Early that morning, Li Shimin personally commanded hundreds of civil and military officials and arrived in front of a closed compound at the Royal Hunting Ground in Longshouyuan.
The people inside haven't come out yet, but they can hear noises from time to time. They didn't call the door, they just stood there quietly.
Li Shimin's expression was serious, but deep in his eyes there was a hint of expectation and excitement. The expressions of the ministers varied, some were restless, some were anxious, some were doubtful, and some were looking forward to it.
Chen Jingke stood next to Li Shimin, looking at the door eagerly. He had no doubts about this experiment.
What's more, the two parties have been communicating during this period, and various research progresses very smoothly.
After about half an hour, the door was finally opened from the inside, and Sun Simiao walked out first. Followed by more than a dozen medical staff and more than a hundred experimental subjects.
Seeing them coming out, many of the officials subconsciously took a step back.
Chen Jingke didn't care so much and went straight to greet him: "Master, you finally came out."
Then he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, and he immediately knew that it had been disinfected with alcohol.
He was also very happy to see his apprentice Sun Simiao and said: "Ke'er, you have grown taller."
Chen Jingke: "..."
Li Shimin took a deep breath, a smile appeared on his face, and walked over, saying: "Master Sun, thank you for your hard work."
Sun Simiao took out a thin booklet, handed it over with both hands and said: "See the saint, the old Taoist has fulfilled his mission and the smallpox thief broke."
Ren Feng on the side took it over with a wink. Just as he was hesitating whether to give such a dangerous thing to the emperor, Li Shimin had already grabbed it.
The name on the cover is concise and concise: Broken Flower Seed.
I opened it and looked at it casually. It recorded the characteristics of the smallpox virus, the role of vaccination with cowpox, how to vaccinate with cowpox, how to deal with various abnormal situations after vaccination, etc.
Although he had received the news a long time ago, Li Shimin was still very happy after hearing Sun Simiao's words and seeing the secret method of vaccination with his own eyes. He laughed and said:
"Haha... Okay, okay, the real person said it right. Today I, the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Skypox Thief on Longshou Plain. This is truly the greatest achievement in the history."
At this time, all the ministers, whether they believed it or not, all congratulated him in unison: The saint's wisdom and martial virtue were praised by the world, and Sun Zhenren tried poison with his own body and achieved great results through hard work.
Li Shimin was even more happy and said: "Declaration."
After hearing the order, Liu Jie, the servant of Huangmen, came out of the queue and bowed respectfully to Sun Simiao. Then he straightened up and carefully took out a jade scroll made of colorful silk.
Sings: "Sun Simiao accepts the decree."
"The poor man accepts the order." Sun Simiao bowed to receive the order.
Liu Ji sang: "Under the door..."
The Tang Dynasty did not like to kneel down to receive orders. Anyone who knelt down to receive orders would be laughed at by everyone in the world.
The beginning of the imperial edict is not the emperor's edict, which is carried out by heaven, but only in the Ming Dynasty. The beginning of the imperial edict in the Tang Dynasty is very simple, which is "under the door" and then the main text.
The person who reads the imperial edict cannot be a eunuch, but must be a serious official of the imperial court. It can be a Hanlin official, an official from the Menxia Province, or a Huangmen Shilang.
Eunuchs can only convey the emperor's oral instructions in private. This is not an imperial edict.
Moreover, the imperial edict must be read in public, and reading it in private does not count. As for the reason, please refer to Wei Qihou Dou Ying.
Before his death, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty gave Dou Ying a secret edict: "If there is any inconvenience, let it be easier."
If there is anything that is not good for you, you can go directly to the palace and tell the emperor, and no one can stop you.
It was said that he was seeking defense from the emperor, but it was actually a gold medal to avoid death.
Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to get rid of Dou Ying, but he could never find a suitable reason. Until one day, Dou Ying took out the imperial edict in order to rescue Guan Fu.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also shocked. Why should he leave a bomb for himself even though his own father was dead? He quickly asked the minister to go to the palace to check the files, but found that he could not find it.
All decrees issued by the emperor will be kept in files in the palace. No files can be regarded as false edicts, which is a proper death penalty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so happy that he was indeed his biological father. He even calculated this, and then he killed Dou Ying with his backhand.
Just imagine, if this imperial edict was promulgated in public, would Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty still dare to falsify it?
Therefore, the person who promulgates the imperial edict must be an official of the imperial court and must promulgate it in public for such an imperial edict to count.
Moreover, the specifications of imperial edicts are also diverse. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example: usually the imperial edicts issued to officials below the fifth rank are of a single color, pure white silk.
