The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 275

The next day was the day when Zhang Zhou led his troops to go out for an expedition. The emperor would go to Deshengmen to give Zhang Zhou a farewell party in person, but he didn't let the ministers go with him.

Zhu Youtang knew that these ministers looked down on Zhang Zhou. In the morning court that day, none of the people who were going to march, including Zhang Zhou, appeared in the court hall, not even Zhu Hui, the new Chief of Xuanfu who accompanied the army. So much so that Wenchen wanted to find someone to vent his anger, but he didn't know who to turn to.

After the court meeting ended, Xie Qian was on duty last night and wanted to go back to rest, while Li Dongyang explained to Liu Jian that Zhang Zhou wanted to treat his son's illness.

Li Dongyang can hide from the government and the opposition, but he feels that it should not be hidden from Liu Jian now.

"Zhengbo's illness has lingered on him for a long time, so it is understandable to ask Bingkuan for consultation. Besides, it was ordered by His Majesty." Liu Jian agreed with Li Dongyang's choice under such circumstances.

Li Dongyang said helplessly: "I always don't want to be an outsider, and it's hard to explain clearly."

What he meant was that it would be embarrassing if this kind of thing was known to others?While looking down on Zhang Zhou, saying that Zhang Zhou is a traitor of the Ming Dynasty, and treating the emperor's illness is all a lie to confuse the public, but now he is looking for your son to treat his illness... You are playing with double standards.

Liu Jian said: "Seeking a doctor does not involve personal grievances, nor does it involve court disputes. Why worry about others' criticism? Since His Majesty has granted your leave, you don't have to stay here. You can go back to visit."

Liu Jian seemed to support Li Dongyang very much, and asked Li Dongyang to go back and have a look.

After hesitating, Li Dongyang nodded and accepted.

Asking his son to go to Zhang Zhou for treatment, he was still worried. Since some things might be known to others sooner or later, he didn't have to cover up or avoid them so much. He should face it or face it.

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Zhang Zhou is taking Zhang Lun to treat Li Zhaoxian.

What Dai Yi chose was not a public place, but a private house near the Jinyiwei Yamen in the south of the city that Dai Yi was looking for, and Li Dongyang's mansion in Beijing was in Dashi Yongfang, not far from the Jinyiwei Yamen.

Li Zhaoxian didn't know who treated him that day at first. Although he gave birth to a willow, his condition has not yet reached the point where his skin is ulcerated or even his nose and eyes are rotten. Those who sent him here all avoided him a little. Obviously, people these days also know that this is an incurable disease.

Through the gauze curtain, Li Zhaoxian stretched out his arm, but Zhang Zhou did not diagnose him in the usual way.

"Your Excellency's disease has reached the second stage, from the superficial to the deep skin."

Zhang Zhou did as the Romans did, and the healing words he used were those commonly used by ordinary doctors, with a hint of metaphysics.

But there was nothing wrong with his words.

Li Zhaoxian's illness has reached the point where the symptoms have begun to spread to the whole body, which is quite different from the initial local symptoms, and with the emergence of systemic symptoms, some internal symptoms such as fever, dizziness, and nausea will also follow. Later, Li Zhaoxian did not have the good spirit he had when he first got sick.

As the spirit is crushed step by step, the next step is that the disease will continue to worsen, and finally the whole body will fester, and finally die in pain...

Li Zhaoxian asked: "Then, sir, is there any cure for my illness?"

Anyone who has a terminal illness, even if he knows that his death is only a matter of time, still hopes to be cured, because there will always be news that some intractable diseases have been cured, giving people an illusion of survival.

The two are separated by a gauze curtain.

Zhang Zhou felt that it was awkward to speak like this, so he pointed to the curtain, and then someone from the Li family came over and removed the curtain between the two sides.

"Ok?"

When Li Zhaoxian saw Zhang Zhou's real face, he was still a little confused.

No matter how you look at it, Zhang Zhou is not like that kind of famous doctor who hangs the pot to help the world, not to mention the old-fashioned style, and even has a faint smile on his face, giving people the illusion that he is laughing. And standing next to him... was actually Jin Yiwei, and a half-grown young man was staring at him with puzzled eyes, as if to say, where did you get this disease?Why do I not understand?
Li Zhaoxian wore black gauze on his head, which was actually to protect him from the sun, and it was also because some doctors said that sunburn is taboo for Hualiu disease.

