Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 457 "Compendium of Materia Medica" is published all over the world, benefiting future generations
He Liu smiled and said, "Mr. Li is like coming to my own home when Mr. Li comes to me. I wish you could live in my house for three to five years!"

Li Shizhen said: "Master Liu, not only do I want to spend the night at your house, but I also ask you for one thing."

He Liudao: "If Mr. Li has anything to say, just say it."

Li Shizhen said: "My purse is cleaner than my face now. It costs money to publish "Compendium of Materia Medica". The late Emperor Longqing once promised me that when the compilation of this book is completed, all the silver taels needed for publication will be paid by the internal shipping warehouse. I'm a commoner, so I can't go to the palace to ask for this old debt. Can you help me and mention this matter to the emperor."

He Liudao: "Publishing "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Perhaps, in the next few hundred years, my Chinese people will benefit from this book. I will definitely tell the emperor about this matter! Say something disrespectful , if the emperor refuses to accept the old promise promised by the late emperor, I, He Liu, will help you to print this book at my own expense."

After speaking, He Liu went to Li Shizhen's side and poured him a cup of tea himself.

Li Shizhen said: "Thank you, Master Liu. By the way, I heard your voice sound like a bell, and your complexion is ruddy. You should be in good health now."

He Liu said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Li for teaching me the five-animal show. I practice it every day. Now, I can be said to be old and strong. I can eat two roast chickens for a meal." Woolen cloth!"

The next day, He Liu entered the palace.He didn't go to Yongshou Palace to look for the emperor, but came to Xiyuan to check the room.

The inner carrier warehouse is the emperor's private treasury. According to the rules, it should be kept by Feng, the chief inspector of ceremonies.But Zhang Juzheng, the emperor's teacher, was afraid that his students would be extravagant.Therefore, he took the inner transport depot into his own hands.

To move the money in the internal storage, Zhang Juzheng must agree with his nod.

He Liujin went to Xiyuan to check the room.He cupped his hands towards Zhang Juzheng and said, "I met Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Lao Liu is here. I drank a few more glasses at the birthday banquet yesterday and lost my manners after drinking. Don't make fun of me."

He Liudao: "Where is it? Mr. Zhang, today I am on duty at the cabinet, and I have something to report to you."

Zhang Juzheng asked: "What's the matter?"

He Liudao: "The famous doctor Li Shizhen has come to Beijing. His "Compendium of Materia Medica" has been compiled. It's just that he is short of money to pay. When the late emperor was alive, he promised him that all the silver required for the publication of "Compendium of Materia Medica" would be paid by the internal transport depot. ..."

Before He Liu finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng stood up excitedly: "Completion of "Compendium of Materia Medica" is completed? Dacheng's complete medical encyclopedia! Li Shizhen is a genius doctor. But he saved a hundred or a thousand patients, but he couldn't save hundreds of thousands or millions of patients! How many people have been saved!"

He Liudao: "What Mr. Zhang said is true. What about the money?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "The publication of "Compendium of Materia Medica" is no longer the business of Li Shizhen alone! It is the business of the court! In this way, I will let Wang Xijue, the head of the Imperial Academy, do it! First print [-] copies and distribute them to The Tianxia Medical Center! All the silver required will be paid out from the internal transport warehouse!"

He Liu didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to support this matter so much.He said: "Then I will thank the chief assistant on Mr. Li's behalf!"

But Zhang Juzheng said: "Lao Liu, what are you talking about? I should be the chief assistant, and thank Mr. Li on behalf of the people in the world! I have a lot of things to do today, so I don't have time. How about it, tomorrow night, I will set up a Banquet, entertain Mr. Li!"

He Liudao: "Okay. Shoufu, you still have official business, so I won't bother you. Take your leave."

Zhang Juzheng said politely, "Go slowly."

After leaving Xiyuan to be on duty, He Liu met his foster brother Feng Bao.

"Brother Six, why did you come to Xiyuan?" Feng Bao asked.

He Liudao: "Oh, I have something to do with Mr. Zhang. How is it? Is the Supervisor of Rituals busy these days?"

Feng Bao said in a low voice: "I'm so busy! The emperor is already sixteen, and the Empress Dowager Li plans to choose a dignified, virtuous and virtuous queen for the emperor. These days, I have personally met more than 800 dignitaries and officials. Miss, 100 people were selected and introduced to Queen Mother Li. Queen Mother Li asked us to go to Dongchang to find out the details of these more than 100 beauties. Alas, I was so busy that I was dizzy. I haven’t been to Sixth Brother’s house for two months. And please my sixth sister-in-law and niece Xiangxiang don't blame me."

He Liu smiled and said: "The emperor's wedding is a big deal. You just do your best. After a while, I'll ask your sister-in-law to cook some of your favorite dishes, and we two brothers will have a good meal."

He Liu suddenly discovered that Zhang Jing, Feng Bao's apprentice, was not with him.

He Liu asked, "Why didn't you see Zhang Jing?"

Feng Bao replied: "Sixth brother, during the time you accompanied Mr. Zhang to Jingzhou, a respectable old man died in the palace. I asked Zhang Jing to replace him."

He Liu asked again: "Who died?"

Feng Bao sighed: "Oh, Mr. Huang Jin died. Fortunately, he died without any illness, and he didn't suffer any crimes when he left. Once he died, Si Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, was short of a member. I asked Zhang Jing to take his place. . Zhang Jing is now in addition to being the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and is also responsible for serving the emperor personally in Yongshou Palace."

He Liu frowned.He has never had a good impression of Zhang Jing.

He Liudao: "Brother, how many times have I told you that you must beware of Zhang Jing! Why don't you listen?"

Feng Bao smiled: "Sixth brother, you are too worried. I single-handedly selected that monkey Zhang Jing. If you lend him 1 guts, he wouldn't dare to do anything wrong to me."

Feng Bao was too confident.A few years later, he was demoted to Nanjing, and when he left Beijing in embarrassment, he regretted sending Zhang Jing, a villain, to Emperor Wanli.

He Liu sighed and said, "Oh, you are the chief inspector of ceremonies, and you are also an assistant to the government. I can't always tell you how to use people. Alright, I'm going back to the Jinyiwei yamen. Let's go first."

Feng Bao said respectfully: "Sixth brother, go."

Back at the Jinyiwei Yamen, a chief banner found He Liu.The general banner's name is Shen Weijing, he is in his thirties, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.

Over the years, He Liu secretly dispatched a lot of eyes and ears to spy on the Japanese military situation.Shen Weijing is one of these eyes and ears.He pretended to be a sea merchant and went to Wa country by ship several times.

Shen Weijing cupped his hands and said, "Sixth Master, I've found a very important matter on this trip to Wa Kingdom."

He Liu asked: "What's the matter?"

Shen Weijing replied: "Oda Nobunaga, the Taisho Minister of the Wa Kingdom, defeated his biggest opponent Mori Terumoto in the Battle of Kizugawa. Now, no one in the Wa Kingdom is an opponent of Oda Nobunaga. He is stepping up to annex several Disobedient Xiaofan. In just a few years, he will be able to end the centuries-long civil strife in the Wa country!"

(End of this chapter)