The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 28
The Imperial Palace, inside the Fengtian Hall.

At this time, the hall was extremely solemn, and only Zhong Lan, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, was presenting the development of the epidemic in the palace.

When the West Hall of Kunning Palace was mentioned, almost everyone listened with pricked ears: "...the description on the paper from the servant shows that the princess is not infected with the epidemic and still needs to be observed."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "Didn't the imperial hospital arrange for an imperial doctor to come in?"

"This...return to His Majesty, not yet."

Zhong Lan is also very embarrassed.

When the little princess is sick, it is best to find two imperial physicians to watch over her at all times and observe her condition at any time. Even if she may come into contact with a sick person, she can just go back and isolate her outside the palace for a period of time.

But the people in the Tai Hospital are also afraid of death. Besides, the little princess is not sick now. The Tai Hospital obviously wants to wait until the little princess shows signs of illness before sending people in for treatment.

After Zhu Youtang heard this, his face became even uglier.

The courtiers accused the epidemic of being caused by my favor and trust in Li Guang, and also blamed me for allowing my relatives to make money by taking advantage of the epidemic, while your imperial hospital is doing this kind of idling.

Is my little princess not as precious as the lives of you people?
Zhu Youtang raised his head and looked at Wu Xun, the civil official present, and said sharply: "Today's court, I came here to ask you, but there is no countermeasure?"

No one answered.

Some people may have heard of some methods of treating smallpox, but based on their experience as ministers, they say more than they say, and they are wrong. If you don’t say it, it must be good. This is the Confucian doctrine of the mean. culprit.

"do not have it?"

Zhu Youtang was afraid that the ministers behind him might not hear clearly, so he asked again emphatically.

But still no answer.

Zhu Youtang was naturally disappointed.

But at this time, the eunuch Dai Yi, the supervisor of ceremonies, came out and said, "Your Majesty, a few days ago, I received a memorial from Nanjing, which seems to have mentioned the epidemic in the capital."

"what?"

The ministers present were silent just now, everyone was surprised when they heard Dai Yi's words.

Upon hearing the words, Zhu Youtang immediately asked, "Who will perform?"

Dai Yi took out a memorial from his bosom and handed it to Zhu Youtang. Zhu Youtang opened it and read it without thinking.

Dai Yidao: "This is the second son of the Duke of Cheng. It was played by Zhu Feng, the commander of Jinyiwei in Nanjing. It refers to a strange person in the south of the Yangtze River. A month ago, he predicted that there might be an epidemic in the palace. In Xiyuan, it was born because the servants came into contact with the sick, and it spread to the inner curtains of the palace, so that some of the noble masters were found to be sick, and they were found to be ill on the first or second day of the ninth lunar month, that is, the first or second day of the lunar new year. On the days of Yisi and Bingwu, that is, the twelfth and thirteenth! So far, all the prophecies are true, and I am afraid that the follow-up... will also be true."

The ministers present looked at each other in blank dismay.

They weren't too surprised, they just thought it was weird and nonsense.

Xu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out, held up the wat board and saluted: "Your Majesty, this is the words of an alchemist, and it cannot be trusted."

Zhu Youtang ignored Xu Guan's words, pointed to the bottom and said, "Where is the bill?"

The memorandum is missing a note. Obviously, the draft ticket was taken away by the supervisor of ceremonies. The content of the ticket proposal is probably the same as Xu Guan's words, which are all "unreliable". From the general secretary to the cabinet, and then to the supervisor of ceremonies, they didn't take it seriously before.

Such a big matter, listen to an alchemist?Could it be crazy?

Besides, if something goes wrong, who will take responsibility?

If it weren't for the urgent medical treatment, Dai Yi would not be brave. In fact, this also reflects the difference between eunuchs and ministers. Eunuchs are for the interests of the royal family, while ministers are for the stability of the court.

Dai Yi was questioned by the emperor, so he also took out the cabinet draft from his arms and handed it to Zhu Youtang.

After Zhu Youtang looked at it, his face didn't change much.

"In the memorandum, it is also mentioned that with a medicine, cut the arm and smear it, it may prevent the patients who are exposed to the disease from getting sick. The medicine will be brought to the capital by Zhu Feng, the second son of Duke Cheng. This medicine must be It will be effective before Gengzi Day, that is, before the seventh day of the day after tomorrow, otherwise..." Dai Yi didn't finish his sentence.

The medicine was indeed brought by Zhu Feng, and this was Zhang Zhou's plan.

