I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 502: Smallpox

Compared with Wu Changqing, Ouyang Shiqi is lucky, he only needs to worry about money.

But Wu Changqing has to consider all aspects.

If the economy is to develop, the people's livelihood cannot be left behind, and various social issues need to be dealt with by him.

He knows that with the drastic changes in society, a series of problems will inevitably arise.

For example, the impact of the gap between the rich and the poor must be taken seriously.

This gap between the rich and the poor does not refer to the gap between the rich and the poor, between the common people and the rich, which has existed since ancient times.

What Wu Changqing needs to pay attention to is the impact of the gap between the rich and the poor between the people.

In his previous life, he was a rural person born in the 1980s, and he happened to have personally seen the happiness problem brought about by this change.

In the 80s and 90s, every family was poor in the countryside, but everyone often huddled together in the square to chat and laugh, and they could have fun even in hardship.

But as some bold people went out to work and made several times more money than farming, the gap between the rich and the poor became more apparent.

Suddenly the people around him lived better than themselves, and the rest of them couldn't laugh anymore, and then went crazy into the big city to work hard.

Money is increasing in every household, and material life is turning upside down.

But an amazing fact is that their happiness has decreased.

Every household is competing in secret, and comparison has become their only goal in life.

Wu Changqing had seen countless people who had no worries about food and clothing, and those with savings in the family were frowning all day long, and quarrels broke out between husband and wife.

The reason may be that my car is one grade lower than that of my neighbor's.

People who commit suicide because of this are not uncommon.

Wu Changqing felt that all this was caused by the wealth gap between acquaintances.

People generally don't compare with strangers. No matter how rich Jack Ma is, ordinary people will not be envious and jealous.

They usually make comparisons with acquaintances, and acquaintances who are at the same level as them suddenly become rich, and there will be a gap in their hearts.

I am not afraid that everyone is poor, but I am afraid that there is a gap between each other.

Dahua today is also undergoing this change.

Most people who are bold enough to venture into big cities can earn far more income than farming.

And how can these people make money, so how can they not return to the village to show off?

Riches do not return to their hometowns, like a night walk in Jinyi.

This has led to a sharp decline in happiness among some people in the countryside.

This is actually a question of whether the people themselves can see, but Wu Changqing, as an emperor and the highest authority, cannot ignore it.

The happiness of the people below is also his political achievement and what he pursues.

How to make the people happy?

Of course, you can't give money to those who are directly poorer. First, there is not so much money. Second, it can only suppress the enthusiasm of those who work hard.

If you don’t work hard and don’t take the risk of subsidies, why do you work hard?

What Wu Changqing can do is make some compensation elsewhere.

For example, to solve the diseases that afflict the people.

Reducing people's illnesses can also improve their happiness to a certain extent.

The most important thing is that this kind of thing is simpler and easier to do for Wu Changqing.

Such as eliminating smallpox virus.

The number of people killed by the smallpox virus in human history is no less than the number of people killed by war.

The current era is still a time of change when talking about smallpox.

Once infected with large variola virus, the mortality rate is as high as 30%, even if it is smallpox virus, the mortality rate is about 15%.

Even those who survived by chance will have many pitted bean marks on their faces, commonly known as pockmarks.

Such a terrible infectious disease has brought unprecedented panic to people.

The most famous thing is that when the Shunzhi Emperor chose his successor, he hesitated whether to choose the second son Fuquan or the third son Xuan Ye.

The Western missionary Tang Ruowang made him determined by a word. Tang Ruowang said that Xuan Ye had smallpox, but Fuquan did not.

Xuan Ye had already passed this ghost gate, but Fu Quan did not, so Emperor Shunzhi chose Xuan Ye to inherit the throne, which was later Emperor Kangxi.

But don't think that Emperor Shunzhi is unreasonably worried and overly careful.

Among his eight sons, four died, and the remaining four, except Xuan Ye, did not live to be ten years old.

The children of the emperor's family are like this, and the ordinary people's family is naturally not much better.

The death of a child is actually quite common in this day and age.

Among the many reasons for these premature deaths, smallpox is an important reason.

In the past, he was busy with development, and Wu Changqing had no time or energy to do this to benefit the country and the people.

And now, he finally took time out of his busy schedule and wrote on the paper that the National Sanitation Campaign started with the elimination of smallpox.

He wanted to popularize the concept of hygiene throughout the country, requiring the people to drink boiled water, and washing hands frequently and other various hygiene matters.

Of course, the highlight is to eliminate the smallpox virus.

Don't look at the horror of the smallpox virus in human history, but it is still quite easy to eradicate, much easier than eradicating a cold.

Because the virus that causes colds is constantly changing and evolving, the smallpox virus is immutable.

As long as one vaccination with cowpox, which is harmless to the human body, people will be immune to variola virus for life.

What Wu Changqing has to do is to tell the doctor about this method, and then send the doctor to promote it all over the country, looking for cows with vaccinia.

As long as it takes some time and money, it is not difficult to solve the smallpox virus.

And this achievement is enough to match Shennong's taste of the herbs, and Dayu governs the waters.

At that time, he will be further mythological.

Gaining the hearts of the people in the world, the regime will become more stable.

Wu Changqing wrote everything he knew, and then sent him to the hospital and the Ministry of Households. He asked the two departments to work together to get the matter done.

When Wu Changqing said that cowpox can prevent smallpox, the people in the hospital were shocked.

They only know that vaccinations can prevent smallpox, and they have never heard of cowpox.

Moreover, Wu Changqing also vowed to say that the harm of vaccinia to humans is extremely low and can be ignored, which is an exaggeration.

You know, the failure rate of vaccinations is extremely high.

The so-called human pox vaccination is actually to take the pus from the sore of the smallpox patient, and then apply it on the skin.

This method of inoculation depends on luck, because the symptoms of smallpox and smallpox are exactly the same. If you are lucky enough to inoculate smallpox, the survival rate will be higher.

If you are unlucky enough to inoculate smallpox, you can slap yourself.

After all, if you don’t get vaccinated, you will not necessarily be infected, and if you are infected, you will only have one third of the death rate. And vaccination also has a one-third risk of death, which can be said to be blood loss.

"There is no danger, is it possible?"

The imperial hospital envoy couldn't help but say something, his words were a bit rebellious, and he dared to question the emperor.

However, the matter was very important, and it was against common sense, he couldn't help but doubt it.

The hospital sentenced: "Master Lu said carefully, this is what your Majesty personally said. When did your Majesty miss it? What we have to do is to verify and prove that it is effective and then promote it. If it is invalid, then it will be reported according to the facts. Will be charged with disrespect."

Lu Yuan felt that it made sense after hearing the words, so he began to follow the method given by Wu Changqing, and took people to look for cowpox in person and start testing. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://lightnovelpub.net/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://lightnovelpub.net/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://lightnovelpub.net/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.lightnovelpub.net/read/149212/In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 502 Mitianpo), and open it next time You can see it on the bookshelf! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (lightnovelpub.net)