It may be that the doctors of this era think that venereal disease should be a kind of skin disease, and most skin diseases are taboo to be exposed to the sun, so there is such a warning.

Zhang Zhou said: "Young Master Li, be polite."

Li Zhaoxian asked: "Your Excellency... want to treat my illness?"

No matter how you say it, Li Zhaoxian is also a scholar, and he is still a student of the Imperial College, but he has not been to the Imperial College for more than a year, and has been recuperating at home. However, Li Dongyang still opened a bookstore for his son so that he can have a symbolic job.

Li Zhaoxian is 25 years old, about the same age as Zhang Zhounian. Based on his experience in dealing with the world, he feels that Zhang Zhou is not like a doctor.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Actually, I shouldn't reveal my identity, but since your majesty and father know that I'm coming, you should also guess my identity, right?"

"You...you are Zhang Bingkuan?"

Li Zhaoxian was immediately surprised.

Zhang Zhou's name is known to everyone in the capital. Of course, Li Zhaoxian also knows that his illness must be cured by a doctor who can take the edge of the sword to have a chance, and Zhang Zhou is just the one who can cure his illness. The raging smallpox in this era has been brought under control. When he guessed Zhang Zhou's identity, he couldn't help feeling excited.

It was the excitement of seeing hope in a desperate situation, and turning a corner.

Zhang Zhou didn't answer directly, he said: "Your cause and condition are not a secret, and I don't need to give you a detailed diagnosis. I just need to prescribe medicine."

"Is there really no need...to diagnose again? That is to say, after taking medicine..."

Li Zhaoxian was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly.

In front of people, even in front of his father, he can pretend to be fearless. It is rumored that when his father wrote "Today's Willow Mo, Tomorrow's Flower Street. Burn the ointment and follow the sundial, scholar and scholar" to lament that his son fell ill because of seeking flowers and willows, he He can also write "Yellow wind today, black wind tomorrow. Xie manages yin and yang, and the husband and wife" to pay tribute to his father.

The father and son sang together like this, and finally a white-haired man came to send the black-haired man off.

When it comes to matters of life and death, when there is hope for survival, no matter how generous a person is, they will desperately grab at straws.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The disease needs to be cured slowly, and it is good if it doesn't get worse. To live a few more years and stay behind for the Li family, this is His Majesty's expectation for me. I think it is your father's greatest hope, right?"

"Hehe." Li Zhaoxian smiled wryly.

The son's life can't be saved, but a grandson must be kept first... It sounds cruel, but it is also reasonable.

When Zhang Zhou said that he couldn't be cured, he should be able to wait to die.

But Zhang Zhou changed the subject and said, "If you cooperate well, it's not impossible to live an extra 50 years."

"Ah?" Li Zhaoxian looked over in surprise.

Before he knew it, Zhang Zhou had been dragging his emotions into a roller coaster-like ups and downs.

"You all go out, there are some things, I only tell Mr. Li, others don't need to listen." Zhang Zhou said.

Li Zhaoxian, Jin Yiwei, Zhang Lun and others around him were very curious.

How can you cure a disease without letting others listen?Could it be that... Zhang Zhou is afraid that the secret recipe will be leaked?The secrecy work of this treatment is well done.

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After everyone left the room, Zhang Zhou asked someone to close the doors and windows.

Li Zhaoxian put his hands on his belt and asked, "Master Zhang, do you want to see my sick body?"

"Oh, that's not what it means." Zhang Zhou smiled wryly.

What's so good about your body suffering from venereal disease?What about disgusting people?
Zhang Zhoudao: "I let them go out because the medicines I gave you are very strong. Generally speaking... it is to fight poison with poison, because some medicines may involve external use and privacy, so I will tell you alone. Said, after you go back, you can refer to the opinions of your father or other doctors, and choose whether to use it or not."

"This……"

Li Zhaoxian frowned and sighed, "Master Zhang said that this disease is not a secret, and it has been known to outsiders for a long time, so there is no need to cover it up like this."

Zhang Zhou said very bluntly: "You don't need to hide it, I still need it. If people know that I'm tormenting you like this, they might think that I'm trying to abolish the public for personal reasons and take the opportunity to retaliate against you."

