my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 311 Shocked Four
Chen Li didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly led Chen Daowen to the outside of the Meridian Gate without stopping, intending to wait for Zhang Anshi here.

But after asking the guards guarding the gate, he found out that Zhang Anshi had left the palace before, but for some reason, he was suddenly called back.

This time, Chen Li was a little anxious.

He looked at Chen Daowen and said: "We can't delay, this matter is too big, we have to send a letter to the eunuchs."

It's just that even though he said so, Chen Li was the commander of Jin Yiwei's envoy, but when he arrived in the palace, he was a dwarf.

He thought about it, but found a way, and began to search Chen Daowen's body.

Chen Daowen didn't know what to say, "Uncle, what are you doing?"

Sure enough, one gold dollar and seven or eight silver dollars were quickly searched out, Chen Li said with a smile: "I know you must have brought a lot of money when you go out."

So he held the money in his hand, saw an eunuch not far from the imperial guards, greeted the eunuch, and said with a smile: "Eunuch, I need to send some messages to enter the palace, so please...go for a while. "

While speaking, he stuffed all the gold and silver into the eunuch's hands.

The eunuch took the money and hid it in his sleeve. Everything flowed smoothly, but he still put on airs: "What news? Let's talk about it. The rules in the palace are strict, and not all news can be passed on."

Chen Lidao: "I am the commander of Jin Yiwei, and I have important matters to report to Duke Wei, and here..."

He took the notebook, handed it to the eunuch, and continued: "I heard that Duke Wei is in the palace, please bring this thing to Duke Wei, Duke Wei will understand after reading it."

Hearing the word Wei Guogong, the eunuch's face changed slightly.

Feeling a little embarrassed at this moment, the eunuch showed a resigned look, and after a little ideological struggle, he took a breath, and obediently took out the gold and silver from his sleeve.

Throwing it back to Chen Li, he tried his best to laugh and said, "So it's Duke Wei's business. Let me tell you earlier. It's all a matter of little effort. How can I ask for gold and silver? The Duke said that the palace and Jin Yiwei are a family. You wait, let's go right now."

After all, he took the notebook and ran away in a hurry.

Chen Li couldn't help sighing, weighed the gold and silver, stuffed them back into his arms easily, and said with emotion: "My father-in-law still has a lot of face, there is nothing that can't be eaten."

Chen Daowen stared blankly at Chen Li: "Uncle, my money."

Chen Li's face tensed immediately, and he glanced at him and said, "Your mother always complains that you spend too much money on weekdays, and you don't live in peace. Uncle Yin will collect it for you, and it will be used when your son marries a wife in the future. Hey, you Dad died early, uncle should take care of you more!"

Chen Daowen: "..."

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Zhu Di was like an ant on a hot pot right now.

The situation in the East Palace made him realize the seriousness of the problem.

Although arrangements have been made long ago, the terrible thing about the plague is that even if the prince, princess and Zhu Zhanji enter the palace, who can guarantee whether the three of them have been infected?
The horror of the plague is that the death rate is extremely high. According to reports from almost all places, it is the death of the entire village.

Wait until the ministers go and return.

In fact, someone had already known the situation beforehand.

Yang Rong is from Fujian. He has been paying attention to such things happening in Fujian.

It's just that this kind of plague, not to mention that he is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, even if he is the king of heaven, I can't solve it, I can only wait and see.

Every time the chief envoy of Fujian reported the deaths of the population one by one, he was so anxious that he couldn't bear to read the reports.

Now the plague also appeared in the East Palace, which made him feel like a big stone was crushed in his heart.

"His Majesty."

Zhu Di was so anxious that his eyes were already red, and he said with a little anxiety: "A eunuch in the East Palace died of illness, and the prince's family... I'm afraid..."

After hearing this, Zhang Anshi felt a buzzing in his head, the plague spread extremely fast...

He took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and said: "Your Majesty, how is the situation now? Brother-in-law... the prince, the princess, and the emperor's grandson, are you okay?"

Zhu Di looked dimly, and sighed: "Hey...it seems that this is really a disaster bestowed by the heavens."

It is understandable why there is a market for this set of induction between heaven and man.

For example, Zhu Di, of course he doesn't believe in this trick, and he is even very disgusted with many scholars playing with it.

But when things happen to your family members, especially your children and grandchildren, the situation may be completely different.

He doesn't have many heirs, and he has very few grandsons, which is completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang's more than 20 sons and hundreds of grandchildren.

From Da Nei to this point, Zhu Di sat on the chariot all the way, thinking in his heart, could it be that this is really his own calamity, which has aroused the resentment of the heavens?
Or did I do something wrong?
There is a saying in later generations that everything is undecided, quantum mechanics.

But in this era, when people are undecided, they are suspicious.

