Chapter 47: Emperor Qi Yao Tai (I)
"It has been three months since the obscenity was set up in the shadows and worshipped in the morning and evening. Secretly envoy witch Gu, the Queen Mother, there are only four cases that have been verified, and today it is privately giving the Son of Heaven medicine to defile the Queen Mother and the government. In just three months, the concubine has done so many things, and I don't know how many there were before. I really don't know whether to praise her for her tenacity, or if we are too indulgent to her, so that she doesn't know how to restrain? ”
Kumamoto seemed to be smiling, put down the text in his hand, and gently closed it, and the word top secret on the cover was clearly visible.
This is a secret that can only be accessed by the council, and it is also a meeting that can only be attended by the council.
The important ministers in Beijing gathered once again for an incident that happened in Funing Palace today.
Kumamoto pressed his hands on the huge round table and questioned the prime minister who was also at the table, "You can do it again, but you can't do it again and again." Kumamoto dared to ask Su Pingzhang, Zhang Xianggong, and Han Xianggong, what do we have to endure...... When will the concubine arrive? ”
Kumamoto's questioning immediately sparked one after another accusations.
"That's right, the concubine instigated the Son of Heaven to use poison, which is simply a joke. A few things will be passed out, how do all the countries in the world look at my Great Song? ”
"The Queen Mother has been ill for a long time, what is the reason? Is it caused by the magic of the concubine? ”
"The concubine is so presumptuous, just because she is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven. In my opinion, the Son of Heaven has to make plans in advance. ”
"What are the three ministers going to do?"
"We can't go as planned."
"Private obscenity is already a taboo in the palace, and witchcraft should be punished with death."
The reproach of the government suddenly erupted like the water that broke the embankment.
The concubine is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, and she is in the deep palace, if she is really bullied, she can still spoil regardless of her identity, except for the queen mother who can suppress her, they are ordinary ministers, and they really have nothing to do with Concubine Zhu.
But now the councilors don't even care about the emperor, let alone the concubine who has done such a vicious thing?
And the appeasement attitude that the prime ministers have always adopted can be said to be the main reason why the concubine is so unscrupulous.
In the face of many criticisms, Zhang Dian seemed to be swept away by the rain and narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the past, even with the status of important ministers, few of these people dared to attack the prime minister's decision and dare to provoke the prime minister, but since the first meeting, the parliamentarians have a new understanding of their own status.
Today's attack can be regarded as their first temptation, counting them, not counting Kumamoto, who picked the head, there are actually seven or eight people.
I have to say, this feels bad.
He quickly looked at the two companions, Su Song closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, as if he was asleep, while Han Gang was also leaning on the back of the chair, his elbows were resting on the armrests, and his ten fingers were folded on the table, looking at Yi Qiē with interest, and there was an unfathomable smile on the corner of his mouth, like an outsider.
Zhang's face was ugly again, he stretched out his hand, bent his fingers and knocked on the table, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
The prestige of the prime minister's accumulation of years, how can it be wiped out by the parliamentarians sitting together?
Zhang Dian didn't answer Fang Cai's many questions, and asked Han Gang idly, "Yukun, what are you using to pretend to be medicine?" ”
"It's charcoal powder made from chicken bones." Han Gang replied calmly, and then added to the public council, "Bone char powder can adsorb stomach poisoning, if you encounter someone with food poisoning, in addition to inducing vomiting, you can also try bone char powder, which is somewhat useful." ”
Han Gang's teaching class had the intention of easing the atmosphere a little, but there was no joke or even fun.
Kumamoto's hands clenched nervously under the table.
Zhang Dian still had some reactions to his own test, and Han Gang was like a ball of cotton, and he couldn't mix it up.
But whether it is Zhang Dian or Han Gang, they all show their strength and confidence.
was subdued by Zhang Dian and Han Gang, and no one spoke. It was normal for Zeng Xiaokuan, Wang Juqing and others not to speak, but even Pu Zongmeng didn't speak, which made Kumamoto can't help but start to examine whether his attack was a little hasty.
