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

Listening to politics behind the curtain is a strategy to subjugate the country! With the examples of the two Queen Mothers of Liang in Xixia before them, many neutral officials turned to Zhao Xu. After all, the orderly inheritance of imperial power was too important.

Zhao Xu was originally an official, and his pro-government was justified. Empress Dowager Gao should have returned the government. Moreover, the Song Dynasty could not withstand civil strife, otherwise it would be taken advantage of by the Liao and Xia countries.

Seeing the change in the attitude of the Manchu officials, Zhao Tingzhi and other conservatives became anxious and couldn't help but cast their sights on a figure at the forefront of the officials, Liu Zhi, the great scholar of Guanwen Palace.

Liu Zhi sighed and said: "The officials have benevolent hearts and ordered the seriously ill Lord Cai to return to Beijing. This is really a blessing for me. However, have the officials forgotten that the Empress Dowager is also suffering from illness?" How can it be filial piety to persecute the Queen Mother?"

"Liu Zhi!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but change his expression. Liu Zhi was once the prime minister of the dynasty. He was impeached and dismissed by Lu Dafang. It was all thanks to the protection of Empress Dowager Gao that he gained a firm foothold in the court.

As soon as Liu Zhi took action, he used filial piety to attack Zhao Xu. No matter what the reason was, Zhao Xu's behavior of forcing the palace was a kind of unfilial piety.

Fan Zheng came to Zhao Xu's rescue and said: "Master Liu is surprised by this statement. The Queen Mother is suffering from an illness. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Royal Hospital have worked together to find a good cure for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother will definitely get better."

Liu Zhi shook his head and said: "The medical reform is booming. Liu does not deny the medical skills of the doctors. The medical prescriptions prescribed by him are definitely effective. However, I heard that Mr. Fan is best at heart diseases. May I ask how the Empress Dowager can treat her heart diseases? "

Fan Zheng suddenly frowned. He did not expect Liu Zhi's attack to be so cunning. The Empress Dowager held great power, but was suddenly forced into the palace. She must have resentment. How to cure such a heartache?

Liu Zhi took the opportunity to say again: "If an emperor is unfilial, he must be warned by God. Now that the capital is suddenly hit by a large-scale insect infestation, it is a warning to the officials. Please don't insist on going your own way."

"Insect plague!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help being shocked and stared at Liu Zhi in surprise. He didn't expect Liu Zhi to be so insidious and even use the name of God's warning to suppress him.

The literary style of the Song Dynasty was at its peak, and Confucianism's induction of heaven and man was extremely popular. Every time there were natural disasters, earthquakes, floods and droughts, it was a warning from God, and the court would issue amnesty to the world. This was one of the reasons why the Song Dynasty gave amnesty to the world so frequently.

There are no major disasters in the world now, but Liu Zhi actually created an insect plague to suppress him.

Liu Zhi's expression remained unchanged and he said: "This matter is not an old minister's false talk, but it has spread throughout the capital. Mr. Su, the prefect of Kaifeng, can vouch for the old minister."

In an instant, all the officials' eyes were focused on Su Song. Su Song was always upright and would definitely not perjury for Liu Zhi.

Su Song frowned and said: "For the record, not long after the beginning of spring, Kaifeng counties have reported that there is an insect infestation. Now it has become a prairie fire. I am afraid that the grain production in the capital will be reduced by more than half this year."

Insect plagues occur every year, and most of them are not serious. However, this winter was not cold, and many insect eggs were not frozen to death, so that an insect plague broke out just after spring began.

Liu Zhi continued: "This year, not only the capital region, but also the Central Plains will be affected by insect plagues. Food production will be greatly reduced, and the people will suffer unspeakably. This is a warning from God. If officials insist on going their own way, they will not only bear the name of unfilial piety. It will also drag the Song Dynasty into the abyss."

Zhao Xu's expression changed. He was ambitious to revitalize the Song Dynasty, but who would have thought that an insect plague would suddenly break out in the capital.

As soon as the insect plague broke out, the food production in the Central Plains was reduced, and the armaments were definitely insufficient. The conservatives who followed Empress Dowager Gao seized the opportunity and used the natural disaster to threaten him.

The election of Liu Zhi was extremely subtle. Now that Zhao Xu has just forced himself into power and his foundation is unstable, in the name of God's warning, Zhao Xu will definitely be given a decisive blow. If this crisis cannot be properly resolved, I am afraid that the advantages he has worked so hard to establish will be destroyed.

Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter came, and Fan Zheng said with a mocking face: "It's so pitiful that I sit in front of the table in the middle of the night. I don't care about the common people or the ghosts and gods. The insect plague is just a group of small insects. It's ridiculous that you are treating it as a god." Losing big teeth.”

Liu Zhi angrily rebuked: "You little insect, do you know that the insect plague is overwhelming, billions in number, and countless fields have no harvest. This is God's punishment. Liu has always heard that Lord Fan has the ability to heal thousands of people, but he doesn't know if he has it." He can heal the sufferings of tens of thousands of people in the world."

Liu Zhi sneered in his heart. Insect plagues are natural disasters. Although they are common, once they occur, the harm will be serious. Floods, droughts, and locust plagues may only affect a certain area, but almost all farmland in the world is affected by insect plagues. This has been a headache for all dynasties. .

"Unfortunately, Fan does have a party that can solve the insect plague." Fan Zheng said seriously.

A group of conservatives were mocking Fan Zheng when they suddenly heard what Fan Zheng said and were stunned.

