bayedsolid First Minister Section 540
First Minister Section 540
This is mainly due to the flooding of the Yellow River and rampant plagues, not to mention smallpox, there are many, well-known and unknown diseases, some are bleeding all over, some are cold, and some have a particularly large brain after infection... ...Anyway, it's weird and weird, and there are all kinds of situations.
Sometimes, thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of soldiers, and cities of 10,000+ people were not defeated by the enemy, but they collapsed because of the epidemic.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the rebel army. After all, the Mongols are masters in creating plagues.
But Lao Zhu's side was hardly troubled by the plague, and not many soldiers were lost. This credit must be credited to Zhang Ximeng.
The health regulations he fiddled with in the army, good living habits, drinking hot water, and a complete diet have established a strong safety barrier for Zhu's army.
In addition, he also knew something about smallpox. Even in later generations, there is no specific medicine for smallpox. The only way is to prevent it in advance.
Zhang Ximeng still knows how to vaccinate.
Therefore, after fumbling for a period of time, it was probably Zhu Jiajun who crossed the Yangtze River and entered Jinling, and began mass vaccination of vaccinia.
From the army to the civilians, this time was even before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Like Zhu Biao, Zhu Yu, Zhu Yan, Zhu Di, including Zhang Shuning and Zhang Chengtian, they were all vaccinated against vaccinia early on.
In the whole Yingtian, at least half of the people have been vaccinated, especially the adults, who are almost immune to smallpox, but there is occasional transmission among children, sporadic, and it is really not a big problem.
However, Jiang Nan clearly felt that there had been a lot of smallpox reported in the recent period, and she had read some cases of bizarre deaths in the newspapers.
Therefore, Jiang Nan was very worried that there would be a large-scale epidemic, so he wrote to Zhang Ximeng to ask his opinion.
After receiving the letter, Zhang Ximeng read it repeatedly, but he didn't dare to be careless.
Although the vaccinia method is effective, children under the age of two or three have not been widely vaccinated. In addition, there are many foreigners in Yingtian, even foreigners, and there are not a few of them who have not been vaccinated.
If it is really contagious, it is not impossible.
Zhang Ximeng thought over and over again, and decided to go to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, who were taken aback when they heard this.
"Sir, smallpox can't be sloppy, do you want us to respond to the sky?"
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Don't worry, empress, 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 prepared for it over the years, and the possibility of a large-scale epidemic is unlikely."
Empress Ma was a little relieved, but Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mr. Zhang, if we remember correctly, the princes and princesses in the palace, especially the young ones, are not inoculated with cowpox. Is there any danger?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "My lord, this is exactly what I am worried about. I plan to go back to Beiping now to see the situation, and then write a letter to His Royal Highness to make him take precautions."
Old Zhu was startled, and then said: "Let's go, let's go together!"
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma still wanted to visit the lumber camp, and also wanted to go to Yang Wudi Temple... They had to stop temporarily, and they hurried back to Peiping.
After arriving in Beiping, Zhang Ximeng immediately found the newspaper and flipped through it.
In the corner of a tabloid, Zhang Ximeng saw a news.
"My lord, Empress Empress, take a look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife came over, and it was said that not long after a Japanese caravan arrived in Daming, the leader suddenly contracted a serious disease, his eyes were bleeding, and after about three days, his skin festered, he wailed in pain, and finally died tragically.
According to the summary of the newspaper, this kind of situation is that the climate is not acclimatized, contracted a serious disease, and hastily became a mourning ghost.
There are several others in the same situation. In the last caravan, half of the people died, and the local government just buried them hastily.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously: "Mr. Zhang, there are red spots on the skin all over the body, festering and painful, which looks like smallpox. But why do the eyes bleed? This seems uncommon. Could it be another evil 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 prone to attack their eyes after being infected with smallpox. Some become one-eyed dragons, and some are blind. The more advanced the Japanese, the more they only eat plain rice and eat too little meat. Once infected with smallpox, the body’s resistance is not strong, and the symptoms will be much worse than ours. Even if they survive, they will become one-eyed, or even double-eyed. Blindness can be found everywhere. Even some princes and dignitaries cannot escape bad luck."
