Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 94: Newly Acquired Yu Jin, Zhuge Family Takes Over

Three days later, Ji Qiu arrived at Fenggao County, the capital of Taishan County, with a 2,000-strong cavalry battalion and 70,000 new Yellow Turban troops.

Zhuge Gui, along with his two sons and officials from the cultural relics department of Mount Tai, welcomed Ji Qiu outside the east city gate.

Seeing the neatly-formed and murderous army behind Ji Qiu, everyone was deeply shocked.

At this moment, they all deeply realized that the times in Taishan County had changed.

From now on, Taishan County will enter the autumn era!

"I, Zhuge Gui, the Magistrate of Taishan County, pay my respects to Envoy Ji!" Zhuge Gui stepped forward and saluted.

He is the magistrate of Taishan County, and his rank is actually the same as Ji Qiu.

And if we consider that he arrived in Taishan County earlier than Ji Qiu and took charge of Taishan County for a period of time.

His status in Taishan County should be above Ji Qiu.

But the situation is stronger than people.

Firstly, Ji Qiu had a large army under his command and had just won a great victory over the three major families of Mount Tai, so he was very powerful.

Secondly, Ji Qiu has the official seal of the Taishan prefect granted by the emperor. The effect of this seal is even more useful than the position of Taishan prefect.

Thirdly, based on the advice of his two sons and his own physical condition, Zhuge Gui had no intention of competing with Ji Qiu for power in Taishan County.

So he was too lazy to go against Ji Qiu just for the sake of a little face.

With these three points, Zhuge Gui took the initiative to be humble and showed his willingness to be an assistant.

Ji Qiu was very satisfied with Zhuge Gui's attitude.

His emphasis on the Zhuge family was mainly due to Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Gui is the father of Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang. If Ji Qiu wants to conquer Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, he can't avoid Zhuge Gui.

Therefore, before coming to Fenggao County, he prepared multiple contingency plans to deal with various possible attitudes of Zhuge Gui.

If Zhuge Gui still wanted to compete with him by relying on his seniority, he would have to suppress Zhuge Gui first and then give him a sweet reward.

Use the classic carrot and stick approach to win over Zhuge Gui.

But now that Zhuge Gui is so sensible, there is no need to go through so much trouble.

Skip the suppression stage and just show favor!

Ji Qiu then quickly stepped forward, took Zhuge Gui's arm, and said repeatedly, "I dare not, Mr. Jun Gong, you are embarrassing me.

Mr. Jun Gong is a senior. How can it be reasonable for a senior to greet a junior?

Should I personally visit Mr. Jun Gong after entering the city?"

"Your Excellency is too modest. You have subdued the Yellow Turbans at Mount Tai and wiped out the rebels from the aristocratic families who were plotting rebellion. You have made great contributions to the country. How can an old man like me, who has wasted his time, compare to them?
"I have come to welcome you, Your Excellency. This is in accordance with the will of Heaven and the will of the people. It is only natural. If I were not unwell, I would not have met you at the city gate, but would have gone thirty miles outside the city to welcome you!" Zhuge Gui said hurriedly.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries and praised each other's business, and the atmosphere became very lively.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhuge Gui introduced the civil and military officials of Taishan County behind him to Ji Qiu.

Ji Qiu just nodded casually to most people, because these people were not the historical talents he remembered.

History is a touchstone, especially the era of great contention during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Because the war broke the original class stratification and provided opportunities for people at the bottom to move up.

At least during the period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, capable people from humble backgrounds could really make themselves famous throughout the country with their abilities.

And these people did not leave any trace in such a fierce world of contention.

Either it's lack of ability or lack of luck.

If either of these two is missing, it will not be enough to attract Ji Qiu's attention!
However, there are still real historical talents hidden among the civil and military officials of Mount Tai.

For example, Captain Yu Jin!

Everyone is familiar with Yu Jin's historical resume.

He was from Juping County, Taishan County.

He first belonged to Bao Xin and later to Cao Cao. He fought in many battles in the south and the north and made great military achievements.

He led his troops in a serious and solemn manner, and never kept for himself the property captured in battle. He was highly regarded by Cao Cao and was the only one of Cao Cao's generals who was given the power of the imperial seal and axe. Later generations called him one of the "Five Elite Generals" of Cao Wei.

When Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan, Yu Jin personally led seven armies to rescue. After his entire army was wiped out, he was detained in Nanjun. After returning to Wei State, he was promoted to General Anyuan. Not long after, he fell ill and died of shame and anger.

However, in Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms, Bao Xin was killed by Ji Qiu because he had not yet completed the conscription task assigned by General He Jin.

