I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Seeing this, Xie Qian's eyes widened in disbelief.

In his opinion, Wu State is not a small country that can be bullied casually. If you want to use troops, you should be cautious.

However, the king regent and these court officials made the decision to conquer the country of Wu in just a few words, which is really unimaginable.

After struggling for a long time, he still couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, isn't this a bit hasty?"

Fang Xiu turned to look at him and said, "Why do you have such thoughts?"

"This"

When Xie Qian heard this question, he didn't know how to answer it for a while.

at this time.

Du Chen'an said with a serious face: "Wu Guo is weak, I am strong and strong, and I send troops to crusade, not to mention being invincible, but it is not much worse. In addition, Wu Guo took the initiative to provoke, and I am famous for my hard work. In addition, the most important thing is that I work hard as one, and I want to use troops against Wu State and open up Wu State's market.

The territory of Wu State is small, not deep enough, and it has just been severely attacked by Yue State, which ceded a large area of ​​land and fertile land. From the emperor to the common people, the morale is low. The imperial court is using troops at this time. different.

No matter how you look at it from any angle, this is the best time for me to go south to conquer Wu, and it is not too hasty. "

Hearing this, Xie Qian was slightly taken aback. Looking at the second-rank hall officials in front of him, he suddenly realized that these guys had already set their sights on Wu Guo and were ready for the Southern Expedition.

The reason why it has not been brought up is because the regent is still thinking about the Northern Expedition to Yan.

Now that the Northern Expedition has been settled, it is impossible to send troops within a year.

Only then did they dare to propose the idea of ​​the Southern Expedition.

Thinking of this.

Xie Qian said no more and fell into silence.

at this time.

Minister of the Ministry of War Qian Haonan said: "Mr. Xie Ge, don't worry too much. Now it is just a decision to go south. How to use the troops will be discussed with His Majesty and the Metropolitan Governor's Office."

After a pause, he continued: "Speaking of which, Wu Yue gave me an idea yesterday, saying that he wanted to recruit people from Zhou Kingdom to form a coalition army with the Shenji Battalion and Wuqian Battalion under the jurisdiction of my Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. We train together and fight together on weekdays.
Of course, it is just an idea, how to do it, whether it is feasible, I have not thought about it carefully. "

aside.

When Xie Qian heard this, his heart sank.

Ever since Bai Qi led the cadres to station in various prefectures, he thought that such a day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect such a day to come so soon.

Forming a coalition means that Da Zhou no longer has its own army.

The court of the state of Zhou only occupied one seat in the so-called meeting of ministers of state affairs.

His Majesty is also the puppet of the Prince Regent, so in Chang'an he can hardly influence the Prince Regent's decision-making.

In this way, it means that the Great Zhou court survived in name only.

Now there is still a fig leaf of the alliance blocking it.

Until a certain day in the future, the court of Zhou State will be completely reduced to the existence of local government.

The council of ministers made a random decision to merge Zhou's land into Qian, and the people of Zhou couldn't make any waves.

Xie Qianbi understands the principle of boiling frogs in warm water.

But what can he do?

At the beginning, if he hadn't signed his name on the peace agreement, the entire Zhou Kingdom would have been reduced to scorched earth, and the result would be the destruction of the country as well. …

Forming an alliance with a dry country is not only decent, but most importantly, it still retains the hope of existence.

Thinking of this, Xie Qian sighed in his heart, pretending not to hear Qian Haonan's words.

Seeing that Xie Qian didn't answer, Qian Haonan thought for a while, and stopped entangled in this issue. After a haha, he diverted the topic to another place: "Wu Yue has a bunch of messy ideas all day long, let him come to the Ministry of War. To be a servant is really a waste of talent, he should be transferred to the household department, maybe he can create more tax money for the court.

By the way, Lao Qin,

I heard that Erlang in your family has been restless recently? "

Qin Xingyan frowned instantly when he heard Erlang mentioned, and said helplessly, "I don't know what he thinks, if you don't want to be a good etiquette member, you have to go to Huizhou for a general judgment, saying that you don't want to stay. Waste your life in the Ministry of Rituals, go do something practical in the local area.”

"It's a good thing."

Qian Haonan frowned, and said: "Although the general judgment is subject to the magistrate, if you want to do some practical things, you can still make some achievements."

When Qin Xingyan heard this, he glanced at him and made no reply.

