Chapter 18: The Prince's Illness
The ministers can reach today's status, how can they not understand these truths? It's just that after all, this is about their own safety, and when the disaster comes, they instinctively want to escape. Once he unfortunately dies, what is the use of this great Liang Jiangshan and the Son of Heaven to him?
There were courtiers who bullied Xiao Yuan when he was young, and he rolled his eyes and said: "Your Highness's words are reasonable, but after all, this is the national capital, and all the ministers and clansmen are in Jinling." Why don't you take advantage of the fact that the epidemic has not spread, and the ministers will escort His Royal Highness and Niangniang out of the city to take refuge, and send doctors and medicines to the city outside, and wait for the epidemic to be settled......"
"Lonely can't go!"
Interrupting the courtier's unfinished words, Xiao Yuanshi was secretly angry in his heart, this was said in a high-sounding manner, escorting him and his mother out of the city to avoid disasters, and then sending supplies to the city? Hehe, when he's stupid? The escort is fake, take the opportunity to escape, regardless of whether the people in this city live or die is real, right?
"Before my father left Beijing, he ordered Lone to govern, not only to trust Lonely, but also to believe that there are Zhuqing who can deal with anything."
At this time, Xiao Yuanshi's face was serious, and he had the power of a king in his small body, pressing towards the ministers like a mountain, and his eyes couldn't help but flicker with the general thoughts of the courtiers before, and he didn't dare to confront this young prince at all. And such as Xun Baishui, Gu Jing, Xiao Pingzhang, these people who are for the country, but they only feel happy, with such a prince, the beam should be worry-free.
The prince's health has always been bad, and the queen loves her son like her life, although she only lets him learn from the prince's third division on weekdays, but she never wants him to be tired to a little bit, fortunately, the prince is not coquettish because of this, and it is no wonder that Xiao Xin left Beijing this time, and will order the prince to supervise the government, instead of entrusting it to the cabinet as in previous years.
At this time, Xun Baishui's eyes suddenly flashed the scene of the previous conversation with his sister, and his heart was completely relaxed, he believed that the prince's change must be related to his mother. If the prince continues to grow up like this, he should be convinced, and he should really let go of the little thoughts about the Changlin Palace.
Not mentioning the thoughts of the ministers, when Xiao Yuanshi looked at Xiao Pingzhang's eyes of relief and encouragement, he suddenly felt full of strength, and he no longer listened to the nonsense of those courtiers, and made a quick decision.
"Lonely knowledge is difficult to decide, the slightest deviation will be infamous for a lifetime, but in the current situation, there is no hesitation, a little late, I am afraid that I will regret it. Since Gu Youqing and others are entrusted by their father, they must take on this responsibility. ”
"Order, the Changlin Army blocks the four gates."
"Commandment."
"The cabinet urgently sent a report to Weishan, asking my father and the emperor to postpone his return to Beijing."
"Commandment."
"The Tai Yi Department immediately checked the old files to see if there were any old precedents to follow, and the medical condition was also entrusted to Taichang Temple. Lone believes that as long as the government and the people are united, they will be able to defeat this disaster! ”
"Commandment!"
There have been no different voices for a long time, and the prince was able to make such a decision at a young age, which made the ministers ashamed, and they also believed what the prince said, as long as the officials and the people were united, this catastrophe would definitely pass.
Neither can be delayed, the ministers are not formal, and they are ready to perform their duties, but before they reach the door, they hear Xun Feizhan exclaiming: "Your Highness! ”
Without warning, Xiao Yuanshi suddenly fell, Xun Feizhan was not far from him, this urgency, Fang Hao took the villain into his arms, seeing this situation, the ministers lost their color.
Xiao Jingning, who had something in her heart, didn't go far, and soon news came to interrupt her contemplation, "Niangniang, it's not good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has fainted!" ”
"What!"