Therefore, Yu Jin has not yet abandoned his position as captain and joined Bao Xin.

The Duwei was a subordinate official of the County Wei Mansion, and his rank was very low, only two hundred stones.

Mainly responsible for military training affairs.

After the previous prefect of Taishan County died, Zhuge Gui took over the duties of the prefect of Taishan County. At the same time, there was no county lieutenant in Taishan County, so the officials of the county lieutenant's office were also under the management of Zhuge Gui.

Later, in order to deal with the increasingly powerful Yellow Turbans in Mount Tai, Zhuge Gui selected elite soldiers from the existing soldiers in Mount Tai and trained a strong army.

This was the powerful army of 10,000 soldiers from Taishan County that Zhuge Gui later had.

In this matter, Yu Jin helped Zhuge Gui a lot, not only helping him complete the personnel selection work, but also helping him complete the training work.

Later, Zhuge Gui was able to defend Fenggao County and win the battle of Fenggao. It can be said that most of the credit went to Yu Jin.

Therefore, Zhuge Gui had a very high opinion of Jin. It was a pity that he was only acting as the prefect, not the real prefect, and it was difficult for him to check the promotion of officials in the county lieutenant's office.

Otherwise, Yu Jin would have been promoted and given a raise long ago.

Now that Ji Qiu, the genuine Taishan County Magistrate, has arrived, it is even less likely that he will directly give Yu Jin a promotion and a raise.

However, he still emphasized recommending Yu Jin to Ji Qiu, praising him: "He can restore order in times of chaos, defeat violent and strongholds, and has an unshakable character. He can be of great use!"

Ji Qiu naturally followed suit and immediately promoted Yu Jin to the position of Xun Hou.

This is also an official of the County Wei Mansion, but he is the direct superior of the Duwei and is directly responsible to Ji Qiu.

The rank is equivalent to six hundred stones, and the main responsibility is to train troops!
Yu Jin was overjoyed and immediately knelt on one knee to thank Ji Qiu.

Then he stood up and thanked Zhuge Gui again.

Yu Jin was an official under Ji Qiu's commanding officer, and Ji Qiu promoted Yu Jin. In the officialdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ji Qiu could be regarded as Yu Jin's benefactor.

From then on, Yu Jin could address Ji Qiu as Lord or Ming Gong, and was regarded as Ji Qiu's man by everyone.

Once you betray Ji Qiu, you will be despised by everyone.

As for Zhuge Gui, he recommended Yu Jin to Ji Qiu and became Yu Jin's sponsor. Yu Jin was Zhuge Gui's disciple, which was also an extremely close political relationship.

Historically, why was the Yuan family so powerful that in the early days of troubled times, they could easily obtain large amounts of money, food, and soldiers by simply calling on hundreds of people?
This was because the Yuan family had three officials in four generations who had recommended too many officials to the court, and more than half of the officials in the court regarded them as their recommenders.

Ji Qiu didn't care whether Yu Jin becoming Zhuge Gui's disciple would cause any harm to him.

At present, it is far from the time for him to be wary of the Zhuge family. Instead, he should make every effort to win over the Zhuge family.

Making Yu Jin a disciple of Zhuge Gui could just strengthen the relationship between the two sides.

After getting to know the civil and military officials of Taishan County, Ji Qiu sent them away.

He proposed to send Zhuge Gui back home and visit Zhuge Gui's mansion.

Zhuge Gui naturally had no reason to refuse, so he returned to the mansion with Ji Qiu.

However, as soon as he entered Zhuge Mansion, Zhuge Gui began to stagger and seemed about to fall to the ground.

Ji Qiu, who was beside him, supported Zhuge Gui, but saw that he was breathing rapidly, his face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans were densely popping out from his forehead.

I couldn't help but pretend to be surprised and asked, "What's wrong, Mr. Jun Gong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhuge Jin, who was following behind him, quickly stepped forward to support Zhuge Gui and replied, "I dare not deceive you, my father has been in poor health and has been bedridden for many days.

Today, I learned that the envoy had arrived in Fenggao County, so I dragged my sick body to greet him.

But after standing there since early morning, he really couldn't hold on any longer."

"Why didn't you say this earlier! Go and invite Mr. Zhongjing to treat Mr. Jun Gong!" Ji Qiu said immediately.

"Mr. Zhongjing?
Could it be that the envoy is talking about Zhang Ji, the medical saint of the Zhang family of Nanyang?

The Medical Saint is actually under the command of the envoy?

