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The day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ryukyu king Shangzhi officially asked for the land to be attached, and the emperor of the Great Qin made three excuses, and the words of the emperor were sincere, and finally the emperor of the Great Qin had to allow him to play.

In this era, Ryukyu was a wild island, with few people and barren land, although Shang Zhen was a king, but his life in Ryukyu was far less luxurious and comfortable than in Nanjing;

Compared with the mansion that Qin Mu gave him in the city of Nanjing, the royal palace on his Ryukyu Island was like a slum.

Moreover, Qin Mu also selected a few beauties from the palace concubines of Jiaozhi and Dongwu to give to him, which was also a hundred times more beautiful than his original concubines.

The women on the island of Ryukyu are dark, rough-skinned, short, and have a small population, making it difficult to choose a few beauties. Since coming to Nanjing, he has been completely immersed in this dream-like prosperity.

The Son of Heaven treats him so well, he really doesn't want to go back. His request for the above table this time was purely voluntary, and Qin Mu definitely did not coerce him.

After taking over the Ryukyus, Qin Mu immediately convened a small court meeting to discuss the establishment of a military port in the Ryukyus and the stationing of troops.

In the Huagai Palace, Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, although the Ryukyus are now accepted, there is really no need to bother with this, the navy can send a few warships to stay in the Ryukyus, as for the daily governance, it is still handed over to the original Ryukyu officials, and the imperial court only needs to send a few old Confucians to teach Chinese and Chinese characters, so that their customs can be brought together." ”

Qin Qiubai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what Lu Ge Lao said, at present, the Ryukyus should be mainly indoctrinated, and His Majesty will not prevent it from issuing a decree to exempt it from paying taxes for several years, so as to collect the hearts of the Ryukyu people, as for the officials, they still use the original Ryukyu officials, which is also conducive to stability." When necessary in the future, another official will be sent to govern. ”

"Well, what the two ministers said. In addition, run a few more official schools and let all school-age children enroll, and the ball will not cost much.

The matter of the military port will be handed over to the North Sea Fleet, and one or two hundred people will be stationed in peacetime to be responsible for the arrest of thieves. But the construction of military ports. After the completion of the whole fleet, the North Sea Fleet can often go to patrol and form a vague suppression of Japan, and I do not want the Ming Dynasty to repeat the incident. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

On such a wild island as Xiaoliuqiu, the officials of Daqin really didn't look at it very much, looking at the world, now Daqin occupies the entire South Seas. Why is it a small island like Ryukyu.

To be honest, the current Ryukyus are indeed not important to Daqin, but after the development of science and technology in the future, it will be different. In particular, it is used to suppress Japan, and its strategic significance is very heavy, and Qin Mu is taking precautions.

Anyway, for the emperor rewarded the month. can get back a small country, the ministers are not only angry, but also quite emotional. The Son of Heaven's skill of controlling people is getting more and more sophisticated.

At this time, Wu Youxing of the Tai Hospital went to the outside of the hall to ask to see, Qin Mu recruited him into the hall, only to see that he was full of joy, and as soon as he came in, he bowed and said: "Qi Gong Your Majesty, the cowpox vaccination has been successful." ”

Not only Qin Mu, but also the ministers in the palace couldn't help but smile when they heard the news.

Daqin urgently needs to increase its population, but in this era, the most terrible epidemic "smallpox" is the disease that takes the most lives and makes people talk about tigers;

Children in particular, according to local government statistics, at least one-fifth of all children who die each year die of smallpox.

This is a disease that has plagued people for a long time, and after repeated research by generations of doctors, in the Ming Dynasty, people already knew several ways to prevent smallpox:

One. Take underwear for children with smallpox and wear it for two or three days for healthy children who have not developed acne to achieve the purpose of planting pox. Generally, the fever begins at 9 to 11 days after dressing, which means that the pox has been formed, and the success rate of this method is low. If successful, the fever and acne syndrome will be mild, and it will not be dangerous.

Second, fresh pox slurry from children with smallpox is dipped in cotton and stuffed into the nostrils of the inoculated subjects to cause acne and achieve the purpose of vaccination. Because this method needs to directly puncture the pox, most patients are reluctant to accept it, so it is rarely used.

