Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 273 The Times Are Calling

Empress Zhou had a deep memory of the disaster caused by pimple plague. She came back to her senses and couldn't help crying: "Why is there a terrible pimple plague in the south? God, why do you torture the emperor and my people of the Ming Dynasty like this!"

The queen cried, and the children were so frightened that they also cried together.

"Don't cry, don't cry, put on your mask quickly." Li Cunming comforted them.

Empress Zhou put on masks for the children with tears in her eyes, and said with a sad expression: "In the past three years since moving to the south, the days are getting more hopeful and the situation is getting better day by day. My concubine is sincerely happy for His Majesty. The plague is coming...Your Majesty, why are our husband and wife so ill-fated?"

Li Cunming held her hand, lovingly and firmly said: "Let's take it as God's test for us. Even if the sky falls, we husband and wife must stand upright and hold up a sky for the common people in the world. Queen, we Together in the same boat, there is no obstacle in the past!"

Wipe off the tears for Empress Zhou, and continued: "The empress, please distribute these masks to everyone in the palace, and strictly manage the affairs of the palace, and restrain everyone. The most important thing at this time is stability, and you can't mess up. Understand ?"

Empress Zhou was also a person who had seen strong winds and waves, so she calmed down instantly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, there are concubines in the palace, and I will definitely not cause trouble or worry Your Majesty!"

"That's right, your mother loves the world, so you should protect our family for me!" Li Cunming smiled gratifiedly.

Wang Chengen ran into the Kunning Palace and shouted: "Your Majesty, President Fu has entered the palace, and Zhenghou is outside the Wuying Hall."

"You have to listen to what your mother says, you know? Zhu Cijiong, as a prince, it's time for you to learn how to govern the country. Follow me to the Hall of Martial Arts."

As Li Cunming said, he touched Princess Zhaoren's face, and strode out of Kunning Palace.

When they came outside the Hall of Martial Arts, they saw Fu Shan and Yan Ermei waiting respectfully at the door.It turned out that today Yan Ermei happened to be on duty at the Department of General Administration. When he heard the news that the palace was sealed off, he realized that something serious had happened, and rushed to meet the emperor in a hurry.

After entering the main hall, before the two of them knelt down to salute, Li Cunming said bluntly: "My dear friends, Concubine Yuan died of the pimple plague. I infer that the plague has appeared in the palace and Nanjing city!"

"What?" Yan Ermei and Fu Shan exclaimed in unison, and their expressions suddenly became serious.

Li Cunming said: "The situation is urgent. I ordered the blockade of Nanjing City and the Imperial Palace to prevent the further spread of the plague. But this is only the first step. What to do next still requires the School of Medicine to come up with effective countermeasures. Fu Aiqing, you What's the best way?"

Fu Shan pondered for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty's words are correct. Sealing off the city is only the first step. I personally experienced the outbreak of the plague in Shanxi. Unfortunately, I have little knowledge and have not found an effective treatment. But there are two experiences that are effective. , One is to exterminate rats, and the other is to cremate the remains of people infected with the plague.”

Zhu Cijiong was absent-minded at first, but when he heard Fu Shan said that he wanted to get rid of rats, his eyes suddenly lit up and he quietly exited Wuying Hall. No one in the hall noticed his movements.

"Is there really no way to cure the pimple plague?" Li Cunming frowned, thinking that he would have to watch the plague spread and how many people would die.

"Oh, I think of a person named Wu Youxing, who is the founder of our Plague School!" Fu Shan clapped his hands and shouted, looking very excited.

"Are you talking about Wu Youke? Well, quickly send someone to invite him to Nanjing." Li Cunming also became excited. He had read about Wu Youxing in history books.

Wu Youxing, whose character is Ke Ke, was born in Wu County, Jiangsu Province.He personally experienced every plague outbreak in the late Ming Dynasty, accumulated a wealth of information, deduced the source of the disease, devoted himself to research, and based on his experience, wrote the book "On Epidemic Epidemics", which pioneered the study of infectious diseases in my country.

Fu Shandao: "Your Majesty, Wu Youxing is currently working in the medical school. I will go to him to discuss countermeasures."

Li Cunming saw the hope, and said happily: "There is a specialization in surgery, and you have to rely on you doctors to deal with the plague. I can only give the greatest support behind the scenes. Fu Shan, you are fully responsible for this matter. Discuss with Wu Youxing as soon as possible." Come up with a countermeasure, and then implement it.”