It's not a problem to go to the place to make a general judgment, the key is that this place is wrong.

Huizhou has just been hit by a disaster. If you work in this kind of place, if you do well, you won't get much praise. If you do poorly, you will be picked on.

But his second son, Qin Yongxin, had to say that he wanted to go to this kind of place so that he could truly do things for the people. Except for Huizhou, he would not go to other places.

Being so stubborn is enough to make him a father.

Listen to the two talking about their descendants.

Du Chen'an also joined in with great interest, raised his brows and said: "If you want me to say, I'm still used to it. If you beat him with a whip, he will be obedient. Let him go to study, and he will go to study. Let him go to school." He took the imperial examination, and wherever he was asked to take a job, he would go there to take a job.

The old man still has some experience in teaching his children and grandchildren, and the summary can be summed up in one sentence, a filial son is born under the stick.”

Hearing this, Fang Xiu couldn't help but think of the magistrate who didn't recognize Du Chen'an, who he met on the way when he went to the hot spring with the little empress, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The three chatted for a while.

Fang Xiu said: "Today we are going to discuss these two matters. The truth is that there are still things to be done, so let's leave."

When the four people heard this, they all stood up, saluted respectfully, and said: "I will take my leave!"

After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

Before he walked out of the warm pavilion, he heard a knock on the door outside.

"Shangguan Haitang, the first villa, asks to see the prime minister."

The four of them were startled when they heard Shangguan Haitang's name, and subconsciously glanced at Fang Xiu.

They knew that Shangguan Haitang, as the owner of the No. [-] Villa, held no less status in the Fang Party than Zhou Guo's Eunuch Bingbi.

When she knocked on the door at this time, something extremely important must have happened.

"Enter."

Fang Xiu's voice sounded.

The door was pushed open.

Shangguan Haitang, who was wearing a white cloak, walked in, first bowed his hands and saluted, then walked quickly to Fang Xiu, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Fang Xiu frowned instantly after hearing this. …

Seeing this scene, Xie Qian and Du Chen'an all felt a little embarrassed and didn't know whether to leave or stay.

Just when they were about to leave.

Fang Xiu suddenly called out to stop them.

"Don't go, there is one more thing to discuss today."

"Sure enough, something happened!"

The four of them looked at each other, and they could see a touch of anxiety in each other's eyes.

A few words can make Fang Xiang's expression change.

Obviously this matter will not be a good thing!
"Yes!"

The four responded and returned to their positions.

Fang Xiu glanced at Shangguan Haitang, and said, "Tell them about the affairs of Yan Kingdom, and be more careful."

"Yes!"

Shangguan Haitang saluted respectfully.

Then with a serious face, he said in a solemn tone:

"The secret agents of the Yan Kingdom have received news that since two months ago, a new plague has spread throughout the entire Yan Kingdom. At the beginning, it was only in Jizhou in the east of the Yan Kingdom, then the entire east, and then the central part of the country. and the north, and now there is a tendency to spread to the south.

This plague is extremely terrifying, and the speed at which it spreads
It was extremely fast, and anyone who hadn't come into contact with a sick person could be infected. According to reliable sources, it took only half a month for the entire city of Jizhou from the time someone discovered the plague until [-]% of the people were infected.

In addition, three out of ten people who contracted the plague would die of serious illness, and even if the rest survived, they would still have pockmarks on their faces, which looked extremely terrifying. "

"plague?!"

When Xie Qian and the others heard this, they looked at each other, and they could see the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Apparently, they never thought that the sudden event turned out to be a plague.

"A plague in which three out of ten people were seriously ill and died is rarely recorded in the history books."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xie Qian has read poetry and books, and he has a good understanding of the plague.

Hearing Shangguan Haitang's description, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and also frowned.

"The most important thing now is to strictly prevent the Yan people from entering Dagan and Dazhou, and spreading this plague to the people of Dagan and Dazhou."

Xie Qian, as the head of Zhou's officials, was good at dealing with emergencies, and immediately pointed out the key points.

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Xie Ge is right, this is the most important thing now."

Speaking of this, he looked at Qin Xingyan and Qian Haonan who were on the side, and said: "After you return to the yamen, put aside other matters first, and treat this matter as the top priority. It must be drafted within three days. Good regulations, sent to the border border with Yan State, let the soldiers stationed guard against death!
In addition, there are merchants who come and go, and they must also be restricted!Don't let them in and out at will!If the plague spreads in Dagan and Dazhou, the truth will punish you severely! "

When the two heard this, they hurriedly said: "Your official must live up to the great trust of Fang Xiang!"

