System, help me become the empress

Chapter 163 The End of Cholera
In the palace at this time.

What Xu Youxi has received recently is all good news. Cholera is basically under control in various places, and the number of deaths caused by cholera in various places is gradually decreasing.

"The salt has arrived!"

When Xu Youxi heard the news, he immediately dropped the letter in his hand, got up and walked to the door, intending to personally receive the supplies brought from Shu.

"Your Majesty, Yao Shaofu is asking to see you at the door."

Zhou Huixue watched helplessly as Xu Youxi was almost at the door, then suddenly turned back to the table and began to rummage for something.

"Oh."

Xu Youxi didn't pay attention to listening, and turned the pages on her own. After a while, she found the letter of commendation specially written in red paper, and took it carefully before walking out the door again.

Xu Youxi had just stepped out of the Imperial Study Room, Yao Dacheng, who had stood outside for a while, hurriedly caught up, saying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wait for me."

"What's the matter, tell me."

Xu Youxi stopped.

"Your Majesty, the registration for 'Going to the Countryside' has ended, but our teacher has not been found yet."

It was for this matter that Yao Dacheng went to the palace to find Xu Youxi.

"Also, most of the students came from other places, and they will arrive in a few days. We can't let them all live in hotels. Some students from poor families can't afford it. Can the imperial court find a way to accommodate them? ?”

"For the matter of the residence, you should contact the Ministry of Rites." Xu Youxi didn't have time to worry about these trivial matters, and strode forward. She can be said to be very busy recently.

"What about the course?"

Yao Dacheng followed closely behind Xu Youxi and asked.

"Isn't the New Medical Pavilion short of manpower recently? You contact Hu Qi and ask him if he can accept the teaching work of some students, and let these college students assist them in extracting disinfectant or refining alcohol."

"What about the rest of the students?"

"Didn't I ask you to visit several departments recently? Can you ask the Shengong Bureau what research has been done recently? Is there any shortage of people?"

Yao Dacheng thought about it for a while, and asked tentatively: "Then arrange some students to plant experimental fields with the Shengong Bureau? I see that several experimental fields are almost harvested recently."

"Yes. If you really have no place to arrange people, you can find Hang Yonghan, the servant of the Ministry of Industry. He is leading people to repave the official roads with cement outside the city. The cement factory has always been short of workers; the Ministry of Officials can find Su Huaihe, and they can arrange some people to do it. Newspaper printing or article editing; for public school matters, you can find Rong Yingran. These Master Yao should be familiar with each other, and there is no need for me to introduce you one by one. The students in different places rotate for about ten days. They practice, and the theoretical courses will wait until the imperial court is busy for a while."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I understand."

Yao Dacheng nodded thoughtfully.

Soon, Xu Youxi came to the gate of the palace, and the group of deliverers actually pulled nine carriages full of goods.

"Your Majesty, these are the supplies that Governor Mo sent people to collect from the Shu and Han-Tibetan areas respectively. This is a list."

Xu Youxi took the list and opened it, and found that the supplies recorded on it included not only several large bags of salt, but also a lot of clothing and textiles.

"What are these clothes?" Xu Youxi asked curiously.

"The clothes are all made overnight by the female workers of the textile factory in Shudi. I hope they can be sent to the doctors who treat cholera in Beiyuan City. Summer is coming. These clothes are breathable and the materials are sweat-absorbent. The female workers also hope to do their best. Let’s help Dagan overcome the difficulties together.”

"In addition to these clothing materials, there are also some brown sugar refined from sugarcane, Chinese caterpillar fungus from the Han-Tibetan area, and dried meat from the people's homes in the car. I hope it can help the people of Beiyuan City."

Xu Youxi only knew that Mo Shiqi heard that there was a shortage of salt in Shangjing, and in just a few hours raised several bags of salt to send to the emergency, but she never expected that she would also bring the most sincere wishes from the people of the two places.

There are people like this, so why worry about not prospering after doing a lot of work?
"I have thanked the people of Shu, Han and Tibet on behalf of Beiyuan City." Xu Youxi was emotionally fluctuating, and even felt that his commendation letter was a little bit out of hand.

But if you treasure this letter from now on, maybe it will be a very valuable cultural relic in a few hundred years?

These soldiers who came all the way to deliver things didn't even have a bite to eat, and left in a hurry.

Xu Youxi finally sent out the commendation letter, and asked "Ganbao" to publish the matter in detail, and praised it as the "hometown of benevolence and righteousness"!
On the evening of the day when this matter was written in the newspaper, Shangjing received another material aid from Binh Thun Province, including the newly harvested grain, gloves and masks from Binh Thun Province this year.

