Volume 4 Chapter 24 The Book of Refining Urine
Yan Song originally thought that Yang Cong's comeback was disgusting enough, but he never thought that there was something even more disgusting waiting for him.
If you want to say this, it is still caused by himself, who asked him to recommend Wu Peng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, as soon as Wu Peng goes, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry will be vacant.
He originally thought that even if he didn't say it, nine times out of ten, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry would fall to his godson Zhao Wenhua, because Zhao Wenhua was the most outstanding among the servants of the Ministry of Industry, after all, he had been the governor of Zhejiang for so many years.
Unexpectedly, Jiajing didn't mention Zhao Wenhua at all, and after Yang Cong was promoted to the position of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Jiajing immediately issued an order, ordering Qiu Luan, the governor of the three sides, to concurrently serve as the governor of Xuanda and the prime minister of the northwest military affairs.
This Qiu Luan's Prime Minister Northwest Military Affairs is also expected by Yan Song, because there are originally two leading figures in the Northwest, one Zeng Milling and the other Qiu Luan, Zeng Milling can Prime Minister Northwest Military Affairs, Qiu Luan can naturally also, if Jiajing seeks stability, it is not impossible to directly let Qiu Luan come out of the Prime Minister's Northwest Military Affairs, after all, Qiu Luan's exploits are also there, and people have repeatedly "repelled" the Tartar invasion and dealt with the Tartars, which is still "very set".
However, what happened to this Gu Kexue's promotion to the Ministry of Engineering?
Jiajing did not announce the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but suddenly promoted Gu Kexue to the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, could it be that Jiajing wanted Gu Kexue to take over the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry?
Isn't it ridiculous that the right Tongzheng of the fourth product was suddenly promoted to the Ministry of Industry of the second product?
Ordinary people, even if they make great achievements, they have even been promoted to the third level, Gu Kexue has no merit, and he is directly promoted to the fourth level, is it possible?
If it is another emperor, it is naturally unlikely, but here in Jiajing, it is very possible, because Jiajing employs people, it is like going crazy!
For example, Zhang Xuan, a scholar who views politics and does not even have a position, he can be promoted to the head of the cabinet and the head of a hundred officials in a few years, can there be anything more absurd than this, in terms of promoting and appointing his cronies, what other absurd things can Jiajing not do?
Gu Kexue is a person, Yan Song really feels disgusted when he sees it, because this guy is not easy to learn, but he just learns from him to pat Jiajing's ass and support Jiajing's cultivation!
This guy, patting sycophants is his specialty, and supporting Jiajing's cultivation is his "unique secret skill", the Manchu Dynasty can't pull this face, and supports Jiajing to cultivate what kind of ethereal way of immortality, but he can see the opportunity from it, don't lose his face, shoot hard, Jiajing is full of joy, and Jiajing is impressed by him.
In order to "cultivate" this unique secret skill, he has put a lot of effort into it, for example, he is not good at writing green words, but Jiajing prefers this mouthful, what should I do?
It's very simple, he doesn't write well in green words, so naturally some people write well, for this reason, he specially recruited dozens of guests, and he doesn't do anything else all day long, just get together to discuss and create green words!
Three stinkers can top one Zhuge Liang, dozens of readers who were originally good at writing green words gathered together, and how good the green words were written, you can imagine, so Jiajing was full of praise for the green words he "wrote", and even thought that his ability to govern the country was also quite outstanding.
He finally won Jiajing's favor with this "unique secret technique", and he couldn't allow others to share it, so he was quite disgusted with this Gu Kexue, and it can be said that as soon as he saw this guy, he felt disgusted.
However, he can't do anything about this guy, because this guy also has "unique secret skills", and Jiajing is also quite fond of him.
If he attacks this guy for no reason, this guy will definitely run to Jiajing to complain, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to say who Jiajing will help.
So, what is Gu Kexue's "unique secret technique"?
To be honest, Gu Kexue is really disgusting, because his "unique secret technique" sounds good to be refining medicine, but if it doesn't sound good, it is actually refining urine, that is, refining medicine with urine!