Zhang Ximeng vaguely remembered that Date Masamune was nicknamed the One-Eyed Dragon because of his smallpox infection.
So speaking of it, the symptoms of Japanese people infected with smallpox will be much more severe than those of Daming, and the death rate will be much higher.
"We only know that the Japanese pirates are horrible, but we didn't expect that they are still suffering from a terrible disease! It's really hateful!" Old Zhu said angrily: "According to this, the soldiers who are arranged to attack the Japanese country must be inoculated with cowpox. !"
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "My lord is wise, this is also the reason why we can't rush to send troops, we can only use Goryeo to consume the Japanese country. After all, our enemies are not only the visible Japanese pirates."
At this time, Empress Ma said worriedly: "Let's not talk about that, just talk about the moment! How should we guard against the smallpox in Yingtian's side?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "The most urgent thing now is to find out how many foreigners are there and how many are not vaccinated...In the military, schools, inns, taverns, bathing pools...these places, you must be extra careful, and report it immediately if someone is infected. There are many people in the palace, so we must pay attention. Especially the little prince and princess, the people around them must be clean, have been vaccinated with cowpox, or have been infected with smallpox a long time ago."
Zhang Ximeng said more than a dozen things in a row, and Empress Ma nodded repeatedly, "Shall we go back to Beijing now? Let's do what Mr. Zhang wants!"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, then shook his head, "Sister, if you care about it, you will be in chaos. Let's go back, at least it will take a month, and you and I don't know how to deal with smallpox. Leave this matter to Biaoer. Let's see that he is careful and should It’s great to be able to deal with it! Since you are the supervisor of the country, you should shoulder the responsibility.”
Zhang Ximeng also said: "I will write to the prince now, explain the matter clearly to him, and let the prince take precautions. If there are no accidents, the queen can rest assured."
Empress Ma pondered for a while, then nodded, "That's the only way."
Zhang Ximeng swiped his pen immediately and sent a letter to Yingtian in a hurry.
But when this letter was sent to Ying Tian, 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 long time, he started shivering again, and then cried and cried.
The Crown Princess Chang hurriedly called the imperial doctor. After the pulse diagnosis, most of the imperial doctors had a bad face. The three of them looked at each other, all of them were sad and worried.
"I dare not hide it, the emperor's grandson, the situation of the emperor's grandson seems to have some signs of smallpox!"
"Impossible!" Chang immediately said, "Absolutely impossible! The emperor's grandson is so young and has never had contact with outsiders. How could he be infected with smallpox? How could it happen?"
Chang's talking, talking, even cried.
For such a young child, if he contracted smallpox, it would be fatal. Even if he survived, he would still be left with scars!
"You guys are talking nonsense, you quack doctors, it's too disgusting!"
Something happened to the emperor's grandson. Naturally, the East Palace was shaken, and the side concubine Lu Shi also rushed over. After seeing the situation, she suddenly said: "Sister, let's hold the emperor's grandson and go, to the library a while ago. !"
Chang was startled, she had indeed been there, but there were only some dignitaries in the palace, as well as the Duke and the wife of the Marquis, so she couldn't go there in a hurry.
Is it really infected there?
"Your Highness, where is Your Highness?" Chang shouted loudly, at this time Zhu Biao just came from outside.
After he finished listening, he couldn't help glaring at Mrs. Lu.
"Don't talk nonsense, why is there something going on with Junior Sister Xia Zhifeng? Now that the Empress Mother is not in the capital, I will ask Mrs. Jiang to come over and ask her to take care of her!"
After Zhu Biao finished speaking, Zhu Biao left, Lu's face flushed with shame, and he could only whisper: "Sister, little sister has no other intentions, I thought, even if you invite someone, you should invite grandma!"
Chang's was slightly startled, it seems that his mother Lan should really come over, Jiang Nan is a little far away...
Chapter 749 Ashamed of Zhu Yuanzhang's Son
"Master, the child is sick, and the queen mother in the palace is not here. If you want to talk about it, I will rely on you to sit in the town." Zhu Biao bowed and said eagerly.
