In the Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.
At this time, the hall was extremely solemn. Only Zhong Lan, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, was telling the story about the development of the epidemic in the palace.
When the West Hall of Kunning Palace was mentioned, almost everyone pricked up their ears to listen: "...the description on the piece of paper passed by the chamberlain said that the princess is not currently infected with the epidemic and still needs to be observed."
Zhu Youtang frowned when he heard this and said, "The Imperial Hospital has not arranged for the imperial doctor to enter?"
"This... Your Majesty, there is no such thing."
Zhonglan was also in a dilemma.
If the little princess is sick, it is best to find two imperial doctors to monitor her condition at all times. Even if she may come into contact with a sick person, she can just go back and isolate herself outside the palace for a period of time.
But the people at Tai Hospital are also afraid of death. Besides, the little princess is not sick now. Tai Hospital obviously wants to wait until the little princess shows signs of illness before sending people in for treatment.
After hearing this, Zhu Youtang's face turned even more ugly.
The court officials accused me of causing the epidemic to Li Guang, my favorite, and blamed me for allowing my relatives to make money by taking advantage of the epidemic, while your hospital just stood by and watched.
Feelings: My little princess is not as valuable as you guys, right?
Zhu Youtang raised his head and looked at the civil servant Wu Xun who was present, and said sternly: "I came to see you today, and I also want to ask you, don't you have any countermeasures at all?"
No one answered.
Some people may have heard about some methods of treating smallpox, but based on their experience as ministers, if they say more, they will be wrong, and if they don't say it, it is definitely good. This is the Confucian golden mean. Don't be too aggressive in everything, and don't bring trouble to yourself. Disaster.
"There's none?"
Zhu Youtang was afraid that the ministers behind him might not hear clearly, so he pressed the question again.
But still no one answered.
Zhu Youtang was naturally disappointed.
But at this moment, Dai Yi, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, came out and said: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, I received a memorial from Nanjing, which seemed to mention the epidemic in the capital."
"ah?"
The ministers present were silent just now. Everyone was surprised when they heard Dai Yi's words.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youtang immediately asked: "Who is going to play?"
Dai Yi took out a memorial from his arms and presented it to Zhu Youtang. Zhu Youtang opened it and read it without thinking.
Dai Yidao said: "This is the second son of Chengguo Gong, and it was played by Zhu Feng, the commander of the Jinyi Guards in Nanjing. It mentioned that there was a strange man in the south of the Yangtze River. More than a month ago, he predicted that there might be an epidemic within the palace confinement, and the disaster would occur. In Xiyuan, it was caused by the servants coming into contact with the sick, and it spread to the palace, so that a young nobleman may be infected with the disease. It may be found that the disease may occur on the first or second day of the ninth lunar month, which is the first or second day of the lunar month. On Yisi and Bingwu days, that is, the 12th and 13th! So far, all the prophecies have been true, but I am afraid that the follow-up... will also be true."
All the ministers present looked at each other in confusion.
They weren't too surprised, they just thought it was weird and nonsense.
Xu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out, raised the wat tablet and saluted: "Your Majesty, these are the words of an alchemist and cannot be trusted."
Zhu Youtang ignored Xu Guan's words, pointed down and said: "Where is the ticket?"
There is no note in the memorial. It is obvious that the memorial was taken away by the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The content of the memorial is probably the same as Xu Guan's words, which are "untrustworthy". Since the memorial has been suppressed for many days and has not been reported, it means that From the general affairs envoy to the cabinet, and then to the ceremonial supervisor, they didn't take it seriously before.
Why should you listen to an alchemist about such a big matter? Could it be that you are crazy?
Besides, if something goes wrong, who will take responsibility?
If he hadn't been ill and sought medical treatment, Dai Yi wouldn't have been so aggressive. In fact, this also reflected the difference between eunuchs and ministers. Eunuchs were concerned with the interests of the royal family, while ministers were serving the stability of the court.
Dai Yi was questioned by the emperor, so he took out the cabinet draft from his arms and handed it to Zhu Youtang.
After Zhu Youtang saw it, his expression didn't change much.
"In the memorial, it is also mentioned that using a medicine, cutting one's arm and applying it may prevent those 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 The prescription is valid before Gengzi Day, that is, before the seventh day of the lunar month the day after tomorrow, otherwise..." Dai Yi didn't finish his words.
