Wen Tianxiang got up early in the morning and hurried to the hospital. His child is sick and is being hospitalized. His wife was accompanied in the hospital, and Wen Tianxiang returned to Hangzhou after his term expired. Originally, it was agreed to meet and talk with the officials, but at this time, I could only go to the officials to explain the situation first, hoping to delay the conversation first.

Sitting in the carriage, Wen Tianxiang was very uneasy. His child suddenly became ill, and according to the situation told by the hospital, it was not an infectious disease, nor was it unadaptable. What exactly is the disease, the hospital cannot confirm the diagnosis. The director of the hospital had some friendship with Wen Tianxiang, looking at Wen Tianxiang's heartbroken appearance, he secretly pulled Wen Tianxiang and said: "I don't dare to blindly diagnose the Yanei of the Wen Governor's Mansion, but I am nervous at the moment." If the prefect of Wen really wants to try it, he might as well ask Zhao Guanjia for help. ”

After saying this, the dean secretly told him again. "This is not for the Wen Governor's Mansion to beg the Zhao Guan's family to come and send the imperial doctor."

Wen Tianxiang is not a fool, although his heart is in turmoil, after thinking about it, he also knows what the dean means. If Wen Tianxiang wants to diagnose his son, it is best to find Zhao Guan's family to personally diagnose and treat him. In the Great Song Dynasty, it was normal for literati to understand medical skills. Although the official family is not a literati, Zhao Jiaren is a real and genuine Jinshi, 100% pure literati. However, letting the official personally diagnose and treat it is already suspected of trespassing. If Zhao Guanjia can't be diagnosed, it will naturally cause a lot of problems. If Zhao Guan's family can confirm cases that cannot be diagnosed by major hospitals, it will also be troublesome.

Thinking about it in his heart, Wen Tianxiang couldn't make a decision. Although he completely wanted to save his son, he also believed in the ability of the Zhao official family. But what about after the Zhao Guan's family was cured? There is no impermeable wall in the world, and this news will definitely be spread. When other family members are seriously ill, don't they want to ask Zhao Guan's family for help? How should the Zhao family refuse at that time?

Discouraged, he got out of the carriage, and as soon as he entered the gate of the hospital, he saw someone dancing and posting notices on the blackboard. On the red paper was written in big letters, "Our army has conquered Dadu, and the Mongolian army has fled back to the desert." ”

is in an extremely low mood, Wen Tianxiang still can't help but feel excited. What he did before was the prefect of Kaifeng, and he returned to Beijing after his term of office before the Northern Expedition. Although Wen Tianxiang was also very concerned about it, there was no real news. Thinking of these, Wen Tianxiang suddenly had no suffocation in his heart, and many thoughts converged into one thought. Go and see Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's house now.

Riding the carriage to the gate of Zhao Guan's back garden, he happened to faintly see the figure of Zhao Guan's family. Wen Tianxiang immediately leaned forward and wanted to lean over. Everyone knows that Wen Tianxiang is the minister valued by the Zhao official family, although the guards stopped Wen Tianxiang, but someone also informed Zhao Jiaren. It didn't take long for Wen Tianxiang to be brought to Zhao Jiaren.

It can be seen that Zhao Jiaren's expression is not happy. Although he didn't know why, Wen Tianxiang suddenly knelt down for Zhao Jiaren. First congratulated: "Congratulations to the official family, the Song army has captured the capital." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Jiaren to react, Wen Tianxiang continued: "Zhao Guanjia, the minister's son is seriously ill, and the doctor can't diagnose it. The minister only felt that everything was burning, and he couldn't wait to die for this child. However, no matter how much you think about it, it is useless, and you can only ask the official family for help at this time. ”

"Humph! You really know how to get me in trouble! Zhao Jiaren said coldly.

"If you can save the minister's child, don't scold the official, but beat, and the minister will be willing to do it." After Wen Tianxiang finished speaking, he bowed to Zhao Jiaren. Before the Mongols wiped out the Great Song Dynasty and ruled China, prostrations were very important actions. If it was for his own life and death, Wen Tianxiang would not kneel and beg others even if he was sharp. But for the sake of the child, Wen Tianxiang felt that kneeling was no big deal. In particular, I asked Zhao Jiaren to bow down.

