Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 255: On the outskirts of Chang'an, a thatched cottage, accompanied by the breeze! [Seeking monthly tickets]

"What on earth is he going to do!?"

Li Shimin shouted angrily.

Although the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace were originally the prince's exclusive army and the prince had the right to mobilize them, he needed to inform the emperor in advance when mobilizing the army to avoid misunderstandings.

But Li Shimin knew nothing about this, so he was so angry.

What's more, this is the emperor's territory, and the impact of the prince's private mobilization of troops is huge.

Some people may even secretly wonder whether there will be another coup in the Tang Dynasty.

But Wei Zheng seemed to remember something and frowned, saying, "Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, the Crown Prince seems to have apologized on your behalf!"

"What crime do I need him to apologize for?"

Li Shimin glanced at him coldly: "Why should he apologize to me?!"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten?"

Wei Zheng's expression suddenly straightened. "On the night of the Double Ninth Festival banquet, Your Majesty, for the sake of your party, used personal interests to interfere with public interest. The Crown Prince, in order to uphold the sanctity of state law and not want Your Majesty to disappoint his meritorious officials, has volunteered to eat a vegetarian diet for three days in the suburbs to apologize to the Heavens!"

"This"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then thought carefully and found that it seemed to be true. His anger subsided a lot and he said, "Even if he apologizes to God on my behalf, there is no need to mobilize the army? What does he mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Crown Prince was assassinated again in the Crown Prince's Mansion, so he had to mobilize the army to protect himself!"

Before Wei Zheng could speak, the new Minister of Revenue Ma Zhou stepped forward.

"What did you say?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened, and then he said in disbelief, "You said the prince was assassinated again?"

"Yes, Your Majesty! The Crown Prince has ordered the formation of the Eastern Palace Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"Jinyiwei?"

Li Shimin frowned, then asked solemnly, "Do you know what the duties of the Jinyiwei are?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know the duties of the Jinyiwei. I only know that it is one of the six guards of the Eastern Palace. It is temporarily led by Su Dingfang, the commander of the Black Armor Guard!" Ma Zhou answered truthfully.

Upon hearing this, the ministers around could not help but look at each other in surprise.

Although they all knew that Li Chengqian had the Six Generals of the Eastern Palace who were completely independent of the court's military system, as the Eastern Palace's strength gradually grew, it was like a sword hanging over their heads, and they could not help but be wary.

Especially after the massacre at the Double Ninth Festival banquet, they were really afraid that Li Chengqian would lose control one day and do something out of line.

Then, Imperial Censor Zhang Xuansu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that while the Crown Prince's apology to Heaven on Your Majesty's behalf is an act of loyalty and filial piety, it is too disregarding of his own safety."

"Furthermore, the Crown Prince's large-scale mobilization of troops outside Chang'an will cause trouble to the people of Chang'an and will be detrimental to the stability of the capital!"

"That's right! I also think what Censor Zhang said is absolutely right!"

At this time, Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu also stood up and said, "Even if the Crown Prince wants to apologize to the Heaven on Your Majesty's behalf, there is no need to mobilize troops in the suburbs. Going to the Imperial Ancestral Temple is also a good idea!"

"Your Majesty! We second the motion!"

As Xiao Yu finished speaking, all the ministers immediately echoed him.

There was no other way. With Li Chengqian doing this, they would probably have trouble sleeping or eating for the next three days, fearing that the prince's knife would be on their necks before they even woke up.

In fact, not only were they worried about Li Chengqian's knife, but even Li Shimin was a little worried about Li Chengqian's knife.

After all, Li Chengqian said in front of him, "How can the quiver of the Heavenly Khan contain arrows that have not been stained with the blood of his closest relatives?"
Look at what bullshit this is!

It seems that in the mind of that rebellious son, I will definitely become a negative example for him?

If it weren't for me, would he be able to become the crown prince?
Our whole family is rebellious, why is he pretending to be the vanguard of condemnation?!

