A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 761 "Theory of Epidemic Epidemics"

A few days later, everything was arranged, and Lao Hu also set foot on the road to go out. He told his wife that the Escort Bureau had made arrangements again, and this time the escort service would last longer.
His wife, Sun Huiniang, did not doubt it. After all, her husband was like this in the past, and the length of time for the darts was variable, so he just told him as usual: "Officials, be careful on the road."
Old Hu said: "I know, let's go."
He walked a few steps, but couldn't help but look back, and saw his wife looking forward to it, very concerned, she was still rubbing her stomach with one hand, and when she saw him, she smiled sweetly at him.
Old Hu strode away, he didn't dare to turn back, he was afraid that he couldn't help crying, or he didn't dare to go, he just felt ruthless in his heart: "I will come back alive, I will come back alive to see my wife, see me Son, definitely!"
He strode to the Taixing Gate on the west side of the town, and the ministry had made arrangements for him, Kong San and Huang Weijie to take a carriage from the Escort Bureau all the way to Zezhou in Shanxi.The place is bustling with people screaming, and many bodyguards are gathering, ready to go their separate ways.
As the snowflakes fell, Lao Hu was still in a trance, echoing his wife's parting words from time to time, as well as the concerned expression... While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a slightly hesitant voice: "Are you... Lao Hu?... ..."
Lao Hu's heart was shocked, he turned his head abruptly, and saw a few people in front of him, so familiar, he rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise: "Hei Mao, old gangster, is it you?"
Of the people in front of me, one has some black hairs around his mouth, and the other has a scar on his face, isn't it just the black hairs in the previous team? Who are they?
Seeing Lao Hu's appearance, they also exclaimed in surprise: "It's really you."
The brothers hugged each other affectionately, laughed loudly, and said, "So you're not dead."
The old man was reunited, full of joy, Hei Mao said: "Old Hu, I'm married, and now I'm in the Zhenwu Escort, which Escort are you in?"
Old Hu said: "I'm also married, and now I'm in the Yangwei Escort, by the way, where are you going..."
Hei Mao excitedly said: "Go to Mobei, Lai Dong's family hired us, and they are going to make a big deal, and drive the trade route all the way to the North Sea..."
Old Hu said: "Beihai..."
At this time, there was shouting and shouting, all the bodyguards were about to set off, someone was calling over there, and Hei Mao shouted: "Here we come, your grandma's."
He said to Old Hu: "It's too late to say more, by the way, this is my name card. After we come back, we brothers will meet again, and I still want to see my sister-in-law."
He asked for Lao Hu's name sticker, and then the others hurried over there. While running, Heimao waved at Lao Hu, opening and closing his mouth, as if to say: "...we must get together..."
Looking at a stack of name cards in his hand, Old Hu murmured, "I hope we can get together."
Putting away his palms, he squeezed the name card into a ball, seeing Kong San waving over there, Lao Hu shouted: "Here we come, your grandma's..."
He ran over, and a ball of waste paper was thrown on the ground.
……
After Sun Chuanting became the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, soon after, the imperial court also appointed Hou Xun as the governor.
After the Ming army was defeated in Zhuxian Town, Ding Qirui was imprisoned, and Wang Qiaonian and others were killed in battle, the situation in Henan was out of control. Now Tongguan is guarding, but most of the intruders have gone to Runing Mansion, Henan. Other places still need to set up another supervisor.
They looked around and found that if they wanted to help the Runing Mansion, or even if the intruders captured the Runing Mansion and intended to go south to Huguang, only Zuo Liangyu in Xiangyang could resist, no matter how much they hated Zuo Liangyu, the leader of the army , also had to pinch his nose to win him over.
Considering that when Zuo Liangyu was young, he committed the crime of robbing military uniforms and was stripped of his official position.
