Zhu Yuanzhang was full of confidence in his little good grandson.
Thinking of various abilities such as governing Guangzhou and pacifying Japanese pirates, he was even more confident that he could hand over the power of supervising the country. It didn't matter if he even rebelled. As long as his good grandson could succeed, he could give up the throne happily.
By doing this, you can also see how good Sun Jianguo is.
"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, for your trust."
Zhu Xuan got up, stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and bowed, then raised his token and said: "Jiang Gu, immediately lead the imperial guards and control the entire palace. All ministers who enter the palace cannot leave and must stay in the palace. I will arrange someone else to take care of their food and accommodation."
"yes!"
Jiang Wei immediately mobilized the Jin Yiwei to make various arrangements.
"Grandpa Huang, your personal guards, the twenty-six guards, my grandson doesn't want them. My grandson only wants the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and the Beijing Camp."
Zhu Xuan added: "My grandson will go to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion immediately. Someone will send an order to all the officials in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion in Beijing to finish their rest and come back to obey the order!"
After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Zhu Yuanzhang, then left the palace and went outside.
The Beijing Camp outside Yingtian City is still relatively closed. Under normal circumstances, even during the Chinese New Year, no one can enter or exit the military camp at will, and the soldiers are basically fine.
As long as various defensive measures are taken, soldiers in the Beijing camp can use it.
"Send someone to contact my second brother and meet me at the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion later."
Walking outside Qianqing Palace, Zhu Xuan thought for a while and said again.
The transfer in the palace begins first.
A large number of Jinyi guards were arranged to enter the palace, as well as Jinwu guards, Yulin guards, etc. also entered the city.
The palace was quickly sealed, and all the main halls, as well as the harem, were subsequently controlled by the Jin Yiwei.
This can protect the safety of the emperor and the palace, and also prevent ministers from coming in from outside and carrying the virus and spreading it.
Although officials have five days off during the Chinese New Year, central officials such as the cabinet and the six ministries are very important and have to deal with a lot of matters, so they only have two days off.
After two days, you have to consciously come back early and work overtime.
In addition, the place that needs special care is the East Palace.
Yan Guan brought back a lot of alcohol from the factory and put it in bottles originally prepared for perfume. First, he sprayed a circle of alcohol around the East Palace to disinfect it completely.
For a time, people in the palace were panicked.
There are also many ministers who think that His Majesty is going to kill someone again.
His hands were unclean, and officials who had been corrupt were so frightened that their legs weakened and they panicked.
"Master Jiang, what happened?"
In the Wenhua Pavilion, the current cabinet minister Wang Pu saw Jiang Yu coming to the cabinet, and he first asked worriedly.
Jiang Wei said: "Smallpox has appeared in Yingtian Mansion, and the emperor's eldest grandson in the East Palace has a fever. In order to prevent the spread of the virus in the palace, from now on, all of you, sir, must stay in the palace. You cannot step out of the cabinet, otherwise, Kill without mercy."
Wang Dun exclaimed when he heard that smallpox had appeared in the capital.
In the cabinet, other ministers, as well as the Imperial College students who came to intern and help read the memorial, were also frightened.
Smallpox can kill people.
Many people will die.
The eldest grandson of the emperor in the East Palace has become ill. If smallpox spreads in the palace, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty may be gone.
Of course, some of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were peaceful, but there were also some who were restless.
If something happens to Yingtian and the vassal kings fight to seize power, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!
"Is your Majesty okay?"
Wang Dun asked worriedly.
Jiang Wei said: "Your Majesty is fine. He is in Qianqing Palace. Just like you, he will not leave Qianqing Palace until all preventive measures are taken. We, the Jinyi Guards, will disinfect the various memorials from the cabinet and send them to Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, just be fine!"
Wang Duan breathed a sigh of relief.
The Han people's country has finally been stable for decades, and they don't want to see it fall into war again.
Jiang Wei explained to the cabinet for a while, and then hurried to other places to arrange for people to explain the reasons to the ministers.
Many ministers who came back to work overtime felt that something was not right when they went out in the morning. Now that they got the news of smallpox, they couldn't help but feel flustered and frightened.
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Currently, the only commanders-in-chief of the Fifth Army remaining in the capital are Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong.
After receiving the order, they immediately returned to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.
"Jiujiang!"
As soon as Xu Huizu entered the door, he saw Li Jinglong already pacing back and forth inside and said: "The palace suddenly summoned me, something seems to be going on. In addition, the atmosphere in the nearest city seems not quite right."
Jiujiang is Li Jinglong’s small name.
When Li Jinglong saw him coming in, he stopped and frowned: "I also think something big might be going on. I heard that there are many patients with fevers and headaches in Yingtian Mansion."
He had received some news and cooperated with today's summons, so he saw that there was something wrong.
The atmosphere in the city now is indeed not right, it is lifeless.
This is the time for big things to happen.
"Cousin, Brother Xu!"
At this time, Zhu Xuan strode in.
"Why are you here, Your Highness?"
Xu Huizu said.
Zhu Xuan walked into the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and came in front of them. He took out the token in his left hand and the tiger talisman in his right hand, and said loudly: "I came here with the order of Grandpa Huang. Now smallpox has appeared in Yingtian Mansion, and the virus is spreading." It spreads rapidly, and the source is unknown. Countless people are infected and have fevers and headaches. The emperor ordered me to supervise the country and deal with the epidemic. From now on, the commander-in-chief of the five armies can only obey my orders."
Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu looked at each other.
Tokens and tiger charms are not easy to obtain.
If Zhu Xuan was able to get it and bring it here, he must have received His Majesty's permission.
But when they heard the word "smallpox", they suddenly panicked.
Those who got sick, turned out to be smallpox?
It still broke out in Yingtian Mansion, which was one of the most populous places in the Ming Dynasty.
How many people are going to die?
"I obey your orders!"
They said at the same time.
Zhu Xuan continued: "Do you have a map of Yingtian Mansion?"
"have!"
Li Jinglong immediately took it out and spread it in front of Zhu Xuan.
Zhu Xuan picked up his pen, looked at the map, divided it into multiple areas, and then said: "Go to the capital camp now and mobilize Shence Guards, Ying Tianwei, Hu Ben Guards, etc., and all the guardsmen you can mobilize, Immediately seal off the entire Yingtian Mansion and control all access roads. No one can leave without my order."
"In addition, according to the areas I divided on the map, I will send all troops to control them."
"I ordered the officials of each county under my rule to cooperate and control all areas as soon as possible, and no one is allowed to enter or exit."
"Find a suitable place outside the city to set up camp, and bring all those infected with smallpox to the camp for centralized isolation and treatment."
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Zhu Xuan immediately gave them various orders.
In ancient times, the most common and best way to deal with plague was to isolate, isolate everything, and block everything.
Gather the sick together, lock down the healthy people, and don't let them move around, so the scope of infection won't be expanded.
After all, plague was basically untreatable in ancient times.
