Either this is a real coincidence, or someone behind it is deliberately promoting the spread of the plague.

As the emperor, Lin Xiaotang was reluctant to believe any so-called "coincidence".

"Send my will, find a group of doctors to enter the palace," Lin Xiaotang thought for a while, and then gave an order, "I have some prescriptions, which are gifts from the goddess Tanghua, which can be used to treat epidemics."

As a person who has won a heavyweight medical award, she has an understanding of the ancient plagues.

Although the ancient medical facilities were poor, but with the efforts of doctors, effective treatment can still be achieved.

Hearing this, the officials below were overjoyed and said in unison, "Yes!"

"In addition, send someone to investigate whether there are rumors in the epidemic area."

Lin Xiaotang thought for a while and added another sentence.

In the face of the fear of death, no matter how smart people are, they will do stupid things, let alone ordinary people.

Therefore, the more severe the disaster, the more prone to riots.

Since those people have spread the plague, they must have their purpose.

In this regard, she must be vigilant and not let go of any details.

"Yes!"

Under the guidance of Lin Xiaotang, the epidemic prevention work was carried out in an orderly manner.

The doctors who learned the prescription rushed to the epidemic area overnight.

In places where the epidemic has not yet occurred, everyone, under the propaganda of the officials, began to clean the house, wash their hands frequently, and wear what is called a "mask".

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to mobilize so many people at one time.

There will always be a few stupid people who don't want to listen to the officials, and insist on being willful, believing in some monk and Taoist priest, and harming others as well as themselves.

A similar situation happened in the past.

An old man in a certain village, out of superstition, spent a lot of money to beg two goddesses.

Then, they called all the surrounding villagers over, everyone gathered together, and asked the goddess to exorcise them.

As a result, doing so not only failed to "kill" the plague, but also spread the disease from a dozen to hundreds of people overnight.

However, the current emperor, Lin Xiaotang, is the saintess appointed by the goddess Tanghua.

As soon as the emperor said that this could prevent the plague, even the most stubborn old lady sewed several masks overnight.

"My dear grandson, you must wear the mask properly, and don't take it off," the old people said, "It must have the divine power of the goddess on it. As long as we put it on, the goddess will protect us."

The ancients valued filial piety, and filial piety came first.

Under the orders of these superstitious elders, even some people who thought it was troublesome to wear masks had to obediently wear them.

In this way, the epidemic has been reasonably controlled at a terrifying speed.

Good news comes from time to time in the epidemic area, and many people who are suffering from the epidemic have also recovered under the treatment of doctors.

The old courtiers in the imperial court who were still quite critical of the Tanghua Sect shut their mouths after seeing the strong action of the common people.

Religious governance is indeed a double-edged sword.

Excessive cult of personality, extolling those in power to the altar, and deifying them will do all the harm to the whole country without benefiting one.

But in the hands of a truly wise man, this double-edged sword can always be used justly.

The most cunning thing about Lin Xiaotang is that since she founded the Tanghua Sect, she has never said that the Tanghua Goddess is omnipotent.

She has never promised that as long as she believes in her, she will be able to live a prosperous life and no longer get sick.

She said it would keep them from starving and freezing, but all that if they grew their own crops.

She said it would make their hometown prosperous, but only if they built the roads themselves.

She uses actions and words to tell her followers that in times of distress, praying to the gods is the least useful thing to do.

To live a good life, they need to rely on their own hands.

Under such influence, in the face of these natural and man-made disasters, the people will not complain about the incompetence of the goddess Tanghua.

On the contrary, they also felt that the prescriptions and anti-epidemic measures delivered by the goddess through the saints were enough to satisfy them.

"Isn't the goddess always like this?" they said. "That's how she helped us."

"Also, the goddess has already returned to heaven, and she still remembers us. It's really kind."

"Ten years ago, it seems that there was a plague. At that time, the situation was much worse than now."

"As long as we work hard, we will be able to survive as smoothly as before."

With this kind of thinking in mind, the people responded positively when faced with the arrangements of the officials, and there was no conflict.

Those who were suspected of spreading the plague were also caught by the eye-catching people because of their strange behavior.

On the other hand, the manpower sent by Lin Xiaotang finally found out that something was wrong in the epidemic area——

There are a few sneaky people who are constantly spreading words that are unfavorable to the court to the people.

"They said that there are so many disasters in the country because Your Majesty has done something wrong, and God is punishing His Majesty," the reporter said tremblingly, "They also said that only the Liu family is the orthodox royal family..."

Liu's?

Isn't that the people from the previous dynasty?

No wonder they wanted to make the disaster so big. It turned out that they wanted to take this opportunity to pour dirty water on her and restore the former dynasty.

When Lin Xiaotang heard this, he suddenly realized.

Under normal circumstances, these remnants of the previous dynasty would do this, and it would really be very effective.

Because in the eyes of most ancient people, the appearance of natural disasters is God expressing dissatisfaction.

In such a case, many emperors need to sacrifice to the sky or issue pardons.