After this encounter, he should have a good impression of Hou Xun, so Emperor Chongzhen deliberated and decreed to release Hou Xun who had been imprisoned for something, gave him the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and appointed him as the supervisor of Henan, Baoding, Shandong, and other provinces. In charge of military affairs in various places in Hebei, and governing the suppression of officers and soldiers such as "Ping Bandits".
Hou Xun is a native of Guide Prefecture, Henan Province, and he has a better understanding of the situation in Henan Province. As soon as he was released from prison to take over, he immediately went to the imperial court to propose a comprehensive strategy for the use of troops.
He said in a sparse note: "The bandits have accumulated for 15 years and started to grow. It is impossible to plan for a dynasty. From Qin to Yu, once defeated Fu Zonglong, and then defeated Wang Qiaonian, and all the powerful soldiers and horses in the world are all thieves.  … Bandit riders form a team of tens of thousands, erratic like wind and rain, passing through an unfortified city, because they are funded by soldiers. Officers and soldiers only follow behind and ask where they are going. Therefore, the county magistrate of the closed city cannot be made to go out to see him, transport a bundle of grass, and feed a bushel of rice, which is why he is often frustrated."
"... Therefore, for the current plan, if there is any definite opinion, it is better to use the Henan Commission to order Xu Biao, the governor of Baoding, Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, to guard the river in the north, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and Shi Kefan, the governor of Huaixu, to stop the bandits from the south. , and Sun Chuanting, the governor of the Qin Dynasty, entered Tongguan, and the minister led Zuo Liangyu to solidify Jingxiang, all of which cut off his escape path."
Hou Xun's memorabilia was approved by the emperor. Following Sun Chuanting, Hou Xun was also summoned by the platform, and then gave Shang Fang a sword with a banquet.
At the same time, Earl Cao and Wang, who were in Kaifeng City, once again requested to return to the town. Liu Chao, who was originally the general of Zunyi in Sichuan, has been deposed and has been writing letters, willing to lead troops to aid Kaifeng, Runing and other places. The general soldier Hu Dawei died in battle, and the general soldier was vacant.
Liu Chao was so loyal and brave that he was willing to take the initiative to go to Henan. Emperor Chongzhen then appointed him as the general of Baoding, marched to Henan, and allowed Cao and Wang to return.
……
In October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Suzhou.
The impression of Jiangnan has always been the misty ink painting, the small bridges and flowing water, the misty rain and the apricot blossoms on the towers, just like poems with beautiful rhythm and ethereal imagery.
Especially in Suzhou, revetments, arch bridges, water alleys, neat and narrow stone streets, long but deep winding alleys, fishermen's songs and cooking smoke, and small canopy boats shuttle back and forth. The paradise in my heart is ordinary.
However, Wu Youxing was walking on the streets of Gusu City at this time, but he couldn't help being sad and sad. There were homeless and beggars everywhere, hungry and refugees everywhere, with disheveled faces, tattered clothes, and prostitutes everywhere.
Even in the secluded corners of the street, from time to time lay a few corpses that died of cold and starvation.
It is said that Gusu is full of people, with endless streets and alleys, rich products, and car hubs and crowds. After only one year, how can it still have the prosperity of the past?And how can it still be a paradise on earth where there is a paradise and Suzhou and Hangzhou in the past?
What misty rain is hazy, and even ghosts are gone.
There were severe droughts in the north, and the south of the Yangtze River was not much better. In the spring and summer of the 14th year of Chongzhen, there was no rain in Suzhou, locusts were everywhere, and the price of rice was as high as four taels of silver per stone.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen, there was another severe drought. The price of rice exceeded one stone and four taels. The hungry people in various monasteries gathered more and more. Hundreds of children were abandoned in groups at the gates and alleys of the city. Some people lured them away or regarded them as dead.
In Wu County, my hometown, the price of rice was as high as one stone and four taels of silver. Countless people died of starvation.
As terrible as hunger is the plague. Whenever there is a catastrophe, the plague always follows.
