[Finally not so busy, continue to ask for tickets, happy new year everyone]

The Li family's house is not big, although the house price of the Ming Dynasty is not expensive in terms of the purchasing power of the future generations, but it is actually extremely high for the Beijing officials who have no way, and the courtyard of the two entrances is still bought because Li Kezhuo wants to make alchemy in the backyard room on weekdays.

Compared with the place where dignitaries and dignitaries live in Nanxunfang, whether it is the Ruyi Gate at the entrance of the courtyard or the layout of the courtyard, it is low-key, only the land sandwiched between Dongjiang Mixiang and Zhan Shifu is considered expensive, after all, this place and the six departments are only separated by a Dongyu River, and it is convenient for Master Li to 'go to work'.

Li Kezhuo was not too surprised to see Wang Xing, he had already heard of his name in Beijing these days, and he was recommended by Li Rui, so he also had a stake in the inn in Linqing.

At this moment, he was playing with a palm-sized glass bottle in his hand, which was the reason why Wang Xingping was invited to the back without having to register and leave in the front hall as a visitor.

Li Kezhuo poured out a pill from the bottle, not much bigger than a pearl, but it was not like the crooked melon cracked jujube-like pills that can be seen on the market today, but it was almost perfectly rounded, and this process alone could make people believe in its effectiveness.

"This is what you call an overseas elixir?"

"Li Dongzhu said that the classic meal is the most Shang Dan Dao, the kid is not talented, and he doesn't know much about alchemy, but he just got a bottle of cinchona dan rumored to be from overseas Australia in Guangzhou, which happened to be used as a meeting gift."

Cinchona cream, also known as quinine purified in later generations, is a specific drug for the treatment of malaria. Cinchona comes from the bark of the cinchona tree, which is native to the Americas, and it will take more than 20 years in the original time and space to be discovered by the Spaniards in the Viceroyalty of Peru. I heard Gu Ziming say that he took the island of Java this year, and the plantation should also follow, compared to the origin of the Andes in South America, the high humidity and high heat environment in the East Indies is more suitable for the growth of this tree.

Now the purified cinchonamine has been made into pills, supplied to the veterans and important naturalized people, in recent years, the output will be considered for export after the output, Wang Xingping and Guangzhou Station successfully connected Gu Ziming also gave him some for epidemic prevention when going north, but the weather in the north is now cold, it has passed the summer and autumn season when malaria is common, since there is no need to worry about anything, I am happy to take out some for giving away, it just so happens that Li Kezhuo likes this.

Layue in the north, although it is impossible to verify the effect of this thing to restrain miasma, but this can be regarded as a matter of favor, Li Kezhuo naturally has no reason not to accept it, he is a speculative character, an elixir that can cure diseases and strengthen the body, whether it is for personal use or filial piety to Shangguan, it is a good thing.

Hearing Wang Xingping say something about the origin of this thing, Li Kezhuo put away his good life and said, "Don't know much?" So Tiancheng still understands something? ”

"It's just that I asked a famous doctor for one or two alchemy methods, and I didn't dare to understand it." Wang Xingping remains modest.

He is not talking nonsense, back then Sejong liked the way of alchemy, and the biggest goal in the second half of his life was to ascend as soon as possible, but as soon as Sejong died, Mu Zong beheaded a Taoist priest and exiled him, and since then, alchemy has become a risky job. But despite the many risks of work, the demand is just as strong, and the enthusiasm of the elderly royal nobles for immortality has not diminished in the slightest. Therefore, in addition to those who secretly cultivate, there are also some who have mixed the way of alchemy into medical techniques to hide people's eyes and ears. Take the book "Surgical Authenticity" that Wang Xingping saw in Chongqing, in which many prescriptions used ascending and lowering pills, and they all said that there was no distinction between ancient doctors and witches, and at this moment Taoism and doctors were also confused.

His little bit of knowledge about alchemy also came from Ni Zhumo, but some things are like this, it sounds mysterious and mysterious, once it is explained clearly, this alchemy technique is not much different from nonsense.