If the people from Chuanyi sent the medicine to the capital, even if it was adopted, the little princess would not get sick after using it, then who would know that the medicine is useful?People will think that the little princess is not sick.

While it cannot be widely announced, Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng will be charged with damaging the little princess's body.

So what Zhang Zhou wanted was for the little princess to get sick, but not serious.

Only in this way can Zhang Zhou get out of the body and even make meritorious deeds.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, couldn't listen anymore, and came out and said, "Your Majesty, the princess has not shown signs of illness at present, so such remarks should not be listened to. Let alone damage the princess' daughter-in-law."

Zhu Youtang looked around the scene and asked, "Where is Cheng Guogong?"

Zhu Feng's father, currently in the capital, is the governor of the post-military governor's mansion, and Zhu Fu, who leads the three thousand battalion in charge, came out of the crowd with a dazed expression on his face.

Zhu Fu never thought that this matter could have something to do with him, he stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about this matter..."

These words were like stabbing his son with a knife. He said he didn't know at this time because Zhu Fu didn't want to get involved in such a thing.

little princess...

That's the king's heart.

Our Chengguo Duke's title is stable, and we don't need this to get any credit.

Xie Qian came out and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, if the son of Cheng Guogong listened to the alchemist's words and played it rashly, even if the alchemist said something, it may be just nonsense."

Dai Yidao: "Mr. Xie Ge, the second son of Cheng Guogong is not the only one in this matter, there is also a Gongsheng from the Nanjing Guozijian surnamed Zhang, who is jointly playing the memorial."

Xie Qian said jokingly: "How can a Gongsheng be trusted?"

Dai Yi looked at the people present, and added: "In this year's Nanzhili Township Examination, this Zhang's surname is Gongsheng, and he has passed Jieyuan."

"what?!"

The ministers present were surprised again.

If it was just a Gongsheng, who joined forces as the second son of the Duke of the State, no one would take it seriously, but if it was Jiangnan Township Examination Xie Yuan... the credibility would be stronger.

When Dai Yi and Xie Qian were arguing, Zhu Youtang just kept a gloomy face and said nothing.

Suddenly Zhu Youtang remembered something and asked, "Where is Zhu Feng now?"

Zhu Fu had a look of resentment, probably because he felt that such an unworthy son was born, but he said helplessly: "He arrived in the capital before sunset yesterday."

Zhu Feng's memorial reached the capital in two days, while he himself traveled for six days. That is to say, this memorial has been suppressed for five days and no one paid attention to it. If Dai Yi hadn't mentioned it, maybe this The incident was regarded as "nonsense" and became the dust of history.

Zhu Youtang said: "Immediately issue an order to let him enter the palace!"

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The person who ordered Zhu Feng to enter the palace immediately went to communicate, and the court council was not dismissed, and they were waiting for Zhu Feng alone.

The emperor did not dissolve the court meeting, probably because he wanted the ministers present to raise their opinions after hearing Zhu Feng's words, whether this matter is acceptable or not.

Nearly half an hour later, Zhu Fengcai appeared in Fengtian Hall wearing his latest Jinyiwei Feiyu official uniform.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Although Zhu Feng is a bit of a dud, there is one thing he is good about: he is not stage frightened.

The children of the Duke's family still have a way of dealing with scenes.

Zhu Youtang calmed down.

When talking about state affairs before, he couldn't concentrate.

"Zhu Qing's family, explain to everyone what you know." Zhu Youtang said.

"Yes."

Not only was Zhu Feng not stage-frightened, but he was also a little excited. He probably felt that he was honored to be able to speak in front of so many civil and military ministers, especially when his father was watching from the sidelines.

Don't you always dislike your son's incompetence?I'll show you what I can do today!

"I learned from the master of the sky that the capital may occasionally have an epidemic, or it may be implicated in a forbidden place, and there is a risk of harming the nobles. After learning about it, I discussed countermeasures with Zhang Jieyuan, and then I went all the way north from Nanjing..."

Zhu Feng just repeated what Dai Yi said earlier, but it was not as brief as Zhang Zhou helped him organize the memorial, and it was more nonsense to describe his own hard work.

After he finished speaking, he looked at his father's face, only to see his father's face was ashen.

Probably a feeling of being tricked by his son.

Why do you say that you are not good, you insist on listening to an alchemist, and messing around with a juren, are you trying to put Cheng Guogong's mansion into a situation where there is no redemption?
(End of this chapter)