"Liaodong has fallen."

In just five words, everyone in the court fell silent.

The determination of the second wave of expansion caused a serious wound to the Ming Dynasty, even if the second wave country paid more than half of the losses, it did not hesitate.

This is obviously beyond the emperor's estimate of the battle situation in the northeast, whether it is in terms of speed or results, I thought that even if the 100,000 army did not win, it would not be defeated in the short term, at least there were tall city walls, and it should not be a problem to hold on for a few months.

But who knew that the people of Cibo insisted on fighting with you, and they insisted on attacking for three days without stopping, and they simply paved the road with corpses and attacked the city wall.

If you lose the city of North Korea, someone must be responsible and take the general army to open the knife, but if you lose the local city, let alone the general army, Li Rusong can't afford to bear such a big responsibility even if he doesn't die.

So who is to blame for this? The Ministry of War, it is obvious that Shi Xing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is the first person responsible, and he is not effective in supervising the battle and is not well prepared. In order to show that they care about major state affairs, officials at all levels have gone to the Ministry of Impeachment and Impeachment.

However, there is a letter of impeachment that is not targeted by Shi Xing, but by Chu Fan, the head of the household.

The person who wrote this letter was none other than the left deputy capital Yu Shi Ran Xingrang, Chu Fan's old enemy.

After the last visit to Japan, Ran Xingrang had already tried the trick of Chu hooligans, and he no longer dared to provoke Chu Fan, even when the Yu Yuren incident occurred, the whole country was condemning Chu Fan, Ran Xingrang did not play and scolded Chu Fan, but at this time, he suddenly issued an impeachment of Chu Fan.

I have to say that this concubine Ran Xingrang is a person who is very deep in the city, and he is also a cunning person, as the deputy of the highest department of the Yanguan Group, he calmed down and did not provoke Chu Fan, he could see the reality clearly, he knew very well who Chu Fan was responsible for, and now that Liaodong has fallen to such a major event, it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with the household department, but he was the first to stand up and impeach Chu Fan. It can only show that he is not a pure speech official.

A pure official of speech is to judge things on the facts, and is only responsible for the truth and justice.

The cunning Yanguan is using the incident to achieve his own goals, and Ran Xingrang obviously belongs to the latter.

Ran Xingrang's reason for impeaching Chu Fan was: Chu Fan was arbitrary, and when he had spare money in his hands, he didn't use it to fight for the country to tide over the difficulties, but went to invest in real estate and buy land.

At first glance, it is indeed Chu Fan who is wrong, you have money, why don't you take it out to protect your family and defend the country?

But on a deeper level, this money is not his Chufan's, it is the investment money of the majority of the people, to be precise, you are just holding and investing, the money is not yours, and you can't spend it indiscriminately.

But in the Ming Dynasty, when you talk to others about the concepts of shares, stocks, and holdings, no one can understand them, although the facts are in front of you, but you can't explain it clearly, after all, the money is in your hands, and you say that it can't be used to fight wars, it's your fault.

Originally, the emperor saw this letter and didn't pay attention to him, after all, Ran Xingrang was classified by the emperor into the pile of wasters, if it weren't for the horse master, he would have let him go cool. Although the emperor ignored him, the officials saw hope.

Following the last Yu Yuren incident, Chu Fan was regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the officials, and he was eager to eat his flesh raw. But because of the emperor's strong protection, and Chu Fan himself has no big problems to impeach, to put it mildly, Chu Fan and the court have already made reasonable explanations, so no matter how much they play, they can't tell anything.

But this time it's different, although Chu Fan has a little indirect relationship with the defeat, but he was forcibly linked by Ran Xing, it is indeed easy for everyone to blame Chu Fan, plus the officials analyzed the whole problem, and sorted out the interpersonal relationship before and after, what Chu Fan defeated the Cibo State in the early stage, in order to show that he was clever, he deliberately did not allocate funds to the Ministry of War, and what Chu Fan did not allocate funds to the Ministry of War in order to take bribes to make black money for himself, so he did not allocate funds to the Ministry of War, and all kinds of speculations came to paper.

The officials came up one after another to sue Chu Fan.

And Wanli, in fact, he can't get rid of the whole thing, after all, how much money to give, Chu Fan has discussed with him, and the grasp of the battle situation is also made by himself, although many times it is a helpless performance, but after all, he is the king of a country, he did not guard the country, and lost the foundation laid by his ancestors, it can be said that he is the first person responsible.