"Reporting to the officials, Fan Zhengzheng was lying in court, and I beg him to be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Zhao Tingzhi immediately seized the handle and forced Zhao Xu to go to the palace.

Other officials also frowned and looked at Fan Zheng. It is well known that the insect plague is a natural disaster. Fan Zheng dared to talk about solving the insect plague. It was extremely arrogant.

Facing the scrutinizing eyes of the ministers, Fan Zheng said calmly: "Fan can not only solve this insect disaster, but also make the people of the world no longer have to worry about insect disasters."

"really!"

Facing Fan Zheng's bold words again, all the officials couldn't help but be moved.

Everyone knows that Fan Zheng loves to come up with evil prescriptions that can cure diseases. If Fan Zheng really has the evil prescription to cure the insect plague...

Thinking of this, the civil and military officials couldn't help but feel excited.

"Okay, if you come up with some evil method to solve the insect plague, I will follow the government's lead from now on. If Mr. Fan can't do it, then don't blame Liu for being ruthless." Liu Zhi sneered.

Zhao Xu's heart suddenly tightened and he did not answer. He had personally witnessed Fan Zheng's evil ways and suffered a big loss for it. If Fan Zheng's evil method can really break the insect plague this time, then their trump card will be useless.

Fan Zheng looked around and said proudly: "Wei Chen's method is to fight fire with fire."

"Fight poison with poison!" Zhao Xu's heart skipped a beat. The poison of cotton oil had just been discovered in the palace, so naturally he was particularly sensitive to poison.

"When Wei Chen determined to become a forensic scientist, he once said that all living things are afraid of poison. Insects are living things and can naturally be poisoned. If you poison the insects with poison, the insect disaster will be solved naturally." Fan Zheng spread his hands and said in a tone of voice. Said easily.

"It's nonsense. In the court, you actually come up with evil recipes. Did you know that there is an insect plague, and its number is countless and boundless. How can you kill so many insects with poison? Besides, food is the food that enters the mouth. When you use poison on crops, do you want to poison the people of the world?" Liu Zhi scolded angrily.

The officials also stared at Fan Zheng with unkind expressions. After the insect plague, the food production was only reduced, but if the food was poisoned, the people would probably starve to death.

Fan Zheng looked at the ministers with a look that hated iron and said: "The people who know the most about poisons in the world are doctors. Poisons that can poison and kill insects are harmless to crops, and rice, wheat, and millet all have husks. It will also be washed out when eaten, and even if there is a very small amount of residue, it will not cause harm to the human body. Weichen prefers to call this type of poison a pesticide."

"How dare you say it's harmless even if there are residues, that's nonsense!" Zhao Tingzhi angrily rebuked.

The other officials also frowned. After all, they were not willing to eat food contaminated with poison.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Compared to humans, bugs are like earthworms and big trees. The dose that can poison bugs is not a serious problem for humans. This little residue is nothing. It is medicine that is three parts poison. We will get sick." It’s better to take medicine as usual, and fighting poison with poison is the only way to solve the problem of insect pests. Without the harm of pests, it is enough to increase farmland production by more than 30%.”

"Increase production by more than 30%!"

Immediately, all the ministers in the court were short of breath. With the insect infestation, the farmland production was reduced by at least half.

If pesticides are really as good as Fan Zheng said, not only will the pest disaster no longer reduce food production, but they will also increase production by 30%. Once pesticides are used throughout the Song Dynasty, it will increase the country's food production by 30%. This is great news. .

"Is there really such a pesticide in the world?" Zhao Xu said in disbelief.

Fan Zheng said proudly: "Wherever there is a disease in the world, there are doctors. When people are sick, poultry and animals are sick, there are doctors and veterinarians. When plants and crops are sick, doctors naturally also have agricultural doctors."

"Using poison to kill insects is just the simplest method for agricultural doctors. In addition, agricultural doctors also study various diseases of farm crops and treat them symptomatically. There are even agricultural doctors who envision developing a poison that can be used specifically to treat insects. Killing weeds without harming farmers can save people all over the world from the pain of pulling weeds.”

Hearing Fan Zheng's talk, the eyes of the civil and military officials suddenly became hot. With their knowledge, they naturally understood that using poison to kill insects is a feasible way, not to mention that once the agricultural doctor's idea is realized, it will bring great benefits to the world. What a benefit Song brings.

"How to apply poison?" Su Song asked.

He is proficient in medical skills, so he naturally knows that poison is easy to make, but how to apply poison is the biggest problem.

"Just dissolve the pesticide in water! Modify the pump to spray the pesticide into water mist, and spray it evenly on the crops to kill the virus." Fan Zheng replied.

The pump is also the water dragon gun of later generations. Zeng Gongliang of the Northern Song Dynasty painted a pump in an illustration in his "Wu Jing Zong Yao". The pump has a tie rod and a piston, which was not a rare thing in the Song Dynasty.

"How do people avoid poison?" Su Shi asked.

"Just wear a mask! Doctors will also prepare corresponding antidotes. Once poisoning occurs, detoxify in time." Fan Zheng replied.

Suddenly, the court hall turned into a pesticide promotion meeting, and no one supported the idea that the insect plague was a warning from God.

Liu Zhi suddenly turned pale. No matter how stubborn and conservative he was, he understood that the introduction of pesticides could increase the Song Dynasty's grain production by more than 30%. Such huge benefits, let alone a warning from heaven, even gods descending from earth could not stop the Song Dynasty from using them. pesticide.

"The situation is over!"

Zhao Tingzhi smiled bitterly in his heart. This time, they lost, once again defeated by Fan Zheng's evil plan.