Chapter 145.

It was all devastation all the way there, and early in the morning, when the smoke of cooking would have risen from all the villages.

But …… where Liu Sheng has passed, but see the villages passed, actually most of them can not hear the dogs and chickens, but also do not see any cooking smoke rising.

Occasionally, there are remains alongside the road that no one collects.

Although Liu Sheng is also well versed in the so-called official field of the way of change, weekdays also occasionally mooch some oil and water.

I can’t help but weep at this sight.

It was hard to get to the manor.

But I saw that there were actually quite a few people in that manor.

Liu Sheng quickly stepped into the village, but did not see the panic of the pandemic, and did not see the tragic scene of the family wearing mourning.

There were quite a few people, who came with their old and young.

Apparently there were also quite a few people who had heard the rumors and came to this manor to seek medical treatment.

So the errand boy had to sound a gong to clear the way, shouting under his breath, “The magistrate is coming, the magistrate is coming, recuse yourself, recuse yourself.”

It’s just a shame …… that not many people pay attention to this at such times.

People are almost gone, who cares what magistrate you are, it’s useless even if the king of heaven comes.

Liu Sheng had to get out of the sedan chair in a panic.

As far as the eye could see, although the place was chaotic, it seemed like an oasis in the desert and an isolated island in the middle of the ocean.

He squeezed into the crowd, and it was not easy to enter the hinterland of the Zhuangzi, but he saw a spandex Confucian shirt of the readers are sitting, and then …… began to take a bamboo stick to the nostrils of one person who came up and stabbed something into the nostrils.

And those who were ‘saved’ by him thanked him profusely.

This showman was obviously already very tired, his face was full of haggard, but at this time, he had to force his spirit, still waiting for the next person to come.

Liu Sheng’s eyes glazed over as he watched.

At this time, the local land bailiff heard the sound of the gong and busily sought out Liu Sheng: “County honors ……”

Liu Sheng pointed at the reader and said, “What’s going on?”

“This person has the method of epidemic prevention, after the pandemic breeding, he began to give people in the manor to prevent the epidemic, at first everyone still do not believe, but later, everyone found that other places …… many people have been infected with the disease, only this manor people … . even a sick are not, the county respect …… now four miles and eight townships of people have heard, everyone to seek medical treatment.”

Liu Sheng said, “Is this …… true?”

“I saw it with my own eyes.” The groundkeeper said, “More than four hundred people in this manor are indeed all alive.”

Liu Sheng heard, really like five thunderbolts, the body played a pendulum, face green and red, lips shivering: “He …… he …… he really can cure this epidemic … …Aiya …… Aiya …… if …… if …… that can save the life of How many people ah ……”

After saying that, his eyes went black and he actually fainted all of a sudden.

The people then seven hands and feet to save him, it is not easy to pinch his middle, finally this Liu Sheng woke up.

Liu Sheng opened his eyes, the first thing is to laugh: “Ha ha ……… ha ha ha …… ha ha …… people can live, come on, come on people …… quickly go and invite the immortals, invite the immortals ……”

Di Bao hastily lowered his voice and said, “County Honor, County Honor, you can’t say that ah, this Li Xiu Cai can always dislike others to call him what immortal, he is a Xiu Cai, is a scholar, and he himself also said, this method of preventing epidemics, is from the book to learn, the art of salvation, and the ghosts and gods have what to do with it.”

Liu Sheng listened to it, was greatly cheered, eyes gleaming, “Right, right, my generation of readers, respect ghosts and gods and far away, oops, is this county confused, confused.”

Seeing that Liu Sheng was no longer in any serious condition, Di Bao said, “County Honor, I will go and invite that Li Xiu Cai to come.”

Liu Sheng shook his head, “No, no, this man is in the middle of administering help, what would this county do to disturb him! If you delay your efforts, you will save a few less people.”