There are more and more songs, and the discussion of defeat in the court is becoming more and more intense, and the main signs of the defeat are slowly pointed to the emperor and Chu Fan, these two people conspired to carry out reforms, but before they succeeded, they lost their ancestral foundation first, and now Liaodong has fallen, the gate of Beijing is open, and everyone in Beijing is in danger, and the emperor and Chu Fan cannot say that they are not responsible.

In the face of more and more impeachments, as well as the insinuation of criticism of the emperor in the song, Wanli gradually fell into contemplation, if the emperor is a profession, it basically belongs to the golden rice bowl. One

If you don't make a huge mistake, it's all for life, but if you really make a serious line mistake, or a strategic mistake, the lifelong system is not impossible to break, of course, there are two situations, one is like Zhao Ji and his grandfather in the Northern Song Dynasty, who were captured by the enemy alive, and finally let Zhao Gou pick up the cheap, and the other is like those in the late Han Dynasty, who lost the country, don't drive down and change the other.

The emperor is different from the minister, the minister does something wrong, whether he is demoted or exiled, in short, as long as he makes a mistake in his work, he still has his life, and once the emperor is laid off, there is basically no way to live, and the successor will inevitably die from a political point of view.

And now, public opinion has slowly begun to involve the emperor himself, this is a dangerous signal, Wanli, who felt the danger signal, called Chu Fan.

"Aiqing, I know that you are for the country and the people, and I also know that you have good intentions, but the responsibility for the loss of Liaodong still has to be borne by someone, and now the public opinion pressure of the officials is so great, I am afraid that it will be difficult to end if it continues to make trouble, what countermeasures do you have?"

Chu Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and stared at Wanli, unable to speak for a long time.

Feelings, you kid want me to take the blame again, you ask me what countermeasures I have? What countermeasures can public opinion have in this matter? Can I still seal the mouth of the world? Why don't I give money, you Wanli knows best, you let me come up with a countermeasure now?

Wanli saw that Chu Fan didn't speak, sighed and said: "Alas, the country is in danger, and the husband is responsible, you and I are the kings and ministers, I will not harm you, but there is really no way at present, I mean, you better go out and hide." ”

Chu Fan knew very well what he meant to hide, and he didn't refute it, nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Standing up, he walked out of the palace without looking back.

On the second day, the opinions on the handling of the loss of Liaodong were officially issued.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor Zhao said: the military department is not effective in supervising the war, the preparation for the war is insufficient, the household department is abusing power and loving the government, abusing power, to the defeat of Liaodong, the people are miserable, and the reform is to go to the Shixing military department, and the Suzhou Wei Cheng announced that the political envoy is from the Jiupin Division, and the second assistant of the Chufan cabinet is dismissed, and the household department is still the secretary, and the Ganzhou Weicheng announced that the political envoy is the nine products of the school, and Qin this."

Fortunately, from the perspective of punishment, Shi Xing is the main responsibility, Chu Fan is the secondary responsibility, one is assigned to Suzhou, which is now Jiuquan to see prison, and the other is assigned to Ganzhou, which is now Zhangye, as a coach.

Although there is no beheading and no army, but in fact it is already a very serious punishment, it is now the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ganzhou Suzhou is in the desolate Hexi corridor, the conditions are difficult, flying sand and stones, and it is in the border of the power of the Mongolian tribes, maybe one day it will be fought, and it is not impossible to die in Hexi.

But fortunately, there were two companions to top the pot for the emperor, and the emperor sitting in the court finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Before leaving, the emperor summoned Chu Fan for the last time, and when asked what Chu Fan wanted, Chu Fan shook his head, no request, Emperor Lao'er, I will carry the black pot for you, you should be the emperor, be a good emperor.

After Chu Fan left, Zhang Sixiu, the head of the household department, succeeded him as the head of the household department and continued to complete Chu Fan's unfinished business.

However, he did not see the difficulties of the future.

According to Chu Fan's arrangement, Shen Wei continued to stay in the capital, and cooperated with his father-in-law Zhang Sixiu to continue to do a good job in the company's financial work, and be sure to distribute the dividends in place before the end of the month, and then start the first round of additional stock issuance, the stock price after the additional issuance is three two or three per share, with a total additional amount of 300,000 shares, and then maintain the stock price at around five taels. Increase the supply of low-rent land.

