Chapter 2262 National Hero

"Star Alliance, do you know that China's seaport quarantine rights are still in the hands of foreigners. If we can take advantage of this meeting to get back the seaport quarantine rights, it will be a great thing for the country and the nation; through In this epidemic, we have proved that we Chinese have the ability to quarantine and control the epidemic, so why should we hand over this power to foreigners?" This work was also done by Wu Lien-teh, but not now, but It was in 1930, and Shen Long felt that this time point seemed to be earlier.

Therefore, the seaport quarantine right, as the name suggests, is the power to inspect foreign epidemics at the seaport. This work will be managed by the Customs Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in the future. In almost all countries, this power belongs to the country, but in today's China, this Power is in the hands of foreigners.

The history of China's modern seaport quarantine originated in Shanghai and Xiamen in 1873, in response to the threat of cholera outbreaks in Siam and Malaya; in July 1873, the warning of cholera in Bangkok reached Shanghai, and the customs medical officer Alexander Jia Dr. Mison drafted 4 tentative quarantine regulations and implemented quarantine for all ships coming from Siam.

After confirming the news of the cholera outbreak in the British Straits Colonies, Dr. Wan Bard, the medical officer of Xiamen Customs, also implemented quarantine on the ships in the infected port. Passengers would be checked before entering the inner port.

On July 30, 1874, Shanghai Port revised the tentative quarantine regulations and expanded them to 8 articles. The regulations stipulated that "the designation of infectious diseases shall be determined by customs supervision and consular missions; after the infectious diseases are determined, Noir to be supervised by the Customs, to notify the Customs Shipping Office and Wusong Chief Officer...The quarantine medical officer shall prepare a report to report to the Shipping Office and its chief and related consular officers...Anyone who violates this regulation shall be punished by the respective country officials .”

As a result, the customs took control of the seaport quarantine power, and foreign consular missions also used the pretext of extraterritoriality to interfere in the quarantine affairs of China's seaports. Although various ports in China have started quarantine affairs one after another, most of the quarantine powers are in the hands of foreign medical officers.

It must be mentioned that port medical officer is a lucrative job in this period of time, especially in the two important immigration ports - Shantou and Xiamen, when going to the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, French India During the process of China and the Straits Settlements, proof of vaccination is a required document.

Thousands of immigrants leave the port every month by ship, and doctors can earn $1 per passenger, and all fees charged by doctors are considered part of their legal fees; therefore, for a person in this position As far as doctors are concerned, it is conceivable that their income scale is considerable.

Shen Long used to be on the advertisement column of "British Medical Journal" and "The Lancet", and he could often see advertisements for "Fat Que" in Xiamen and Shantou. Settle two payment methods, this is the pound of the early twentieth century.

At this time, one pound was almost equal to seven kupings and two silvers,

In other words, the shortfall value of a port doctor is as high as 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver. How much is it to buy a Taoist platform at this time?

Prince Qing Yikuang and Minister Natong set up Qingna Company to sell officials and nobles, and clearly marked the price of the official positions. A minister of the Post and Communications Department only needs 300,000 taels of silver. The official price can reach one-tenth of Shangshu's price, it's really scary to think about it.

"It's nothing more than just collecting money. They also abused the Chinese arbitrarily during the quarantine process and took the opportunity to extort money. It can be said that they are doing all kinds of evil. If they can take this opportunity to take back the port quarantine rights, it will be good!" Shen Long gave Wu Liande details. It illustrates the importance of port quarantine right.

"China must take back the port quarantine rights. First, it is to provide protection for the people of the country, to prevent the invasion of foreign epidemics, and to seek the happiness of the people; second, it is the most shameful that the Haikou quarantine rights are manipulated by people without special knowledge...so that our country is the sick man of the East. The third is that the quarantine fee has been corrupted by outsiders; the fourth is that Haikou quarantine is an important national policy. If it is arranged by outsiders, it will only benefit outsiders, harm people's livelihood, and lose the country's dignity. It should be withdrawn immediately. I have never seen it... Zha is the only one who suffers such a strange humiliation today." Wu Lien-teh quickly concluded the necessity of this action.

"This matter is a big deal for those port medical officers, but it is a trivial matter for the embassies of various countries. If it is a major matter, it may not be easy for us to get it back. This kind of trivial matter may still be possible." Shen Long was still very happy. Realistically, according to the current situation, there is no need to think about major matters such as leasehold rights and mining rights.

However, the most important beneficiaries of the port quarantine right are only those port medical officers. Rat exterminators, four are qualified quarantine stations and isolation centers, five are suitable bacteria research laboratories, six are infectious disease hospitals, seven are safe tap water, and eight are infectious disease statistical reports.”

"Nowadays in Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou and other major ports, there are quite a few doctors who have returned from studying abroad, are familiar with Western medicine, and have the ability to do inspection and quarantine. They can completely replace foreigners to take on this responsibility; The successful control also proves this!" Shen Long said.

So Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh drafted a document together, wrote down the matter in detail, and handed it over to Shi Zhaoji. After Shi Zhaoji considered it for a long time, he used the gap between meetings to negotiate with the ambassadors of various countries. Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh also tried their best to prove that China It does have this strength, and uses the contradictions among various countries to divide and persuade.

As a result, at the end of the meeting, they really got the job done. Wu Lien-teh took on the important task of setting up China's own seaport quarantine department, and immediately went happily to raise funds, recruit personnel, and prepare to recruit foreigners. Taking back the port quarantine rights, Shen Long also worked with him to formulate the organizational structure, management regulations, etc. of this department, and at the same time selected a few young people with outstanding abilities from his own school and hospital to help him.

When the news came back to the capital, the imperial court, which was in a precarious state, was very excited. Newspapers from all over the country also wrote about it, saying that this incident greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese people. Afterwards, Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh had new titles, and many media called them national heroes.

After the meeting was over, Shen Long had finished his work in the Northeast and was about to return to the capital.