A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 947 Checkmate
At the end of the year,

The emperor and his queen returned to Chang'an from Jiucheng Palace.

"Go to Duke Zhou's Mansion."

On the day the emperor returned to Chang'an, he called the prince to go to the Duke of Zhou's mansion to visit the sick prime minister Xun.

The warrior Tong was lying on the bed. When he heard that the emperor and the prince came to visit him, he struggled excitedly to get up, but when he moved, he coughed and coughed up blood.

"Lie down quickly, Duke Zhou,"

Li Shimin came in and was shocked to see him coughing and vomiting blood. He even brought the imperial doctor here today.

Fengyu, the boss of Shangyao Bureau, stepped forward to check the warrior Xun’s pulse.
"The condition has worsened again and I need to take a good rest."

"What medicine can be used to cure Zhou Guogong's illness?" Li Shimin asked.

"Zhou Guogong's disease is in the lungs, but it is not tuberculosis but tuberculosis," the imperial doctor declared. tuberculosis is contagious, which is later known as tuberculosis. The emperor and the prince would not dare to see him if he had this disease.

Although lung abscess is not contagious, it is still very serious.

"Heal at all costs." Li Shimin said.

The three eldest daughters are all engaged. The eldest daughter is promised to the Helan family of Guan Long, the second daughter is promised to the crown prince, and the third daughter is promised to the Guo family of Hedong.

"I have a request. After my death, my title and family fortune will be inherited by Sanlang, the son of the Yang family."

Li Shimin sighed.

On the other hand, the warrior Yu was lying there with a calm expression. He coughed for a while and finally got better. He said slowly, "I am almost sixty. I sold wood and served as a military officer in the government army in the previous dynasty. I was able to serve the emperor and the emperor." Your Majesty appreciates it, and I have the honor to join the Long Uprising, assist in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, rank among the heroes, and reach the rank of prime minister. I will have no regrets in this life."

"If we invite Huaiyu back, can we cure him?"

"This disease is caused by external evils, which attack the lungs internally, and the heat and poison accumulate in the lungs, causing sores in the lung lobes, flesh sepsis, blood rot, abscess formation, coughing, chest pain, and even coughing up bloody sputum."

Speaking of important prime ministers like the warrior Xun, he was originally from a wealthy family in Hedong. His family was neither short of money nor medicine. Even the most famous pharmacies in Chang'an, Qianjintang and Huiren's Hospital, were owned by Wu Huaiyu.

The imperial doctor said helplessly, "The carbuncle pus is not excreted smoothly, and the amount of pus is small and difficult to come out, especially when hemoptysis is severe, Qi is weak and unable to drain pus, and fluid injuries are obvious..."

There are also five daughters and four sons beside me, among whom three daughters and one son are the sons of the Xuxian Yang family, and the rest are all the sons of concubines."

But now that the lungs are rotten, how can we treat them?

"We have invited medicine kings Wei Shanjun and Sun Simiao to have a look. They both said that the best period has been missed. Now that we are exhausted, we have sent the condition to Liuqiu Wu Gong, but they also said it is too late."

Heat stagnates and blood stasis causes carbuncle, blood rots, flesh rots and suppurates.
Samurai Yu's illness was already very serious, and even many famous doctors had concluded that there was no cure.

At this point, there is actually no cure.

But sometimes fate just plays tricks on people,

He asked his maid to call his wife and daughter.

Samurai Xun began to experience wind-heat external evils invading the lungs, which failed to manifest in time and turned into heat due to depression. As a prime minister, he has heavy official duties. He is also addicted to alcohol and eats spicy and rich food. What was originally a minor illness turned out to be weak righteousness, and external evils took advantage of the deficiency to invade, brewing dampness, steaming phlegm and transforming heat, fumigating and burning the lungs, and causing blood stasis. As time goes by, the stems ascend to the lungs, forming lung abscesses.
As he got older, his body was already weak, and he was overworked. The disease came on violently, and by the time he realized what was happening, he was already extremely sick and was coughing up blood.

