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Chapter 961 Miracle Doctor (Part )

Since its founding, Goryeo has faced many powerful enemies, but it has been able to maintain its national strength for hundreds of years, and has continuously absorbed and assimilated immigrants from surrounding ethnic groups and expanded its territory. This is in fact due to Goryeo's complete replication of the Central Plains system, with a relatively complete military and political system, which brought resilience and made up for the lack of strength.

For example, inside and outside Kaesong, except for the direction of the city wall, which had to be adapted to local conditions, the night curfew system was completely copied from the Central Plains Dynasty. The soldiers guarding the city gates, the officials checking the roads, and even the people who beat the night watch to announce the time all came from different government offices.

The official in charge of the residence had arranged a route for the motorcade in advance that would avoid the patrol team, but could the candlelight in front of the carriage, even though it was covered with thick cloth, really be hidden from the soldiers on the nearby city walls? Could the rippling sound of the wheels really not be heard even in the nearby alleys? This was not just one motorcade, but six motorcades traveling back and forth!
According to common sense, these yamen are each responsible for the upper institutions such as the Capital House, the Privy Council, and the Garrison, and these institutions are more or less infiltrated by various parties, so such movements are difficult to conceal.

"Guess what the idiots in the building are doing now?"

"They are doing the same thing and taking advantage of several parties. They should be happily counting the money right now."

"Hehe, the building is right next to the main road. Six convoys are coming and going in the middle of the night. Who can hide it from us? If we hadn't deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb, there would be a river of blood in this building tonight, and no one would be able to take advantage of it!"

On the tower, the officer on duty bought some wine and meat, and was drinking and eating with dozens of his trusted subordinates. The wine was good, and the meat was a rare large piece of beef. In the barren land of Goryeo, the soldiers usually ate pickled rotten cabbage, and they could not eat such good food even during festivals. At this moment, the soldiers were so full of food that they were too lazy to pursue the matter, and some even mocked them heartlessly.

"After all, there are doctors in the academy, and they are miracle doctors from the Central Plains. What's wrong with treating a disease? Even if the higher-ups knew everything, it wouldn't be enough to cause a river of blood."

The officer ate a few bites with everyone and gave additional explanations.

Who would actually meddle in other people's business? Who would deliberately make a big fuss about these things?

The officer couldn't help but touch his waist, where there was also money given by several families. It's good! Not bad!

In order to get some benefits, those people in the inn have to take the trouble to arrange people coming in and out. It is much easier in the army. As an officer, all you have to do is gather your buddies guarding the city gates and have a good meal.

If there is something really noteworthy, the confidants of those big men will naturally keep an eye on it. Why should ordinary people get involved? Over the past few decades, the military officials in charge of the court have been replaced one after another like a revolving lantern, and the lower-class Koreans have suffered heavy casualties. However, the strict system has prevented the lower-class from getting any benefits, and they have long been tired of it.

After all, at this moment, each family is just looking for some medical officers. The northern nomads have their own armed forces, and no one is behind. Seeing that they are about to fight to the death in the polo competition, it is always right to give them some benefits. At least there must be wine and meat, and healing injuries and replenishing vitality are also indispensable.

Every family thought so, every family did so, and every family knew that other families were doing so. In the end, the secret they wanted to hide was not a secret at all, and everyone was just trying to cover up their mistake.

The people below could see all of this clearly. Because of the existence of the Khitans and the Jurchens, it was rare that this time the fighting and infighting had nothing to do with ordinary Koreans, which made everyone vaguely happy.

"Come on, come on, let's drink and eat meat." The officer laughed and picked up the iron rod first, taking a bite of the sizzling fat meat.

At the same time, in a streetside tavern a few streets away, lights were faintly visible between the door panels. Behind the door panels was the night watchman who was supposed to be patrolling everywhere today. There was also a man who looked rich and noble, holding up a wine cup, saying to everyone: "Come, drink! Those messy things outside, out of sight, out of mind! You are not fools, you should know the current situation. So, don't run around and chop around outside, there will be less danger!"

Most of the night watchmen were honest and much less courageous than the soldiers guarding the city walls. Several of them moved their lips, wanting to say that there were fewer gong sounds, fearing that the nobles might be dissatisfied. But after hearing what this person said, they swallowed their words and ate and drank in silence.

