Chapter 48: The Worries of the Qi Kingdom
Chapter 47 The Worries of the Qi State
It was rainy in March.
The eldest son of the emperor of Qi succeeded to the throne, although there was a chaotic alternation between the old and new regimes, but the eldest son of the emperor has always been calm, many years of southern and northern wars, known for his iron fist, although facing the unanimous opposition of the royal family and the lord and faction, but the current political situation is quite stable.
Early in the morning, the military department in the main battle faction came to the front of the main hall, the newly appointed emperor of Qi, in his forties, full of energy, in front of the desk, the documents are like a mountain, is reading one after another.
As soon as he saw Liu Wu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he immediately stood up, personally greeted and gave him a seat, and couldn't wait to ask, "How is the news?" ”
"Your Majesty, reliable news, it's about to succeed!" The military department Shangshu said calmly.
Emperor Qi's face suddenly turned from white to green, from green to blue, his face was like cold iron, Liu Wu looked at Emperor Qi, there were many worries in his heart, as if he had a thousand words, and then he still presented the song very firmly.
"Black nitrate, is the low-lying black soil upper layer of the product, its color is yellow, its taste is bitter, its quality is more relaxed, can be made into a miracle medicine to cure diseases, the plague that swept the entire land of China was controlled because of this miracle medicine. But it can also be made into poison....."
"Convene the ministers!" Emperor Qi said to the eunuch next to him. Then he turned his head and said to Liu Shangshu, "Let's go, let's go to the main hall!" ”
The ministers were late, one by one they were old, and the anger in Emperor Qi's heart was self-evident.
"Black nitrate, who understands?" Emperor Qi's tone was stiff, and he shook the music in his hand.
"Doctor, do you understand this?" Although Emperor Qi asked the ministers who were summoned to discuss the matter, these people looked at each other for a while, and it was difficult to speak for a while.
Only one of them, named Huaibei Hou, had much contact with the alchemists, and he snorted and said, "Your Highness, first ask the domestic alchemists, they know this business." After speaking, he stepped aside a little tremblingly and did not continue to say more.
Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the new emperor of Qi in front of him is a dragon who wants to gallop across the country.
The old emperor of Qi was killed because he ate the elixir made by the alchemy family, and the new emperor hated the nonsense of the alchemy family for a long time, so he caught a few at that time, and he is still locked up in the prison, just in response to the sentence: "Which pot is not opened, where is the pot!" ”
"Huaibei Hou, you continue to speak, tell everything you know, and the one who speaks is not guilty." Compared with the major matters of the country's survival, Emperor Qi still has a clear grasp of the importance of it.
"At the beginning, black nitrate can be collected inside and outside the house in Bashu and Yongliang land, such as summer boils, ringworm, mosquitoes, blisters, etc., just rub some black saltpeter, such as eczema, plague also has an excellent therapeutic effect, and then people began to superstitious about this thing, saying that it can not only cure diseases, but also beautify the face, and live a long life......."
"All yang poison typhoid fever, or long-term suffering from cold diarrhea, or spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, cold dysentery, cold limbs, a little sulfur, also become a high-grade medicine, the amount is not much, a little, or well controlled, there are no other drawbacks, can be aphrodisiac, can be beautified, if the control is not lawful, it will be poisoned......"
Thinking that the old emperor of Qi might have eaten too much and died of exhaustion, the Marquis of Huaibei did not dare to continue to say more, and stopped in a snort, looking at the new Emperor Qi who was also panting, worried about the wrath of the thunder.
Emperor Qi raised his hand and habitually looked at everyone below, "Huainan Hou, you know a lot!" ”
Under the main hall, quietly, the Marquis of Huaibei nodded with a wry smile.
"Huaibei Hou, keep talking!"
"Slowly, more and more people are starting to care about this thing." Huaibei Hou paused, "Due to the different sizes of the disease, the dosage is difficult to control, the use of more is too toxic, and the dosage is small and has little effect, so some people began to think of a way." ”
"The first person who came up with the solution was actually our Qi people, who said that his name was Wu Kwai Zi, was a folk doctor, he also studied the five elements of Yin and Yang, and understood the theory of dirty elephant meridians, he used the method of ambushing fire, that is, trying to subdue the fire poison, the method is simple is to fight poison with poison, burn it with fire, and the fire poison will naturally be eliminated, but this Wu Kwai Zi travels all over the world, and basically no one knows where he will be. And his purpose is mainly to cure diseases and save people, the dosage is not large, and the doctors should understand it very well. ”
"The alchemists are completely different, their purpose is not to cure diseases and save people, but to study the elixir of immortality, people in all countries are researching, many people burn themselves or their family members to death, alchemists because they want to refine urgently, the dosage is too strong, and the purple smoke penetrates the house and there are many people."
Then military enthusiasts began to enter, and it was rumored that the Wei people were developing a kind of nitrate...... The lethality has increased greatly......" Huaibei Hou said as he peeked at the New Qi Emperor in front of the main hall, and the New Qi Emperor listened very seriously with a blue face.
"Don't think that all this is far away from you. What Huaibei Hou said is all the truth, everything is real, the black nitrate bag is like a black whirlwind, like a thunderstorm in the sky, and it will soon be blown up to your doorstep! As he spoke, he made a gesture of throwing bombs around the ministers, and then came a very exaggerated voice: "Bang, bang! ”
A few nearby old ministers, who were not young, were usually flattering, squeaky at critical moments, and there were few high-ranking people who had been war-torn for a long time, most of them were hereditary, mostly relatives of the emperor, and Su Rili was to be greedy and detain the army for the industry, raising horses and riding for fun, the real source of national corruption, and the two voices of the Qi Emperor "Bang, Bang!" They were so frightened that they couldn't get up for half a day.
Let them give advice, won't they laugh off their big teeth!
"Who has a good plan? This is the time to share the worries of the country! "Or maybe a recommendation!" Emperor Qi's blade-like gaze slowly wandered on the faces of His Royal Highness's ministers, and the fire in his heart was slowly spreading.
"There is no good strategy, and there is no recommendation, what do I want you to do!" Emperor Qi is also like a ball of gunpowder, which can explode at any time.
"Huaibei Hou, what do you think, say it."
"The State of Wei, the Emperor of Wei, is promiscuous, and he only knows that he wants the elixir of life, which is not terrible, the focus is on General Aolan in the northwest! And it was her husband who made the black nitrate bag, Zhong Shi, the former commander of the northern border of Wei State......"
"I'm willing to exchange 3,000 beauties for Aolan, but is it okay? Can you get it in exchange? "Emperor Wei is really blessed!" As soon as they changed their majestic and angry expressions, the frightened ministers took the opportunity to stand up, and it was their strength to look at their faces.
"It's difficult to descend Aolan, but there is one person, we can make a fuss!" The military department began to speak.
But at this time, Emperor Qi stood up, "That's it for today, everyone is scattered." Emperor Qi's eyes suddenly flashed a complicated expression, but it calmed down after an instant, and when he looked closely, his expression was already controlled like a calm lake, and the reflection of the lake was perfectly displayed, and those dim old ministers felt a little soberly at the moment that their position was in danger.