In the eyes of hundreds of officials, Emperor Taichang is a model of diligence and love for the people, which forms a sharp contrast with Emperor Wanli.

With the completion of officials, the operation efficiency of the Ming Dynasty Hall has been greatly improved.

Just when everyone was riveting their energy and preparing to create another prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, they found that His Majesty's body suddenly had a problem.

Originally, the officials thought that His Majesty was too diligent and worked hard day and night, so they advised him to pay attention to rest and take care of the dragon's body.

But how can there be an impermeable wall?

Soon came the news that Emperor Taichang drove several women at night and stayed in the bed every day.

And it is said that these beauties were offered by the Empress Dowager Zheng.

Emperor Wanli has only been dead for more than 20 days, and now he has not been buried, and he is still in the period of state mourning.

Emperor Taichang's move is a great act of unfilial piety, and it is simply inferior to a beast.

If it was placed in the Wanli Dynasty, these Donglin Party members who regarded themselves as "defenders" would have written a book and sprayed the emperor to death with spittle stars.

However, Emperor Taichang is the Holy Lord Mingjun in their mouths, and the officials have chosen to be silent!

The head of the cabinet, Ye Xiang, also admonished him in a timely manner.

Zhu Changluo also knew that this matter was his own fault, so he said that he must stay away from women and take care of his body.

In the Qianqing Palace, several imperial doctors led by Bi Xinchen, the judge of the Tai Hospital, were taking turns to diagnose Zhu Changluo's pulse.

In fact, it is also very difficult for the imperial doctor to see a doctor for the emperor.

Traditional Chinese medicine is all about looking at what is heard, but because the patient is the emperor, at least half of these methods have been abolished.

First of all, "hope" is definitely not possible.

It is very disrespectful for the minister to look at the king, even if he is more familiar with the minister, he will bow his head slightly when facing the king at close range, avoiding eye contact with the emperor.

The imperial doctor can only take a cursory look at the emperor's face, and it is not allowed to see a tongue coating or something.

"Smelling" the Imperial Doctor can only be done quietly, and there can be no obvious movements.

"Ask" also has a lot of restrictions, if it is something else, the imperial doctor can ask about His Majesty's condition, but generally do not dare to ask too much detail.

What do you mean by being so concerned about the details of the emperor's life?

What's more, it still involves His Majesty's private life, do you want Emperor Taichang to personally describe to them his achievements in driving several women at night, and the effect of aphrodisiacs?

"Cut" is okay, and the main thing they can rely on is to take the pulse of the emperor.

On weekdays, even if the emperor has no major problems, the imperial doctors will try to delay the time to take the pulse, so as to show that they attach importance and caution to His Majesty's condition.

But today, once the hand of every imperial doctor catches His Majesty's pulse, he is reluctant to let go, and he is reluctant to end the pulse diagnosis until the eunuch on the side urges.

This scene made Wang An, the master of ceremonies, and Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet, have an ominous premonition.

After discussing for a long time, the doctors finally came up with a prescription.

Of course, they also pay a lot of attention to their medications, and the doctors who prescribe drugs are not just using any medicine with a good effect.

Mild drugs are generally used, and risky "tiger and wolf medicines" are avoided.

So this is why many Tai Doctors are known as miracle doctors among the people, and once they are admitted to the Tai Hospital, it is particularly difficult to see the disease.

The symptoms that can be solved by taking a few medicines outside often do not heal for a long time when they arrive at the emperor, and the condition will come and go.

Just like the foot soak prescription offered by Li Xianzhong before, in fact, the imperial doctors also know it, but they absolutely dare not do this kind of thing, in case the emperor has any problems, he will find death.

Moreover, the prescriptions prescribed by the imperial physician must be reviewed by the ministers before they are used by the emperor.

Can ministers know more about medicine than the imperial doctors?

That's absolutely impossible.

Usually they will find a few ministers who understand some pharmacology to be their advisers.

These people can also see some tiger and wolf medicines, which is why the imperial doctor will avoid using these medicines.

After circulating the prescription, the cabinet approved the prescription in a matter-of-fact manner.

Bi Xinchen said that His Majesty's condition was not serious originally, but it was only after taking a large amount of aphrodisiacs that his condition worsened, and now it has hurt his body.