"Your Majesty, my eldest son Erlang was negligent in discipline and made many mistakes. Now his nephew Huaiyu has brought them to Lingnan to discipline them.

This is somewhat surprising.

"The best period of treatment has been delayed. If it was in the early stage or even the carbuncle stage, there is still a good chance of being cured. But now it is in the advanced stage of ulceration. The blood in the lung lobes is rotting, rotting, puruling and coughing up blood."

Although the Yang family is also a wife, she is a continuation after all. The warrior Xun Yuan is married to the Xiangli family. Although the Xiangli family died, there are still two legitimate sons, Yuan Qing and Yuanshuang. The Yang family's Sanlang is indeed a legitimate son, but after all There are two brothers above.

Speaking of which, in fact, before the warrior Xun married the Yang family, in addition to the brothers Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang, he had several children. However, at that time, he followed Li Yuan to join the army and had no time to take care of his family. The war was chaotic, and his wife, concubines, and children died. There were several, but the Yuan Qing brothers were the only ones left.

Li Yuan was so moved by this that he personally acted as a matchmaker and helped the warrior Yu go to Hongnong to marry a famous girl from the Yang family and come back as a second string.

"Brothers Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang are useless. Let them stay in Lingnan for the rest of their lives. Let Huaiyu discipline them first. If they can repent and become sensible in the future, they can do what they can in Lingnan and start their own business there. , I will give the two brothers five thousand guan each, fifty hectares of land each in Lingnan, and fifty households of slaves. These are enough."

"My title will be inherited by Sanlang. I have also left his three other concubine brothers for them. Each of them has thirty hectares of land, three thousand guan of money, and thirty households of slaves."

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Although Li Shimin wanted to say that this was not in line with the rules, after thinking about it, he found that brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were indeed uneducated and bastards. Those messy things they did in Bianzhou before would have been enough to be beheaded. .

Wu Sanlang is also the legitimate son, and he is still young, but after all, his mother is the Hongnong Yang family, and he and Wu Erniang have the same father and mother.

"Okay, I promise you, I will give Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang a second rank each, plus a seventh rank, and let them first take the rank of ninth rank military officer in the Guangzhou Dudu Mansion,"

"The Duke of Zhou will be succeeded by Wu Sanlang in the future. I have authorized him not to be demoted to the rank of Duke."

In the Tang Dynasty system, the succession of titles required downgrading, but for some ministers who had made great achievements, their sons could be granted permission to inherit the title without being downgraded.

The warrior Xun asked Yang and Sanlang to kneel to the emperor to thank Hong En.
Then he waved to Wu Erniang, "Er Niang has been favored by His Majesty and has been promised to the Crown Prince, but she is still young. After my death, she will be asked to observe mourning for three years. After three years, she will be fourteen years old and can enter the palace to serve His Highness the Crown Prince. .”

As he said this, he coughed again, getting worse and worse, and finally coughed up a lot of blood.

Looking at him, Li Shimin felt that he could cough up his lungs at any time, and he might not even be able to survive the New Year.

"Gong Zhou, please rest in peace,"

Patting his palm, Li Shimin gave him a high evaluation, "The prince participated in the uprising, assisted in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, appointed meritorious officials, governed the prefectures and counties. With majesty and benefit, good governance and good fortune, he can be said to be a loyal and filial man." This evaluation is very broad, and it can even be regarded as a complete no longer caring about the status of the warrior Xun as the confidant of the Supreme Emperor.

A smile appeared on Samurai Yu's face.

"I heard that hair is used as a guide for medicine, which can increase the effectiveness of medicine. Please bring me some scissors."

Li Shimin actually twisted off a strand of his beard and gave it to Warrior Xun as a medicine. Even though he knew that Warrior Xun would not recover from his illness, the emperor still cut off a strand of his carefully groomed beard.

The emperor was also very fond of beards, and people at that time also took good care of their beards.

Seeing this, the warrior Tong struggled excitedly, paused and sobbed, and his head was bleeding. He was so excited that he coughed violently and coughed up a lot of blood.
It almost caused Samurai Yu to die early.

