Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

Inside the secret hall.

Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng sat opposite each other.

Zhao Xu said with emotion: "Ever since I witnessed the doctors reviving Hua Tuo's unique knowledge, and comparing it with Wang Anshi's reform, I can't help but feel deeply. Sure enough, as long as it is a good medicine, no matter how painful it is, people will still use it."

Compared with the meticulous arrangements of doctors' reform, Wang Anshi's reform was indeed full of loopholes. The operation for intestinal carbuncle was comparable to the torture of Ling Chi, but the patients still endured it with gritted teeth. Wang Anshi's reform was said to benefit the country and the people, but it was boiling over between the government and the public, and the people were resentful. This is enough to illustrate the problem.

Fan Zheng bowed and said: "If you listen to one side, you will be in darkness, if you listen to both, you will be enlightened. If the officials can realize this, the Song Dynasty will be saved."

"The Song Dynasty is like a centenarian who has been plagued by various diseases. If it is not treated, it will be too late. I also asked Dr. Fan to help me reform and let the Song Dynasty return to its youth."

Zhao Xu stood up solemnly and saluted Fan Zheng solemnly.

He has always been in the palace, surrounded by Empress Dowager Gao's people, and even the officials are all conservative, and no one understands his passion, which is why he has a rebellious character.

But now he finally found a like-minded person, who was even one step ahead of him and became the imperial doctor Fan Zheng who was a successful forensic doctor.

Fan Zheng hurriedly helped Zhao Xu up and said: "The official family has defeated the humble ministers. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Is it not for the sake of the Song Dynasty that the humble ministers became forensic doctors? Today, the officials are called, and the humble ministers must die with dedication."

The two expressed their feelings directly for the first time, and they couldn't help but feel high-spirited.

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Even a doctor knows this truth, but the princes of the Manchu Dynasty turned a blind eye. When I take charge, I will definitely wipe out the long-standing shortcomings and make the Song Dynasty no longer suffer the shame of Tan Yuan." Zhao Xu said angrily.

Fan Zheng looked at the angry officials. Fan Zheng did not follow the words, but asked:

"I dare to ask the official when he will take charge."

"Forehead!"

Zhao Xu suddenly felt like a duck whose neck was pinched and could no longer make a sound.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, when a man reaches adulthood at the age of fifteen, that is, Zhao Xu can become the pro-government at the age of fifteen, but now Zhao Xu is already sixteen.

Not only did Empress Dowager Gao have no intention of returning to power, but no one in the court mentioned this matter at all, which made Zhao Xu, who was full of hope, like a bucket of cold water poured on him. This created Zhao Xu's increasingly rebellious character.

"I will be in charge one day!" Zhao Xu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

Fan Zheng whispered: "If Wei Chen's guess is correct, the official family must be planning to return the power to the official family after the death of the empress dowager, or as the official family gets older, the empress dowager will take the initiative."

Zhao Xu was shocked and took a deep look at Fan Zheng. It was obvious that Fan Zheng had already mentioned what Zhao Xu had in mind. He was a young man. As he grew up day by day, and Empress Dowager Gao aged day by day, she would always be able to survive. , even if Empress Dowager Gao lives a long life, she cannot continue to control the government regardless of criticism from the government and the public.

"However, in Wei Chen's view, neither of these two paths is feasible." Fan Zhengyu said in surprise.

Zhao Xu was suddenly startled and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion: "Why?"

"The Empress Dowager is indeed suffering from many diseases due to her advanced age. If it were before, the government's hibernation strategy would indeed be successful, but now there is an additional variable?" Fan Zheng shook his head.

"What changes?" Zhao Xu asked in shock.

Fan Zheng spread his hands and said: "It's Wei Chen. Wei Chen became a forensic doctor, which made a huge leap forward in the medical skills of doctors. Serious diseases that were originally helpless can now be cured. In addition, the official family called Wei Chen as the imperial physician and responsible for the emperor." With the Queen Mother’s diagnosis and treatment, the Queen Mother may live a long life.”

Zhao Xu suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning. He thought that the first way was the safest, but he did not expect that Fan Zheng, whom he trusted the most, turned out to be the biggest obstacle to his own rule.