Anyway, is there something wrong with Jiajing, I know that he is a medicine made with urine, and he still eats it!
Of course, there is nothing wrong with Jiajing, this use of urine to refine medicine is actually very normal in ancient times.
In ancient times, there was such a saying, "A child's urine package cures all diseases"!
Moreover, there is a lot of basis for this statement.
For example, in the pre-Qin period, it is recorded in the "Fifty-two Prescriptions" that "children's urine" has miraculous effects in treating poisonous arrow wounds;
For another example, Zhang Zhongjing, a physician in the Han Dynasty, also had many medicines using "children's urine" as raw materials in "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases";
In addition, it is also recorded in the Tang Dynasty's medicine king Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Yifang" that a single dose of "Tongzi Urine" can treat bruises and blood stasis;
Also, in the "Supplement to Materia Medica" in the Song and Yuan dynasties, it is also recorded that yin deficiency and fire are prosperous, and they cannot be cured with any medicine, only with "children's urine".
In other words, people at that time did not think that urine could not be used to refine medicine, on the contrary, they all believed that "child's urine" had quite peculiar effects.
However, using "children's urine" to refine the elixir of immortality is a "unique secret technique" pioneered by Gu Kexue.
The reason why this guy uses boy urine to refine medicine is not that there is really any secret technique, let alone to disgust people, the reason why he uses child urine to refine medicine is mainly for the word "strange".
Ordinary people, where dare to let the emperor drink urine, but he clearly told Jiajing that his medicine was made with children's urine as a guide.
When Jiajing heard this, he would definitely feel a little nauseous in his heart, but he was more curious.
After all, the pursuit of longevity is not so simple, what is it to drink urine, even if it is to eat that rice field or something, as long as you can live forever, what if you eat it every day?
This guy dares to use urine to refine medicine for me to eat, is this urine really having any miraculous effect?
When it comes to medical knowledge, Gu Kexue is indeed quite rich, and he memorizes all medical books such as "Fifty-two Prescriptions", "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", "Qianjin Yifang", "Tang Materia Medica", "Supplement to Materia Medica" and so on.
He blew the records in these books, and Jiajing was naturally fooled, since the previous medical books all said that this boy's urine had a miraculous effect, then this boy's urine must have a miraculous effect, disgusting is nothing, no matter how disgusting it is, you have to eat it!
Speaking of God, Jiajing ate the elixir that Gu Kexue offered, and he really felt comfortable all over.
This is actually the result of a multifaceted action.
First of all, Gu Kexue already likes to study medicine, not to mention that the medicine he refines can live forever, but the effect of prolonging life is still a little bit.
Then, this boy's urine does have some medicinal value, and it is possible to use it to refine medicine, not to mention that it has miraculous effects, and it is stronger than ordinary clear water.
In the end, the most important thing is psychological suggestion, Jiajing believes that taking this medicine can lead to immortality, which is the key.
Such a trusted minister who is dedicated to refining medicine for him, he naturally wants to promote it well, he didn't find a suitable position before, but now the position of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is vacant, so he moved his mind.
However, if he promoted people to four levels for no reason, it would definitely be unreasonable, so he first promoted Gu Kexue by two levels and promoted him to the Ministry of Works, and within a few days, he issued an order to directly promote Gu Kexue to the Ministry of Works!
It's not too much to upgrade two levels at a time, right?
If you want to say too much, it is indeed not excessive, he is the emperor, who dares to say that he is excessive, but Gu Kexue is really disgusting.
Yan Song was angry, so he simply ordered someone to compile a limerick poem for Gu Kexue, which was widely spread.
The poem says:
There is a road to the book mountain, and you can study hard.
If you get a thousand fields of urine, you can exchange it for a book.
The name of this poem is "Refining Urine Book", the meaning of this poem is also very straightforward, as long as you have a heart, you can understand the relevant words in the poem and read it, "Gu Kexue, Refining Urine Book." ”!