This is also the time to use people. The officials of Jinshi County are willing to cooperate, and Shen Nian will not deal with them now.
Over the next few days, medicine was boiled every day for all the villagers to drink, and the two imperial doctors also recorded the changes in symptoms.
The prescription was adjusted in time according to the symptoms, and decoctions without the pill were prepared, and the three people continued to drink the medicine, in an effort to formulate a prescription for treating the plague.
The symptoms of those three people were not too serious, so Xia Tian kept a close eye on them, ready to treat them at any time in case the prescriptions of the two imperial doctors were ineffective.
After several days of continuous adjustments and experiments, on the fifth day, Doctor Xu and his team's prescription finally took effect.
The conditions of those three people were also under control and did not continue to deteriorate, but gradually improved.
The two imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief, and Shen Nian and Xia Tian were also very happy. This was a great thing that would benefit the country and the people.
After all, she can't use this medicine all the time.
What if it runs out one day?
In this way, I will have my own prescription for treating the plague, so even if summer is gone in the future, I will not be helpless against the plague!
The epidemic in Xiawan Village has been basically controlled. Most villagers have recovered, and some who had more serious symptoms have also recovered well.
But after investigation, it was found that the situation in other villages was not optimistic either.
However, there were not many people infected in those villages. In the summer, they proposed to concentrate the infected people for treatment first, and the other uninfected people cooperated with the officers and soldiers to carry out large-scale disinfection.
Because it is not realistic to make everyone take medicine. There are thousands of people gathered in these villages, and there are not enough medicinal materials for everyone to take medicine for prevention.
We can only focus on the villagers who have been infected.
But Shen Nian and his team had limited manpower and it was impossible for them to go to every village to treat each one, so they thought of gathering the infected people together so that they could boil the medicine and drink it together, and the effect would be faster.
On the other side, after the emperor finished offering sacrifices to heaven, he received news sent by Chen Nian, saying that they had brought the plague in Xiawan Village under control and there were no more infections or deaths.
He laughed heartily with joy and praised in front of all the civil and military officials, "I was right. Lord Shen and his wife were sent by heaven to help me. I must reward them handsomely."
The other adults also echoed and congratulated the emperor.
Especially the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Personnel, they were even more grateful to Shen Nian and the others.
As the highest leaders of the officials below, they did not receive any information about such a big thing, and knew nothing when the emperor asked them.
Dereliction of duty indeed!
After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at the two ministers and snorted, "The two ministers, please quickly arrange for people to check all places that take in refugees and the disaster-stricken areas in the south to see if there are any places infected with the plague.
If you dare to conceal this, beware of your heads. Local officials who conceal information or fail to report it, or who are passive in handling the matter, will be severely investigated and punished!"
"I obey your order!" The two ministers responded in unison, wiped the sweat from their heads, and quickly stepped out to send someone to pass on the message.
Before offering sacrifices to heaven, the emperor asked them and Prime Minister Xu whether they had received the memorial from Jintai County, but none of them had any recollection.
The emperor was criticized at that time!
Several people cursed the Jintai County Magistrate in their hearts, as well as the officials in the government office who were in charge of Jintai County.
He actually dared to conceal such a big thing and not report it. He must not want to lose his head.
Prime Minister Xu felt somewhat guilty and hurried out to arrange for people to investigate. The other ministers also dispersed as they had nothing to do.
The emperor's stern expression softened a little after he saw these annoying guys leave.
Eunuch Xu quickly made some tea and came over, "Your Majesty, please have some tea. With Lord Shen and Madam Shen, as well as Doctor Xu, here, Your Majesty can rest assured."
During this period, he also noticed that although the emperor did not show anything on the surface, he often tossed and turned in the middle of the night and had no appetite. He knew that the emperor was also worried about the plague.
The emperor hummed in agreement, took the tea bowl and took a sip.
Eunuch Xu continued to flatter, “It is the Emperor who has a keen eye for talent and agreed to let Lord Shen take Madam Shen with him.
"I believe that Lord Shen and Madam Shen are both kind-hearted and selfless people. The plague will surely pass soon."
The emperor nodded in agreement, "Well, Chu Xuan and his wife are indeed as you said, they care about the people and are great people."
“Your Majesty is right. It is a blessing for us to have Mr. Shen and his wife.” Eunuch Xu also had a great favor for the two of them because of the medicine given by Shen Nian.
Naturally, he was not stingy in speaking well of the two of them in front of the emperor.
"Indeed." The emperor instructed Eunuch Xu, "Please remember this: when I return to the capital, I must reward them handsomely.
As for the last donation of clothing, it was Lord Shen who suggested it, and Madam Shen took the lead, so we were able to quickly gather enough winter supplies and solve the urgent need for the court."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have noted it all down." Eunuch Xu replied with a smile.
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, he asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, I have asked someone to prepare some food for you. Please enjoy some first. You haven't eaten well these past few days. How can your body bear it?"
These days, whenever the emperor mentioned eating, he would frown. At most, he would reluctantly eat half a bowl of rice despite his repeated reminders, and the food would still taste bland.
"Okay, bring it up." The emperor felt hungry after not eating for the whole morning.
"Hey!" Eunuch Xu responded happily when he saw that the emperor agreed, and went out briskly to have lunch served.
After the emperor finished his meal, he summoned other officials and prepared to go to Xinping Town. He wanted to wait there for a few days so that he could receive news from Shen Nian and others in time.
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