Jiang Nan frowned slightly. The sudden illness of the little emperor's grandson really surprised her, but she had written to Zhang Ximeng earlier.Moreover, as Mrs. Zhang Xiang, she has been in court for many years and has seen everything. Jiang Nan is very calm.
"His Royal Highness, you are in chaos now if you care about it. You must be steady. I have thought about it. Inside the palace, the security is heavily guarded, especially the East Palace. Who dares to be sloppy? Even if you are sick, it may not be... Even if it is, it will be treated properly. , and there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome. I will go over now and check the situation. Please send someone to tell Li Xianggong, ask him to investigate immediately to see if there is any sudden infection of a serious disease recently? Be sure to find out!"
Zhu Biao nodded again and again, cupped his hands and said, "Master's wife's words have reassured me a lot."
Jiang Nan got up immediately, but after walking a few steps, she turned around again, fetched a white cloth, and put it on.
"This is what Zhang Xiang ordered. People outside and the clothes on their bodies may be contaminated with illness. Be careful, so as not to aggravate His Highness's condition."
Seeing this, Zhu Biao was even more relieved.
"Master's wife is Jingzhong's Dinghaishenzhen!"
Jiang Nan didn't say anything, and went directly to the East Palace.
When she arrived, she suddenly found a carriage in front of her, huddled in front and back, and brought a lot of people with her.The carriage stopped, and Mrs. Lan came down from inside. Beside her, there were several women and a few attendants. Hulala, a large group rushed inside.
Seeing this, Zhu Biao felt his scalp go numb. What's going on?
Who sent her here?
Lan was his mother-in-law, Zhu Biao couldn't get angry immediately, but obviously she couldn't just let her in.So Zhu Biao immediately called for someone to stop Lan Shi first.
It's okay to want to go in, but she is only allowed to be alone, and don't get close to the emperor and grandson for the time being.
As the imperial grandson's grandma, she was blocked outside and could only watch helplessly as Jiang Nan, who was dressed in white, entered, which was somewhat embarrassing!
"My grandson! Who the hell is killing you? Why did you get smallpox!" In desperation, Lan cried bitterly. How did smallpox get infected?
It is said that they met someone infected with the disease, or wore the clothes of the infected patient... Clothes, by the way, didn't they get a woolen dress for the little prince a while ago?
I just said, children, don't wear them indiscriminately, isn't silk one very good?If you insist on being unconventional, you will harm the good boy!
Mrs. Lan cried and wiped away her tears outside, mourning endlessly.
However, Jiang Nan called the Chang family and the side concubine Lu family. In addition, everyone who could get in touch with the emperor's grandson was called here, from court ladies to eunuchs and guards.
In addition, there are imperial doctors, who are also listed.
Jiang Nan looked at everyone, especially the Chang family who was crying into tears. She sighed softly, "If the emperor's grandson is really infected with smallpox, it must not fall from the sky and create something out of nothing. You must recall carefully to see if you met someone. In a similar situation. Listen carefully, causing the emperor’s grandson to get sick is a heinous crime. Whether it is intentional or not, once the emperor is furious, the nine clans will be wiped out! There is no such thing as a fluke!”
Jiang Nan's words really frightened everyone present, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Chang hesitated again and again, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Teacher's wife, a few days ago, I, my child, went, went to the library... ..."
Before she finished speaking, Zhu Biao immediately coughed and said, "You are in a hurry and confused, why is there something going on with my junior sister?"
Chang's eyes were full of tears, "I, I am also worried about Huang'er, he is still so young, if he gets sick, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." Chang's cried again.
Jiang Nan waved his hand, "Your Highness, if it's really a plague like smallpox, it could indeed come in from anywhere, the Royal Library has been sealed, and I'll send someone to investigate immediately, and no one can let it go...Trace the source, and there must be no omissions .This is not only about the emperor's grandson, it also concerns countless people, Your Highness must not be sloppy!"
Zhu Biao was startled, and nodded quickly, "Thank you, Mrs. Ma'am, for your understanding. I'll make arrangements right away."
At this moment, suddenly an imperial doctor who was taking care of the emperor's grandson ran over, "It's not good, the emperor's grandson has a rash!"
Hearing this, Chang's eyes darkened and he almost fainted!
