serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 334 Calculation
Rays of sunlight shine through the window on the floor tiles of the upper study room.

There was silence in the hall.

Xu Yuanlu, the director of the Taiyuan Hospital, Dr. Wang, and the four attending doctors of the Taiyuan Hospital all arrived. At this time, they all stood there with their hands down, waiting in silence for Emperor Jianwu to review the medical case.

After reading the medical records, Emperor Jianwu slowly raised his head and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you sure I just have a little wind?"

All the imperial physicians: "Yes."

Xu Yuanlu: "Your Majesty is not seriously ill. I think he has been exhausted due to the busy schedule of the past few days and the night breeze. All he needs to do is take good care of himself, rest well, take a few doses of medicine, and add a few dietary supplements."

Emperor Jianwu did not relax, and looked at Dr. Wang: "Tell me, why do I wake up in the middle of the night and sweat in the past few days?"

Doctor Wang looked troubled: "This"

Emperor Jianwu's face immediately became solemn: "Say."

Doctor Wang was in a dilemma. He hesitated for a long time before he thought carefully and said: "The heir is determined by heaven, and it is not something that can be done by humans. A man and a half woman can be born naturally."

Xu Yuanlu knelt down: "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body and put the country first!"

Dr. Wang and the four attending doctors knelt down.

Emperor Jianwu was startled at first, then his face suddenly turned red and he waved his hand: "You all go back and leave me alone to sober up."

All the imperial doctors kowtowed: "Yes." They got up and retreated together.

Emperor Jianwu leaned back in his chair and sat there in trance. After a while, he sighed softly.

At this time, Dai Quan walked in from outside the palace. He was startled when he saw this. Then he walked to the compartment and picked up the copper pot. He went to the imperial desk to pour tea and said softly: "Your Majesty, please take a sip of hot tea."

Emperor Jianwu: "What time is it?"

Dai Quan glanced at the chiming clock next to him and replied: "Your Majesty, it's almost past time."

Emperor Jianwu: "Isn't it time for the Japanese people to come to Beijing?"

Dai Quan replied: "Yes. The news just came that the Japanese delegation has moved into the Concierge Courtyard."

"Ah."

Emperor Jianwu picked up the tea bowl and drank a few sips before putting it down again.

"Your Majesty, Steward Li from Fengzao Palace is here." The voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside the hall.

Emperor Jianwu and Dai Quan looked at each other, and then said, "Come in."

After a while, Li Zhong, the eunuch in charge of Fengzao Palace, walked in slowly with a food box and bowed his head. He walked to the imperial desk and knelt down, raised his hands in the air, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, these are the jujubes boiled by Concubine De. Ren porridge.”

Emperor Jianwu glanced at Dai Quan and motioned for him to bring it up.

Dai Quan opened the lid of the box and took out a porcelain cup from inside. He opened the lid and put it on the imperial table. He also took out a small shallow plate from the food box, then picked up a spoon, scooped up half a spoonful and poured it into the small cup. After thinking about it for a moment, he didn't let Li Zhong drink it like before, but brought it to his mouth to drink.

Li Zhong was confused as he looked at Dai Quan who was carefully sifting with his eyes closed.

After a while, Dai Quan opened his eyes, smiled and said to Emperor Jianwu: "The old slave had this porridge at the Prince's Mansion in Beining County. It tastes the same. The Prince likes this." After saying that, he praised Emperor Jianwu. Put it down in front of you.

Emperor Jianwu's eyes lit up and he turned to Li Zhong who was kneeling there.

Li Zhong also came to his senses and said quickly: "Your Majesty learned this from the cook in the Prince's Palace."

Emperor Jianwu picked up the spoon in the bowl, took half a spoonful and put it into his mouth. He tasted it carefully for a while before swallowing it. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It's really good."

Li Zhong was overjoyed.

Emperor Jianwu stopped talking and drank the porridge silently. After a while, he finished a large bowl of jujube kernel porridge.

Dai Quan twisted a piece of face towel from a copper basin and handed it to Emperor Jianwu.

Emperor Jianwu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "It's really good. After eating this bowl of porridge, I feel a lot more comfortable." Then he said to Li Zhong: "Go back and tell Concubine Yuan that I like it very much."

Li Zhong perked up, lay down and kowtowed: "Yes."

"I will not go to Fengzao Palace tonight." Emperor Jianwu added.Li Zhong was startled.

Emperor Jianwu thought for a while and said, "I am injured a little bit. The Ninth Prince is already weak. It would be bad if he is infected by me."

Li Zhong then replied: "I obey the order." He kowtowed again, got up, put away the bowl on the imperial desk, and bowed out.

Looking at his figure disappearing outside the door, Emperor Jianwu sighed silently.

