Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 654 Li Zhi is also ready
The Meng family brothers moved to a new home. Since they got involved with Wang Ping'an, they have been promoted and made a fortune. They are no longer the small officers who were excluded at the beginning, but the fried chickens who are popular among the guards.The identity and status have changed, so it is naturally impossible to live in the small dilapidated house before.

The new home of the Meng brothers is located in Pingkangfang, close to the East Palace, and close to the East Market. In today's terms, it is close to the government and the commercial street. It is a first-class good residence in Chang'an City.The two brothers live next to each other and can take care of each other.

Ouyang Shuang found Meng's house, only said that there was something to talk about in the guard, and the servants did not dare to delay him, and led him into the outer hall, Meng Dayian immediately ran out to meet him, he thought something had happened in the East Palace.

Seeing that it was Ouyang Shuang, Meng Dayian naturally recognized it, he was overjoyed and said, "Oh, isn't this brother Ouyang, what gust of wind brought you here?" The bodyguards are all surnamed Ouyang, so as long as they are called Brother Ouyang, it must be correct.

He glanced at the door, only the servants were carrying a box inside, and said with a smile: "Brother Ouyang, you come here as soon as you come, and you even brought a gift. It's not out of the ordinary, why should we be polite."

Ouyang Shuang looked back, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, don't move, it's not for your family! I said Brother Dameng, your family is really interesting. When you see things at your door, you go to the yard Move, no wonder I can live in such a good house."

Meng Dayian hurriedly said: "Brother Ouyang, you are joking, what money do I have, it is all rewarded by the prince! Brother Ouyang, you came here from Qingzhou, did you have a message from the prince?" Thinking of Wang Ping'an If he has something to ask for himself, he will be happy in his heart. As long as the prince has something to do, he will make progress!
Ouyang Shuang waved his hands and said, "I have something important to tell you, Brother Dameng, let's go to the back and talk about it!"

Meng Dayian said: "Okay, let's talk in the study." He accompanied Ouyang Shuang to the back, and said as he walked, "To tell you the truth, brother Ouyang, I also set up a study and bought a room full of books. This is what I think, I will be like this in my life, but my sons have to be successful, and they have to study more, people can't succeed if they don't study!"

Ouyang Shuang said: "That's natural."

When the two arrived in the study room, they screened back and forth, and Ouyang Shuang told the story.Hearing this, Meng Dayan hesitated, he said: "It's not difficult to see Director Shi, but it's a little difficult to let you also enter the palace to report to His Royal Highness, not everyone can enter the East Palace. !"

He was right, if Wang Ping'an came, he would enter as soon as he said he wanted to, but if it were someone else, he would never meet an acquaintance in the palace, and he would be able to enter if he went inside. Is there a market, come and go if you want!

Ouyang Shuang said: "Brother Meng doesn't have to worry about this, as long as you talk to Director Shi, he will take care of the rest."

Meng Dayian smiled and said: "That's true. Brother Ouyang, let me go. Let's go to the East Palace now. It's still early. If everything goes well, you will definitely see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today."

The two left the Mengzhai and went to the East Palace together.Meng Dayian saw that he also brought a big box and rode it on a separate horse, he said: "Brother Ouyang, this is a gift from the prince to His Royal Highness? Why don't you just send it in directly, and make a big detour around me?" ?”

Ouyang Shuang smiled and said: "Brother Dameng, we are the ones who tell the truth and don't tell the truth. If I ask to see the prince directly, my master must write a letter. In that way, everyone will know that my master has something to do." I'm looking for the prince, I'm afraid I can't hide the news!"

When Meng Dayian heard it, he said oh, he understood.This is quite tactful, but in fact, because of my low status, no one will watch, and through me, I can secretly find Shi Aiguo, and the matter will be settled. It is better to keep the secret than to meet the prince through the normal way.

Meng Dayian glanced at the box, and said in a low voice: "Is it something very important? Things need to be inspected when they enter the palace!" Before Ouyang Shuang could answer, he said again: "How important it is, don't tell me, I don't have the guts to know. But if it's really checked, I can't keep any secrets, I have to make this clear with Brother Ouyang in advance."

People's identities are different, and the process of doing the same thing is different.It couldn't be easier for Wang Pingan to do this, but if Ouyang Shuang did it, he would have to go around and around, and it might even fail.

