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Title: Diligence

Summary: If you are lucky with your color, you will benefit from your favor

The Taiji Palace is located in the north of Chang'an City, built on Longshou Mountain.I got off the dragon chariot at the northernmost Chengtian Gate.Although I knew the Taiji Palace before, I was still a little shocked when I saw its magnificence with my own eyes.The palace wall is three feet five feet high, and the Chengtian Gate can overlook the entire Chang'an City when looking down.Emperor Jianping led me in through the Chengtian Gate, all the way up. Behind us, the two rows of Qianniu Guards were silent.I followed Emperor Jianping through the two gates in the center. After each gate, four Qianniu guards bowed behind the gate.When turning to the left, he said: "This is the right Yanming Gate." I said: "Your Majesty, but this is to the left." Emperor Jianping said: "The left and right are divided according to the position of the Taiji Hall inside." The majestic Tai Chi Hall.The Tai Chi Hall is located on a one-foot-high platform, tall and majestic.In front of the hall, there are three white jade stairs leading from the ground to the main hall.The stairs are divided into three floors, with bluestone handrails on both sides.Chi heads are engraved on the upper railing, and lotus flowers are engraved on the middle and lower railings.Emperor Jianping smiled and said, "You are still fascinated. These three steps are called 'Dragon's Tail Road'. The Taiji Hall is the highest place in the palace. I usually watch the court and listen to the government in the Taiji Hall, and I can also overlook the Chang'an City below my feet."

From the Taiji Hall to the back door, there is a horizontal alley.Opposite the previous door, another door was opened.There is a small palace on the right side of the alley, and the plaque reads "Shangyao Bureau".

Emperor Jianping said: "There is only your Shangyao Bureau in Yongxiang, and I have assigned you a smart Shangyao Cheng. Going north through this Liangyi Gate is my sleeping hall. When I don't call you, you are here Live a good life in Shangyao Bureau. For the rest of your life, you will gradually become familiar with it."

After he entered Liangyimen, I entered Shangyao Bureau.A man about 20 years old came up to meet him: "Is it Li Ping and Li Fengyu?" : "It's fine to call yourself, no need to be polite. How many grades is Shangyaocheng?" He smiled and led me in: "From the seventh grade. There should have been two Fengyu in the Shangyao Bureau, the imperial master and the Shangyaocheng." There are four prisoners each. But now there are only two people, Feng Yu and me."

Shangyao Bureau is more like a more magnificent medical hall.I asked in a low voice: "I don't understand much when I first came to the palace. Why are there not many people?" Zheng Shenyou said: "Except for avoiding His Majesty, there are not many people in the palace. Not counting Qianniuwei." , only about three hundred people. Because when His Majesty ascended the throne, all the servants under the age of thirty were married off; those over fifty were exempted from being common people. The remaining maidservants lived in the west of the Yeting Palace. In the harem of the Majesty There are queens, who live in the Lizheng Hall in the east. There are only three wives, Concubine Hui, Concubine Li, and Concubine Hua, who are the first rank. There are six Fangyis who are the second rank. All beauties and talented people below are vacant. The three princes, The two princesses. Among the princes, Shen Nianrong, who is only three years old, has been crowned king and has to be called Dawang, and now lives in the Daji Hall east of the Lizheng Hall."

I asked, "Where does Your Majesty live?" Zheng Shenyou took me through the atrium and said, "Your Majesty occasionally stays in the Lizheng Hall or the Palace of Concubines. However, the few times I have seen Your Majesty, he always reads memorials, reads, or Have a meal. Go north and pass the Liangyi Hall and you will find the Ganlu Hall."

I said, "The Tai Chi Palace is so big and complicated, how can I remember it all at once?" Zheng Shenyou smiled ambiguously: "It's okay if Li Fengyu can't remember, everyone in the palace knows that His Majesty favors you. Li Fengyu serves you well." Your Majesty will do."

The bedroom was ridiculously large.I settled down, and three meals a day were delivered by the eunuch.

Zheng Shen had a reason for his words.On the evening of October [-]th in the first year of Jianping, Emperor Jianping entered Shangyao Bureau at night.I was covered with a soft quilt, but he was wearing only unlined clothing, and he got into the quilt and hugged me, his face was full of tiredness.He yawned and said, "Qianniuwei is useless. If I deliberately conceal my entry and exit, they will not notice it at all." I said, "Your Majesty's martial arts are world-class, and there are probably few people in the world who can beat His Majesty. What's more Qianniuwei?"