But fortunately, His Majesty is still young, as long as he temporarily bids farewell to women and takes medicines such as Gujing Jianzhong for a long time, he can still recover after slowly recuperating.

After hearing that His Majesty could recover, Ye Xianggao and others were also relieved.

Wang An soon began to thoroughly investigate the source of His Majesty's aphrodisiac, and soon found out the head of the steward eunuch Li Jinzhong.

His Majesty has been very fond of Li Jinzhong recently, which has long caused Wang An's dissatisfaction.

Even Li Jinzhong took advantage of the complicated affairs in the palace and the opportunity that he had no time to supervise the East Factory to win the actual jurisdiction of the East Factory.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Jinzhong had never entered the "Inner Study Hall", he couldn't read a few big characters, and he couldn't threaten his position as the celebrant supervisor, he would have taken action against Li Jinzhong a long time ago.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji established the "Inner Book Hall". This small institution that taught eunuchs to read soon became the cornerstone of the rise of the celebrant eunuchs.

It can be said that the cultural level of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty was the highest in all dynasties.

So much so that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the "right to approve red" in the hands of the celebrant became a means for the emperor to restrict the "right to vote" in the cabinet.

The eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is even more known as the "inner minister".

Just like the practice that among civil officials, non-jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, and non-Shuji scholars are not allowed to enter the cabinet; The "Inner Book Hall" has also become a necessary condition for eunuchs to enter the celebrant eunuch.

Li Jinzhong can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, this huge shortcoming, at this time, it has become a talisman for him to save his life.

It is precisely because of this that Wang An did not kill him.

However, on the grounds that offering "aphrodisiacs" without authorization had caused His Majesty's illness to worsen, he was not allowed to enter His Majesty's dormitory to serve His Majesty.

This made Li Jinzhong very depressed, his status today is all due to Zhu Changluo's promotion, and Wang An's hand is obviously blocking his way to promotion.

In a bad mood, he had to drink alone in his room.

He was already in a depressed mood, but at this time he was annoyed by the sound coming from the next room.

Next door is the residence of his brother Wei Dynasty.

The Wei Dynasty can be said to be Li Jinzhong's leader in the palace.

Eunuchs were actually a popular profession in the Ming Dynasty, and many people castrated themselves and wanted to go to the palace to find an errand.

However, the number of eunuchs needed in the palace every year is limited, and people like Li Jinzhong, who are self-castrated and relatively old, are impossible to enter the palace without being introduced.

Li Jinzhong finally entered the palace on the recommendation of the eunuch Sun Xian, but he soon became involved in the Wei Dynasty, and the two became brothers.

The Wei Dynasty was Wang An's confidant, so he was naturally able to give him more help.

Before Li Jinzhong was able to be a pawn and become a celebrity in front of Li Xuanzhi, it was all due to the Wei Dynasty.

Of course, Li Jinzhong was appreciated by Zhu Changluo, and he made steady progress all the way, and he did not forget to promote his brother.

Today's Wei Dynasty has to serve both Wang An and the crown prince Zhu Youxiao, so naturally there is no time to accompany his "opposite" guest Yinyue.

The two had a big quarrel just now, and Ke Yinyue was so angry that she smashed the utensils in the house.

In fact, the life of eunuchs in the palace is also quite boring, although they have no male physiological function, but they are also quite eager for men and women.

Especially for those eunuchs who have a certain status, it is very common to find a good palace maid in the palace to form a "pair of food", and even marry a wife outside the palace.

Of course, Ke Yinyue's identity is a little special, she is not a palace maid, but the nurse of the prince Zhu Youxiao.

Ke Yinyue is a native of Dingxing County, Hebei Province, married Hou Er in the early years, and the two also have a son named Hou Guoxing.

Dingxing County is not far from the capital, many people go to the capital to make a living, the Hakka family at the age of eighteen will enter the Ming palace by chance, become the nurse of Zhu Youxiao, the eldest grandson of Wanli.

After the concubine gives birth, she does not need to take care of the child herself, and there will be a nurse in the palace who is responsible for raising the prince and grandson.

In this case, the nurse and the prince spend far more time together than the biological mother. Therefore, the princes and grandchildren have a closer relationship with the nursing mother, and even regard them as mothers emotionally.

Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang Cairen, was busy competing for favor, and she had no time to take care of her son. Later, Wang Cairen died of illness, and Zhu Youxiao was handed over to Li Xuanzhi to raise.

Of course, this kind of raising is only in name, and it is Keyinyue who really takes care of Zhu Youxiao's daily life.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao relies on Ke Yinyue very much, even if he is now fifteen years old, he is still inseparable from the care of this nursing mother.

Being able to serve as the nurse of the emperor's grandson in the palace, Ke Yinyue's appearance is naturally good.

Just imagine, which emperor is willing to drink the milk of a crooked melon and cracked dates?

In particular, her abundant milk provides Zhu Youxiao with enough nutrition.

Ke Yinyue is only thirty-three years old this year, and the are half old, and the charm still exists.

Although Li Jinzhong is 52 years old this year, he is burly and looks heroic among eunuchs.

When the hungry and thirsty Ke Yinyue met Li Jinzhong, who was full of alcohol, it was like dry wood meeting a fire, and neither of them could control their desires.

After all, Li Jinzhong was castrated after adulthood, and he knew more about men and women than the Wei Dynasty.

After tasting the forbidden fruit for the first time, the two secretly got along.

But after all, Wei Chao is his brother, so the two can only sneak around for the time being.

Soon Li Jinzhong discovered that in fact, Zhu Changluo was not his only way out.

Now Zhu Changluo's body has collapsed, if one day he returns to the sky, then the current crown prince Zhu Youxiao is his future dependence.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao had a good impression of Li Jinzhong, but now with the help of Ke Yinyue, Li Jinzhong has gained the absolute trust of the prince.

Of course, Zhu Changluo is not yet forty years old now, even if he collapses his body bones, he will not die soon.

Li Jinzhong's power should be an investment for the future, but he never imagined that things would change.

Although Empress Dowager Zheng became the queen mother as she wished, her status in the harem can be said to have plummeted.

Although Zhu Changluo did not deliberately make her feel bad, the people in the harem were all snobbish and knew that Empress Dowager Zheng was not treated well by His Majesty, so now the harem is Li Xuan's servant.

This made the Empress Dowager Zheng even more angry, and a small servant actually dared to ride on her head to show off her might.

When she heard that Zhu Changluo was seriously ill, she hurried to visit the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Zhu Changluo has recovered after a few days of conditioning.

But after all, he had already injured his body, and he felt that he was still unable to do anything about sex.

In his words, he revealed his dissatisfaction with the Taiyi medicine.

Empress Dowager Zheng took the opportunity to say: "Taiyi medicine has always been like this, the prescriptions they prescribe are tepid, although they can't eat dead people, it is also very difficult to get rid of the disease with medicine!" ”

"When the first emperor was alive, he often exclaimed like this!"

Then she took the opportunity to say: "Gonggong Cui is proficient in medical skills, and he is in charge of the imperial pharmacy, and he often took the pulse of the first emperor at the beginning, why not let him take a look for His Majesty?" ”

Zhu Changluo has fallen to the point where he is today, it can be said that it is all due to the Empress Dowager Zheng, but anyone who is normal can see that the Empress Dowager Zheng has ulterior motives.

However, at this moment, he happened to be dissatisfied with the effect of the Taiyi medicine, and was so instigated by the Empress Dowager Zheng that he really asked Cui Wensheng to take his pulse.

Although Gonggong Cui is in charge of the imperial pharmacy and has read several medical books, his level is at best familiar with pharmacology.

The level of diagnosis is probably not as good as that of those barefoot traveling doctors.

But there is a saying that "a lie told a thousand times is the truth."

Cui Wensheng has long claimed that he is proficient in medical skills, and his subordinates often call him "Cui Shen Doctor", and even those imperial doctors compliment him from time to time.

Over time, he even really thought that he was a miracle doctor.

After Doctor Cui diagnosed His Majesty's pulse, he soon prescribed a prescription for Zhu Changluo, and even asked people to grab medicine for His Majesty directly from the imperial pharmacy.

Where can Dr. Cui treat diseases, the medicine he prescribes is actually a laxative, mainly rhubarb.

He believed that the reason why Zhu Changluo felt bad was due to gastrointestinal blockage, so he lost his appetite and was in poor spirits.

As long as the stool is cleared, all diseases will be eliminated.