Zhu Di's expression was extremely ugly, he looked up at the ministers wearily, and then said: "Decree... amnesty for the world..."

Hearing the amnesty, I don't know how other people reacted, but Zhang Anshi became anxious instead.

Zhang Anshi was extremely disgusted with the amnesty. Although the emperors loved the amnesty very much, it was still generous to others.

How many villains were caught with great difficulty, but with a sentence of amnesty, they let the tiger go back to the mountain.

Moreover, he felt that the idea of ​​amnesty for the world was simply deceiving himself and others.

It's just that Zhang Anshi hates it, but now he doesn't care about it.

Zhu Di continued with some sobs: "Wanfang is guilty, and I am guilty. Why should this catastrophe be imposed on my descendants and subjects?"

He showed unwillingness and some resentment.

"You...you have a good plan, don't you have a good plan?"

This question is obviously out of bounds.

Everyone was silent.

Even if Yao Guangxiao is as smart as him, his strategy is still poor.

But today, Zhu Di didn't blame him, he just sat slumped on the dragon chair, his eyes were dim, and he looked very powerless.

This kind of thing hit Zhu Di the hardest, because he was a strong person all his life, and a strong person like him always thought that everything was under control.

But in the face of the plague, he found that he had no power to fight back.

It was Zhang Anshi who broke the silence and said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task right now is to find a way to clean up the streets and alleys, especially to deal with kitchen waste... Besides..."

But Yang Rong interrupted at this moment: "Duke Wei, that's not the problem. Everyone knows that the plague is caused by dead rats. If the rats can be eradicated, of course countless people can live. But the problem is that when the plague occurs, The world is shaking, everyone is in danger, not only ordinary people, even the officers and soldiers are at a loss."

"Everything that Duke Wei said requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but at this moment, it is too difficult."

This is actually the real situation, everyone is human, and in this situation, what Zhang Anshi said is actually not very useful, because no one cares about it now.

Zhang Anshi was also in a state of disarray at this time, he was thinking about his brother-in-law's family, and was afraid that something might go wrong, but at the same time, he was also worried about his own family.

Jingyi and the child didn't know what happened, Xu Jingyi was pregnant again at this time, if there was any good or bad, it would be really bad.

Everyone panicked, Zhang Anshi was just a mortal, so why didn't he panic?
At this moment, Yi Shiha hurried over and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

He had just picked up someone from the Eastern Palace, so he came here especially to report.

Zhu Di looked at Yi Shiha, showing some concern, "How?"

"His Royal Highness and his family have been connected to the palace."

Zhu Di said with a sullen face: "Teach people to observe their situation at any time, so that they can stay calm."

Yi Shiha said: "Yes."

At the same time, an eunuch rushed to Wenlou.

He knew that His Majesty was discussing important matters with the ministers, so he poked his head outside, hesitating a little, whether he should go in and report.

Zhu Di was already furious, seeing that an eunuch dared to spy here, he immediately said angrily, "Who is it?"

The eunuch was startled, he knew he couldn't hide if he wanted to hide, but he could only bite the bullet and walked in quickly.

Probably because of fear, he stammered and said: "Your Majesty, slave... slave..."

Zhu Di was in a bad mood right now, pointing directly at the eunuch and said, "Drag out, feed the dog."

The eunuch's mind went blank, and everyone was numb.

As soon as this order was issued, the guards rushed in quickly and pinned the eunuch to the ground.

As soon as the eunuch fell down, a book in his sleeve fell out.

It's just pity that the eunuch was so frightened that he opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say anything.

Seeing that he was about to be dragged out by the guards.

Zhang Anshi looked down at the notebook on the ground, squinted his eyes, and said suddenly: "Wait a minute."

The guards looked at Zhu Di hesitantly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Zhang Anshi had already picked up the notebook, flipped through it, and then... Zhang Anshi showed a surprised expression.

He murmured: "Chen Daowen...Chen Daowen is back...this bastard...is back, why...why..."

Zhang Anshi lost his mind.

Only then did the eunuch come to his senses, as if he had recovered his own voice, he said hastily, "Your Majesty, my slaves will die, my slaves will die, this is Jin Yiwei's side, saying that there is an urgent message to report Wei Guogong, slaves... afraid of delaying things..."

At this time, Zhu Di ignored the eunuch, but looked straight at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi looked concentrated.

He flipped through every line of the book word by word.

Yao Guangxiao felt that this guy was so disrespectful in front of the imperial court. Thinking of Zhang Anshi's promise to burn the relics and build the pagoda, he couldn't help coughing to remind him.

But Zhang Anshi didn't realize it, as if he didn't hear it.

He just continued to look down, as if in a daze.

Especially the data in it, Zhang Anshi didn't dare to miss a single number.

