There is a sense of solemnity in the capital in midsummer.
A decree comes from the palace, and thirty-three people will be executed by the Queen of Autumn!
For Wang Bing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he originally agreed to severely punish officials who committed salt classes, but now he has slightly changed. The key is that he only used this incident as a means to deal with the Secretary of Ceremonies.
It's like putting the matter aside and getting Liu Jin down first.
Unfortunately, these thirty-three heads made this task more difficult.
Because Liu Jin will also feel the emperor's determination, the possibility of him 'dare to relax' will become smaller.
What the emperor said "dare not be the first for the world" means that he did not dare to compete with the people of the world.
He didn't dare to fight with the people, but he dared to execute these thirty-three people. The choice was clear.
Originally, Wang Bing tried to fight with the two pavilion elders, but unfortunately the emperor used the "thousands of miles away" move and directly asked Li and Xie to leave the capital.
Plus this time...
He began to doubt whether the emperor had the ability to predict the future.
In addition, a few days ago, Zou Cheng, the transfer envoy between the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, screamed in prison, saying that he had been wronged, and it seemed that his madness was suddenly cured. People who know the situation understand that he is so shameless and treating himself as a joke just to cooperate with the people outside who are preparing to rescue him.
But now it’s probably coming to an abrupt end.
His family was kicked out, and only half of the money they gave him was returned. All the words I said in the past are now reduced to three words: It can't be done!
The weather was already hot, and Mrs. Zou fainted while crying.
Her teenage son couldn't find a doctor to treat her even if he had money in his hands.
For one thing, your husband is a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and he doesn’t care about his life for making money. I’m going to get involved with you. Secondly, she will be a widow soon, and her husband will still be beheaded. The dispute in front of the widow's door is not bad, mainly because of her bad luck!
People say you have to be lucky. If you get the top pick or something, you will be loved by everyone. Even if there is no actual benefit, you might be able to catch up with the talent of a literary star.
There was no other way, so in the end, the Women's Medical Center accepted Mrs. Zou as a female patient.
Anyway, Dr. Tan saves people first, and she saves them all the same whether they are criminals, high-ranking officials, civilians or government officials.
As for the words that passers-by pointed at and said, 'Her husband is going to be beheaded,' Doctor Tan put it aside for now.
Diagnosis, prescription...
After doing this, Doctor Tan took Xin Hui into the palace.
The emperor had been coughing since he was ill last time, so she also handed a note to the attendant's room.
"Kui'er, my master and Xin Hui will come back as soon as possible. You can take care of them in the hospital."
"Okay." Miss Kui'er had no expression on her face, but there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes. She pursed her moist lips. As soon as she turned around and returned to the house, she saw a woman kneeling down towards her.
Kui'er had a slender figure and came to her in just two steps, "No, old lady, lie down and rest!"
"I, Mrs. Zou Wei, thank you, Doctor Tan, for saving my life."
She was probably confused too.
Kui'er explained while helping her up, "Mrs. Zou, I am not Dr. Tan. Dr. Tan is my master, and she is not here."
Zou Weishi didn't want to get up. The reason was naturally that she wanted to ask for something.
"It turns out that he is a disciple of Doctor Tan. I heard that Doctor Tan is not only excellent in medical skills, but also kind-hearted and benevolent, and has been praised by the emperor. I believe that Doctor Tan will definitely be able to meet the emperor..."
Kui'er knew she was desperate, but there was no need to say the next words.
She even knew what she was going to say, after all, many people had said that in recent years.
"Mrs. Zou, this is a medical clinic. My master will not and cannot interfere with matters in the court. If you still have any discomfort, you can explain it to me. But for other things, please forgive us for not being able to help."
Zou Weishi could only cry after hearing this.
Kui'er felt uncomfortable watching it.
But what should I say? She could see clearly what the Holy Emperor was like today. If those people hadn't done evil and didn't follow the law, how could they have ended up like this?
