[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

From that day to night, Lin Jiang prescribed sleeping pills for the emperor to sleep for a full eight hours, and planned to let the emperor have a good sleep first, and then slowly recuperate.

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Ren came to Mingzheng Palace very early.

Mingzheng Palace was still pitch black, Eunuch Thrush gently moved his hands and feet, and let Wei Ren enter the main entrance of the bedroom.

When the emperor opened his eyes dimly, his voice was a little hoarse because he had slept so well for too long, and he even startled the thrush father-in-law when he opened his mouth.And Wei Ren seemed to have no change in expression, but instantly cracked a teacup in Mingzheng Palace.

When the emperor took the water from him, he found that his originally flawless cup had turned into cracked ice.

Father-in-law Thrush sighed helplessly: You really know how to pick and pinch, this is something the emperor likes very much, okay?

On the contrary, the emperor, he is used to seeing Wei Ren's calm and sharpness in front of him, the first time he saw him so unstoppable and panicked, he couldn't help but smiled and patted his hand: "I'm fine, Don't be afraid."

Maybe it was the emperor's rare weakness, or maybe the tone was too gentle and like an elder, Wei Ren only felt that his eyes were a little sore.

When the sky was getting bright, the princes lined up at the door according to the time, waiting to pay their respects to the holy father who violated the peace.

After a while, I saw Eunuch Huamei come out with the order, and said to the princes: "Your Majesty is still recuperating, and I will tell you princes and Your Highnesses to go back separately. If Your Majesty wants to summon anyone, I will send a palace official to deliver the order."

The eyes of the princes drifted even more: yesterday, the emperor suddenly felt unwell, and Lin Yuanzheng must have had a diagnosis and treatment.But today, the father couldn't get up, and he didn't even want to see their sons...

After Mr. Huamei turned back, he could not help but report the matter to the emperor in a tactful manner: "Look, my servant, the princes who were waiting outside just now are all a little out of their minds, I'm afraid it's because they are concerned about the emperor's dragon body, do you want to see the emperor?" When I see you, your highnesses will feel at ease."

And the emperor was holding a cup of medicine in his hands, frowning and swallowing it.

He reasonably suspected that the medicine Lin Jiang prescribed to calm the anger was deliberately so bitter, so that he could experience the hardships of being sick.However, she vowed firmly: "The medicines for calming the liver have always been bitter. If your Majesty is not used to taking them, I will make pills for you, but the medicine is not effective."

The emperor had no choice but to choose this medicine with strong efficacy, trying to get better as soon as possible.

At this moment, he swallowed medicine like a needle, and after hearing what Eunuch Thrush said, the emperor, whose anger had not calmed down, said coldly: "I am concerned, I am just worried that if something happens to me, the dragon chair I am sitting on Bar."

Eunuch Thrush bowed his head.

The emperor didn't need the spoon anymore, he raised his head and drank the medicine, and then immediately stuffed several candied fruit into his mouth.Father-in-law Thrush hurried forward and handed him warm water.

The emperor took a look with his head: "Oh, I'm not even allowed to eat tea. I'm living a good life."

He is the emperor, and he feels that life is difficult, so he is ready to make others feel sad.

"I deliberately don't want to see them. Since they are all concerned about my illness, I will simply get sick." The emperor leaned on the pillow: "Tomorrow morning, I will announce the four princes to come in, and I will let them 'supervise the country'. Look—all of you are staring at this dragon chair, then try it yourself, see if you can sit still!"

Since the princes all want to compete for the position of crown prince, and they all feel that they can do it, then they should pull out the mule or the horse for a walk.

--

The next day, the emperor summoned the patriarch Ling Shao, Liubu Shangshu and other important officials in the Zhenggong Palace of Ming Dynasty, and assigned the work simply and rudely.

He only said that he was not in good health, and these days, the important affairs of the court were handed over to the four princes who were sealed as kings.

The emperor also coughed a few times with a handkerchief covering the matter, and then his voice was hoarse and weak, and he said to the princes who knelt down to take orders: "Second and third, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry have something to do, your brothers Let's discuss and deal with it, the fourth and fifth, and the affairs of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to you to learn to handle."

These four departments are departments with more ordinary and trivial affairs.

