Chapter seven hundred and forty-eight the emperor's grandson is sick
Zhang Ximeng was very satisfied with Zhu Di's reaction. The order from Lao Zhu represented the Ming Dynasty... To put it bluntly, this meant dedicating the whole country's efforts to support the woolen textile industry in Peiping.
This is not a bargain given by a father to his son, this is the hard-earned hope of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
If you can't figure out these things clearly and want to take it all for yourself, then Zhu Di will have broken through the final limit, and what will happen next is Mr. Zhang's thunderous wrath.
Zhu Di could guess the teacher's thoughts, but Zhu Di had his own reasons. I'm not that stupid! I did it all by myself. Since I didn't have such a large production capacity, I couldn't invest that much money at the same time.
Secondly, when it comes to making money, there are many people who lack great virtue, and I am not the only one, Zhu Di. If I were to do it all by myself, wouldn’t I bear all the infamy?
But if more people enter the market, people will soon discover that I, Zhu Di, am actually quite good. As long as the reference target changes, I can become a saint one day.
After all, Zhu Di learned an experience from Lan Yu: a country, especially a small country, often has no lower limit.
Of course, this is Mr. Lan's teaching, and Zhu Di still doesn't plan to tell Mr. Zhang.
After the conversation, the father and son were happy, and the king and his ministers were happy.
Zhang Ximeng also returned to his residence, but as soon as he arrived, he received a letter from Yingtian, written by his wife Jiang Nan.
Ever since Zhang Ximeng was lecturing in Beijing, he and his wife had been communicating with each other from time to time, which was nothing. But now that he has come to Kaiping, if it is an ordinary letter from home, just send it to Peiping, and it will be the same when he goes back to read it.
After all, we are an old married couple, so there is no need to be so anxious.
But since it was sent over, it was no ordinary thing.
Zhang Ximeng quickly unfolded it and took a closer look.
Jiang Nan directly told Zhang Ximeng that there was an epidemic of smallpox in Yingtian and other places, and many children were infected. She had asked Xia Zhifeng to close the royal library and refuse visitors.
At the same time, she also advised Li Shanchang whether to close schools to prevent the spread of smallpox. However, Li Shanchang felt that academics were the most important, and the scale of the smallpox epidemic was not large and could be controlled. If there was a large-scale infection, it would not be too late to close the schools.
Li Shanchang's reaction is not surprising, and this should be attributed to Zhang Ximeng.
When Lao Zhu launched his army, smallpox patients appeared from time to time wherever he went.
This is mainly due to the flooding of the Yellow River and rampant epidemics. Not to mention smallpox, there are many well-known and unknown diseases, including those with bleeding all over the body, some with cold bodies, and some with brains that become particularly enlarged after infection...
...Anyway, it’s weird and weird, and there are all kinds of situations.
Sometimes, thousands of people, tens of thousands of troops and horses, and a city of hundreds of thousands of people were not defeated by the enemy, but first collapsed due to the epidemic.
This kind of thing is not uncommon among the rebels. After all, the Mongols are masters of creating plagues.
But Lao Zhu's side was hardly troubled by the plague, and not many soldiers were lost. This credit must be recorded on Zhang Ximeng's head.
The health regulations he instigated in the army, good living habits, drinking hot water, and a complete diet have established a strong safety barrier for Zhu Jiajun.
In addition, he knew something about smallpox. Even in later generations, there was no specific medicine for smallpox. The only way was to prevent it in advance.
Zhang Ximeng still knows how to vaccinate against cowpox.
Therefore, after groping for a period of time, around the time Zhu Jiajun crossed the Yangtze River and entered Jinling, large-scale vaccination with cowpox began.
From the military to the people, this time was even before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, as well as Zhang Shuning and Zhang Chengtian, all of them had been vaccinated against cowpox early on.
In the entire Yingtian, at least half of the people have been vaccinated, especially adults, who are almost immune to smallpox. It is only occasionally spread among children, sporadic, and it is really not a big problem.
But Jiang Nan clearly felt that there had been a lot of reports of smallpox in recent times, and she also saw some cases of mysterious deaths in the newspapers.
Therefore, Jiang Nan was very worried that there would be a large-scale epidemic, so she wrote to Zhang Ximeng and asked for his opinion.
After receiving the letter, Zhang Ximeng read it over and over again. He did not dare to be careless.
Although the cowpox method is effective, children under the age of two or three are not widely vaccinated. In addition, there are many outsiders, even foreigners, in Yingtian, and many of them have not been vaccinated against cowpox.
It is not impossible if the infection does spread.
Zhang Ximeng thought over and over again and decided to go to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma. When the two couples heard this, they were also stunned.
"Sir, smallpox is not something that can be taken lightly. Do you want us to respond to the situation?"
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Queen, don't worry, even if you return to Beijing now, you may not be able to catch up. The key is to find out the source of smallpox... We have been prepared in recent years, and it is unlikely that a large-scale epidemic will occur."
Queen Ma felt a little relieved, but Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mr. Zhang, if we remember correctly, some of the princes and princesses in the palace, especially the younger ones, have not been vaccinated with cowpox. Will there be any danger?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "Lord, this is what I'm worried about. I plan to go back to Peking now to check the situation, and then write a letter to His Highness the Prince to let him take precautions."
Lao Zhu was startled, then said: "Let's go, let's go together!"
