Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 63
Niu Zhenghong, the governor of Xuzhou, had a person he was most afraid of in his life, and another thing he was most afraid of.The person he fears the most is his father, Niu Bula, and the thing he fears the most is that he is promoted too slowly!He is not only a filial son, but also an official fan!
In ancient times, if a person was not filial to his parents, it would be extremely difficult for that person to gain a foothold in the officialdom. As long as political enemies attacked him, they would use this as an excuse for not being filial.So generally speaking, people who are officials are filial sons, or they are filial sons on the surface!

Niu Zhenghong is an official fan, and his greatest hope in life is to enter the Ministry of Education and become a real prime minister. For this reason, he has made unremitting efforts and never slacked off.

Everything has two sides. Although the official fan is not good, but because he wants to be promoted, he has to work hard. Now it is the year of Zhenguan, it is not easy to be promoted by slapstick, and it depends on political achievements.

Niu Zhenghong can be regarded as a good official. Under his governance in Xuzhou, there is no miscellaneous taxation or corvee, and the people live in peace!

It's easy to talk about in the officialdom, but what worries me is family affairs.Niu Zhenghong was born in abject poverty, and he ranked sixth. The above five brothers and sisters all died prematurely because of being too poor. His father, Niu Bula, worked hard and even begged for food in order to prevent his son from living such a hard life. It's really not easy being a father for him to study.

Niu Bula's father named him Bula because he hoped that his son would not have to live a hard life of pulling a plow all day long like an ox.But Niu Bola's fate has not changed because of his name, but he hopes that his son will live a good life.Niu Zhenghong lived up to his father's expectations, and he was really uplifting. He took the exam as a young man and was admitted to the imperial examination in one fell swoop. He has been a senior official of the governor.

Therefore, Niu Zhenghong is the most filial. When the days get better, the first thing he does is to bring his father to enjoy the blessings.But after the days got better, Niu Bula no longer worked hard, gained weight day by day, and his temper became more and more irritable, and he often scolded his son.When Niu Zhenghong made a mistake when he was a child, Niu Bola punished him by kneeling down and memorizing "The Analects of Confucius".

Today, Niu Zhenghong accidentally touched Niu Bula's anger. After being scolded violently, he came out to kneel down again. The servants have seen this kind of situation a lot, and they have long been used to it. Ready.

Niu Zhenghong complained a few words, then continued to recite.

At this moment, an official in a green robe came in outside. Seeing that Niu Zhenghong was reciting the Analects of Confucius with a ruler on his head, he thought to himself: "The rules of the adults are really big. You have to kneel once every three days. But this also shows that Niu Zhenghong The old man is very good at teaching his son, so he insisted on training a governor. Sigh, why didn’t my father take care of me like this back then, if he supervised me diligently, maybe I could become a governor too!”

The green-robed official came to Niu Zhenghong and ran down, but found that because he was tall and Niu Zhenghong was short, and they knelt together, he was half a head taller than the governor!This is not bad, how could he let his boss look up at him, he hurriedly bowed down, bent half shorter than Niu Zhenghong, and then started talking.

The green-robed official said: "My lord, due to the floods in the direction of Songzhou and Bianzhou recently, people have fled to my Xuzhou. If there are too many people, it will inevitably lead to an increase in food prices. In this way, the life of the people in Xuzhou will not be easy." Now, this is a matter related to political achievements, if the price rises too much, someone will write it down and report to Chang'an, the face of the adults will be very ugly, so this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent it from happening!"

Niu Zhenghong nodded, and said: "That's right..." He nodded, and the ruler on his head fell off, and with a snap, he quickly picked it up and put it back on top of his head.

Suddenly I heard a voice from the building: "Little bastard, get out if you have something to do, and come back to endorse after finishing the work!" The voice was old, and it was the father of Lord Inspector, Niu Bula!
Niu Zhenghong hurriedly said: "All according to Grandpa's orders!" He took down the ruler and stood up.He called Niu Bula Grandpa, which is a dialect left over from the Northern Dynasties. He called his father Grandpa, which did not mean grandpa.

The green-robed official stood up with him, thinking: "If I call my son a little bastard, then wouldn't he be an old rabbit? I remember the last time I called him a son of a bitch!"

Niu Zhenghong went down the steps, walked quickly to the front hall, and asked, "Apart from this, what else?"