Zhao Jiaren stretched out his hand to pull Wen Tianxiang up, sighed and said, "You go down." In this world, if a doctor works with his hand, then there should be no such thing as someone dying. If I can't cure it, don't blame me. ”

Wen Tianxiang was overjoyed, Zhao Jiaren is a very confident and self-loving person, for things he doesn't understand, Zhao Jiaren never doesn't know how to pretend to understand, so Wen Tianxiang said happily: "This is natural!" This is natural! ”

"You ......, and I can't cheapen you. If your son's illness is cured, your Wen family will send me at least two children to study medicine. Remember, at least one of these two children must be a girl. After Zhao Jiaren finished speaking, he got into the carriage with an unhappy expression.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhao Jiaren said to the secretary in the same car: "You arrange for me, I will go to the hospital in the afternoon to make a diagnosis for Wen Tianxiang's son." ”

"Yes." The secretary hurriedly wrote it down.

Zhao Jiaren continued to lean on the carriage seat with an unhappy expression. The news from the front line made Zhao Jiaren very unhappy, and the Song army's level of use of firearms was quite similar to that of the Qing army, which was within the scope of Zhao Jiaren's imagination, but it also made Zhao Jiaren very angry. Firearms warfare is brutal, brutal beyond people's imagination. This is a hurdle that must be crossed. Song Jun is so urinating, he will probably have the fate of being defeated by backwardness in cash.

When he arrived at the household department, Zhao Jiaren asked with a straight face: "Are the funds for Henan's development ready?" ”

Sun Qing, the head of the household, was full of surprise, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw the news that the Song army had seized the capital. The Mongols were driven back into the desert, which meant that Jiangnan could not be attacked by the Mongol army again. The shadow of the last surrender of President Lin'an has finally been dispelled. So Sun Qing couldn't help but ask: "But I don't know why the official family is unhappy?" ”

After Zhao Jiaren heard this, he suddenly wanted to get angry at Sun Qing, but he held back and said, "This has nothing to do with the household department. What I want to ask now when I go to the household department is how Henan's development funds are being prepared. ”

Sun Qing is not a fool, although he doesn't know why the Zhao official family is so angry, he still hurriedly said: "The official family, what I prepared for the development of Henan was the money to reopen the Ji Canal and the Shandong Canal. This big thing in the next year's money is ready. As for the money for the comprehensive development of Henan, the household department has not thought about how to develop it now, so there is no way to set a quantity. ”

"Then come up with a rough development charter. Since most of them have been captured by our army, the Mongolian army will probably not sacrifice their lives to fight the Yellow River, and Henan does not have to worry about being ravaged again. After Zhao Jiaren finished speaking, he left the household department and went to the military department.

Sun Qing looked at the back of Zhao Guan's family and felt that his whole person was not very good. The people next to them were also puzzled, they didn't understand at all that on such a happy day, who dared to offend the Zhao Guan's family without a long eye.

Turning his head to see the performance of the personnel of the household department, Sun Qing said dissatisfiedly: "Give me a meeting now." Make a Henan development plan. ”

When Zhao Jiaren arrived at the military headquarters, he had barely collected his anger. On such a day, scolding the people in the military department is a stupid decision that makes no sense. At this marching department, someone immediately greeted him, "Official, we received the Empress Dowager." ”

"The Empress Dowager?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned.

The people from the military department saw Zhao Jiaren's expression and hurriedly revised their statement. "Oh. It was the former Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing. The Mongols sent her and some of her captured ladies to Dadu. ”

Since the surrender of President Lin'an, those who surrendered have been stripped of all honorific titles. The current empress dowager of the Great Song Dynasty has to be Zhao Jiaren's grandmother.

"What about the other nobles who surrendered?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

"It's not very clear in the telegram." The people of the military department preached.

Zhao Jiaren replied, "Yes." Got it. Meeting! ”

"Wait. Official. At this time, we don't know the truth or falsehood of Xie Daoqing and his daughter......"

"If you send them to Hangzhou, you'll know."

The telegram sent the latest instructions of the Zhao official family to Dadu, and Dadu immediately took action. With steam cars, the need for wind power is greatly reduced. First, small steam cars and ships were used to send those people along the river to Zhigu Village, and then large steam vehicles and ships were used to send these people from Zhigu Village to Hangzhou.

Two days after begging the official's family, Wen Tianxiang received news that his son was going to undergo surgery. After another day of preparation, the pre-operation responsibility letter was placed in front of Wen Tianxiang. Looking at the above various responsibility provisions, Wen Tianxiang was not angry. In the Great Song Dynasty, it is still an era of sparse life for seventy years. The average life expectancy is in the forties and close to the fifties. The proportion of young people dying is not low, even among wealthy families. As far as Wen Tianxiang's child's illness is concerned, it is a miracle that he can survive.

Mrs. Wen, who read the letter of responsibility, turned pale, and said in a trembling voice: "Official." We might as well wait......"

