On February 14, Shen Xi went to the Chufang Palace to give a lecture and learned a piece of news from the crown prince Zhu Houzhao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emperor was sick.

Zhu Youji's health was not good, and the imperial doctor in the palace had to prepare a tonic decoction for him almost every day. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a tradition of believing in Taoism, and Zhu Youzhi is naturally no exception, and the most important one of Taoism is the cultivation of longevity, to put it bluntly, it is to eat some pills, most of those pills exceed the mercury standard, and eating too much is equivalent to chronic suicide.

But in order to pursue immortality, the emperor can't control so much, and some pills can indeed bring immediate effects to the emperor, such as improving his spirit, such as being more majestic in the affairs of the room.

Shen Xi understood that the so-called elixir was just a psychotropic drug with hallucinogenic effects, and because of its excessive heavy metals, it had a certain stimulating effect on the body at first, and it seemed that the whole person was a few years younger, and the more the emperor ate, the more he loved to eat, and as a result, he was sick.

Zhu Youzhu in history, in the late April of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, suddenly contracted a serious illness, was critically ill on the sixth day of May, and died on the seventh day of the first month.

The emperor, who is not lacking in anything, is in the prime of life, and he actually died in less than a month after getting sick, and it can only be said that his body is poor, as for whether he died of poisoning or disease, there are some controversies in history, but the basic argument is that Zhu Youzhu died of natural causes at the end of his life.

The emperor was sick and bedridden, and the people in the government and the opposition began to become nervous, after all, bowing to health and health involved the stability of the country.

Now that the crown prince is young, if the emperor has three longs and two shorts, the Ming Dynasty may be in turmoil again.

Zhu Houzhao asked Shen Xi a little heartlessly: "Sir, if my father really dies, can I be the emperor?" ”

This kind of rebellious words can also be asked by Zhu Houzhao.

The princes of all dynasties, if they say such things, it will not be far from being suspicious or even deposed by his emperor's father, but Zhu Houzhao has no worries about this, on the one hand, he has no brothers to compete with him for the throne, and on the other hand, his father and mother are used to it, even if he knows, he should laugh at the words of a child.

"Then what does the prince think?" Shen Xi asked rhetorically.

"I ...... Of course, I hope my father will get better soon, but ...... If I were to be emperor...... It's also good. ”

The expression on Zhu Houzhao's little face kept changing, sometimes sad, sometimes excitedly clenched his fists, and his eyes lit up, as if he was longing for himself to be the emperor.

Shen Xi thought to himself, it was also Zhu Youji's godson who had no way, in a country that advocated filial piety, righteousness and etiquette, the prince actually hoped that his father would return to the West as soon as possible, and it was a bit ridiculous to say it.

Shen Xi said: "Can the prince remember the allusion of the lord Shaoguo's suspicion?" ”

"Remember, if the country does not have an adult monarch, there is a possibility of chaos. Sir, you don't have to scare me, I won't mess around when I become the emperor, and besides, don't you have my mother and two uncles to help? Zhu Houzhao said innocently.

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly.

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao fell into the circle of cronyism again.

The prince is young and has a rebellious psychology towards his father, so he wants his father to die quickly and give him the throne, but he is very attached to his mother, and feels that his mother and uncle can help him take care of the government in the future, so he naturally enters the strange circle of the lord and the young man, the queen mother in power, and the reuse of relatives.

Although Zhu Houzhao in history did not highlight the status of the Zhang brothers, the Zhang family was still in power in the Zhengde Dynasty. But obviously Zhu Houzhao still has a certain degree of precaution against his relatives, since he ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, most of the people around him who are reused are trusted East Palace lecturers, eunuchs, etc.

Shen Xi asked, "Does the prince remember the disaster of the party?" ”

Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "What kind of relatives and eunuchs are they?" Alas, Mr. Shen, I don't want to ask you, you are like those other gentlemen, you always like to tell me big truths, I can't talk about you! ”

As the so-called loyalty is against the ear, Shen Xi's words came out, and Zhu Houzhao simply chose to avoid listening.

