My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 145 Happy News

   This road is full of devastation. In the early morning, it is the time when the smoke rises from the villages.

  But...Where Liu Sheng went, he saw the villages he passed, but most of them didn't hear chickens and dogs, and didn't see any smoke rising from the kitchen.

  Occasionally there are bones beside the road, but no one restrains them.

  Although Liu Sheng is also well versed in the so-called flexible ways of officialdom, he occasionally makes some troubles on weekdays.

  Seeing this scene, I couldn't help crying.

   Finally arrived at Zhuangzi.

   But there were many people in that village.

  Liu Sheng walked quickly into the village, but he didn't see the panic during the epidemic, nor did he see the tragic scene of the family wearing sackcloth and mourning.

   There are quite a few people, helping the old and bringing the young.

   Obviously, many people heard the news and came to this village to seek medical advice.

  So, the guard had to beat the gong to clear the way, and shouted: "The county magistrate is here, the county magistrate is here, avoid, avoid."

  It's a pity... At this time, not many people pay attention to these things.

   People are almost gone, no one cares what county magistrate you are, it's useless if the king of heaven comes.

  Liu Sheng had no choice but to get off the sedan chair in a hurry.

  Looking around, although the place is chaotic, it seems like an oasis in the desert, an island in the ocean.

  He squeezed into the crowd, and finally entered the hinterland of Zhuangzi, but saw a scholar in a shawl and Confucian shirt sitting, and then... began to stick bamboo sticks into the nostrils of the people who came forward.

  Those who have been "cured" by him will be grateful.

   This scholar was obviously very tired, his face was full of haggardness, but at this time he had to cheer up and wait for the next person.

   Liu Sheng stared straight at the eyes.

  At this time, the local dibao heard the sound of the gong and hurriedly found Liu Sheng: "The county lord..."

  Liu Sheng pointed at the scholar and said, "What's going on?"

"This man has the method of preventing the epidemic. After the great epidemic spread, he began to prevent the epidemic in Zhuangzi. At first, everyone didn't believe it, but later, everyone discovered that many people in other places... were infected. Only the people in this Zhuangzi People... there is no one who is sick, the county lord... now people in all directions and towns have heard about it, and everyone comes to seek medical treatment."

   Liu Sheng said: "Is this... true?"

   "I saw it with my own eyes." Di Bao said, "There are more than 400 people in this village, all of them are indeed alive."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng felt as if five thunderbolts had struck his head. His body swayed, his face turned blue, and his lips trembled: "He...he...he can really cure this epidemic... oh... oh... if... if so... how many people can be saved? ..."

   After saying that, his eyes darkened, and he passed out all of a sudden.

  The crowd rushed to save him, and among those who managed to pinch him, finally Liu Sheng woke up.

  Liu Sheng opened his eyes, and the first thing he did was laugh out loud: "Haha...haha...haha...the people can live, come, come here... hurry up and invite the gods, please the gods..."

Di Bao hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "The county lord, the county lord, you can't say that. This Li Xiucai has never liked being called a **** by others. He is a scholar and a scholar, and he himself said that this is the key to epidemic prevention. The law is learned from books, and this healing technique has nothing to do with ghosts and gods."

  After hearing this, Liu Sheng was very excited, and said with piercing eyes: "Yes, yes, yes, scholars of my generation respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. Oh, this county is confused, confused."

   Di Bao saw that Liu Sheng was in good health, and said, "Master Li, I'll invite Li Xiucai to come."

  Liu Sheng shook his head: "No, no, this person is rescued, what is the county going to do to bother him! If we waste time, we will save a few people."

After a pause, Liu Sheng said cautiously: "However... Let some civil servants follow him to see how he rescues, and see if he can learn a lesson. Then in the county, no, the whole Songjiang Mansion, or even the entire Jiangnan. If you rely on one person...it's too difficult, you can ask about it."

  Dibao nodded, came back after a while, and said happily: "The scholar said that he is suffering from the lack of assistants, especially those who can read and write, and he is just looking for it."

Liu Sheng rubbed his hands, shed tears with excitement, and murmured: "Okay, that's great, gather all the people who are not infected, and learn from them, this county... this county can also read and write, this county is also counted. One."

  Dibao was shocked: "Xianzun, this is not a trouble to you, the county zun, you are still responsible for the entire county."

Liu Sheng scolded: "It's already at this time, what else does the magistrate of this county have to do? There are priorities, and the biggest thing right now is to prevent the epidemic and save people. This person is the foundation of the world. People are gone. What else is there for?"

