Prime Minister

Chapter 389 The Queen and the Eunuch

Da Nei Funing Hall, the emperor's bedroom.

Now the official family is recuperating in the West Pavilion.

And two medical officers were talking to a white-haired eunuch about the official family's condition.

This eunuch is nearly seventy years old, but he looks to be only 60 years old. Not only is he very energetic, but also ordinary people seem to be honest and honest at first glance.

However, those who are familiar with this eunuch will know that this person is not what he appears to be, otherwise he would not be in the position of internal knowledge.

Duzhi's status in Dauchi is second only to Duzhi, and he is a sixth-rank official. Since Duzhi is not permanent, the other party is the No. 1 minister.

This eunuch is Ren Shouzhong, the adopted son of Ren Wenqing, the servant.

As for the two medical officers in front of him, they are Sun Zhao and Shan Xiang, famous doctors invited by Zhongshu Province from the people.

Sun Zhaodao: "The official family is undoubtedly suffering from wind disease. The folks should take Fuzi Decoction, Huangma Decoction or Gegen Decoction. However, the imperial doctors in the womb of these prescriptions have obviously been used by the officials, and they have not been effective."

Shan Xiang said: "For today's plan, let's change the prescription a little bit, and then start a needle for the officials to see if it is useful. I think there is still a [-]% chance of turning around."

Ren Shouzhong said with a smile: "You two are indeed the miracle doctors of the world. Your husband recommends you to come back to life. You can discuss how to deal with it. If you do it well, you will be rewarded."

The two were overjoyed when they heard the words and left to discuss the prescription.Ren Shouzhong waited for the two to leave, then put on a slightly mournful expression and headed towards the East Pavilion.

Empress Cao was resting in the East Pavilion, looking very haggard.Seeing Ren Shouzhong entering the room with a sad face, she couldn't help but panic and said, "Are the two folk genius doctors also helpless?"

Ren Shouzhong sighed long and said: "Reporting to the empress, now I have to do my best and obey the destiny."

Empress Cao let out a long sigh and sat down again.

Ren Shouzhong suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is guilty!"

Empress Cao was taken aback and said: "You are also an old man in the palace. Why do you knelt down to plead guilty, stood up and spoke slowly. You are asking to treat the prince kindly because of Fu Yaoyu."

Ren Shouzhong wept and said: "That's the matter, ma'am, the veteran has tried his best to serve, but I don't know why he can't make the county king happy, so that the county king and outsiders are such old officials."

"The old minister is a humble person. He was misunderstood what he was doing, but he made the minister mistakenly think that the empress instructed the old minister not to tolerate the county king. This is really a crime worthy of death."

Empress Cao was a little helpless and said: "Zhao Shutao is also true. I have lived in the palace for so long and I don't know the rules. Don't worry, I have ordered them not to spread the word to the outside world. The courtiers will leave after discussing for a while."

"You said the official's illness is really bad, what should I do? Can Zhao Shu's child be entrusted to Jiangshan Sheji?"

Ren Shouzhong said: "Empress, the old minister has no family, and it is not a pity to die at this age. He only knows to be loyal to the official family and the empress. The empress asked about the state reserve, and the old minister still said that the county is not as good as Jiedu."

The Jiedu that Ren Shouzhong spoke of was Zhao Yunchu, the Jiedu envoy of the Mighty German Army.

He is the youngest son of King Jing Zhao Yuanyan.Empress Dowager Zhang Xian once dreamed that Xuanyou, the king of Zhou, mourned for the crown prince and entrusted him to Jingwang Palace.And Zhao Yunchu was born and adopted in the palace, slightly younger than Zhao Shu, but entered the palace earlier than him.

As the officials told Han Qi before, they adopted two princes in the palace, one is Zhao Shu and the other is Zhao Yunchu.

Empress Cao sighed and said, "Yunchu's child is simple and simple, but he is just...unintelligent."

"At the beginning, the official listened to your words, didn't they let Yunchu enter the palace to have an audience. The official ordered the maid to give him tea, but Yunchu said straightforwardly, no tea, just drink plain water."

"This palace and the left and right are all laughing. You can see this. After the question and answer between the officials and Yunchu, they were also very disappointed and told me, Yunchu is demented. Is it a big deal?"

Ren Shouzhong still said after hearing the words: "The empress is right, Yun Chu is an old official who watched him grow up, so he may not be as smart as the Duke in terms of intelligence."

"But when it comes to keeping the official family and the empress in the bottom of my heart, no one is as good as him!"

Empress Cao was taken aback when she heard the words, sighed and said: "You are right, Yun Chu is a filial child, but the officials and husbands are already interested in him, so I have nothing to do."

"How about that court lady named Han Chong'er? Is she still unwilling to be diagnosed by the imperial physician?"

Ren Shouzhong said: "I still don't want to. Whenever a man approaches, he will yell."

"Then you can't be stronger than her. In your opinion, does she have dragon veins?"

Ren Shouzhong shook his head and said: "The old minister doesn't look like it. This woman is mostly greedy for wealth and honor, and deliberately played tricks."

After hearing this, Empress Cao smiled wryly and said, "Such riches and honor can be coveted for a few days. If she doesn't have dragon veins, she dares to speak such nonsense. Haven't she thought about how she will be in the future?"

Ren Shouzhong said: "There are always such people who have never had a good time in their lives. They can be greedy for a day and a day. Not being filial to your mother."

Empress Cao was silent for a moment and said, "It's better not to go too far."

"Yes, the old minister knows," Ren Shouzhong looked up at Empress Cao and said, "Your Majesty, when the old minister Zhang Xian served the Empress Dowager, I only care about the royal family in my heart, and I will never do anything to apologize to the Empress Dowager."