After a pause, Liu Sheng and cautiously said, “But …… let a few clerical officials, followed by his left and right, to see how he administers help, to see if you can learn a lesson, and then in the county, no, it is the entire Songjiang Province, and even the entire Jiangnan spread. If you rely on one person …… alone is too difficult, this thing you go to ask.”

Groundkeeper nodded, a moment back, joyfully said, “That showman said, he is suffering from no assistant, especially the lack of people who can read and write, is begging for it.”

Liu Sheng rubbed his hands, so excited that he shed tears, and muttered, “Good, good very good, gather all the uninfected ones and follow the study, this county …… can also be literate, this county also counts one.”

Di Bao was startled: “County Honor, this is not to trouble you, County Honor, you are also responsible for the entire county’s stem.”

Liu Sheng scolded: “have come to this time, this county magistrate what else to do? There are priorities, the biggest thing right now is to prevent the epidemic to save people, this is the fundamental of the world, people are gone, what is the use of the other?”

Liu Sheng said with great righteousness, so the groundkeeper no longer dared to speak.

Liu Sheng also said, “You quickly go to the county, to the county oracle to pass the words of the county, let him call the county Xiucai, child students, quickly come here. Then order people to inform the government, and Yingtianfu, be quick!”

The earth protects the nod and goes off in a hurry.

So Liu Sheng and a few of the clerical officials who came with him began to gather around the side of the Xiucai named Li Wensheng, and they watched carefully, keeping in mind the essentials of Li Wensheng’s movements.

Li Wensheng also seems to understand that this is not the time for pleasantries, so although he was tired, but still do not forget to open: “This is called planting pox, this epidemic is called pox disease, the only people who have not yet infected the epidemic after planting pox, they will not be afraid of being infected by the disease. As long as they are not afraid of being infected, things will be fine. Many pox diseases are not only caused by this malady, but on the other hand, they also originate from the people who have the disease, which everyone is as afraid of as snakes and scorpions, and the patients do not receive proper care and die.”

After a pause, Li Wensheng then said: “So now it is imperative that more people’s bodies can prevent the pox, then the people’s hearts are also set, set down, the sick can also be properly cared for, able-bodied people do not worry about the infection, this pandemic, can be alleviated. As for this pox …… but it is from the cow …… you first watch me to receive the pox, and later go to that shed to see.”

Liu Sheng looked extremely serious and subconsciously nodded his head, “Must it be pierced? Can you plant the pox only after you have pierced it?”

“Exactly.” Li Wensheng seriously said, “Now we have to hurry, this matter can not be delayed, but unfortunately the manpower here is still too little, although there are quite a lot of strong manpower in the manor, but the people nearby are really coming too much, and there are also people carrying the sick people, which can not be planted with the pox, but the good thing is that, all the people here do not have to worry about catching the epidemic, at least they can be taken care of, so right now the most urgent thing is still to call for more people.”

Liu Sheng now couldn’t care less about his status as a county magistrate, and only nodded his head in a chicken-pecking manner to Li Wensheng’s command, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, sir.”

Li Wensheng familiar with the acne, shook his head and said: “I’m not a gentleman, I’m just a scholar. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to read a book and know the method of preventing the epidemic, I’m afraid that right now, many people in this manor wouldn’t be able to survive.”

Liu Sheng was shocked, “There is such a divine book in the world?”

Li Wensheng very seriously said, “This is not a god book, no, I mean …… the author of this book, do not want people to call it a god book, it is in the head, especially remembered the outline, said that it is born with all things to feed people, and people should learn, observe, and use all things to save the life of the world method, at first I feel that this book ridiculous, but in the end it was he who gave great help.”

Liu Sheng was surprised and said, “Which one of the ancient divine doctors made this book?”

“Called Zhang so-and-so An, I was only in a hurry to read it and remember some of the contents, but as for the author, I didn’t look at it carefully, so I’m really ashamed of myself.”