Ouyang Shuang said: "If I can be inspected, why should I ask you? Isn't that why I want your help?"

Meng Dayian sighed, and said: "If I'm on duty, it's okay..."

Talking about walking around, when we arrived at the East Palace, Ouyang Shuang was waiting outside the square, while Meng Dayian went into the palace.

After a short while, Meng Dadian brought out two young eunuchs, carried the boxes, and wanted to enter the palace gate.When entering the palace gate, the imperial guards would naturally step forward to inspect it, it was impossible to let it in like this.

But a little eunuch said: "This is what our manager Shi wants to use. It's for bathing. Check it out!"

But Meng Dayan said: "I've already checked it, let Mr. Shi go in, he's waiting to use it!"

None of the imperial guards said anything, but Meng Dadian spoke, they dare not be troublesome.But the head of the guards on duty came over and said, "Brother Meng, what's going on?" Things like this in the East Palace often happened, but most of them moved things outside, and very few moved inside.

Meng Dayan didn't shy away from anything, he gestured with his fingers and made a circular gesture, which means that there is money inside, which is for bribes and flattery.

The leader of the imperial guards understood, and with an envious expression on his face, he whispered: "Brother Meng, you are a capable person. You were Master Mi before, and now you are Director Shi. There are people in the palace who are good at being officials. Are you How did you find these connections, tell your brother!"

Who doesn't want to make progress, but progress is not a matter of hard work, the key is that the boss thinks who is a hard worker, how can you make the boss think so, then you have to move the box inside, put it With some ingots and copper coins, the boss will naturally know who has worked harder, and of course he will think of who when he is promoted!
Meng Dayian heyed, and said: "This is very simple, just be diligent and work hard..."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you have connections, you must remember me, brother. I haven't even spoken to Director Shi!" said the leader of the guards.

Ouyang Shuang and the little eunuch had already entered the East Palace and walked inside.Meng Dayian saw that the matter was done, and said: "Succeed, we brothers, we should take care of each other. Brothers go to work first, let's talk later if we have something to say!"

He followed Ouyang Shuang and walked towards Chongxian Hall together.I heard the leader of the imperial guard shouting: "Brother Meng, find a time, brother, let me buy you a drink!"

Meng Dadian turned back and said: "It's easy to say, easy to say, brother, I will invite brother some other day!"

Ouyang Shuang heyed, and said: "This is coming in, won't it arouse suspicion?"

Meng Dayian said: "No, this kind of thing will not arouse suspicion. On the contrary, as long as it involves the issue of access, no one is willing to talk about it, lest others enter the door and get on the road first, leaving themselves behind. Ouyang Brother, don't worry, no one will mention the matter of you sending the box into the palace."

Ouyang Shuang hummed and thanked, but thought in his heart: "It seems that it is not too difficult to enter the East Palace. In this way, if you need to do something in the future... No wonder the Xuanwumen can make a coup. There are too many ghosts in this palace!"

The two entered the Chongxian Pavilion, Shi Aiguo was waiting at the door, as long as they came here, everything would be easy to talk about, Meng Dayian left the East Palace, it was time to drink and drink, and Shi Aiguo led Ouyang Shuang into the Chongxian Hall. museum.

Ouyang Shuang presented the letter to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi was taken aback when he read it, and said, "What's going on, could it be... Could it be that the king of Wu has noticed something about that person?"

The news that Wang Pingan brought was like a bolt from the blue, almost knocking him out. He was afraid of what would happen. The thing about Wu Meiniang was most afraid of being known by Li Ke, but he really knew it.

Ouyang Shuang hurriedly said: "If you go back to His Royal Highness, it's not that serious. It's just that the King of Wu thought that my master had raised an outside room and was pregnant with a child, so he thought he had caught the handle, and he will deal with my master."

When Li Zhi heard this, he relaxed a little, as long as he didn't get himself involved, as long as he was safe, there was always room for maneuver.He said: "As long as you follow the instructions in the letter, Gu will be able to deal with it like this? But with King Wu, it may not be...he may not be fooled, right?"

Ouyang Shuang said: "We did this in advance. If he doesn't fall for the trick, then we have to think of other ways to deal with it. But we went to him yesterday and things went smoothly. When King Wu saw the waterwheel model, I immediately agreed. Your Highness, would you like to see the model?"

Li Zhi nodded and said: "For such an important matter, it is natural to look at it first, so I have a bottom line in my heart!"