"Mother..." Zou Weishi's son hugged his mother, "You are not in good health, so you should lie down and rest. If you have to kneel, it is your son who will kneel. If you don't kneel until the emperor's heart softens, my father will not get up if he forgives me. .”
When Kui'er heard this, she realized that this was wrong.
"You serve as an official for one term, but you cannot benefit one party. If the people do evil, your majesty will punish them. This is a natural and right thing. Why do you say that your majesty is not soft-hearted?"
"I don't care!" The kid couldn't talk so much sense. "My father is such a good person, but I want to kill him cruelly. Do I still need to call him kind?"
"Of course your father is good to you. But he is extremely harmful to the people under his rule!" Kui'er didn't want to argue fearlessly with the child anymore, "Mrs. Zou, you'd better leave quickly. The Women's Medical Center is not In the cabinet, our masters and disciples are just doctors, and we dare not interfere in national affairs!"
Zou Weishi is indeed pitiful,
But pity is right.
If they are not pitiable, there are countless others who are even more pitiable.
At night,
Xin Hui was looking at something in the room with the light on.
Kui'er touched it and asked casually: "Senior sister, why don't you sleep?"
"It's almost..." Xin Hui didn't look up and replied unconsciously: "Master said that Your Majesty's illness has not been cured. The reason why you don't cough now is because the weather is not cold. When you get colder in autumn and winter, you may still cough occasionally. Furthermore, the weather is hot now, and His Majesty is suffering from excessive anger, so he asked me to carefully check if there is any prescription that can relieve cough and cool down the heat."
"Your Majesty is not healed yet?!" Kui'er was surprised.
"It's like having a thread when you're sick. Why are you so startled? Why did you scare me so late at night?"
After she finished speaking, she continued to read, but she suddenly stopped and then looked up at Kui'er.
"What...what's wrong?" Kui'er touched her face, "But...is there something on the face?"
"Junior sister seems to care about His Majesty very much."
"Senior sister!" Kui'er was ashamed, "You can't talk nonsense. Who do you think that is, senior sister?"
"Are you talking nonsense? But you are obviously a little distracted today."
"That's when I was thinking about other things."
"whats the matter?"
"That's the old woman that Master saved today." Kui'er sat down and looked at the moon and starry sky outside the window, "We all know that His Majesty works hard to govern and is merciful and caring for the people. He punishes corrupt officials, but these corrupt officials The official’s family members are still saying that His Majesty is cruel.”
Xin Hui said nonchalantly: "What do you care about those people? Jingli has been begging for mercy more recently, and she is not the only one who begged for illness or anxiety. That is to say, the master is kind-hearted as a doctor. If I were your senior sister, you Let’s see if I can save them. No, that person said today that he was... cruel? "
Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness. If I kill you, you have to thank me.
"Just a very young child."
"Then it will definitely not end well in the future. It will not be the right way to teach children." Xin Hui felt a little jealous, "I heard that a lot of money was stolen from the homes of these corrupt officials. If they don't spit out their dirty money, think about it. How will Aunt Gu live?"
The name of the person Xin Hui was talking about was Gu Rong, who was originally a rural herbal collector in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture. They gathered together some good medicinal herbs and sold them to medical clinics every three months or so.
Because Mrs. Tan is better and never lacks money, ordinary people are willing to come here.
Later, her husband unfortunately fell from a tree. The disaster started from this. Gu Rong spent all the money in the family to treat her husband, but in the end the man still did not survive.
Later, Dr. Tan saw that she was pitiful, so he asked her to do some cleaning work in the hospital, such as collecting medicines, cleaning medicine jars, and medicine residues. Anyway, she just gave her some money every month.
Some time ago, the imperial court established the Capital Planning Department, determined to relocate the people living in snail-sized homes in the southern city of the capital and find a new place to build houses.
These originally had little appeal to Aunt Gu, but she also had a son. I heard that some of the new buildings will have private schools inside them. Now the mother became anxious.
Of course, she knew some good people, so she didn't need to go to a bank to borrow money. People like Xin Hui and Kui'er, and the people at the medical clinic together took out some money and lent them to her.