This is simply unreasonable!
Although he was very unhappy with Li Chengqian's actions, Li Shimin suppressed his dissatisfaction and set his eyes on Wei Zheng. He said calmly and indifferently: "Wei Zheng, you are now the Prince's Junior Tutor. This concerns the Crown Prince. What are your opinions?"

Wei Zheng frowned, then said thoughtfully, "After the Double Ninth Festival banquet, there are many things that need to be dealt with, such as the matter of the retired emperor killing the Tuyuhun border general Fu Zhen, and the conspiracy between Tuyuhun, Wa, Western Turks, and Goguryeo. Even the affairs of the twenty-nine countries in the Western Regions require the Crown Prince's attention.

Therefore, I believe that the most urgent matter is to have the Crown Prince attend the court meeting to discuss the above matters, rather than to apologize."

"Yes, Your Majesty! The border has not yet been calmed down, and the disaster situation has just stabilized. It is not appropriate for our Tang Dynasty to cause any more trouble. The most urgent task is to resolve the important issues raised by Lord Wei. Your Majesty, please summon the prince to the court to discuss the next important issues together!" Fang Xuanling said sincerely with his tablet in hand.

Immediately afterwards, Du Ruhui, Zhangsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Yuchi Gong, Chang He and others also stepped forward, holding their tablets and saying, "Your Majesty, please summon the Crown Prince to the court to discuss important matters!"

"This"

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then glanced outside the palace, frowning and saying, "Since all of you, my dear ministers, have proposed summoning the Crown Prince, then I will convey my decree. I will temporarily suspend the Crown Prince's apology to Heaven on my behalf and have him return to the palace to attend court immediately. There must be no delay!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the official in charge of the summons turned around and left Taiji Palace.

At the same time, outside Chang'an.

On a not very high mound, there is a thatched house.

Outside the house, there is a stone platform with a small stove on it. There is a wire mesh on top of the stove, and on top of the wire mesh there is a glass teapot, as well as some snacks such as sweet potatoes and oranges.

In addition, there are several unknown bones.

On the left side of the stone platform, there was a rocking chair, on which lay a young man in a plain white robe.

And this young man was none other than the rebellious son in Li Shimin's words, the destabilizing factor in the hearts of his ministers, and the Crown Prince Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the breeze is blowing gently and the grass is swaying, creating a leisurely and leisurely scene.

"Yan Qing, I heard you're good at figure painting. How about this figure and landscape painting?"

Li Chengqian was lying in a rocking chair, rocking and talking to himself.

But he heard Yan Liben, who was concentrating on painting for him, turn his head to reveal his drawing board and said with a little embarrassment: "Whether it is painting people or landscapes, if I don't move, I can paint better, but if I move, I find it a bit difficult."

"Then your painting skills are not good enough! As the saying goes, there is stillness in movement and movement in stillness. Only when people can see the combination of movement and stillness in the painting can it have charm. You need to practice more in the future."

"Uh"

Yan Liben's mouth twitched. He thought, "What the hell am I practicing? You're shaking like a rattle. How the hell can anyone paint Shen Yun? I can't even make out your human form!"
Besides, aren't you here to 'apologize to God'?
Is there anyone who "apologizes to God" like you?

I've been vegetarian for three days, so what about the grilled chicken wings I just had?!

Ugh!
What's wrong with me!
He was clearly painting His Majesty's meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion, so why did he end up here?!

While Yan Liben was complaining inwardly, Xue Rengui had arrived beside Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, Imperial Physician Zhen is here!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian immediately stopped rocking his rocking chair, sat up, and asked, "Where is he?"

“It’s right on the mountainside!”

"Okay! Bring him up here and let Yang Nannan prepare!"

"promise!"

Xue Rengui agreed and quickly brought Zhen Liyan up.

"This old minister pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Doctor Zhen, please don't be polite!"

Li Chengqian smiled and raised his hand to signal, then instructed Chang Wei who was not far away: "Chang Wei, bring a straw mat to Doctor Zhen!"

"Yes!"

Chang Wei responded, and soon threw a straw mat at Zhen Liyan's feet.