In addition to the supplies, the locals also sent three letters, one was to thank the emperor for his kindness, and the other was to the people of Beiyuan City, telling them that the predicament was only temporary and that everyone in the world cared about them all the time, and they must persevere The last letter is written to Governor Li Si, which describes the current situation of Pingshun Mansion. I hope that Mr. Li Si can go back and sit down if you have time. You will always be the great benefactor of Pingshun Mansion .

Xu Youxi couldn't help laughing while reading the letter, no matter how much hard work and exhaustion there was before, it seemed to be swept away at this moment.

At present, the cholera in Beiyuan City is basically under control, and it is really unnecessary to continue to receive supplies from various places.Xu Youxi simply asked the dry newspaper to write clearly, so that various places do not have to continue to send things. Of course, this kind of kind behavior is definitely encouraged.

Xu Youxi asked Meng Zhiqian to transport all the supplies sent from different places to Beiyuan City and nearby counties seriously affected by cholera for support.

A month later.

The cholera patients in Beiyuan City were cured one after another, and began to return to their daily lives. The new medical pavilion, including Ruan Yuzuo, had more than a dozen new doctors, but they still traveled around the city every day, treating refugees outside the city as much as possible.

Under Xu Youxi's compulsory request, every time Ruan Yuzuo went out of the city for medical treatment, he had to be accompanied by at least fifty soldiers equipped with firearms, and they never left the city to protect the safety of the doctors in the new medical pavilion.

Every new doctor in the new medical pavilion is the wealth of the great cadres, and Xu Youxi never believes in the theory that human nature is inherently good, especially those refugees who don't have much moral bottom line.

Besides, treating diseases and saving lives is not always good, and the treatment methods of the new medical pavilion are also unheard of. No one can guarantee that these refugees will suddenly riot, thinking that the big cadres are harming them.

The refugees outside the city were not all cured, so Ruan Duozuo couldn't leave. The two parties seemed to be in a stable relationship, but hidden contradictions always existed.

Finally, after Ruan Yuzuo once again dissuaded the refugees from vomiting and excreting in the river, the conflict broke out.

After more than a month of getting along, Ruan Yuzuo and others have actually been able to roughly understand the meaning of these refugees' language. At this moment, the refugee who was severely stopped by Ruan Yuzuo to excrete into the river was emotional, although the other party spoke too fast and couldn't hear them. Clear, but obviously some dirty insults, and even cursed that all Dagan people should get sick.

Ruan Yuzuo's heart went cold when he heard that, several refugees tried to push, pull and kick Ruan Yuzuo taking advantage of his unpreparedness.The guards with guns reacted very quickly, several people fired at the same time, and shot and killed several people who did it in an instant in front of the rest of the refugees.

The remaining soldiers also aimed their guns at other refugees who were about to move. These people had never seen such a terrible weapon, and some of them cried in fright.

"Doctor Ruan, are you okay?" The accompanying soldiers hurriedly helped Ruan Yuzuo up.

Ruan Yuzuo's stomach hurt from being kicked, and he gasped continuously: "Look, I, my clothes are not damaged."

"The raincoat is good, Doctor Ruan, I'll carry you back." The leading soldier was anxious.

"I can't move now, I have to lie down for a while." Ruan Yuzuo lay down on the ground very slowly, and took a long rest before recovering.

The leading soldier stood up angrily, because he couldn't see his expression because he was wearing a raincoat and mask, but his eyes looked at the group of refugees coldly, as if he was looking at a group of dead people.

……

Xu Youxi received a letter in Shangjing, and when she learned about it, she was so angry that she didn't eat a bite of lunch.

"Meng Zhiqian, what did I say, let you protect Ruan Yuzuo, have you done it! You said you must stay close, how could Ruan Yuzuo be hurt?"

It was also the first time Meng Zhiqian was scolded by Xu Youxi like this. He lowered his head and didn't dare to speak too much: "Your Majesty, I will definitely educate my subordinates."

Xu Youxi calmed down for a while, and then calmed down a little.

"Listen to my order, from now on, all refugees who deliberately vomit or excrete in the river will be killed without mercy!"

"I obey the order." Meng Zhiqian observed that Xu Youxi was not so angry, and then asked in a low voice, "...Then can we still save him now?"

"Save what! I treat them as human beings, but are they! A bunch of ungrateful beasts! Drive these refugees out of the border of Dagan, and use tough measures if they don't cooperate."

Meng Zhiqian didn't even dare to speak loudly now: "Your Majesty, there are still some young children among those refugees, and not all of them are wicked."

"You are teaching me how to do things!"

"..."

Meng Zhiqian didn't dare to speak at all, His Majesty is getting angry right now, he had better hide.

"What are you still standing there for?"

"Yes, I obey the order."

Meng Zhi left the imperial study room humbly, his back was covered in cold sweat, and on the way out of the palace, he happened to meet Yao Dacheng who was going to look for Xu Youxi.