As for the Ministry of War, the emperor only ordered them to report to Prince Shao if they had urgent matters, and to reflect on them if there was nothing to do. They are all still on bail.

As for the Criminal Department, it has its own set of laws and criminal laws that can be enforced. If there are extremely difficult and miscellaneous cases, it is better to hand them over to the three divisions for joint trial. Moreover, there are fierce people like Cai Shilang, so it is the department that needs the least people to worry about. .

After the emperor assigned the work, he patiently listened to a few words of "affectionate confession" from the princes: the father's dragon body is the most important thing, and the sons are in great pain and wish to replace these words with their own bodies, so they each step down: It is your filial piety when the important affairs of the country that you have given are done.”

It's true, the princes still follow him to play him in this way, this is the rest of his acting in front of the Supreme Emperor, okay?

After the courtiers and the princes retreated, Lin Jiang, who was waiting in the side hall, came in, continued to feel the emperor's pulse, and said: "Your Majesty's dragon body is fine, but there is still some exhaustion from overwork. If you can rest for ten In half a month, let the minister take good care of him, it will be the best."

The emperor said that I am on annual leave, you can just adjust it, and I will definitely follow the doctor's advice to rest well.

Lin Jiang breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty is really like this, so I can rest assured."

The emperor pointed at her and said fairly to Mrs. Huamei: "Look, I finally smiled. These two days I have kept a straight face in front of me."

Lin Jiang didn't accept the charge of being stern in front of the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty is uneasy, is it possible that I still have a smile on my face? Of course it is because I am anxious and face pain." He also said: "Besides, I am not alone, Your Majesty Don't you see, Wei Ren and Eunuch Bai both have solemn expressions, it can be seen that they are worried about His Majesty."

The emperor smiled.

After laughing, I suddenly felt emotional: "Being born in this royal family, being an emperor is certainly the most honorable thing in the world, but once you get sick, it's the confidantes around me who really worry about me, not the descendants of the direct blood, which is also considered a serious matter." Pay it off."

No one dared to answer the emperor's emotion.

But the emperor himself can see it.

He himself was born as a prince, how he struggled to save his life when he was young, how he showed his face in front of his father, and finally how he kept the position of crown prince (in fact, his throne was no different from the position of prince in those years), step by step. came over.

He would not have such a naive idea: when he was a prince, he wanted to fight for the throne, but when he was an emperor's father, he thought of his sons as truly filial babies, and only listened to himself.

"Being a prince naturally requires ambition, and I'm not afraid that they will be ambitious and want to be princes. If my sons are all loyal and obedient to Uncle Wang, the ambition is to raise opera singers, or Brother Xiang, who asks him to do some errands, would be fine." The weeping royal children, I will have a headache."

That's right, within two months after being kicked by the emperor to supervise the construction of the royal sea-going ship, Prince Xiang wrote seven papers one after another, saying that he was dying of illness, and begged the emperor to spare him the errand and let him go home to recuperate. Later, there were tear stains all over the book, and it read like a cuckoo weeping blood, leaving the emperor completely speechless.

If all the sons are the princes who want to give him some face and let him get an errand, the emperor will have a headache.

In the end, the emperor even made a joke: "No one likes an emperor who lives to be a hundred years old, and you don't have to protect me to live to be a hundred years old."

Inside the Mingzheng Palace, the emperor was still in the mood to joke, but outside the Mingzheng Palace, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was about to cry.

These courtiers naturally sent off a few princes first, and then slowly walked outside to the first six departments.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at Wei Qian and Lin Ruhai and shook his head again and again: "Oh, how can this be fixed." He half-truthfully complained: "You two are not worried, and my life will be very difficult in the future. .”

Both Lin Ruhai and Wei Qian said: "It's not possible." But in fact, they also sympathized with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in their hearts.After all, the household department and the ritual department of the two of them are temporarily under the control of the fourth and fifth princes these days.

But the official department returned to the second and third princes.

If it is said that they did not know much about the older princes in the past, they have become acquainted with each other since two months ago. To participate in the joint trial of the three divisions, of course dealing with the six divisions is indispensable.

After getting along with each other during that period of time, the six officials, who were made into foxes, knew the personal character of the princes well.