The medicine was indeed brought by Zhu Feng. This was Zhang Zhou's plan.
If the people from Chuanyi were to send the medicine to the capital, even if it was adopted, the little princess would have used it long ago without getting sick. Then who would know that the medicine was useful? People would think that the little princess was not sick in the first place.
Not only could it not be widely publicized, but it would also put Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng on the charge of damaging the little princess's body.
So what Zhang Zhou wanted was for the little princess to get sick, but not seriously.
Only in this way can Zhang Zhou escape unscathed and even achieve success.
Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't stand listening and came out and said: "Your Majesty, the princess currently has no signs of illness. You cannot listen to such remarks. You must not damage the princess's golden body."
Zhu Youtang looked around the scene and said, "Where is Duke Cheng?"
Zhu Feng's father, Zhu Fu, who was currently serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion in the capital and leading the management of three thousand battalions, walked out of the crowd with a confused look on his face.
Zhu Fu never thought that this matter could be related to him. He stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, I have no idea about this matter..."
These words were like stabbing his son in the face. He said he didn't know at this time because Zhu Fu didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing.
Little princess...
That was the emperor's pet peeve.
Our Chengguo Duke's title is stable and we don't need this to gain any credit.
Xie Qian came out and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, if it is just the son of Duke Cheng who listened to the alchemist's words and rashly reported it, even if the alchemist said something, it may be just nonsense."
Dai Yi said: "Mr.
Xie Qian said as if joking: "How can I win the trust of a Gongsheng student?"
Dai Yi looked at the people present and added: "In this year's Nanzhili Township Examination, this Gongsheng student surnamed Zhang has passed the exam and passed the exam."
"ah?!"
The ministers present were surprised again.
If it were just a Gongsheng student who joined forces with Cheng Guogong's second son to submit the memorial, no one would take it seriously, but if it was Jiangnan Township Examination Jieyuan... the credibility would be greater.
While Dai Yi and Xie Qian were arguing, Zhu Youtang just looked gloomy and said nothing.
Suddenly Zhu Youtang remembered something and asked, "Where is Zhu Feng now?"
Zhu Fu had a look of annoyance on his face, probably because he thought he had given birth to such an unsatisfactory son, but he said helplessly: "He arrived in the capital before sunset yesterday."
Zhu Feng's memorial reached the capital in two days, and he himself was on the road for six days. In other words, this memorial had been suppressed for five days and no one paid attention to it. If Dai Yi hadn't mentioned it, it might have been The matter was regarded as "nonsense" and became the dust of history.
Zhu Youtang said: "Immediately send an order to let him enter the palace!"
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The person who ordered Zhu Feng to enter the palace immediately sent a message. The court meeting was not dismissed, but Zhu Feng was waiting for him alone.
The emperor did not dissolve the court meeting, probably because he wanted the ministers present to express their opinions on whether the matter was admissible after listening to Zhu Feng's words.
Nearly half an hour later, Zhu Feng appeared in Fengtian Hall wearing his latest imperial uniform of Feiyu.
"I see your Majesty."
Although Zhu Feng is a bit naive, one good thing is that he is not stage frightened.
Children from the Duke's family still have a way of dealing with situations.
Zhu Youtang calmed down.
He had been unable to concentrate when discussing state affairs before.
"Zhu Qing's family, explain what you know in public." Zhu Youtang said.
"yes."
Not only did Zhu Feng not have stage fright, but she was also a little excited. She probably felt that she was honored to be able to express her remarks in front of so many civil and military ministers, especially when her father was still watching.
Don't you always think your son is incompetent? Let me show you my skills today!
"I learned from Tianshi that there might be an epidemic in the capital, or that it might be involved in a forbidden area, which would risk harming the nobles. After learning about it, I discussed countermeasures with Zhang Jieyuan, and then I went north from Nanjing without stopping..."
Zhu Feng just roughly said what Dai Yi said before, but it was not as concise as Zhang Zhou helped him organize the memorial, and it was more nonsense describing his own hard work.
After he finished speaking, he looked at his father's face and saw that his face was ashen.
I probably feel like I was cheated by my son.
You said, why are you not doing well? You insist on listening to an alchemist, and you are fooling around with a juren. Are you trying to put the Duke of Chengguo into an irreversible situation?
