Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1065 Emperor's Heart

The seventeenth brother did not stay in Ganzhou for a long time. Following Cao Yong for a walk in Ganzhou, seeing the scenery of the northwest, he returned to Beijing with his guards and entourage.

Naturally, he left two brothers, Guangsheng and Yuesheng.

Cao Yong asked them if they still remembered their origin, who their parents were, and where they lived.The two brothers can't remember clearly, but they can roughly tell their origin and surname.

This brother is a Siamese. His parents died when he was six years old. He was sold to a merchant on the wharf by his uncle, and then he was taken to Guangzhou and kept in a garden for several years. Seventh brother.

Siam is the Thailand of later generations, and many seagoing ships from Guangzhou sailed to Siam.

If it is the children of a good family, Cao Yong still wants to wait for them to be older, so that people can arrange for them to return to Siam.Since he is an orphan, he would rather stay in Cao's house than in Duckweed...

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The capital city in October was not peaceful.

Due to the continuous natural disasters in the past few years in the north, either droughts or floods, or locust plagues and hailstorms this autumn, people's livelihood is very difficult, and people have fled famine.

The hungry people in Shandong, Zhili, Shanxi and other places all needed the imperial court to provide food relief.Only in Henan, because the Henan government has grain reserves, the people are still struggling to maintain it.

Many starving people in Zhili, under the hunger and cold, could not wait for the relief from the court, and flooded into the capital in large numbers.

From the beginning of October, the household department set up porridge factories in five cities to provide porridge.

After experiencing a dry autumn, the capital city in winter started to snow heavily one after another.

On the third day of October, it snowed heavily all day and all night. The rich and powerful in the inner city just burned all the earth dragon kangs and added a few charcoal pots; but the poor people in the southern city killed themselves.

According to the statistics of Shuntian Prefecture, the heavy snow on the third day of October alone crushed more than 300 houses, killed and injured nearly [-] people, and frozen to death dozens of refugees and beggars.

Teahouses and restaurants in the capital, when it comes to this matter, are hesitant to speak and cover up.In the final analysis, everyone still believed in the word "violating the harmony of heaven".

In less than a year, an emperor, a queen mother, and a prince died. I am afraid that many people have already slandered in their hearts. The emperor on the dragon chair is really a tough man.

The ordinary people in Shengdou don't know the important affairs of the court, and they only care about the rain, snow, crops, and whether the year is good or bad; the rich and powerful people know more, and they still remember the sealing of the nine gates when the emperor passed away a year ago.

Although no one dared to say it outright, when colleagues gossip and relatives discuss, it is unavoidable that someone sighs twice.

The atmosphere in the capital suddenly became strange.

No one dared to offend Tianwei by making irresponsible remarks in front of the imperial court; but it also made more and more people silent, maybe they didn't know what they were waiting for.

On the seventh day of October, a memorial from the governor of Shuntian Mansion, acting in charge, caused another turmoil.

Smallpox patients were found in Nancheng, and one person died.

In the capital city, smallpox has not been prevalent for several years.

This thing does not distinguish between rich and poor, if it is infected, it will be close to death.It's okay for adults, if you have a stronger body, you can survive more. If the elderly and children are infected, they will have to resign themselves to their fate.

The imperial court has decreed that sick patients in the family will be exempted from going to court for half a month.

Speaking of the drought and flood natural disasters in the north, everyone can still watch the excitement and gloat.Now smallpox strikes, but everyone is in danger.

Everyone stared at Shuntian Mansion, wondering where the smallpox was spreading.

Those who have plans to visit relatives and friends have recently been more confined at home and rarely go out for a walk.

As people feared, the smallpox virus spread rapidly in the capital.At the beginning, there were only cases in the outer city, and three days later, there were two cases in the inner city.

Although it cannot be said that everyone is in danger, they often close their doors for protection and live their lives with trepidation.

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South Court, pasture.

Seeing the nearly hundred cows in front of him, Brother Thirteen widened his eyes: "This is, this is..."

He wanted to ask if this was prepared by the emperor's father before, but he changed his words: "When did the emperor prepare this, it looks like a lot?"

Yongzheng stood aside in his uniform, and said: "It was prepared at the end of last year. At the beginning, there were only a dozen heads. I thought that if there were acne in the spring, it would be distributed to hundreds of officials and clans. But it didn't go up. After this year, I will raise them." It's over a hundred."

When Brother Thirteen heard this, his heart skipped a beat, he turned around, and said a little excitedly, "The emperor's intention is to spread this 'cowpox' to the world?"

Yongzheng snorted coldly, and said: "I know that some villains are using the refugees to talk about things recently, slandering my lack of virtue. I want to see if I am worthy of this emperor for my benevolent government!"

He has been on the throne for less than a year, but he seems to have aged several years.

He sleeps for two hours every day, does not arrange any cruises and pleasures, and spends every penny of the treasury on the construction of people's livelihood.

Since the first day of October, the five cities have donated porridge, and the palace has also reduced the cost.Starting from the emperor and queen, each meal should not exceed ten dishes.

The saved money and food were also sent to the porridge factory to make up for the lack of money and food in the household department.

How many emperors throughout the ages can do this?

The thirteen elder brothers who came to watch were also wronged for him.

"They are all villains who can't stand on the stage. The emperor doesn't have to take it to heart. With this benevolent government, the emperor is destined to leave a name in history, become a generation of benevolent monarchs, and be admired by all people in the world!" said the thirteenth elder brother.

Yongzheng shook his head and said: "I can't be this benevolent king! I don't want the name of this benevolent king. It doesn't matter whether I am a strict king or a benevolent king. As long as I do my duty well and let the people live a good life, this is the right thing to do." It is the foundation of inheriting our foundation of the Qing Dynasty forever." At the end, he was a little firm.