It's still infected!
She cried and ran inside, Lu followed closely and supported her with her hands.
Zhu Biao also followed, and Jiang Nan naturally did not fall behind.
She could already see that although Chang was a general's tiger girl, she was young, pure-minded, and hadn't gone through any troubles. She was here, basically adding to the chaos and having no effect.
But it's hard to say anything... Jiang Nan is also very anxious.
At this moment, many red rashes appeared on the little Huangsun's body. The child was in severe pain, scratching with his little hands, and crying loudly... The child cried so much that everyone present was in chaos.Chang's rushed over, grabbed the child's little arm, and cried into tears.
"My meat, my heart!"
Mrs. Lu leaned beside her and kept persuading, "Sister, don't cry, take care of yourself. Hurry up and prescribe medicine for His Highness, and you will be fine after taking it."
When Chang heard the word medicine, she immediately turned her head and looked at the imperial doctors.
The imperial doctor was looked down upon by her, the emperor's grandson was too young, and he was very ill, so they didn't dare to prescribe medicine casually, in case something happened, no one would be able to afford it!
Zhu Biao was so anxious that he could only look at Jiang Nan frequently.
"Master, what do you think?"
Jiang Nan frowned, and her eyes fell on the little body of the emperor's grandson. She looked at it for a while, and suddenly said: "Look, the rash on the emperor's grandson started from the head and face, and the rash is the most numerous. Now I have it on my body, but Not many hands and feet!"
Her words reminded several imperial doctors.
The level of these imperial doctors is not bad, but they were scared out of their wits, Chang and Lu were both talking about smallpox, they dare not open their mouths casually, if they misdiagnose, it will be the death of the whole family!
But after Jiang Nan reminded, several imperial doctors came to courage. After they checked carefully, they immediately said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, thanks to Jiang Shangshu's clear judgment, if we are not mistaken, the emperor's grandson is not smallpox, but infected with chickenpox!"
"Chickenpox?" Zhu Biao said, "Is it serious?"
The imperial doctor said: "Although it is not mild, chickenpox recovers quickly, especially after the rash falls off, it will not leave scars, it is far less terrible than smallpox."
Zhu Biao couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, "Sure enough, it's heaven's protection!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to Jiang Nan and bowed deeply, "Master, thanks to you!"
Jiang Nan said: "Whether it's chickenpox or smallpox, it's all from the outside, and the source still needs to be investigated. For your highness, let the imperial doctor watch over it, don't let him scratch it, don't prescribe the medicine randomly, just give some warming tonic." The main thing is to let the wet nurse come over and let him eat as much as possible."
Zhu Biao quickly agreed, this time Chang did not dare to cry, but looked awkward.
After about half a day, the rash on the emperor's grandson's body did not appear much, and it was indeed only concentrated on the head and torso, and the limbs did not appear.
Then a court lady reported that she returned home a few days ago, and there was a young sister at home who also had several red rashes on her face. The family said that she touched something unclean and burned some paper at night. , That's fine, I didn't think about that.
check!
Zhu Biao ordered decisively, and after some investigation, he found several children infected with chickenpox. Their symptoms were generally very mild, and they passed within a few days without leaving any sequelae.
Zhu Biao heaved a sigh of relief. On the second day, the emperor's grandson's situation improved a lot, the fever subsided, and the child started eating, but the rash was still there, and the little guy always liked to scratch.
When Zhu Biao came to see, Jiang Nan was hugging the little grandson, pinching his arms to prevent him from moving.The little guy frowned and fell asleep in Jiang Nan's arms, but he pursed his mouth from time to time, obviously not sleeping soundly.
Zhu Biao could only use the slightest voice, "Master, are you alright?"
Jiang Nan nodded slightly, "It should be fine, at least there is no danger."
In this way, on the third day, the little Huangsun finally returned to normal. Except for his drooping head and lack of energy, everything else was fine. The rash also scabbed and fell off. It won't be long before it disappears.It's another white and clean little face, so don't worry about losing your appearance.
In the past few days, Jiang Nan has been tormented enough.As soon as the child contracted the disease, Chang cried out of breath and lost half of his life.