Wanli 1592

Chapter 1320 The Emperor's Will

Du Kangyong and Sun Wei said they knew it well, and Zhao Zhili also said that he would mobilize all officials to go to the village to publicize each household and do a good job of statistics.

Liu Chuanhai specifically said that statistical work is very important. His Majesty said that this is related to the centralized management in the future. The feces of sick patients are also one of the sources of infection. There will be insect eggs in the feces and cannot be used as manure.

After ordering these things in place, several people immediately started to split up.

Liu Chuanhai first removed the meat inside the boiled snails, leaving only the shells and packed them into boxes. He rushed to send these snails to the capital through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal day and night. He even wrote a preliminary investigation report. When it was given to Xiao Ruxun, medical issues were mentioned.

Seven days later, Xiao Ruxun received these things. He immediately organized people to spread out all the snails, and he personally identified them. After measuring and identifying, Xiao Ruxun found all the snails with a body length of less than one inch.

After further screening, dozens of snails with a body length of only one-third of an inch were taken out. After identification and careful recall, Xiao Ruxun finally confirmed that these dozens of snails with high hardness and vertical stripes were schistosomes. Oncomelania is the only intermediate host.

Then Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the servants in the palace to process these snail shells, and then ordered the court painters to enter the palace to draw these snails carefully, make an album, write the identification method, and then send these specimens to the states in the south of the Yangtze River Let the officials learn the identification first, and then go to the countryside to teach these identification methods to the farmers, so as to prepare for the comprehensive work of mollusc eradication.

At the same time, Xiao Ruxun frowned after receiving Liu Chuanhai's letter.

The question raised by Liu Chuanhai is very realistic, and it is also a natural barrier in front of the eradication of schistosomiasis.

The locust plague will not make people sick, so it is enough to eliminate the locusts, but schistosomiasis is a disease, not only to exterminate the insects and snails, but also to cure the disease. The investment is greater than the eradication of locusts, and the risk is also greater.

The locust plague can benefit farmers through the strategy of raising ducks to control locusts. It is a good thing for the army to get meat at a low price, which greatly reduces the financial burden on the court. reciprocated.

The purpose of eradicating schistosomiasis is to bring back the labor force who have already lost their ability to work or who may lose their ability to work in the future. There is no economic benefit in it. It is a pure expenditure and the responsibility of the government.

This is not only related to mollusc control, but also related to the reconstruction of the medical system.

Through this disease, Xiao Ruxun has a deeper understanding of how difficult the lives of ordinary people in ancient times were.

The decision to eradicate schistosomiasis requires not only mollusc eradication, but also the reconstruction of the messy folk medical care, which also involves the training of doctors, the establishment of hospitals, and the cultivation of medicinal materials, etc. It was too wide, and Xiao Ruxun couldn't think carefully, so he called the three cabinet ministers.

Wang Xijue, Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao quickly came to the study to meet Xiao Ruxun. After reading Liu Chuanhai's letter, they understood what the emperor meant.

"Although intractable diseases are difficult, there are medicines that can be cured after all, but this poor disease has no cure. When I read this, my heart hurts like being pricked by a needle. There are medicines that can cure the big belly disease. Renewing life, but because of lack of money and medicine, they can only wait for death slowly. This kind of thing widely exists among the people.

The emperor often said that he was rich all over the world, and everything in the world belonged to the emperor, but now I discovered that my people are so poor, sick, and have no money to see a doctor, so they can only grit their teeth and stiffen. This is my negligence, yes My fault. "

Seeing Xiao Ruxun blaming himself, Wang Xijue hurriedly said: "This is a problem left over from the previous dynasty. This dynasty has been established for less than two years, and there are many things, and it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet. Such and such problems are not It can be solved in a day or two, why should His Majesty blame himself?"

"Your Majesty promotes land reform, so that the tillers will have their fields, the farmers will have a good harvest and food, and the tax will not be high. This is a day that was unimaginable before, but the time is still short, and it will take some time to accumulate wealth and make yourself It is not His Majesty's fault to become rich, but His Majesty's credit."

Li Tingji followed closely to persuade the emperor.

Xiao Ruxun shook her head again and again.

"But right now my people are mourning and suffering. I don't know if I can't see it, but I still pretend to be deaf and dumb when I see it? I can't do it. This situation must be changed. I want to benefit from one thing. Qianqiu, this is what should be done, I am the emperor, if I don't do this kind of thing, who else can do it?"

Both Wang Xijue and Li Tingji remained silent.

Ye Xianggao opened his mouth and said: "I thought that this matter was not mentioned by anyone in the previous court, but now someone has mentioned it. This just proves your majesty's wisdom."

"how do I say this?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ye Xianggao.

Ye Xianggao opened his mouth and said: "The scourges mentioned in the previous court are all the scourges in front of us, famine, flood, drought, no one has ever mentioned the plague of insects, because the death of insects is not as many as that of famine, floods and droughts, so no one mentions it, no one pays attention to it. .

But now someone mentions that it is because no one died from famine, floods and droughts, so the number of people who died from insect plagues seems to be particularly large. Doesn't this just prove the wisdom of His Majesty's administration, so that the people can eat enough, and there is no such thing as floods and droughts? Are you worried? "

Xiao Ruxun smiled wryly.

"Old Ye Ge, I like to hear what you say, but the more I hear it, the more desolate I feel. Since when is it a credit for not letting so many people die?"

Ye Xianggao was stunned, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

"I made a slip of the tongue, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"You didn't slip up, you told the truth."

Xiao Ruxun asked Ye Xianggao to stand up and sit down.

"It's just that I feel sad. Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, no matter whether the dynasty rises or falls, why are the people suffering? It's a shame that the emperor can't let the people live and work in peace and contentment. How can there be so few people who die? Can it be counted as meritorious service? Are the lives of the common people really so insignificant?"

The three cabinet ministers were silent, not knowing what to say.

Today, His Majesty pays so much attention to the people, which has never been seen before, and they don't know how to express their attitude for a while.

"I want them to be fed, to drink enough, to be clothed warmly, to live in a house, to be able to read and write, to be blind, to see a doctor when they are sick, and to be able to eat without medicine. There is no need to grit your teeth, there is no such a heavy tax burden, no landlords, tyrants and bullies step on their heads to do their best, not just let them not die so much."

Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath.

"I want to make a thorough overall plan for the issue of folk medicine. I want to hold a grand meeting. Wang Ge Lao Li Ge Lao, you two are in charge of organizing, Ye Ge Lao, you go to call a group of famous doctors who are famous and powerful among the people. , together with Taitai Hospital, I have something to ask them."

"According to the order!"

The three cabinet ministers quickly left the study and began to implement the emperor's will.

(End of this chapter)