The bungalows are now covered with tiles.
Although she is a little small, she can live with others, her son can study, and she can still work in the medical clinic. There is no talk of big fish and meat, but she can still live her life. When her son grows up slowly, maybe You can also take exams for merit and fame.
Whenever Dr. Tan talks about this, he often says that there are a few more good officials in the government who are serious about their work.
"The house will be built the day after tomorrow. Let's go together then. Aunt Gu will be very happy..."
Xin Hui talked for a long time, but Kui'er's eyes were still flashing with sadness.
Because what Kui'er thinks about is not who's life is good or bad.
She was thinking that although the emperor was obviously doing good things, there were still people who would complain about this or that, and she didn't know what the emperor would think after hearing these words.
"Junior sister!"
Kui'er was startled, and her wicker waist trembled, "Senior sister, you scared me to death!"
"Scared you to death? What did I just say?" Xin Hui's eyes were like blazing eyes.
"what did you say?"
"I said we go to Aunt Gu's newly built house the day after tomorrow! Let's buy something!" Xin Hui stretched out her finger and poked her white forehead, "I talked so much, but you didn't listen at all!"
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"Senior sister~" Kui'er tugged at the corner of her clothes, then curled her lips and said, "Let's go to Tianran's clothing store to buy two pairs of better clothes."
"For Aunt Gu?"
"It doesn't matter to Aunt Gu. It's better to give it to little Xie Tian. Aunt Gu has done so much, isn't it just so that little Xie Tian can study in a built private school? When I meet my husband, he can't be as shabby as he is now. Trash shirt, that would be rude."
"Well, that makes sense. Then I'll buy him a set of Four Treasures of the Study!"
Time goes by quite quickly.
Anyway, some people are happy and some are sad.
The place chosen by the Capital City Planning Department is a kilometer south of Zhengyang Gate. It was originally relatively desolate. Later, the government leveled the land and drew a frame for each household to build a house. Horizontal and vertical roads were left, and finally a sign was erected with two big words: Bookstore!
Although the houses here are all small, they need to be named well!
Most of the houses for people with enough money can be built quickly. It is originally simple, just a main house facing south, made of bricks and tiles, and the side houses on both sides are basically made of mud. They are all poor, and they are already in need of money to build a brick house. A lot of debt.
Then surround it with a simple bamboo fence, and it becomes a home.
It is indeed very simple. If you really want to talk about the scenery, there is nothing interesting to see. The houses are not good-looking and there are no stone roads. Foreigners who are full of imagination about the capital may take a look at these and think: How does this look like a village?
However, Aunt Gu, who lived inside, worked happily. When Kui'er and Xin Hui arrived, she was inserting sticks into the ground in the fenced-in courtyard.
It is simple to use. Just insert two wooden sticks and connect them with hemp rope to create a clothesline.
In fact, for her, the real hope is not the house, but the private school being built a few houses away.
The imperial court's money was used to hire the best masons, and the wood and stone were also of the highest quality.
The road is paved with stone bricks and the house is covered with black tiles. It will not be blown down by the wind or protected from the rain. It is a good house!
"The private school seems to be quite close..." Xin Hui also looked at the place where work was being done from a distance, "It looks like it should be a very nice house."
There was also an old woman outside the bamboo fence. She was carrying a basket of wild vegetables and said to her, "The best thing is that we don't have to spend any money!"
"Hahaha." Several women couldn't help laughing under the sunset.
Kui'er said: "There are still good ones. The government is also building a library here. There are so many books there that I can't finish them all, and little Xie Tian can't finish them, haha."
"Mom!" A five- or six-year-old child didn't know that he would only be able to see such a beautiful girl again if he was studying. He just ran towards her mother, "Don't go to school, kid."
Snapped!
Aunt Gu spanked him hard, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you don't study, mother will skin you!"
"That's right, if you don't study, you will have no future. In the future, you won't be able to ride a big horse or become a high official!"
Xin Hui and Kui'er looked at each other and couldn't help but spit out their sweet tongues.