   What Liu Sheng said was so righteous, Di Bao dared not speak again.

Liu Sheng said again: "Go to the county as soon as possible, and pass on the words of the county to the county teacher, and ask him to call the county's scholars and young students to come here quickly. Then order people to report to the mansion, and Ying Tianfu should hurry up !"

  He nodded his head protectively, and went in a hurry.

  So Liu Sheng and a few civil officials who came with him began to surround the scholar named Li Wensheng. They observed carefully and kept in mind the essentials of Li Wensheng's actions.

Li Wensheng also seemed to understand that this is not the time to exchange pleasantries, so although he looked tired, he still did not forget to say: "This is called vaccination, and this epidemic is called pox disease. Don't be afraid of being infected by the disease. As long as you are not afraid of infection, things will be easy. Many pox diseases are not only caused by this evil disease, but also from the people who have the disease. Everyone is afraid of them like snakes and scorpions. died in his care."

After a pause, Li Wensheng continued: "So the top priority now is to allow more people's bodies to prevent acne, and then people's hearts will be settled. After it is settled, patients can be properly taken care of, and healthy people don't have to worry about infection. , this great plague can be alleviated. As for the pox...it came from the cow...You guys watch me pick up the pox first, and then go to that shed to have a look later."

  Liu Sheng looked at it very seriously, nodded subconsciously and said, "Does it have to be pierced? Only after piercing can you get the pox?"

"Exactly." Li Wensheng said earnestly: "We have to hurry now, and this matter cannot be delayed. Unfortunately, there are still too few manpower here. Although there are many strong people in the village, there are too many people nearby, and there are still people carrying them. If a patient comes, the patient cannot be vaccinated, but fortunately, people here don’t have to worry about getting infected, at least they can take care of them, so the immediate priority is to get more people to come.”

  Liu Sheng no longer cared about his status as the county magistrate. To Li Wensheng's order, the little chicken pecked at the rice and nodded: "Yes, yes, sir, what you said is right."

Li Wensheng is familiar with people's acne, shaking his head and said: "I'm not a gentleman, I'm just a mere scholar. If I didn't read a book by chance and knew the method of epidemic prevention, I'm afraid that many people in this village will People can't survive."

  Liu Sheng was shocked and said, "Is there such a divine book in the world?"

Li Wensheng said seriously: "This is not a divine book, no, I mean... the author of this book does not want people to call it a divine book. It is in it, and there is a special outline, saying that all things are born to support people, but People should learn, observe, and use all things to save the common people. At first I thought this book was ridiculous, but in the end it was him who helped a lot.”

  Liu Sheng was surprised and said: "Which ancient genius doctor wrote this book?"

   "It's called Zhang An, I just read it in a hurry and remembered some content. As for the author, I didn't read it carefully. I am really ashamed."

  Liu Sheng couldn't help sighing: "This must be a great sage in ancient times. He not only understands medicine, but also has the idea of ​​helping the world and saving the people."

   A few hours later, many people from the county came.

   They are all temporarily healthy, including civil servants and scholars.

  Everyone is following Li Wensheng's method. Helping is second, the main thing is to learn the method, and then let them disperse to various townships.

  Li Wensheng hadn't slept for eleven hours. He taught many people the essentials, so he lay wearily under the locust tree in the village, wanting to take a rest, but he snored as soon as he leaned against the locust tree.

  Liu Sheng began to vaccinate the pox, until the evening, the number of people who came to seek medical treatment was finally reduced, and there were many civil servants to take care of him, so he was free.

So he ordered some scholars to say: "In the county, arrange some pox vaccination, and send a few more people to the most serious Fengjing Township, Xupu Township, and Xianshan Township, so that all those who have not yet been infected can be vaccinated immediately. Afterwards, the strong men were dispatched to treat the sick people. In addition, they borrowed 10,000 stone grains from the local gentry for disease treatment and epidemic prevention, and told them that now is the time to help each other. If it really gets to the point where there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms, everyone will be seriously injured, teach them to know how powerful it is."

"Oh, by the way, sir also said that at this time, we need to boil more hot water and clean up puddles and other places, so as to prevent... other diseases from recurring. In this way... the local gentry will mobilize some manpower, and local gentry , To levy some ding, find a way to go up the mountain to cut firewood, boil water in a big pot at the intersection of each township, and then distribute it. Then teach people to clean up some sewage pits in some counties, go.”

   After explaining, he was still a little worried.