Liu Sheng couldn’t help but sigh, “This must be a great sage from ancient times who not only knew medicine, but also harbored such thoughts of helping the world and saving the people.”

A few hours later, many people from the county came.

All of them are temporarily healthy, some clerical officials and some readers.

Everyone learns from this Li Wensheng’s method, helping is secondary, the main thing is to learn the method, and then let them spread out to the townships.

Li Wensheng has eleven hours without sleep, taught many people the essentials of the place, then tiredly lying in the manor under the acacia tree would like to rest, who expected the body a leaning against the acacia tree, snoring will rise.

Liu Sheng began to plant pox on people, until the evening, the people who came to seek medical treatment is finally less, and there are a lot of clerical officials around to take care of it, which is clear.

So he instructed some readers to say: “In the county town, arrange to plant some pox, and now the most serious Fengjing Township, Xupu Township, Xianshan Township, to send a few more people, so that all have not yet been infected with the disease, immediately inoculated, inoculation, after the deployment of strong men, to save the people who are infected with the disease, in addition to the local gentry, the first 10,000 stones of grain, to be used to treat the disease and prevention of the epidemic with, tell them, now is the time to help each other. Tell them that now is the time to help each other, don’t start a small mind, when it really comes to the point of nine empty rooms, everyone will have to suffer a great deal, teach them to know the power.”

“Oh yes, Mr. also said, this time of the year, to boil more hot water, clean up the puddles and other places, lest …… other epidemics regenerate, so that …… local squires, draw some manpower out, and all over the land insurance The local gentry should mobilize some manpower, and the local government should draft some ding, and think of chopping wood in the mountains, and boil water in big pots at the intersections of various townships, and distribute it afterwards. And then teach people to clean up some cesspools in some counties, go.”

After the explanation, he remained a bit uneasy.

To the big acacia tree, looking at the already sound asleep Li Wensheng, but did not wake him up, took off his own official clothes, covered in Li Wensheng’s body.

He pondered for a moment, suddenly remembered something, whispered to the people around him: “Take pen and ink, with my county’s power, in the face of such a pandemic, but it is just a drop in the bucket, the most urgent thing is to immediately report to the court, inform this Mr. Li’s situation, ask the court to do their best to all the surrounding counties in the various provinces, planting the pox in advance, so … … is the pox God himself to come down to the earth to wreak havoc, but also to teach him to come back. …It is the pox god himself to come down to wreak havoc, but also to teach him to have no return. Hurry up to get the pen and ink ……”

Found a place, took the four treasures, Liu Sheng pondered for a moment, then began to repair the book, truthfully reported the situation here, but also Li Wensheng’s matter reported a clear, and finally ordered to be sent to the capital with all speed.

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At this point in time, the capital city was already in a state of panic.

With this news spread, to know, this Nanjing City from Songjiang although there is some distance, but heard, Suzhou side, also appeared to be infected with the situation, I’m afraid that this spread, afraid of Nanjing City is also difficult to protect themselves.

Of all these calamities, it was rather this pandemic that the people feared most, for the other disasters, whether of great floods or landslides, were at least still visible.

But the pandemic and other things, but is silent, no one knows, maybe they wake up, immediately in the fear of disease.

In the midst of all this panic, many people were already planning to take shelter, and everyone was thinking that it might be safe to head west.

Of course, more people were unable to leave, the vast majority, still running for their next meal, out of the city, the whole family will starve to death.

Zhu Di received one report after another.

Met with wave after wave of ministers.

But in reality, no one can come up with anything good.

It wasn’t a flood or any other disaster, and at least there was still manpower and material resources that the court could send out to alleviate the situation.

The imperial doctors heard of the epidemic, death does not dare to go to Songjiang’s, as for sending ministers to patrol, this got the decree of the ministers, the people have been weak in the legs.

Zhu Di at this point, also quite annoyed, but still stoic.

Because he also knew very well that he couldn’t come up with any rules and regulations on this matter himself, and there was no way to force it on anyone else.

