Chapter 250: Smallpox to Die
"Oh, don't you know that either?" Li Er said with some disappointment that Li Er originally wanted to be able to hear an accurate answer from Zhang Nan's mouth, so that he could be mentally prepared in advance, but now Zhang Nan also said that he didn't know, and Li Er had no choice.
"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, we have just finished fighting the Turks, so rashly continue to wage war with Goguryeo, I'm afraid the gains outweigh the losses, we still have to think long-term." Zhang Nan persuaded that he was afraid that Li Er's superiority would come to the Turks, and he would start the next war if he didn't care about anything.
"I know, then you will start preparing for the construction of the Datang Medical College tomorrow, but what about this silver tael or something? Originally, I wanted Jieli to pay this money, but you just caught Jieli back, and now Jieli can't afford to pay for this war. Li Er said with a frown.
When Zhang Nan heard this, he said in his heart: "What's so unhappy about this person being caught, if you don't catch it, you'll be even more angry." ”
"Okay, let's take this money out of the treasury, anyway, Datang Medical College can't use such a good house as Datang Military Academy, just build a few more houses, and this money will come out." Li Er said boldly with a wave of his hand.
Zhang Nan rolled his eyes when he heard this, after all, although the Turkic army spent a lot of silver taels on this expedition, if he wanted to exchange the cattle, sheep, horses, baggage and other things he had snatched from the Turks for silver taels, it would definitely be profitable, and there would be a lot of money.
However, since Li Er has already given the money, Zhang Nan must complete Li Er's work with quality and quantity.
In the afternoon of the same day, Comrade Li Er concocted the same method to put on the medals of first-class merit and second-class merit respectively for several generals who went out to fight, which made several generals who had won first-class meritorious service medals irretrievably excited. Because Li Er has made it very clear that unless it is an extremely outstanding personal contribution, this first-class merit will not be given out easily, and this medal was awarded by Li Er himself, and its weight can be imagined.
In addition to these generals who like this exquisite medal very much, Wenchen also agreed with this medal, after all, the generals go to war, if they are victorious, then Li Er will definitely be rewarded, and Wenchen is in the court, it is a good thing not to provoke Li Er to be angry, not to mention the lavish reward, that is until there is something to celebrate the whole country will have a reward for Wenchen.
Although the official position is big enough, a few civil servants don't care about this, but it's just a few people, and now Li Er has come up with this method, cutting the generals' financial rewards in disguise, and winning the unanimous consent of the low-level civil ministers, and the generals value this small medal but it is greater than the wealth given by Li Er before, in short, it is a happy ending.
Early the next morning, Zhang Nan rushed to the Taiji Palace as usual to receive Comrade Li Er's early dynasty education, but this morning, as soon as Zhang Nan went out, his eyelids were always jumping, and Zhang Nan always felt that something bad would happen today.
Sure enough, in the middle of the early dynasty, a sudden emergency report confirmed Zhang Nan's unreliable prediction.
"Your Majesty, according to a village twenty miles away from Chang'an City, there is a patient similar to smallpox." The soldier who came to report the news said anxiously.
"What! Can you be sure? How was this discovered. Li Er was shocked when he heard this, and even the generals who were not shocked in the event showed a somewhat frightened look on their faces.
There is no other reason, smallpox outbreak, for the Tang Dynasty people who did not popularize cowpox cultivation, once they were infected, there was only one outcome, that is, death. In this era, smallpox is an incurable disease, everyone is betting on luck, if you are lucky, you will live like Kangxi Kang Mazi with a pockmarked face, and if you are unlucky, you will definitely die.
For Li Er, if there is a disaster anywhere in the territory of Datang, it is nothing more than asking for money and food, but this smallpox is not, it is fatal.
Once this happens, all that is done is to drive all the smallpox out of the city, and then close the gates of the city, and only go out, not in, until all the smallpox people are dead, and the smallpox is considered to be the past.
"When I went back to the emperor, it was said that a Langzhong in Chang'an City received a suspected smallpox patient, and then he immediately reported to the official."
"Where are the sick now, isolated from the people?" Li Er asked anxiously.
"It's been strictly guarded, please rest assured."
"That's good, that's good, spread my will, immediately block the gates of Chang'an City, don't allow anyone to enter, and drive out the people in Chang'an City who are suspected of suffering from smallpox. If someone wants to break into the city without permission, they can be killed on the spot, and there is no need to ask for instructions. Li Er gave a seemingly cold order, but none of the courtiers objected.
Even the Yushitai led by Wei Zheng, who liked to contradict Li Er the most in the past, did not squeak.
This will seems to be ruthless, but it is actually the maximum thing that Li Er can do to the healthy people of Chang'an City, after all, if this allows smallpox to spread in Chang'an City, then Li Er, the emperor, will be regarded as the end, not only will Li Er, the emperor, suffer, but the more than one million people in Chang'an City will probably not live long. After all, no doctor can cure smallpox now, even if Li Er has Sun Simiao, who is known as the "King of Medicine", it will not help.
"Let's just make it for the time being, let's see the situation first, the matter of city defense will be handed over to Wei Chigong, remember, this is related to the lives of millions of people in Chang'an City, I don't want to see anything "special" happen to you, understand? Li Erdao.
"Your Ministers understand." The courtiers said in unison.
"Retreat." After Li Er finished speaking, he couldn't wait to leave the Taiji Palace and walked to his harem, after all, Li Er had dealt with the affairs of the people, and he had to make sure that he would not catch fire in the backyard.
Li Er was anxious, and the courtiers were also anxious, after all, everyone didn't know if there would be smallpox patients in their house, so they were all in a hurry to go back to the house to check.
Zhang Nan is also ready to go home from work early, after all, there are only a few people in his house, and smallpox should not be infected in his house.
"Clear spring, clear spring." Cui Shao stopped Zhang Nan.
"Father-in-law." Zhang Nan bowed.
"Okay, okay, don't say more, quickly bring Yue'er to Cui's mansion, you come along, before the smallpox is over, you don't go back to your mansion, just live in the old man's house, so that the old man can feel at ease." After Cui Shao finished speaking, he picked up Zhang Nan and walked outside the palace.