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma wanted to see the logging camp, and also wanted to go to the Yang Wudi Temple... but had to interrupt temporarily, and they quickly returned to Peiping.
After arriving in Peiping, Zhang Ximeng immediately found a newspaper and read it.
In the corner of a tabloid, Zhang Ximeng saw a piece of news.
"Lord, Queen, take a look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife came over. What they were talking about was that not long after a Japanese caravan arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the leader suddenly contracted a serious disease and his eyes bleed. After about three days, the skin ulcerated, he wailed in pain, and finally died miserably.
According to the summary in the newspaper, this situation is caused by acclimatization, contracting a bad disease, and hastily becoming a mourner.
There were several others in the same situation. In the last caravan, half of the people were dead, and the local government just buried them hastily.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously: "Mr. Zhang, there are red spots all over the skin, ulcers and pain, it seems like smallpox. But why are the eyes bleeding? This seems to be uncommon. Could it be another bad disease?"
Zhang Ximeng shook his head, "I'm afraid not. As far as I know, those who are in poor health and eat less meat are indeed prone to eye damage after being infected with smallpox. Some people become one-eyed and some are blind. According to the habits of Japanese people,
The more advanced the Japanese people are, the more they eat only white rice and too little meat. Once infected with smallpox, the body's resistance is not strong, and the symptoms will be much more severe than here. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will become a one-eyed dragon, or even have both eyes.
There are many people who are blind. Even some important figures in the feudal lords cannot escape their misfortune."
Zhang Ximeng vaguely remembered that it seemed that Date Masamune was nicknamed One-Eyed Dragon because he was infected with smallpox.
So speaking of it, if the Japanese people were infected with smallpox, their symptoms would be much more severe than those in the Ming Dynasty, and the mortality rate would be much higher.
"We all knew that the Japanese pirates were hateful, but we didn't expect that they were actually carrying nasty diseases! They are really hateful!" Lao Zhu said angrily: "According to this, all the soldiers who are planning to attack the Japanese country must be vaccinated with cowpox.
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Zhang Ximeng nodded, "My lord is wise. This is why we cannot rush to send troops and can only use Goryeo to consume the Japanese country. After all, our enemies are not only visible Japanese pirates."
At this time, Empress Ma said worriedly: "Let's not talk about that for now, let's talk about the present! How should we guard against the smallpox over there in Yingtian?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "The most urgent task now is to find out how many outsiders there are and how many have not been vaccinated with cowpox... In the military, schools, inns, taverns, bathhouses... we must be more careful in these places. If someone is infected, report it immediately.
There are many people in the palace, so be careful. Especially the little princes and princesses. The people around them must be clean, have been vaccinated against cowpox, or have been infected with smallpox. "
Zhang Ximeng said more than a dozen items in succession, and Empress Ma nodded repeatedly, "Shall we leave for Beijing now? Just follow Mr. Zhang's wishes!"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, but still shook his head, "Sister, if you care, you will be confused. Let's go back. It will take at least a month, and you and I don't know how to deal with smallpox. Leave this matter to Biao'er. We see that he is careful, so he should
It's great to be able to handle it! Since you are the prisoner, you should shoulder the responsibility."
Zhang Ximeng also said: "I will write to the prince now, explain the matter clearly to him, and ask the prince to take precautions. If there is no accident, the queen can rest assured."
Empress Ma pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's all we have to do."
Zhang Ximeng immediately wrote and rushed eight hundred miles away to deliver the letter to Yingtian.
But just when this letter was sent to Yingtian, something happened in the East Palace. The emperor's grandson, who was only a few months old, suddenly started to have a fever. Within a short time, he started to have chills and started crying.
Crown Princess Chang hurriedly called for the imperial doctor. After diagnosing the pulse, most of the imperial doctors had bad expressions. The three of them looked at each other, all with sad and worried faces.
"I dare not hide it, the emperor's grandson, the emperor's grandson's condition seems to have some signs of smallpox!"
"Impossible!" Chang said immediately, "Absolutely impossible! The emperor's grandson is so young and has never been in contact with outsiders. How could he be infected with smallpox? How could it happen?"
Mrs. Chang even cried as she spoke.
If such a young child is infected with smallpox, it will be fatal. Even if he survives, he will inevitably leave scars!
"You guys are talking nonsense, you quacks are so abominable!"
Something happened to the emperor's grandson. Naturally, the east palace was shaken. Concubine Lu also rushed over. After seeing the situation, she suddenly said: "Sister, some time ago, we carried the emperor's grandson to the library.
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Mrs. Chang was startled, she had indeed been there, but there were only some royal nobles there, as well as the Duke and the Marquis's wives, so she couldn't go there easily.
Did you really get it there?
"Your Highness, where is Your Highness?" Chang shouted loudly, just as Zhu Biao came from outside.
After he heard this, he couldn't help but glare at Lu.
"Don't talk nonsense. Why is there something going on with Junior Sister Xia Zhifeng? My mother is not in the capital now. I will ask Sister Jiang to come over and ask her to help take care of her!"
After saying that, Zhu Biao left. Mrs. Lu's face turned red with embarrassment and she could only whisper: "Sister, I don't have any other intentions. I'm thinking that even if I invite someone, I should also invite grandma to kiss me!"
Mrs. Chang was slightly startled. It seemed that she really should ask her mother, Lan Shi, to come over. Jiang Nan was a bit far away after all...
(End of chapter)
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