Daming: My brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 12 Invite the old man to drink the poison!Wei Zhongxian executes!

Zhu Youxiao told Ye Xianggao and others about Zhang Gui's statement that the cinnabar in the Forbidden City was poisonous.

Ye Xianggao soon realized that if what Zhang Gui said was true, the emperor would have to move out of the Forbidden City, and this meant that the etiquette system that the emperor should live in the world and not tamper with would be destroyed!
And once the ritual system is destroyed, the scholar-officials will no longer be able to control the emperor with the ritual system!

Therefore, Ye Xianggao immediately vetoed it: "Your Majesty, what Uncle Guo said is not credible! Cinnabar is a thing to ward off evil spirits, and there will be no poisonous gas."

Wang An also helped and said, "My lord, cinnabar is indeed something to ward off evil spirits, and what Uncle Guo said is indeed a bit absurd."

Another cabinet minister, Liu Yixiu, even directly participated in the impeachment of Zhang Gui: "Your Majesty, Uncle Guo is deliberately misleading you to disrupt the court's etiquette system and has ulterior motives. Please punish him severely!"

"Your Majesty, I am not lying. The cinnabar in the Forbidden City is indeed poisonous."

At this time, Zhang Gui had come to the imperial court and heard the words of Ye Xianggao and others.

If it wasn't for Ke's medical treatment, he really wouldn't have remembered a research material he had seen in his previous life.

And that article mentioned that the newly built buildings in the Forbidden City would produce toxic gas due to the application of a large amount of cinnabar.

It is also because of this that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty in history lived in Yuanmingyuan before the Yuanmingyuan was burned, so they lived longer and their children were not cut off. But since the Yuanmingyuan was burned, the emperors began to live in the Forbidden City. At the beginning, these Qing emperors had no heirs.

Of course, this is just a way of saying it.

Not quite right.

But Zhang Gui can be sure that the cinnabar used in the Forbidden City is indeed poisonous, especially when it has just been repaired.

Of course, most buildings emit various poisonous gases when they are first repaired, such as mercury vapor, formaldehyde, benzene and so on.

Unfortunately, the reconstruction of the three main halls of the current imperial palace is underway, and the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace have only recently been repainted.

Therefore, in order for Tianqi to be the emperor for a longer time, at least his future nephew would not die prematurely due to the harm of these poisonous gases, which would affect his future interests, Zhang Gui knew that he had to bring up the issue of poisonous cinnabar now.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Guo, this is absolutely nonsense! Everyone knows that cinnabar can ward off evil spirits, so how can it be poisonous?!"

Liu Yixiu immediately refuted it.

"Show off your mother."

"Do you understand science?"

Zhang Gui took a look at Liu Yixiu, cursed a few words in his heart, and then played to Tianqi: "Your Majesty only needs to do two experiments to prove that what I said is true."

Seeing that Zhang Gui's tone was so firm, Tian Qi believed it a little bit, and said, "It's okay to try, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Gui said: "Your Majesty, as long as the ministers do this, the ministers will go back to get the equipment and materials. Please also send Eunuch Wei to help the ministers to fetch them together."

"allow!"

Apocalypse replied.

"Your Majesty! If Uncle Guo fails to prove that the buildings in the palace are poisonous, please kill Uncle Guo!"

Liu Yixiu suddenly suggested another sentence.

"Why is this so?"

Apocalypse asked.

Liu Yixiu replied: "Uncle Guo's move has ulterior motives and is suspected of confusing the emperor and disobeying etiquette. If he is not severely punished, everyone may imitate this behavior in the future and disrupt the world's etiquette system! If no punishment is imposed, the world may be in chaos! "

Tian Qi looked at Ye Xianggao again, and asked, "Yuanfu, what do you think?"

Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "If your Majesty really wants to protect Uncle Guo, you shouldn't let him do this. In my humble opinion, it's just nonsense that cinnabar is poisonous. Once Uncle Guo really wants to do this, even If His Majesty does not kill him, the world will find it hard to tolerate him."

Zhang Gui glanced at Ye Xianggao: "The people in the world mentioned by Yuan Fu refer to the scholars in the world. When can the scholars in the world represent the people in the world? Obviously, it is His Majesty who can represent the people in the world. If Your Majesty tolerates his ministers, the people in the world will naturally Tolerate my subordinates!"

"Scholar is the head of the four peoples!"

Liu Yixiu wanted to refute Zhang Gui's remarks.

But Ye Xianggao gently pulled Liu Yixiu's skirt.

Liu Yixiu didn't say anything more.

At this time, Tianqi only looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Zhongxian, you can accompany Uncle Guo for a walk."

"Yes!"