That's why the Minister of the Ministry of Officials wanted to cry: the second and third princes who were assigned to him are simply two trouble-seekers-the two brothers like to find things about each other and courtiers, and they secretly signal the courtiers to follow. They mix.

It was also because the first prince was basically gone, and the second prince became an invisible eldest son.But the third prince is only one year younger than him, and his family background is better than the second prince's. His mother was not born as a court lady, but an official girl who was drafted into the palace.

Therefore, the third prince has always been dissatisfied with the two elder brothers who are older than him.

In the past, when there was the First Prince, the triangle was the most stable, and the three of them could pinch each other in a circle, but now it's all right, there are only two of them left, that is a bipolar pattern, they just pinch each other.When I am free, I have to stretch my legs out and kick the younger brothers below.

In comparison, the fourth and fifth princes are much less troublesome.

The fourth prince is a bit impatient, has a quick temper, but usually doesn't like to form cliques, but likes to quarrel with others in political affairs.Not to mention the fifth prince, being steady and quiet is the consensus of all the ministers in the court. Let alone the minister who took the initiative to pull the minister, the fifth prince would avoid him if the minister took the initiative to stick to him.

Therefore, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is bald with worry: Now those two masters are in charge of the Ministry of Officials in name, and they must not turn the Ministry of Officials upside down.

After all, the Ministry of Officials is the Ministry of Heaven, which is in charge of the evaluation of officials in the world, so it is naturally the focus of attention of all ambitious princes.

After moaning and sighing for a while, the old Wang of the official department left.

Leaving Wei Qian and Lin Ruhai looking at each other with a smile, it was Wei Qian who said first: "My lord Wang has always been like this, and I still have to complain when I have something in my heart."

This Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lord Wang, is a capable man.

Except for the Ministry of War, he was allowed to take turns in the six departments. Whether the Supreme Emperor was on the throne or the emperor took over the government, his position as minister of the six departments was stable.

It can be said to be the vixen among the old foxes.

Don't look at him sighing and sighing here full of fear, but the two princes will definitely not get any real advantage from him.

At most, it will hurt a little face, and it will definitely not hurt the face.

But for Lin Ruhai and Wei Qian, it is even more natural to go to work: what to do.

One of them learned from Lin Jiang, and the other learned from Shao Wang that the emperor's dragon body is absolutely fine, that is, the father will test his son with practice, and the officials like them can just work normally.

No one who understands will jump out to find trouble at this time.

But in this world, there are never enough people who understand, at least not including Concubine Wu.

I heard that the emperor ordered the older princes who were entrusted with the princes, each to be responsible for a part to supervise the government affairs. The imperial concubine was so uncomfortable that she stayed up all night in the palace and opened her eyes until dawn.

She blamed herself, why did the king give birth to me but not me, so that the emperor started to be the heir, and her son was only ten years old!

The imperial concubine has been in the palace for many years, even if she is not clear about the secrets of the Great Zhou royal family, she at least knows that the emperors of the Great Zhou did not have a particularly long lifespan, and the record-breaking Supreme Emperor had abdicated a few years ago to raise her.

According to the rules of the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty, concubines are not allowed to go to Mingzheng Palace without an edict or special circumstances.It's just that the emperor doesn't enter the harem these days, so the imperial concubine can't help it.

She thought for a long time, but still couldn't restrain herself, she didn't listen to the female officer's dissuasion, and went to Mingzheng Palace to ask to see the emperor, she only said that as the head of concubines, the empress should not be idle in managing the six palaces, and she should serve the sick.

The emperor originally summoned the musicians to listen to the music of the piano in the Mingzheng Palace and meditate. Hearing that the imperial concubine is coming to attend to the sick, he thinks it is good.

Firstly, the beauty of the noble concubine is pleasing to the eye, and secondly, the former and the noble concubine had a lot of affection, otherwise, with the emperor's temperament, he would not choose one among others, and only gave her the position of noble concubine.

Just now that I have some free time, the emperor also wants to catch up with his recently estranged concubine.

As a result, the emperor seldom wanted to have a romantic relationship, to pick up his feelings, but he went against the imperial concubine: the imperial concubine's thoughts were all on wanting her son to be the prince.

With the emperor's resourcefulness and eyesight, there is no way to see the thoughts of the noble concubine.The imperial concubine who was favored in the past, apart from her beauty, also had a heart hanging on the emperor, and made the emperor feel affection, so she loved her more.

