Chapter 2060 Arrangement
"It's October 29th now, and the New Year is just a month away. This is the last time merchants come to Beijing. If we intercept people at this time, how many people's journey home will be cut off?"
Someone objected, "Your Majesty, the capital has a population of one million. If smallpox were to spread to the capital, the consequences would be disastrous."
The three people from the Imperial Hospital who were sitting on the side and listening nodded repeatedly. That would be too terrifying. At that time, the people from the Imperial Hospital would definitely rush to the front. Do they still want to live?
"Not only the capital, but also Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Longzhou, Youzhou, and Yongzhou to the south of Xiazhou must be on high alert..."
"Then why not just cut off Xiazhou's path out?"
"Hasn't Yang Heshu already sealed off Xiazhou?"
"It's a pity that he only took over Xiazhou in a short time. Some people should have left the city before then. We should send a message to all states to find these people and isolate them nearby."
When everyone heard this, they looked at the emperor, hoping he would make a decision.
The emperor thought for a moment and then said, "Let's do this. Summon doctors from all over the country to treat smallpox patients nearby."
After saying this, he looked at Doctor Liu and the others and said, "How to prevent and treat smallpox should be asked from the Imperial Hospital."
Doctor Liu responded immediately, then said, "Your Majesty, each state needs to prepare medicinal materials for treating smallpox. I'm afraid Xiazhou doesn't have enough."
The emperor said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Revenue..."
Minister Liu responded, but for once he did not complain about being poor. He only said that he would do his best to collect the medicinal materials and send them to Xiazhou as soon as possible.
The next step is to discuss the candidates to go to Xiazhou.
Yang Heshu's urgent document was not only to ask the capital to make preparations, but also to ask the court for medicine and people.
This person is naturally the imperial physician.
So everyone looked towards the Imperial Hospital.
Before coming, Doctor Liu and the others had a brief discussion. Manbao volunteered to go, but Doctor Liu definitely couldn't let her go alone, so he said, "Doctor Zhou, Doctor Lu, and Doctor Zheng will go."
Everyone looked at the Imperial Hospital with strange eyes. It was okay for Imperial Physicians Lu and Zheng, but Zhou Man was so young, and this was a life-threatening job, very dangerous.
The Imperial Medical Service is so dishonest.
Doctor Liu ignored their gazes. He hadn't originally wanted to send Zhou Man. As he said before, she was too young. It would be a pity if... Besides, she had never had smallpox.
Doctor Lu had suffered from smallpox before, and he had a secret recipe for treating smallpox. There was no danger in going there, and there would only be merit.
But when she was at the Imperial Hospital, she strongly recommended herself and even approached him quietly, saying, "My fourth brother and his family should be in Xiazhou City now. I would like to ask for your help, Imperial Doctor Liu."
Doctor Liu understood that she was worried about her family, so he agreed without resisting her request.
This was an internal affair of the Imperial Medical Service. Although they were dissatisfied, the bosses had no intention of interfering, so the matter was settled.
The emperor then said, "The Ministry of Revenue should gather the medicinal materials as soon as possible, and the Imperial Hospital should set off when they are ready. All forces should be on alert."
Everyone stood up and responded, then left.
Minister Liu took his men and went to another place with the people from the Imperial Hospital to discuss the time of departure.
Minister Liu said, "Give me the prescription. I'll try to prepare all the herbs within two days. The imperial physicians who are traveling these two days will also be saying goodbye to their families."
Imperial Physician Liu agreed on their behalf and went back with Imperial Physician Xiao and Zhou Man to prepare the prescription.
Manbao urged him, "In addition to the herbs used to reduce fever and remove acne, we should also prepare some herbs for preventing and treating colds."
So he gave three prescriptions in a row, and the dosage depended on how cruel Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao were.
The two imperial physicians thought that Xiazhou was now covered in ice and snow, and it would be difficult to deal with another epidemic. The medicinal materials in the city were precious, and there might really be complications such as colds. If the situation was serious, it would develop into an epidemic. They really needed to prepare some medicinal materials.
So they added all the herbs in her prescription and also added a few herbs that they might need.
So before evening, the Ministry of Revenue received a long list of medicines.
Minister Liu twitched his face when he saw the names of the herbs and the required dosages. He asked, "Have Imperial Physician Zheng, Imperial Physician Lu, and Zhou Man left the palace?"
"Not yet. When I came here from the Imperial Hospital, the doctors and assistant doctors there were still in a meeting."
Minister Liu nodded, collected the prescription list, and summoned the Left Vice Minister. He said to him, "Go and ask the shopkeepers of several pharmacies to bring along the clerks who usually purchase for the Imperial Hospital. See how many pharmacists are still around in the capital, and have them purchase three times the amount on the list."
Zuo Shilang was surprised, "Why do you need so much?"
He thought buying twice as much would be enough.
Minister Liu said meaningfully, "The situation in Xiazhou is probably not good. Although Yang Heshu's memorial didn't explicitly state it, he must have reported the epidemic to the Xiazhou governor before, but the capital never heard any news. This time, he directly joined forces with the Xiazhou defenders to capture the governor's mansion. He's a young master, and if he could be forced to take such a desperate measure, the situation in Xiazhou must be dire."
"So buy more. Xiazhou will need it later. Besides," Minister Liu lowered his voice and said, "the capital may also need it. The smallpox started from the north of the city. The north of Xiazhou is inhabited by officials, wealthy people and gentry. No one knows how many people left before the city was closed..."
And now, is there anyone coming to the capital?
Minister Liu said, "When you go back, tell your family not to go out unless necessary."
The Left Assistant Minister was startled and understood.
He took the order and was about to leave when Minister Liu reminded him again, "It's best to sign the order tonight and get the herbs tomorrow. Those herbal medicine merchants and pharmacies are very clever, like cats smelling blood. Don't let them drive up the price."
The Left Assistant Minister agreed and hurried to find someone to leave the imperial city.
Manbao and the others were still holding a meeting in the Imperial Hospital.
We must reach a consensus on how to prevent and control smallpox, and we must also have a brief discussion on how to organize manpower and various allocations.
After they had all decided, Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Xiao left Imperial Physician Lu to talk, while Manbao and the others packed up their things and left the palace.
Doctor Zheng hurried over to catch up with Manbao and whispered, "It's probably about Doctor Lu's prescription. Doctor Zhou, do you have any ideas for treating smallpox?"
Manbao shook her head, that's why she was in a hurry to go back. She was busy all day today, so she had to go back to find Teacher Mo. He should have a solution.
Doctor Zheng became worried. He had learned how to prevent and treat smallpox, and the Zheng family also had a collection of related prescriptions, but their effectiveness was very limited.
He has never had acne...
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhou Man and asked, "Doctor Zhou has never had smallpox, right?"
Manbao nodded worriedly. She knew acne was dangerous, but she had never had one. Koko had once said she was lucky, otherwise she would have had to buy vaccines...
Oh, right, vaccines!
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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