Wen Tianxiang shook his head heavily, "Waiting any longer is a dead end, if it is surgery, you can still fight." Leave it to fate. ”

After saying this, I don't know if I said it to my wife or to myself, Wen Tianxiang finished signing, and then sat down on the bench outside the operating room with his eyes closed. Although he knows that life is impermanent, but when his child encounters a life-and-death situation, Wen Tianxiang is still in turmoil. Mrs. Wen was also from a big family, and she also knew that Wen Tianxiang was reasonable, so she sat next to her and wept silently.

I don't know how long it took, Wen Tianxiang only knew that he was sitting like this, and got up again and smoked outside the door. In short, he really wanted his son to finish the operation quickly, but he was worried that the operation would be completed early, but his son would not be able to save him. As a prefect-level official, Wen Tianxiang certainly knew that surgery was disembowelment. Even a strong man would die if he was so wholeed, let alone a sick and dying child.

At this moment, I saw a nurse running in front of Wen Tianxiang. Seeing the nurse's joy, Wen Tianxiang had hope in his heart, "Governor Wen, the operation is done." The doctor asked me to tell you that the surgery was a success. ”

"Thank goodness!" Wen Tianxiang looked up to the sky and sighed, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart. Only then did he remember to thank the person who contributed to the operation, the attending doctor of the hospital.

When I rushed back to the operating room, I saw Mrs. Wen pulling the attending doctor, who was very tired and crying happily.

Wen Tianxiang also hurriedly rushed up to express his gratitude. The doctor replied while taking out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. April in Gangnam is already hot, but the sweat is because the operation is very physically demanding. After a brief introduction to the situation, the doctor took advantage of Wen Tianxiang to come over to sign and said: "Governor Wen, there is nothing unexpected in this world. What may also happen during the recovery period after surgery. You should respect your doctor's advice. ”

"I understand, I understand." Wen Tianxiang nodded again and again in agreement, "Doctor, thank you!" ”

"I'm just doing my best. If you really thank you, you might as well go and thank the official's house. If he hadn't come to diagnose it, I really didn't know I could have such a condition. In fact, I have to thank Governor Wen for patients with this disease in the future. ”

Just when Wen Tianxiang was ready to accompany his son to recover after surgery, he suddenly received an order to find him at Zhao Guan's house. When I arrived at Zhao Jiaren's back garden, it was already night. Zhao Jiaren said: "Have you had dinner?" ”

“…… Didn't eat it. Wen Tianxiang replied.

"How about a bowl of shredded chicken noodles?" Zhao Jiaren asked again.

"As long as you can eat enough."

It didn't take long for two bowls of noodles with eggs, tomatoes, and chicken to arrive. A large glass of beer was also served to each person. The noodles are very real, but they are too simple to serve as an official meal. Zhao Jiaren didn't think so. Wen Tianxiang's family is rich, and eating a bowl alone is too few for him, even if it is too little with beer. However, Zhao Guan's family was snoring, and Wen Tianxiang was not deliberately hypocritical. And the noodles are made of stewed meat broth, which is quite fragrant.

And Zhao Jiaren not only ate, but also said while eating: "The Mongols sent the former Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing and other concubines who were taken captive. But the former official family and the Empress Dowager did not send it back. I need to form a screening team now. Come to think of it, it's best for you to go. ”

Wen Tianxiang bit off the noodles in his mouth and asked in surprise, "Why?" ”

Zhao Jiaren ate a few more bites of noodles and poured a sip of beer, and then said, "Because you are not hypocritical." Everyone also knows that you are not hypocritical. At this time, if someone else does it, I will always feel in a dilemma. But if you do it, you probably follow the rules. And I think you probably have genuine compassion for those people. ”

Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but smile bitterly. It is only fitting that this is said in such a private setting. If it is said in the court, it is equivalent to drawing Wen Tianxiang as a target. Wen Tianxiang is not hypocritical, which means that others are hypocritical. Wen Tianxiang has compassion, that is, others have no real pity. Others have to hate Wen Tianxiang to death!

The noodles are fragrant, and with beer, they are even more delicious. Wen Tianxiang ate a bowl of noodles, and then replied: "Since the official family said so, the minister will take care of this matter." In addition, the minister's son has been rescued, and the minister is very grateful. ”

"I know your gratitude. I don't want you to thank me so much, though. If you really thank me, then do something to train doctors. My medical skills may be good, but no one can inherit my medical skills, and no one can carry my medical skills forward. This medical skill can only save a few people. That's the last thing I want to see. ”