I don't know if Grandpa Cui is intentional or unintentional?

Anyway, after Zhu Changluo took the medicine he prescribed, he immediately had diarrhea.

He was already weak, but now he is more and more weak, and he is completely bedridden.

After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he was even more shocked, and bluntly said that His Majesty had been injured to the root, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to recover completely.

Zhu Changluo was furious and directly promoted Cui Wen to the edict of Dongchang.

Li Xianzhong has been in prison for a while, and because of Li Jinzhong's care, he not only eats and drinks well, but can even communicate with Mao Yuanyi and others.

Because Li Xianzhong's letter was written in code, he was not afraid of the flags of the East Factory to check it.

However, for the sake of the insurance period, they still changed a set of code words among them.

In his spare time, Li Xianzhong also studied Qi Shaobao's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", and by the way, he used the memories of his previous life to draw a sketch of the design drawings of the sail battleship.

After Cui Wensheng came in to be his companion, he quickly learned everything that was happening in the palace.

It seems that history is still moving in the same direction.

Cui Wensheng was also taken aback when he saw Li Xianzhong in prison, he didn't expect Zhu Changluo to directly attack this Ning Yuanbo, and at this moment he was also worried about his future.

Li Xianzhong told him not to worry too much, when the imperial physician Liu Wentai killed the two emperors Xianzong and Xiaozong, it was not an exile.

What's more, now he is just aggravating Zhu Changluo's condition.

Because he knew that someone would take the blame for Cui Wensheng next.

It shouldn't be long before there will be a new cellmate in this prison.

However, Cui Wensheng is still very grateful to Li Xianzhong, if he hadn't let Li Jinzhong live, I'm afraid his life in this edict would not be so good now.

And Li Xianzhong knew that if Zhu Changluo didn't die, he might be difficult to get out of this edict.

Because since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have not been suspicious, and suspicion is chaos.

Therefore, if the king is suspicious, the minister will be punished, and if the minister is suspicious, he will be opposed.

If the minister is suspicious of the king and does not oppose it, he will be punished for the king's suspicion; If the king is suspicious of the minister but not punished, the minister will be suspicious of the king and will be opposed.

The most typical example is that Cao Cao's father and son suspected Sima Yi of plotting against him and did not kill him, and finally were rebelled by the Sima family and seized the world.

Although he didn't get any evidence, it was obvious that Zhu Changluo had doubted himself.

I'm afraid he won't put himself back in Liaodong, if he really puts himself back in Liaodong, he will definitely rebel directly because he is afraid of being suspected by Zhu Changluo again.

However, it is a pity that judging from the current situation, Zhu Changluo no longer has this opportunity.

Next, Li Jinzhong, the "nine thousand years old", will completely disrupt the Ming court, and he just takes this opportunity to completely control the entire Liaodong.

Soon a blueprint for a folding bed was sent out of prison.

Now the best carpenters in the entire Ming Dynasty have been recruited by the Intelligence Division, and after training, some of their young people will be sent to the palace as spies of the Intelligence Division, while the other older ones will stay in the Intelligence Department to design and manufacture all kinds of intricate wooden objects.

After all, in the future, it will be much cheaper to offer elaborate wood than to give silver.

At this time, Zhu Changluo's condition deteriorated further, not only did he have symptoms such as dizziness and dizziness, but he even became struggling to speak.

The imperial doctors are also helpless about this, anyway, His Majesty's illness was cured by Cui Wensheng, and it has nothing to do with them.

At this time, if you take a fierce medicine, if you cure one of three long and two short, it will be a disaster to kill yourself.

Because Emperor Taichang did not go to court for a long time, the news that Zhu Changluo was seriously ill spread far and wide.

Cui Wensheng's indiscriminate prescribing of medicine also spread.

The ministers were excited, and directly pointed the finger at the Empress Dowager Zheng.

On the 21st, when he went to court, Zheng Yangxing, the governor of Zuodu, was beaten by the ministers and was beaten violently.

When Empress Dowager Zheng heard about this, she was even more frightened and hid in the palace and did not dare to go out.

On the 23rd, when the cabinet ministers Liu Yijing and Han Yi were on duty, Li Kezhuo, an official of Honglu Temple, went to the cabinet to ask for an elixir to the emperor.

Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the cabinet, was worried about the recurrence of Cui Wensheng's drug accident, and ordered Li Kezhuo to leave.

Although Li Kezhuo failed to pass the cabinet to get it, the next day he actually went to the Da Nei Sishan Gate to take medicine, and the internal supervisor did not dare to put it in on his own initiative.

Although Li Kezhuo's donation of medicine was once again stopped by Ye Xianggao and others, the news of the immortal medicine offering may have been passed to Emperor Taichang by the internal supervisor.

On the 26th, Zhu Changluo again summoned thirteen ministers, including Ye Xianggao and Liu Yijing, to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Changluo barely sat up on the desk in the Winter Warm Pavilion at that time, and the emperor's eldest son, the emperor's fifth son and others were close to him, and the ministers asked the emperor to be cautious in using medicine.

Zhu Changluo replied: "I haven't taken the decoction for more than ten days. ”

On the 29th, Emperor Taichang summoned his ministers again to discuss the canonization.

Ye Xianggao urged Guangzong to establish the crown prince as soon as possible, so he designated the eldest son of the emperor as the heir and canonized Li Xuanzhi as the imperial concubine.

Emperor Taichang asked how his mausoleum was, and he felt that his limit was approaching.

At this time, he suddenly asked about the Honglu Temple who took the medicine, and reported to Li Kezhuo.

After Li Kezhuo arrived, he diagnosed Guangzong's pulse, and the source of the disease and the treatment method were quite satisfactory to His Majesty, so Zhu Changluo ordered Li Kezhuo to take medicine.

After everyone withdrew, the ministers asked Li Kezhuo to discuss with the imperial doctor.

Of course, it is impossible for the doctors to recommend taking medicine.

If the credit for the cure is Li Kezhuo, if he can't cure himself, he will have to bear the charge of indiscriminate use of medicine.

So Ye replied to the high-ranking people: "The origin of these so-called immortal medicines is unknown, Your Majesty must not use them indiscriminately. ”

At this time, Zhu Changluo cried loudly and said: "I have been dying for a short time, and now the imperial doctor does not dare to give himself medicine, this 'immortal medicine' is his last chance to live, so he can only be a dead horse doctor!" ”

Naturally, the ministers knew this truth, and they could say so, but they couldn't do it.

If the emperor is really going to be eaten to death, there must be a lot of people who will be unlucky.

At this time, they would rather let Zhu Changluo wait for death than give him this chance to live.

At this moment, Li Kezhuo forcibly broke into the warm pavilion and said: "He dares to use the head of Xiang Shang to guarantee that as long as His Majesty takes it according to the method he said, this elixir will definitely cure His Majesty's illness." ”

At this time, Zhu Changluo seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and said, "I will take it immediately!" ”

Ye Xianggao and others were silent.

Anyway, they have already persuaded hard, but His Majesty is bent on going his own way.

In the end, Wang An couldn't bear it, so he had to hand the red pill presented by Li Kezhuo to Zhu Changluo.

Li Kezhuo said: "There are two pills of this immortal medicine, Your Majesty can directly mix it with water and take it; Take the second pill three days later. ”

"But don't do it, the interval between the two pills should not be less than three days, otherwise the medicine is too strong, I'm afraid Your Majesty's body can't bear it."

So Zhu Changluo couldn't wait to take a red pill.

After a while, Zhu Changluo was full of heat, and then felt that his breath was much smoother.

So he said: "Li Aiqing is really a loyal minister, and he directly ordered a reward of five hundred taels of silver!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw His Majesty's ruddy face and even spoke casually.

They all sighed at the magic of this red pill, could it be that there is really an immortal medicine in the world?

At this time, the imperial physician Bi Xinchen had roughly guessed what this red pill was, and the warlock often practiced the pill with lead and mercury.

Although this kind of thing can stimulate people's energy in a short time, it is actually only to stimulate people's potential in advance.

Although His Majesty's disease cannot be cured by himself, he is young after all, and he will not be able to die for a while and a half, and it is always no problem to delay for two or three months.

In this way, I'm afraid it's just a return to the light, and it won't last long.

Zhu Changluo, who felt that his state had recovered, was able to get out of bed and walk, and even his appetite improved.

The next day, he actually appeared in the early court, which surprised the courtiers.

But soon he felt dizzy and weak, and fainted again.

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