After the lecture, he came out of the Fang Palace, and Shen Xi did not leave the palace from the Donghua Gate, but took the noon gate.

Out of the Chengtian Gate, after taking the Daming Gate out of the palace, turn left and arrive at the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites. Xie Qian presided over the examination of the Ministry of Rites these days, and as a cabinet scholar, he did not have to stay in the Tribute Academy, but in order to avoid suspicion, it was inconvenient to return home, so he walked around the Cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, and the Tribute Academy, and only waited for the examination to end, and then entered the final marking procedure.

When Shen Xi arrived, Xie Qian was chatting with Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the two were talking and laughing, and it could be seen that they had a good relationship.

Seeing Shen Xi, Xie Qian smiled and said: "This Shen Yude is more and more valued by His Majesty, and His Majesty often praises him for his youth and promisingness, and teaches the prince to be conscientious ......and conscientious."

Although Xie Qian is a cabinet scholar, he is not Shen Xi's direct boss.

Shen Xi is an official of the Hanlin system, and his top leader, in addition to Liang Chu, a scholar of the Hanlin Dynasty, and Wu Kuan, the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, is Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Liang Chu has a good relationship with Shen Xi, but Master Hanlin is only a fifth-grade official, and Shen Xi is already a fifth-grade official, so in fact, Liang Chu has not helped Shen Xi much.

In addition, at present, the focus of Shen Xi's work is in Zhan Shifu, so Wu Kuan has more right to speak. It's a pity that Shen Xi has almost no communication with Wu Kuan, and Shen Xi is not very good at managing circles, which makes Shen Xi's performance in Zhan Shifu relatively mediocre.

Fortunately, Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, admired Shen Xi a lot, and even Shen Xi took the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and he also had the credit of Fu Han's recommendation behind him.

Boasting in front of Fu Han, needless to say, Xie Qian was in order to make Shen Xi's promotion smoother, after all, Xie Qian himself could not decide Shen Xi's assessment and promotion.

Fu Han stroked his beard and said, "What the cabinet said is exactly what the old man wants. ”

In terms of age, Fu Han is older than Xie Qian, Fu Han claims to be old in front of Xie Qian, but it just means that he is old and healthy, if you talk about the status of the DPRK and China, Fu Han is still inferior to Xie Qian.

Shen Xi, who was praised, saluted the two respectfully, slightly puzzled in his heart...... Xie Qian called him over, he shouldn't just praise him in front of Fu Han.

Xie Qian was taking the exam at this time, and it happened that the emperor was sick, and Shen Xi expected that Xie Qian's search for him was nothing more than these two things.

Fu Han went to the inner hall under the pretext of official business, leaving the room for Shen Xi and Xie Qian.

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi with a smile, as if to say, don't always say that I only use you, now I will protect you in front of Fu Shangshu, you should be satisfied, right?

"Shen Xi, the Ministry of Rites will try to come to an end, Your Majesty...... But the dragon is sick, you are proficient in medical skills, and there are some things I want to ask you. ”

Xie Qian's topic did not exceed Shen Xi's expectations.

Shen Xi replied: "I heard that Your Majesty was sick before, and the students are also very worried in their hearts, I don't know how Your Majesty bows?" ”

Xie Qian waved his hand: "I'm still sick, but you don't have to worry, it's not the illness contracted by the prince and queen before, it's too medical, and it's basically okay now." ”

Okay?

It's a big problem!

The emperor is obviously sick to the point of being bedridden, and you don't know when I am blocked from news? Zhu Houzhao is the emperor's biological son, and he must know much better than you, a cabinet scholar.

Shen Xi asked, "Then what is Your Majesty's specific illness?" ”

"Yin deficiency and body cold, self-sweating does not stop ......"