Those awarded to officials of fifth rank and above are colored or multi-colored, and the highest grade is seven-colored.
At the same time, the texture of the shaft of the imperial edict is also strictly different according to the official grade: the first grade is a jade shaft, the second grade is a black rhinoceros horn shaft, the third grade is a gold-plated shaft, and the fourth and fifth grade are black ox horn shafts.
The imperial edict given to Sun Simiao is a seven-colored jade scroll, which is of the highest standard.
The content is also relatively simple, praising Sun Simiao's moral character and boasting about his achievements. Especially his innovations in medical skills are unprecedented.
Therefore, the emperor issued an edict to confer him the title of Medical Saint.
The ministers had actually known about this title for a long time, so they didn't find it strange and no one dared to object. As for the reason, it goes without saying.
On the contrary, Sun Simiao was very surprised and didn't know what to do.
Li Shimin said: "I won't repeat the achievements of the real person. He is well-deserved to be called a medical sage, and he has also been recognized by all civil and military officials."
Fang Xuanling came out and said: "Master, please don't refuse. This is the recognition of your achievements by the saints and the people of the world."
Yu Wenshiji, Xiao Yu, Chu Liang and other veteran ministers also stood up to persuade him, and then hundreds of officials also spoke out to persuade him to accept the decree.
His master received such a high honor, and Chen Jingke, who was standing aside, was also honored, but as a disciple, it was inconvenient for him to speak out.
Faced with this situation, Sun Simiao knew that he had no room for refusal, so he bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, saint."
Li Shimin laughed and said: "Haha...is this right?"
Others saluted and said, "I have met Dr. Sun."
Sun Simiao had no choice but to return the courtesy: "You are so polite, I am too humble to deserve it."
Then another official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs took the appointment letter and awarded rewards to more than ten medical staff who participated in this matter. All of them were granted official status in an exceptional manner, and their names were hung under the Imperial Hospital.
More than a dozen medical staff were also very excited, honoring their ancestors. Moreover, the officials of the Tai Hospital are of the technical category and can be succeeded by descendants.
If your descendants live up to their expectations, they can continue to climb the ladder. If they don't live up to their expectations, they will still have a guaranteed official position in Taiyuan Hospital. It can be said that the fate of the family will be changed in one move.
In addition, there are also construction technical officials who can be passed down through generations. For example, Yan Lide and Yan Liben, their ancestors have been responsible for building courtyards, mausoleums and other buildings for the royal family for generations.
In the generation of the two brothers, because of their outstanding ability, they became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Liben even took the position of prime minister.
This wasn't the end of the story. After sealing the medical staff, officials from the Ministry of Punishment came forward again and pardoned all the sins of the subsequent experimental subjects.
Those who had been sentenced to death burst into loud cheers when they heard that they had been pardoned.
Chen Jingke sighed in his heart. He was very opposed to this kind of indiscriminate pardon. Some people can indeed be pardoned, but some pardons are likely to cause greater harm.
But he knew that this kind of pardon was normal in ancient times, and he had no way to object.
After all, conquering smallpox is a great joy, and pardoning the experimental subjects is a kind of mercy in everyone's eyes.
But he didn't want to let these people leave like this, so he thought of a compromise.
"Sage, it takes a lot of manpower to vaccinate people all over the world. These people have received systematic education in nursing knowledge, and they have also been vaccinated and have immunity... With a little training, they will be the most suitable manpower."
"So I suggest that we keep them all for reorganization and let them be responsible for the vaccination work when the time comes."
In addition to serving as experimental subjects, these prisoners also do dirty work such as cleaning.
In order to keep the experimental site clean and hygienic, medical staff did provide them with simple nursing knowledge training.
It's not possible to cure diseases and save people, but it's definitely not a problem to take care of the sick, and it's not a big problem to vaccinate the people with cowpox.
This not only solves the manpower problem, but also keeps these people. If there are people who are unrepentant, they can be punished in time to avoid harming the people.
Li Shimin did not agree directly, but asked the ministers: "What do you think of his opinion?"
Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "Zhenren Chen's strategy is indeed feasible, but these people have not been good people before and need to be carefully screened to prevent people with bad intentions from getting in."
Wei Zheng also agreed: "I also think this method is feasible."
Naturally, no one else said anything, so the matter passed.
So these more than a hundred experimental subjects were ordered to continue living here, but the court still humanely allowed them to write letters home to report that they were safe.
These death row prisoners didn't say anything. It was a great blessing to survive. They didn't dare to ask for too much.
Next, the ministers personally inquired about the entire process of vaccination with cowpox and checked the status of all the vaccinated persons.
