At Liu Jin's house in the capital, Liu Jin was leisurely drinking afternoon tea and reading the newspaper.
"A smallpox outbreak occurred among the descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty in Huangjinzhou, and the death toll increased dramatically!"
Liu Jin looked at the Daming Medical Journal in his hand and couldn't help but fall silent.
Do you want to save those Indians?
Although smallpox is terrible, as long as you use cowpox prevention, you can very effectively form antibodies to resist smallpox. Based on the current medical level of Daming Medical College, it should not be difficult to develop cowpox prevention.
But the key now is whether to save these Indians.
Now on the Golden Continent, although there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, they are almost all over the west coast of the Golden Continent, and there are even a large number of colonial strongholds on the east coast.
However, compared with the number of aboriginal Indians in the Golden Continent, it is still very small. According to the current situation, there should be tens of millions of Indians in the entire Golden Continent.
The Ming Dynasty wanted to monopolize the Golden Continent, and these Indians were a problem that needed to be faced.
Although Liu Jin has always been promoting in Huangjinzhou that these Indians are one family with the Ming people and that they are descendants of the Yin Shang, this is just a propaganda slogan.
Even though they once had the same ancestor, they were separated for so many years after all. Apart from being somewhat similar in appearance, they are very different in other aspects.
On the Golden Continent, there are too many of them, which will be extremely detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's future rule of the Golden Continent.
They may surrender to Ming now because they lag behind Ming in many aspects, but what about in the future?
Everything is hard to say.
This is why Liu Jin hesitated.
But if you don't save them, you'll be slapping yourself in the face again. They claim to be a family, but then they refuse to save them when they are really in trouble. This doesn't seem to make sense.
Liu Jin was quite sympathetic to the experiences of Indians in history.
But at Liu Jin's position, personal sympathy cannot affect the direction of the Ming Empire. There are many tribes that sympathize with Liu Jin, but those that should be eliminated still need to be eliminated.
Because in the final analysis, it is for the sake of Ming Dynasty and a wider living space. If you are soft-hearted today, your enemies may not be soft-hearted towards you in the future.
"When someone comes, they immediately send an order to Daming Medical College, asking them to study smallpox and study ways to prevent it. Tell them that there seems to be a way abroad that can use smallpox on cowpox to vaccinate people, and they can produce antibodies.
Will be infected with smallpox again, let them study it carefully."
After thinking about it, Liu Jin immediately shouted.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, a servant took the order and hurried to Daming Medical College.
"Whether we can save it or not, at least we need to research this technology first. Smallpox is not a trivial matter. Once it breaks out, the number of deaths will be very high."
"Nowadays, the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Huanghuangzhou are still very close, and the population of the Beijing-Tianjin area of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded ten million. With such a large and dense population, it is natural to prevent smallpox."
"There is no other way. I can only lower your total number first, but then I will rescue you after reaching a certain number."
Liu Jin thought so in his heart.
The number of native Indians in Golden Continent must be reduced, and large-scale massacres cannot be carried out by oneself, but since smallpox has broken out, let it be done by smallpox.
The allure of Golden Continent is really too great.
There are vast plains here and the land is fertile. As long as we occupy this plain in the Northern Golden Continent, we will not have to worry about food problems in the future.
There are huge resources here, including oil, natural gas, iron ore, coal, gold, and silver. You can get almost anything you want. It is simply a chosen land. Putting it in the hands of the Indians would be a waste of resources.
"Sir, the governor of Jiangxi and the governor of southern Ganxi want to see you!"
While Liu Jin was deep in thought, a servant came to Liu Jin and asked for instructions in a low voice.
"Didn't I tell you earlier that I wouldn't see anyone?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said seriously.
Most of the feudal officials from all over the country have arrived in the capital, and they will start reporting on their duties in two days. The results of the examination for the fifteenth year of Hongzhi will be released soon.
Therefore, Liu Jin's house has not been clean in the past few days. There are people asking to see him every day. Of course, Liu Jin has not seen them at all.
Although in terms of rank, Liu Jin is only a second-rank official, and all the feudal officials in various places are second-rank, which is only one level higher. There is no need for Liu Jin to put on such a big air.
However, this examination system and work report system were proposed by Liu Jin himself, and naturally they must be implemented. Emperor Hongzhi and the cabinet ministers above are also watching, as are officials at all levels below.
Let's see if Liu Jin can stick to this system to the end, and see if Liu Jin can be selfless.
"Yes~"
When the servants heard this, they left immediately.
"It looks like we have to replace some servants again."
Liu Jin looked at the leaving servants and thought for a moment.
As his official position became larger and larger, he held a higher and more powerful position, and as he became a popular person around Emperor Hongzhi, more and more people came to ask for his services.