   Arrived under the big locust tree, looked at Li Wensheng who was soundly asleep, but did not wake him up, took off his official uniform, and covered Li Wensheng.

He pondered for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and whispered to the people around him: "Taking pen and ink, with the strength of my county, it is just a drop in the bucket in the face of such a big epidemic. The most urgent thing is to immediately report to the court and tell this Mr. Li In such a situation, please the imperial court do its best to vaccinate the pox in the surrounding prefectures and counties in advance, so...even if the pox **** himself wants to come down to the earth to wreak havoc, he must be taught whether he will come or not. Hurry up and get the pen and ink..."

  Looking for a place, took the Four Treasures of the Study, Liu Sheng pondered for a moment, then began to repair the book, truthfully reported the situation here, and even made a clear report about Li Wensheng, and finally ordered someone to rush to the capital.

  ...

  At this time, the capital is already panicked.

  As the news spread like wildfire, you must know that although Nanjing City is some distance away from Songjiang, you can hear that there are also cases of infection in Suzhou. If this spreads like this, Nanjing City may not be able to protect itself.

   Of all the disasters, people are most afraid of this kind of plague, because other disasters, whether it is floods or landslides, are at least visible.

   But things like the great epidemic are silent, and no one knows. Maybe when I wake up, I will immediately be in a disease of fear.

  Amidst the panic, many people have already begun to plan to escape, and everyone thought it might be safe to go west.

  Of course, more people can’t leave. Most of them are still running for the next meal. When they leave the city, the whole family, old and young, will starve to death.

  Zhu Di received one report after another.

   Met with wave after wave of ministers.

   But in fact, everyone can't come up with any good solution.

   This is not a flood or other disasters, at least the court can dispatch manpower and material resources to alleviate the disaster.

  When the imperial doctors heard about the epidemic, they dared not go to Songjiang even if they died. As for sending ministers to inspect, the ministers who got the order were already weak in their legs.

  Zhu Di was quite annoyed at this time, but he still endured it.

  Because he also knows that he can't come up with any rules for this matter, and he can't force others.

  Today, Xiejin and others were called to have an audience.

Zhu Di still had a gloomy face, holding the latest memorandum and said: "Just last night, there was a memorandum in the Changzhou government, and a patient appeared. I’m afraid something big will happen soon.”

   "There is also the magistrate of Jiangyin County. After hearing about the situation, he actually fled overnight. I... I really didn't expect that there would be such a mediocre official in the world. Such a person must not be spared lightly. He was immediately arrested at sea and his home was raided."

   Xie Jin and the others remained silent, but they could also imagine how angry His Majesty was when he saw the news.

  There are still such stupid people in the world.

  However, in extraordinary times, anything can happen. In fact, everyone has already taken it for granted.

  At this time, I saw Zhu Di again: "Once the Changzhou government spreads, where will it be next? Soon... I'm afraid it will go to Zhenjiang and Nanjing, Zhu Qing... don't you really have a strategy?"

   Xie Jin and others, you look at me, I look at you.

   After thinking for a while, Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there has always been a solution to such major epidemics."

  Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin: "What way."

   "Wait for the epidemic to pass." Xie Jin replied.

  Zhu Di: "..."

  Zhu Di suddenly felt a little stuck in his heart, finally sighed, sat down on the chair weakly, and said gloomily, "How many people will die here?"

  Xie Jindao: "Of course, the court is not doing nothing. I think... some measures can be taken."

  Zhu Di then said: "Go ahead."

   Xie Jin thought for a while and said, "It's better to amnesty the world."

   Zhu Di was furious after hearing this.

  This sentence, what makes Zhu Di angry is not as simple as the four words of amnesty.

  Releasing some prisoners is actually nothing.

  The crux of the problem is that the essence of amnesty is that the emperor angered the heavens, so the heavens sent disasters to punish the emperors.

  This involves the most popular theory of induction between heaven and man in the Han Dynasty.

  At this time, Xie Jin said amnesty to the world, but in Zhu Di's ears, it was Zhu Di who had done many immoral things and offended God, so it was necessary to use amnesty to alleviate God's anger.

   Isn’t this self-inflicted?

  I am innocent, dignified and upright, and I have a very upright position. God should like me.

   Seeing Zhu Di showing displeasure, Xie Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty calm down, I have no other intentions, just..."

  Zhu Di was silent for a long time.

  Seeing that Zhu Di kept pursing his lips and saying nothing, Xie Jin became a little worried.

