Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 384 Incompetence (asking for guaranteed monthly ticket)

A double-blind trial to verify the effectiveness of vaccination in preventing and treating smallpox took place in such a dangerous atmosphere of political struggle.

However, the incubation period of smallpox is very long, often requiring more than ten days, and some people have had it in childhood but do not know whether they have been infected. Even death row prisoners cannot tell whether they have antibodies.

A double-blind trial takes time, but the emperor's condition cannot wait.

Fortunately, a famous doctor from Boye in northern Zhili, who was found by Wan'an, was forced into the palace to treat Emperor Chenghua.

For Wan'an, there is nothing he can do about it.

He originally planned to find a doctor in his hometown of Sichuan, but the journey was too long and it was really inconvenient.

So just let Liu Ji look for it in his hometown.

Cabinet ministers like them had extremely huge influence in their hometowns, and many people curry favor with them. Whenever they had requests, their fellow villagers would support them unconditionally. So Liu Ji just sent a message back to find the most famous doctor in the area, and explained that he would find one who was good at treating liver and spleen diseases.

It doesn't matter whether he really has the ability or not. Anyway, Wan'an's original purpose was not to cure Zhu Jianshen's illness, but to fight factional struggles.

The result is...

When the doctor entered the palace, he was immediately scared to death when he heard that the person he was going to treat was the emperor.

An old fellow almost got stuck on the way to the Qianqing Palace.

After arriving there, he tremblingly took the emperor's pulse and examined the general condition. He was then called out to prescribe medicine. When people saw what he wrote, even Wei Tai, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but frown.

A long-term illness makes a good doctor!
From Concubine Wan to Zhu Jianshen, both husband and wife suffered from liver disease, which led to the people around the emperor also studying this disease. They had read no less than hundreds of related prescriptions. They basically knew what medicine to use, which prescriptions were effective and which were not.

The only one who could bring some different changes to the emperor's treatment was Zhang Luan.

Apart from this, the prescriptions given by the Imperial Medical Bureau are basically the same, all of which use licorice as the medicine and are combined with some common herbs.

If this doctor from Boye County could write some different medicines, even if he just prescribed common herbal medicines like Zhang Luan, Wei Tai would think that these medicines might have miraculous effects when combined together.

But when he saw that the prescription was the basic version of the original prescription written by the Imperial Medical Bureau, he was suddenly overwhelmed.

"I'm not going to screw myself over, am I?"

Wei Tai was a little anxious. "I was so obsessed with passing on the message when Lord Wan recommended a doctor. This matter... I'm afraid there will be trouble."

When Wei Tai returned to the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jianshen was still coughing there, as if waiting for "good news".

Zhu Jianshen glanced at Wei Tai and asked, "What's going on?"

Wei Tai replied tremblingly: "I have already prescribed the medicine."

"Oh, what medicine is used?" Zhu Jianshen himself has become a doctor through long-term experience in illness, and as a patient, he does not want to be kept in the dark about what medicine the doctor uses.

As for why he initially did not want to use the hormone medicine refined by Zhang Luan and why he had doubts about Zhang Luan, the most fundamental reason was that the origin of this medicine was unknown and the refining method was too special to be refined in the palace, making the medicine uncontrollable.

Zhu Jianshen cared a lot about his life and wanted to keep everything under his own control.

The purpose of using spiritual methods to cure diseases is also for this purpose.

Wei Tai handed over a prescription and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the prescription is here, please take a look."

"Ah."

Zhu Jianshen took it and looked at it. Before he had read a few lines, his brows were furrowed. "Has anyone from the Imperial Hospital seen it?"

Wei Tai said: "It has not yet been circulated to the Imperial Hospital staff."

"Call Wan'an to me!"

Zhu Jianshen said angrily, "By the way, throw this thing to the Imperial Hospital... Go to the Imperial Hospital and bring me all the prescriptions they used in the past. I would like to ask him what his intention is."

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Wan'an was summoned to the palace.

When he entered the palace, he thought it was a good thing.

After all, as a foreign minister, being able to see the emperor so frequently means that the emperor "trusts" him very much and even wants to entrust him with important tasks. Even if the emperor dies, he is still the chief minister who can influence the court and even become a powerful minister...