Empress Cao said: "I know that my father-in-law is a veteran minister of Heavenly Sage Ming Dao."

"Yeah, ma'am, why did Tiansheng be named as the year name? Tiansheng is the saint of two people. What is the name of the year? Ming is the sun and the moon! The family ruled the world together.”

When Ren Shouzhong walked out of Funing Hall, he looked back with a complicated look in his eyes.

He had been demoted from the palace twice, and returned to the palace twice, and now he didn't want to be demoted from the palace for the third time.

He is aware of the consequences of being on the wrong team in this battle for the crown prince, and now he has deeply offended Zhao Shu, Duke of Julu County.

What he supports is Zhao Yunchu, one of the two adopted sons mentioned by the officials and Han Qi as being pure but unintelligent.

However, as long as the princes of the Song Dynasty had a slightly normal intelligence, how could they be called "unwisdom", so the conclusion is that they are not smart enough.

But for Ren Shouzhong, what he wanted was an unintelligent prince, or even an emperor.

Ren Shouzhong went to the Imperial Medicine Academy, and the eunuch Ren Jisheng who was in charge of the Imperial Medicine Academy was his confidant.

"Godfather, what do you always order?"

When Ren Shouzhong came here, he changed his benevolent face in the palace, and leaned on the couch without speaking, looking calm and dignified.

Ren Shouzhong asked: "How is the prince these days?"

Ren Jisheng said with a smile: "I've followed my godfather's orders to take good care of me. Give me some wet charcoal that can't make a fire. The food and clothing are good, but they are also moldy and smelly."

Ren Shouzhong said: "You are not afraid of offending future officials."

Ren Jisheng laughed and said: "Whether you can become an official is still a matter of opinion. Even if you become an official, who doesn't know that the godfather and the queen in the palace have the final say. In the past few days, the prince learned that a court lady was pregnant, and now he is ill again. , we also sent the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat it as ordered, but we just procrastinated and refused to administer medicine."

Ren Shouzhong said: "From tomorrow onwards, medicines must be given, food and clothing must be thoughtful, and the methods used in the past can no longer be used."

Ren Jisheng was shocked and said, "Why are the officials really failing?"

Ren Shouzhong stared at the other party, and Ren Jisheng quickly said: "I know, I will do what my godfather tells me."

Ren Shouzhong said: "If I offend someone in the imperial womb as deeply as I offend, I would have offended him long ago when the officials ordered me to attend King Pu's funeral."

It turned out that when Ren Shouzhong was handling the funeral of King Pu, he scorned the princes, among whom nearly ten thousand people were corrupt, and he was still not satisfied and continued to squeeze the Prince Pu's mansion.Even Zhao Zongyi, the eldest son of Prince Pu, was removed from office because of Ren Shouzhong.

Ren Shouzhong said: "You don't have to worry, but as long as the queen and the prince are at odds, we will not be able to fall."

"The Empress is a person who has no ideas. I help her watch and remind her from time to time. When we serve people in the palace, we must always know that everything is above everything else. Wealth and wealth are all tied to one person."

Ren Jisheng thought about it and asked, "Then daddy is going to attack someone again?"

Ren Shouzhong nodded and said, "Who were the officials who made the statement before?"

Ren Jisheng said one by one.

Sima Guang!
Ren Shouzhong shook his head, this person is not easy to mess with.

Fan Zhen!Wang Tao!
Ren Shouzhong frowned.

When he heard Zhang Yue's name, Ren Shouzhong said, "Wait."

Ren Jisheng asked in a low voice: "Godfather, do you want to move the champion? I am afraid that this person is not easy to mess with, and he is young, and has a bright future in the future."

Ren Shouzhong said: "I know, but this person's life as an official is short, he has no foundation, he came from a poor family, and he was not capable in the same year."

"Relying on the grace of the official family before, I won the first prize all the way, the third class in the department, and I was also a Jingyan official. If the official family was there, I would not dare to do anything, and I still have to respect him. Now the official family is sick. If it gets too heavy, he loses momentum."

Ren Jisheng said: "Then I'll make arrangements now?"

Ren Shouzhong stretched out his hand and said, "Wait a minute, I found out, his wife seems to be from a famous family, and seems to have something to do with Uncle Ouyang Yong."

Ren Jisheng said: "I'll go and investigate right away to find out his details."

Ren Shouzhong nodded and said: "Check it out, let's see who else he has feuded with. These civil servants are making too much trouble now, we need to press down a few."

"It's all up to Dad."

Ren Shouzhong couldn't help but think of the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian when she was in court. At that time, the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind a curtain and used eunuchs like them to control civil servants.

At that time, civil servants had no choice but to curry favor with eunuchs like them.After the official family took over the government and reused civil servants, their good days as eunuchs came to an end.

As for suppressing civil servants, it is also his usual trick.

Han Qi once wrote a poem, "The rain in the Qingyun Pavilion greets the sky, and the cold color stays in the spring into the birthday cup." I served a banquet 20 years ago, and the Taisi is happy to accompany you again today.

Ren Shouzhong dedicated this poem to the officials, saying that he was mocking His Majesty for having too many banquets. After hearing this, the officials did not blame Han Qi, nor punished Ren Shouzhong.

Dispose of several ministers who established the reserve, so that Empress Cao will rely on him even more.

Even if Zhao Yunchu cannot be pushed to the throne, as long as Empress Cao respects the new officials equally, then it is still possible for eunuchs like them to return to the glory of the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian.

As for him not doing anything, the civil servants will not let him go.Sima Guang Wang Tao has repeatedly criticized without naming names, saying that "the eunuchs tempted Sheng Cong and discouraged the beautiful government, which made Zongshi afraid of disaster and dare not accept the order."

This move is to put Ren Shouzhong to death, so he simply turned his face.

(End of this chapter)