Ouyang Shuang immediately opened the box and assembled the model, just like what Ouyang Yi demonstrated to Li Ke yesterday, and he also demonstrated it to Li Zhi.

When Li Zhi saw it, he was overjoyed immediately, and said: "This waterwheel is so exquisite, it must be very useful. From this point of view, the King of Wu must be fooled!"

Shi Aiguo watched from the sidelines, sighing in his heart, the estrangement between the brothers has reached such a point, no one who is an older brother looks like an older brother, and the younger brother is still full of joy when he sees that his brother will be unlucky, maybe it is the past of Xuanwumen, It's going to happen again this morning!

Li Zhi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's do it like this! However, this matter concerns that person, so I can't tell my uncle clearly. I can only adapt to the situation when I go to court tomorrow!"

Thinking of adapting to changes, he became worried again. His own ability is limited, he can be random, and at worst go with the flow, but it is difficult to adapt. Change is possible, but adapt... It is better to remember Wang Ping'an's method quickly, so as not to cause any accidents.

Seeing that Li Zhi was concentrating, Shi Aiguo took Ouyang Shuang out of the Chongxian Hall and asked some specific things. Ouyang Shuang answered them one by one, and Shi Aiguo let him leave.

Ouyang Shuang went back to the inn and told Ouyang Yi what had happened.Ouyang Yi felt nothing about Li Zhi's reaction, but he was very interested in how to enter the East Palace, and asked about the process in detail.The two brothers both had ideas about entering the palace for a while, and they thought about it together. It seems that as long as there is an internal response in the palace, it is not difficult to enter the palace. Knowing the situation, both of them were very excited. They both said that if something really happened in the future, they wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. They could just jump in and get things done.The sense of mystery in the palace has been greatly reduced in their hearts.

Brothers Li Zhi and Li Ke are both busy. They rarely work so diligently, but today is different. They both plan to deal a heavy blow to their opponents, so they both work hard!
The next morning, Li Ke got up early, had breakfast, dressed properly, and brought the waterwheel model to the Ministry of Industry.He can't go to see the emperor directly now, so he has to take a detour and let the Ministry of Industry take the lead for him. This can also show that he is not a person who is very successful, and he is not the kind of person who has to report to the emperor when he has some achievements. Li Zhiqiang is much stronger.

After he sent the waterwheel model to the Ministry of Industry, he explained the principle to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and then returned to the palace, leaving the rest to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

The servant of the Ministry of Industry was shocked when he saw the waterwheel model. He has become a servant. Of course, he is a professional. When he saw the model, he knew that it was a good thing with great uses. He immediately recruited all the officials of the Ministry of Industry on duty. Look, take a closer look.

After a round of research, the minister of the Ministry of Industry said to the officials: "Can you see the way?"

The officials said one after another: "Of course I can see it. If this kind of waterwheel is really built, the people of Tang Dynasty will have a better life, and many places will not have to worry about drought. Is this sent by Wang Ping'an? I heard from Jiang Shuiqing a few days ago that Gyeongju is building a new type of waterwheel, it must be this kind!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Works said hesitantly: "The way I'm talking about is not whether this waterwheel works well. I don't need to ask you whether it works well! This waterwheel is not sent by Qingzhou, but by Wu. Wang sent it, he only sent this small water wheel, but did not attach the blueprint, what do you think King Wu wants?"

The officials looked at each other and thought in their hearts: "Isn't this obvious? The king of Wu wants to present this small water tanker to the emperor through our hands, so that we can praise him and ask for credit for him, but we didn't Drawings, when it comes to how to build the waterwheel, I can only ask him to personally explain it to the emperor, and then he will be in the limelight."

Everyone understands it, but everyone doesn't say it. The officials shook their heads together, saying that they couldn't see the way!

The servant of the Ministry of Industry smiled and said, "Can't you see?"

The officials hurriedly said: "The humble rank is blunt, I really can't see it!"

The minister of the Ministry of Industry said again: "Well, since everyone can't see it, let's forget it. Let me present the water tanker to the emperor! By the way, when Lord Shangshu returns to the Yamen, tell him about the matter." , he had someone carry the waterwheel model into the palace.

The officials looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: "Master Shang Shu happened to be a little late today, it seems that the meritorious service will be made by the Minister of the Minister, he will really see the timing!"

(End of this chapter)