Seeing him like this, everyone didn't know what kind of medicine Zhang Anshi was selling in the gourd, but at this moment, they couldn't help but remain silent.

Looked for a long time.

Zhang Anshi finally took a deep breath, then raised his head, his eyes suddenly shone.

At this moment Zhang Anshi felt as if he was drunk, his feet seemed to be on cotton, and he walked a few steps unsteadily, then he removed the book, looked at the eunuch, and said, "When will it be delivered?" The news, who is coming?"

The eunuch was obviously frightened, but he still forced himself to answer: "This... just now, there are two people who came, one claimed to be a guard in Jinyi, and the other... was a young man."

Zhang Anshi ignored the puzzled gazes of the others.

But he continued to press the eunuch: "What else did they say?"

"It is said that there is an important event to report, oh, the young man among them, with a dusty look, looks very tired..."

Zhang Anshi took another deep breath, his eyes seemed to be sure, and he said: "Understood, all right, don't take him, let him go down."

When Yao Guangxiao heard this, he frowned. He felt that Zhang Anshi was a bit bold. His Majesty said he would take it, but Zhang Anshi dared to change His Majesty's orders in front of His Majesty?

Could it be that in the end, it was the poor monk who burned the relics for Zhang Anshi?
Yao Guangxiao coughed again.

Zhang Anshi still ignored it, he was afraid that he might make a mistake, so he took the notebook and looked at it again.

Then, the whole person fell into a state of thinking.

Zhu Di just stared at Zhang Anshi without saying a word. Judging from Zhang Anshi's behavior, he felt that the book was unusual.

But Hu Guang couldn't bear it any longer: "Duke Wei, what happened?"

Zhang Anshi said: "There are some things that have not been confirmed yet. You can rest assured after you have to ask. But... Judging from the data recorded in this book..."

What Zhang Anshi said next shocked everyone: "The method of preventing the plague is effective."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's eyes were straightened.

"What do you mean?" Zhu Di was in a hurry. He opened his eyes wide and stared at Zhang Anshi: "Effective? What did you say is effective?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, in fact, how to prevent the plague, I am not sure. As Yang Gong said, the general methods of epidemic prevention are completely ineffective in the face of the plague."

The so-called general methods are the so-called maintaining hygiene, doing a good job of cleaning, and eliminating the source of transmission.

But in fact, this kind of thing is easy to say, but in this era, it is more difficult than doing it.

How can the local government not know that rats are the source of transmission, but the problem is, once the plague occurs, where will you deploy manpower to do this?

People are panicking, not to mention, people are going to exterminate rats and clean up garbage.

Normally, where the plague occurs, almost everyone stays behind closed doors in that place, praying that they will not be infected, but once infected with the plague, they can only wait to die.

And in general, people from one household to another are infected, and outsiders dare not come close, let alone doctors.

At this time, even if they don't die of illness, the family will basically starve to death.

It is precisely because of this that the statistics of the plague disasters of Fujian and Jiangxi chief envoys in recent years are often not calculated on a per-person basis.

But according to households, if one household gets it, the whole family will die, and no one will be spared.

Zhang Anshi obviously understands the actual situation of this era, but it is different now.

Under the astonishment of everyone, the light in Zhang Anshi's eyes became brighter, and he said firmly: "I have a medicine that can solve the plague."

Zhu Di: "..."

Yang Rong said: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

He is from Fujian, and his eyes are red now.

If you had said earlier, how did Fujian come to this point.

Zhang Anshidao: "It is only now that the method is found. Even if it was two months ago, even if there was a method, there is no way to do it, because there is one medicine missing."

Yang Rong: "..."

Hearing this, Yang Rong couldn't help but say, it's just luck.

Zhu Di said anxiously: "Speak clearly."

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the key to the problem of the plague lies in its prevention and control. The disease is so contagious that it can easily cause panic in the world. Therefore, the most important thing is to solve the problem of contagion."

"I have discovered a blind medicine long ago, which may be able to minimize the number of infected people. Only by reducing the number of people to a minimum, everyone will be at ease. Even if there are occasional people who are infected, manpower can be organized to treat them. And help, so... the lethality of this plague can be reduced to the minimum."

Zhu Di's face became more and more excited, he looked at Zhang Anshi fixedly and said, "Is it really effective?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I was worried that there would be no effect, so I specially ordered Jin Yiwei to go to Jianning Mansion in Fujian Province to try. Your Majesty, this is the result of the comparison. I divided the city of Jianning Mansion into three areas, and then divided it into A, B, and C. A workshop."

"Among them, there are 320 people in Fang A, 150 people in Fang B, and 400 people in Fang C. These three squares are separated by high walls. Fang A uses the medicine of the minister, while Fang B and Fang C have... Let nature take its course."