Zhang Sixiu, on the other hand, continued to implement Chu Fan's policy, and according to the statistics on the amount of tenants' rents, he introduced a new tax policy at an appropriate time, completely broke the monopoly of the landlords, returned the land to the people, and actively encouraged the peasants to increase their output and raise the overall economic and agricultural level of the whole country.

The road to the west is long, but Chu Fan in the carriage is leisurely, although he is relegated to the border of the Western Regions, but Chu Fan, who is accompanied by his wife, has money and leisure, it is a good time to enjoy life, and the right is to travel.

Along the way, I stopped and walked all over the scenery, even in modern times, it is difficult to have the opportunity to see the mountains in such a leisurely way.

Unconsciously, this day walked to Chang'an City, the sharp place is called Fuxiang Inn, put down the luggage, Chu Fan took Zhang Yutong out shopping, Chang'an City has been prosperous since ancient times, and it is also a few rare big towns on this road, it is Chu Fan who decided to stay for a few more days, and then enjoy the prosperity of the city, after all, once Chang'an, it is a barren land, except for the guard is the military post, and then I want to see this world of flowers, but there is a run.

In fact, along the way, Chu Fan also kept thinking about the problem of Liaodong, thinking about it, he felt that it was right to be ruthless in carrying out reforms, even if Liaodong was lost, there was still Shanhaiguan in front of him, and no matter how bad it was to fight in the capital, it would not be Beijing to fall, as long as the reform continued, there would always be a day to turn over, but it was really not right to leave Cha Dashou in the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but it was a pity that such a good person died on the city wall, which made Chu Fan sigh.

"Xianggong, look, what is that for?"

Following the direction of Zhang Yutong's finger, on a stall on the street, a young man was chopping cooked meat on the board, the young man's knife was very fast, the chopped board vibrated with it, and the meat on the case was chopped into slag, which was copied by the guy with a knife and sandwiched in the cake, Chu Fan looked at it and smiled: "Meat sandwich bun?" ”

Zhang Yutong, who heard Chu Fan's words about meat sandwich buns, quietly slapped Chu Fan's shoulders and said with a smile: "Xianggong hates it, the trick clearly says that the bun is sandwiched with meat, how did it become a meat sandwich bun?" ”

Chu Fan scratched his head and smiled: "Yes, how can I call it a meat bun?" ”

Although there were a few people watching, there were not many people who bought them, and I saw a strong man throw a few copper coins on the board and shout, "Give me one." ”。

Zhang Yutong whispered to Chu Fan: "It looks so fragrant." ”。

The guy helped the strong man put the bun into a paper bag, and continued to chop the meat, everyone looked at it for a long time and didn't see anything new, a few people bought the bun and left, and the rest of the people looked bored, and slowly dispersed.

Chu Fan pulled Zhang Yutong and walked over: "Little brother, I want two buns." ”

"Come on, wait, I'll give you a hot meat."

As he spoke, the little brother scooped up a piece of meat from the pot and put it on the board. Chop up.

Chu Fan asked while taking out the silver, "How long has the little brother been selling?" ”

"Today's first day, this is the old soup of cured pork handed down by Ezu, the fragrance is very fragrant, I don't believe you will come to buy it tomorrow after tasting it."

Chu Fan looked at the dilapidated casserole, a pot of yellow oil soup, the background was black, and asked, "How is the business today?" ”

"Alas, don't do it, no one recognizes our old soup, and it sold for a pound and a half today."

Chu Fan smiled and said, "That must be your name wrong." ”

"What's wrong? What's wrong with a drop of meat in a bun? ”

"That's it, little brother, you go back tonight and change this trick to meat sandwich buns, if it sells well tomorrow, how about you give me two buns?"

The young man's hand chopping meat suddenly stopped, and he looked confused: "Meat sandwich buns? ”

Chu Fan didn't speak, nodded, and pulled Zhang Yutong away.

While the two of them were nibbling on buns, they were shopping on the street, and the small learning alley in Chang'an was very lively, with all kinds of delicious and fun food, as well as jugglers.

After coming out of the Northeast, the two have rarely been together so sweetly.

was about to continue shopping, but Zhang Yutong's hand suddenly tightened and pinched Chu Fan's hand.

"Xianggong, I have a stomachache."

Chu Fan reached out and touched Zhang Yutong's forehead, and fine beads of sweat seeped out little by little: "Let's go, go back to the inn." ”

Back at the inn, Chu Fan slowly put Zhang Yutong on the bed, called the maid Lanzhi, made a basin of hot water, and wiped Zhang Yutong's face: "You're about to have a menstrual affair?" ”

Zhang Yutong shook his head: "No, I only came a few days ago." ”

Chu Fan saw that Zhang Yutong's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth, which must have been very painful.