After finishing the order, Tian Qi said: "Everything will be confirmed by the uncle of the country first."

Zhang Gui took Wei Zhongxian back to the mansion first.

The mansion of Zhang Gui's family is a mansion bestowed by Emperor Tianqi, not far from Miyagi.

So, soon, Zhang Gui brought the experimental equipment and materials.

Zhang Gui first asked the order to go under the palace wall to get some cinnabar, and then dissolved mercury sulfide, the main component of cinnabar, with a homemade sodium sulfide solution.

In this era, caustic soda and sulfur already existed, and Zhang Gui had already used these substances to prepare a sodium sulfide solution, the purpose of which was to dissolve the mercury sulfide in the cinnabar for entering the palace now.

After dissolving the cinnabar, Zhang Gui divided the cinnabar solution into two cups.

He first broke an egg, and began to drop the egg white into a cup of cinnabar-dissolved solution, and stirred it.

Soon, Tianqi and the courtiers discovered that a white solid appeared in the liquid.

"Please look, Your Majesty, when these egg whites encounter cinnabar, it's like being burned by oil, and they solidify and deform. It can be seen that the toxicity of this cinnabar can denature and inactivate egg whites."

As Zhang Gui said, he used a syringe to take half a tube from another cup of cinnabar solution without adding egg white, and injected it into the living mice he had brought.

Not long after, the alive and kicking mouse fell to the ground and remained motionless.

Zhang Gui continued: "Look, Your Majesty, the poison of this cinnabar can also directly poison the mouse to death. The key minister beat the mouse with only half a tube, but how much cinnabar was smeared all over the palace? After being washed by the rain, it will It dissolves into water vapor and then enters the human body, and people staying in this environment are like being infused with cinnabar poison like this mouse every day."

"I don't live here anymore!"

Tian Qi replied immediately.

"Your Majesty! Humans are different from rats. Cinnabar can only destroy eggs and rats, and is harmless to humans! Please don't believe Uncle Guo's rumors, Your Majesty!"

Liu Yixiu said.

Zhang Gui argued with reason: "Your Majesty, if Elder Liu Ge still thinks that cinnabar is harmless to people, I ask Your Majesty to give him a drink to prove his words."

Tian Qi looked at Liu Yixiu coldly: "Yes!"

"This……"

Liu Yixiu was shocked.

"Give Liu Qing a glass of cinnabar water!"

Apocalypse ordered.

Wang An did not respond, and gave Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs present winks, telling them not to obey the order.

Therefore, Tian Qi looked at Wang An coldly: "Wang An, didn't you hear what I said?!"

Wang An knelt down calmly and said: "My lord, think twice! If the water is non-toxic, it's fine, but if it is really poisonous, it will undoubtedly kill the cabinet ministers, my lord!"

Zhang Gui said, "He himself said it's harmless to people!"

Tian Qi also said: "That's right! Now I want you to carry out my will!"

Wang An knew that at this time, he could not disappoint Ye Xiang's senior civil officials, so he shouted again: "My lord! This old slave really can't obey!"

Ye Xianggao, Liu Yixiu, and the three cabinet ministers of Han Kuang looked at each other and smiled, showing approval to Wang An.

Tian Qi looked at Wang An unexpectedly, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and asked, "Wang An, do you know what you are doing?!"

Wang Andao: "Please take back your order, my lord!"

Zhang Gui took a look at Wei Zhongxian, walked over, and asked in a low voice, "How long are you going to wait! If you don't act, I will ask His Majesty to find someone else to do this. Wang Tiqian and Liu Ruoyu, the supervisor of ceremonies, my Ming Dynasty will not Just you eunuchs."

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhang Gui in surprise, then made up his mind, walked quickly, and prostrated himself in front of Tian Qi: "Your Majesty, this servant is willing to obey the order!"

Tian Qi looked at Wei Zhongxian and nodded: "My family is still reliable!"

Wang An looked at Wei Zhongxian unexpectedly, and was furious in his heart: "Good Wei Zhongxian, you can be the guest of the Hakka family because of the opportunity given to you by our ancestor, how dare you betray our family!"

At this time, Zhang Gui handed a cup of cinnabar solution to Wei Zhongxian: "Eunuch Wei, please serve Mr. Liu to drink it."

Wei Zhongxian took the cinnabar solution and walked towards Liu Yixiu.

Seeing this, Liu Yixiu immediately changed his words, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty! I think that there is no need to try again! The safety of the king's father comes first, and even the slightest risk of harming the safety of the holy body is not allowed! Since the uncle of the country Lord has proved that cinnabar may harm His Majesty's holy body, His Majesty and the nobles in the harem should move to another place!"

(End of this chapter)