Everyone listened carefully, for fear that they might have missed a word.

Zhang Anshi then continued in shame: "It's not that I don't want to use the entire Jianning Prefecture city with medicine. It's really...the medicine I have now is limited, so I can only..." Zhang Anshi sighed. Sometimes, people do it every day. It's all a choice. To a certain extent, the people of Jiafang are lucky, but for the people of Yifang and Cfang, it is unfair.

Zhu Di didn't blame him, but said: "What's the result?"

Compassion does not command soldiers, Zhu Di certainly knows that Zhang Anshi's so-called grievances are nothing compared to saving thousands of people.

This is actually the moral view of the ancients and the people of later generations. For the people of later generations, a little bit of pain is like a heart-pounding pain. When a lover breaks up, it seems like the sky is about to collapse.

But in this era, dead people are the norm. Even in a peaceful and prosperous age, people are like grass. Before you have time to hurt, a bigger disaster will befall you.

Zhang Anshidao: "Among them, in one month in Yifang, 370 people were infected and 160 five people died."

Everyone was expressionless.

Zhang Anshi felt a little suffocated, but still said: "Bingfang is better, 210 people were infected and 65 people died."

Zhu Di said, "How much is Jiafang?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Three people got sick and one died."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone gasped.

Almost everyone thought they heard it wrong.

Infected three people...

This……

Zhang Anshidao: "Of course, this is not a long-term observation. There may be some people who are infected in Jiafang who have not noticed it, but the general judgment should not be bad, that is... the situation of Jiafang has been greatly improved. Great relief. And because many soldiers and civilians did not get sick, everyone is no longer afraid of the plague. It is also recorded here that after this natural disaster, there must be human disasters in Yifang and Cfang. Most of the problems are It is the people who stay behind closed doors, and the sick people are left unattended, and many people starve to death. The local doctors dare not go to the doctor, and... some people die, and the corpses are difficult to take care of. exacerbated the spread of the plague."

"But in Jiafang, the situation is the opposite. Because there are few people who are sick, everyone has confidence. The believers have resumed production, and those who are sick have been taken care of. Although the disease is still terrible, as long as they can With good treatment and care, the number of deaths will be greatly reduced."

Hearing this, Zhu Di felt a suffocation in his chest, and let it out all of a sudden. He was a person who was red-eyed in a hurry, but now his eyes are still red, but at this moment, he felt infinite emotion in his heart.

The important thing is that Zhang Anshi's observation method is very convincing, comparing the drug-administered area with the un-administered area, and finally draw a conclusion.

"This is a magic medicine." Zhu Di couldn't help but said, "Zhang Qing's family..."

Zhang Anshi said awkwardly: "Actually, this is not a magic medicine...instead...it might be a poison...As for the minister...the minister is still very ashamed..."

Yang Rong and the others all cheered up.

It seems that all of a sudden, he regained his spirit.

Everyone looked happy.

Yang Rong said: "What kind of medicine is this?"

As Zhang Anshi spoke, he took out a box from his sleeve.

Then, he took out a cigarette from the box, lit one with a flint in front of everyone, took a puff, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

Zhu Di: "..."

Look, I, Mr. Zhang, is still very good. If I have a Huazi in front of the emperor, I will only have another Erlang leg.

Zhang Anshi didn't suck the smoke into his throat, but spit it out quickly.

This thing is harmful, especially cigarettes without filters, which are even more harmful.

He was just using it as a pretense.

Zhang Anshi dusted off the cigarette ash and said, "Your Majesty, this is it."

"This?" Zhu Di looked at it and asked curiously, "What kind of incense is this?"

Zhang Anshi said: "This is not incense, but smoke."

Zhu Di was still a little unbelievable at this time, and walked down the hall step by step, walked around Zhang Anshi, and sniffed.

The smell of smoke was obviously very pungent, and he subconsciously frowned, showing displeasure.

Zhu Di said: "What is the use of this?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Repel rats."

Zhu Di: "..."

The reason why Zhang Anshi is not sure about the prevention and control of the plague is actually the same reason. In his last life, he probably remembered that he knew the history of the Black Death. He learned that in 1665, the plague was rampant in England. During people's investigation, it was accidentally found that the incidence and mortality of smokers Significantly lower than others, so it is concluded that smoking can prevent the plague.The authorities ordered that all school students must smoke in school, and offenders will be punished.

At this time, Zhang Anshi continued: "This smoke is poisonous, so I asked people to burn this smoke every day at Jiafang, but unexpectedly, it really had a miraculous effect."

Zhu Di suddenly became furious, slapped Zhang Anshi on the forehead, and shouted: "You donkey, since it is poisonous, you still suck it into your mouth, you don't learn good things!"

(End of this chapter)