who came to participate was not even one percent of what it is now.

As Daqin became more and more prosperous, more and more people participated in the assessment.

This year also hit a new high. This year, nearly 30 people came to participate. This number can be said to be quite scary.

Of course, those who participated in this assessment were all for the sake of going further in the future.

The competition here is also the fiercest among all industries.

Of course, it is not uncommon for people who want to enter the officialdom to be less difficult. Officials in various places are invigilated by county guards from all over the place.

The examination questions are applied to the imperial court by the sheriff every year.

All the information of those who passed the exam will also be sent to Xianyang for review, and only after it is confirmed that there is no problem can they be approved to become officials.

Although the process is a bit complicated, these are all necessary. If there is a problem with the official project, no one can afford it.

As for those who took the assessment organized by Xianyang, everyone knew very well that as long as they passed the exam, as long as they worked hard, they would definitely go further than taking the official path.

Many people know that there is a shortage of people in the court.

As for His Majesty's temperament, she likes officials who do practical things, which is already fair to most people, and this is their opportunity to show their strengths.

Zhao Qingrui looked at those people with nervous expressions, many of them were reading with books in their arms, and many of them had big dark circles on their faces.

This is their chance to change their destiny. They have to work harder, and they can't guarantee that they are better than others. There are so many people who take part in the assessment every year, and only a few people are admitted. The competition is too fierce.

Looking at the devotion on these people's faces, I don't know if these people will be able to maintain this devotion when they enter the official career. The big dye tank in the officialdom really changes people.

(End of this chapter)