Xie Qian said the specific situation, Shen Xi couldn't hear the reason, and it was very cumbersome and easy to confuse with a set of theories of traditional Chinese medicine to summarize the patient's symptoms.

Shen Xi only judged from experience that the emperor should be weak and not replenished, and there was a little poisoning symptom, plus he was infected with wind and cold between winter and spring, so he couldn't afford to get sick.

Even if the illness is serious, it will not threaten Zhu Youji's life, but even if the disease is cured, the emperor's body will regress greatly, and the body's resistance will become weaker.

Xie Qian saw that Shen Xi was silent, thinking that he was thinking, and said, "Don't always listen to the old man, tell me, what is the disease of Your Majesty's life?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head honestly: "The student is neither a doctor nor a doctor who has not dabbled too much in medical research, if he just listens to what Elder Ge says, he can diagnose the condition and prescribe medicine, will Elder Ge accept it?" ”

"Hmm. You're telling the truth, I'm just asking for your opinion. ”

Xie Qian said, "If you want to say that Your Majesty and the Queen, you can rest assured of your medical skills, the illness of the Queen and the Crown Prince was cured by you with plasters, and you say Your Majesty's disease, is the plaster useful?" ”

Xie Qian didn't dare to let Shen Xi prescribe medicine casually, because if something went wrong, he would also be responsible. But if Shen Xi is treated with plaster, the degree of insurance will be very high, after all, the plaster is applied externally, and in the eyes of people in this era, even if the plaster cannot cure the disease, it is harmless to the body.

Shen Xi thought about it, if Zhu Youzhu is drug poisoning, vomiting and bloodletting can be tried, there is no more good way for heavy metal poisoning in this era, and this disease is a chronic disease, and heavy metals will gradually accumulate in the body.

"Your Majesty's consciousness is clear?" Shen Xi asked.

"This ......"

Xie Qian glanced at Shen Xi suspiciously, "Occasionally, I faint." ”

"What about eyesight?" Shen Xi asked.

"You seem to know everything, before Your Majesty fell ill, he said that his eyes were not as good as before, and he couldn't see clearly from a little distance, maybe he was suffering from an eye disease." Xie Qian sighed.

Shen Xi thought to himself, where is the eye disease, it is clearly chronic heavy metal mercury poisoning.

In order to seek immortality, Emperor Hongzhi's dependence on pills gradually increased, or perhaps the emperor was weak, and Empress Zhang gradually entered the age of thirty like a wolf and forty like a tiger.

"Your Majesty's skin is tanned without tanning and?" Shen Xi continued to ask.

"Yes. As you see with your own eyes. ”

At this time, even Xie Qian was impressed by Shen Xi's medical skills.

Shen Xi smiled bitterly, what he said, in addition to mercury poisoning, there are also symptoms of arsenic poisoning, both of which are necessary for the so-called panacea.

In ancient China, whether it was a faint monarch or a master, there were not a few people who died of chronic poisoning of these two heavy metals, such as Li Shimin, Zhu Di and so on...... To put it bluntly, after ascending to the throne and becoming rich all over the world, I don't want to lose it even more, and I am more afraid of death.

"From the student's point of view, Your Majesty should still regulate his body more, and should not take the medicine of the immortal family." Shen Xi said it unequivocally, this disease actually has a lot to do with those pills.

As a Confucian scholar, Xie Qian had great doubts about the Taoist art of family life, and nodded immediately: "You say, the old man will write it down, and he will tell the Tai Hospital when he turns around, what medicine can be cured?" ”

Want to heal? Take your time!

In this year's heavy metal poisoning, only by long-term recuperation can the symptoms be gradually reduced, so that the heavy metals can be excreted from the body little by little.

Now that the emperor has been sick due to heavy metal poisoning, if he doesn't stop taking the "elixir", maybe he doesn't have to wait for the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, and Zhu Youzhi will die in a year or two.

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