The servants in the family also received a lot of benefits.
As for the report just now, I had already ordered not to see the guests, but this servant still came to report. It was obvious that he must have benefited.
You can't blame yourself for these servants still not remembering things that you have given many times.
Outside the gate of Liu Mansion, inside a four-wheeled carriage, Jiangxi Governor Zhang Tianyu and Gannan Governor Lu Zongxue were waiting anxiously. Each of them had a box prepared beside them, which was filled with banknotes from the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty.
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(Don’t wonder why there are two governors in Jiangxi. In the eighth year of Hongzhi’s reign, Jiangxi and southern Gansu were in chaos. Bandits were everywhere and banditry was serious. In order to suppress bandits, Emperor Hongzhi set up a governor in southern Ganxi specifically to suppress bandits.
Historically, classmate Wang Shouren served as the governor of southern Jiangxi and was promoted for his success in suppressing bandits. Later, he encountered the rebellion of King Ning and captured King Ning.)
The reason why the two of them came to visit Liu Jin was naturally to go to the back so that they could successfully pass the exam and report on their work.
"I don't know if Mr. Liu will see us."
Jiangxi Governor Zhang Tianyu said with a sad face.
To be honest, since Liu Jin came to power, his good days have come to an end. He is one of the kind of officials who have nothing to do. He was able to become the governor because he was from Zhejiang and relied on his relationship with Xie Qian, a fellow villager.
Yes, and even if his body is a vegetarian, he is still a corrupt official, and he is also famously corrupt here in Jiangxi.
Liu Jin came up with the examination system, and he also had to go to the capital for official reports like them, which made his life difficult. The first thing he thought of was to go to the back.
As for Lu Zongxue, the governor of southern Jiangxi, he is also a mediocre official. He is not greedy, but he has little ability and is a vegetarian.
The position of governor of southern Jiangxi was originally dedicated to suppressing bandits, but during his reign, the banditry in southern Jiangxi became more and more serious. Naturally, he was very panicked when he went to Beijing to report on his duties this time.
"I heard that Mr. Liu is selfless, so I'm afraid he won't see us."
Lu Zongxue, the governor of southern Jiangxi, thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.
Everyone looked sad. What should I say in this report?
He has no confidence at all, and he actually knows very well whether he is doing well in this position. This southern part of Ganxi is the thoroughfare of four provinces and is located in an important transportation area. However, banditry is serious, and bandits are suppressed.
They can't be wiped out completely.
Another problem now is that the imperial court is planning to build a cement highway from Nanchang, Jiangxi, all the way south to Guangdong and Guangxi, which will pass through Ganzhou.
The construction of the highway will start next year. If there is a problem in southern Ganxi by then, he, the governor of southern Ganxi, will be in trouble.
Of course, if it was in the past, when Liu Jin had not yet become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, they would naturally not have anything to worry about. There was no official evaluation system, and there was no need to go to Beijing to report on their duties.
Whether you can be promoted depends on whether your connections are strong enough, whether you have enough money, and whether you can connect the links. This is how Zhang Tianyu, the governor of Jiangxi, got promoted, and he also has enough connections with Lu Zongxue.
But things are different now. Liu Jin has become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, known as the Heavenly Official, and is in charge of the officials of the world. Everything in the past is no longer easy to work.
Not only did he have to pass the exam, but he also had to go to Beijing to report on his work. The key was that money was hard to come by, and his network of connections was no longer accessible to Liu Jin. But there was nothing anyone could do against Liu Jin.
To be honest, there have been countless memorials to impeach Liu Jin. Whether it is local officials or officials at court, they deeply hate the examination system and duty reporting system created by Liu Jin.
This is not just looking for trouble, deliberately preventing everyone from having a good life.
Don't you feel comfortable drinking tea and reading newspapers every day?
Do you have to do everything possible to torture yourself to live a comfortable life?
Therefore, there were as many memorials to impeach Liu Jin as snowflakes, and there were even censors and officials in court to impeach Liu Jin.
However, Emperor Hongzhi ignored these. Liu Jin himself was thick-skinned enough. He is not even thirty yet. If you impeach me, I will go home to retire?
"Master Zhang, Master Lu, our master has said that he will not see guests!"
The two of them didn't wait too long, and the servants of Liu Jin's house hurriedly came out and replied.
"Okay, sorry to trouble you, little brother!"
Zhang Tianyu smiled and nodded in reply.
Soon, the carriage drove the two of them away and headed towards the house of Xie Qian, the cabinet scholar.
"I can only go to visit Mr. Xie and ask for his advice."
Zhang Tianyu helplessly replied to Lu Zongxue that Zhang Tianyu was from Jiangnan. A few years ago, if there were many officials from Jiangnan in the DPRK, his path would be easy, but now, there are not many left.
