Seeing that the other party was speechless, Liu Haojia turned to Emperor Wanli and said, "Your Majesty, regarding the first matter where Ning Yushi and others falsely accused me, I have already defended myself! I feel that I am not guilty!"
Emperor Wanli was extremely happy at this time! But he still tried his best to keep a straight face and said: "I wonder what Mr. Zhang and the elders think?"
Zhang Juzheng and several others looked at each other without making a sound. Because they think Ning Yushi and the others are really stupid! He couldn't even handle such a small thing, and he even got beaten up in return! But if they want to deny that what Liu Haojia said is wrong, they cannot say so without conscience. After all, even when they are in their position, they have to cherish their feathers!
When Emperor Wanli saw that Zhang Juzheng and several pavilion elders were silent, he sat up straight and said loudly: "My dear friends, do you still have anything to argue with Liu Aiqing?"
After Emperor Wanli finished his question, the hall fell silent again. Emperor Wanli waited for a moment, and when he saw that no one among the ministers spoke, he said with satisfaction: "Since all of you have no objections, I declare that there is no such thing as Liu Aiqing competing for interests with the people! Now Liu Aiqing can talk about the impeachment of Ning Yushi It’s your second one!”
After Liu Haojia saluted Emperor Wanli, he turned to Censor Ning: "Master Ning, you said that I disobeyed orders and fell into the epidemic area, which caused you a lot of trouble! But do you know what I did in Qinghe Village?"
Ning Yushi braced himself up and said: "What else can you do? You don't understand disaster relief or medical science. You probably just stay in the village every day and refuse to show up!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said? : "Master Ning is indeed worthy of being a royal censor. He is telling lies right out of the gate! Without hesitation, he will accuse me of a big crime!"
After Liu Haojia said this, all the censors looked at him angrily! This bastard spoke so viciously that he knocked everyone down with one stroke! Especially those censors who did not stand up felt aggrieved!
But before they could refute, they heard Liu Haojia say: "When you thought I was hiding, I was actually busy fighting smallpox! Thanks to my efforts, not one person died in the two villages of Qinghe Village and Xiaoqinghe Village! Moreover, I was busy fighting smallpox!" I also vaccinated all the people in the two villages who were not sick with pox, and no one died! This is because I invented a new method of vaccination, which can guarantee that no one will die!"
Liu Haojia's words reverberated throughout the temple like thunder, shocking everyone with their mouths agape! They thought they would hear Liu Haojia argue, but they didn't expect him to release such big news!
Ning Yushi went crazy when he heard the news! Not only was his first article of impeachment against Liu Haojia dismissed in an understatement, but he was hit with a backhand blow by the opponent, leaving him bruised and swollen! Although Emperor Wanli has not pursued his issue yet, it is only because Liu Haojia has not yet defended the second matter. After he finishes his argument, he will be punished if he can't help it!
Thinking of this, he shouted with all his strength: "This is impossible! How can you, a ignorant boy, do this?"
Liu Haojia said with pride in the surprised eyes of the ministers: "Your Majesty will naturally be able to tell whether I am lying! Besides, there is no way to hide whether there are dead people in Qinghe Village or Xiaoqinghe Village!"
At this time, Censor Ning said loudly: "Please send the Censor to thoroughly investigate the matter in Hecun and expose this person's lies!"
Emperor Wanli said easily: "There is no need to send a censor! Because I had already sent someone to verify this matter when Liu Aiqing reported it a few days ago! Zhang Jia, please tell me!"
Zhang Jia took a step forward and said: "My servant has arranged for the factory guards and Jinyi guards to jointly investigate the matters in Qinghe Village some time ago. They came back the day before yesterday!"
Emperor Wanli asked cooperatively: "What did the people who came back say?"
At this time, the ministers no longer cared about despising the master and servant for acting, they were very eager to hear the result! Just listen to Zhang Jia loudly say: "The people sent by the servants reported that no one in the Qinghe Village of Qinghe Village died under Master Liu's treatment! Moreover, Master Liu did inoculate all the people who were not infected with pox, and all the people who were infected were None of the people who were vaccinated died! Among them, the youngest one was five years old and the oldest one was seventy-one years old! And all the villagers said that Mr. Liu worked very hard during the disaster relief period. He was very hands-on and even spent his own money to help the villagers buy things. I eat a lot of meat to replenish my body! The villagers all say that Mr. Liu is the reincarnation of Pusa!"
Zhang Jia praised Liu Haojia without any courtesy! But the ministers didn't hear his praise of Liu Haojia at all, because they were already stuck in whispering! The voices of discussion became louder and louder, and the rules of the court meeting were completely forgotten!
Not to mention them, even the elders sitting in the front row were extremely surprised! But fortunately, due to their status, their Qi-nurturing skills were pretty good, so they didn't lose their composure like the ministers!
After a while, Zhang Juzheng, whose face was a little flushed, woke up from the shock. He repeatedly waved his hand to the censor who was responsible for supervising the behavior of the ministers, indicating that he should maintain discipline. But he waved his hand twice before the censor reacted, and then he blushed and shouted loudly: "Quiet! Be careful of the impropriety in front of the emperor!"
After being reminded by the censor, the officials finally calmed down, but everyone still looked excited! At this time, Zhang Juzheng stood up and said: "Mr. Liu, I don't ask you whether the truth is true or not. Come to think of it, you don't dare to lie on this matter! The truth only asks you, what method did you use to inoculate the villagers with pox?" ?”
Facing Zhang Juzheng's inquiry, Liu Haojia didn't dare to take advantage of it. He immediately bowed and said: "Master Prime Minister, what I'm inoculating the villagers with is cowpox!"
After hearing this, the ministers made another low noise, but soon became quiet. Zhang Juzheng twirled his beard, concealed his surprise and asked: "What is the cowpox you are talking about? Is it taken from the pox buds on the cow as the source?"
Liu Haojia said: "That's it! The official thought that since smallpox can be used, it means that the toxicity of smallpox has been reduced after passing through the human body! But it is still too toxic for ordinary people! So the official thought , if smallpox can be passed through a strong and large animal, its toxicity may be reduced a lot, so I bought ten cows to try it out! Fortunately, thanks to your majesty's great blessing, cowpox is really a thing Success!"
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said, "What happened to those cows in the end?"
For Zhang Juzheng, the new method of preventing smallpox is good, but the cost is too high and it is useless if it is not promoted! After all, cattle are extremely expensive in this era!