For example, most people only have one acne scar left by vaccination and have no other problems.
There are also a small number of people with low immunity to the smallpox virus who have sporadic pimples on their bodies, leaving shallow pimple scars after recovery.
The acne scars of smallpox are unique and cannot be faked. The presence of acne scars on these people's bodies indicates that they have been infected with smallpox, while only a few scattered acne scars indicates that the symptoms are very mild.
Therefore, these sporadic acne scars not only did not scare everyone away, but made everyone believe in the authenticity of cowpox even more.
Then there was ecstasy, and they all expressed that they wanted to be vaccinated.
This is smallpox. Once it breaks out, no matter the high or low, no one will be able to escape if infected. Many famous families have been destroyed because of it.
Now that effective prevention and control methods have been determined, dignitaries will naturally have priority in using them.
Li Shimin was very good at winning people's hearts. He did not say anything about vaccinating everyone directly, but said:
"Don't be anxious, please let the real person rest for a few days. I will ask the imperial doctor to follow him to learn how to vaccinate. At that time, the imperial doctor will come to your door to vaccinate you."
Everyone was naturally very moved when they heard this: "Thank you, saint."
It is also a vaccination, so people are naturally more willing to accept the operation of people with excellent medical skills.
It would be better if Sun Simiao performed the surgery himself, but they also knew that this was unrealistic, and not just anyone could command the medical sage.
Since there is no way to enjoy the services of the medical saint, the imperial doctor has become the best choice.
Another point is that from the beginning to the end, no one asked what kind of pox was planted or how to prevent and cure smallpox.
Sun Simiao didn't say anything, and the officials seemed to have forgotten that they usually only discussed the truth or falsehood of the matter, and the situation after vaccination.
Ren Feng put the book Sun Simiao gave him in his arms and hid it close to his body, not daring to be careless.
Then everyone returned to Daxing Palace and held a grand banquet here. The experimental subjects were not eligible to come and continued to stay in the courtyard, but Li Shimin gave them a lot of wine and meat.
Envoys from various countries were also invited to the banquet. When they heard that Sun Simiao had found a way to prevent and cure smallpox, they were all shocked.
Naturally, they didn't dare to believe it at first. Although this was the living god Sun Simiao, it was smallpox that had been raging for thousands of years.
But when they learned that the Tang Dynasty was preparing to vaccinate all the people, they couldn't believe it anymore. Then each one of them began to sing praises, praising Tian Khan's kindness, and his mind was as broad as the sky.
The purpose is naturally to hope that this method can also be obtained.
"If this method can be obtained, the subjects of our country will remember the saint's kindness every day."
Li Shimin was not that easy to fool, but he did not refuse directly, but said:
"This method is not easy, and the preparation of the medicinal solution is difficult. We can only vaccinate the people of the Tang Dynasty first. After the vaccination of the people of the Tang Dynasty is completed, we can vaccinate various countries according to the situation."
All the envoys knew that this was just a bargaining chip, but they could only admit it with their noses pinched.
The reason is simple. If all the people in the Tang Dynasty were immune, would they deliberately spread the smallpox virus to other countries?
If the two armies were fighting and the other side used a trebuchet to throw a few smallpox-infected corpses over, it would be all over.
Therefore, as long as the conditions for the opening of Datang are within their tolerance, all countries and forces can only accept it.
The banquet lasted until the palace door was about to be locked. Li Shimin personally sent Sun Simiao outside the palace door, showing off his courtesy as a Corporal.
On the carriage back, Chen Jingke smiled and said, "Master, how do you feel?"
Sun Simiao said a little tiredly: "I'm tired. I'm more tired today than I was in that yard for five months."
Chen Jingke said: "I mean the medical sage, the medical sage, don't you feel anything?"
Sun Simiao said: "I am not a stone man, how could I not feel anything? I am excited, but I also feel pressure."
Chen Jingke thought that this was normal. He also understood the pressure Sun Simiao said, and said: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Now all the doctors in the world will focus on you."
"What you say is a standard. No matter whether your judgment is right or wrong, it will be implemented as the truth. It is really scary to think about it."
Sun Simiao smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I still prefer to study medical skills."
Chen Jingke disagreed, saying: "The development of medical skills has now reached a bottleneck. Unless a breakthrough is made in the study of objects, it will be difficult to achieve major breakthroughs in medical skills as a branch of the study of objects."
"So what we should do most right now is to train more doctors and establish a top-down medical system so that more people can enjoy the advancement of medical skills."
Sun Simiao nodded, shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Tell me what has happened outside recently."