Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

On November 24, the 13th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Shikang led an army of more than 50,000 on the journey back to Beijing.

When Zhang Shikang went on the expedition, he led an army of 40,000 and fought for nearly half a year, but his army grew larger and larger.

This was of course because of Li Dingguo's 16,000 troops.

The entire team was more than 20 miles long. In addition to Zhang Shikang's more than 50,000 guards, there were also Li Zicheng's 60,000 surrendered soldiers and more than 20,000 prisoners from Zhang Xianzhong's army.

Zhang Shikang handed over the 10,000 troops of the Huang Shisan family to Qin Liangyu, and asked her to be responsible for the resettlement of these 10,000 surrendered soldiers.

The captives of Zhang Xianzhong's troops and Li Zicheng's 60,000 men will follow Zhang Shikang through Jianmen Pass and meet up with Sun Chuanting in Hanzhong.

Then he handed over all the captives from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops to Sun Chuanting. According to Zhang Shikang's plan, he intended to have Sun Chuanting send the more than 20,000 captives to Guanningjin.

The Guanningjin Defense Line was often attacked by the Jiannu, and many fields were left barren and uncultivated. Few people inside the pass were willing to migrate on their own.

After all, life inside the Great Wall is so good, with peace and prosperity. Who would be willing to go to the war-torn area outside the Great Wall to make a living? But the prisoners have no choice.

In addition to the captives, Sun Chuanting will also be responsible for Li Zicheng's troops, who will pass through Shaanxi and return Li Zicheng's weapons and armour. He will also inform the commander-in-chief of the Huben Army, Lu Xiangsheng, and let him be responsible for the food and fodder of Li Zicheng's troops.

Of course, in order to prevent Li Zicheng from having ulterior motives, not much food and grass would be given unless Li Zicheng proved his loyalty with his actual actions.

Zhang Shikang passed through Hanzhong and Xi'an Prefecture, rested for a day in the Qin army camp in Xi'an Prefecture, and checked the plague problem in Xi'an Prefecture.

Plague expert Wu Youke has been in Xi'an Prefecture to control the plague for several months. Fortunately, the plague in Xi'an Prefecture has been completely controlled, and now only a few villages are still under isolation and treatment.

After Zhang Shikang learned the news from Sun Chuanting, he summoned the plague expert Wu Youke that night and planned to reward him well.

Unexpectedly, Wu Youke became even more excited after seeing Zhang Shikang, and bowed his head and said:

"I finally get to see the Marshal! I pay my respects to the Marshal!"

Zhang Shikang hurried forward and took the initiative to help the old doctor with white hair and a youthful face up.

"Mr. Wu, please stand up quickly. Why do you have to go through such a big ceremony?"

In his previous life, Zhang Shikang admired two professions, one was teachers and the other was soldiers.

If we add one more thing, it is a doctor, a doctor with medical ethics.

Nowadays, doctors with good medical ethics are even more respected.

I wish that people in the world would not get sick, so why should I worry about the medicine on the shelf gathering dust.

The dusty old doctor in front of you is the one who travels around the world saving lives with a medicine box on his back.

While ordinary people are in poverty and often cannot afford medicine, you don't need to check to know how many lives have been saved because of this medical ethics.

“I am not kneeling for myself, but for the people of Xi’an who are suffering from the plague, and for the people of the world.

Marshal, do you know that your Champion Jisheng Soup has spread all over the country, and countless injured people have been saved because of it.

It was because I made the masks according to your instructions and followed the plague precautions you wrote that I was able to control the spread of the plague in just a few months.

This is all thanks to you!" Wu Youke said happily, holding Zhang Shikang's hand.

Since Zhang Shikang discovered allicin, he ordered the court to quickly spread the preparation method.

In the past two years of his medical practice, Wu Youke used the Guanjun Jisheng Decoction to save more than a dozen people who had suffered serious injuries and fell into coma.

"You are joking, old sir. I was just making a suggestion. The plague has been brought under control, and it is all thanks to you. When I return to Beijing, I will personally commend you for your contribution to His Majesty." Zhang Shikang said with a smile.