The thirteenth elder brother knew that although he, the emperor's elder brother, was a little moody, he was not a reckless person, and he would never use the trump card of cowpox just because of a few rumors in the city.

If the prediction is correct, it must be the batch of smoky soil paste brought from Yunnan that gave the emperor a way to weaken the strength of the Mongols, so he let go of his concerns and decided to spread this "cowpox" method to the public.

There are pox doctors in the Tai Hospital, and there are also doctors who vaccinate "human pox" among the people.

Under the order of Yongzheng, Shuntianfu took the lead to gather the doctors from the capital, and the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital taught them the method of planting "vaccinia".

Half of the hundred cattle in Nanyuan belonged to Shuntian Mansion.

For the family members and neighbors of smallpox patients, they should be inoculated with "vaccinia" for prevention.

The remaining cows are used to make pox, and some good cows are transported from the suburban counties to inoculate the pox for use in Gyeonggi.

The ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

As early as when the "human pox" was promoted, it caused a lot of controversy, but it was just that "the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise sees wisdom".

In order to curb the spread of smallpox, Kangxi initially forced the Eight Banners to inoculate "human pox".As a result, it didn't take long before it became voluntary vaccination.

There is no other reason, but although vaccination can prevent smallpox, it is also dangerous.

The richer the family, the more they are afraid of death, and they are afraid that they will be the one in a million or one in a thousand unlucky ones, so they dare not take the slightest risk.

Therefore, curiosity is curiosity, but no one dares to take a step first.

Yongzheng originally wanted to use this as a kindness, and wanted to win the hearts of the clan and officials, but he didn't expect that no one responded, but he was so deserted, and he couldn't let go of his face.

Aware of everyone's doubts, he ordered the pox doctor to vaccinate all the people in the palace first.

On the subject's side, the thirteenth elder brother came forward and begged for a decree to vaccinate the people in the palace.

He had already got the "vaccine pox" method, and all his wives, concubines and children had been vaccinated.To come forward at this time is just to carry the sedan chair for Yongzheng.

Yongzheng also knew this, and when Elder Thirteen got closer, he sent two pox doctors to Elder Thirteen's mansion to vaccinate the people in Elder Thirteen's mansion.

Thirteen elder brothers took the lead, and then Prince Chun's Mansion, Prince Ping's Mansion, Long Kedo, Yi Duli and others wanted to ask for orders one after another, and they also vaccinated the whole family.

The kind of guy who is afraid of both the danger of smallpox and the danger of life and death is staring at these mansions that have been vaccinated.

There are hundreds of people in the Prince's Mansion, and the Eight Banners are less powerful, and most of them have a family of one hundred or eighty people.These families add up to more than a thousand, plus tens of thousands of court ladies and eunuchs in the palace, and there is no one who died suddenly after being vaccinated.

Until I heard that the empress of the harem and several concubines had also been vaccinated, those who were afraid of getting vaccinated could not wait any longer, and began to ask for grace in front of the imperial court to vaccinate themselves.

Although Yongzheng was tired of their arrogance and condescension, he endured his unhappiness and arranged for people to vaccinate them.Those who were not available at the Tai Hospital for a while also gave the vaccinia prescription and allowed themselves to be vaccinated.

Although Cao Yong was not at home, Cao Song was there. He invited two pox doctors he knew and vaccinated all the servants in the east and west mansions.As for the masters, they had already been vaccinated quietly.

On the day Mrs. Li heard that "Vaccinium Pox" was promoted in the world, she sat on the edge of the kang in a daze for a long while, and finally burned three sticks of incense to her husband's memorial tablet.

Seeing this, Chu Yu was surprised.

She knew about the relationship between the cowpox and her father-in-law, and thought that her father-in-law would hide it from her mother-in-law, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to know about it.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's expression was different, Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Does my daughter-in-law think that it's not a festival, I'll offer incense to the old man?"

Chu Yu nodded, and said, "Could it be some important day? Why don't you tell the kitchen to prepare a sacrificial banquet and make offerings to the Grandfather?"

"No, Grandpa doesn't like these things," she straightened her back at this point, with nostalgia and pride on her face, and said, "Everyone thinks that Grandpa took advantage of being the emperor's milk brother, so he was given a posthumous title." Zhongzheng'. Who knows, Grandpa has his own hills and valleys in his heart, and what he thinks in his mind is not flattering his master and emperor, but the people's livelihood in this world. Although he can't get the name of Huo Wanmin, he should get it. The blessings of man..."

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Hall of Mental Cultivation, East Nuan Pavilion.

The room here is as warm as spring, but there is not even half a waiter.When Yongzheng entered, he saw a man wearing a hooded cape standing by the door.Judging from the figure, it was a woman.

He lowered his footsteps, walked forward slowly, stretched out his arms, and wrapped the man in his arms.

The man trembled slightly, without turning around, his voice was inaudible: "Your Majesty..."

Yongzheng's breathing became rapid, he picked up the man by the waist, took two quick steps, and sent him to the kang.

"Your Majesty, it's daytime..." The man's voice was choked up, with some pleading.

Yongzheng sat on the edge of the kang, hugged her tightly in his arms, leaned into her ear and said, "It's only good during the day, but it's not cheap at night. Don't worry, Su Peisheng is guarding outside..." As he spoke, he went to relieve her. She was very distressed and said: "Let me take a look at the flowers first, I have really wronged you..."

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The monthly pass was stuck, biting the small handkerchief, and continued to ask for the minimum monthly pass. .

(End of this chapter)