"Wang Gongzi's ability is really not small, Qi Shucao of the Ministry of War and Zhang Situ of the Household Department (note: Zhang Wenda, the governor of the Household Department Shangshu Cangchang Affairs) have recently been begging for leave due to illness, I have heard in private that Qi Chengjiao listened to your advice and was extremely optimistic about the affairs of Liaodong and wanted to avoid the limelight. Zhang Laoxianggong, the governor of Cangchang, must have moved the idea of resignation because of the tight war, but recently the wind in Beijing has been strange, and it is just a slave, and he is not optimistic about the rise of the official army. Li Kezhuo glanced at Wang Xingping meaningfully as he spoke, which seemed to mean that he was 'confusing the public with his words'.

Wang Xingping also felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, it is not a good thing that this reputation is too big, after all, if Liaodong is defeated, I am afraid that there will still be people who will be angry, thanks to the words and storytelling, the fate of Tian Feng in the Three Kingdoms is now a well-known story.

"Dianshan is praised, if you want to talk about the ability, where can you compare to Dianshan."

"Tell me, what are you looking for me for?" Li Rui knows his temperament best, and he will not introduce a kid to him for no reason, after all, the affairs of the sect are still quite taboo.

Wang Xingping smiled and said: "Master Li is really cool, I do have some things I want to ask Master Li for help." ”

"Help?"

"Master Li often walks in the imperial city, and he is very well-informed, Wang's family is doing business, and he is most interested in all kinds of news, especially the ban."

Li Kezhuo was noncommittal when he heard this, and asked in a long voice: "Tell me, what do you want to know?" ”

"The affairs of the government and the opposition, as well as ...... The emperor's condition. Wang Xingping said word by word.

"Bold ......" Li Kezhuo was not surprised when he heard the four words of the government and the opposition, after all, although Honglu Temple is only in charge of state etiquette and palace banquets, but up to the general administration of the internal presentation, down to Beijing Hajj officials, the management of envoys, as well as the introduction of large and small officials in front of the emperor, it can be said that as long as the people of Honglu Temple are willing, the court does not have many secrets in front of them, and there are not a few who want to come to him at ordinary times. But when he heard the latter sentence, Master Li almost jumped up from the chair, his eyes were full of vigilance, but he seemed to think of the relationship between Wang Xingping and Li Rui, and immediately regained his calm, "Do you know that what you said just now is a big sin?" I think you are still young, forget it this time, and I will not mention this matter again. ”

The emperor is sick, not to mention the officials, that is, as long as the people are not blinded by the people, who does not know, but even if a kid who has just met is recommended by an acquaintance, he should not be so ignorant, and subconsciously it will make people think about bad places.

Wang Xingping was prepared, he pretended to be surprised, "Sin? Xingping thought that he was going to give Dianshan a great credit. ”

"Merit?" Li Kezhuo had already planned to send off the guests, but his expression changed again.

"I still have some pills here, which are quite effective for foot diseases." After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Kezhuo with an unfathomable look and stopped talking.

"I didn't expect Tiancheng to like to listen to some rumors in the market."

"It's true that they are all groundless words, but the small people say that there is no wind and no waves, and I think this is the truth." Wang Xingping was silent again after speaking.

After another moment, Li Kezhuo asked meaningfully: "Where did your medicine come from and what is the main symptom?" ”

"This medicine is called colchicum elixir, the main treatment of damp heat betting, gout for a long time, joint paralysis, can not be bent and stretched, heavy pain, waist and knee soreness, sometimes low-grade fever, cold and warm ......" Wang Xingping carried the symptoms specially recorded, and was quite confident in his preparation.

After all, in this time and space, apart from the Senate, there is no second force that can get the autopsy report of Emperor Wanli. Although the excavation of Dingling in 1956 has a lot of criticism, at least the cause of Zhu Yijun's death is roughly known, and the opioid content detected on the bones and remains of his legs deformed by perennial gout proves that the emperor's condition is indeed quite serious, so the emperor's use of leg disease as a reason for laziness can be said to be half-truths and half-truths, at least every meal must drink this kind of thing is his own choice.

Halfway through the reading, Li Kezhuo couldn't sit still, and said lightly: "This is a deficiency disease, and the method of nourishing the liver and kidneys has also been used a lot in the hospital, but it has no effect." ”

"That's a miscalculation." Wang Xingping interrupted, he knew how to enhance his persuasiveness, "It is true that the emperor's liver and kidneys are deficient, but that is because he indulges in wine, and he does not avoid wine and only uses thick tonics, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire." ”

"Did the Imperial Doctor make a mistake?"

