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Chapter 912 Plague Theory (Third Update)
Just as this person said, at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen was in the Wenhua Palace, convening all the important ministers to discuss the waterlogging in the south.
The lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the prosperous areas of the Ming Dynasty and important tax areas. The losses this time are not minor. This made Emperor Chongzhen feel a little helpless. This year is the year when the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty has improved. Why does God not let go and make trouble again?
But if you really think about it, it’s actually normal. When does the rainy season in the south stop being heavy? There are also typhoons. Several typhoons will make landfall every year, and each time they land, they will bring serious disasters! Even in later generations, with weather forecasts, the floods of the Yangtze River and the typhoon still brought huge disasters to mankind.
After Wen Tiren read out the memorial to report the disaster in the south, he closed the memorial and handed it to the chamberlain who came over to present it to the emperor.
Emperor Chongzhen said with a somewhat heavy face: "Dear dear sirs, this disaster is different from the previous two years. The number of people affected and the vast area are very rare. Do you have any good strategies to alleviate the pain of the people?"
Many ministers in the palace looked at each other, but no one spoke for a while.
In fact, there are basically rules and regulations regarding floods in the south. In the past, it was just as it was, and it was not a big deal. After all, the south is much better than the north. As long as people are willing to live, they can eventually find some food. Unlike the poverty in the north, there is no food to eat under the disaster, and Yizi cannibalizes each other, which often turns into civil unrest, rebellion, etc.
"Your Majesty, according to the old rules, we can reduce or reduce the amount of money and grain, order the local government to provide disaster relief, and the wealthy households can contribute money to tide over the difficulties together." Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, said respectfully.
Emperor Chongzhen listened and nodded, still looking at his ministers below.
"Your Majesty, the waterlogging in the south can be considered as a plague!" Wen Tiren himself is from the south and knows better, so he added: "When local authorities are strictly ordered to bury corpses in a timely manner, if an epidemic is discovered, they must be isolated in time."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately thought of it and immediately ordered: "Where the decree is passed, the people affected by the disaster must boil water to drink. It is strictly forbidden to drink boiled water. Also, when there is a plague patient, Wear a mask, wash your hands, preferably gloves, and pay attention to mosquitoes, rats, and ants, which must be eliminated..."
Hearing the emperor say these words, the courtiers below all looked at him a little surprised, with most of them showing surprise expressions on their faces.
Emperor Chongzhen also noticed it and couldn't help but said a little confused: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong somewhere?"
The minister Xue Guoguan, who was always loud-mouthed, listened respectfully and said in a respectful voice: "Your Majesty, mosquitoes, rats and ants are annoying, so it is understandable to prevent them and eliminate them. But why is it strictly prohibited to boil water for drinking? It is now hot in the south, so drinking A sip of cold water can also relieve the heat. When the people heard the official announcement, they didn't know what it meant, and they probably wouldn't care!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he saw other ministers nodding slightly. He was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and couldn't help but suddenly realized. These things that were common sense in later generations turned out to be unknown to anyone at this time in the early seventeenth century!
Imagine, too, that there was no microscope at this time and no microorganisms could be seen, so naturally we would not know about this situation.
In the original history, at the end of Chongzhen's reign, there was a nationwide war, with corpses strewn across the fields, leading to a loss of life and rampant plague. It can almost be said that at the end of the year, a nationwide plague broke out.
Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty finally perished, but it was actually due to the plague. When Li Zicheng attacked the city of Beijing, it was actually impossible to capture the city based on his siege skills at the time. At least that was what he thought. Therefore, he proposed to make peace with the king and even build buildings for the court. Lu's suggestion. However, a plague broke out in the city of Beijing at that time, and basically all the defenders on the city were attacked. There were almost no Ming troops standing on the city. In this way, Li Zicheng unexpectedly got a big advantage.
However, there was also a saying at that time that the greater advantage was taken by Jianlu. When Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing, they came into contact with those people and were infected with the plague. But it was still in the incubation period, so I didn’t notice it at the time. Then Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the pass, and Li Zicheng led the troops to fight. As a result, the plague broke out, and Li Zicheng's army was defeated like a mountain in history. They retreated thousands of miles away without fighting back at all. Power.
At that time, Jianlu had realized this and did not dare to enter the city of Beijing. He waited for a while and waited for the weather to cool down before he entered the city. Instead, Jianlu escaped and thus picked up the biggest treasure. The advantage is so cheap that future generations will sigh. This Jianlu was really unlucky!
Against this background, Wu Youke, a famous doctor of a generation, summarized some prevention and treatment methods of plague after obtaining many cases, negated the old view that the cause of the epidemic was "not the time but the atmosphere", and founded the theory of epidemic disease. Said that it is at least two hundred years ahead of the Western world.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and felt that it was necessary to talk about this. Therefore, he turned serious and said seriously: "Plague is mostly caused by viruses or bacteria, and its mode of transmission may be water. If If it is boiled, it will kill most of the viruses and bacteria in the water. Don't question my words, don't think that the water seems to be very clean, but that is just an appearance. One day, when you have the corresponding tools, you will be able to see it. How many things are there in the so-called clean water..."
The reason why he added the words not to question was because he saw doubts on the faces of the ministers below. He currently has no way to prove it, so he can only use the emperor's authority to emphasize it.
"Plague also has some ways of transmission, which is through blood. Mosquitoes can also spread plague by biting patients and then biting normal people. The same is true for rats, flies, etc. They may carry viruses, bacteria, etc. on their bodies. If Living in a place where there are many mosquitoes, rats and ants, you are easily infected. The same is true for air and water. It may seem like there is nothing, but in fact there are many things in the air..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the movie "The Tribulation of the Ming Dynasty" that later generations had watched. Wu Youke was inspired by the dust flying when the sun shone through the cracks in the window. So Emperor Chongzhen said again: "If you, please If you don’t believe me, I can prove this to you.”
Hearing this, these Ming Dynasty's most senior civil servants, who can be said to be the most knowledgeable scholars, were very curious. Could it be that their long-held understandings and concepts are going to be overturned by His Majesty today?
With this in mind, they were curious about what they could see next?
Work hard and come up with another chapter
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