Chapter 191 Great Xia’s Blessing
All the civil and military officials in the court turned their heads and looked outside the palace gate.
“Let him in!” Xia Zhengqi shouted anxiously.
Then, a man with a sour smell came into the palace in a hurry.
Before he could salute, Xia Zhengqi said, “No need to be polite! Tell me, what is the situation in Jiaxiang?”
The man panted and said with difficulty, “When the epidemic prevention envoy arrived, Jiaxiang Town was already in a terrible state. Almost all the people in the town were infected with the epidemic.”
“Nearly half of the people have died of the disease. Dead bodies can be seen everywhere in the town.” When
the messenger said this, a sigh of relief was heard in the palace.
"The epidemic in Jiaxiang is actually real!"
"I didn't expect the epidemic in Jiaxiang to be so serious!"
"Thanks to the emperor's wisdom, all the people in the capital and the imperial guards have taken preventive soup."
"Thanks to the emperor's thundering measures, otherwise the imperial guards and the capital would be unimaginable."
The eyes of the civil and military officials looking at Emperor Mingxi instantly added a lot of admiration and gratitude.
How lucky they are to meet such a wise monarch as Emperor Mingxi.
Lord Zhao and Lord Niu, who had just tried their best to persuade Emperor Mingxi to stop the preventive soup in the capital, changed their faces suddenly.
Xia Miaoyuan glared at Lord Zhao and Lord Niu, [See, this is the result of letting it go. ]
[If you do as you say, without taking precautions, the capital will become like this. 】
Xia Zhengqi felt extremely heartbroken and angry a second ago, but with the prompting of his daughter's inner voice, he noticed the shocked face of Lord Zhao, and instantly felt relieved.
I asked you to dig the door, I asked you to dig the door, you got slapped in the face, right?
Let's see if you dare to mention stopping the medication.
Xia Zhengqi quickly sorted out his thoughts and asked again: "How are the local officials in Jiaxiang?"
The messenger's tone became heavier: "The office of the envoy of peace is tightly closed, and Lord Hu, the envoy of peace, and his subordinates have all run away."
"How can this be!" Xia Zhengqi shouted loudly, and slapped his hand hard on the armrest of the dragon chair. Xia Miaoyuan felt that the dragon chair shook a few times.
Even though he had learned from his daughter's voice that the local officials in Jiaxiang Town had concealed the truth and abandoned the people, he still couldn't help getting angry when he heard the messenger's report again.
"Your Majesty, please take care of your body!" Lord Yan advised gently.
Then several other ministers echoed him.
Xia Zhengqi suppressed his anger and continued to ask: "Tell me more, how has the treatment of the epidemic made them progress in the past few days?"
The messenger's eyes lit up and he was suddenly excited: "All the patients in the town have been treated. After taking Doctor Yin's prescription for the epidemic, most of the more than 2,000 patients have improved and I believe they will recover soon."
"The people of Jiaxiang are grateful for the emperor's kindness and asked the local scholars to write a letter to the people to thank your majesty for his treatment."
As he said this, the messenger took out a small cloth bag from his arms and presented it to him.
Debao opened the cloth bag, and inside was a slightly wrinkled envelope.
Xia Zhengqi opened the letter, which described the experiences of the people of Jiaxiang since the outbreak of the epidemic. The second half of the letter was full of words of gratitude to himself, and every word was full of tears, which was very touching.
At the end of the letter, he wished the Great Xia Dynasty a long and prosperous life, and wished Emperor Mingxi a long and blessed life.
After that, there were rows of dense handprints, which were all printed by the surviving people of Jiaxiang Town, and they expressed their sincere gratitude to the court and Emperor Mingxi.
The messenger's eyes were already filled with tears at this time: "The people also asked me to tell Your Majesty that when they recover, they will build a merit monument for you in the town, so that Jiaxiang will remember your kindness and be grateful for the court's kindness from generation to generation."
At this moment, the court was silent, and all the civil and military officials were suppressing their emotions.