Zhen Liyan was stunned when he saw this, then looked at Li Chengqian with some displeasure: "I, an old minister, have taken the trouble to come and discuss medicine and philosophy with the Crown Prince. Does the Crown Prince not welcome me?"

"Doctor Zhen, you're joking. Chang Wei just came to me and doesn't know the rules very well!"

As he spoke, he casually scolded Chang Wei, then smiled and changed the subject, "I wonder if Doctor Zhen is interested in surgery?"

"Surgery?"

Zhen Liyan was stunned for a moment, then asked with a puzzled look on his face, "May I ask, Your Highness, what is surgical medicine?"

Li Chengqian thought for a moment and said, "According to my understanding, the medical skills of the Zhen Imperial Physician Association, which diagnose illnesses through observation, listening, questioning, and palpation, are collectively referred to as internal medicine. Surgery, on the other hand, is primarily about treating illnesses through surgery."

Zhen Liyan hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "What is surgery?"

"If I were to explain surgery directly to Doctor Zhen, I'd probably end up giving you a lengthy lecture. So, I'll use the oranges on this stone table to demonstrate it to you."

As he spoke, Li Chengqian walked over to the stone platform, picked up an orange, and in front of Zhen Liyan, cut a slit in the orange peel with a knife. Then he explained, "Now, Doctor Zhen, you can treat this orange as injured skin. According to the treatment method of internal medicine, shouldn't you stop the bleeding first, then apply medicine, and wait for it to heal?"

"Yes!"

Zhen Liyan nodded as a matter of course.

But then Li Chengqian asked again, "If Doctor Zhen were to treat a wound like this, how long would it take to heal?"

Zhen Liyan pondered for a moment and said, "If this old minister were to come and treat him, he would be fully recovered within half a month."

"Then if I tell you that surgery will take seven days to cure, will Doctor Zhen believe me?"

"How can this be?"

Zhen Liyan was obviously unconvinced when he heard this.

But Li Chengqian did not continue to explain. Instead, he took the needle and thread from Chang Wei, carefully sutured the wound, and then looked at Zhen Liyan with a smile.

Zhen Liyan's eyes widened as he stared at the orange in Li Chengqian's hand in disbelief. His lips and beard were trembling. After a long pause, he murmured, "So the so-called surgical skills are actually Hua Tuo's craniotomy."

"Yes, craniotomy is also a surgical skill!"

"But Hua Tuo's medical skills have been lost for hundreds of years. How could His Royal Highness know this?"

"No, I didn't say I know Hua Tuo's medical skills. I said surgical skills!"

Li Chengqian shook his head and denied it.

"That"

Zhen Liyan looked at Li Chengqian with a complicated expression and said, "Then your Highness the Crown Prince discussed medicine with me in order to teach me the art of surgery?"

"Ha ha!"

Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh: "Doctor Zhen, your vision is still too narrow!"

"If I teach you surgical skills, you can only save people in the palace. What use will it be to me?"

"What's more, surgical skills require constant practice to refine your skills. Do you have the conditions for that in the palace?"

"What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean?" Zhen Liyan asked in confusion.

Li Chengqian glanced at him and smiled, "To be honest, Imperial Physician Zhen, surgery has a fatal flaw. While it excels at wound treatment, it's lacking in internal medicine. Therefore, while learning surgery, one must also master internal medicine. Only in this way can one combine internal and external medicine to heal injuries." "From what Your Highness the Crown Prince has said, you hope to use this old minister to promote surgery?"

"Not bad!"

Li Chengqian admitted directly, "With Doctor Zhen's medical skills, he must have many disciples, right? Even the imperial physicians in the palace rely on you. If Doctor Zhen is willing to help me train a doctor who can master both internal and external medicine, I would like to give him a great gift!"

"Training doctors is by no means as simple as the Crown Prince imagines. Moreover, just because I approve of this surgical technique doesn't mean the world will approve of it. Didn't Cao Mengde reject Hua Tuo's craniotomy back then?"

At this point, Zhen Liyan couldn't help but sigh, and said leisurely: "Medical skills are just a minor path, which is not as smooth as the imperial examination."