Ideals are always beautiful.

Just as he arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace and saw Wei Tai's gloomy face, he felt that the problem was not simple.

When he arrived at the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace, he saw Zhang Yuan, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, standing there with several imperial physicians. The emperor was looking at him sideways, as if he wanted to skin him alive with his eyes. His heart skipped a beat.

"I see your Majesty."

Wan'an is a seasoned veteran after all. He is able to remain calm in the face of any situation. He does have some psychological quality.

Zhu Jianshen asked, "Wan'an, is that the doctor outside the one you found? He is known as a famous doctor in the world?"

Wan An declined, saying, "Your Majesty, this person was recommended by Liu Ji. I heard that he was very effective in treating liver diseases in the local area and many people were cured because of him. That is why I recommended him to the palace.

"Compared to some people who have never had a reputation for treating illnesses but have come to treat Your Majesty, this person is very famous in the local area... Please be careful, Your Majesty."

Zhu Jianshen said coldly: "I won't ask whether he is famous or not, but whether he still has reservations about curing the disease in front of me?"

"It shouldn't be...right?" Wan An said, "Could it be that he didn't do well in some things? Why not let me talk to him and teach him a lesson. I think he is new here and will be very nervous when he knows he is going to diagnose your Majesty, so he may make mistakes."

Wei Tai said, "Lord Wan, you are right. He is indeed nervous and extremely conservative. The prescription he prescribed is not completely consistent with the one the Imperial Hospital originally prescribed. Basically, there is no duplicate medicine."

"what?"

Wan Anxin said, are the people in the Imperial Hospital so awesome?

Since you can prescribe the same medicine as the famous doctor I specially found, why is it still ineffective? And it can even be replaced by that old guy Zhang Luan?

After being shocked, Wan An immediately said, "Your Majesty, I think we should put some pressure on him and ask him to prescribe a more radical prescription."

Zhu Jianshen asked, "Do you think I need you to remind me?"

"This……"

Wan'an already felt that a disaster was about to happen.

Wei Tai said helplessly, "Later, His Majesty asked him to question him and ask him to prescribe more medicines. He hesitated and was unable to answer. Later, he used a little... trickery and found out that he was not good at treating liver diseases. Even if he occasionally encountered patients with liver diseases, he only used this one prescription. And this year, he treated a patient with liver disease, and... he died suddenly!"

Zhu Jianshen threw the teacup in his hand directly to the ground and shouted angrily: "Listen, is this what a human would do? You made me wait in the palace for so many days, and you found something like this? You think I have a good temper and deliberately angered me to make me die faster, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wan An immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I am guilty of negligence. I was deceived by that old man Liu Ji and was also deceived by the local officials. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Wei Tai also hurried over to comfort him: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Zhu Jianshen waved his hands angrily and shouted, "Get out of here!"

When Wan'an heard this, he got up and ran out as if he had been pardoned.

As for the people from the Imperial Hospital, they slowly and respectfully left the hall.

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When Li Zisheng was ordered to enter the palace, he found Wan'an kneeling at the door of the palace and apologizing for his crime. As for the people from the Imperial Hospital, they were also waiting quietly.

After all, the emperor had just driven them out in a rage, and it was unknown how he would hold them accountable, or whether he had anything else to say to them. Knowing that they had angered the emperor, no one dared to leave casually, even if they had to wait.

"Master Li, you are finally here."

When Wei Tai saw Li Zisheng appear, he hurried over to greet him.

Li Zisheng had long been gloating in his heart, but he pretended to be puzzled, pointed at the group of people at the entrance of the hall, and asked: "What is this...?"

Wei Tai said helplessly: "Don't mention it, His Majesty is waiting inside, you go to see him first. If you have anything to say, come out and talk."

"Hmm." Li Zisheng thought as he walked inside.

You guys, in terms of talent, each of you is worse than me, and more knowledgeable than me, but the only thing is that when it comes to how you behave towards others, each of you is worse than the other.

Do you really think it is that easy to judge people?

I know how to deal with Your Majesty, and I also know how to spot talent. Take Zhang Luan for example. I think he has incredible abilities. You guys are attacking him for no reason... that's just looking for trouble!
Have you ever seen an incompetent person who can accurately predict earthquakes, read the sky, and even understand the ways of the world?
Whoever is incompetent knows it.