Wu Youke shook his head with relief.

“No, no, although I have some knowledge of epidemic diseases, I know the plague but not its cause.

Besides, I am old and don’t care about those false names. It is enough for me to have no pain in the world.”

It was not until several years later, when the plague had spread widely in many places in the Ming Dynasty, that Wu Youke finally wrote Theory of Plague after repeated experiments, investigations, and multiple diagnoses and treatments.

Zhang Shikang didn't know whether Wu Youke was being modest or whether he really lacked those few years of experience, but in any case, he had completely disrupted the current trajectory of history.

After thinking about it, Zhang Shikang said:

“Old sir, there is no need to be modest. This plague is just as serious as any other plague, such as sores and suppuration caused by external injuries.

In fact, it is nothing more than one word: bacterial infection.”

When it comes to the disease, Wu Youke immediately became focused, but when he heard this word, he frowned again.

He was almost sixty years old. He had read carefully all the medical books he could find, but he had never heard of bacteria.

"May I ask, Marshal, what are bacteria?"

In view of the Guanjun Jisheng Decoction invented by Zhang Shikang and the series of precautions he listed for plague control, in Wu Youke's eyes, Zhang Shikang was already regarded as a master of medical skills.

"Bacteria are extremely small microorganisms that are almost impossible to see directly with the naked eye." Zhang Shikang thought for a moment and continued:

"Let me give you an example. I think you have seen it before. When the sun is shining outside, open the window and the sun shines into the house. If you observe the light carefully, you can see countless tiny impurities in it.

Most of the impurities are dust, but there are also bacteria.

We often say that diseases come from the mouth, but in fact, in many cases, the nose is also the entrance for germs.

When we breathe, countless invisible bacteria enter the body. Once these bacteria enter the body, they activate the body's defense mechanism.

When the human body is young and healthy, this defense mechanism is strong and the bacteria are quickly killed.

However, if the body that inhales the germs is old and weak, it will be infected by the germs. If it is not treated properly, the condition will become more serious and eventually lead to death.

Most plagues are transmitted through breathing, but a small number of plagues are transmitted through body fluids, such as saliva, blood, etc.

The function of the mask is to isolate those bacteria through multiple layers of fine cloth.

The reason why masks and clothes must be boiled in boiling water after leaving the epidemic area is because most bacteria cannot survive in boiling water.

I wonder if you can understand what I said, old gentleman?" Zhang Shikang told Wu Youke his views in one breath.

Even though he was not a professional, some common sense from later generations could be of great help to people at that time.

Not to mention that Zhang Shikang had personally experienced two large-scale epidemics.

Wu Youke was listening carefully at first, but later he took out a pen and ink and started writing down Zhang Shikang's words.

The more he listened, the more excited he became. In fact, what Zhang Shikang said was exactly what he had been wondering about for the past two years.

Zhang Shikang's explanation undoubtedly answered many of his questions.

After all, he was an excellent doctor and had seen too many diseases, so he easily understood those words and felt that they made a lot of sense and were worth studying.

Seeing that Wu Youke was so serious, Zhang Shikang told Wu Youke all the medical knowledge he knew.

For example, a cold has symptoms of wind-cold, as well as some common sense methods in later generations that can alleviate the disease.

For example, a fever is caused by the body killing germs, and sneezing is to expel the germs from the body. A sneeze can spray the germs a foot away...

Of course, there is also something like penicillin. According to Zhang Shikang's description, penicillin is a miracle drug that can kill most bacteria.

Zhang Shikang didn't know how to make this thing, but he provided a general idea and what penicillin looked like.

This is mainly because the epoch-making significance of penicillin was mentioned in history books during the nine years of compulsory education.

Zhang Shikang said, and Wu Youke took notes. The two of them talked for nearly an hour.

Sun Chuanting was dumbfounded.

Sun Weifan was also dumbfounded.

The future father-in-law Ma Xianglin was also dumbfounded.

The future wife Ma Lingqi's eyes sparkled and she felt that her man was really hot.

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