The Fourth Master's Favorite Concubine from the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 43 Smallpox
When the fourth master had just finished the matter of Qingyou's elder brother going to Aofeng College, Qingyou's heart had just relaxed, and another thing tightly tied Qingyou's heart.

Before the Jiangnan fraud case came to a conclusion, smallpox broke out along the Yellow River and headed north. Now, people near the capital have been infected with smallpox.

At this time, Kangxi urgently ordered his courtiers to discuss a solution.

Everyone was talking and quarreling in the court, but when it came to sending someone out to take charge of the control of smallpox, they were all speechless. At this time, only Yinzhen stepped forward and insisted on controlling smallpox.

When the news came back to the government, Yinzhen had already decided to leave in two days.

After Qingyou found out, he was simply anxious. Although smallpox can be solved with a single shot of vaccine in modern times, in ancient times, there were no such advanced treatment conditions, and this was a life-threatening matter. If you are not careful, you will die.

Qingyou understands that Yinzhen is the kind of person who wholeheartedly serves the people, and is different from other princes who only want to fight for fame and fortune.

Just like when Yinzhen was collecting debts, Yinzhen took the lead in attacking Chen Wensheng, Wei Dongting, Ma Guochenglong Kedo and the two princes, and singled them out:
Ma Guocheng, nicknamed "Ma Dapao", was a protégé of the emperor's eldest son Yinti. He followed Kangxi on three western expeditions and saved Kangxi from desperate situations, and was favored by Kangxi.

Longkodo, the nephew of the first minister Tong Guowei, was comparable to Kangxi's cousin.

Therefore, this incident brought a lot of infamy to Yinzhen, but Yinzhen still insisted on going his own way and collected debts for the court. However, Yinzhen was helpless in collecting debts from the front, and Babeile said from the back that he could solve the matter. , and later gave out a lot on credit.

Therefore, Yinzhen suffered from infamy, while Babeile had gained all his good reputation, and the imperial treasury was still empty.

Yinzhen knew that this matter was thankless, and no civil or military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were willing to take on this hard job, but for the sake of the people, Yinzhen still had no hesitation.

In the evening, Yinzhen came to Qingyou's yard. Qingyou didn't say anything. Since Yinzhen had already decided, he could only support it. Qingyou took out all the medicines in the space, classified them and labeled them, and packed out three large packages.

There were all kinds of medicines left in Qingyou's space before. After learning simple Chinese medicine in Qingyou, I didn't want to sit back and make some common pills. Although the effect was not as good as the ones in the space, it was better than the ones in the space. The medicines now are much better. Over the past two years, I have accumulated a lot without even realizing it.

There are also century-old ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum grown in Qingyou space. Although Qingyou has a lot of these things, it is not good to take out too many at once, otherwise people will doubt the source. Although I feel sorry for Yinzhen, but it involves It is better to pay attention to your own safety.

I packed up three large packages of medicines alone. I didn’t have much research on smallpox, but I also knew that this infectious disease required sanitation, disinfection and personal protection. Therefore, Qingyou divided the servants into two waves. One group of people made simple masks and gloves; another group of people distilled the liquor purchased by Qingyou several times.

Although these may not have much effect, as long as there is a slight possibility of safety, Qingyou will try his best to do it, but there is no need to say these things yet. Once they are done, Yinzhen can take them away with him. Qingyou was a little absent-minded as she was thinking about the next steps. Yinzhen saw this and quickly explained:

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. You also know that Emperor Kangxi had suffered from smallpox before. After he came to power, he had been studying smallpox. After several years of experiments, he finally came up with a method - variolation. . It is to put the powder of smallpox patients into the nose and fight the poison with poison. The chance of recovery is about 60 to 70%. Vaccination is most effective at the age of three, and the probability of success is also relatively high. The higher the cure rate, the better. The lower. Therefore, Huang Ama tried his best to promote it at that time, but because the cure rate was not very high and people were worried about their young son, the matter was shelved. Over time, everyone forgot about it.

At that time, I was still under the name of Queen Xiao Yiren. In order to support Huang Ama's implementation, I also received variolation. So when I go this time, I am certain that I will not be infected. However, after this incident, I plan to vaccinate the children in the house after this matter is resolved. "

After Yinzhen finished speaking, Qingyou remembered another thing - vaccination with cowpox. Qingyou remembered that vaccination with cowpox could prevent smallpox, and therefore, smallpox became extinct in modern times.

Qingyou quickly told Yinzhen: "What you said really woke me up. Before, I accompanied my mother to live in Zhuangzi. At that time, I was more playful, so I heard someone talking about vaccination with cowpox in the field. It can prevent smallpox, but at that time, I hadn't heard a few words before I was brought back by the maid who came to look for it. What I said today made me remember it. Regardless of whether it works or not, I can try it out, just in case. , this is not only related to the safety of people currently infected with smallpox, but also a major event that benefits the country and the people."

Qingyou became excited as she spoke.

Seeing Qingyou's excitement, Yinzhen also took these words to heart. For some reason, Yinzhen couldn't bear the disappointment with such bright eyes.

After saying that, Yinzhen stayed at Lihuayuan tonight, trying to give Qingyou some confidence.

The next day, after Yinzhen got up early to go to court to do errands, Qingyou also got up early and instructs the people below to make masks and distill liquor. Qingyou was busy working in full swing, and finally got everything done before the sun went down. I quickly packed everything up and sent it to the front yard.

In the evening, Yinzhen went to Fujin's courtyard. He will be traveling tomorrow. Due to emotions and reasons, Yinzhen has to go to Fujin's courtyard. After all, Fujin will be in charge of the entire courtyard in the next few months. At this time, You must give Fujin some face.

As soon as Yinzhen entered Haitang Courtyard, he heard Fujin saying: "Sir, you are taking too much risk in this matter. It is smallpox. My status is precious. If someone is not good, no one can afford it." "Master, do you want to tell the emperor that we won't do such dangerous things? Let's just stay in the palace peacefully, do some idle work, and enjoy the wealth." Fujin's eyes were filled with pleading. .

Originally, Yinzhen wanted to tell him that he had been vaccinated against variola, but when he heard what Fujin said, he was immediately furious and turned around and left Haitang Courtyard.

Fujin was left alone in the yard, complaining: "You said, I am not doing this for the prince, why doesn't the prince understand my painstaking efforts?"

(End of this chapter)