When you want to criticize Laizhan, I am not nervous at all.

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"Mr. Li, I wrongly trusted Wan'an and let him find a useless doctor to come into the palace. He has deceived me badly." Zhu Jianshen sighed in front of Li Zisheng.

Li Zisheng said: "Lord Wan should also be well-intentioned."

Zhu Jianshen said angrily: "If an ordinary person dares to come out to diagnose me at this moment, even if he is just an introducer, I will think he is thinking about me wholeheartedly. But he... clearly wants to destroy you. In order to fight with you, he found a doctor from nowhere and wanted to fish in troubled waters."

Hahaha……

Li Zisheng was already smiling in his heart.

Wan'an, ah Wan'an, I knew you were incompetent, but I didn't expect you to be so incompetent.

This is really a big joke for me.

"They also said they wanted to verify Zhang Luan's method of growing medicine. I don't know what they are trying to do." Zhu Jianshen said.

Li Zisheng said anxiously, if you hadn't condoned him, would he dare to do this?

But this matter cannot be revealed.

"Mr. Li, what has Zhang Luan been doing these days?" Zhu Jianshen asked.

Li Zisheng said, "I have noticed that he is fine recently. I had a simple meal with him yesterday. He didn't have any opinions about it during the meal. He just said that he was still thinking about the prescription carefully."

"is it?"

Zhu Jianshen was very surprised. "I have treated him like this, doesn't he... feel resentful?"

Li Zisheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, since Zhang Taichang was willing to come to the palace to diagnose your majesty at this time and ignored other people's criticism, he didn't care so much. If he was really the kind of person who didn't know what was good for him, your majesty wouldn't have used him!"

Zhu Jianshen was deeply touched after hearing this.

It's like I didn't believe you at first, but later I believed you, and after going through so many twists and turns, I finally realized that I still have to rely on you...

Li Zisheng had experienced the emperor's fickleness and suspicion once before, but Zhang Luan now felt this roller coaster-like trust again.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Luan will devote himself to treating you."

Li Zisheng said, "But I can't put all my hopes on him alone, I will look for him among the people. It is said that Wang Ji, a famous doctor in Huizhou, had previously helped Zhang Luan in the capital to grow medicine for the people. He returned to Huizhou for some reason. I have sent someone to invite him back."

"Wang Ji?"

Zhu Jianshen frowned and said, "I seem to have heard of this person."

Wei Tai said, "Your Majesty, you asked the East Factory to investigate famous doctors in various places before, and learned that among the medical families in Huizhou and even in Jiangnan, the Wang family is unique, and Wang Ji is the current head of the Wang family. He has profound medical attainments, but he was not trusted by the Imperial Hospital at that time, so... he was not summoned to the palace."

After hearing this, Zhu Jianshen was filled with emotion and said, "At that time, I did not trust the extraordinary people among the people enough, which not only let Lai Zhan down, but also let others down."

In a state of excitement, the emperor actually called Zhang Luan by his courtesy name.

When Li Zisheng heard this name, he felt it was so intimate.

I thought to myself, who made me call him that?
Zhu Jianshen asked, "How capable is this Wang Ji?"

Wei Tai said: "According to the investigation by the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, this man mainly specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases in the local area. He has cured many diseases. After he arrived in the capital, officials, scholars and merchants from Huizhou in Beijing all went to seek medical treatment and medicine. Even many local dignitaries went to him for consultation."

Hearing this, Zhu Jianshen felt a little depressed.

There was a good doctor in Beijing, but he was useless. He had to go to Boye County to find a doctor to treat the disease. It turned out to be a liar.

"Why didn't I believe him then?"

Zhu Jianshen felt a little regretful and self-blaming, "It seems that I still don't know how to judge people!"

"Your Majesty, there is no need to blame yourself!"

Li Zisheng consoled him and said, "Your Majesty, although Wang Ji's medical skills are very advanced, during his time in Beijing, he was only helping Zhang Luan and was always humble in seeking advice from Zhang Luan."

"Ah? Is there still such a thing?"

Zhu Jianshen was surprised after hearing this.