Very good!
If the Medical Saint could help, my father would be saved!

"Your Excellency, I am deeply grateful for your great kindness!" Zhuge Jin said in shock and delight.

A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Today, Zhang Zhongjing has long been a world-famous medical saint.

For someone like Zhuge Jin, who always keeps an eye on information about famous doctors and wants to invite them to treat his father, he is like a Bodhisattva or Buddha.

Just hearing the name made me extremely excited.

Ji Qiu smiled and said, "It's the Medical Saint! He is now my medical officer, in charge of medical affairs.

My dear nephew, please be patient. When Mr. Zhongjing comes, he will definitely find a way to save Mr. Jungong!"

Ji Qiu actually knew about Zhuge Gui's illness a long time ago.

He not only knew that Zhuge Gui was ill, but also knew that he was very ill, to the point where he was incurable and incurable.

According to the normal historical process, Zhuge Gui would even die of illness in his position as the county magistrate of Taishan County next year.

Then the orphaned Zhuge brothers would leave Taishan County and go to live with their uncle Zhuge Xuan.

Therefore, treating Zhuge Gui's illness is an important part of Ji Qiu's plan to win over the Zhuge brothers.

On the one hand, the favor of saving his father is as heavy as a mountain. If Ji Qiu can save Zhuge Gui, the favor to the Zhuge brothers will be unparalleled. Apart from selling themselves to him and devoting themselves to him until their death, do the Zhuge brothers have any other choice?
On the other hand, if Zhuge Gui died, the Zhuge brothers would leave Taishan County, which would undoubtedly be extremely disadvantageous to Ji Qiu, whose sphere of influence would be limited to Taishan County for a considerable period of time in the future.

Therefore, Ji Qiu's first priority in treating Zhuge Gui was naturally to cure Zhuge Gui.

But if this cannot be achieved, we must maintain Zhuge Gui's condition and let him live a few more years.

If Zhuge Gui could live until all the Zhuge brothers reached adulthood and recognized Ji Qiu, then it wouldn't matter whether he lived or died.

However, whether it is to cure Zhuge Gui or to extend his life, it is not an easy task.

After all, this is a person who is already terminally ill and cannot be cured by medicine.

Not to mention the Three Kingdoms era, even in modern times, it would be difficult to save such a person. However, Ji Qiu had an ace in his hand.

That was Zhang Zhongjing.

It has been more than two months since Zhang Zhongjing took refuge with Ji Qiu.

During these two months, Zhang Zhongjing established medical teams and epidemic prevention teams.

A large number of medical and epidemic prevention talents have been trained for Ji Qiu, and the results are remarkable.

But these are secondary results.

Zhang Zhongjing's real achievement was the preliminary integration of the modern medical system with the Dragon, Qi and Three Kingdoms medical system.

His medical skills, especially those in internal medicine, have made rapid progress.

Ji Qiu's original promise to Zhang Zhongjing was that as long as Zhang Zhongjing worked as a medical official for three years, he would teach Zhang Zhongjing how to treat tuberculosis.

However, Ji Qiu did not actually wait three years before letting Zhang Zhongjing get in touch with modern medicine.

On the contrary, as soon as Zhang Zhongjing came under Ji Qiu's command, Ji Qiu gave him a large amount of modern medical theoretical information and medical equipment.

Ji Qiu knew very well that it was meaningless to hoard secrets of knowledge and technology.

Only by handing them over to the right people can they be transformed into productivity.

Many times, finding suitable talents is much more difficult than acquiring the corresponding knowledge and skills!
So if you find one, cherish it!
And Zhang Zhongjing is undoubtedly one of the most suitable people to learn modern medical knowledge in the world of Dragon Rider Three Kingdoms!

Facts proved Ji Qiu's judgment. After obtaining modern medical information, Zhang Zhongjing's knowledge and vision were greatly improved, opening up a whole new world.

Every day, his medical skills are improving by leaps and bounds.

As his medical skills improved, the skills of the medical and epidemic prevention team members he trained also improved.

Although they had only studied with Zhang Zhongjing for two months, according to the standards of the Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms, they could already be considered qualified doctors!

As for Zhang Zhongjing's medical level, Ji Qiu couldn't judge.

He can only be said to be very strong.

Even someone like Zhuge Gui, who has basically been sentenced to death, would have a chance of survival if he were handed over to him!
While the two were talking, a personal guard ran out to inform Zhang Zhongjing.

Then, not long after, he saw the personal guard bringing Zhang Zhongjing in.

"Mr. Zhongjing, this is Mr. Zhuge Jungong, the prefect of Mount Tai, and the person I respect most in my life.