Dai Quan picked up a rag to wipe the imperial case, and said softly: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and there will be more heirs in the future." Suddenly he remembered, "The old slave is busy and confused. Just now, the Chief of Ceremonies came to report that Li Mingbo I sent two boxes of very precious Song edition books to the Prince of Beining County."

Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed: "What else?"

Dai Quan: "The princess of Beining County only replied 'I know'." He hesitated for a moment, then said: "Lee Myung-bak has left all the relationships he can leave, and it is almost done. If he continues to stay, it may be counterproductive."

After a moment of silence, Emperor Jianwu stood up, walked to the bookcase, untied the bunch of keys from his waist, opened the door in the middle, picked up an imperial edict from the box, and walked back to the imperial desk.

At this moment, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace walked in hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, Li Mingbo personally went to the First Assistant's Mansion and presented a 300-year-old wild ginseng to the old lady."

Emperor Jianwu's face sank, he sighed, and said to himself: "It's hopeless. It's hopeless." After pondering for a while, he turned to Dai Quan and said, "Draft two decrees: First, give Song Chengliang's eldest son Song. Jing was given the rank of Captain of Light Vehicles, and was given the title of Chief of the Ministry of Rites, and asked to study in the Ministry. Second, Li Mingbo was asked to serve as the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

Dai Quan was shocked when he heard this. The Minister of the Ministry of Finance became the Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice. If Li Mingbo knew about it, he would probably want to die.

In the cabinet duty room on the other side, Chief Assistant Wang Hetang and Yang Cifu were looking down at official documents.

At this time, the door was pushed open with a "snap".

Wang Hetang and Yang Cifu raised their heads in shock.

Zhao Zixun rushed in excitedly and handed a letter to Wang Hetang: "Let's take action. Jin Shuqing and the others have taken action on the military rations!"

Wang Hetang snatched the letter, opened it and read it.

Zhao Zixun turned around and poured a bowl of tea, drank a few big sips, and said with a wry smile: "These fools are so bold, they dare to transfer all the [-] stone army rations to Hubei!"

Yang Cifu was shocked: "So many?!"

Zhao Zixun dragged a chair, sat down next to the big case, and said in a low voice: "I have found out clearly that Jin Shuqing will use grain and rice from Nanyang to make up for this gap. According to their plan, this batch of grain from Nanyang will The grain and rice were transported directly from the Yangtze River to Hunan, and then transported by water to Guancang in Guizhou. I calculated that the time difference would not exceed seven days."

Yang Cifu's eyes lit up: "You are quite clever."

Wang Hetang's eyes flashed after reading the letter, and he handed it to Yang Cifu.

After Yang Cifu read the letter, he handed it back to Zhao Zixun.

Wang Hetang stood up, walked to the window, pondered for a while, and then said: "We allocated [-] shi of grain from Liangjiang in three times. Baoning Marquis and Lin'an Bo should have also transported [-] to [-] shi of grain and rice to Southern Xinjiang. That is to say , excluding the time spent on the road, this batch of military rations must be shipped from the official warehouse in Guizhou within fifteen days."

Yang Cifu: "As long as it takes seven or eight days, the time it takes for this batch of military rations to arrive at the frontline camp will exceed the date specified by the Ministry of War."

Wang Hetang: "According to military regulations, if the food and grass are delayed for one day, we will be killed! If the delay is two or three days, the Nan'an County Prince will definitely hold the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household accountable. Such a big thing cannot be hidden."

After a pause, "In order to calm the anger of the military and give an explanation to the Nan'an County Prince and the 10,000+ Southern Xinjiang army currently fighting in Annan Kingdom, Jin Shuqing and his followers must die!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zixun hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you thinking about it?"

Wang Hetang turned around, looked at him deeply, and then said: "Don't forget how they framed you and made trouble for you. It was they who didn't obey the rules and pressed us step by step. What happened to Lee Myung-bak? This is our future, maybe we will be even more miserable! Especially you!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zixun was upset.

Yang Cifu sighed: "Your Majesty's indulgence has made them lose themselves. If they continue to let them go on, the Zhou Dynasty will be in chaos!"

Zhao Zixun gritted his teeth and nodded again.

Wang Hetang paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and stopped next to the big case: "If you want to prevent the fleet from arriving in Hunan on time, you must find a way on the Yangtze River, which requires the cooperation of the Yangtze River Navy."

Yang Cifu's eyes lit up: "You mean the Jia family?"

Wang Hetang smiled and said: "That's right. Don't forget that the old Duke's new naval force is still at the mouth of the Yangtze River. As long as they carry out drills, they can delay it for at least three or four days. Then the Yangtze River Navy will delay it for another three or four days. As for the conditions, Hu The Ministry of Finance was handed over to the Jia family."

Yang Cifu and Zhao Zixun looked at each other, then nodded.

(End of this chapter)