Such a famous doctor, who has been proven to be really awesome in practice, is just like a disciple in front of Zhang Luan?

How advanced are Zhang Luan’s medical skills?
Wei Tai said, "Your Majesty, everyone in the Imperial Hospital admires Zhang Taichang's medical skills. Whether it's his character or his achievements in liver disease, he is far beyond the reach of ordinary doctors. Even the people in the Imperial Hospital think so, so Wang Ji must be an expert in his field. How could he..."

Having said this, Wei Tai was too embarrassed to continue.

Your Majesty, you see, throughout our court, all those who are recognized as having good medical skills recognize Zhang Luan’s medical skills and regard him as a teacher.

But you, for one, would not abandon it just because of Wan'an's gossip. As a patient, you are a little too reluctant to seek medical treatment in this matter.

Are you going to give up on such a good doctor just because you feel you are not feeling well for the time being?
If you give up on him, it is equivalent to giving up your own life.

Zhu Jianshen didn't think much of it at first, and even felt that even if Wan'an had some selfish motives, it was understandable.

But after hearing this, he could no longer hold back and said angrily, "Go and punish Wan'an and ask him what his real intentions are. Take back all the rewards given to him in the past year! Also, send someone to assist the prince and investigate the deficit in Tongzhou's warehouse. We must get to the bottom of the case!"

"Yes."

Wei Tai was stunned.

Why are the Tongzhou warehouse deficit case suddenly mentioned?
However, Wei Tai and Li Zisheng were both familiar with the emperor. When they knew that the emperor regretted his past actions, they would reflect on themselves and even give some benefits to those who were wronged.

The emperor's previous misunderstanding of Zhang Luan was mainly due to the fact that Zhang Luan helped the prince.

Since the emperor thought Zhang Luan was a loyal minister, he would also think that the prince was loyal, so naturally he had to help the prince to deal with Wan'an.

This is also equivalent to repaying Zhang Luan, allowing Zhang Luan to help him cure his illness wholeheartedly.

Zhu Jianshen asked, "What is Lai Zhan's current official position?"

Wei Tai was somewhat speechless, thinking to himself, I'm Zhang Taichang, but you don't know what his official position is?
"Your Majesty, Zhang Luan is now the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy Reader, and he has no job in the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he is still the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Your Majesty has not yet removed him from his position." Wei Tai said, "In addition, Your Majesty has also granted him a position of a thousand households of the Imperial Guard in the mansion, and Lord Zhang gave it to his eldest son."

Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "He is the father-in-law of the prince. This little reward is still a bit too little. How about this? Give him the title of deputy governor of the Front Army Governor's Office and promote him to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy..."

When Li Zisheng heard this, he was happy for Zhang Luan, but he also wondered if this promotion was too fast.
He didn't even cure your Majesty's illness, but he was promoted to this level?

If he is cured, wouldn’t he be given a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister?
"Your Majesty, it's only been more than half a year, and Zhang Taichang has already been promoted to a high position. In fact, it is not necessary to do so." Li Zisheng said, "He has always been grateful for your Majesty's reward."

Zhu Jianshen sighed, "It is always right to promote and reward those who can get things done. Don't be long-winded, just do it. Li Qing, I will leave the matter of conveying the imperial edict to you, and I will ask you to do me a favor. By the way, when will Wang Ji arrive in Beijing?"

Li Zisheng said, "According to the date, they will arrive today or tomorrow. I have asked him to travel day and night. When they arrive in Beijing, I will have him and Zhang Luan come to see you together."

Zhu Jianshen sighed, "It's more than a thousand miles from Huizhou to the capital. Your Excellency is so efficient, it's really touching. Thinking about Wan'an again... It really makes me angry to death!"

Thinking about how Wan'an had been keeping him on suspense and conducting experiments to prove that Zhang Luan was a liar, Zhu Jianshen found it ridiculous.

Zhu Jianshen said: "Punish that bastard and Liu Ji. Fine them one year's salary. No, let them pay me their salary for the past year as well!

"Also, I don't want to see them recently! This group of mediocre people almost hurt me! They are the same as Deng Changen, only caring about themselves and not the overall situation. I don't want to use them anymore. When I find the right opportunity, I will replace them!"

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