He said: "You can also speak nicely. Don't ask me why I am tired?" I said: "Your Majesty has to deal with all kinds of affairs every day, and you must be tired every day." He shook his head: "Today I named Li Changyou King Zheng and sent him down. Huangzhong, that’s why I’m so tired.” I said, “Your Majesty didn’t…” He said, “You want to ask me why I didn’t kill him? Everyone in the world is looking at me, I can’t kill an 11-year-old child. I sent Yu Xingcheng to follow him, asking him to become a naturalized Miaoyu, so that he could make meritorious service." He extinguished the candle beside the bed, hugged me and fell asleep.

At dawn, Emperor Jianping left, but did not hide his whereabouts.After that, every five and ten days, Emperor Jianping always appeared in Shangyao Bureau and fell asleep with me.

From time to time, eunuchs take me to the sleeping hall for diagnosis and treatment, and Qian Niuwei takes me out of the Taiji Palace to treat ministers.Sometimes, I will take Zheng Shenyou with me.When the medicinal materials in the Shangyao Bureau are insufficient, Qian Niuwei will bring the medicinal materials from the Imperial Medical Department.The condition of those herbs is much better than the ones I bought before.

Once the soup was used for emergency treatment.At five o'clock, I went out with Qianniuwei and passed the majestic Taiji Hall.In the morning light, on the Longwei Road in front of the Taiji Hall, the three-story white marble steps are shining brightly.Emperor Jianping sat on the throne and was saluted by the standing courtiers. He really ruled the world.

On the evening of March [-]th in the first year of Jianping, an eunuch came to Shangyao Bureau and said, "Li Fengyu, Your Majesty has called you to Ganlu Hall." I said, "I will go with my father-in-law." Bypass the Liangyi Hall, pass the Ganlu Gate, and enter the Ganlu Hall.

Before the imperial case, Emperor Jianping was sitting and writing with a vermilion pen in his hand.He put down his ink brush, feeling joyful in his exhaustion: "Li Ping, you are here. Let's have dinner with me." I stood by his side and lowered my hand and said, "It's important for your Majesty to review the memorials, and you can eat later." He smiled: " I usually spend seven hours a day dealing with government affairs. It is not a big problem to eat earlier today." I said, "Your Majesty's diligence is the blessing of the people."

"Since the world is in my hands, I should have restored the world to a peaceful and prosperous world." Emperor Jianping said, pressing his head, "It's just that the courtiers are arguing today, which made me a little headache. Before instructing Wei Jin to change the law, today he gave him When Dad came back from mourning, he mentioned it, and there was a quarrel immediately." I went around behind him, rubbed his head, and asked him, "What law does Your Majesty want to change?"

"The law of land tax. In the past, no matter how fertile the soil was, two liters of rice was taxed per mu. This is unreasonable." The 29-year-old Emperor Jianping said, "In the past half a year, Wei Jin has ordered the counties to preliminarily sort out the cadastre. , I have measured the acres of land. Now I want to equalize the tax and divide the land into six grades according to the fertility and barrenness to collect farm land taxes. Li Ping, I will never forget the suffering of the people I saw when I was young."

"The people will definitely praise His Majesty's benevolent government." I followed him cautiously, "But Wei Jin is the God of Wealth in the Tianyi Sect, so it doesn't matter if the official worships the third envoy?"

"He has handed back the God of Wealth order to Tianyi Sect a long time ago, and he is no longer on the position of God of Wealth. The way of making money besides Tianyi Sect is nothing more than that. If they don't do it, someone else will do it. But there are still millions of them. The household belongs to the Four Temples, and it is always undesirable to only support the temples and not pay taxes to the court." Emperor Jianping sighed, "Oh, although the God of Wealth is used by me, the sex god Tan Qing has always been towards their Tianyi Sect."

The imperial meal was served one by one, and I said: "I will serve His Majesty first." But he waved his hand, and the maids and eunuchs retreated.Then he pulled me to sit down: "You don't need to serve me, let's use it together. After the meal, I will continue to review the memorial."

The royal meal was used up and removed.He sat back in front of the imperial case again, and while Zhu criticized, he said: "Li Changyou paid tribute to the newly picked Guzhu purple bamboo shoots from Huangzhong this year. It's on the table. You can make a few more cups to eat." I made tea and ate it, and took another Sit at the table and flip through the next book.