But there is nothing to be done, in today's era, there are really few people who know how to treat gynecological diseases.

"Laneige, you take a hot cloth and put it on Madame's stomach, and I'll go and ask for a doctor."

It's not the first time Zhang Yutong has been in such pain, some time ago, his hands and feet were often cold, and the abdominal pain was unbearable, and it has become more and more frequent recently, Chu Fan knows that this is not a good sign, it stands to reason that after a woman has given birth to a child, she generally does not have dysmenorrhea, which is what Chinese medicine calls "open your arms." ”。

Such frequent lower abdominal pain is likely to be caused by the tumor pressing on the uterine wall.

Hurriedly ran out of the inn and came to the mouth of the sheep market, only to see a big plaque on the side of the road "Zhongzheng Medical Center." Chu Fan strode up the steps: "Doctor, help me see my wife's abdominal pain." ”

The old doctor held a medical book in his hand, looked at Chu Fan with picking his eyes, and asked, "How to pain?" ”

"I used to have lower abdominal pain before and after menstruation, and it hurt if I didn't have menstruation these days, and I couldn't move because of the pain."

The old doctor pointed to the inside: "Go find Dr. Wan." ”

Looking inside, a middle-aged doctor with a goatee was closing his eyes to recuperate, Chu Fan knocked on the door, and the doctor opened his eyes slightly and said, "Come in." ”

"Doctor Wan, my wife has a pain in her lower abdomen, please take a look."

"Oh, how old is Madame?"

"Rat, twenty-four"

Dr. Wan nodded and asked again, "Have you ever given birth?" ”

"I have a daughter."

"Do you still have abdominal pain?" The old doctor muttered, picked up the medicine box, and took the medicine boy with him: "Go, take me to see." ”

This person's name is Wan Mizhai, it is the holy hand of gynecology in Chang'an City, I heard that the patient has been happy, and there are non-menstrual pain, he knows that this is not an ordinary disease, according to his character, this disease must be seen, after all, he has been poor for half his life, just to study gynecology, the more strange the symptoms, the more to see.

After entering the inn, Dr. Wan stood outside the door, pointed to the inner room and said, "The official will block the lady with a curtain, and only leave his left hand to come out and check my pulse." ”

In this era, men and women are not clear, and the feudal ideology of etiquette imprisons everything, which also seriously affects the development of gynecology, after all, doctors are generally men, and when they see women, they can neither look at their physical appearance, nor can they touch their bodies, at most they take the pulse, so doctors don't know how to judge the disease, and how many women die of gynecological diseases.

Chu Fan knew what Doctor Wan meant, nodded, asked Lanzhi to close the bed curtain, and called softly: "Yutong, the doctor is here to see you, you stretch out your hand." ”

Zhang Yutong heard Chu Fan's voice and slowly stretched out his snow-white wrist from the crack in the curtain.

Dr. Wan was also slightly stunned, looking at the illness for so many years, it was the first time to see such a white and well-proportioned wrist, with skin like snow and skin as fine as yarn.

"Madame, does it have pain in the upper part of the lower abdomen, or in the lower part of the abdomen?"

Zhang Yutong obviously hurt too much, and he was a little physically exhausted, so he said softly: "The upper part hurts, like a small drum beating, one after another." ”

Wan Mizhai gently caught Zhang Yutong's pulse with one hand, and stroked his goatee with the other.

It took a whole half of the incense before it was released.

turned around and beckoned to Chu Fan, signaling Chu Fan to come out.

Outside the door, Wan Mizhai whispered to Chu Fan: "Madame's blood is not smooth, her body is weak, and she looks like she has never given birth, I really haven't seen this kind of thing, when your daughter was born, did she have a difficult birth." ”

"It was difficult to give birth, the child was in an improper position, and it couldn't be born, and my wife was born by caesarean section."

"Caesarean section?"

Wan Mizhai has been engaged in gynecology for half his life, and he has only heard of someone whose wife had a difficult birth, and his wife was disembowelised for the sake of the child, saving the child, but his wife died.

I had never heard of anyone who could survive by caesarean section, so Wan Mizhai was very curious when he heard it, and asked, "Which doctor did the caesarean section?" Madame was healed on her own? ”