The Ming Dynasty started with caution

It was getting dark, and the palace gates were still closed for half an hour.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi is carefully reading the urgent reports sent from Shandong and Henan.

The bandits in Shandong and Henan formed a climate and captured many cities and territories. They had just captured Jinxiang County in Shandong, and Si Duyan, the chief envoy of Shandong, sent back a report.

"I really can't understand why Hou Zhao ascended the throne and deployed so many troops?"

Liu Jian sighed, he couldn't understand either.

Military disasters and epidemic disasters come together.

Jiang Mian said: "In Binzhou, Linxiong, Changle, Rizhao, Qufu and other places, the officers and soldiers were retreating steadily, and thieves even invaded the Confucius Mansion.

Rumor has it that a serious illness occurred in Shandong. The symptoms were that the whole body was hot, the limbs were like a hot stove for a long time, and the patient would die after falling into a coma, which sounded like wind and cold. "

After the great epidemic, the people turned to bandits, and there were more thieves.

Shandong and Henan are not wealthy, and it is said that cannibalism still exists. Unfortunately, Wang Ji is not in the capital.

The hall fell into silence.

At this time, Xiao Jing walked in: "Your Majesty, the imperial guards have reported back that Li Qing'e has a fever. Do you want to report it to Queen Mother Zhang?"

Empress Dowager Zhang ordered that if Qing'e was ill, she should report it to her.

But it was now midnight, and it was almost time to go to bed. If the Queen Mother knew this, she might not be able to sleep all night.

"Suffering from a fever?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian: "Will the epidemic in Qufu spread to the capital?"

"Li Qing'e has not left the house, I think it is wrong."

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi said: "Where is Yan Chengjin? Wang Ji is not in the capital. Do you want to send Liu Wentai to take a look?"

Among the doctors in the market, he only believed in Wang Ji.

The imperial doctors in the palace have been practicing medicine for generations and know more diseases than ordinary doctors, and they may be able to cure this disease.

Xiao Jing said: "Master Yan is looking for someone to pull out the bark of the willow tree."

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled: "What are you doing pulling out willow bark?"

Liu Jian's eyes flashed a few times. He must be using willow bark to treat diseases. "If this disease can be cured, there may be a cure for serious diseases in Shandong."

"Send someone to find out!"

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Early in the morning, Yan Chengjin sat in meditation in Huimin Pharmacy.

I have heard that aspirin can be made from willow bark, but how much willow bark is needed to make it? Whether to use raw willow bark or dead willow bark.

After all, drinking too much medicine might kill someone.

Hu Dalong held the booklet and boiled twenty medicine jars in front of him, ranging from two cents, three cents... one cent, two cents... to one tael of willow bark.

Willow bark and dead willow bark are used to give these medicinal decoctions to people suffering from fever.

"Master Yan, can this really cure diseases? If it kills people..."

Hu Dalong was worried. After all, Yan Chengjin was not a doctor, and Doctor Wang was not in the capital.

If this thing is poisonous, it won't be as simple as killing one person.

It killed dozens of people!

Ling Chi didn't even say that he was going to jail, and he couldn't bear the thought of killing so many people.

Yan Chengjin said: "I don't know either." He was only 50% sure that willow leaves could be fried into tea and willow bark could be used as medicine.

But I really don’t know if overdose will kill people.

Testing pharmacology is usually done by doctors, just like Shen Nong tasting herbs, but this time it is used directly on patients.

Ye Zhun knew that this was no child's play, and even Yan Chengjin could not disregard human life.

He hurried back to the palace to report.

At dawn, the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi put on his obscene clothes and just walked out of the palace.

Xiao Jing walked in, glanced at the Queen Mother Zhang, and then at the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi, and then whispered: "Yan Chengjin has people testing the medicine. The doctor said it might kill people."

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi's eyes widened. If he used a death row prisoner to test the medicine, he would be forgiven.

Yan Chengjin actually let the people take it directly?