Now he is seriously ill and in urgent need of treatment. I hope you can do your best to help him!" Ji Qiu walked over first and said solemnly to Zhang Zhongjing.

Zhang Zhongjing nodded and said, "A doctor is like a parent. Please rest assured, Your Excellency. Since you respect this person, I will treat him with all my heart."

"Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Zhongjing!" Ji Qiu made way and let Zhang Zhongjing walk towards Zhuge Gui.

Then Zhang Zhongjing sat beside Zhuge Gui's bed and stretched out his right hand to take his pulse.

After about a cup of tea, Zhang Zhongjing withdrew his right hand and began to think with his eyes closed.

After nearly an incense stick of time, Zhang Zhongjing opened his eyes, looking bright and confident.

Ji Qiu asked, "Mr. Zhongjing, can you tell what Mr. Jungong's condition is?"

"May I ask, Lord Prime Minister, since I contracted this disease, I have experienced fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, sweating when moving, loss of appetite, and loose stools.

Later, symptoms such as sallow complexion, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, and pale nails began to appear.

Then there will be hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five hearts, dry cough with little sputum, soreness in the waist and knees, and red tongue with little coating.

Other symptoms include chills, cold limbs, cold pain in the waist and knees, long and clear urination, diarrhea at dawn, impotence and premature ejaculation.

Now, I have alternating chills and low-grade fever, palpitations, shortness of breath, tinnitus, forgetfulness, a pale or red tongue with little fluid, and a deep, thready, and weak pulse?" Zhang Zhongjing did not reply to Ji Qiu, but instead asked Zhuge Gui.

Zhuge Gui's eyes lit up immediately, but before he could say anything, Zhuge Jin spoke first, "Yes, yes, sir, you are absolutely right. This is how my father's illness progressed!
Since you know so much about this disease, you must know how to treat it.

I hope you will show me your skillful hand. The Zhuge family will never forget your great kindness and generosity!"

Some of these symptoms had already appeared in Zhuge Gui and were observed by Zhuge Jin, while others had appeared but Zhuge Jin had not noticed.

In the past, when they sought medical advice, even if they provided these symptoms, the doctors had no idea what the disease was, let alone prescribe the right medicine.

Zhang Zhongjing was able to describe all of Zhuge Gui's symptoms just by taking his pulse.

This shows how strong Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills were!
What’s more important is that since Zhang Zhongjing can see these symptoms, he must have a way to treat them. This made the three Zhuge family members ecstatic, and they stared at Zhang Zhongjing eagerly.

But Zhang Zhongjing chuckled lightly and ignored Zhuge Jin. Instead, he turned to Ji Qiu and said, "Envoy, if my diagnosis is correct, the Prime Minister is suffering from a disease of consumptive fatigue."

"Consumption?" Ji Qiu asked doubtfully.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "That's right, deficiency fatigue is also called "deficiency loss", which is a general term for various chronic debilitating diseases.

Its core pathogenesis is the deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang in the five internal organs, and it is characterized by chronic and progressive consumption. Because it involves a wide range of internal organs and the course of the disease is prolonged and difficult to cure, it is one of the serious internal medicine diseases.

There are three causes of this disease.

First, congenital deficiency.

This is often caused by inadequate prenatal education and care during pregnancy, or weak parents, which can easily lead to insufficient endowments in children.

Second, lack of postnatal nourishment.

There are also many aspects to this, including improper diet, excessive labor, or emotional injury.

Third, long-term illness without treatment.

If external diseases are not cured for a long time, they will deplete your vital energy.

Improper postpartum care for women can also lead to deficiency of both Qi and blood.

This can also lead to exhaustion."

"Well, what kind of inducement is this for Mr. Jun Gong?" Ji Qiu asked.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "Judging from the pulse of the Prime Minister, it should be all three causes.

Chengjun was born weak and had congenital deficiencies.

Since he took over as the prefect of Mount Tai, he has been working hard on the affairs of Mount Tai, and his worries have made him ill, which has aggravated his condition.

In addition, Chengjun was infected with typhoid fever, which consumed a lot of his vital energy.

It is precisely because all three factors are present that this apparent weakness and fatigue condition has occurred!"

"How serious has Mr. Jun Gong's fatigue developed?" Ji Qiu asked again.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "Consumption is caused by the deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang, which affects the five internal organs. The symptoms are complex and changeable, often showing the characteristics of "multi-organ disease".

Generally speaking, the symptoms of asthenia can be divided into five stages, namely qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency, yang deficiency, and deficiency of both yin and yang.