Maybe it's not time yet?
Zhang Dian asked, "Yukun, have you asked people to try it beforehand?" ”
"The three of them tried it at the same time, and there were no adverse reactions, and after a day or two, there would be symptoms similar to blood in the stool......" Han Gang paused for a moment, giving the audience a little time to think, "It's black." ”
Zhang Duan didn't care what color the excrement after eating charcoal powder was, he asked tightly, "Did the concubine let people try it?" ”
"I don't know, there is no report from the Imperial Medicine Academy. Maybe not? ”
The councillors gasped. This is information that is not disclosed in Fang Cai's top-secret text.
Han Gang's use of chicken bone charcoal powder for detoxification as poison is already ironic, and what makes people even more shocked is that the concubine gave the 'poison' to her son without letting people try it? This is the medicine she clearly asked people to find.
That's her own son, and her health is not very good, how dare she hand it over to the emperor so reassuringly?
She didn't know that the medicine was bone char powder, only that it was a drug that could cause people to have symptoms of poisoning.
It is a three-point poison of medicine, with the physique of the Son of Heaven, the toxicity that ordinary people can bear, maybe he will die if he eats it. Why did the concubine dare to let her son take this medicine without even trying?
"Is the Son of Heaven really born to the concubine?" Pu Zongmeng was half ridiculous and half serious, "The more I look at it, the less I look like it." ”
Han Gang said: "People are already half-crazy, and it is not surprising to do anything. ”
Kumamoto immediately grasped the meaning of the words: "So there is a next time?" ”
"Of course, if this matter doesn't work out, the concubine will definitely think of another way." Han Gang gave a positive answer very simply, without any disguise, he smiled at Kumamoto, "Fang Cai Botong also said that the concubine has a tough temperament...... Or paranoia, which is already a heart disease. He pointed to his heart, and at this point, there was no smile on his face.
"There's no way to avoid it?" Pu Zongmeng frowned and asked, "I'm not afraid of the concubine, but although the concubine didn't succeed this time, what about the next time?" If the Son of Heaven has a case, we can't help but be passive. ”
Wang Juqing said: "It's not a few days, no matter how much you toss, until the wedding of the Son of Heaven, then the clouds will break through and the moon will open." ”
The plans of the prime ministers are clear to all the politicians present, but not everyone agrees, especially these few things, which can completely solve the concubine and even the emperor, there is no need to wait until after the marriage of the Son of Heaven.
"What if something happens in just a few days? The concubine could get the medicine from other places. Kumamoto said: "I once heard that there is a treasury in the Imperial Medicine Academy, and there are countless treasures of all kinds of poisons, but I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”
Almost one-third of you knew about it, until a dozen years ago, many places in the south had paid tribute to poison. But the remaining two-thirds were shocked, after all, as long as they did not serve as local officials, few people would pay attention to the tributes of other states and counties thousands of miles away.
Many people looked at Han Gang, and there was only one person to answer the question about medicine.
"After the Queen Mother fell ill, the Imperial Medicine Institute destroyed all the poisons." Han Gang replied unexpectedly.
He didn't mention who asked the Imperial Apothecary to dispose of the poison, but he didn't need to say it either.
"And poisons also have an expiration date, and the vast majority of those drugs that were put in storage when Taizong, Zhenzong, and Renzong were in storage have long since run out of gas. The poison of Yingzong and Xizong was almost bad. After three years of Yuanfeng, there will be no new medicine in the palace, you can rest assured. Han Gang continued.
"Yuanfeng three years?" Wang Juqing asked, he was one of the unknowing.
Han Gang nodded: "It was after the Queen Mother was in power." ”
There was silence in the hall again.
Thinking of the Queen Mother, and then thinking about the current emperor and concubine, it really makes people feel emotional.
Although the Queen Mother is not ill, it is impossible for the important ministers to hold a court meeting on their own, and they will not have the momentum they have now. But in any case, compared with the concubines and emperors who are jumping up and down now, they are at least a little nostalgic for the days when the Queen Mother was in power.