"Is this guy still in Huimin Pharmacy?"

"Here, I will send him to the palace right now."

A quarter of an hour later, in Fengtian Palace.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi stared at Yan Chengjin with a calm expression on his face: "Miracle Doctor Wang is not in the capital. How dare you test the medicine on ordinary people? If you are poisoned, who will detoxify it?"

Liu Jian and others had just heard about it.

This man used willow bark to make soup and gave it to the sick people, but these people were still kept in the dark.

Jiang Min took a deep look at Yan Chengjin: "Master Yan should be somewhat confident in doing this, right?"

Yan Chengjin went directly to find willow bark with a very clear purpose, as if he knew that willow bark could cure diseases.

This is very suspicious.

Yan Chengjin is not a doctor, so how does he know that willow bark can cure diseases?

"I know something about it. I guess willow trees can cure fever, so I want to give it a try."

Yan Chengjin said lightly.

He went straight to the willow bark, with such an obvious intention. The Supreme Emperor and the princes were not stupid. If they made up lies, they would deceive the king.

Even if he just admitted it directly, he wouldn't be punished.

Han Fu, the minister of Dali Temple, said: "Master Yan is ignorant of pharmacology, how can he use common people to test medicine?"

He is in charge of one of the three law divisions, and he does not hesitate to violate the law. If someone is killed, he can arrest someone.

Zhang Sheng nodded and said, "I know that Master Yan is eager to save his wife, but he cannot be so reckless as to use ordinary people to test the medicine..."

At this time, Xiao Jing strode in with Yun Zhan in his arms and knelt on the ground with a thud.

I originally thought that Yan Chengjin would be criticized by all the princes.

As soon as I came out from going to the toilet, I heard the factory guard running back to report that the people's fever had gone away and willow bark was really useful.

He knew that Yan Chengjin would not go to Willow Bark for no reason, he must know something.

"Your Majesty, the person who took the medicine last night at 11:00 is now relieved of his fever."

The sound in the hall suddenly stopped.

Jiang Mian and other ministers turned around and looked at Yan Chengjin in disbelief.

Can you guess this?

The retired emperor Hongzhi looked stiff, and he was more certain that this boy was the auspicious sign of the Ming Dynasty. He could cure diseases by guessing anything.

"Does Mr. Yan know about the epidemic in Shandong and Henan? It was also caused by fever. Can willow be used to treat it?"

"I don't know either."

Fever has many causes. Li Qing'e had inflammation from her wound.

But he didn't know about the Shandong incident, so he couldn't swear.

What can be confirmed is that the appearance of natural aspirin was more than two hundred years earlier than later generations, and it appeared in the Ming Dynasty, which can also be written into his patent.

As for the uprisings in many places, it is not surprising. In history, rebellions broke out in many places during the Zhengde period.

It's just that the history of Zhengde mostly depicts the fight between civil officials and Liu Jin, so it was covered up.

Liu Jian bowed: "I think we should send Deng Xi to Shandong to suppress the bandits and use willow bark as medicine to give it to the people to try."

Deng Xi was the governor of Henan. He came from the Ministry of War and once guarded Datong during the Hongzhi Dynasty.

Jiang Mian nodded: "Perhaps there are other reasons for the bandits to start the rebellion. We should send the governor to investigate thoroughly and order the local government to defend the city walls. Those who dare to abandon the city will be executed!"

The government was afraid of the bandits and ran away before the battle.

The bandits captured able-bodied men in the abandoned city, which made them stronger and stronger.

The Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin: "What do you think?"

"We need to send another 50,000 troops from the capital to attack Henan and Shandong. The farming season has arrived, so we should fight quickly and make a quick decision."

As soon as the words fell, the flesh on the faces of Liu Jian and Xie Qian trembled.

Just a mere bandit, 50,000 troops were sent to fight. They never fought so hard to deal with the Tatars.

The Emperor Hongzhi said: "Send 30,000 people."