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, and then said: "Besides, there is one more thing, I want to tell you the truth."

Seeing Fang Xiu's serious face, the four of them cheered up and listened attentively.

After a while.

Fang Xiu's solemn voice sounded. …

"From Haitang's description, I always feel that this kind of plague, I have seen it in a medical book before."

Seen in medical books?

Fang Xiang (Prince Regent) still reads on weekdays?
Are you reading medical books? !
When the four of them heard this, they were all a little dazed, and it took a while for them to calm down, and they were curious.

Why did Fang Xiang suddenly mention this.

Could it be that Fang Xiang knew how to diagnose and treat this plague?
but.

According to Shangguan Haitang's description, this plague is so terrible, how could it be easily diagnosed and treated.

Just when they were cranky.

Fang Xiu spoke again:
"It is recorded in medical books that this plague is called smallpox, and the ancients had a way to stop it from spreading."

smallpox?

The five people, including Shangguan Haitang, were startled when they heard this.

It stands to reason that if such a terrible plague had ever appeared in this land, it would definitely be recorded in the history books.

But Xie Qian was sure that he had never seen a plague named "smallpox" in the history books.

"How to stop the plague from spreading?"

Xie Qian asked curiously.

Fang Xiudao: "In addition to the usual methods, the most important thing is to get vaccinated against smallpox."

"vaccine?"

Several people were startled again.

It was the first time they had heard the word.

As a biological dog in his previous life, Fang Xiu had a good understanding of the principle and preparation of vaccines.

But in the past few years, when I was doing mechanical work in the laboratory, I came to Daqian to do things that have nothing to do with biology.

All kinds of knowledge about vaccines in my mind, not to mention completely forgotten, is not much worse.

Therefore, he didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he could only try his best to use words that few people could understand: "It is to inject a certain medicine into the body, and then

will not suffer from this disease again. "

Hearing this, several people were startled for a moment, and then their expressions became a little strange.

For a while, no one spoke.

Obviously, they thought Fang Xiu's words were too unrealistic.

If injecting a certain medicine can cure the plague, wouldn't the plague be less terrifying than the wind and cold?
The reason why the plague is called the plague is because the plague is not so easy to diagnose and treat!

The plague is recorded in the history books: the plague is prevalent, every family has the pain of zombies, and every room is crying.

Either close the door and die, or lose the family and die.Or think: the epidemic is made by ghosts and gods.Husbands who suffer from this will be heard by the son of Brown Ruhuo and the people of the prosperous family of Jingshi!
The Ruofu Hall is located in the home of Ding Shi, the gate of heavy mink and many mats, if it is rare.This is the dislocation of yin and yang, the wrong time of cold and heat, so there is an epidemic, and it is ridiculous for foolish people to hang amulets and hate it.

It can be seen that the plague cannot be cured by a certain medicine!
Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't say it out of my mouth.

After all, what Fang Xiang said was convincing, if they denied it, wouldn't it refute Fang Xiang's face.

aside.

Seeing the expressions of several people, Fang Xiu understood their thoughts in an instant, waved his hands and said: "You can say whatever you think in your heart, this is the meaning of the existence of the Conference of Ministers of Political Affairs. Dare to speak, if the truth makes a mistake in the future, won’t no one be able to correct it?”

The voice fell.

Several people were startled.

In particular, Du Chen'an and the other three party core members were even more shocked.

A few years ago, Fang Xiang would never have said such a thing.

There was silence for a moment.

Xie Qian, who knew a lot about the plague, said, "I think that if you want to stop the spread of the plague, you only need to rely on blind prescriptions, which may not be effective."

Fang Xiu heard this, looked at him, and said, "Vaccines are different from ordinary prescriptions. That's all, I'll explain it to you, but you can't understand it."

After only one sentence, Fang Xiu gave up the idea of ​​explaining the vaccine to them.

Looking at Qin Xingyan who was on the side, he said, "The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated a batch of money and sent it to the medical schools in the suburbs, so that they can develop smallpox vaccines according to the ideas in the medical books!"

Qin Xingyan thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Fang, how much money is appropriate?"

Fang Xiu thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Dial 10 taels first!"
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