"But don't be too reassured. If you've been subscribing to Nature, you'll know how quickly your understanding of drugs and poisons has evolved over the years. Han Gang said suddenly.
Han Gang mobilized the feelings of the councilors together, and the atmosphere that had just eased a little bit became solemn again.
"Previous issue...... No, it's the previous issue," Li Chengzhi recalled, "I once saw a paper about the symptoms of various poisons. There were so many poisons in them that I had never even heard of. ”
"There are several similar papers." Han Gang said: "Chemistry and medicine have developed rapidly, and poison has long ceased to be limited to arsenic. Frost, pull machine and other low-grade goods. How to synthesize a non-toxic substance into a toxic substance is not a difficult problem for any medical student. ”
"Yukun, this is no joke. What if we encounter these poisons? Zeng Xiaowan reminded Han Gang in a reproachful tone.
"Let's have a Daizhou doctor," Han Gang said with a joke, "In terms of surgery and detoxification, their level can be trusted." ”
The doctors trained by Daizhou Hospital may not be as extensive as those from the Taiyi Bureau, but they are far superior in terms of military medical expertise. And even if the doctors of the Taiyi Bureau want to graduate, they have to go to Daizhou for training.
This is one thing that all Jingshi officials know.
The doctors of the Taiyi Bureau can only use cows, sheep and pigs instead of human dissections, while the Daizhou Hospital can make more than a dozen live corpses a year - all of them are slaves bought from the barbarians around Daizhou.
There is no secret in the Jingshi about this matter, but everyone turns a blind eye. Because by doing so, it will promote the advancement of medicine. Compared with Hua Tuo, he can disembowel and disembowel without killing the patient, and there are more and more such doctors nowadays.
As long as one more Huatuo-level divine doctor can be cultivated, it means that there is an extra half a life, not to mention more than ten or twenty barbarians a year, even if three or five hundred barbarians are used to make a living body, the high-ranking officials and eunuchs of the Beijing Division will not blink an eye.
As for any benevolence, let's put it aside, and our own life is the most important thing.
With a smile, Han Gang looked at Zhang Dian and Su Song, but was glared at by Zhang Tun.
I really want to suppress Kumamoto today, but it would be too boring to divert the topic too far.
Zhang Dian knocked on the table again, "I know that everyone is worried about the concubine, so I won't say much about it, let's vote, and if you oppose the investigation of the concubine, please raise your hand." ”
Not a single person raised their hand.
"If you want to investigate the concubine's crimes now, please raise your hand?"
Kumamoto raised his hand, but there were only a few followers, and half of the few people who had been in the same breath as him before pressed their hands against the table.
Zhang Dian looked at Su Song.
Su Song stood up and propped up the table with both hands, "Since this is the case, let's wait for a little time for the time being, and discuss it after the marriage of the Son of Heaven." ”
The meeting was over, and no resolution was made except for reconsideration.
However, most of the participants were satisfied, because being able to participate in this conference represented their status.
When there were only three prime ministers left, Su Songfang said to Zhang Dan, "Brother Zihou, this time I am very passive." ”
Constantly shaking the authority of the Son of Heaven, and even doing all kinds of small actions, Zhang Dian was actually a little more eager than Han Gang, and Su Song didn't like this.
"Something has to be done. Isn't it? Zhang Dian asked rhetorically, and pulled Han Gang in again, "And this matter is also due to Yukun." ”
Han Gang smiled bitterly, the slightly toxic drugs that can cause poisoning symptoms have been published in "Nature", and it is not surprising that they are seen by people with a heart.
He was about to speak, but was interrupted by an attendant, "Qi Qi Su Pingzhang, Zhang Xianggong, Han Xianggong, the official family has more than abdominal pain, and several imperial doctors are helpless, so please enter the palace quickly." ”
Su Song looked up at the still bright sky, "Tomorrow, it's too late today." ”