"Yes, the origin of this disease is a lot of drinking, the yang energy in the wine accumulates in the kidney yin and cannot be excreted, and finally the bone spurs are inverted in the joints, how not to be painful." It is difficult to explain the cause of gout, and even the symptoms referred to by the word gout are very different from those of later generations, but the truth is simple and easy to understand.

"Can your elixir really cure the illness of the Long Live Lord?"

"It's only fifty percent sure, but if someone can persuade the emperor, they can increase the success by three or four percent."

"Can you get three or four percent more?"

"Yes, when you have gout, you can take one pill to be great, if it doesn't work, then you can use another pill every other hour, but you can't drink alcohol on weekdays, and this pill can't be taken more, the so-called medicine is three points poison."

"Why are you saying this to me?" After confirming that Wang Xingping was most likely not lying, Li Kezhuo asked suspiciously.

"I just want to make a deal, with my understanding of Dianshan, if I have this medicine, I won't shirk it."

"Since you have this elixir, why don't you offer it yourself?" Li Kezhuo was still a little puzzled.

Wang Xingping chuckled: "I'm still young, this Shenxiao real person is still a pawn meal." ”

Shenxiao Zhenren Tao Zhongwen was a Taoist priest in Jiajing, and Shizong was regarded as a national teacher, and one person led three orphans (note: the prince and the young master, the young master, and the young bao). The folk all say that he is favored by his magic, but the gossip that Wang Xingping heard from Shen Defu said that this person can get the favor of Shizong for a few or twenty years without abandoning it, or because he has helped Emperor Jiajing a lot in the affairs of the house, and the secret medicine he offered is called 'Guben Jingyuan Soup', in the final analysis, offering medicine to the emperor has become a shortcut to the south, and there are really a lot of people who have this thought, but the pill is not like others, and whether it is good or not depends on the curative effect.

However, Li Kezhuo was obviously caught up in his appetite, and hurriedly asked, "Is this pill really effective?" ”

"There are a lot of dignitaries with Diandian, and there should be something similar to the emperor's condition, so it's not too difficult to try it secretly."

"You've gone through all this trouble just to find out some news from the Inner Court?"

"Xingping said, I'm looking for this news just for money, as for what I need to know, I haven't thought about it yet, and I'll talk about it with Dianshan when the time comes."

"Aren't you afraid that I will get the immortal medicine and turn my face and not recognize people?"

"I just forgot about it, the emperor's illness can't be cured, and this medicine naturally can't be stopped."

"Then what if I don't say yes."

"Then Xingping can only say goodbye, and in the afternoon I also made an appointment with Eunuch Cui in the palace to talk about things, so I can't stay for a long time."

"Eunuch Cui?"

"It's an internal servant next to Zheng Niangniang, named Cui Wensheng."

"It's him......" Li Kezhuo obviously remembered this person, he thought about it for a while, as if he had a decisive hammer on his knee, "Then you don't have to go, I promised you the conditions, can you take the colcum elixir with you?" ”

"Naturally, I brought it, but it's best to do a little thing for Xingping first, and it can be regarded as a name."

"What?"

"Master (note: the prince is commonly known) has a royal eunuch around him who should be acquainted, please introduce me to him."

1, "Daming Huidian"

2, "Records of Emperor Mingshen Zongxian"

3, "History of the Late Ming Dynasty" Fan Shuzhi

4. "The Evolution of Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty and the Intervention in Court Decision-making" Xiao Lijun and Wu Qiong

5, "Wanli Shuntianfu Chronicles"

6, "Wanli Ye Ed" Shen Defu

7, "Chronicles of the Middle" Liu Ruoyu

8, "Wan Department Miscellaneous Notes" Shen Bang

9. "Wanli Shuntianfu City Restoration Map"

10, "On the Red Pill Case" Zhong Laiyin

11, "The Discovery and Spread of Cinchona Frost" He Quanying

12. "Clinical Application of Colchicine" Fang Kun and Yu Xinchao