Chapter 151: Riot, broke out in despair
Beigong You didn't sleep a wink all night.
Although the people guarding outside the plague relocation center could revolt at any time, he still spread them out to prevent infection, and asked Feng Ming to take people to count the spread of the smallpox epidemic.
In addition, he personally led people to blockade the nearby villages and towns.
When everything was done, it was already dawn.
"Fourth brother, let me keep an eye on it. You go and take a rest." Beigong Yi said with a yawn.
Although he took a break from his busy schedule to sleep for a while, it was less than an hour and he was very sleepy at this time.
He patted his face, trying to cheer himself up.
Beigong You waved his hand. How could he sleep with these people guarding here?
After eating a simple meal, he saw the old doctor Lu approaching with a sad look on his face, "Prince Ning, Doctor Chang is dying, please go and take a look, maybe you can still see him for the last time."
Beigong You frowned fiercely.
It was not until he arrived at Doctor Chang's room that he learned that Doctor Chang had seen Doctor Bai avoid smallpox after being vaccinated, so he went to find Song Qingyun to get vaccinated.
Unexpectedly, the pox vaccine Song Qingyun gave him was the pox pus she collected herself.
Not long after being vaccinated, he developed symptoms of smallpox.
That night, he developed a high fever and fell ill. The next day, his condition took a turn for the worse and he couldn't even take soup.
Now is the last moment of his life.
Beigong You felt extremely guilty when he saw Doctor Chang dying on the bed.
He was the one who harmed him.
Perhaps it was a last burst of energy, the Imperial Doctor Chang, who was already seriously ill and unconscious, subconsciously stretched out his hand when he saw Beigong You.
Beigong You immediately stepped forward, "Doctor Chang..."
"No...you can't...vaccinate..." Doctor Chang held his breath, waiting for Beigong You to come over and say this to him.
The wish has been fulfilled, the oil has run out and the lamp has gone out.
As the skinny hand slid heavily down, he slowly closed his eyes.
Doctor Lu couldn't bear to watch, so he turned his eyes away. After a long while, he sighed heavily and said, "Prince Ning, you have also seen the consequences of vaccination. Don't be stubborn anymore. This is the price paid for hundreds and thousands of lives!"
Beigong You opened his mouth but no words came out.
He watched helplessly as a life was perished in front of him, and any explanation would seem pale and powerless.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Doctor Lu snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left, "Since Prince Ning insists on doing what he wants, then I will report the situation here to the emperor truthfully!"
"Your Majesty, Doctor Lu..."
"Don't worry about it. Take your men to properly place Doctor Chang's body."
The corpse was still contagious, so he could not send Doctor Chang's body back to the palace and could only burn it on the spot.
Just after coming out of Doctor Chang's office, a guard came running over and said, "Your Highness, this is bad. Several people from Donghu Town are here to ask for rice and are blocking the way outside!"
Beigong You was extremely worried. "What happened?"
The guard told the truth, "I heard that when Concubine Song was vaccinated these two days, I heard that families with poor harvests sent rice. I think it must be related to this matter."
Beigong You frowned hard.
The plague relocation center was a place for smallpox patients to be housed. Now was the critical moment when smallpox was spreading on a large scale. Instead of hiding, they came here fearlessly to ask for food. They were either lazy and idle hooligans, or people deliberately sent by others to cause trouble.
But no matter which one, he cannot send rice.
Now that the wheat harvest has just passed, food is still sufficient, but it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
If he sets a precedent today, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Send them off!" he ordered sternly. At the end, he added, "If they cause trouble, don't hesitate, just do it!"
The people guarding outside the plague resettlement center were originally ready to beat people up, but just after noon, nearly half of them fell down, and red rashes appeared on their bodies and faces.
This is expected.
Most of their family members had smallpox, and since they had been staying in the pestilence camp for smallpox patients for so long, it was only a matter of time before they were infected.
Beigong You had been prepared for this and had asked Beigong Yi to build a new resettlement center early in the morning to accommodate these people.
In just half a month, the originally empty countryside had become dark.
Dense colonies of pestilence rose from the ground.
Instead of being contained, the smallpox epidemic became more and more serious.
Because of Song Qingyun's self-assertion, the epidemic prevention efforts failed. Beigong You was very upset. He knew that Song Qingyun could not be blamed for this. If anyone was to blame, it should be him. He should not have let her stay, let alone give her such a big thing as vaccination.
She was just a woman, what could she understand? That was his problem.
"Your Majesty, there's a riot in Nanfeng Town!"
"Let's go and take a look." Beigong You didn't care about being exhausted and set off in a hurry.
The smallpox epidemic spread from Shiqiao Town, but after a period of efforts, the epidemic in Shiqiao Town has been brought under control. Now the most serious epidemic is in Nanfeng Town.
The smallpox here is mostly transmitted through vaccination.
Their families took their farm tools to Shiqiao Town to seek justice, and they thought they would be given an explanation from the higher authorities.
Unexpectedly, they waited for a whole day, but did not receive any explanation and the village was sealed off.
They can't even leave their homes now.
Without medical care or medicine, they will be trapped to death at home!
Either die in despair or explode in despair.
They could not bear it any longer after just one day, and the next afternoon, as if they had made an appointment, they all rushed out of their homes and swarmed out of the village.
Faced with the guards guarding the village, they rushed up and fought like crazy, venting their resentment on them.
The guards did not dare to attack the civilians and were forced to retreat step by step by them.
Seeing that the villagers were about to rush out of the village, they had to draw their swords to guard, but no one was afraid at all.
"I'd rather die outside than rot in my bed."
"We're going to die sooner or later if we get smallpox anyway, so we might as well fight them!"
"Let's rush out while we still have breath!"
"There is still hope if we go out to find a doctor. If we stay here, we will just wait for death. Listen to Ergou and rush out!"
"Go to Shengjing, go to the Imperial City. If I die, they won't be able to survive!"
"Yes, everyone should not live!"
The situation was out of control for a while.
…
At this time in the imperial city, thundering rage broke out in the imperial study.
When Emperor Ming learned that the epidemic in Shiqiao Town was out of control and even the imperial physician Chang had died of smallpox, he simply smashed the inkstone at hand.
"Father, calm down."
Beigong Yu sighed, "Smallpox is as fierce as a tiger. Father entrusted such a big matter to Fourth Brother, but he actually indulged the concubines at home to make trouble. He simply disregarded human life and did not take the people of Beiliang seriously. He has betrayed Father's trust!"
He had already fully understood the situation in Shiqiao Town.
Just because Old Doctor Lu didn't mention this matter doesn't mean he will just let it go.
Emperor Ming glanced at Beigong Yu dimly.
Even without him exaggerating, he was extremely disappointed with Beigong You. "Pass the order down, suspend all vaccinations. Anyone who violates the order will be executed!"
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