Li Yuanyi wanted to know how much support this angel had for the restoration of Guanghaijun, so he couldn't help but say tentatively: "But Guanghaijun is not good, how can he be reinstated?" ”

Wang Huazhen said disapprerovingly: "I heard that Guanghaijun has several younger brothers, and I thought that I could always find a suitable candidate." ”

Li Yuanyi looked at Wang Huazhen and said word by word: "Isn't the Great Tomorrow Son afraid of losing a loyal vassal country because of this?" Your Majesty, doesn't you know that without the support of our North Korea, how can Donggang Town hold out on to Phi Dao? ”

Wang Huazhen sighed and said: "It is precisely because North Korea is so important that Your Majesty is worried about how much loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is still left in a North Korea that has signed a brotherly alliance with Jiannu. ”

Li Yuanyi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he couldn't help but say in a low voice: "Could it be that the angel means that you must help Guanghaijun restore the throne?" ”

Wang Huazhen looked at Li Yuanyi and said clearly: "That's not enough, otherwise Your Majesty wouldn't have given me two holy decrees, let me choose one of them." ”

"What will happen to the king of our kingdom so that the angels will make a choice that is favorable to my king?" Li Yuanyi finally gave up other illusions and honestly asked Wang Huazhen for advice.

Wang Huazhen did not show an arrogant posture because of this, but said calmly: "The Korean state and Jiannu signed an alliance without authorization, and the old king of Korea, Gwanghaejun, is still the king of the Joseon canonized by my Ming Dynasty after all, so he must be courteous."

Therefore, His Majesty's meaning is that the Ming Dynasty will take back Jeju Island, which was under the administration of Joseon, as a retirement place for Gwanghae-kun. ”

Regarding the first point that Wang Huazhen said, Li Yuanyi nodded and agreed without hesitation. Jeju Island at this time was a natural prison for exiled criminals in the Joseon Kingdom, and he thought it was worth exchanging a barren and inhospitable overseas desert island for peace in Korea.

Wang Huazhen continued: "In view of the alliance between Korea and Houjin, Your Majesty believes that the Korean state should disband the sailors on the west coast and prohibit the construction of ships with more than two masts to prevent them from being used by Houjin. ”

Li Yuanyi was suddenly surprised and retorted: "Xia Bang naturally won't build ships with more than two masts. But how can we disband the sailors on the west coast if we have to guard against the attack of the Japanese from the sea? We can assure the state that the Korean sailors will not be used by the Houjin. ”

Wang Huazhen smiled and said: "This envoy believes in leading the government, but Mao Shuai can't trust the soldiers of North Korea." Last year, when the Houjin invaded Korea, the envoy heard that the North Korean army was the Houjin guide and attacked Donggang Town in Tieshan and Phi Dao, but is it true? ”

Li Yuanyi suddenly coughed violently, and he really couldn't refute the facts that Wang Huazhen said. However, he has always been silent about Wang Huazhen's request to disband the Korean naval division on the west coast.

Wang Huazhen looked at Li Yuanyi's attitude, and finally changed his words and said: "If the Korean State is unwilling to disband the sailors on the west coast, then the envoy will give you another choice, the Korean sailors must accept the moderation of the Ming Navy, which is the last concession of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Regarding the other choice given by Wang Huazhen, Li Yuanyi also did not think it was a good idea. However, he did not refuse immediately, but asked cautiously: "What other requirements does the kingdom have besides these two conditions?" ”

Wang Huazhen thought for a while and said: "When the first emperor was here, North Korea sent people to Beijing several times to complain, and Dongjiang Town was disturbing the people in Tieshan County. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he saw these movements and deeply agreed with some of the points made in them.

For example, the military and civilians of Dongjiang Town and the local Korean residents of Tieshan repeatedly clashed over land, and some Ming merchants regarded themselves as nationals of the upper country and forcibly bought and sold when trading with Korean merchants, and the Korean government could not judge these Ming people. ”

Li Yuanyi's heart was finally a little more comfortable, he thought that the Ming Emperor would next reduce the merchants who went to Korea to trade according to the request of Joseon, and let Dongjiang Town withdraw from Tieshan County.

However, Wang Huazhen turned her head and said: "... His Majesty believed that allowing the Ming people to live separately from the Koreans would indeed help to reduce the conflict between the two countries and to maintain the suzerain-vassal relationship between the two countries.

Therefore, His Majesty asked the Korean State to lease Tieshan County to the Ming Dynasty, and then return the Iron Mountain County to the DPRK after our Ming Dynasty quelled the Jiannu rebellion.

This minister will set up a governor's yamen in Tieshan County, and in the future, all lawsuits involving the Ming people can be submitted to the governor's yamen, and this fuyuan will naturally administer justice for you.

In addition, North Korea can set up several ports on the west coast to serve as a place for trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, so that North Korea no longer has to worry about constant disputes between merchants of the two countries. ”

Li Yuanyi stood there for a long time and didn't react, Rao is that he has experienced many political storms, and there is no request more absurd than what he heard at this moment.

