With Zhang Juzheng's words, although Emperor Wanli and Liu Haojia wanted to pursue them, they could only suppress them temporarily. Then the morning court ended amid heated discussions among the officials.
As the morning court ended, the news of cowpox spread throughout the capital in an instant! Everyone was very excited for a while! It should be noted that the news of smallpox in Henan has reached the capital, which has already made people panic! It was finally quiet after the smallpox subsided. As a result, this good news came out again, so naturally everyone wanted to discuss it!
However, Liu Haojia had lost the opportunity to pursue him early on. How could he let go of such an opportunity? So he directly arranged for all his confidants to dress up and take to the streets to spread the news! The main content is that there were treacherous ministers in the court who framed him, but he still overcame all difficulties and developed cowpox to benefit all people! At the same time, he also spent a lot of money to help him spread the word! So for a while, the whole capital was talking about Liu Haojia and cowpox, as well as the news about his confrontation with the censor!
In the Difan Tower, many scribes were discussing cowpox while drinking tea. After discussing the benefits of cowpox, an official sighed and said: "This cowpox is indeed a good thing for the country and the people! It's just that such a thing was brought out by a military man. It really shouldn't be done!"
Lu Tianhua was also drinking tea in the teahouse today. He heard this and said: "In fact, in Lu's opinion, it doesn't matter who caused the cowpox. Anyway, it is always a good thing that benefits the country and the people! It's just that Liu Haojia has some minor achievements. Being aggressive and even humiliating Master Ning and other officials in the temple is simply unbecoming of a man!"
Someone beside him interjected and said: "It is indeed true! This person's behavior is simply disgusting! It can be seen that these warriors are narrow-minded and narrow-minded people! It's a good thing that the princes can suppress the warriors, otherwise if they If you are in power, I am afraid that the people will not be able to make a living, and the country will be ruined!"
Lu Tianhua nodded and said: "Yes, that's the truth! Such a vulgar person doesn't even know what's going on, but he says that Master Ning and others fell into his trap by mistake! Don't you know that it's not a big deal if Master Ning is wrong? As the saying goes, change it if it exists, and encourage it if it doesn’t!"
Someone else said: "I heard that Peng Yuan of Tai Hospital is going to verify the cowpox. I don't know what the results of the verification are. I'm just thinking, how can something from this cow be used in humans? How can this person be compared with an animal? What? It can be seen that Liu Haojia did this without thinking! He should have thought of some other solutions instead of getting cowpox!"
Lu Tianhua heard this and said: "Well said! Liu Haojia must have not considered this! What a shame those stupid people don't understand anything, but they praise him to the sky! But we should publicize this matter well and don't let him He is so proud!"
When everyone heard this, they all agreed and criticized what Liu Haojia had done! It should be noted that if you are looking for trouble, you can even be picky! What's more, the people sitting in this building are all the smartest people in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, they will criticize Liu Haojia to pieces!
But their words were also heard by old man Zhang who came into the building to deliver beans. After delivering the beans, he leaned on the counter and said to the waiter who was weighing the tea: "Xiao Wu, isn't it a good thing that Mr. Liu got cowpox? Why do these adults seem so unhappy?"
Xiao Wu lowered his head and fiddled with the tea leaves and said casually: "What's the matter? It's just jealousy! If this cowpox was made by their hands, I'm afraid it would be blown to the sky by now!"
Old man Zhang nodded and said seriously: "I guess that's the case! But it's useless for them to be jealous. After all, Mr. Liu is more powerful! I'm afraid he will get promoted and make a fortune this time!"
The waiter raised his head and said to everyone who was discussing how to trouble Liu Haojia: "Do you think these officials will let him take the credit happily? Forget it!"
Old Man Zhang sighed and said, "But this is a good thing! If you don't get credit, who will be willing to do these thankless things in the future? Now I'm afraid people all over the world are grateful to Mr. Liu for his good skills!"
The waiter carefully wrapped the weighed tea leaves in his hand and said: "What's the use of ordinary people being grateful? This matter is not the official's final decision! He has offended so many people in the court, how can they let him Getting promoted so easily?"
After hearing this, Old Man Zhang sighed repeatedly and said, "This is not right! This is not right!"
The waiter tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Does this matter have nothing to do with you? You'd better sell your beans quickly!"
After saying that, the waiter took the tea leaves and stored them in the cupboard, ignoring Old Man Zhang. Seeing no one to talk to, he could only shake his head and sigh before going out to cook beans.
Now the situation in the capital has become polarized, and the official circles are very indifferent to this matter. Especially when the civil servants didn’t even mention it! If I have to mention it, I will say "This matter needs to be verified!"
The public gave Liu Haojia overwhelming praise! Words such as "wonderful hands and benevolent heart" and "ten thousand Buddhas are born" are constantly thrown at Liu Haojia! Especially under his promotion, after the incident of his confrontation with Yushi Ning and others in the court was spread, there was actually a story about the Jin Yiwei fighting against the traitor being circulated among the people!
As expected, this treacherous minister fell upon the censors of the Inspectorate, which made them extremely angry! Because in the past, censors represented upright officials! If you listen to folk stories in the past, you will know that the main person who punishes corrupt officials is the selfless censor! But now their reputation has been ruined and they have become villains!
During the heated discussion among the people, everyone was thinking about what titles and official positions Liu Haojia should be given for having made such a great contribution. Some people have even asserted that the court must find a marquis to achieve such a great feat as drawing blood!
But while the people are waiting hard, the officialdom has become increasingly deserted, and no one is discussing this matter at all! Only the nobles gave a few words of support at the court, but then they disappeared! As for the civil servants, they all said the same thing in unison, "It needs to be verified!"!
As for Peng Yuanzheng of Taiyuan Hospital, I don’t know what his psychology was. Maybe he really wanted to verify the correct use of cowpox. He set up 20 pilot areas across the country to verify the impact of cowpox on cattle breeds and local populations. reaction.
So as time went by, the officialdom and the people slowly cooled down on the sudden emergence of cowpox. Emperor Wanli couldn't get a clear answer even after urging him several times. He was so angry that he lost his temper several times in the palace!