  He's been doing badly lately.

  He could feel that the prince was estranged from him.

  Of course, they are very close on weekdays, but since he lost the imaginary enemy of the King of Han, it would be very inappropriate for him to speak ill of the King of Han in front of the prince.

  The crown prince's status has been stabilized, but on the contrary, his influence on the prince has declined.

  This leads to the fact that the prince will become the son of heaven in the future, and it is also because he has inherited the great line, and this great position is inherited from his ancestors.

   Instead of relying on these people headed by Xie Jin, they fought hard for the prince and obtained it after untold hard work.

   Xie Jin couldn't help being a little discouraged, always feeling that things have gone wrong recently, as if he has committed a villain.

   At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly said: "Then give me an amnesty."

   "Your Majesty." Several Wenyuange scholars looked at Zhu Di in surprise.

  Obviously, most people were a little surprised that Zhu Di finally agreed to choose to do this.

  Zhu Di sighed and said: "If it is so useful, you might as well give it a try, maybe... is it really useful?"

   Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty is holy."

  Zhu Di's mood was obviously more depressed at this time, and he sighed: "As for the treatment, we still need to find a way to recruit medical households, as many as we can recruit, even if we can't treat them... at least we can calm people's hearts."

   Xie Jin nodded: "Your Majesty, Wenyuan Pavilion will draw up an order later."

  Zhu Di said: "What Xie Qing's family said is not unreasonable. Now that this time has come, it's better to know the fate and do everything."

   Xie Jin comforted: "Yes, at this time, we can only stabilize people's hearts. If people's hearts are stabilized, the epidemic will always pass."

  Zhu Di said with some hope: "Is there really no way to deal with this epidemic?"

  Xie Jindao: "Your Majesty, there has been no solution in all dynasties."

  Zhu Di was silent for a moment: "How difficult it is to govern the country and the world."

  Xie Jindao: "That's why the sages say that the most important thing to govern the world is to educate the people. Only when the people are educated, as long as the code of ethics can always be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then... no matter what disasters or blessings come from heaven, the people can keep themselves safe."

   "It is said that in the city of Nanjing, many people are panicked because of the epidemic, and rumors are spreading, and the inside and outside of the capital are uneasy. I think this is because of the lack of education."

  Zhu Di didn't say anything, and he didn't have much interest in continuing to listen to these sermons at this time.

  If it was in the past, I'm afraid he would have jumped up and scolded his mother long ago.

  But Zhu Di looked disheartened this time.

   It made Xie Jin feel quite happy. Zhu Di... pays too much attention to military merits, and has little interest in martial arts.

   Today I managed to seize the opportunity, and finally I was able to preach, so that His Majesty would know that the foundation of ruling the world cannot be obtained immediately.

  There are still many scholar-bureaucrats, as well as local gentry, who use Confucian ethics and village conventions to make the people obey. Only in this way, then the world can be prosperous, and disasters will eventually pass.

  Zhu Di only felt that he was too lazy to refute these words, but he was just bored.

  Even at this moment, he wished he could go back to Beiping, take his army and horses to sweep across the desert, and leave all the affairs of the world to the prince.

  Especially people like Xie Jin...

  It's just Xie Jin's words. Although I hate it, Zhu Di knows that this is the thinking of most officials.

  No matter what happens to the court, whether it can be resolved or not, there must be a set of preaching on the so-called cultural rule first.

  It seems that without these, the world will be in chaos.

  So Zhu Di, who was upset, stood up directly, and was about to walk away.

  But at this time, an **** hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture has urgent performances, urgent performances!"

  After hearing this, Zhu Di's expression became even more gloomy. At present, almost Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places, as long as there is a report about the epidemic, the inner court can unimpeded.

  Because of this, the **** came in regardless.

   Zhu Di's first reaction was that something must have happened to Huating again.

   It's just that right now, the entire Songjiang Mansion is devastated, what else can Huating report? Are all rooms empty?

  Zhu Di took a deep breath, pulled himself together, and said, "Bring it."

  Yi Shiha hurried forward, took the report, and then sent it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, opened the memorandum, and looked down: "Chen Liu Shengzuo of Huating County: Huating is in an emergency, and one out of ten people died of illness. I am not very afraid. Now I know one person, and I have found a way to prevent the epidemic. This method It is said to vaccinate pox, the person who got this method is a student in this county, surnamed Li Wensheng, who got a wonderful book, and according to this book, the people can be rescued from the plague."

