Twenty-four years ago, Johnson Chan first set foot on the territory of the Ming Empire - Oyster Mirror [Macao].

At that time, he had just passed a long voyage for more than a year. He took off his monk's robe as soon as he got off the boat, moved into a Chinese-style house, and began to study Eastern philosophy and Confucian classics.

At that time, Matteo Ricci had passed away and was buried in China.

Matteo Ricci's successor and a group of fanatical Catholics believed that Matteo Ricci's "combination of Confucianism" strategy was a betrayal of Catholicism, and strictly prohibited believers from worshiping ancestors and Confucius, which triggered the famous Nanjing lesson plan, causing the Catholicism to lose its foothold in mainland China, and also undermined the favor and friendship of the Ming scholars for Matteo Ricci.

It was in this situation that Johnson Chan entered the Ming Dynasty, relied on Western science and technology to gain the trust of the government and the public, and with the help of Xu Guangqi, he entered the Imperial Heaven Supervision. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Johnson Chan was ordered to cast cannons, and within two years it cast twenty gates, and at the same time translated a large number of practical Western technologies.

Because of the achievements of John Tang, during the eleventh year of Chongzhen, His Majesty the Emperor gave the four words "Qin Bao Tian Xue" and made a plaque and distributed it to the Catholic Halls in various places.

Now, the "Chongzhen Calendar" he participated in the editing has come to an end. The new calendar adopts a combination of East and West, which is far superior to the traditional calendars in the past.

At this critical moment, Johnson Chan was not curious about His Majesty the Emperor summoning him. But he could not understand why the eunuch who came to proclaim the imperial edict used the "Order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." He hoped to meet the crown prince who was known as a child prodigy and was very insightful in science, but the identity of the Imperial Heaven Supervision official made him unable to get what he wanted.

In theory, the Prince of Ming Dynasty could summon all officials and issue his own "orders". However, out of the uniqueness of imperial power and the awe of the king and father, the princes rarely used this right after the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this has a lot to do with the unlucky experience of the princes of Jiajing and Wanli dynasties.

"It is said that the imperial prison, Joshua Chan, met with him!" The eunuch's duck voice came out of the eunuch's official summoning edict.

Finally, Chau Wang sorted out his appearance, followed the steps of the Confucian ministers, and stepped into the Qianqing Gate cautiously and humbly.

This sect is the dividing line between the inner court and the outer court. Johnson Chan had never heard of any foreign ministers who could enter this sect. It seemed that due to the issue of imperial power, a group of ministers rushed in and drove away a concubine who was in power behind the scenes, becoming a "palace transfer case" that has not yet been settled.

When Chau Wang fell to the ground with a trembling bow, he was ordered to raise his head, he finally saw the rare Emperor and his family.

The most supreme family in the Ming Empire.

His mind was completely blank.

"Zhuo Wang," Chongzhen asked the eunuch to show the foreign monk the part related to the Black Death disease, "Is this article exaggerated?"

Joey Wong trembled with his hands and took the new book full of ink. He looked at ten lines at a glance, and was shocked when he read it quickly. It was hard for him to imagine that many people didn’t even know how many countries there were in Europa, and some people could explain the origin of the Black Death so thoroughly!

Is it a material sent by the church? Why haven't I seen it? John Tsang hesitated in his heart and read it again. He soon discovered the problem. The place names and country names listed here are not the standard translation of the church, nor even the translations familiar to the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. This almost transliterated translation, if you read it carefully, is not Latin, but rather a bit like the British island accent.

"Dear Your Majesty," Johnson Chan put down his book, "not only does the records here not exaggerate, but are probably a bit too conservative."

"Conservative?!" Chongzhen was quite shocked.

"When the Black Death spread, every household would die. Anyone with dead people would have a 'P' on the outer walls in black paint." Johnson Chan wrote a letter P in the air and continued: "According to our historical books, all the entire village and the entire town were dead at that time. The great Feilencui - which is mentioned in this book, Florence was almost an empty city."

The emperor and the queen's hearts were both snatched up: "Isn't this a disaster for the destruction of the country?"

"That's right." Johnson Chan lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, the prince must not go out to pacify the army!" Zhou Hou trembled all over and looked at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was also shaken. Although he was stubborn, he was not persistent enough.

Especially when it comes to issues involving the foundation of the country.

——It seems to be a bit too far.

Zhu Ciying originally wanted Johnson Chan to prove the terrible degree of the epidemic in the capital, but who knew that he really scared the emperor and the queen. This was also helpless. Later historians only estimated the average mortality rate at that time, and the horrific memories left by the areas that suffered severely will definitely be exaggerated.

Although Joshua Chau is from Cologne, Germany, most of the seminary he studied in Rome had inherited that horrifying memory there.