Xiao Jingning's face changed, at this time, she couldn't care about avoiding suspicion, and she didn't need Su Ying's help, so she hurriedly rushed into the Wuying Palace, only to see that the Manchu Dynasty was both civil and military, and Gu Guan and Tang Zhiyu were treating Xiao Yuanshi. Forcing herself to calm down, she remembered what Puyang Ying said that day, thousands of civilians blocked the robbery for the prince, Chixia Town was so far away from the palace, but Xiao Yuanshi was the first to get sick, and it was impossible to say that there was no problem.
"Puyang Ying!"
A word was squeezed out from between his teeth, and the chill through the bones made the coldness of the ministers climb from the hearts of his feet, and some of his brains turned quickly to remember the previous queen's order to arrest Pu Yangying, but Xiao Pingzhang affirmed his previous suspicions. And Xiao Jingning was only distracted for a moment, and he didn't have time to think about anything more, so he directly met Xiao Pingzhang's eyes, "Shizi, please seal the city immediately!" ”
Xiao Pingzhang immediately withdrew, sealed the four doors as quickly as possible, and when thinking about the changes in the queen, he received an excerpt from the cabinet to Weishan, and at this time the city was closed, and these could only be passed on by people outside the city through hanging baskets. And this is not only an excerpt, but also several notices, but the matter of the Jinling plague is distributed to various places, specifically stating that Jinling will be closed from now on until the end of the epidemic, but will not refuse the medicine and materials supported by officials and people from all over the country and the doctors who voluntarily come to help.
This reminded Xiao Pingzhang that he had flipped through a similar old file, but he didn't remember it very clearly, and after asking, he realized that this notice was actually the queen's meaning. Then Xiao Pingzhang went back to the Changlin Palace, looked through the old files, and really found that the plague in Yeling City, the capital of Qin on the eve of thirty years ago, was banned by the Changlin Army's Feishan Battalion.
It turned out that after Xiao Jingning ordered the city to be closed immediately, he took advantage of the time when the Imperial Medical Department was diagnosing Xiao Yuanshi's pulse to ask Xun Baishui about Xiao Yuanshi's disposal, and added that notice, this notice was not only for the relief materials from all over the city and for doctors from all over the country to voluntarily come to Ancheng to settle the hearts of the people. It is also to let the rest of the Great Liang see what the imperial court has done, no matter whether it will lead to the worst result of the whole city's martyrdom, the imperial court will also win the hearts of the people outside the city. And the imperial court leads by example, in case this happens in other places in the future, then this is a reference, and it can be counted in one fell swoop.
Originally, some officials who complained about the queen's interference in politics were quite complaining, but after she gave this order, they couldn't help but secretly admire, they only thought that the queen was too stupid before, but now it seems that this is not the case at all. Even though she was still worried about the crown prince, she calmly asked the ministers to go down immediately to arrange the matter.
And what is even more admirable is that after confirming that the prince was infected with the plague, she ignored the obstruction, personally carried the prince to the East Palace, and ordered Xun Feizhan to block the East Palace, if there were other people in the palace who fell ill, they would also be sent to the East Palace, and she stayed inside to take care of the prince personally.
Xiao Jingning took a moment and secretly instructed Xun Feizhan, "Feizhan, you immediately send someone to search in the city, and also ask Changlin Shizi to help, you will definitely search Puyang Ying!" ”
"Niangniang, why do you want to catch Puyang Ying at this time?" Xun Feizhan really doesn't understand, isn't the top priority the plague and the prince? "I'm afraid Puyang Ying has already left the city and is ...... in the city."
"If you can stretch out your hand to Chixia Town and then to the palace at this time, it proves that he must be in the city." Xiao Jingning sneered, "As far as his past style of conduct, this plague is not everything, and he can't say that he has to do something in secret, like a poisonous snake, he will come out and bite people at the right time." Whether it's in the city or on the outskirts of the city, give me an inch-by-inch search, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to get rid of this poisonous snake! ”