"No one in the village where he lived was infected with the epidemic. This official saw it with his own eyes, and the effect was remarkable... The emperor blessed the virtue of living, and now he has obtained this method. The whole world is celebrating. The minister has ordered the civil servants and students to learn this method. Under the circumstances, it should be generalized to save people from fire and water..."

  The more Zhu Di looked, the weirder his expression became.

  Seeing Zhu Di staring at the memorial, he didn't say a word.

  Xie Jin and the others also looked at each other in blank dismay.

  They thought that something bad happened again, and His Majesty, who was irritable, was furious again, so he didn't dare to vent his anger.

   But Zhu Di didn't move for a long time, Xie Jin said in a low voice: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."

  Zhu Di raised his head in a daze, and looked at Xie Jin with a strange look.

   Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty... I don't know what is in this report..."

  Zhu Di said: "You... who knows who this Li Wensheng is?"

   "Li Wensheng?"

  The Grand Maesters looked at each other.

  The name is...unheard of.

   "This person...is the county magistrate of Huating?"

  Zhu Di shook his head: "This is a scholar."

  A scholar?

  Why would His Majesty care about a scholar?

  Could it be...someone took advantage of the epidemic to plot rebellion?

  This is actually understandable, the season of catastrophe, coupled with failed scholars, are basically two important conditions in all rebellious materials.

  Many major treason cases contain these two key words.

  I saw Zhu Di continue to say: "This man... has great virtue. He alone... saved hundreds or thousands of people... No, no, no... This man saved more than these..."

  Seeing everyone is still puzzled.

  Zhu Di wanted to grin.

   But soon... Zhu Di has doubts again, is this true? Is this report true?

  If the report is wrong, wouldn’t the joy be in vain?

  For the sake of caution, Zhu Di suppressed his smile and reported the memorial to Yi Shiha: "Circulate it to all the ministers, and show them."

  The bewildered Xie Jin and the others were all dumbfounded after reading the memorial.

   Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty... is this serious?"

   "Huating county magistrate...how is this person?"

"This…"

  Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin coldly: "If you have anything to say...you might as well speak up."

  Xie Jin said: "The county magistrate of Huating was born as a student of Guozi. I have seen him. His conversation is a bit vulgar. I am worried that his memorials are not credible."

  As for the situation of this person, Xie Jin, who is a bachelor, has some understanding.

   It can be said that the current ministers of the Ming Dynasty can be roughly divided into two types.

There is another group, during the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, because too many ministers and officials were killed, and after killing a group, someone immediately needed to replace them, so... Guozixue became a reserve. These people are still in the country today. After dawdling in the school, he was dragged to be an official the next day.

  Simple, brutal.

  If you don't do well, you may lose your head on the third day.

   Yes, everyone was on a roller coaster ride at that time. The so-called life has ups and downs. You will never know what will happen until tomorrow.

  Huating county magistrate Liu Sheng was born under this background.

  Of course, after Emperor Taizu Gao, ministers who were born in the right way, such as Xie Jin, began to enter the center. Although they still retained their official status, basically there was not much hope for their official career.

  In the eyes of the ministers who were born in the right way, they are the objects of contempt. Xie Jin doesn't like these people, and thinks that these people are not real scholars at all.

   Zhu Di couldn't help hesitating when he heard Xie Jin's comment, and looked at Hu Guang and Yang Rong.

  Hu Guang didn't make a sound.

But Yang Rong said: "How dare he, a county magistrate, conceal such things? The great epidemic is not limited to Huating County. What good does it do him to report indiscriminately? It's because I don't believe it." , the most urgent task at the moment is that the imperial court must have a place where it can be used. The people are suffering so much that they should try their best to find a cure. Now is not the time to hesitate. You should immediately send someone to understand the situation. If it really works , we must promote it immediately. Your Majesty... this matter can't wait."

Zhu Di took a deep breath: "What the Qing family said is quite reasonable. I never thought that a scholar... with such a great ability, if it really works, this is a model for scholars in the world, and it is what you say is true. Heart. Live for the people."

  Zhu Di cheered up: "Send personnel and issue an order to immediately order all medical households to go to Huating..."

  Zhu Di said: "If this scholar can really save people, in my opinion...he can be named a marquis."

  After hearing this, everyone was shocked.

  Conferring a marquis... This is something that many people dare not even think about.

  If you think about it carefully, such a great achievement, even if you are named a Marquis, it is impeccable.

  …………

  Cry a little, students, ask for a monthly pass.

  (end of this chapter)