Some of those with low tear points were secretly wiping away tears.
At that time, most of the people were hostile to the court and secretly cursed the emperor because of the heavy taxes and corvée. There
were very few people who took the initiative to write letters of gratitude to the emperor.
[The emperor is so great. He actually won the letter of gratitude from the people by his own actions. Woohoo! I want to cry! ]
Xia Miaoyuan stretched his neck to read the letter, and was also moved and excited.
Xia Zhengqi felt that there was a surge of blood in his chest, so shocking that he could not speak.
"I... tell them that I have received their kindness. The epidemic is raging, and the people are suffering. It is the responsibility of the court to allocate money to treat them."
At this point, Xia Zhengqi's eyes flashed with shame.
"The Jiaxiang Town Prosecutor concealed the truth and took the lead in escaping. It is a shame for the court and my responsibility. I actually let such a scumbag become a local official."
He, Xia Zhengqi, felt guilty about the people of Jiaxiang!
The local officials did not take action and concealed the truth, which led to a large-scale outbreak, and more than half of the people died of the disease.
If the court's system for selecting and supervising officials was more perfect, this situation would not have occurred.
What virtue and ability did Xia Zhengqi have? Not only did the people of Jiaxiang not resent him, but they were grateful to him.
At this time, Lord Yan stepped forward and said loudly: "The local officials of Jiaxiang Town did not take action. They are unworthy of their official uniforms and the court of Daxia. It has nothing to do with your majesty." "
You govern the entire Daxia, and you are busy with all kinds of affairs. How can you be thorough and understand everything? Please don't blame yourself."
Lord Yan's voice was loud, his eyes were bright, and every word was touching.
"On the contrary, Your Majesty was able to exclude public opinion. When Jiaxiang had not reported the epidemic, you decisively sent people to Jiaxiang for treatment, which saved the people!"
"You are a rare wise lord. It is a blessing for the people and Daxia to have you!"
Lord Yan's heartfelt evaluation moved all the civil and military officials.
Yes, they have been officials for many years, and it is a great honor for them to meet such a wise emperor as Emperor Mingxi.
"Your Majesty is a blessing to the people and to the Great Xia!"
The civil and military officials said in unison, and the voice was like a tsunami that shook people's hearts and struck their souls.
Xia Miaoyuan could no longer control herself, and her excited tears kept falling, immediately soaking her pink face towel.
Thinking back to when he was a newborn baby, the court was controlled by Master Jiang and his party, and Emperor Mingxi was constrained by them in any decision he made. How difficult it was.
Emperor Mingxi was secretly ridiculed and mocked both in the public and in the court, saying that he was weak, incompetent, and even just a decoration.
Now, a year has passed, and the court has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Emperor Mingxi relied on himself to win the respect of the people and court officials.
In an instant, the entire court was immersed in a moving atmosphere.
Xia Zhengqi and the civil and military officials calmed down and calmed down.
Xia Zhengqi then properly settled the exhausted messenger.
Afterwards, the monarch and his ministers discussed the decision on how to deal with the Jiaxiang Town Peace Envoy.
This time everyone agreed that the envoy was guilty of a heinous crime and should be punished with extreme punishment.
Xia Zhengqi ordered that the envoy and his men be executed immediately, and their families be exiled.
The epidemic in Jiaxiang Town brought by the messenger completely slapped the face of the Minister of Revenue. He and other officials did not dare to mention the suspension of the preventive medicine packages.
The task of treating the epidemic is still being carried out in full swing.
Under the effect of Yin Xizi's epidemic and prevention prescriptions, the imperial army camp and the inner city were well controlled.
More than one hundred people in the imperial army were infected, but fortunately, it was controlled in time and did not infect more people, and because the medicine was used early, the symptoms were not serious.
The people in the inner city of the capital were in roughly the same situation.
Just when the epidemic was developing in a positive direction, news suddenly came: Houttuynia cordata, a herb used for detoxification in the prescription, was out of stock.
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