si-mexico Chapter 468 The east wind is coming
Chapter 468 The east wind is coming
Xue Wei is loyal and capable, and he has no offspring yet. He is simply the perfect lover in my dreams!
If only Marquis Zhaoping's mansion had been as sensible as Xue Wei and made me feel at ease!
Then he would have the best civil servants and military generals in the world.
It's a pity that Xin Ningyu, the youngest daughter of Marquis Zhaoping, has been good at martial arts since she was a child. This family inheritance is really frightening.
If the Queen Mother had not held a banquet when Xin Ningyu was three years old and had the palace maid push Xin Ningyu into the water, causing Xin Ningyu to become sickly, neither he nor the Queen Mother would have felt at ease letting Xin Ningyu go to the Northwest grasslands to marry.
"Then follow what Lord Zhang said and let Xue Wei come to Beijing to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. I will ask Imperial Physician Qi to make preparations and see how Lord Xue is doing and whether there is any cure."
Now that there are no bandits, various post stations have been set up along the way in the northwest for people to rest and change horses. It has become very convenient to return from the northwest. It used to take a month to walk, but now it only takes more than ten days to reach Beijing from the northwest.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhang Yuan had something on his mind. After complimenting Emperor Qingning a few words, he left on the pretext of missing his wife and children.
After Emperor Qingning asked Zhou Jushan to bring some rewards to Zhang Yuan, he urged Zhou Jushan: "Go and see if the imperial kitchen has prepared my nourishing soup medicine?"
"Imperial Doctor Qi has told me to drink it on time every day."
Zhou Jushan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The medicine is ready and they are just warming it up over a low fire. When I sent Master Zhang out just now, I asked the palace maid to get it."
Ever since the eldest prince Prince An's palace coup and Qi Yun risked his life to save the prince in Concubine Rou's belly, he has gained the trust of Emperor Qingning.
More importantly, after two years of treatment by Qi Yun, Emperor Qingning felt that his body, which had become increasingly weak in middle age, had regained vitality. Now Qi Yun was responsible for his daily pulse diagnosis and prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, and he no longer trusted the medical skills of other imperial physicians.
In the past, he believed that the older the imperial physician, the more experienced he was, the more skilled he was, and the more trustworthy he was. But now he no longer thinks so. A genius is a genius.
Qi Yun single-handedly crushed the old guys in the Imperial Hospital who only knew how to say "I'll try my best".
Less than an incense stick of time later, the palace maid brought a restorative soup. Zhou Jushan watched the emperor drink the soup up and then went to bed for a nap.
Zhou Jushan walked out carrying the tray with the bowls.
Qi Yun added various modern medicines to the decoctions he prepared for the emperor, which could make people energetic by hollowing out their insides, thus maintaining a balance that consumed the health of the body.
If one gets seriously ill or gets angry, this delicate balance will be broken, and the person who takes this nourishing soup for a long time will quickly fail like a punctured balloon.
Outside the door, Zhou Jushan's little follower saw Zhou Jushan coming out with a tray, and quickly took the tray from Eunuch Zhou's hand and said, "Eunuch Zhou, I will do this kind of chores."
"You have been standing in the Golden Throne Hall for so long today. You must be tired. The stool machine is ready."
The stool machine is a means of transportation similar to a sedan chair. It is shaped like a chair with a backrest plus two poles for lifting, and a horizontal bar in the front and back, and is carried by people.
In every dynasty, eunuchs with high positions and power had the privilege of riding in sedan chairs. After he blocked the knife for the emperor during the palace coup, squad leader Qi Yun wrote a fake medical record for Zhou Jushan, saying that Zhou Jushan had suffered a hidden injury because of blocking the knife.
So the emperor granted Zhou Jushan the privilege of riding in a stool.
Zhou Jushan has become a big shot around the emperor.
Now in the court, even ministers of the first and second ranks had to speak politely to Zhou Jushan, and there were countless people who gave him gifts to get closer to him.
"understood."
Zhou Jushan raised his head and glanced at the sky outside the Golden Palace. The square jade ornaments hanging from his hat swayed with his movements, making slight tinkling sounds.
For three years, I have been walking on thin ice in this palace and having to see into people's hearts.
Seeing that Zhou Jushan didn't say anything for a long time, the little follower secretly looked up at Zhou Jushan, then lowered his head again, with surprise flashing in his eyes.
He found that when Eunuch Zhou's phoenix eyes were raised, they were very imposing, beautiful and sharp, giving people a feeling of being a leader.
Unfortunately, Eunuch Zhou has been accompanying Your Majesty all year round, and he is always humble and obedient.
Eunuch Zhou is quite handsome. If he were a normal man, he would have won the hearts of many women in the world, just like He Lin, the most handsome man in the capital.
With Eunuch Zhou's intelligence, he would definitely be living well now if he were not in the palace.
Unfortunately, I heard that Eunuch Zhou came from a poor family and was sold to the palace to be a eunuch by his gambler father when he was just over 10 years old.
Eunuch Zhou had no relatives or friends in the palace, but he had climbed to such a high position at the age of 27, which is truly amazing.
However, the closer people are to the imperial power, the more unfortunate their fates are. The personal eunuchs have to live with their heads hanging on their trousers. It is unknown how long Eunuch Zhou can continue to be a popular figure beside His Majesty.
"Let's go."
Zhou Jushan withdrew his gaze, looked back at the Golden Palace, and an obscure smile appeared at the corner of his red lips.
Retirement day is coming soon.
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late at night.
Zhang Yuan stood outside Sheng Zhixing’s small, shabby courtyard.
He couldn't sleep at night, so he went out for a walk, and as he was walking, he somehow ended up outside his master's door.
He raised his hand to knock on the door, but suddenly realized that it was already late at night and the master was resting.
So Zhang Yuan stood outside Sheng Zhixing's small courtyard all night.
He thought a lot that night.
He wondered why the emperor was so happy after knowing that Xue Wei was impotent?
Although Emperor Qingning did not show it in the Golden Palace, Zhang Yuan felt it keenly.
Zhang Yuan thought of what he had seen in the northwest. The people lived a prosperous life with happy smiles on their faces. There were no beggars or vagrants on the streets. Commoners could attend various schools, medical schools, and martial arts schools and learn a skill. This situation was very close to what his master had said about "equality for all" and "moderate prosperity."
Talented people like Lord Xue are truly changing the situation in the Northwest. Just like when Marquis Zhaoping and his sons were stationed at the border, the people's lives are now stable and developing in a good direction.
However, after the Marquis of Zhaoping and his sons quelled the rebellion and repelled the foreign enemies, they had no time to further improve the lives of the people in the northwest. They were sentenced to exile right after returning to the capital...
Is it a mistake for an official to do his job too well?
Whether it was Marquis Zhaoping and his son or Xue Wei, they were truly making people's lives better.
But the fear of the emperor is greater than the joy, is this right?
Who is wrong?
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of the casual conversation between him and his master while they were teaching him how to solve cases.
The master said that this is called feudal monarchy. In order to strengthen the imperial power, the emperor will do things that are not in the interests of the people.