After Yao Wenyuan finished speaking, Xiao Ruxun nodded seriously.
"At the end of the day, it's because of the lack of execution and the decline of the authority of the central government. The policy of benefiting the people that was carried out by the central government had to be implemented by people. When it comes to the local governments, they have to adapt to the local environment and cooperate with the local tyrants and evil gentry. They often become their tools to accumulate wealth.
For example, Wang Anshi's Qing Miao Law is a typical case of misplaced execution. It's hard to avoid it because the local forces are intertwined. A strong dragon can't suppress a local snake. It's already good enough if the central government's decree can be implemented to some extent. This is another reason why I launched the land reform. "
Xiao Ruxun looked serious and his tone was very bad.
"Daqin is not the former Ming Dynasty. Daqin only has one strong dragon. The local snakes are not allowed. If any local snake dares to stir up trouble and act as a demon under my eyes, I'll make him regret being reincarnated as a human. I'll make him not dare to be a human for the rest of his life."
Xiao Ruxun's words were cold and murderous. It made the officials tremble uncontrollably.
"The policy that I'm going to implement must be done. I have ways to find out who dares to distort my original intention, use it for profit, and harm the people. When that time comes, don't blame me for being merciless. These are my words. When you go back, tell these words to your subordinates so that they know what I'm going to do.
After they go down, if they encounter someone who only obeys but secretly disobeys, if there are signs of local forces reappearing, immediately kill them. No matter who it is, I'm not joking when I say that I want to restore the Han Dynasty's Lingyi system! "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
A group of officials knelt on the ground.
"Get up. Yao Qing, continue."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Yao Wenyuan then explained some of the situation that he understood, as well as the key points and difficulties of implementing the Huimin Pharmacy throughout the country. In the end, he summed it up very well.
"The key is still money and implementation. It's easy to build a house for the Huimin Pharmacy, and it's not difficult to find a doctor. The difficulty is to ensure an adequate supply of medicinal materials and how to make it affordable for everyone."
Xiao Ruxun was silent.
This kind of thing was still a big problem even in modern times, let alone in this era.
Even in modern times, there were still people who couldn't afford to see a doctor. With the current productivity of the Daqin, it was simply a pipe dream to promote free medical care. In a few years, the imperial court would go bankrupt.
As for medical insurance, it was just a thought. People still could not fill their stomachs, so where would they find the money to buy medical insurance? It would not really benefit the poor farmers at the bottom of the social ladder. It would not help them get rid of the situation where they had to grit their teeth and try their luck when they were sick.
This was also a hundred-year plan. It wasn't something that his generation could accomplish, but he couldn't let nature take its course just because his generation couldn't accomplish it. He couldn't watch his people die so miserably and helplessly. He had to do something.
Everything was difficult at the beginning, the process was difficult, and the end was even more difficult. The path was difficult to the end, and the problems were endless. There were always more problems than methods, but this was not a reason not to do it.
If he didn't do it, how could there be any hope?
Xiao Ruxun decided to at least start with protecting a portion of the people, and slowly expand to more people.
It was unrealistic and impossible to expand to all the people at once. Even if he expanded the current wealth of the Daqin national treasury by ten times, it would still be a drop in the ocean. But at least, he had to set the rules and make a framework to lay the foundation for future development.
As for the people he couldn't take care of … it was really beyond the reach of humans.
The wealth of the Daqin needed to be expanded. It needed to be expanded, and it needed to plunder wealth from the colonies. It needed to suck the blood of the indigenous people to make the people of the Daqin healthy and strong.
With the total amount of resources and wealth in the world, it was impossible for everyone to live a good life. But he would seize the opportunity to let all the people of the Daqin live a good life in the future. As for the others, it didn't matter.
"Let's start from the North and South of Zhili, the 13 Administrative Secretaries, and Myanmar. We will start from the big cities and slowly expand. We have to slow down and accumulate enough experience before expanding. Minister Yao, Huimin Pharmacy will start from these 16 cities."
Yao Wenyuan nodded.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Then, how should we arrange for the medicinal herbs and the doctors?"
"I have already asked Cabinet Elder Ye to arrange for the famous doctors among the people to enter the capital. When the time comes, I will arrange for the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital to hold a joint conference with them to discuss formally. I still have a lot of things to figure out, so I need more time to rest."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yao Wenyuan didn't continue to ask.
"This matter is settled first. Cabinet Elder Li, I will immediately give you an edict. Go and tell Yang Yikui of the Ministry of Works to immediately prepare people to start designing. I want him to send people to these 16 cities to build the new Huimin Pharmacy. Then, Cabinet Elder Ye and the Ministry of Finance will send people to follow up and prepare the funds."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao said together.
Then Xiao Ruxun asked the officials to leave to do their work, leaving Yuan Qingtai, the president of the Imperial Hospital.
"Minister Yuan, has the Imperial Hospital studied the big belly disease in Jiangnan?"
"Your Majesty, the big belly disease exists in Jiangnan, but it is very rare in Jiangbei. I was born in the north and don't know much about the diseases in Jiangnan. But since it is a disease of swelling, we must start from the aspect of reducing swelling. Only by getting rid of the poisonous insects in the abdomen can it be cured. But it is the first time that I have heard of poisonous insects that enter the human body through the skin."
"Do the diseases of poisonous insects that you have studied before all enter from the mouth?"
Xiao Ruxun asked again.
"Yes, the diseases related to poisonous insects recorded in the ancient books are all entered from the mouth and grow in the abdomen. They are harmful to the health of the human body and must be removed with medicine before the human body can recover. Since the poisonous insects in the abdomen can be removed by using the Ferulic Pill, I think it is not a difficult disease."
"Yes, it is not a difficult disease, but the terrible thing is that it is too contagious, making it impossible to guard against. Once the number of infected patients increases, hundreds of thousands or even millions, even if it is a minor disease, it is difficult for the imperial court to deal with it."
Xiao Ruxun sighed.
"Hundreds of thousands or even millions? Isn't that a plague? "
Yuan Qingtai was stunned.
"The contagious power is comparable to the plague, but it will not kill people in such a short time, and it only occurs in Jiangnan, not in Jiangbei, and people will not infect each other, only through the epidemic water. Even so, according to my estimation, the number of people infected in Jiangnan is less than a million, but there are hundreds of thousands. As long as we check, it will be absolutely shocking."
Yuan Qingtai swallowed his saliva.
"Hundreds of thousands? This … is it so serious? "
"This is still an underestimation. Hundreds of thousands of people will lose their labor, and there will be people who will continue to get sick and die. Continuous loss of labor will not only lead to the destruction of families, but also cause great losses to Daqin. Therefore, I must control this insect disaster at all costs."
Xiao Ruxun was eager to think about the countermeasures. He knew that this situation could not continue and must be controlled immediately. If it was delayed, it would be the local people who suffered.
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