Third, take the smallpox acne scab and grind it very finely, place one end of the root canal of the curved neck, and blow it into the nostrils to achieve the purpose of smallpox prevention. Generally, if the fever occurs on the 7th day, it is a pox that has formed. This method is easy to use and versatile, but because the seedlings irritate the nasal mucosa and the nasal discharge increases, it is often ineffective to flush away the acne vaccines, and it is not used later.

Fourth, take 20-30 scabs, grind them into fine powder, and three or five drops of purified water or human milk, mix thoroughly, spread thin slices with new cotton, wrap the acne seedlings inside, pinch them into jujube cores, tie them with threads, stuff them into nostrils, and take them out after 12 hours. Usually, the fever and acne appear on the seventh day, which is a successful pox. This method is currently the most used.

Among these four methods, in fact, the second method is to use fresh pox pulp inoculation for children with smallpox to have the best effect, but once the pox bag on the child with smallpox is punctured, it will often lead to the worsening of the child's condition.

In view of this, Qin Mu thought of cowpox, so he asked Tai Hospital to test it.

Seeing the results, Qin Mu was naturally happy, and immediately asked Wu Youxing to sit down: "Okay, tell me about your trial of cowpox." ”

Wu Youxing hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the inoculation process is roughly carried out according to what Your Majesty said, the minister sent people to test with a hundred boys in Jiaozhi, cut a small incision in the arm with a knife, and planted cowpox, within two to three days, a hundred boys all had a slight fever and a slight discomfort, but within a day or two they recovered as usual.

Two months later, the ministers took some pus from the smallpox patients and inoculated them on the 100 boys, and observed for another month that none of the 100 boys contracted smallpox. ”

Qin Mu was not surprised by such a result, after all, this is a method that has been proven by history, he laughed and said: "Since the experiment has been successful, let's fully roll it out in Great Qin, what do you ministers think?" ”

Sima An couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly, look at what he asked, where is this asking the ministers how they are, it is clear that they want the ministers to sing praises to you.

Sima An lost no time in preemptively saying: "Your Majesty, this move will surely live countless people, and the merits are immeasurable, although there was a method of planting pox before, but the effect was not good, or the official did not pay enough attention, so that smallpox was raging and took countless lives." Now that His Majesty has obtained this good law, it should be spread out as much as possible. ”

Daqin's treasury is now abundant, and it even provides free education for school-age children from middle and lower households, not to mention the cost of vaccinating people who have not been infected with smallpox in China.

This amount of money is just a small matter, not to mention that it costs a lot more, and for Daqin, who is in urgent need of population, this money is also worth spent.

As Sima An thought, who would oppose this matter, it is the right thing to hurry forward and praise the Son of Heaven.

Qin Mu said with a smile: "Since all the ministers are strongly supportive, then you can let the Tai Hospital come up with a budget, all the people under the age of thirty in Daqin who have not been infected with smallpox must be vaccinated with cowpox, which will probably cost a few days, you estimate it, submit the budget, and I will ask the household department to allocate funds to you on the same day." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will go back to the Tai Hospital and let them bring the budget, the minister will retire, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Wu You's nature is like this, even if he is with the emperor, he is not polite, he is meticulous, but his personality is a little hot, in his opinion, this matter cannot be delayed for a moment, and if he starts to be vaccinated a moment earlier, he will die less people, this is the heart of the doctor's parents.

Now smallpox is an incurable disease, which can only be prevented, and once it occurs, unless it can be strengthened by its own immunity, there is no other way, and the mortality rate of patients is very high.

In fact, the Tai Hospital of Daqin is no longer the same as the Tai Hospital of the past dynasties, and the Tai Hospital, which brings together famous doctors from all over the country, is no longer only responsible for treating the royal family, but also responsible for medical research, pathological testing, the establishment of medical colleges, the management of government hospitals in various states and counties, and the responsibility for domestic health and epidemic prevention and other matters, and the scope of authority is no less than that of the Ministry of Health in later generations.

And the facts have also proved that there are many things that can be imperceptibly, when Qin Mu promoted women to practice medicine, at first was opposed by many people, but under his strong promotion, after a few years, not only military doctors have many women, but also in the state and county government hospitals, there are also many women in nursing.

After getting used to it, no one talks about it anymore.

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