"what!?"

Li Zhaoxian was astonished.

Using a drug will be considered retaliation?Then this medicine...how terrible is it?
Zhang Zhoudao: "The medicine I prescribed for you is for external use. The common name is mercury, and I call it mercury. Apply it... to the affected area, but you must be careful. There are many reactions, so each application time must be controlled within a reasonable time frame."

"mercury……"

Li Zhaoxian smiled wryly.

How poisonous this thing is, but anyone who has read the book or has heard about it knows that even if it is not blocked by blood, it will kill people.

And my small body is already emaciated, if I use such a strong medicine again... I am afraid that it has not been cured yet, and I will be put to death first.

He also seemed to understand why Zhang Zhou wanted to screen everyone away first, because this method of treatment is really not something that ordinary people can use.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Is it possible?"

"It's...it's doable..." Li Zhaoxian is not the kind of person who shies away from medical treatment. He knows he is going to die, and of course he also knows what it means to treat a dead horse as a living horse.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is just an appetizer. The medicine I'm going to talk about next is really powerful..."

Li Zhaoxian asked, "Is it more poisonous than mercury?"

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou said, "The medicine taken orally is commonly known as arsenic..."

Li Zhaoxian couldn't take it any longer, and asked, "Sir, will this medicine be too strong? I'm not questioning the way you use the medicine, but whether I can bear it with my sick body."

Zhang Zhou narrowed his eyes at this peer, and said, "Don't say anything and don't question it. Even if you question it, I can only prescribe this medicine. I don't have a better way. It is impossible to poison you to death with a small amount of arsenic. It depends on whether you want to die peacefully, or toss and live... No, you should choose a tossing way of death, or another tossing method that may lead to survival."

"..."

Li Zhaoxian was completely speechless.

Zhang Zhou's description... sounds terrifying.

If you don't treat it or choose other methods to treat it, you will die, and the death is very painful, it is the kind of pain that tightens up a little bit.

If you want to treat it, you need to apply mercury externally and take arsenic internally...

He thought to himself, this is really a toss.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Because the medicinal properties are too strong, I asked you to go back and consider whether to use it. I listed the usage and dosage for you last night. As for the arsenic to be taken internally, I will give you a little advice after I arrive at Xuanfu." You can improve it and reduce the toxicity to ensure that people are not poisoned to death before you get rid of the disease..."

Li Zhaoxian said with a wry smile: "Master Zhang, why are you so direct?"

Zhang Zhou sighed: "It can't be done directly. After I entered the court, I had some misunderstandings with my father. The people in the court have always had opinions on me. They think that I am using alchemists to disrupt the country. If people know that I use mercury and arsenic If I come to treat your illness, everyone will feel that I am taking revenge. Then I will say all the ugly things first. If I want to harm you, I can ignore your illness or find some gentle medicine for you. Use it, let your condition worsen, and you can earn a reputation of benevolence, so there is no need to torment you like this."

"This……."

Li Zhaoxian thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right."

He figured it out, if Zhang Zhou really wanted to retaliate deliberately, watching him die would be more direct than torturing him with poison.

"As for your father... Sigh! I don't care what he thinks of me anymore. Anyway, His Majesty said that after the revision of the "Congress Code" is completed, he will promote me to be a bachelor's student. A bachelor is not so urgent, it is not impossible to get a title later, and become a Marquis of the town!"

Li Zhaoxian frowned even more after hearing this.

This Versailles...

Listening to it makes people envious and jealous. At the same age, he is already the No. [-] Scholar of the Ming Dynasty. He has won the emperor's trust and admiration, and his official position is like riding a rocket.

But based on his experience in dealing with people, he knew very well that Zhang Zhou didn't intend to show off in front of him.

Zhang Zhou said that these are very purposeful, just to tell him, or to tell the Li family behind him.

I, Mr. Zhang, are so awesome now, how can I get along with your son of Mr. Li Ge?Do you have to torture him with poison when he is terminally ill?Just for fun?
Li Zhaoxian said: "Mister's benevolence and righteousness, I can see clearly, and I will tell my father clearly."