If you experience symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, sweating when moving, loss of appetite, and loose stools and diarrhea, it means you are in the stage of Qi deficiency, which has damaged the lungs and spleen and affected the heart and kidneys.

If symptoms such as sallow complexion, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, and pale nails appear, it means that the heart and liver are damaged and the spleen and stomach are insufficient in biochemical metabolism.

If symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five hearts, dry cough with little sputum, soreness in the waist and knees, and red tongue with little coating occur, it means that the lungs, liver, and kidneys are damaged and the yin fluid is deficient.

If symptoms such as fear of cold limbs, cold pain in waist and knees, long and clear urination, diarrhea at dawn, impotence and premature ejaculation occur, it indicates the stage of yang deficiency with damage to spleen and kidney and weak heart yang.

If there is alternating chills and low fever, palpitations and shortness of breath, tinnitus and forgetfulness, a pale tongue or a red tongue with little moisture, and a deep, thready and weak pulse, then it is the stage of yin and yang deficiency with extreme deficiency of multiple organs and depletion of qi, blood, yin and yang.

Now the county magistrate's condition has developed to the stage of yin and yang deficiency with multiple organs being extremely weak and qi, blood, yin and yang being exhausted. It is extremely serious.

If he can't be properly treated, I'm afraid he won't live more than two or three months!"

"What? My father only has two or three months left to live? How can this be possible?! Lord Envoy, please save my father. I am willing to be your servant to repay your great kindness!" Zhuge Jin knelt down in front of Ji Qiu and begged sincerely.

However, he realized that Zhang Zhongjing must have a way to save Zhuge Gui.

But whether Zhang Zhongjing would save Zhuge Gui depended on Ji Qiu.

Only if Ji Qiu agrees will Zhang Zhongjing take action!

Zhuge Liang, standing beside him, also knelt down and said earnestly, "Please, sir, save my father. I am willing to be your servant to repay your kindness!"

"Oh, what are you doing? Get up quickly. I have always respected Mr. Jun Gong. If he gets sick, it is just like I get sick. As long as I have a way, why wouldn't I save him?
You are all Mr. Jun Gong's sons. In my heart, you are like my own sons. How could I let you be slaves?
Never say such things again!" Ji Qiu immediately helped the two of them up and scolded them seriously.

Then he turned to Zhang Zhongjing and said, "Mr. Zhongjing, I don't know how to cure Mr. Jungong's illness. Please tell me frankly."

"My Lord, the difficulty in treating this consumptive disease lies in the complexity of syndrome differentiation and the difficulty in accurate diagnosis.

This is because asthenia is often a mixture of deficiency and excess, and pure supplementation can easily help the evil, while attacking the evil will hurt the body.

However, with my methods, it is not impossible to replenish without stagnating the evil and attack without damaging the good.

However, this method requires a large amount of precious herbs such as ginseng, deer antler, and donkey-hide gelatin to make the decoction, which is quite expensive," said Zhang Zhongjing.

Ji Qiu waved his hand and said, "No matter what herbs you need or how much you need, sir, just give me your instructions. All herbs will be withdrawn from my house!"

The resource he has the most of now is the so-called precious medicinal materials.

Not to mention that he has the inexhaustible medicine storehouse of the modern world behind him. Since he subdued Yuan Huan, he has been preparing to establish a precious medicinal material planting base in the Three Kingdoms of Dragon Qi.

Medicinal herbs are really worthless to him!

"Since the envoy has said so, there is no problem. I will go and prescribe the medicine.

As long as Cheng Jun takes the medicine, the symptoms will be greatly relieved!"

Zhang Zhongjing chuckled and turned to walk out.

Zhuge Jin looked at his leaving back and his lips moved.

He wanted to call Zhang Zhongjing and ask him to provide the medicinal materials.

But when I think about the few medicinal herbs that Zhang Zhongjing just mentioned and the related quantities, I really can't open my mouth.

The Zhuge family was just a poor family that had done well, and most of their wealth was in their hometown. There really wasn't much property here.

Even in his hometown, it would be difficult to provide the medicinal materials that Zhang Zhongjing needed.

"Forget it. I already owe Envoy Ji a favor that's hard to repay, so I'm not afraid of owing more.

This man has both strategy and courage. He has many soldiers and generals under his command, and they are well-trained. He is also generous and righteous. Even if we don't talk about his kindness to me, he is still a lord worth relying on.

Now that he has done me, the Zhuge family, a great favor, I will leave my life to him in the future!" Zhuge Jin thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)