But now she is still nominally 'sick and cannot go to court', but the imperial concubine's demeanor is to say that she is worried that the dragon's body will be sick, but what she actually does is to test the emperor and ask the emperor to give her son, the ten princes, the title of prince as soon as possible.

The affection of the past few years made the emperor patiently listen to the crying of the person in front of him over a cup of tea.

Afterwards, Concubine Wu saw the emperor get up: "Thrush, take Concubine Gui back to the palace."

The emperor lowered his head to meet the beautiful but tearful eyes of the noble concubine, and said in a flat tone, "There is no need to come to Mingzheng Palace to pay your respects, I don't really want to see you again."

The Queen's Department was the first to know about the news that the imperial concubine had fallen out of favor.It's not that she inquired about the Mingzheng Palace, but that Eunuch Huamei came to pass the message in person, and said: "Your Majesty ordered today that the imperial concubine and empress do not have to face the saint again. The imperial concubine and empress fainted in Mingzheng Palace just now. No, Your Majesty sent the slaves back and forth to your empress, and in the future..."

The queen was stunned when she heard the first half, and felt a little dark in her heart.

In the years when the noble concubine was favored, she had both the holy family at her knees and her son to protect her body. She really didn't see her as a queen, and now there are times when she can't see the emperor.

But listening to the first half of the paragraph, the queen still thought that the emperor cared about the old love, and although the noble concubine fell out of favor, she should take good care of the noble concubine herself as the queen, and don't treat her harshly.

Unexpectedly, what Eunuch Huamei said next was: "From now on, all the news about the imperial concubine and empress, I just ask the empress to handle it at her own discretion, and you don't need to bother your majesty." Queen.

If the empress really had a grudge against the imperial concubine, she could simply let her go.

Empress: The emperor is indeed the husband in her impression.His love may not be very deep, but he is very pure when he is ruthless.

As a married couple, the queen's understanding of the emperor is definitely deeper than any concubine in the palace.So all these years, the queen couldn't keep his friendship, so she was always cautious, not daring to touch his ruthless switch.

No, someone stepped on that switch for her, proving for her that her careful restraint over the years was right.

What made her even more fortunate was that she had been worried that she would be abolished if she had no children, but now that the imperial concubine who was most likely to succeed her had fallen, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

--

However, Eunuch Huamei knew that the emperor might not be without regret.After all, in the emperor's long and rich love history, the noble concubine is the woman he cares most about.

On the next day, the emperor was quite moved when he saw Wei Ren and Lin Jiang who came to greet him together.

After the two of them left, the emperor stood at the window and watched, then turned his head and said to the thrush: "If I also have concubines in the harem, as their husband and wife are so affectionate, they only have each other in their eyes..."

Father-in-law Huamei was already preparing a draft to comfort the emperor, but the emperor changed the subject: "That would be tragic."

The thrush father-in-law who was thrown out by the emperor's sharp turn:? ?

The emperor continued to sigh: "If I am like this kid, and my heart is full of Wu, and then I find that she only has her son's throne in her heart, and intends to rely on my heart to fight for the crown prince, then I will be so sad."

Then the emperor nodded in satisfaction with himself: "Fortunately, I am not such an emperor who is trapped by love, so I was spared those unnecessary pains."

Eunuch Thrush: Well, Your Majesty, you can always achieve logical self-consistency.

And Lin Jiang was in the imperial hospital, the gathering point of gossip in the palace, so he naturally knew the biggest news in the harem, whether the imperial concubine fell out of favor or completely fell out of favor.

Therefore, when asking for the emperor's pulse in the past two days, he was very careful, lest the emperor would become depressed because of the noble concubine's calculations, and then suffer from illness.

Unexpectedly, the emperor really recovered day by day, his complexion was ruddy and shiny.

Lin Jiang: Sure enough, although His Majesty is a suitable emperor, as a husband, he is a disaster for concubines.He was born to stand on the highest place alone, he didn't feel so lonely, but he didn't want anyone to share this supreme scenery with him.

Therefore, whether it is the prince's ambition or the concubine's dissatisfaction, the emperor will deal with it properly after seeing clearly, and he is not really sad about it.