In recent years, there have been severe epidemics in Zhili, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places in the north and south, and Suzhou Prefecture is also very serious. Even in the epidemic last year, there were more than a hundred houses in a lane, and none of them was spared. .
As a doctor, Wu Youxing doesn't feel sad?
In the face of the plague, many doctors used typhoid treatment to treat it, but it was ineffective. Wu Youxing studied the source of the disease based on each epidemic he experienced, devoted himself to research, and boldly put forward the theory that "hostility" caused the disease.
Over the years, he has been devoting himself to compiling the book "On Epidemic Epidemics", which records in detail various infectious diseases such as diphtheria, smallpox, leprosy, syphilis, tuberculosis, and epidemic encephalitis.
It is divided into two volumes, the first volume describes the pathogens in detail, and the second volume puts forward its own treatment principles for the infection characteristics of various diseases such as leprosy, dysentery, women's epidemics, and children's epidemics.
Recently, he has also added more abundant plague diseases, such as Fayi, Datou plague, shrimp membrane plague, melon pulp plague, pimple plague (plague), and the characteristics and treatment methods of acute infectious diseases such as malaria and dysentery.
After years of hard work, seeing that "Theory of Epidemic Epidemics" is coming to an end, Wu Youxing is worried that he does not have enough money to publish and print it.
No, he just came back from the Department of Medicine, but the officials and doctors in the Department said that he was helpless.
These medical officers are dispatched by the imperial hospital. Not to mention their promotion and wealth, their salaries are often in arrears over the years. Many people have to make a living without their last meal. How can they have spare money to help Wu Youxing?
They only suggested to Wu Youxing, asking him to visit the houses of various gentry households, especially some well-known households in the city, maybe they liked his masterpiece and were willing to pay for its publication.
Wu Youxing could only smile wryly. His "hostility theory" was completely different from ordinary medical principles. Many gentry and doctors dismissed it as absurd. He only went to the government for help after hitting a wall everywhere. Who would pay to print and publish for him?
With a heavy heart, he walked to his residence. Wu Youxing was in his fifties this year, with a pale face, but because of excessive thinking, he looked like he was over sixty years old.
His residence is quite remote, the more expensive things are in Suzhou, and more than half of his income from practicing medicine is exchanged for soup and medicine, which makes his residence more and more humble. He moves again and again, maybe after a while, he will move to a more remote corner Go, even move out of town.
The streets and alleys are narrow and winding, and there are many traffickers and pawns in this area. For a doctor, it is degrading to be together with these people, but Wu Youxing doesn't think so. The parents of doctors think that in the eyes of doctors, there should only be patients. There is no dignity.
Of course, if you compare your heart with your heart, some gentry and great doctors may not look down on Wu Youxing, but the people in this area are grateful to him.
From time to time, someone passed by and saluted him respectfully: "Mr. You Ke."
"Mr. is back again?"
Wu Youxing returned the gift with a smile. It’s October, and it’s quite chilly inside and outside Suzhou. People say that in July, lotuses are picked in Hetang, in August, Tongyin is begging for cleverness, in September, Qiongtai is enjoying the moon, and in October, late autumn is enjoying chrysanthemums. But this Hainan Island When it snows in winter, let’s replace chrysanthemum appreciation with snow appreciation.
Walking to the gate of his small courtyard, Wu Youxing was stunned, as if his own boy was talking to someone in the courtyard: "Nong said how to do it well, Liao is such a great person."
He opened the door and entered, and sure enough there were four people in the courtyard, one was a boy who made medicine by himself, and the other three, one was dressed as a scholar, one was dressed as a doctor, and the other was dressed as a rich businessman.
Seeing him come in, the boy who boiled the medicine jumped up: "Mr. is back."
The middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman came over, cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Dare to ask, but Mr. Wu Youke?"
There seemed to be some northern accent in his words.

(End of this chapter)