"The Duke of Zhou is a hero who serves the orders, and he is also a talented person of the country. I am also doing this for the country, the country, and the country,"

The warrior Xun looked at the emperor's missing section of the dragon's beard and was deeply moved. He was the emperor's confidant, and now the emperor could actually cut off the dragon's beard for him. This great reward made him burst into tears of gratitude.

Li Shimin took off his fur robe and put it on for the warrior Xun.

"Zhou Guogong rests at home and rests peacefully. When the spring comes and the flowers bloom, his health will be better."

"I will keep the title of Zhou Guo's Minister of Political Affairs for you. When you are well, you can return to the Political Hall to participate in political affairs."

Mrs. Yang took her children to thank the emperor.

Li Shimin looked at the graceful Wu Erniang and thought for a while, "I see that Erniang is also very sensible. I have a suggestion. Why don't we let Erniang enter the East Palace a few years ago? It will also be a blessing to Duke Zhou. Maybe she will be married soon." alright."

Congratulations,

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

In fact, it is definitely impossible to say that it will be cured because of happiness, but Warrior Yu immediately thought that maybe the emperor thought that the second mother was very tall, thinking that if Warrior Yu's illness lasted until next year and passed away next year, he would It is customary to observe the filial piety of one's father for three years.
This back and forth may take three to five years.

Nowadays, there is a good saying about marriage, which means it brings happiness. In addition, there is no need to worry about the filial piety period after marriage. Even if the warrior Xun passes away, his daughter will only have to observe mourning for her father for one year.

Warrior Xun understood and was actually happy. He didn't want to delay his daughter.

It would be better if he married into the East Palace and became the crown prince Liangdi as soon as possible. It would affect his daughter's life. He was also worried about whether things would change after his death.

"Three days will be a good auspicious day, why not come three days later." The warrior said.

"Okay." Li Shimin nodded.

The Crown Prince was on the side, but he didn't expect that the matter would be settled in just a few words. He said before that he would marry in three years, but now he said that in three days,
He peeked at Wu Erniang. She was only eleven years old. Although she was tall and even a little cute, she was still too young.

"This matter is settled. I will arrange for someone to take care of it after I return to the palace. I will let my second mother get married in a glorious manner in three days."

The warriors Xun and Yang were very supportive of this matter.
Wu Erniang herself was stunned, but she didn't object. There was no room for her to make her own decision in this marriage.

She looked at the Crown Prince, who happened to be looking at her as well, and their eyes met.

On the way back to the palace,

Li Shimin asked Cheng Qian to ride in the same car with him.
"Han will give birth in about two years, right?"

"Probably born in the middle to late first lunar month."

"She is in good health recently. Does she have regular check-ups?"

"Yes, everything is fine."

"Are you sure it's your son?"

"They all say he is his son."

Li Shimin patted Cheng Qian's arm and said, "This child is your eldest son and my eldest grandson. The only pity is that he is a commoner."

Cheng Qian knew what his father meant and lowered his head.

"Su's stomach is still not moving at all. You have to give me an explanation." The emperor said in an unhappy tone.

Cheng Qian whispered, "I have always followed my father's instructions. Now I spend most of my time living in the Li Zheng Palace of the Su family. I tried my best, but she can't get pregnant, and I can't do anything."

Li Shimin was dissatisfied, "Your mother specifically asked a female doctor to check her. Su is very healthy. It has nothing to do with her not being able to conceive. It's because you didn't work hard enough."

"One more thing, I asked Wu Erniang to enter the palace now, but she is young after all, so I will let her stay with your mother first, not only to learn some palace etiquette, but also to accompany and take care of your mother. You will meet again in three years. Consummate the marriage.”

"Next year, I don't want to hear your excuses. You must conceive a child with Su next year. I hope to see your eldest son born as soon as possible."

"My son understands."

"Don't take it seriously. Your eldest son is very important. If you give birth to your eldest son as soon as possible, you will be safe. You are the crown prince, so it is even more important to give birth to your eldest son as soon as possible.

Datang and I also need to see this eldest grandson as soon as possible. "

(End of this chapter)