Chapter 38: The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook

After listening to Li Shimin's story, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was silent.

Chu Zhen was also speechless for a while before asking him:

"How did you intimidate the Yin Master in the first place? What did he say again? ”

"On the day of the siege of Chang'an, my father persuaded him to surrender many times, but Yin Shishi and others just refused to surrender, and dragged my fifth brother to the city to threaten."

Li Shimin paused and continued: "In the evening, the handsome tent was discussed, and my father made a decision to attack in three days, so I had no choice but to ride a horse to the city wall at night, and use the flashlight given by Mr. Chu to illuminate the city wall, attracting the attention of the soldiers in the city, and shouting for the Yin Shishi to come out. ”

"When he comes, I will deter him with fierce lights, saying that Daxing City will be broken!"

"After that, the Netherworld Master became my brother's staff."

After speaking, Li Shimin took another bayberry and threw it into his mouth, thinking that when he was drinking in Chang'an, it was almost like this with a mouthful of wine and a mouthful of food.

"Hey, hey." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "If you don't tell the secret sooner or later, you have to say it when you are about to lead the troops, because you can't get along with you, and you offended him later?" ”

"Nope!"

Li Shimin flatly denied it, "I thought this matter was over, and I have never had anything to do with him since." ”

"Then he is loyal to the Sui Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang concluded.

"Why aren't you loyal to the crown prince?"

Chu Zhen couldn't understand the doorway inside, he hadn't experienced these things after all.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If the Yin Shishi is loyal to the prince, he would have told the prince a long time ago, let the prince know that the king of Qin has a divine flashlight in his hand, and then tell your father that you don't even have a chance to command the army."

He deliberately said it now, just to let Li Yuan change his commander before the war, first, to hit the morale of the Tang army, and secondly, to replace Li Jiancheng, who could not fight, and lose faster. ”

Li Shimin frowned and pondered.

Chu Zhen asked rhetorically: "Isn't it possible that Li Jiancheng already knew about this matter and waited until now to tell Li Yuan?" ”

"If that's the case, then King Qin should be careful."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at him and didn't say anything further.

"Thank you Emperor Hongwu for the reminder, but Your Excellency has been worried, my brother is treating me and my fifth brother very well now."

Li Shimin denied his opinion, "Whoever leads the troops is the same, my brother leads the troops to meet Xue Ju, I have no opinion." I'm just more willing to fight and fight in the front. ”

Chu Zhen once wondered if he said this against his will, and it was impossible for Li Shimin of Xuanwu Sect to say such a thing.

But on second thought.

If today is undecided, Chang'an is surrounded by enemies, and there are Turks in the north, if Li Shimin starts to fight with his brother at this time, then his overall view is not worthy of the three words of Tang Taizong - the Tang Dynasty of internal fighting was directly eliminated by Dou Jiande Wang Shichong, and there is no Taizong.

"You gave the map to your brother?"

Chu Zhen suddenly asked.

Li Shimin nodded, "The topographic map is extremely beneficial to leading the army, so I ordered someone to redraw the map and send it to the prince's mansion." But I didn't send a flashlight, this thing... I'm still useful! ”

Chu Zhen smiled, it seems that Li Shimin is not stupid yet.

The map can be said to be drawn in detail, but the flashlight could not be explained in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin chose to hide it from Li Yuan, but now that he is suspected, he can only go all the way to the dark and continue to hide it.

"I'm surprised that you gave the map to the prince." Chu Zhen asked with a smile.

"Is there any reason not to give?"

Li Shimin said: "Xue Ju is menacing, the cavalry led by him is like a wolf and a tiger, and they are all good at riding and shooting, if my brother can rely on the topographic map to formulate a strategy, so that the soldiers will have fewer casualties, it will not be in vain Mr. Fei Chu's kindness!" ”

Chu Zhen looked at him again and reacquainted himself with Tang Taizong.

When many people mention Tang Taizong, they must talk about Xuanwu Gate, as if the Xuanwu Gate incident proves that Tang Taizong is a ruthless person who does not care about human ethics and family affection, and he is ruthless enough to kill Li Jiancheng and seize the throne.

But these people will not pay attention to the details of Xuanwu Gate, and they will not notice that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, led his troops to fight, won many battles, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong and other generals who took refuge in him were loyal to him.

If he hides the map and sits and watches the soldiers in front of him die, he will hit Li Jiancheng's prestige.

So what did Li Shimin use to shock the whole army?

The soldiers from Tiance Mansion were loyal to him, and the three guards of Xuanwu Gate closed the city gate because of his words, blocking Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and the palace was lively, but the Chang'an forbidden army did not move.

If it weren't for the heartfelt love for the soldiers, with clear rewards and punishments, would there be such a high prestige?

Li Shimin, who sent the map to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, was the new prince of the Tang Dynasty who swore allegiance to the death after the change of Xuanwumen, the Qin Palace, and the generals of the Tang Dynasty!

"It's a pity that you're not the crown prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what to think of, and said this.

Li Shimin acquiesced that he was indeed not the crown prince.

Chu Zhen thought for a while and said to him: "I checked it yesterday and said that there is a guess that Brother Shimin and Xue Ju got sick at the same time, because it was summer in the shallow water plain, hot and humid, and mosquitoes were rampant, which led to the malaria outbreak. ”

Li Shimin's whole body was shocked, "Xue Ju died because of this, is it also malaria?" ”

"Just guessing."

"This ...... In this way, a large number of soldiers in the army must be infected with malaria, and I don't know if I have enough medicinal materials for the military doctors. ”

Li Shimin looked worried, but he couldn't think of any other way.

"The war has to be fought, and malaria can't be avoided." Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned at this moment, "It's lucky that there is malaria only in the places where the two sides are fighting, if it spreads to Chang'an City, there will be too many people who will be killed by this plague!" ”

Throughout the ages, too many people have died from the plague.

Chu Zhen glanced at Li Qingzhao and Lin Daiyu, and the two girls couldn't help but be frightened, which showed the terrible ancient plague.

"Mr. Chu!"

Li Shimin suddenly thought of what he had just said, and hurriedly asked, "You just said that it was because of the summer, hot and humid, and too many mosquitoes that malaria spread?" ”

"Not bad."

Chu Zhen nodded.

"Why is that?" Lin Daiyu finally said a word, she has never liked to intervene in the dialogue between Chu Zhen and Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Mosquitoes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it suspiciously.

"It's mosquitoes, and malaria is spread from person to person by mosquito bites!" Chu Zhen said with a smile.

"It's a mosquito......

"Is that true?"

"Why mosquito-borne malaria? Can mosquitoes bite out of pestilence? ”

The four of them were surprised, for them, malaria, sores, typhoid, leprosy and other plagues were all natural disasters that caused turmoil in the government and the opposition, and the people rushed to flee.

But now Mr. Chu says that malaria is caused by mosquito bites?

"I've found a medical book for your time!"

Chu Zhen smiled at the four of them, "I can print it out to you later, according to the exaggeration that some people praise this book, it can increase the average life expectancy of the ancient population by ten years!" ”

Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang were stunned.

A medical book that allows people to live an average of ten more years!

Where is this medical book, it is clearly a treasure book, a divine book!

"What kind of book?!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked eagerly.

His sister-in-law, Biao'er, and the eldest grandson Xiongying, all died of illness in the history books, and now Mr. Chu has taken out a magical and mysterious medical book, isn't it just right!

"It's called the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook."

"The barefoot doctor... Handbook?! ”

The four people who had traveled from ancient times were stunned again.

It doesn't sound reliable at all.

Barefoot doctor?

A doctor with no shoes to wear?