"My lord Yao, if there is nothing urgent right now, don't bother Your Majesty..." Meng Zhiqian hurriedly called Yao Dacheng to a stop, his expression was indescribable, "Your Majesty, right now, he is in a fit of anger."

"Your Majesty is angry? What's the matter?" Yao Dacheng was full of surprise, "Your Majesty seems to be very angry these days. Is he too angry? Shall we give His Majesty some chrysanthemum tea to relieve his anger?"

"Ruan Yuzuo of the Xinyi Pavilion was beaten when he was treating refugees outside the city, and a big bruise was kicked out on his stomach, and now it hurts when he touches it." Meng Zhiqian sighed, "Your Majesty asked us to take the refugees out immediately. They were expelled from the territory of Dagan, and the new medical pavilion will not continue to treat patients, and they are required to return to Shangjing collectively."

"Are you sure this is what our Majesty said?" Yao Dacheng was surprised, "Isn't Your Majesty always generous and kind?"

"Your Majesty is magnanimous, but... well, you may not know that you were not in the court at that time. Before your Majesty ascended the throne, in order to participate in the discussion of the ministers, Yu Xuejing stepped into the meeting hall with a knife on Zhou Yuxue's neck. In order to make the ministers firm in their determination to stick to Shangjing, His Majesty sent Jin Yiwei to surround the main hall and ordered all court officials to sign a military order to stick to Shangjing; Gongsun Muxue was forced to death in front of the martyr's stele, and Emperor Sheng Yuan was demoted to a commoner. "

"If you think about these things, you will know that His Majesty is not bloodthirsty, but he is definitely not a weak and good person."

Yao Dacheng looked serious, and looked at the imperial study in the distance: "You talk so much that I dare not go to see His Majesty."

"Listen to my advice, if it's not an extremely urgent matter, don't bother Your Majesty at this time."

"But my business is extremely urgent!" Yao Da became troubled.

"what's up?"

Meng Zhiqian really couldn't think of any other urgent matters for Yao Dacheng.

"Didn't Your Majesty entrust me with the teaching task of 'going to the countryside and counties' before! But no funding has been approved! I have to ask her quickly." Yao Dacheng took it for granted.

?

That's it!

Meng Zhiqian was speechless: "It's the same if you go to the Ministry of Finance and Du Zhiyi to approve the funds."

"But……"

"Don't worry, Du Zhiyi can't embarrass you by spending money on this kind of thing."

Yao Dacheng's last thousand words turned into a sigh: "I really didn't expect that there would be a day that troubled His Majesty more terrifying than troubled Du Zhiyi."

"..."

After Meng Zhiqian left, he quickly sent an urgent report to Beiyuan City, telling Ruan Yuzuo about His Majesty's orders.

Although His Majesty asked the Xinyi Pavilion to retreat, Ruan Yuzuo was unwilling, and hurriedly asked to send a letter to Shangjing again, trying to stop His Majesty's move to drive away the refugees now.

Ruan Yuzuo is a benevolent doctor, and not all of these refugees are evil people, but Meng Zhiqian's letter also clearly stated that His Majesty is very angry now, and Ruan Wuzuo can only use some milder methods to persuade him.

Therefore, Ruan Yuzuo finally gave the reason that Xinyige is trying to find the most suitable penicillin dose through a lot of experience. Now that the trial is over half, the treatment is given up now, and the data collected before is in vain.

Ruan Yuzuo wrote three or four letters with similar contents to Xu Youxi. There was no other way, Xu Youxi simply ignored the matter. Her bottom line was that these refugees must leave Dagan territory immediately after their illnesses were cured at the latest.

July was the hottest time of the year, not to mention the doctors who were wearing extra layers of raincoats. Xu Youxi asked Shangjing to transport a lot of ice to cool down the new doctors.

Doctors at the Tai Hospital also began to make Huoxiangzhengqi powder to prevent heatstroke.

The cholera that appeared in May dragged on until the beginning of August and finally came to an end.

Of course, this does not mean that Beiyuan City's mission is completely over.The occurrence of cholera this time also exposed many problems of the people of Beiyuan City, such as drinking unboiled water, not washing hands, not paying attention to cleaning and so on.

Under the guidance of Ruan Yuzuo, City Lord Xu began to lead the people to dig sewers, build latrines in different areas, lead people to rebuild the city walls outside the city, and encircle the river into the city to prevent such water pollution from happening again.

At the same time, Xinyige and others left most of the supplies brought from Shangjing in Beiyuan City before returning to Shangjing in a mighty way. The entire group was full of joy!

Finally home!

However? ? ?
Ok.

Everyone, stay temporarily in the inn outside the capital, and like to rest for ten days.

But there is also good news. This cholera, which has not yet begun to spread, is declared to be completely over!

(End of this chapter)