Just when the princes were still struggling with their father's love, and the concubines were still struggling with the kindness of the king, the emperor had long since disappeared.

It is very comfortable to be a courtier of such an emperor, but it is a bit miserable to be a close relative.

Lin Jiang suddenly understood why the emperor fell in love with the system's father at first sight, and often showed a kind of confidant liking.

Everyone is a pure professional heart.

--

It was the twelfth lunar month, and Lin Jiang was relatively free as the emperor went to court and resumed handling political affairs.

On this day, Jiang happened to meet a young eunuch who was suffering from abdominal pain recently. After the pulse was diagnosed and the prescription was prescribed, he came to ask Lin Jiang for advice. When the master and apprentice were asking and answering, Zhou Liheng arrived.

The son of the world is still shining everywhere, and when he met Lin Jiang in the imperial hospital, he still called him: "Yuanzheng Lin" - he heard from Daiyu that even in Wei's house, the servants called Yuanzheng according to their official positions, and Not Mrs. or Mrs.

The Tai Hospital is the official residence of the imperial court, and the official position sounds more pleasing to the ear.

Zhou Liheng came to deliver invitations.

The last time he went to this imperial hospital to send an invitation to Lin Jiang, it was Princess Shao who had invited him, and he sent it for his mother, but this time he sent it for his wife.

It's just that the invitation post this time is not a post inviting Lin Jiang to drink, enjoy flowers and barbecue, but a post that Dai Yu invites Lin Jiang to visit the newly built baby girl shantang and give her opinions.

"So fast?" Lin Jiang smiled after asking: That's right, Prince Shao's Mansion must do something quickly.

Zhou Liheng also knew what his mother and wife were doing, so he said: "The land is located in the south of the capital, and a few houses will be built first, and half of the land can be added later."

The land was not chosen in the eastern part of the capital, where the nobles gather, but in the southern part with the largest population. It can be seen that Princess Shao's philanthropic hall is not for her own sake, but she really wants to adopt some poor abandoned babies.

When it was the rest day, Lin Jiang went to see the philanthropic hall built by Princess Shao and Daiyu.But I saw not only a house and a few women who took care of the babies, but even two baby girls who were abandoned on the corner of the street, and a four or five-year-old who was mixed with adult beggars for food, but was driven and beaten. scolding little girl.

When Daiyu talked about the four or five-year-old girl, her eyes were a little red: "We asked her where her home was, but she just said she couldn't remember. She also said that her parents coaxed her to take her into the city to buy cakes and eat them." , and then left her in the city and never came back."

As she said that, Daiyu turned her head to look at the little girl who was obediently helping to clean up the vegetables in the yard, and said sadly: "It's still Aunt Wu who cooks here, she picked her up on the road, a few days later..." A few days later, this The child is bound to be gone.

Lin Jiang couldn't help comforting her, if she got angry with those who were not worthy of being parents, she might not be able to bear it.To be a philanthropist, I have no choice but to stop thinking about how many people out there need help. I have to think about the one I can help.

And Daiyu asked Lin Jiang to come, and there is another thing: "Sister's medical clinic has many helpless maids who have left the palace. I think not everyone can be a doctor. If they want to, they can do it in this good hall." Come."

Lin Jiang said with a smile, "They must be willing." '

The illiteracy rate in this era is as high as 80.00%, let alone women, and there are even fewer literate people.Illiterate people always have a lot more difficulty than others when learning medicine.

Many court ladies are probably more willing to come to Shantang to do familiar things and take care of the children.

Lin Jiang asked Daiyu again: "It's fine to pick up the children, but for those parents who said they couldn't support the girls and sent them here, do you have a pen and paper for them to sign and press their fingerprints?"

Don’t let them raise the girls, those people feel that there is a lack of labor force in their families, so they take their daughters back to work, or make excuses to miss children, take a girl back, sell it again or marry it for a bride price money.

At that time, if there is no contract, it will be very troublesome, and those people will be able to make trouble at the door.

When Princess Shao entered the door, she happened to hear Lin Jiang's words, and said, "Sure enough, there are two sisters, you can always think of one place to go. I didn't care about these, but Yu'er brought it up. I think it makes sense. Let the disciples prepare some deeds."

This has to be signed in advance, and from now on, this girl will have nothing to do with the parents who abandoned her.