The green-robed official hurriedly said: "Yesterday, Qiu Wenpu, the master of Xiantong Academy, sent a name card, saying that he will come to see your lord today. He has already arrived and is waiting in the side hall!"

Niu Zhenghong said loudly: "I know about this matter. You say it's really strange. Mr. Qiu has always been arrogant and never comes to see this officer. Why did you come to the door today? Could it be that you want something from me?"

Don't be afraid that there will be no good things, but be afraid that there will be no good people!

This green-robed official had nothing to do with Qiu Wenpu, but he was quite at odds with the school and politics of this state. Hearing what the governor said, he immediately said: "Old man Qiu and his disciples control the list of tributes in this state. Kebi was sent directly to Chang'an, and never consulted with the adults, this is a great disrespect, and the lower officials are all grievances for the adults, it is really deceiving!"

Niu Zhenghong hummed, thinking it was indeed the reason, he said: "Then you said that old man Qiu will come today, what will happen?"

The green-robed official said: "The following official speculates that there must be a problem with the list. He didn't rank any rich family's children, which caused dissatisfaction, and he couldn't solve it. So this is to ask the Lord to give more places. !"

Niu Zhenghong said angrily: "It's unreasonable. The number of tributes is determined by the imperial court. How can it be said that it will increase as soon as it is increased. Who is he? This official hates this kind of people who only seek fame and do not do practical things. Nothing but trouble!"

The green-robed official laughed and said, "Who says it's not!"

Niu Zhenghong stopped in his tracks and said, "I'm not going to the side hall anymore, let him meet me in the study. Also, you just stand outside the door and listen to my officer throwing a cup as a sign...well, as a sign of my coughing, Come in when the time comes and say that there are important matters ahead, so that I can send him away!"

The green-robed official hurriedly said: "Yes, the next official will handle it properly for your lord!" With a smile on his face, he walked away quickly.

Niu Zhenghong turned around and went to the study room, took a book from the shelf, pretended to read it, and after a while, Qiu Wenpu came!

Qiu Wenpu took the first volume of "Evening Talks in Xiantong" to make a plate, and once the matter was settled, he came to visit Niu Zhenghong and asked Wang Ping'an for a student quota.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Niu Zhenghong standing up, smiling all over his face, repeatedly saying that he couldn't go out to greet him, and forgive him.Qiu Wenpu was naturally polite, and the two sat down as guest and host.

After drinking two sips of fragrant tea and saying a few words politely, Qiu Wenpu brought the conversation to the main topic and said, "My lord, I have seen many fleeing people coming to my Xuzhou recently, and I am afraid that there will be a plague after the disaster. The prescription is a good one, so I’m here today to present it to you!” He said, handing over the prescription of Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder.

Niu Zhenghong took the prescription and looked at it a few times. He was not familiar with medical skills, so he couldn't tell whether the prescription was good or bad, and he didn't even know what disease it was treating.

Qiu Wenpu said: "This prescription has already cured several patients, and it is very effective. The old man thinks that if there is a plague in a few days, this prescription will surely cure many people who have fled. This prescription Well, it was presented by an anonymous disciple of the old man named Wang Ping'an, he was young and promising and wanted to serve the imperial court very much, but it's a pity that there is no tribute list for next year's scientific examination..."

Niu Zhenghong thought to himself: "Here we come, let's use a broken prescription as an introduction to talk about his dirty things!" He didn't want to hear it, so he coughed loudly a few times.

The green-robed official who had been guarding the door came in at the sound and said, "My lord, there is an urgent matter ahead, please deal with it quickly!"

Niu Zhenghong had an unhappy face, and pretended to scold: "What's the hurry, didn't you see that I was talking with Old Mountain Master Qiu?"

Qiu Wenpu thought to himself: "It's a bad luck to come today!" He couldn't continue talking, and if he insisted on going at this time, he would inevitably become annoying, so he had to get up and leave, planning to come back again at another time. Asking for a place for Wang Pingan again, the green-robed officials sent him out.

Niu Zhenghong glanced at the prescription again, snorted, and said to himself, "Songzhou and Bianzhou were hit, not Xuzhou. Even if refugees flooded in, all I had to do was stabilize food prices. Plague? How can there be so many plagues! Even if there are plagues, there are countless doctors in the city, and they can handle them well!"

He put the prescription into the pages of the book casually, and said with a sneer, "If I can use this prescription, I will write it backwards from now on!" He threw the book into the bookshelf, and left the study with his sleeves thrown.

(End of this chapter)