Chapter 198: A Dull Knife Cuts Meat
Li Zhang sat down on the chair next to him and sighed: "There are so many things in the palace these two days! Alas, the official family suffered from this illness, which really caused chaos in the harem. I'm afraid it will take a while to live a hard life."
Xu Ping lay on the chair and said to Li Zhang: "What do court officials say now? Do you want the emperor to cultivate one's own character?"
"More than that! Now it is said that the officials were indulging in women some time ago and were not interested in national affairs. If this continues, they will probably ruin the foundation passed down by their ancestors. Last night, the two beauties, Shang Yang, were sent out of the palace."
Xu Ping frowned: "It's not right for the emperor to blame for women. I want me to tell you, it's still more trouble for drinking and staying up late and eating too much meat. Send the two beauties out of the palace, and the emperor's living habits will not change, and he will still suffer in the future. If you are working in the same family, when will you have time? Let me tell the emperor?"
"What do I say? What else can I control the official food?"
"Let the emperor not be greedy for his stomach, live a regular life, and eat regularly and regularly. Also, eat more vegetables, eat less meat, and exercise frequently. When your health is good, everything else is a minor matter. Who else says when you see it?"
Li Zhang shook his head: "You should just tell me yourself. Although I am my own cousin, the government is still willing to listen to you."
Xu Ping smiled and said, "Me? Judging from this situation, I will not have the opportunity to make a memorial alone for a while. If nothing unexpected happens, now the emperor will ask the emperor to take care of his body, and the government will waste it for a while."
Li Zhang sighed again, shook his head, and said nothing. Now the government is handled by the minister and the ministers, and he gives a brief report to Zhao Zhen in the side hall every day. Even many of Zhao Zhen’s close relatives were restricted from entering the palace. At this level, Xu Ping had to meet him and didn’t know what time he would go to the year of the Monkey and Horse Month.
After a while of silence, Li Zhang said again: "This morning, the imperial edict was issued that Shang Meiren became a monk and a Taoist priest in Dongzhen Palace, and Yang Meiren was placed in another house outside the palace. When Empress Liu was in power, many ministers had sent palace maids to the palace and were sent home. In addition, Empress Guo also left the palace and lived in Yaohua Palace. The last sentence was 'The position of Changqiu should not be empty for a long time. You should seek the Demen to rule the internal governance.' Is this the meaning of choosing a queen?"
Xu Ping nodded: "No, I want to choose a queen. However, the emperor is still in the filial piety period, is this okay?"
"I heard that it was Mr. Lu's idea. I was worried that Empress Dowager Yang would not be able to control the harem, and the affairs of the two beauties Shang Yang would be made in the palace, so I had to choose the queen to control it. Mr. Xue insisted on deleting the words and sentences in the edict that Empress Dowager Yang would be the one who was responsible for the harem. Now, it is said that Empress Dowager Yang would not be responsible for the harem, so the two beauties would be favored. Only by choosing another queen can we control these."
When Empress Dowager Liu passed away, the will of Empress Dowager Yang made the rule. Although it was not behind the curtain, he still participated in the government and restrained the emperor who was in charge of the rule. Xue Kui firmly opposed it and asked to delete the sentence in the will of the will, otherwise one empress dowager would come again, and the emperor would not be able to do it. Lu Yijian did not insist and deleted the sentence when he announced the will.
Now, taking advantage of Zhao Zhen’s illness and reiterating the old sayings, Lu Yijian also showed his vision. Zhao Zhen was in his prime, and how could he control his women? He should find someone to take care of him.
Xu Ping disagreed with this. Just thinking about women cannot solve the practical problems. As the emperor, Zhao Zhen has so many political affairs to deal with all day long, and there is no time to lie on the woman's belly all day long. He is not that he does not go to court to ignore the government affairs. In fact, he has always wanted to be more diligent in the past two years of his administration. These ministers are also unreliable. To put it bluntly, the only thing they can control the emperor is to take action on women.
After thinking about it, Xu Ping still asked Li Zhang: "The emperor has not yet eliminated the filial piety, and it is a bit inappropriate to choose the queen. No ministers in the court opposed it?"
"Grandpa Lu said that the emperor counts the day and the month, and the official family has already made a filial period."
Xu Ping shook his head, and these words were a bit unreasonable. The day was used to calculate the month in order not to delay the government. Although filial piety was indeed eliminated after a hundred days, in life, they generally insisted on counting the filial piety period based on the actual date. Less than three years after Empress Dowager Liu's death, the empress would definitely make people gossip at this time. Lu Yijian also insisted, showing his foresight and cleverness in the past.
As for Zhao Zhen’s opinion, no one listened to him now. He was often with two beauties, and he was indeed sick. He made a mistake and just listened to other people’s arrangements honestly.
Although it is said that it was the fault of the two beauties Shang Yang, in addition to being favored, Yang did not make any big mistakes, nor did she use her status to seek benefits for her family and old friends. Therefore, she just settled in another house and could return to the palace when the time was ripe. However, Shang Meiren is different. She is arrogant and disrupts the government, and directly treats it as a sinner to be sent to Dongzhen Palace.
