Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Lantian County, Dongxiang Inspection Department.

The Ming Dynasty's official positions were at least as low as the county level, and when they arrived at the township, they were the security chief and the village chief, which was no longer the official establishment.

However, since the Hongwu year, inspection departments have been set up in townships across the country.

The inspection department combines military, political, criminal, and civil affairs, and is affiliated with the county government and is the chief inspector of the ninth rank.

Qiu Yuan, the Dongxiang inspector, has been busy recently because of the local miasma.

From a few people at the beginning to hundreds later, some villages and even the whole village began to develop the disease, mainly manifesting as symptoms such as diarrhea and fever, and almost plague has formed.

Faced with the sudden illness, Qiu Yuan had to report to the court, but he had not received any reply.

During this period, a strange person came.

This man called himself Mr. Puji and seemed to be a wandering doctor.

Qiu Yuan was still waiting for the court's relief and was in no mood to pay attention to a doctor. When Mr. Puji arrived in Dongxiang, he did not come to visit him. Instead, he went directly to the people to cure the disease and save the people.

Half a month later, finally, the imperial envoy from the court came late.

This person is an eighth-rank medical officer in the Imperial Hospital, named Jiao Xin.

Qiu Yuan was eager for the stars and the moon, and finally waited for the rescue, hoping to offer Jiao Xin as his ancestor.

Jiao Xin's carriage and horse arrived in Dongxiang, and he was ashamed of an imperial envoy and talked freely. It seemed that as long as he took action, the epidemic in Dongxiang would disappear.

After all, they are imperial doctors in the court, so they still have this confidence.

However, things went against my wishes. After several days of diagnosis and treatment, the miasma was still spreading and it was becoming more and more intense.

Qiu Yuanchou was one of the two big ones, but he didn't dare to make any complaints about Jing Xin.

"Doctor Jiao, look at this..."

Jiao Xin said with a cold face: "This disease is not difficult to treat, it is just repeated infection. It cured the east side of the village, started to cause trouble in the west side of the village, cured the west side of the village, and started to cause trouble in the east side of the village. It is difficult to deal with this."

"Yes, yes, what Dr. Jiao said was extremely true!"

Qiu Yuan had no choice but to agree and asked carefully: "What should I do according to the imperial physician's opinion?"

Jiao Xin snorted lightly and said, "It is unlikely to completely eliminate the epidemic. Inspection Commissioner Qiu must be prepared."

"What kind of preparation should you make?"

"If some villages have serious epidemics, they can only send troops to take care of themselves and let them die."

"this……"

Qiu Yuan took a deep breath and was shocked. Jiao Xin meant that he was giving up the village with severe epidemics.

Jiao Xin looked at him with deep meaning and said, "Only this method can completely eliminate the epidemic."

Qiu Yuan couldn't help but sweated coldly. Yes, all the infected people died and there was no source of infection.

But, if this method is followed, how many people will die?

Although he was just a small inspector, he also knew that the emperor now attaches great importance to the people. If so many people died under his rule, even if he could submit a job, he would probably end his inspection.

"Doctor Jiao, is there no other way?"

Jiao Xin said dissatisfiedly: "When I was treating my illness, you also saw that those who took the medicine had improved, but were infected by other people with diseases. If this continues, let alone you, a small Dongxiang, the entire Lantian County will suffer!"

Qiu Yuan was covered in white sweat. He really didn't expect that the matter would be so serious.

If you think about it carefully, what people say is reasonable. The difficulty of this disease lies in the word contagion. If the flow of people cannot be controlled, it will be difficult to cure it.

Can we only let those people die...

"Inspector Qiu, if you hesitate any more, this imperial physician can only return to Beijing to report his life!"

"Doctor Jiao, think of another way, so many people..."

"The method has been told. If you don't order, the imperial physician will also issue an order after returning to Beijing. At that time, those people will still be unable to escape death."

"But, but..."

Qiu Yuan kept wiping his sweat, but found that his hands were trembling involuntarily.

Seeing this, Jiao Xin said again: "This is a natural disaster, and it is not a disadvantage for the Qiu inspector to do things. The court will not blame him."

"Oh well!"

Qiu Yuan finally compromised because he really had no better way.

If you want to completely eliminate this epidemic, you can only sacrifice some people...

The people were sick and miserable. Suddenly, they heard that officers and soldiers were coming and were prohibited from going out. They were confused at first, but later, some people heard the news and the news spread and were immediately infuriated.

Qiu Yuan knew that no one wanted to sit at home and wait for death, but he had no choice.

Only by ordering the officers and soldiers to guard against each other, if they encounter trouble, they will fight directly.

This completely aroused public grievances, and there were constant conflicts between the villagers and officers and soldiers. At the same time, the disease worsened and the number of people who were incurable suddenly increased every day.

Qiu Yuan was sitting on pins and needles every day, but Jiao Xin sat firmly on Diaoyutai, looking confident.

"Inspector Qiu, don't be sad. As long as the source of infection is cut off and the epidemic is eliminated, the court will not blame it, but will reward it."

At this time, a servant ran in with a hurried look on his face and said, "Sir, catch someone who is causing trouble!"

Qiu Yuan suddenly became nervous and said angrily: "I have said that, let you take care of people, what should I do if I catch them here?"

This disease is contagious. If you take someone to the inspection department, wouldn’t you also get yourself in?

"Sir, this person is not a local villager."

Hearing the officer saying this, Qiu Yuan thought he was a foreign merchant and said, "It is an extraordinary time. If you are a foreigner, please return to your hometown immediately and don't cause trouble here!"

"But... this person came to the inspection department himself and said... said some ugly words..."

"What did you say?"

"This person was cursing outside the inspection gate, saying that the adults were confused and ignored the lives of the people..."

In fact, people scolded them a hundred times more unpleasant than this, but this officer dared not retell them in the original words.

"Who is it that dares to be so rude?"

Qiu Yuan is already full of anger, it’s not that I don’t want to treat it, there’s nothing I can do about it!

But I don’t know who was not open-minded and ran to himself and made it boring. I won’t beat him up today, and I think my ninth-grade inspection is a decoration?

"This person calls himself...Mr. Puji!"

"Mr. Puji?"

Qiu Yuan seemed to have some impression and asked, "The doctor of You Fang who came a few days ago?"

"Sir, that's right!"

Qiu Yuan thought for a while and said, "You let him in. I want to see. Could it be that he has any good cure for the disease?"

Jiao Xin heard the word "Doctor" and said with disdain, "What do you think of a liar in the world? Just order people to go out!"

Qiu Yuan waved his hand impatiently and said, "Didn't you hear what Doctor Jiao said? Blast me away!"

"yes!"

The officer turned around and left, but he hurriedly returned not long after.

"Sir, this person said... he has a way to cure the disease!"
Chapter completed!