Today, he also called for an audience with Jinyin and others.

Zhu Di still gloomy face, holding the latest book of zhangshi said: “Just last night, Changzhou House has a play, also appeared a patient, this disease is really come too fast, can be said to be devastating. Damn …… this Changzhou, I am afraid that in the next few days there will also be a big event.”

“And Jiangyin county magistrate, after hearing the situation, actually fled overnight, I …… really did not think that there is such a mediocre official in the world. Such a person, must not be lightly spared, immediately sea arrest, copied his home.”

Xie Jin and the others didn’t say anything, but they could all imagine how angry His Majesty was when he saw the news.

There are still such jerks in the world.

But when it comes to extraordinary times, anything can happen, and in fact, we have long been accustomed to it.

At this time, and saw Zhu Di said, “Once Changzhoufu spread, where …… is next? In the next few days …… afraid of going to Zhenjiang and Nanjing, the Secretaries …… do not really have a strategy?”

Xie Jin several, you look at me, I look at you.

After thinking about it, Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said, “Your Majesty, historically, such pandemics are a way.”

Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin: “What way.”

“Wait for the pandemic to pass.” Xie Jin replied.

Chu: “……”

Zhu Di’s heart suddenly felt a bit blocked, and finally sighed and sat down powerlessly on the chair, saying glumly, “How many people are going to die here.”

Xie Jin said, “Of course, the court is not doing nothing. I thought …… that some measures could be taken.”

Zhu then said, “Go ahead.”

Xie Jin thought for a moment and said, “How about a general amnesty.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he became furious.

This sentence made Zhu Di angry not as simple as the four words of amnesty.

Releasing some prisoners is really nothing.

The crux of the matter is that the essence of the amnesty lies in the fact that the emperor had angered the heavens and thus the heavens sent down plagues to punish the emperor.

What this involves is the most popular doctrine of celestial induction during the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Xie Jin said amnesty, but in Zhu Di’s ears to hear, but he Zhu Di has done a lot of bad things, angered the heavens, so the need to alleviate the anger of the heavens through amnesty.

Isn’t that a no-brainer?

I am clean and honorable, and I have been given the right position, so heaven should like me.

See Zhu Di revealed displeased color, Xie Jin was busy saying, “Your Majesty rest assured, I have no other meaning, just ……”

Zhu was silent for a long time.

Seeing that Zhu Di has been pursing his lips and not saying anything, Xie Jin is a little worried.

He’s been in a bad way lately.

He could feel the Prince distancing himself from him.

Of course, it was true that he was close on weekdays, but because he had lost the Han King as an imaginary enemy, it would be inappropriate for him to say something bad about the Han King in front of the Crown Prince.

The crown prince’s position was solidified, but instead his influence over the crown prince was reduced.

This leads to the fact that if the crown prince becomes the son of heaven in the future, it will be because he has succeeded to the throne, which is inherited from his ancestors.

Instead of relying on these people, led by Xie Jin, to argue for the Prince, after a lot of hard work to obtain.

Xie Jin can not help but be a little discouraged, always feel that things have not gone well lately, as if they have committed a small man.

Just then, Zhu Di but suddenly said, “Then let’s have a general amnesty.”

“Your Majesty.” Several Wen Yuan Pavilion university professors looked at Zhu Di in surprise.

Obviously, most people were still a little surprised that Zhu finally agreed to choose to do this.

Zhu sighed and said, “If this is useful, it may be worthwhile to give it a try, perhaps …… when it is really useful?”

Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty is wise.”

Zhu Di’s mood at this time is obviously more depressed, sighed: “About the rescue, or to find a way to recruit medical households, how many can be recruited is how many, even if it can not save …… at least can stabilize the people.”

Xie Jin nodded, “Your Majesty, Wen Yuan Ge will prepare the decree later.”