"Then why not the second way?" Zhao Xu gritted his teeth.

"Does the official know about Renzong?" Fan Zheng asked again.

Suddenly it hit Zhao Xu like a thunderbolt, shattering all his illusions.

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's posthumous title is Ren, which shows how highly the world thinks of Zhao Zhen.

However, after his death, even the enemy countries shed tears for Renzong. When he was a boy, he was in a very similar situation to Zhao Xu. He was also a young man who succeeded to the throne, and the queen mother also listened to politics behind the curtain. However, the queen mother Liu E did not delegate power until her death.

Fan Zheng sighed: "Doctors are the most proficient in medicine. They study good medicines and poisons. However, the biggest poison in the world is not as good as power. Even the Renzong family and Empress Mingsu are like this. How can the officials confirm that you and the Empress Dowager are exceptions? , Renzong's official family has waited until he was twenty-three years old. If the official family wants to take charge of the government, do they have to wait another seven years?"

"Seven years?"

Zhao Xu's heart felt like a knife. This was such a long time for a young man with a strong sense of loyalty. It was the greatest torture for him. Moreover, these seven years were also an uncertain time. What if it was longer or what happened? Changes, such as the emperor's uncle who often came to the palace.

"Wei Chen once said that history can be used as a mirror to understand the rise and fall of the world. The general trend of the world is that if it is divided for a long time, it will unite, and if it unites for a long time, it will divide. The seven heroes of the Warring States Period, Qin unified the world, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty lasted for ninety-six years, the Western Jin Dynasty unified the world, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties lasted for one hundred and sixty years. In nine years, the Sui and Tang Dynasties unified the world, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms lasted for seventy-three years, and the Song Dynasty unified the world. But now that Liao, Song, and Xia have been the three pillars for more than a hundred years, officials think there is still much time left for the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng asked again. .

Zhao Xu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. If we go by the general trend of the world, there will be a shocking battle between the Song, Xia, and Liao Kingdoms in the near future. The Song Dynasty is poor and weak. If it does not change its ways and strives to become stronger, it will probably end. The fate of Soochow.

Suddenly Zhao Xu turned his eyes, looked at Fan Zheng's calm face, and said in his heart: "Doctors always save people in danger. I wonder if Dr. Fan has a good prescription for my current situation."

"Learning from past mistakes and the guidance of future generations, I wonder what advantages the official situation has compared to Renzong's year?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

"Am I competing with Renzong?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel guilty after hearing this. Knowing that Renzong's official family was the most highly regarded emperor in the Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of himself.

"I am younger than the Renzong family when they succeeded to the throne." Zhao Xu thought for a while and said uncertainly.

Zhao Xu came to the throne at the age of ten, and Song Renzong came to the throne at the age of thirteen. He had more time to wait.

Fan Zheng smiled brightly and said: "For an emperor, the younger he is, the greater his disadvantage. After all, throughout the ages, no young emperor has been able to make a difference, and even ordinary families rarely have examples of young heads."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng with strange eyes. He was obviously a young man, and his doctor's reform was successful. His article "Young Song Dynasty" made all the officials in the court feel embarrassed, but now he actively denied the young man.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Young people can be frivolous, but they must not be arrogant. The reason why Wei Chen is what he is today is all because of a good father. He is rigid and stubborn, but he allows Wei Chen to act nonsense and abandon literature to practice medicine. He abides by etiquette and laws, and faces Even when the relationship was harmed by marriage, he still collected cases, and he did not hesitate to make enemies of the government and the opposition for his son's evil. He believed that a filial son would emerge from under the stick, and repeatedly threatened to break the legs of the minister, but never once did he do it. ... …”

As Fan Zheng was talking, he couldn't help but think about his father who was far away in Bozhou. Hearing the news that he had been called to become an imperial physician, he would definitely be furious. He threatened to break Nizi's legs while reading "Young Da Song Shuo". Face proud.

"Prefect Fan is indeed a good father!" Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Except for Su Dun, a sick man who became an imperial doctor to save his life, no one in the official family would tolerate abandoning Wen Chong. This rebellious behavior.