"What if I establish a medical subject in the imperial examination?"

Li Chengqian said unexpectedly.

Zhen Liyan's pupils suddenly shrank and he looked at Li Chengqian in surprise.

Li Chengqian then continued, "Our Great Tang will be engaged in many wars, and the most common casualties on the battlefield are external injuries. If our Great Tang had enough doctors, has Doctor Zhen ever thought about how many soldiers we could save?"

"Even simply stitching up the wound can increase their chances of survival!"

Having said that, he turned to look at Zhen Liyan and said in a deep voice, "Doctor Zhen, do you understand my good intentions now?"

"Also, if this were to succeed, Doctor Zhen's status in Chinese medical history would be so high that even Hua Tuo wouldn't be able to match him, right?"

"This"

Zhen Liyan said with longing: "Your Highness's idea is amazing to me, but I still have some doubts."

"If the Crown Prince establishes a medical discipline in the imperial examination, will the court agree? Also, I, an old minister, currently work in the Imperial Hospital. How can I find the time to help His Highness train doctors?"

"Finally, training doctors requires a huge amount of financial, material, and human resources. Can the prince afford these expenses?"

"Doctor Zhen is so tactless. I have given you so many benefits, but you are bargaining with me here. If I had the same temper as that night, do you know what would have happened to you?" Li Chengqian said with a stern face.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Liyan's face changed, as if he remembered the bloodbath at the Chongyang Festival. He quickly explained, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I'm not trying to bargain with you, but I'm worried about you. It's true that I've lived for so many years, and it's rare for me to have something I want to do but don't dare to do, so I naturally have to consider it carefully."

"You don't have to worry about these things. As long as you promise me to use your medical connections to build a teaching team for me, I will arrange the rest."

Li Chengqian said calmly.

"But."

"Oh, by the way, this is for you, about high blood pressure."

Just when Zhen Liyan was still hesitant, Li Chengqian suddenly seemed to remember something, and took out a piece of paper from his arms, which contained an analysis of hypertension and ten treatment methods compiled from the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" and "Encyclopedia", and handed it to Zhen Liyan.

"This is."

Zhen Liyan took the paper handed to him by Li Chengqian with doubt and looked up.

It would have been fine if he hadn't seen it, but he was attracted to it as soon as he saw it.

A brand new theory and a brand new medical world seemed to appear before his eyes all of a sudden. Some of the symptoms he had imagined and the reasoning behind the disease were all presented on this paper.

"That's it! That's it!"

Zhen Liyan was overjoyed when he saw the contents of the paper. He suddenly realized, "So the queen's chronic illness is actually high blood pressure!"

"hehe."

Li Chengqian smiled noncommittally and continued, "I have many similar medical books. If a medical school is established in the future, I would like to donate them to the school as medical teaching materials!"

"This"

When Zhen Liyan heard this, he was immediately moved.

If the reputation that Li Chengqian just mentioned made him very envious, then these medical books that opened up a new world of medicine for him were definitely what he had always dreamed of.

So, after only a moment's hesitation, he made up his mind: "Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to promote medical skills, and naturally this old minister has no shirking his responsibility. Your Highness, rest assured, this old minister will go back and write letters to all his friends, asking them to bring their disciples to Chang'an to learn the new medical skills!"

After saying this, Zhen Liyan couldn't wait to leave.

However, at this moment, Li Chengqian stopped him with a smile: "Wait a minute, Doctor Zhen, have a cup of tea before you go. It's very cold, you need to warm yourself up!"

"No need, Your Highness, this old minister."

Just as Zhen Liyan was about to refuse Li Chengqian, he saw a woman in a green dress, holding a tray, walking towards him with a smile.

"This"

When Zhen Liyan saw the woman in the green dress, his pupils suddenly shrank, as if there was a magnitude 9 earthquake.

"Doctor Zhen, I was so grateful to you that night, otherwise I would have died with regrets."

"you you you you!"

When Zhen Liyan saw the woman in the green dress, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

But then Li Chengqian said calmly, "Doctor Zhen, some things are better kept to yourself. Don't tell my father everything. I have a bad temper, you know!"