Zhu Di said, “What Secretary Xie said, is not unreasonable, now at this time, it is better to know the fate of heaven to do their best.”

Xie Jin then comforted: “Yes, at this time, can only stabilize the people’s hearts, the people’s hearts stabilized, the pandemic will always pass.”

Zhu Di said with a few moments of hope, “Is there really no way out of this pandemic?”

Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty, there has been no solution for all the dynasties.”

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, “How difficult it is to rule a country and level the world.”

Xie Jin said: “So the saints said, the most important thing to rule the world is to educate the people, only the people have been educated, as long as the ethical principles can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then …… no matter what the heavens send down the evils and blessings of the people can be peaceful and self-contained.”

“Let’s say that now in Nanjing, many people will be terrified because of the pandemic, so much so that rumors are spreading, and the capital is restless both inside and outside, and I think this is the cause of the lack of indoctrination.”

Zhu Di did not say anything, at this time there is not much heart to continue to listen to these sermons.

In the past, I would have jumped up and cursed.

But Zhu actually looked disheartened this time.

Instead, it makes Xie Jin’s heart quite pleasant, Zhu Di this person …… is too focused on military success, and has little interest in the rule of literature.

Today, I have finally caught the opportunity to give a lecture, so as to let His Majesty know that the foundation of ruling the world is not obtained immediately.

Or many scholars, and the local gentry, through the Confucian rituals and countryside rules and regulations to make the people obedient, only then, then the world can also be great prosperity, the district disaster, after all, will be over.

Zhu, however, only felt that these words, which he didn’t bother to refute, were merely tiresome.

He even at this moment, could not wait to go back to Beiping, and take his own army and horses to sweep across the desert, and leave all the matters of this world to the Crown Prince.

Especially Xie Jin these people ……

Although Xie Jin’s words are annoying, Zhu Di knows that they are the thoughts of the vast majority of the hundred officials.

No matter what happens in the imperial court and whether it can be solved or not, a set of sermons on the so-called rule of civilization will come first.

It’s as if the world is going to be in chaos without these.

So Zhu Di, who was upset, stood up directly and was about to brush his sleeves away.

But at this time, a eunuch hurriedly came in and said, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Huating County of Songjiang Province, an urgent report!”

Zhu Di heard, the face of the moment a few more gloomy, now almost Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places, as long as it involves the pandemic of the sonata, the inner court can be unimpeded, no matter when it is, the first time to sonata.

Because of this, this eunuch came in regardless.

Zhu’s first reaction was that something must have happened to Huating again.

Just now, the entire Songjiang Province is in a state of devastation, what else can Hua Ting report on the emergency? Nine empty rooms?

Zhu Di took a deep breath and forced himself together, then said, “Bring it.”

Yilungha busy is to go forward, received the report, and then sent to Zhu Di’s hands.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, opened the Zaoshu, look down: “I Hua Ting County Liu Sheng play: Hua Ting emergency, the people died of disease one of the ten, I am not very afraid, now I know a person, even got the law of epidemic prevention, this law is said to plant pox, get this law, is the county student, surnamed Li Wensheng, got a strange book, according to this book rescue, can make the people do not infected with the plague. ”

“Where the village, there is no one infected with the epidemic, this minister saw with his own eyes, the effect is really remarkable …… Emperor God blessed the virtue of good life, this law, the whole world celebrates, I have ordered the clerical staff, students, learn this law, under the pandemic, when pushed to the wide range, in order to save people from the fire … …”

The more Zhu looked at it, the more his complexion appeared bizarre.

Seeing Zhu Di staring at the zhangshi obsessively without uttering a word.

Xie Jin and the others also looked at each other.

They dared not utter a breath as they thought it was something bad again that had caused His Majesty, who was in an irritable mood, to burst into a rage again.

But Zhu Di did not move for a long time before Xie Jin whispered, “Your Majesty …… Your Majesty ……”

Only then did Zhu Di raise his head blankly, looking at Xie Jin with a strange look.