If you want to choose a new queen, Empress Guo, who has been deposed in Changle Palace, is not suitable for living in the palace, so she was sent out of the palace this time. However, what the hell is Yaohua Palace?
Unable to help it, Xu Ping asked Li Zhang: "Empress Guo lives in Yaohua Palace. Why haven't you heard of this Yaohua Palace? Where is it?"
"It is Anheyuan near Qionglin Garden. In the imperial edict, he gave the title of Master Jinting, Chong Jingyuan, to live there. He changed his name to Yaohua Palace, and he was where monks live."
Xu Ping nodded, and it turned out that he had a new palace for women who were sent to the palace.
During the Tang Dynasty, Taoism was considered a national religion. Many women in the royal family became monks and became female Taoists, which was a temporary trend. They had a high status and were basically not restricted in their actions. They were not sent to the forbidden sinners. Unlike the Tang Dynasty, Taoism did not have such a high status. Except for a few truly devout believers, those who entered the Tao were sent to the forbidden sinners. They had no personal freedom, and their status naturally could not be compared. They thought that they would become the female crown and then become the noble concubine.
These disturbances are naturally extremely important in people's eyes at this time, but Xu Ping has no interest. It is just the emperor's private affairs, and outsiders are not able to interfere. What will happen? His family's small families have nothing to do with these things, so there is no need to worry about them.
Li Zhang himself is a foreign relative and is more concerned about these things than Xu Ping. But his family has only been recognizing relatives for two or three years. He is not familiar with people in that circle, and he is also anxious and has no way to change anything.
This time, Empress Dowager Yang was forced by the court officials to carry out a major purge in the palace, which offended many people. Originally, Yang Jingzong was able to move, but when he encountered such a thing, he was sent to the remote prefecture army to monitor the alcohol tax. Empress Dowager Yang couldn't say anything, so he had to pinch his nose and accept it.
At this time, Xiuxiu walked in from outside and said to Xu Ping: "Official, Doctor Wang has arrived and said he wanted to use medicine for the official. Should he let him in?"
Xu Ping hurriedly got up from the chair and said, "Come in quickly! It's better to have a good time and endure this time, and get rid of the disease!"
Li Zhang was curious and asked, "Brother, where are you feeling uncomfortable? Why do you still have to use a knife?"
Xu Ping pointed to his face and said, "Did you see it? My face is so swollen that I dare not go out to see people now! A few days ago, the imperial physician said that he wanted to ripen the lesions inside. When the time comes, the pus will be released and it will be completely cured. In the past two days, I took those ripening medicines every day, which implicated half of the face with the pain of being pricked in time, and it was so painful! Alas, Su Niang still complained that I shouldn't have pulled out that tooth, and the day said, Ye said. Brother, you don't know this day."
While talking, Xu Ping shook his head repeatedly and sighed.
Li Zhang looked at Xu Ping's appearance and knew that he had a hard time these days. Su'er was brought out by Lin Su Niang, so why didn't he know his temper? Naturally, everyday life is very good, but whenever he really cares about something, he will never forget it again. If he has time, he will say a few words. Lin Su Niang is pregnant now, and her temper is not too good. Xu Ping goes against her mind and naturally cannot be relaxed.
After a while, Xiuxiu brought Doctor Wang in, and Xu Ping and Li Zhang stepped forward to greet him.
Doctor Wang stepped forward and looked at Xu Ping's swollen face, took his pulse again, pondered for a while and said, "The swelling and fire in the county marquis is almost the same. Just open a small mouthful in the right place, squeeze out all the pus inside, and bandage it with some medicine powder, and take a few sets of medicine to clear heat and remove fire, and you will be cured."
"What are you waiting for? Let's start the surgery!" Xu Ping took off the robe outside and handed it to Xiuxiu. "What? Did the imperial doctor forget to bring a knife? There are all kinds of knives in my house! A small wrist-removing knife and a big Pu knife, and everything is available!"
"The county marquis was joking. I would definitely bring it with an autocratic small silver knife." Doctor Wang said, taking down the small medicine box on his back and putting it aside. "But when the knife was used, there was a little pain. The county marquis must hold it back."
After hearing this, Xu Ping smiled: "How painful can it be? Imperial Doctor, tell you that since my teeth have become crooked, I have not had a day of peace! As long as I can get rid of the root of the disease, I can bear it even if I hurt it! However, it is a bit dull for you to cut my face with a silver knife? I will not hide it from the imperial Doctor, my skin is a little hard, so it would be better to change to a steel knife."
Doctor Wang said: "The county marquis doesn't need to think too much, just hold back the pain, and the silver knife is the same."
Xu Ping was still a little skeptical. The reason why he used a silver knife was because silver ions naturally had the effect of sterilization and disinfection, but silver was very soft, which could cut his skin? The scalpels used by doctors in the previous life were all stainless steel and were extremely sharp. This would relieve the patient's pain. Why would he have to cut his flesh with a blunt knife?
Thinking of this, Xu Ping said to Xiuxiu who was standing aside: "Xiuxiu, go to the study and take out our medicine box and let the imperial physician disinfect the knife with alcohol. If it really doesn't work, let the imperial physician replace the steel knife and disinfect it with alcohol. No matter how I think about it, it's unreliable."
Chapter completed!