He said with some resentment: "Does the angel think that the scholars of our state will accept such harsh conditions? Our state has always regarded the kingdom of God as the state of parents, and how can the angels convince the people of the lower state that the kingdom is a state of etiquette? ”

Wang Huazhen's face was slightly red, but he still said firmly: "Guanghaijun has completely accepted these conditions, and the leader can choose whether to accept these requirements, and the envoy has no intention of reluctantly. ”

Li Yuanyi looked at Wang Huazhen fixedly, and finally couldn't maintain his demeanor, and said mockingly: "If you don't accept it, presumably the angel will issue an edict to support the restoration of Guanghai Jun, right?" ”

Wang Huazhen owed to Li Yuanyi, and said calmly: "I'm afraid it has to be like this, the Three Platforms and Five Constants are the major festivals of the famous religion, Guanghaijun was forced to abdicate by his nephew by force, if I turn a blind eye to it, who will care about the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the future?" ”

Li Yuanyi was silent for a long time before he sighed and said: "The old man can't decide these conditions that the angel said, the old man can't decide alone, the old man hopes that the angel can give us some time to think about it..."

In Beijing, Zhu Youzhen, who had returned from the camp in the northern suburbs, stopped by to inspect several isolation centers where smallpox patients had been found.

The smallpox patients, who had been quarantined before New Year's Day, were living a worry-free life in the isolation center, but they were being kept with the same smallpox patients, which made them feel terrified.

If it weren't for the sergeants guarding these shelters, and the fact that their illness would be contagious to their loved ones, these smallpox patients would not have been willing to be restricted in their freedom in this way.

The case fatality rate of smallpox is between a quarter and a half, and the patients who have smallpox have pustules covered in pus, and the image is terrifying. Even if he is lucky enough not to die, the patient has left traces on his body that can never be erased.

Fearing the spread of smallpox in the capital, Zhu Youzhen cremated all the patients who died of smallpox and their clothes despite the pleas of the patients' families, and handed over only a jar of ashes to the families of the patients.

The cremation of corpses, which is clearly inconsistent with the prevailing social values of burial, has left the families of the patients with smallpox feeling sad and angry, and the patients with smallpox have tried to escape from the quarantine or simply flee to the countryside before the government finds out.

Except for some pedantic old masters, most of the officials in the court did not oppose Chongzhen's seemingly brutal instructions.

Because after the implementation of several measures such as isolation, vaccination with cowpox, and incineration of corpses and sick utensils, the smallpox epidemic, which did not subside until March in previous years, has been completely brought under control just after the Lantern Festival this year.

These orders of the emperor proved to be effective, which also reassured the officials living in the capital.

Regarding the favorable measures involving the safety of themselves and their families, these officials chose to remain silent.

It is also a stressful job for the sergeants and doctors who guard these camps.

Although they were all singled out to have smallpox, they heard that smallpox was a virus that could be spread through contact, so they chose to isolate with the sick people and refused to allow their families to visit them in order to protect the safety of their families.

After many experiments, Wu Youxing and other doctors finally found a simple, effective and inexpensive vaccinia inoculation method by referring to the human pox method that had been circulating for a long time.

Deng Yuhan continued to investigate the people who were vaccinated with cowpox, and finally obtained some information about some uncomfortable reactions after vaccinia, and confirmed that people who were vaccinated with cowpox would indeed no longer be infected with smallpox.

The children in the palace and in the almshouse received the first batch of vaccinia vaccination. After waiting for several women to be vaccinated after the week was confirmed, Zhu Youzhen dared to come to inspect these isolation centers without worrying that contact with patients would bring smallpox into the palace.

The panicked people in the quarantine center finally calmed down after seeing the emperor himself arrive and visit some of the sick.

These people, who were forcibly quarantined under Chongzhen's orders, chose to believe in the emperor for the first time and did not continue to think about fleeing. In their opinion, since the emperor did not shy away from contact with smallpox patients, it is assumed that the imperial doctors must have found a means to treat smallpox.

When Zhu Youzhen walked out of the isolation center, he smiled at Wu Youxing and several other doctors and said: "I really want to thank you this time, if it weren't for your dedication, there would be more than a few hundred people in the capital this time." ”

Wu Youxing arched his hand at Chongzhen and said: "That is mainly the credit of Your Majesty, without Your Majesty's reconstruction of the Huimin Medical Bureau and the patrol system." We doctors alone can't control this city. ”

After Zhu Youzhen enjoyed the praise of several imperial doctors, he smiled and said: "It is not enough for Guan is Beijing to control smallpox, and school-age children in all parts of the Ming Dynasty must be vaccinated with cowpox to prevent smallpox."

I always believe that the Ming Dynasty will one day destroy the demon of smallpox. I hope that you will summarize the ways of planting cowpox in the past few days, and then promote it in each province. ”

Wu Youxing and several colleagues glanced at each other, and immediately said to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister can't wait." However, it seems more reasonable for the minister to have young doctors from all over the country come to Beijing to train him in this way of vaccinating cowpox instead of writing a medical plan. ”