Xie Jinyin said, “Your Majesty …… do not know that in this report ……”

But Zhu Di said, “Who of you …… knows who this Li Wensheng is?”

“Vincent Lee?”

The Grand Maester looked at each other.

The name …… is just unheard of.

“This person …… is the magistrate of Huating County?”

Zhu shook his head, “This is a showman.”

A showman?

Why would His Majesty care about a showman?

Could it be that …… someone is using the pandemic to plot a rebellion?

This is actually understandable, as the time of the catastrophe, coupled with the fact that a failed showman is basically the two most important conditions in all the material for a rebellion.

These two key words are found in many major cases of rebellion.

Only to see Zhu continued, “This person …… has great virtue ah, he alone …… saved I do not know whether hundreds or thousands of people …… no no no no …… What this person has saved, and not only these ……”

Seeing that the crowd is still puzzled.

Zhu wanted to grin.

But soon …… Zhu Di has doubts again, is this true? Is this report true?

If the report is wrong, won’t we be happy for nothing?

Being cautious, Zhu Di hid his smile and gave the sonata to Yiluoha: “Circulate it to all the ministers and show it to them.”

A head of confused Xie Jin crowd, one by one has seen the zhangzhi, also are jaw-dropping.

Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty …… is this matter true?”

“How is the man who is the magistrate of Huating ……?”

“This ……”

Zhu Di coldly looked at Xie Jin: “What words …… may wish to speak frankly.”

Xie Jin said: “Hua Ting county magistrate, is the national son of students, I have seen him, he talks a little coarse, I worry that his report is not credible.”

For this person’s situation, as a university scholar Xie Jin has some understanding.

It can be said that the current ministers of the Ming Dynasty, roughly can be divided into two kinds, one is the right way out, such as Xie Jin, is a serious scholar.

There is also a group of people, that is, the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, because the ministers and officials killed too much, killed a group of people, then immediately need someone to replace, so …… the state son school has become a reserve These people, today still in the state son school, the next day was pulled to do the official.

Simple, brutal.

If you don’t do a good job, you might, on the third day, lose your head again.

It was so that everyone was on a rollercoaster at that time, the so-called ups and downs of life, you never know what’s going to happen until tomorrow.

Liu Sheng, the magistrate of Huating County, was a man who came from this background.

Of course, wait until after Emperor Taizu Gao, ministers from the right path, such as Xie Jin, began to enter the center after they still retain the official body, but basically there is not much hope for the career in fact.

In the eyes of the ministers of the right way of life, they are objects of contempt, Xie Jin does not like these people, that these people are not really readers at all.

When Zhu Di heard Xie Jin’s comment, he also couldn’t help but hesitate and looked at Hu Guang and Yang Rong.

Hu Guang didn’t make a sound.

But Yang Rong said: “He is a county magistrate, how can he dare to conceal such things? The pandemic, not just Huating county, this nonsense report on how he benefits? I would like to believe that, if not, the immediate priority, is the court must have a place to use the strength, the people have been suffering, should think of all the ways to find a cure. Now is not the time to hesitate, should immediately send people to understand the situation, if it is really work, to immediately promote and spread. Your Majesty …… this matter can’t wait ah.”

Zhu Di took a deep breath: “What the Secretary said, quite reasonable, I did not think, a showman …… has such a great ability, if it really works, this is the model of the world’s readers, is really what you say in your mouth for the heaven and earth to set up the heart. For the people to set up life ah.”

Zhu Di revitalized, “Dispatch personnel decree, immediately ordered all the medical households, to the Huating ……”

Zhu Di said, “If this showman can really save people, according to my opinion …… he can be a vassal.”

The crowd was shocked to hear this.

灏佷警…… This is something that many people do not even dare to think about.

But when you think about it, such a great achievement, even if you are awarded a marquis, it is still impeccable.

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Cry a little, class, and ask for a monthly pass.