The core area of ​​Kaesong is not large. Three miles east of the tavern, you will reach the Zinan Mountain, which stands in the center of the city. At the foot of the mountain is Cui Zhongxian's former residence when he was young. Later, it was used as a place for entertaining guests in the capital. A garden with dense trees was specially built around it.

The mountain is not very majestic, but there are many caves in the mountain. There are Songak-dong, Goryeo-dong, Busan-dong and Haeun-dong on the east side of the mountain, Manyol-dong and Seonjuk-dong on the west side, and Janam-dong, Naeseong-dong, Beian-dong, Naman-dong and Gwanhun-dong on the south side.

Each cave is not big, but it is shaded by trees and rocks, which is enough to hide soldiers. The combined area of ​​so many caves can accommodate hundreds of warriors. This mountain has two advantages. First, it is not far from the Shenfeng Gate of Kaesong. Beyond the Shenfeng Gate, it is directly the polo court used as the venue for the polo competition; second, this place is the commanding height of Kaesong, and it is high enough to deal with all parties calmly.

Such a key place naturally cannot fall into the hands of outsiders. Cui Zhongxian has long placed his confidants here; he has often gathered troops here to suppress political enemies several times in order to achieve the effect of attacking the heart of the enemy. However, he is now dying of illness, and Chi Yunshen, his confidant and loyal dog who actually controls this place, has long been eager to make a move and desires greater power.

Interestingly, he and Ryu Song-gyeol and others had close contacts with Choi Sang's second son, Choi Eun-gu, and recently they were busy making arrangements to help him compete with his brother for Choi Sang's successor. However, when Choi Eun-gu sent people to sweep all the medical clinics and drugstores in and around Kaesong, causing trouble for all parties, he did not show any leniency to Chi Yun-shin.

Obviously, Cui Yi is not stupid.

So Chi Yunshen couldn't find a doctor and had to turn to Yin Chang for help.

Cui Zhongxian was in power for more than 20 years. He constantly broke up large-scale forces and created conflicts in the court and even between his subordinates and his two sons. Ultimately, he dismantled any possibility of the various forces in Goryeo to merge into one, creating a situation where everyone was suspicious of each other, there were no camps, and only countless scattered fragments.

From the perspective of maintaining power, this is Cui Zhongxian's best choice.

When Cui Zhongxian was on the verge of death, this state of fragmentation and division among various forces would almost inevitably lead to unprecedented chaos.

Chi Yunshen has been thinking hard these days and feels that perhaps Cui Xiangzheng is expecting this. That is why he released the news and encouraged all parties to expand their military forces as soon as possible.

When everyone has fought against each other and suffered heavy losses, peace will come to Goryeo, and the successor that Cui Xiang truly desires will be able to calmly demonstrate his strength and clean up the situation... This is exactly the insidious political method that Cui Xiang has always liked.

Unfortunately, he is old and he is about to die!

Once the confrontation and fighting started, how could it end? This time, everyone had made up their minds to defeat their competitors in one fell swoop, and Chi Yunshen was no exception. So at this time, a group of outsiders who came from the other side of the sea and had no roots in the local area were the only ones who could be trusted.

In fact, the northern refugees recruited by Chi Yunshen were all strong and healthy, and they did not have any injuries that needed treatment. But Chi Yunshen still paid a considerable price and invited several of them to visit him.

The doctors who arrived at Zinan Mountain found nothing to do were staring in amazement at a mountain of silver ingots piled high on the table in front of them, which had pressed the table slightly concave.

"In the past few days, I estimate that you will have many night visits. I thought that after you come back from the visits, you might chat in your spare time? Can you share what you saw at night?"

Chi Yunshen smiled and said, "Then next time you go to see a doctor, you should chat with me and tell me about what you have seen and heard in various places. How about that?"

With such a large sum of money, what can't be done? What's more, it's just a chat?

The doctors nodded in agreement.

At the same time, Chen Zixin and others who were the first to see patients had returned to the library.

Doctor Ding did not rest with others, but went directly to Yin Chang's residence.

Yin Chang was waiting early.

Doctor Ding pointed at the increasingly accurate map and gestured as he spoke: "The people summoned by Deputy Privy Councilor Cui Yu are mainly the former followers of Khitan Yelu Jinshan. They are currently gathered here, with a total of about 1,000 people, and nearly 500 of them can fight on horseback. In addition, Cui Yu also placed 300 elite Goryeo soldiers here to both supervise and suppress them."

Yin Chang nodded: "It's a huge investment."

(End of this chapter)