As this person said, at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen was in Wenhua Hall and summoned all the important officials to discuss the floods in the south.

The lower reaches of the Yangtze River are a prosperous area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, with a heavy taxation area. This loss is a bit heavy. This made Emperor Chongzhen a little helpless. This year is a year that the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty has improved. Why didn’t God let it go and make trouble again?

But if you really think about it, it is actually normal. When is the rainy season in the south not big? There are also typhoons, and there are always several landings a year. Every landing will bring serious disasters! Even in later generations, with weather forecasts, the floods of the Yangtze River and the typhoons will also bring great disasters to mankind.

After reading the memorial to report the disaster in the south, Wen Tiren closed the memorial and handed it over to the eunuchs who came over and presented it to the imperial eunuchs.

Emperor Chongzhen said with a little heavy expression: "My dear friends, this disaster is different from the previous two years. The number of people affected and the area is very rare. Can you have good plans to relieve the pain of the people?"

Many ministers in the hall looked at each other, but no one spoke for a while.

In fact, there are basically rules for the flooding in the south. It was not a big deal before. After all, the south is much better than the north. As long as people are willing to survive, they can finally find some food. Unlike the barren areas in the north, where there is no food under the disaster, they eat each other, and eventually turn into civil rebellion, rebellion, etc.

"Your Majesty, you can reduce and exempt money and grain according to the old rules, order local governments to rescue disasters, and wealthy families pay for money to overcome difficulties together." Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, said respectfully.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and still looked at the ministers below.

"Your Majesty, the south is flooded, so you can be worried about the plague!" Wen Tiren himself is from the southerner and knows more, so he added: "When localities strictly order bury their bodies in time. If the epidemic is discovered, be sure to isolate them in time."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately remembered and immediately ordered: "In the area where the disaster-stricken people must boil water and drink it. It is strictly forbidden to drink boiled water. Also, when there are plague patients, they must wear masks, wash their hands, and preferably wear gloves. Also, be careful to prevent mosquitoes, rats and ants, and must be eliminated..."

When the ministers below all looked at him with surprise when they heard the emperor say these words, most of them had a look of surprise on their faces.

Emperor Chongzhen also noticed it and couldn't help but say inexplicably: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister who has always been a big mouth, listened to it and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, mosquitoes, rats and ants are annoying, and it is understandable to prevent and eliminate them. But why should we strictly prohibit drinking water after boiling water? Now when the weather in the south is hot, drinking a sip of cold water can relieve the heat. Those people who hear the government's announcement are not clear about the intention, and they are afraid they won't care!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he saw other ministers nodding slightly, and was a little stunned. Then he came back to his senses and suddenly realized. In later generations, these things that were common sense, and it turned out that no one knew about them at this time in the early 17th century!

Imagine that, there is no microscope at this time and I can’t see the microorganisms, so I naturally don’t know the situation.

In the original history, by the end of Chongzhen, there were wars across the country, causing corpses to be everywhere, causing disasters in life and plagues. It can almost be said that at the end of the year, a nationwide plague broke out.

Speaking of which, the end of the Ming Dynasty was actually due to the plague. When Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, it was impossible for him to capture Beijing based on his siege level at that time. At least he thought so, so he also proposed to enthrone the king and negotiate peace, and even go to fight for the imperial court to build a barbarian. However, a plague broke out in Beijing at that time, and basically all the defenders on the city were attacked, and there were almost no Ming army standing on the city. In this way, Li Zicheng unexpectedly picked up a big advantage.

However, there was another saying at that time that the greater advantage was being picked up by Jianlu. When Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing, it contacted those people and was infected with the plague. However, it was still in the incubation period and did not notice it at that time. Then Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass, and Li Zicheng led his troops to fight. As a result, the plague broke out, and Li Zicheng's army in history was defeated like a mountain, retreated all the way, retreating 108,000 miles away, without any strength to fight back.

At that time, Jianlu had already realized this and did not dare to enter Beijing. He waited for a while and only entered Beijing after the weather became colder. Instead, he was escaped by Jianlu and thus found the biggest advantage. It really made future generations sigh. Jianlu was really lucky!

Against this background, after obtaining numerous cases, Wu Youke, a famous doctor of the generation, summarized some methods of prevention and treatment of plague, denied the old view that the cause of the epidemic is "not the time but the energy is good", and founded the theory of warm epidemics, leading the Western world at least two hundred years.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and felt it was necessary to talk about it carefully. Therefore, he said seriously: "Pelism is mostly transmitted by viruses or bacteria, and its transmission method may be water. If it boils, it can kill most of the viruses and bacteria in the water. Don't question me, don't look at the water as if it is very clean, but that's just a superficial phenomenon. One day, with the corresponding tools, you can see how much things are in the so-called clean water..."

The reason he added a sentence that he should not question was because he saw the faces of the ministers below. He had no way to prove it at the moment, so he could only emphasize it with the emperor's authority.

"There are some ways to spread the plague, which is to spread through blood. Mosquitoes bite patients and then bite normal people, which can also spread the plague. Rats, flies, etc. They may carry viruses, bacteria, etc. If they live in places with many mosquitoes, rats and ants, they will be easily infected. There is also the same principle as air and water. It looks like there is nothing, but there are actually many things in the air..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the movie "The Great Ming Tribulation" that he had watched later. When Wu Youke shone into the crack of the window through the sunlight, he was inspired by the dust flying. So Emperor Chongzhen said again: "If you don't believe me, I can prove this to you."

Hearing this, these most senior civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, and those with the most knowledgeable scholars were very curious. Their knowledge and ideas that have always been subverted by His Majesty today?
Chapter completed!