Seeing Zhang Zhou treating himself so "regardless of past suspicions", Li Zhaoxian was also a little moved. He even began to believe that those poisons could really cure his illness gradually, or at least delay the illness so that he could Live a normal life for a few years.

"No, I don't have benevolence and righteousness in my heart." Zhang Zhou said.

"what?"

Li Zhaoxian was almost depressed when he saw that Zhang Zhou spoke differently from ordinary scholars.

Zhang Zhou said solemnly: "There is no doctor in the world who is willing to take the risk of being scolded by the world to cure a disease that is almost completely incurable, and use this to face a colleague who never likes him. If it weren't for Your Majesty's understanding Li Ge's heir is weak, so he wouldn't send me here... If His Majesty hadn't ordered me, I would never take the initiative to undertake such a thankless job."

"This is."

Li Zhaoxian lowered his head.

How much he avoided Zhang Zhou before.

For no other reason, Zhang Zhou's identity and status in the court was very embarrassing. Even Li Zhaoxian, who used to use the so-called secrets to gain power, even regarded Zhang Zhou as a close sycophant who would bring disaster to the country and the people.

But after hearing Zhang Zhou's almost panting words, he also began to understand Zhang Zhou's state of mind.

"Sir, you don't need to say it. It is because of your benevolence that you are so unavoidable. In fact, your fate has already been set, and you don't have to force it." Li Zhaoxian said.

Zhang Zhou nodded.

Zhang Zhou did not guarantee Li Zhaoxian's treatment. It was also because he saw in Wang Yue a kind of helplessness after changing his fate against the sky. In the end, Wang Yue should go or go.

But it's not like there's no chance at all, at least Zhu Xiurong is alive and well.

It can only be said... Li Zhaoxian's illness is more complicated than that of Wang Yue and Zhu Xiurong. If it were hundreds of years later, medicine would be developed, whether it is a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, or antibiotics and targeted drugs, syphilis and gonorrhea would be the same Difficult to cure, it is still discoloration.

What Zhang Zhou said was also correct.

The use of arsenic to treat Li Zhaoxian's disease is more to prolong Li Zhaoxian's life, but there is no certainty of curing him once, and it is impossible for him to have a full family of children and grandchildren.

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After Zhang Zhou consulted Li Zhaoxian, he dictated all the prescriptions that should be given.

In the end, even the prescription of usage and dosage compiled by Zhang Zhou was taken away.

It means...if you want to listen, you can treat it, if you don't want to listen, you can treat it...Anyway, I will not leave paper evidence to say that I intend to harm you.

It's all up to you and your dad to choose.

When Li Dongyang returned to his house, his son hadn't come back yet. After waiting for a while, he saw Li Zhaoxian coming back briskly.

Li Dongyang's first thought was...the son recovered from illness so quickly?

But when the father and son sat down and talked about the treatment alone, including Zhang Zhou's voluntary disclosure of his identity and the prescriptions prescribed by Zhang Zhou, they all explained in detail. Li Dongyang frowned, and he felt a wave of The anger of being fooled, and then fell into contemplation.

"Father, Mr. Zhang took the initiative to reveal his identity. It should be because he is concerned about the prescriptions that ordinary people can't bear. Only when he tells his identity can my son listen carefully."

Li Zhaoxian took the initiative to speak for Zhang Zhou.

He still called Zhang Zhou "Sir" in front of his father, also to show his trust in Zhang Zhou, and wanted to take the initiative to try Zhang Zhou's prescription of fighting poison with poison.

Li Dongyang said: "What else did he say?"

Li Zhaoxian said: "He talked a lot, but it boils down to the fact that he doesn't need to take care of this matter. Even if he cures my son, my father may not remember his credit. What happened to my son during the healing process? My father will still hold grudges because of this... My son is willing to trust him, so I ask my father not to mind his honesty and let my son take medicine with peace of mind."

"No, no..."

Li Dongyang is not as free and easy as his son.

In terms of treating his son, Lao Li obviously endured more than Xiao Li.

Young people don't know the importance of the family's incense, but Old Li knows that the Li family's incense cannot be cut off in his own line... Now he would rather let his son slow down and leave him a grandson, and he doesn't want his son to use any poison.

Incense is Lao Li's heart knot.

Because the probable result of taking medicine...is premature death, and even the hope of holding a grandson is cut off.

(End of this chapter)