Chapter 154: Ning'er
"The emperor is angry!"
The ministers immediately knelt on the ground, claiming to be incompetent, and their bodies trembled, and even the prince, who was kneeling in the front row, knocked his head to the ground.
"Incompetent? You are incompetent, and my civil and military officials combined are not as good as a wandering Langzhong! Every year, I have reported the number of dead and injured after the disaster, the loss of the disaster, and the silver in the treasury is also taken to the disaster relief like flowing water, and the head of the household department comes to cry with me every day, but no one thinks about how to prevent the disaster in advance and minimize the loss of the natural disaster! ”
The Emperor reached out and threw the fold on the table underneath, and landed right in front of the Prince.
"Look, you all see, a doctor who has not yet reached the crown, he used a booklet to solve this problem that you have not solved for several years, what face do you have to call the 'Son of Heaven', if you don't go, go back and pick up the child!"
As he spoke, several pamphlets were also thrown down and scattered in front of the courtiers.
The prince trembled and flipped open the fold, knelt on the ground, and quickly skimmed through the contents of the fold.
It is the excerpt of the prefect of Luoxiang Prefecture, writing that a month ago he listened to the advice of a doctor under his rule, formulated an "emergency handling plan", and then let all the people under his rule participate in the exercise, familiar with various disasters when self-rescue and mutual rescue, escape methods, this is how to make this natural disaster smoothly, after statistics, the entire Luoxiang Mansion, in this natural disaster, more than 300 injured people, after treatment, no one died.
This is a thing that should be happy, the prince is lying on the ground, and he can't understand why the emperor is so angry, no one thought of it before, and it's not too late to think of it now!
But, Wei Zhao? It's a familiar name!
Suddenly, his mind flashed, wasn't Wei Zhao the doctor who researched the miracle medicine? is also from Luoxiang Mansion, also nineteen years old, and it seems that he is one person.
Thinking about it, this Wei Zhao is so old, but he can make a miracle medicine and come up with such an amazing way to prevent natural disasters, it can be seen that he is a talented person, if he can be recruited under the door, maybe he is a sharp weapon, a think tank.
The prince has been very sad recently, the emperor's temper has become more and more violent, he likes to call him to reprimand him if he has nothing to do, and often gives him some problems, he can't answer and punish him for copying books, and compares his young brother with him, saying that he is not as good as a fifteen-year-old brother, the concubine is so proud, repeatedly contradicting his mother, but the emperor favors their mother and son, and in turn reprimands the queen mother for teaching her son, and also lets his mother go to the queen mother to listen to the training.
If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that he, the crown prince, will not be able to sit steadily, and the queen will also be implicated by him.
He was in dire need of a think tank to give him ideas to help him get out of his current predicament.
Wei Zhao's appearance seemed to let him see a glimmer of light, if there was a smart person by his side who taught him how to please his father, the current predicament would naturally be solved.
The emperor was furious, and the courtiers who scolded him didn't dare to breathe, so he stopped, sat down on the dragon chair, looked around at a group of quails under the circle, and said, "Taishi Liu hasn't come to the court yet?" ”
The eunuch on the side hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, Taishi Liu is sick and still recuperating." ”
"Sick? It's been almost a month, didn't the doctor go to see it? ”
"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor went to see it, and said that it was Taishi Liu who had a cough disease, which became more and more serious every winter, and he needed to recuperate." The eunuch is still kneeling on the ground, but he is a little bolder, if he wants to say who the emperor listens to in this court, it must be Liu Taishi, as long as Liu Taishi is mentioned, the emperor's anger will disappear.
The emperor was indeed discouraged, he picked up the teacup, poured a sip of tea, and then said: "Since Taishi Liu is seriously ill, the prince, you can go to see him on my behalf." ”
The crown prince was shocked, and he hurriedly straightened up and said loudly: "Yes, father!" ”
His mood suddenly improved, and he went to visit his courtiers on behalf of the emperor, which is an honor, and only a trusted prince can have a privilege, and it seems that his father is not completely disappointed in him.
As long as he works hard and lets the emperor see his benefits, he will definitely be able to please the emperor, kill the momentum of the emperor's brother, and sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince.
He made up his mind that he must send someone to invite this Wei Zhao to Beijing as soon as possible.
"Although the damage to the Luoxiang Mansion is not serious, it is a disaster after all, Luo Wenze!"
Hubu Shangshu Wenze didn't dare to pretend to be quails, and hurriedly climbed out of the column: "The minister is here!" ”
"I'll leave this matter to you, find out the disaster loss, the disaster relief still has to be relieved, in addition, send someone to Luoxiang Mansion to learn from the experience, and find out what is going on with their method of preventing natural disasters!"
Luo Wenze didn't dare to cry poor this time, hurry up, he is looking forward to retreating from the dynasty now, as for whether the treasury is empty, whether there is silver and grain for disaster relief, this will be slowly considered later!
After discussing things all morning, there was another fire, the emperor felt very tired, and after retreating from the court, he went back to the palace directly, and took medicine under the service of the personal eunuch, and then went to bed for a nap.
On the other side, the prince received the order, and hurriedly took the two imperial doctors, prepared some precious medicinal materials, and went to the Taishi Mansion to visit Taishi Liu.
As soon as Taishi Liu and his entourage returned to Beijing, they heard that the prince was visiting, and they were busy receiving them in the front hall.
"The old minister is sick, thanks to the emperor and the prince, I am terrified!" Liu Taishi showed gratitude for the arrival of the crown prince, and bowed down to the imperial city.
"Taishi is an important minister of the country, and he is deeply relied on by his father, but recently the state affairs have been busy, and his father has not been able to come in person, so he came to visit from the palace, and I hope that Taishi will take care of his body, recover as soon as possible, and return to the court as soon as possible to share his father's worries!" The prince stretched out his hand to help Taishi Liu, very friendly, without half of the prince's arrogance.
Taishi Liu's face was moved, and he thanked the emperor and the crown prince again for his thoughtfulness, and at the same time bluntly said that his illness was no longer serious, and he would return to the court in the near future to share his worries for the monarch.
One of the two expressed loyalty, the other won people's hearts, and the two chatted very speculatively.
When the imperial doctor checked the pulse of Taishi Liu and confirmed that his illness was fine, the prince took his leave and returned to the palace to resume his life.
After he left, Taishi Liu returned to the back house, took a painting, and the tea set given to him by Wei Zhao, and went to the most remote courtyard of the Liu family.
This courtyard is green bricks and tiles, no flowers and plants are planted, only a few big trees, no one walks in the yard, only bursts of sandalwood scattered in the wind.
When he walked into the main house, he saw a beautiful back of a woman under the statue of Guanyin facing the door, with black hair like a waterfall and a slender figure.
"Ning'er!" He called, his tone full of love.
When the woman heard the voice, she turned her head and saw Taishi Liu, her face was muna, she was not shocked, her lips were lightly opened, and her voice was also unwavering, dry and hoarse: "Dad!" ”