"This"

When Zhen Liyan heard this, he immediately understood Chang Wei's rude behavior just now. It turned out that Li Chengqian was dissatisfied with him for telling Li Shimin that he had been poisoned.

But what is going on with this woman in green dress?

Just as Zhen Liyan was in doubt, Li Chengqian said calmly, "Doctor Zhen has lived for over ninety years and will soon be a hundred. I believe he is not afraid of death, right?"

"Your Highness, I am your humble servant, your humble servant."

Zhen Liyan hesitated for a long time, but could no longer suppress the fear in his heart, and knelt down in front of Li Chengqian: "This old minister deserves death."

"If I wanted you to die, you would have died long ago. Why would I keep you alive until now?"

Li Chengqian sneered, then warned solemnly, "As long as you work hard for me in the future, I will never treat you unfairly. However, if you do it again, I will make you wish you were dead!"

"Yes, yes, this old minister will never betray His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Okay, let's get down!"

"promise!"

Zhen Liyan agreed and retreated, but the fear in his heart still did not dissipate.

He could never have imagined that Li Chengqian actually possessed the ability to bring the dead back to life.

He clearly remembered that the woman in the green dress had died that night, but now she appeared before him vividly.

This is so scary!
Could it be that the prince is really an immortal as the rumors say?
Thinking of this, Zhen Liyan clenched the paper in his hand again and murmured: "Resurrection from the dead, Sun Shichang, I believe you will be interested too."

After saying that, he left without saying a word.

On the other side, Li Chengqian, who had watched Zhen Liyan leave, slowly withdrew his gaze, then turned to look at Yang Nannan and said, "Can you still cast a spell?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to use Gu to control him?" Yang Nannan asked back.

Li Chengqian said with a stern face, "From now on, you must answer whatever I ask you, and don't ask me back!"

"This"

Yang Nannan hesitated for a moment, then helplessly spread her hands and said, "I can cast a Gu, but I don't have one in my hand right now."

"Why is there no Gu?"

"That night I knew I was going to die, so I let them all go!"

"Then how can you get Gu?"

"Re-refine it! But I don't have any money, you have to give me money to buy the materials!"

"Don't you give money to the guards?"

"Yeah! But I threw it away too!"

"Ha! You'd rather die than let your enemies get away with it, right?"

"Of course! This is our Shouzhuolang."

"Ok?"

"Okay, okay, you have to give me money anyway, otherwise I can't do anything!"

"You're obsessed with money!"

Li Chengqian glared at Yang Nannan angrily and was about to send her away when he saw Xue Rengui approaching. He bowed and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, His Majesty has sent an imperial decree, ordering you to return to the palace to attend the court meeting!"

"With what identity will you go back?" Li Chengqian asked casually.

"Ah?" Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "His Majesty didn't say anything about your status, so he asked you to go back immediately!"

"You didn't mention your identity, why are you going back?"

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes, then walked towards the rocking chair and lay down, saying, "Tell him to go back and tell my father that I am apologizing to the heavens on my father's behalf. In the eyes of heaven, I am now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

I rub!

How dare you say that!

When Xue Rengui heard what Li Chengqian said, his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

After a while, Li Chengqian saw him standing there motionless and immediately scolded him, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and go!"

"But Your Highness, this is not appropriate."

"What's wrong with that? Have you ever seen an emperor being ordered around?"

"I"

Xue Rengui opened his mouth and turned his head to look at Yan Liben who was painting.

Yan Liben was even more exaggerated than him and was petrified on the spot.

Oh my God!

What did I just hear!?

Is this an illusion? Was I just lost in thought while painting?

Yes! This is definitely an illusion!

"Okay, go quickly! I still need to communicate with God!" Li Chengqian waved his hand impatiently again.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Rengui turned around and left helplessly.

Leaving behind were Yan Liben who was at a loss, Yang Nannan with her beautiful eyes, Chang Wei with admiration on his face, Qingfeng, Caolu and Li Chengqian.

(End of this chapter)