Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 047: A Slap on the Face Must Hurt (Part 8)
"I, Wu Youxing, a doctor from Dongshan, Wu County, Yingtian Prefecture, come to see His Majesty. Long live the emperor!"
Although he could not stand in the Huangji Hall for the time being due to his rank, seeing Wu Youxing's steady steps following the eunuchs into the hall, Xiong Tingbi and Wen Tiren outside the hall smiled with satisfaction: in the past one or two months, they had trained Wu Youxing to death.
Etiquette movements, one by one. Gait, adjusted step by step. What to say when it is about to be played, and what to do when something unexpected happens. Xiong and Wen thought of it as much as possible and asked Wu Youxing to familiarize himself with it repeatedly.
Who says that the Ming officialdom is a monolith when it comes to imperial power? When there is an obvious potential stock in the imperial power, naturally there are officials with vision who will take the initiative to stick to it.
"Wu Youxing, the Crown Prince said that you have something important to report to me concerning the livelihood of the people of Ming Dynasty. What is it?"
After saying this, Wanli stood up and gently waved his hand towards Wu Youxing: "Stand up, stand and talk, don't be afraid, speak slowly, I am very patient."
"Thank you, Your Majesty ." Wu Youxing stood up quickly and answered loudly, "Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, and all the gentlemen! With the guidance of the Grandson of the Emperor and the funding of the Crown Prince, I have completed the relevant medical experiments. Smallpox can be prevented in our Ming Dynasty! The people of our Ming Dynasty will no longer suffer from smallpox!"
"What!?" At this moment, all the ministers in the hall knew about smallpox, and they were also aware of the danger and rapid spread of this disease. When Zhan Ran heard such news, his degree of shock was not much better than when Zhu Changluo heard the news.
Wanli was not an emperor who was ignorant of worldly affairs. He certainly knew how important this moment was to the entire empire. So at this time, he stepped down from the dragon throne with his two legs of different lengths: "This, Doctor Wu..., is what you just said true?"
"I am a subject of the Emperor, how dare I deceive my father and king. Your Majesty, all the gentlemen, this is how it all started... Then, I was escorted by the guards of Ciqing Palace to Xuanfu, where I found a sick cow that was infected with smallpox and had pox. I drank some of the juice from the cowpox, and some of it seeped directly into my arm after I cut it. In the next few days, I had a slight fever and dizziness, but no pox, and the symptoms disappeared after a few days. At this time, the guards of Ciqing Palace told me that they had vaccinated I learned that Shouzhou in Fengyang Prefecture was plagued by smallpox. I rushed to Shouzhou again... After that, I lived and ate with 23 smallpox patients in Shouzhou for a month. Among these 23 patients, 21 died of the disease, and two survived after getting pox. But I neither got pox nor got sick. Later, I was so cruel that simply drank some of the juice from the pimples on the face of a smallpox patient who had just died, and cut my arm to drain some of it. But as of today, it has been almost four months, and I am safe and sound!
After that, I returned to the capital and met Shen Ge Lao under the introduction of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. After hearing the news, Shen Ge Lao strongly supported me to continue the medical experiment. So I vaccinated 30 criminals of different ages in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Ten days later, none of the 30 criminals had smallpox or died of the disease. After that, I found several smallpox patients in other places and sent them to the prison of the Ministry of Justice to live with the 30 criminals. As a result, all the smallpox patients died of the disease, but all the 30 criminals were safe and sound...
At this point, I know that although smallpox cannot be cured, it can be prevented! During this process, I received full support from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. One of the six guards who accompanied and protected me all the way died of smallpox in Shouzhou... During the entire experiment, I did some things that were against the harmony of nature. I am unforgivable and I only ask the emperor to punish me! However, I beg the emperor to make this method known to the world so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can stay away from the disaster of smallpox from now on! "
"Your Majesty, I, Shen Li, report to the Emperor that I privately instructed the prison guards to do this human experiment in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Xiao Sikou (then Minister of Justice Xiao Daheng) was unaware of it, and even the prison guards did not know what was going on. All the blame lies with me alone!"