"By the way, there are more than 1 masks left here. You can take them and distribute them to the doctors and nurses in the medical school first. Remember, only by protecting the safety of doctors and nurses can we fight against the plague! "

"The minister leads the decree!" Fu Shan said.

After Fu Shan left, Yan Ermei said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, in the past, pimple plague first broke out in the north, and this time should be no exception."

Since the Wanli period, droughts have become more and more frequent, and the grain harvest has failed. The people can't eat enough, and the mice can't eat even more.

Rats on the grassland ran south because of hunger. Their body functions declined, and plague appeared, which was continuously transmitted to humans.

Therefore, what Yan Ermei said is consistent with the truth. In the past, pimple plague was indeed concentrated in the northern region.After Yan Ermei reminded him, Li Cunming gasped: "Do you suspect that the pimple plague in Nanjing came from the north?"

"Send someone to investigate and it will be clear. I want to remind your majesty that in case the Tartars will cause trouble to the east, we must strictly order Jiangbei and other front-line areas not to accept refugees from the south during this period!" Yan Ermei said.

Later, the disciples of the Sacred Fire Sect received news that the plague had already broken out in the north, and it was menacing.

All kinds of evidence show that the plague in the Jiangbei area and Nanjing City was brought by people who went south.

Pimple plague also appeared in the north, and the tartars' butts were full of shit, so there is no need to worry about them taking advantage of the fire, that's another story.

"Master Yan, the top priority is to increase the production of masks. Work hard and go to the Jiangnan leather factory to supervise the workers to sew masks." Li Cunming ordered.

Yan Ermei took the order and left. Only then did Li Cunming realize that Zhu Cijiong was missing and said angrily: "Where did this kid go? Will it cost him his life to let him participate in political affairs?"

Angrily, she came to Kunning Palace, but she heard Princess Zhaoren clapping her hands and laughing loudly: "Brother Prince, you caught another mouse, how amazing you are!"

Li Cunming walked over and saw Zhu Cijiong squatting in the corner of the flower bed with his two younger siblings. A mousetrap was placed in front of the three of them, and a mouse was struggling and screaming in the trap.

"What are you doing?" Li Cunming yelled out, causing the three of them to fall to the ground in fright.

"Father, brother Prince took us to exterminate rats..." Princess Zhaoren was about to cry again.

Li Cunming was furious and reprimanded: "Prince, the pimple plague is transmitted to humans from rats. There is a song in the capital called 'A rat dies in the east, a rat dies in the west. When a person sees a dead rat, he is like a tiger.' , haven’t you heard of it?”

"That's why I want to exterminate rats in the palace!" Zhu Cijiong didn't know that he had made a mistake at all.

Li Cunming was very angry: "Just leave it to the eunuchs to get rid of the rats. What are you messing with? You come to touch the rats at this time, do you want my family to be wiped out? What do you know?" Is it group destruction? There is no reason for this!"

The scolding alarmed the queen, who came out and said, "The concubine led the maids to sew masks, and they were negligent for a while, and the three of them caused trouble for His Majesty again. Prince, apologize quickly, and then take the younger brothers and sisters to wash their hands."

"Father, I was wrong." Zhu Cijiong said reluctantly.

"Forget it, forget it, I will be mad at you sooner or later!" Li Cunming put his hand on his chest, calmed down his anger, and suddenly laughed, "I know it's hard to keep you bored in the palace, how about I take you to do radio gymnastics?"

"What is radio gymnastics?" Zhu Cizhao asked.

"Come on, line up and start exercising with my movements." Li Cunming clapped his hands and began to demonstrate.

"The second set of radio gymnastics, the times are calling to start now. Walk in place, 12345678, 22345678... Stretching exercises..."

"Empress, you should exercise too! Yes, yes, very good... Hahaha, Empress, you should do aerobics! From now on, you will take the children to do radio gymnastics every day to strengthen your physique."

In fact, doing radio gymnastics at this moment is of no help in fighting against pimple plague, and it is not even a temporary hug.

But Li Cunming had to find something to adjust the atmosphere, dispel the gloom that shrouded people's minds to some extent, and send a positive and optimistic signal to the people all over the world.

What is Governance?Every move of the emperor, every word and deed, is governing the country.

The queen and the children were doing radio gymnastics for the first time. They were very excited and laughed happily while exercising.Li Cunming eased his brows and smiled cheerfully.

(End of this chapter)