I was sleepy at night, so he carried me to the dragon bed in Ganlu Hall: "You go to bed first, I haven't finished reviewing yet." I said, "Your Majesty does this every day, and you really need to be diligent to advance the world." He smiled and said in reverse : "Be diligent to take the lead in the world, so naturally you can't rest all year round."

On the morning of June [-]th in the first year of Jianping, six eunuchs came to Shangyao Bureau.The leading eunuch held a small wooden box inlaid with shells.He handed it to me and said: "Jiaozhi Kingdom sent an envoy to pay tribute to Fangwu, and His Majesty gave half of it to Li Fengyu." I said, "Thank you, father-in-law." I'm so envious." Then he led them away.

I opened the small wooden box, on the left was arm-thick purple-brown rotten wood, and on the right was a candied fruit I had never seen before.I asked Zheng Shenyou, the Shangyaocheng, who was at the side: "What is this special rotten wood given by the Jiaozhi Kingdom?"

Zheng Shenyou took a breath and said, "This is the red earth agarwood from the Cochin Kingdom, usually reddish-brown. The purple-brown one should be the Fusen red earth agarwood. When I visited the prime minister, I saw a piece the size of a small goat's horn, and it was very It is precious. This piece is priceless." I said, "Take it if you want it." He only took a piece of candied fruit and said, "How dare I take the treasure that His Majesty gave you? Only candied fruit can be eaten quietly."

At noon, Qianniuwei brought a 27-year-old official here.Zheng Shenyou went up to meet him first and asked, "What's wrong with this lord?"

"This is Sisi Lang Zhousi, who brought Li Fengyu to see a doctor. After the diagnosis and treatment, I will take him out." After Qian Niuwei answered, he stood back outside the Shangyao Bureau.

Sitting down on Zhou Sisi, his face turned red, and he kept scratching his palms and said, "My hands are itchy to the bone. Other doctors have seen it, and they said it is a common summer scab. Cnidium is scattered, but it is still not good. His Majesty specially allowed me to come to Li Fengyu for treatment." I took out the silver needle and put it on the table, wrapped the handkerchief around my hand, and looked between his fingers.On Zhou Si's fingertips, there were worms.I said: "The liver meridian is flourishing, the doctors did not make a mistake, it is indeed scabies." He said, "Why is that bad?" I said, "Is there a rash on the back of the living man?" He said, "Yes. ! But it’s not painful, I don’t care.”

Zheng Shenyou said: "Insect scabies are superimposed with blood dryness, so they will not heal for a long time. You should also take Angelica Yinzi to wipe the smelly panacea." I said: "Add one or two of sulfur powder, one or two of oil walnuts, and mercury. One qian, one tael of raw lard oil, both moisturizing dryness and killing insects.” Zheng Shenyou nodded: “I’ll make ointment, there have been many people with insects and scabies in the palace since summer, and these things are still there.”

I took out the silver needle and said to him, "Picking out these scabies will be painful, and the living man can bear it." I picked up the scabies next to him, and the living man suddenly said: "What Li Fengyu and I thought when we wrote the notes on daily life That person is completely different." Zheng Shenyou pounded the ointment and handed it to me and said, "Let's ask the doctor outside to prescribe dangguizi to drink, there is not enough in the Shangyao Bureau. We still have to go to the Imperial Medical Office to get it."

"Oh, there is me in the daily life note?" I lightly applied the stinky panacea to him, and instructed, "Go back and apply it three times and it will heal. Drink the angelica seed and drink it for another seven days."

"Okay." Thinking hesitantly on Wednesday, "the note on daily life says 'there is a hidden disease, and every five and ten, I will lie down with Shang Yao and serve you.'"

No secrets.I asked: "Is that also listed in the biography of Ning Xing?"

"'See you with your color, and benefit from your favor.'" Zhou Si seemed a little sorry, "I'll call him Zhuo Lang Qubi later."

"It's okay," I said with a smile, "Let him write." Zheng Shenyou wrapped him up with the stinky panacea, and thought about going out on Wednesday.

In fact, Emperor Jianping just leaned on me to sleep.Like the night he first came.

Remarks: There are still [-] words, two chapters, and the dawn is in sight! !