"Father, it's not that I want to keep this a secret. It's just that I don't know the actual effect of this matter, and the whole process is very detrimental to human relations. In order not to damage your wisdom, I will take it on myself! Even if it's Elder Shen, it was I who asked him to do so. All the blame lies with me alone!"
"Hahahahaha~~~ You haven't committed any crime, you have made contributions! Great contributions! In the thirty-three years since I came to power, I'm afraid more than three hundred and thirty thousand people of the Ming Dynasty have died of smallpox! Now that this method has been perfected, I don't know how many lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty can be saved in one year, ten years, or even hundreds of years!
Doctor Wu, as a doctor, you are willing to risk your life. You are worthy of being a member of the medical profession! The Crown Prince and Shen Qing also demonstrated the responsibility that a Ming official should have in this matter! Not guilty! Meritorious! Deserve a reward! "
"Your Highness congratulates the Emperor. The Ming Dynasty will no longer be harmed by smallpox!"
"Hahahaha~~ Tomorrow's court bulletin will announce this method to the world! The Imperial Hospital will send its best personnel to learn the vaccination method from Doctor Wu, and then they will be sent to various places to teach. The provincial governors of various places must fully cooperate and not slack off!"
"Your Highness obeys your order!"
Shen Yikuan, who bowed to Wanli, couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
That was a close call!
Fortunately, I knew that there were too many things involved behind the soap, so I held back. I was wondering why Shen Li, the hypocritical hypocrite, was so tolerant of the Crown Prince's manipulation of these business affairs. It turns out that the Crown Prince has such a killer move! Once this weapon that benefits all the people in the world is released, who would dare to have any ideas about the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince within ten years? Now, I am afraid that after Prince Fu leaves the court, the first thing he will do is to pack up his luggage and roll back to Luoyang to show his complete submission to the Crown Prince, right? No way! I received 10,000 taels of silver from Prince Fu, so I forbid my censors to impeach Prince Fu for staying in the capital for a long time. Now it seems that after the court is dismissed, everyone will be mobilized to impeach Prince Fu!
Hey! Shen Li, you old fellow, are you so patient? Are you waiting for my censors to impeach the crown prince? You are such a bad guy! How dare you plot against me! Just wait for me, I will kick you out of the cabinet soon!
After thinking through the previous things, Shen Yiguan complained to Wen Tiren outside the palace again: You are from Zhejiang, don’t you know that I am the leader of the Zhejiang Party? I arranged you to be with the crown prince, such a great fortune, you don’t come to thank me. Such a big thing, you didn’t even tell me! Fortunately, I held back, and our party didn’t suffer any losses. If the Zhejiang Party suffered heavy losses, you, a Zhejiang Wuchengzi, would your life be better?
Not to mention that Shen Yiguan's brain was working at high speed, thinking about all aspects behind this matter. Wanli over there had already smiled and held Zhu Youdong's hand: "My dear grandson, how did you think that cowpox can prevent smallpox?"
"Grandpa Emperor, this is also luck. I just heard by chance that the women who milk cows on the grassland never suffer from smallpox, and even their men will not be affected even if they get smallpox. So..."
"Hahaha, good, this is what it means to put your knowledge into practice! Elder Shen! Minister Lu, you taught me well!"
Gently breaking away from Wanli's hand, Zhu Youdong walked up to Yang Yingwen, whose face had turned pale, and said, "Yang Jijian, I did get some money from the soap, but the money was mainly used for things like this! Are you satisfied?"
"I am terrified. Your Highness the Crown Prince cares about the people, which is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty! I am willing to admit my mistakes and accept the punishment."
"Hey, Yang Jijian, don't be anxious. I still have a lot to show you."