"Father," Zhu Cixuan stood up and said, "This plague has indeed had a great impact on Europa, but it may not be so lethal in the capital."

"Nonsense!" Zhou Hou scolded angrily: "With the same disease, can you kill the people of the Ming Dynasty if you can kill the Taixi people?! As long as I am still your mother, you can't think of leaving the palace!" Zhou Hou felt even more deceived by his son, and he couldn't help but become more angry.

"Queen Mother calmed down." Zhu Cilang walked out and shook his head disappointedly at the side of Tang Ruowang, saying, "Mr. Tang only knows one thing but not the other. Although the Black Death is very powerful, it was in Europa, not in the Ming Dynasty. One reason is that the plague originated from central Asia. During the Mongols' expedition, they threw people and rat corpses into the city with catapults, and they died in the city at all times. However, the Mongols themselves were not infected with the plague, and they never said that the entire army was gone."

When Chongzhen saw his son citing scriptures and speaking in a very good manner, he couldn't help but nodded slightly and said to the queen: "It seems that the plague is indeed caused by people, let's hear what the prince said."

Zhu Cilang finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Secondly, Europa was burning the witch under the extreme rule of Catholicism."

"Your Highness!" When Chau Wang saw that Catholicism was involved, he felt cold and shouted: "Now our church knows that the plague has nothing to do with witches." He did not want the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to think that Taisi was a barbaric land. In fact, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty themselves had this prejudice, and Matteo Ricci spent his whole life to be recognized by the proud scholars.

Zhu Cixuan glared at him, ignored it, and continued: "The witch has a habit, that is, raising cats. The Europa regards cats as witch servants and devil messengers, and believes that the plague was brought by cats, so he killed cats all over the city. This led to mice losing natural enemies in the city and reproduction faster."

Chongzhen nodded: "Since that's the case, let the cat room send some cats that can catch mice to the palaces."

"Third," Zhu Cixuan continued, "the current plague still invades from the skin, blood, mouth and nose. As long as the plague fleas are not allowed to bite people, wash their hands and bathe frequently, even if they are infected with plague bacteria, they may not be infected. At that time, Europa did not bathe."

"Not taking a bath?" Zhou Hou's attention was diverted.

"At that time, our doctor thought that people would get sick because of bathing." Johnson Tang felt his blood surge and his face was hot.

"Europeans still think so even now." Zhu Cilan maliciously exposed Joshua Tsang.

Johnson Chan could not deny that he developed the habit of washing his hair and taking a bath after the Ming Dynasty.

"With these three things, I believe that even if the plague spreads in the capital, it can be suppressed." Zhu Cilang stepped forward and said, "Now many foolish men and women think that this is a ghost seeking their lives, which makes people's hearts turbulent. My son believes that correcting the source is the foundation, and relief of medicinal materials is just a little bit, so I asked His Majesty the Father and Emperor to send his son to preside over the disaster relief and epidemic prevention."

There was silence in the nave.

After a long time, Chongzhen looked at Zhou Hou whose eyes were red and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you won't get infected with this plague?"

"My son has already said something about it in "On Epidemic Prevention"," Zhu Cixuan said, "With leather gloves, cotton cloth and carbon masks, and large shirts, if you raise more cats and wash them frequently, you will definitely not get infected with the plague."

——If I want to die, I would rather get infected with the plague and die... It would be better than being robbed by others and dying inexplicably!

Zhu Cilang said in his heart.

"Your Majesty," said Zhou Hou, "Since the prince has written a clear statement, why not let the official do it? Did the Ming Dynasty have already lacked manpower, so that the fifteen-year-old prince would do it himself!"

——It seems that this time I really scared my mother.

Zhu Cilang was helpless and rolled his eyes and said, "Mother, only the son ministers do this."

"Arrogant!" Zhou Hou scolded.

"Mother Queen, the plague will change, and only the sons know about it." Zhu Cixuan knew that there were more than one type of plague, and it should be the best bubonic plague to deal with at present, as well as a small amount of pneumoosis. When the pneumoosis expands in the future, it will probably be really difficult to suppress it.

"How do you know? What books do you read? Let the imperial physician read it!" Zhou Hou raised his eyebrows, not letting him go at all.

"There is no rumor in the book," Zhu Cilang grinned and said, "It was obtained by the son-in-law observing the plague bacillus. If the imperial physician read it again, they may not be able to protect themselves."

Zhou Hou, who has always been gentle and dignified, felt his teeth itchy for the first time, his hands were trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

"Father, Queen Mother," said Zhu Ciyang, "as long as I am allowed to allocate manpower, material resources and financial resources, the plague will definitely be curbed. Otherwise, if it takes a few more months, my son will not dare to say anything."
Chapter completed!